"This weekend, I went home to White Shield, N.D., for a family get-together. After the gathering, the family sat around visiting. I, this wise woman from afar, suggest home remedies such as roots and herbs from time to time. On this occasion, I shared something that aids arthritis and has helped my type of the disease.
Arthritis is a disease whose incidence increases with age. There are several kinds, but I am talking about the kind that commonly affects the knees, elbows, wrists and other joints.
A friend introduced me to an unusual remedy that I, in turn, recommended to my brothers and aunt. My friend has a more serious type of the disease called rheumatoid arthritis.
Well, that day, as we sat around visiting, I introduced "horse liniment" to the family as a temporary relief of arthritis pain. When a bottle first was given to me, I was skeptical and I asked my doctor about it. He, too had heard that it could relieve the pain, he said.
The nice part, I learned, is that the liniment doesn't cause any problems to the inside of your body. It is topical; you just rub it on your hide."
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