How to Treat Backaches With Natural Remedies

If you have a backache, then you understand how a simple backache can disrupt your day. Chronic backaches can be caused by sore muscles, from working out or even by daily stress. While there are various synthetic medications and creams that can be used for backaches, these products can have side-effects such as skin-irritation or upset stomachs. Natural remedies for backaches are fairly easy to perform and they will help treat your backaches in a gentle manner.

Things You'll Need

• Honey
• Water
• Garlic cloves
• Coconut oil
• Frying pan
• Mint oil
• Lemons
• Salt
• Bowl
• Soft cloth

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Instructions

• 1

  Mix two tablespoons of honey with four ounces of warm water. Stir this drink until the honey has mixed throughout the entire glass. Drink in the morning for backache relief.

• 2

  Gather ten garlic cloves and place them in a frying pan. Add four tablespoons of coconut oil and heat these ingredients on your stove. Once the garlic has been sufficiently fried, usually five-to-ten minutes cooking time, remove the cloves and pour the oil into a bowl. Allow the oil to cool off so that it is warm to the touch. Massage the oil onto the area of your back that hurts for pain relief.

• 3

  Pour three tablespoons of mint oil in a small bowl. Pour the oil in the palm of your hands and rub them together. Gently massage the mint oil on the area of your back that is causing you pain. Massage for ten minutes before washing clean with warm water and a soft cloth.

• 4

  Juice one whole lemon into a bowl. Add one teaspoon of common table salt and and stir. Massage this mixture into your back for pain relief and muscle relaxation.

• 5

  Massage three teaspoons of turpentine oil directly into your back. Keep massaging your back for fifteen minutes to allow the oils to relax your muscles.