Mama's Joint Protocol For grinding, stiff or aching knees, hips and back...
Margaret Cole

Appalachian herbalist & folk remedy keeper

www.trueremedywellness.com

Here Is the Full Joint Protocol I Mentioned

What mama combined with her broth — the part most people never hear about...
The Protocol — three parts, used together:
Part one — the broth enhancement:
To whatever bone broth you are making or buying, add before drinking: one teaspoon of blackstrap molasses stirred in while warm, and a pinch of cayenne. The molasses provides the magnesium, calcium, and potassium the body uses to maintain joint tissue. Most people are deficient in all three without knowing it. The cayenne opens the circulation so the minerals actually reach the joints instead of passing through.

Part two — the liniment:
Mix together: two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, one tablespoon of castor oil, and five drops of wintergreen essential oil. Shake in a small glass jar. Every night before bed, rub a small amount into the most affected joints — knees, hips, hands — and cover with a warm cloth for fifteen minutes. Wintergreen contains methyl salicylate, which penetrates the skin and reduces inflammation directly in the tissue. The castor oil pulls circulation to the surface. The vinegar reduces the acidity that inflamed joints are bathed in.

Part three — the morning rule:
No cold drinks before noon. Cold contracts. Inflamed, restricted joints need warmth and movement — not contraction. This sounds simple because it is. Mama said half the joint problems she saw would have been helped just by people stopping with the cold drinks first thing in the morning.

Here is what I have to say honestly though.

This protocol works. Mama used it for decades and I have used it with people in this community.

But it reaches a limit. What it does is reduce the inflammation, improve circulation to the joint, and provide the minerals the body needs. What it cannot do is rebuild the actual cushioning structure inside the joint once significant loss has occurred.

Once the protective layer between the bones has thinned considerably, the body needs something more specific to rebuild it — something that works at the level of the joint structure itself, not just the environment around it.

That is what the video below is about. Watch it alongside this protocol.

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