5. Sleep. When you don’t get enough shut-eye, the body does not have time to repair and restore itself. This causes your immune system to go into overdrive during your waking hours, and this overdrive leads to inflammation. This is why The Chopra Center recommends sleeping seven to eight hours nightly to reduce inflammation.
6. Self massage. A soothing massage is a gift to yourself that helps you relax and works to decrease inflammation. Banyan Botanicals recommends giving yourself a 10- to 20-minute massage every single day. Rub your sore joints and achy muscles with 1/2 cup (120 ml) warm sunflower or coconut oil before taking a bath or warm shower.
7. Practice yoga, swim or bike. Banyan Botanicals recommends that people with chronic inflammation do moderate exercise that is soft on the joints, such as yoga, swimming and biking. Aim to exercise five times a week in the morning or evening when temperatures are cooler.
8. Coriander, fennel and cilantro. These herbs are all cooling and help reduce inflammation, explains Banyan Botanicals. They should be part of a diet that also includes naturally sweet, bitter and astringent foods. A good anti-inflammatory dinner is chickpeas cooked with turmeric and tossed with pomegranates, cashews, cilantro and coriander.
These home remedies have worked for more than 3,000 years in Indian communities practicing Ayurvedic medicine. And they might work for you, too!
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