Bark extract can soothe those aching knees
If you're looking for natural cures to joint pain, let me get you barking up the right tree. According to a new clinical trial, Pycnogenol, an extract from the French maritime pine, has anti-inflammatory properties that can reduce knee osteoarthritis.
The new study shows a three-month Pycnogenol regimen reduced knee osteoarthritis symptoms by more than 20 percent, and reduced pain by more than 40 percent. And guess what else? Researchers found that patients were still feeling better three months after they stopped using Pycnogenol. It seems to have lasting effects.
Osteoarthritis affects 34 percent of Americans over the age of 65, and too many of these people are choking down dangerous painkillers. Pycnogenol could provide another, safer choice for pain relief.
