METHOD FOR REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS SUFFERING OSTEOARTHROSIS Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A61K36/73 A61K36/48 A61P19/02 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine. Substance of the method for rehabilitation of patients suffering osteoarthrosis involves pelotherapy and herbal medicine. The method applied a mixture of dry extracts of cowberry (5 portions), lucerne (5-10 portions), dimethylsulphoxide (10-15 portions) added to peat peloid (up to 100 portions). The composition and peat peloid is applied in layers in osteoarthrosis not associated with synovitis: by applying the composition on the injured joint in a layer 0.5-1 cm coated with peat peloid to the thickness of 2-3 cm, at temperature of the composition and peat peloid - 38-42°C, duration of procedure 20-30 minutes, every second day or two days running with a pause for one day, therapeutic course - 10-15 procedures. In osteoarthrosis associated with moderate synovitis: by applying the composition on the injured joint in a layer 0.5-1 cm coated with peat peloid to the thickness of 2-3 cm, at temperature of the composition and peat peloid - 20-24°C, duration of procedure 15-20 minutes, every day or two days running with a pause for one day, therapeutic course - 8-10 procedures.

EFFECT: presented method of the combined use of herbal and pelotherapy provides higher effectiveness of rehabilitation of the patients with osteoarthrosis and simplifies the method.

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