If you suffer from arthritis, you’re probably familiar with many of the standard western practices for treating this debilitating disease.

However, there is a method that is popular in China and much more effective than that which Western medicine has to offer. What’s more, it causes absolutely no side effects.

The best news is that this practice has become so popular that you can find it in almost all Western cities and towns today. (And no, we’re not talking about acupuncture.)

Moxibustion is an ancient Chinese practice that involves the burning of herbs and placement of those herbs (often in a device) on or near the body’s acupuncture points.

These days, it is used by acupuncturists and other alternative healers to treat a variety of conditions.

Traditionally, moxibustion used Artemisia argyl (also known as mugwort). However, some professionals seeking to use the practice in the treatment of arthritis have taken to using Artemisia vulgaris (or wormwood).

Xueyong Shen and his colleagues from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine conducted a study using wormwood in moxibustion.

After 6 weeks of treating roughly 110 patients, they discovered that patients being treated with this revolutionary new method reported significantly lower pain than those receiving a placebo treatment.

Even more pronounced were the reports on physical function. Patients receiving the real moxibustion treatment reported a higher rate of improved physical function than those receiving the placebo.

Unlike past studies concerning this treatment, Shen and his colleagues took care to design a very controlled environment, using only patients with medically confirmed osteoarthritis that had never been exposed to the treatment before.

It is still unclear how moxibustion is capable of having such thrilling results. At the end of the day, all that really matters are the numbers.

Moxibustion isn’t the only way to heal arthritis. There are even more powerful natural methods that only require small lifestyle changes. Learn how you can turn your arthritis around in under a month here…