A trigger finger is the colloquial term of reference for the problem known in medical circles as stenosing tenosynovitis, which is an inflammation and appearance of a nodule around the sheath of the tendon of the thumb. This disease manifests itself as a locking of the thumb when it is bent and straightened out mimicking the release of a trigger in a gun. The causes for this condition are not known though anecdotal causes of overusing the digits have been put forward.
Since the causes of the disease are not known, there are few cures that can be administered except the use of corticosteroids to reduce the inflammation and surgery to remove the nodules. Once surgery has been performed the condition rarely comes back to haunt patients. There is also a possibility that your condition has only been partly diagnosed and there is a possibility that you might end up having to face rheumatoid arthritis as well. This disease affects the joints and also the surrounding tissue. Eventually, it can even cause misshapen joints and tissues.
Being an affliction of the joints, and the fact that modern medicine uses corticosteroids to deal with the problem, one of the remedies that you could use is ginger taken in huge quantities along with exercise of the affected digit. Ginger is nature’s anti-inflammatory agent and can also be used with feverfew that has the ability to increase the blood flow in the body by vasodilatation. Both of these herbs can be boiled and mixed with honey and consumed many times a day. Other therapies for the condition include the use of a splint in the affected digit to ensure that the digit is not overused. It is also important that you prevent the calcification of the tendons and surrounding tissue of the area by constantly massaging the affected digit and the area near the tendons. There are some schools of thought that advocate the use of acupuncture as a cure for trigger finger. This is not based on scientific facts, but this is the case with nearly all the cures that acupuncture claims to do. The reason that modern medicine and ancient Chinese medicine cannot ratify each other is because of the multidimensional approach of the latter and the radical theories of body energy that make it fall into disfavor with modern medicine. Still, it just might be worth a try. At the end of the day, you still have the option of surgery to fall back on.