Pain Management (from Carol M)

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Some

Solutions for Managing Pain, Naturally!

Caster-oil Packs: Applying castor-oil packs over any area that

has pain may help ease the discomfort.

(1) Make a castor-oil pack, with the following: Four cotton -

flannel sheet pieces measuring 1 foot by 3 feet, cold-pressed castor-oil, a

plastic sheet or plastic bag, a heating pad and a towel.

(2) Place the flannel sheets on top of each other.

(3) Pour castor oil into a large bowl (enough for soaking the sheets). Soak the

cloth in it. Squeeze out the excess oil and lay the saturated cloth over the

affected region.

(4) Place the plastic over the cloth. Put the heating pad (low heat) over the

plastic. The towel is just in case you need to wipe any oil.

Choose a quiet place where you can lie down and relax. Leave the castor-oil

packs in place for thirty minutes. Repeat three to seven times per week, for

one to two months. You can store the oil-drenched cloth in a plastic bag

between uses. You don't need to soak the cloth every time. Use the cloth three

to four times and then throw it out and make a new one.

Turmeric: Turmeric powder is another way to reduce pain (much messier than

castor-oil but more effective). Pour about three to four tablespoons of

turmeric powder into a cooking pan, add some sesame oil and sea salt. Mix over

low heat until the mixture is like a toothpaste consistency and is heated well

(don't boil). Place paste over affected area, but before you lie down make sure

you place a big towel under your body. (The paste and the yellow color of the

turmeric causes a stain that is hard to wash out.) If

you are applying it on your stomach, lie on a towel on your back and place the

paste over your stomach when it's really very hot (as much heat as your skin

can tolerate) and just relax for thirty minutes.

Turmeric is the most powerful anti-inflammatory botanical found in the plant

kingdom. My mom used to apply this paste on my ankle whenever I twisted it or

injured it in sports and it would hurt a lot at first, but I was able to walk

within one hour.

I particularly remember one incident when I sprained my ankle real bad playing

at a park, and by the time I came back to the house, my ankle was severely

swollen. My mother took one look and started making a poultice. Here’s

how she did it: In a cooking pan, she mixed two tablespoons of powdered

turmeric and one tablespoon each of sea salt and sesame-seed oil. She heated

this mixture over the stove to create a smooth paste. When it was very warm

(not burning to the skin), she applied it on my ankle. Of course, I screamed

from the pain and the initial shock of the heat applied on the injury. But she

kept applying the poultice and then she wrapped it tightly with gauze and

elevated my ankle. Within an hour all the pain was gone and I was able to sleep

like a baby that night. I was able to walk normally again the next day. It was

just like magic. Now science is starting to confirm that all these folk

medicines/remedies work.

Also, you can take the turmeric powder internally as an anti-inflammatory.

Taken internally, turmeric can inhibit certain chemical mediators of

inflammation (NFM’s Nutrition Science News, p.

10). Take one teaspoon three times daily with or without meals. Best taken at bed time.

Rosemary: Here’s a recipe that I got from Lois Laird in Maui, Hawaii

to be used externally for pain as a result of arthritis, injury....etc. She

told me that this poultice is so effective that the pain simply doesn't come

back. The reason it works is because rosemary has a strong antispasmodic action

whether used externally or internally (it relieves spasms).

If you have a rosemary bush in your backyard, collect a cup of its leaves. Put

the leaves in the blender with some rubbing alcohol and blend. Put this

poultice on the painful area and leave it for an hour or two. You might want to

hold it on the skin with a bandage.

Rosemary is considered a spice that includes some of the most powerful candida killing substances in a natural product (Pizzarno, p. 187). Nature has incredible solutions for us!

Plant- and fruit-based enzymes: Take Plant- and fruit-based enzymes on an empty

stomach in between meals. Refer to Cickoke’s

book; Enzyme Therapy to learn how enzyme therapy stimulates the immune system

and improves circulation by bringing nutrients to the damaged (injured) area

and removing waste products. Doctors prescribe ice or heat, rest, and any

number of anti-inflammatory drugs and pain relievers to treat strains, sprains,

and other injuries. But because enzymes stimulate the body’s own natural

enzymatic processes without causing the immune system to be suppressed, they

increase the rate of fibrin break-up and increase blood flow. Therefore,

improve the supply of nutrients and oxygen to the tissues and healing can take

place much faster. (Cickoke, pp.

384-385).

Several types of enzymes that have a synergistic effect are used in

combinations to help with soft tissue injuries. They include plant- and

fruit-based enzymes. A more effective enzyme formulation would be micro-blended

with other whole foods such as blue green algae, ginger and cayenne. Enzymes

combined with nutrient rich foods are ideal for helping to maintain the

body’s natural healing function.

Recommended use of enzymes: Enzymes should be used on an empty stomach before

meals. Start by taking one capsule between meals and one capsule before bed

time. i.e., Between breakfast and lunch take one

capsule, repeat between lunch and dinner and at bed time. Increase after a few

days and take two each of the enzymes, then three and then four. You can

continue to increase beyond these amounts depending on the progress taking

place. It is common to take up to 30 enzyme capsules a day. There are

absolutely no side effects from such high usage of enzymes, only good results

(Let’s Live,p. 68).

Results are felt, but usually take place very slowly.

Check to make

sure you have “active” enzymes – open up a capsule and stir it

into a cup of pudding. If the enzymes do

not liquefy the pudding in just a couple of minutes, then they also will not work

in your body. Many enzyme products on the

market do not work.

Ginger: Ginger can help with pain reduction according to the very old Ayurvedic and Tibb system of

medicine in India.

Buy organic ginger powder and start by taking a heaping teaspoon per day. Mix

the ginger with your favorite beverage. Or if you don’t mind the taste,

mix it in water (ideal way of taking it) ( p. 106).

Between the turmeric, ginger, Rosemary, castor oil packs and the enzymes, you

will be very pleased with mother nature's remedies for

managing pain.

References:

Cichoke, . (1999). Enzyme

Therapy. Garden

City Park:

NY.

Cichoke, . (May, 1993). “More Precious Than Gold.” Let’s Live. pp. 66-68.

, Wayne.

(November 2000). “Treating Arthritic Pain with

Ginger.” Townsend Letter for Doctors. p. 106.

___________. (December 1996). NFM’s Nutrition

Science Newss. p. 10.

Pizzarno, ph. (1991).

Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine. Rocklin, CA: Prima Publishing.

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