Pain

This is a living page, not an extensive list, just the remedies I’ve come across so far for this ailment. I’m always learning, so I’ll keep adding as I discover more.

The Gift of Pain by Dr. Paul Brand & Phillip Yancey is a great book about why we have pain, its importance and what we can do about it. Pain is a message the nerves send through the body that there is a problem. If that problem is just covered up with a pain reliever, the problem was not solved and can just turn into chronic pain or other conditions. You need to seek out the cause of the pain, work on nourishing and healing the issue, and then apply pain relieving methods from that point on.

Pain Management Techniques

• Stimulate sensations in other areas of the body - like walking barefoot on rocks for example

• Distraction – work, serving, reading, hobbies, pets, anything to divert the mind from pain

• Beauty – art, nature, poetry, music, fresh air, garden walk, feeling sensations of plants and inhaling their aroma, barefoot on grass, etc.

• Positive thoughts/pleasure book

• Music Therapy

• Pain Salve

• Herbal Pain Formulas

• Dr. Christopher’s Herb Shop remedies: Stop Ache (internal), Dr. Christopher Cayenne Ointment, MPR spray, or Sen Sei Menthol Rub (external)

• Hot and cold therapy

• Release trapped emotions - The Emotion Code and EFT (The Tapping Solution), Feelings Buried Alive Never Die

• Progressive Muscle Relaxation

• Hydrotherapy

• NAET

• Acupuncture

• Regular yoga practice for chronic pain

• Analgesic/anodyne herbs are used to relieve pain

• Anti-inflammatory herbs can relieve pain as swelling is reduced

• Nervine herbs

• Comfrey is not necessarily an analgesic herb but used topically while using turmeric internally makes a great combination for many forms of pain

Resources for Further Learning

Chronic Pain Management - Dr. Axe

Natural Painkillers - Dr. Axe

Herbs that Relieve Pain - Herbal Academy

Herbalism and Acute Pain - Herbal Academy

A note on over-the-counter pharmaceuticals for pain Pain relieving medication sends a message to the brain to stop sending a pain signal that there is an issue in the body. They only cover a problem; they do not heal it.

Ibuprofen and aspirin slow down blood clotting and may prolong bleeding, so they work against the body when dealing with injury pain.  (Trauma Comfrey)

• Acetaminophen (Tylenol) - is easy to overdose on because it is included in more than 500 medications; it causes half the cases of acute liver failure in the U.S. and is responsible for 26,000 hospitalizations and 500 deaths annually. (Trauma Comfrey)

• NSAIDs (aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, etc. pain reliever) - can cause serous toxicity problems and gastric bleeding.  200,000 hospitalizations and 30,000 deaths each year.  Doubles the risk of heart attack and stroke due to the decrease in kidney function.

I personally keep Ibuprofen in my emergency kit for conditions where it is needed once we have identified the root cause of an issue and the pain is too much for the herbal remedies above to work.   It is with constant use where the problems lie.