Nerve pain

[Natura]

Are there any people out there that treat nerve pain naturally? I have not researched. I just had severe nerve pain on the outside of my ear, amd my toes have been bad too. I took a turmeric and it stopped. Dont know if that was just luck, or it actually helped. Just curious if anyone has some suggestions. Thanks!

[TheAuthor]

Hi Natura

I do not use herbal remedies myself, I would love too but I have a lot of allergies and would need testing prior to starting any. I do use a TENS Machine on my compressed sciatic nerve, and (I also have a smaller specialist machine) on my head / neck for migraines. I find a TENS quite effective most of the time, and never had any burn or irritation issues as some users have complained about.

A couple of years ago I bought several copper bangles and shoe pieces as these are supposed to help alleviate arthritic pain but I have not had any relief whilst using them. One thing that I have found useful are my fabric elbow and wrist supports, as when the pain is really bad I have noticed that using these does help me.

I want to genuinely and sincerely wish you all the best of luck.

All my hopes and dreams for you

Ken

[Natura in reply to TheAuthor]

Thank you ken....interesting about copper...i am afraid to use tens machine, as it woulp probably shock me and give me more nerve pain. Maybe if things get worse, i might have to. Thanks for info.

[RayB]

Natura,

Homeopathy is not my thing but I know of an elderly gentleman who had success with 4X belladonna with his Trigeminal Neuralgia.

My gut feeling always was that his pain could have been attended by any competent dentist but he had extreme mental aversion to such measures.

I have included Herbal Treatments and Tissue Salts as well that have been used.

Hope this is of help

Face Pain (Trigeminal Neuralgia) Remedies

Severe pains that are burning or shooting that comes from facial nerves that come out near the lips, gums, or cheeks.

It involves the face, scalp, teeth, nose, ears and other areas.

There are six specific spots where the facial nerves come out of the skull. There are pain points. Two of those points are in the eyebrows, two others are on either side of the nose, just above the wings. The other two are in the middle of the chin, next to on another. The pain is generally worse form cold or feels cold.

Symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia include: various pains that are burning, sharp, stabbing, dull, or aching. It can be jaw tenderness and in some cases pain in the mouth of the lips, gums, teeth or cheeks. Symptoms can be worse from chewing, heat, cold, exposure to cold winds. Always get medical advise to rule out other problems.

Causes are generally unknown. Modern medicine uses drugs that treat the nerves, inflammation and muscles. With moderate results and many side effects, they often turn to cutting or severing the nerves that cause the pain. Surgery may soothe pains but cause numbness, other problems, or even more pain.

Natural medicine looks at trigeminal neuralgia as a problems with nerves as a result of mineral deficiencies, stress or unknown physical causes. The goal is to calm the nerves, relieve stress that will lead to pain relief.

Nutrition is important to remove nutritional stressors such as tobacco, alcohol, coffee, black tea and sodas as a start.

Nerve health can be increased nutritionally by using food-based B-Complex vitamins from New Chapter, Megafood or Garden of Life.

Also use Magnesium, increasing the dosage just up to diarrhea, to feed the nerves

Herbs for Face Pain

Herbs are plants valued for their specific strengthening/ tonifying properties. Learn more about herbs >

St. John’s wort – to calm nerves and helps depression. Do not take with some anti-depressants.

Jamaican dogwood tincture – pain, neuralgia

Cramp bark – to relax muscles, especially when the muscles cramp up with pain

Wood betony – for pain and inflammation

Other options include:

California poppy is a mild pain reliever and can be good for nervous agitation. It is also a sedative for sleep. It is anti-spasmodic and for digestive spasms.

Corydalis is a diffusive and a pain reliever. This has been used by many cultures for muscles.

Passion Flower is a powerful nervine (nerve restorer and calmer) for when you can’t turn off your mind. It helps on stress headaches and also muscular tension.

Lobelia increases circulation, relaxes muscle and respiratory spasms.

Prickly Ash bark is known as an immuno-modulator (immune balancer), for loss of sensitivity of the nerves.

Blue Vervain as a nervine.

Chamomile as an anti-inflammatory and digestive aid.

Cell Salts to Help Face Pain

To make a cell salt solution, put up to 10 tablets of each cell salt in a 16- to 24-ounce bottle; fill with water and swirl to dissolve tablets. Sip throughout the day. Learn more about cell salts >

#4 Ferr phos 6X – to help inflammation

#6 Kali phos 6X – feeds nerves

#8 Mag phos 6X – nerve pain, shooting pains

Biochemic phosphates can be used to help rebuild nerves.

Face Pain Homeopathic Remedies include

Homeopathic remedies are non-toxic natural medicines safe for everyone including infants and pregnant or nursing women. You may use 6X, 30X, 6C or 30C potencies. Learn more about homeopathy >

Main homeopathic:

Agaricus – milder form of facial twitching with numbness and tingling; muscular twitching, or hot-cold needles; left side; contortions of muscles.

Belladonna – right-sided; dilated pupils, flushed face; grimace; pain comes and goes quickly; pressure, stabbing pain comes and goes in a few seconds; cycles every few seconds (Calc carb when chronic).

Dulcamara – face ache with skin problems and respiratory issues. Tendency to cold sores.; worse form slightest exposure to cold.

Kalmia – neuralgia after shingles; right-sided; numbness of face; sharp and tearing pains in bones of jaws and face; rheumatic remedy.

Magnesia phos – right-sided with burning and sharp shooting pains (electric-like shocks). Also muscle cramps. Pains wander and change location. Better from pressure and warmth; worse from cold.

Mezereum – left-sided. Violent neuralgia about face and teeth to ear. Worse eating; better from heat.

Spigelia – left-sided. Pains about the eyes, cheeks, teeth, and temples; also with left-sided migraines; especially for acute severe pains of the left eyeball and teeth; like wires turned off and on in the face (hot and cold electricity); grimacing. There is light sensitivity and eyelid cramps. The area is red. Worse movement.

Thuja – more left-sided with skin problems and abnormal growths; boring pains on left malar bones; face aches; burning heat and redness of face.

Other helpful remedies:

Arsenicum album – tearing, needle-like pains, burning stinging pains as from red hot needles. Twitching of facial muscles. Worse at night or cold air; better form hot or warm applications.

Capsicum annum – pain is piercing and burning or stabbing. Pains may radiate to the ears or upper molars. Pains worse from eating, pressure and air drafts.

Chelidonium majus – for right-sided migraines especially of the first or second branch of the trigeminal nerves. The eye tears up easily with ciliary muscle involvement. There is also a reeling of pressure on eye orbit.

Coffea cruda – worse at nights and nervous stress. Mind is overactive. Toothache pain improved with cold water.

Colocynthis – face distorted from pain. Worse left side, tearing, shooting and swelling of face. Soreness relieved by pressure. Also feels chilly.

Hypericum – suffering look on face. Intense itching; tension, tearing on left side of cheek; facial neuralgia and toothache; mostly right-sided; shooting or eclectic pains.

Mezereum – facial muscles drawn tight, stolen burning pains and some blisters or pimples or eczema; violent neuralgia of face and teeth, radiating to ears; neuralgic pains come and leave parts numb; sudden pains that wake up from sleep; twitching right-sided muscles; boring pains in bones of upper jaw; violent itching of face and scalp; worse night or eating; better from heat.

Plumbum metallicum – swelling of mostly the right side of the face; slowly progressive muscle atrophy or paralysis or violent contractions.

Rhus tox – mostly left side; stiffness worse from cold exposure or weather change; painful cheek bones, sensitive to touch; worse evenings.

Best Wishes, Ray

[Natura in reply to RayB]

Holy mackerel..should have known that was you Ray. Thank you. I am still getting flack from my sister and brother about using herbals because they have not been tested and not considered safe. I will write all this down because the nerve pain is making me jump. I dont need it. Ha! Thank you

[RayB in reply to Natura]

Natura,, it is sad the way medicine that has been used safely for 1000s of years has been under attack in the last number of years. It's "safety" is now all of a sudden under question, and the whole agenda is promoted by lobbyists.

The deeper one looks at big pharma the more shocking the picture.

This is a great read very enlightening and Free in PDF,,, the guy that wrote it considered his work to important not to provide it free of charge,, it was his legacy,,, I'm sure you will enjoy it,,, as may your sister and brother.

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Best Wishes, Ray

[Natura in reply to RayB]

Willread ray...american indians used herbs all the time. In fact, i dont thinkthey were that sickly till europeans came over withdisease...sorry englanders...

[Matrix]

Hi I have had fibro for over 50 years it started as a child ,as an adult I tried most things none of which worked .The cider vinegar one , the one where they put food coffee mushrooms on your body etc fully exclusion on all I was affected by that didn't work , you name it I have tried it and none of them worked ,it cost a lot of money but at least I tried.,I would love to know if you do find something that works .I see an osteopath every few weeks an she keeps me going, it hurts but what dosent with us ,I use a tens machine for spine shoulder and neck pain but can't use on my legs as the nerves do not like it' ,ibuprofen gel works well too .wishing you everything that's good and I really hope you find something that works .

[Natura in reply to Matrix]

Thanks matrix. I cant afford all this stuff either. We are so in debt. Maybe partly from my trying different things. I dont know why, but i am adament about not taking medicine. I will try a few things. I have been taking magnesium, but not enough probably. Going to hematologist tomorrow.

[Matrix]

I hear myself talking in you and in the end I had to take the tablets by which time I was glad of them . I really hope you don't have to but I was in such pain that I would crawl about on the floor with the pain . Wishing you all the best in your search just beware that there is no cure . I saw this advert online from this woman who said she had the cure , so I get in touch with her and I say if indeed you had the cure why are you charging for it , you have had this dreadful disease why can't you give it freely as many of us have to give up work and money is tight . I said to her do the decent kind thing . Never heard back from her funny that . All the best M

[Natura in reply to Matrix]

Matrix...i am so sorry for your pain. I am not that bad yet. The pain comes and goes. I am having a terrible time with my right ear and tmj. I refuse to give up. (Drinking beet juice now, always loved as a child. My body knew what it needed back then..which proves it is all in the genes..not environmental entirely, maybe a little, not diet either.) i have always been a fighter..taurus...bull headed.

I totally get what you wrote last too. I agree. If you have a cure, share it. Should have told her it would bring her good karma. Ha! World has gotten so greedy.

Good luck!

[Matrix in reply to Natura]

Hi , well I'm glad you feel it's as bad as mine , I think you are probably suffering just as bad . I get Trigeminal neuralgia now that is the pain from hell , it stops you dead and the meds make you very groggy but it hurts so bad you have to take . What would you do if you found a cure ? I know I would make it available free for all of us . You keep trying to find a cure , I know my dad had it and I'm sure one of my children may have early symptoms . I don't say anything but I'm praying they won't get it . Take care sweetie . M

[avnot]

How did you take tumeric? I have such bad nerve pain in n my feet that Gabapentin eases but doesn't remove, I'll try anything 🙌

[Natura in reply to avnot]

Avnot....not sure if it was the turmeric, but i take it in a capsule from vitamin shop. I have taken passionflower many a times for anxiety. Interesting that is suppose to help according to herbalists. I take rescue pastilles for anxiety too. I was experimenting with anti anxiety stuff because i found out my brother in law was using anxiety medication for pain relief from herniated and missing discs. Interesting connection. Wonder if that is where our pain stems from. Part of brain that creates anxiety, not sure if that is the fight or flight region. Which i have excessive stimulation of. Hypothalamus? Researchers should be studying that part of the brain...

[avnot in reply to Natura]

I didn't know you could get it in capsules, I need to look into it, thank you!

[Natura in reply to avnot]

Welcome!

[clconley09]

Hello: My doctor suggested to me to take 200MG of alpha lipoic acid 3 times daily for my peripheral neuropathy. I have diabetes along with fibro and etc. I no longer have the burning pains and the prickles between my toes.

[Natura in reply to clconley09]

What is alpha lipoic?

[clconley09 in reply to Natura]

Its a supplement, "dietary supplement".Its also taken as an antioxidant support. AKA ALA. If I stay faithful, I no longer have feet problems.

[Natura in reply to clconley09]

Ooh...good to know ..i am getting bad foot pain and nerve pain. Thanks for the info,

[clconley09]

You are very welcome.