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Hello everyone this morning my friend posted this info on facebook So I am sharing it with you all I hope it helps.
BACK PAIN
Drink peppermint tea: Peppermint contains a compound called menthol, which has analgesic and muscle-relaxing properties. The easiest way to take peppermint is as a tea, which you can drink as often as needed to relieve pain.
Make a peppermint rub: Native Americans often rubbed sore muscles with a liniment made from peppermint. The menthol in the peppermint created a sensation of warmth that penetrated deep into the muscles. To make an herbal rub, loosely fill a jar with fresh peppermint leaves, add enough vegetable or mineral oil to cover the leaves, cap the jar, and store it in a cool, dark place, shaking it several times a day. After 10 days, strain off the oil and store it in a dark bottle. When back pain srikes, rub the oil thoroughly into the muscle for quick relief.
Or try sage: Like peppermint, sage can also be applied to the skin to help relieve back pain. To make a sage rub, mix a few drops of sage oil, available in health food stores and herb shops, with a couple tablespoons of vegetable oil. Dip your fingers in the oil and apply it to work your back as often as needed..
Put Willow to work: A popular pain-killer among Native Americans, willow works just as well as aspirin, but is somewhat gentle on the stomach, especially if you make a tea that also includes licorice root.
BACK PAIN
Drink peppermint tea: Peppermint contains a compound called menthol, which has analgesic and muscle-relaxing properties. The easiest way to take peppermint is as a tea, which you can drink as often as needed to relieve pain.
Make a peppermint rub: Native Americans often rubbed sore muscles with a liniment made from peppermint. The menthol in the peppermint created a sensation of warmth that penetrated deep into the muscles. To make an herbal rub, loosely fill a jar with fresh peppermint leaves, add enough vegetable or mineral oil to cover the leaves, cap the jar, and store it in a cool, dark place, shaking it several times a day. After 10 days, strain off the oil and store it in a dark bottle. When back pain srikes, rub the oil thoroughly into the muscle for quick relief.
Or try sage: Like peppermint, sage can also be applied to the skin to help relieve back pain. To make a sage rub, mix a few drops of sage oil, available in health food stores and herb shops, with a couple tablespoons of vegetable oil. Dip your fingers in the oil and apply it to work your back as often as needed..
Put Willow to work: A popular pain-killer among Native Americans, willow works just as well as aspirin, but is somewhat gentle on the stomach, especially if you make a tea that also includes licorice root.
Please thank your friend for posting this. I love peppermint in any form; my SIL just gave me a bottle of peppermint body wash- I wonder if it will help too. Peppermint tea is my favorite tea.
I've never made a rub but our store carries fresh peppermint and I'll be sure to put it on our shopping list for our next trip
The others will be harder for me to get as there is no health store anywhere near us- but there's always the internet!
I'll try anything that means less narcotics. And these old remedies often work as well if not better than the new, chemically filled rubs and creams out on the market.
Sandy
I used to use Peppermint oil, but my skin got sensitive to it. It is very good for joint pain such as in the hand, clearing sinuses by putting a dab under the nose, or helping with a migraine by massing it into the temples.
The sister oil to Peppermint is Eucalyptus. it is not quite a smelly strong, but works very similarly. I know that a few drops mixed with a dab of any lotion rubbed into my achy arthritic hands, helps relieve some of the joints when rubbed into them as well.
Lavender is my favorite as is helps muscle rigidity, tenseness and spasms. it is a natural relaxant. Mostly I rub it on the back of my neck and put a bit of heat over it and it seems like my spasms just melt away. Works well on any muscle, even the jaw.
Just wanted to add a bit to Tabby's post. Organics are great!
Love and gentle hugs,
Jenna
For example:
Willow is the natural asprin. It is used to lower fever, reduce inflamation, and relieve pain.
Sound familiar: this is what researchers used to develop the better fever reducer that we all know as asprin.
So combining this if you are already on an asprin regiment could create problems
Sometimes these natural are better and stronger than the man made drugs we trust today.