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Old 02-26-2001, 08:39 PM   #1
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Hi there,

I am really after some ideas to help my poor suffering mother-in-law.

She is suffering (& I mean suffering) from
1) Rheumatoid arthritis
2) Osteoarthritis
3) Fymbromyalgia

and to top it all cannot take anti-inflamitries(?sp) as she suffers from asthma.

She has tried acupuncture and various physio, but nothing seems to help.

If anyone has any ideas of alternative medicines that may help I would be so very grateful as I find it so hard to watch her trying to live a 'normal' life in so much pain. Every little thing is such a struggle for her it breaks my heart to watch.

I appreciate your help.

Thanks

Rach


 
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I just wrote a short story of my cure of my "arthritic" conditions, after I had my mercury-silver dental amalgams removed. During the process of my suffering before I linked this "arthritis" to my amalgams, I changed my diet to a healthy one and found that herbs helped me immensly, so that I could tolerate the misery. Doctors could not help me, so I experimented with alternative medicines for many years. So, I know some about the subject.

My suggestion is to try to find a doctor that understands how diet and herbs can help your mother-in-law. You could also get information from the book called "The Way of Herbs". It is written by Michael Tierra, C.A., N.D. It is important to note that with herbal therapy that a change to a healthy diet is important, from what I have read. Just sprinkling a few herbs in hot water and drinking it once, is not the answer either. What must be understood is that herbs mostly only slowly help by following the laws of natural cure. The laws of natural cure are that if you give the body the perfect set of conditions, then it will heal itself. I experimented on my own, which I do not recommend that other people do, that's why I recommend a medical professional to help you.

It's important to do lots of reading on the subject of improving yourself with positive lifestyle changes. Before you look at herbs, look at dietary improvements by first avoiding processed foods which contain sugars, and incomplete (not whole) grains. A balanced natural diet with some meats, lots of fresh vegetables and fruits, seeds, nuts, and whole grains etc. could be beneficial. Whole grains are like wheat berries, millet, buckwheat, and brown rice for example. I think the more "natural" the diet, and the less processed foods the better, in my opinion. Lately, I've come to appreciate the value in drinking lots of water - say about 5 glasses a day, plus or minus. That's in addition to juices, milk, and tea etc.

Let us know how she does. I think that just by following a better diet, I would think that there should be some improvement, if she hadn't already tried dietary changes already. Her diet may also have to be adjusted. Each of us is different, so one diet that works for one, may not work for her. That's why I took notes, when I changed to this food or that food, so that it could help me understand if there was a relationship of these foods to my illness.

 
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Thank you so much for your reply, This was just the sort of info I was hoping for. I am going to look into this book and certainly tell mum about it. She has been written off by her GP and basically told there is nothing they can do to help, she just has to 'live with it'. Its so unfair. Once again thanks.
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since you live in the uk it might be of interest to you that a new drug is availiable to you called pennsaid for the treatment of osteoarthritus. It is applied directly to the skin and delivers the drug from cell to cell through the cells own tubule system going directly to the pain area. The benefits are fast pain relief as good or better than viox or celebrex with none of side effects because the drug is not going to the rest of the body,only the treated area. Check with you own doctor he should be able to get it for you. I think the company distributing it is Provalis in the UK.
Hope this helps.

 
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