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Arthritis |
- Arthritis -- stealing my Mother
from me???
Part 1 of 2
Posted by Cindy on May 14, 2001
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Hello!
I am asking for help on the following for my Mother after I have
received very helpful and insightful information, on my own condition.
My Mother 48 has had arthritis in her right
hand since she was 15, and her one finger is starting to cripple.
( My Grandmother has it also and on both hands her 4 fingers
are fussed together). She is currently on Enthrophen 650mg x
3 daily, prenatal vitamins, calcium supplements and Vitamin D.
Lately she tires easily and her joints and knuckles become very
swollen. Her Doctor put on VIDX x 12,mg, but she stopped taking
this after the first day because she has lost feeling in her
hand from it ( or it went numb) and had shooting pains from her
tips of her fingers to her wrists.
She went back to her Enthrophen, but the swollen
and pains has remained.
She can not close her hand into a fist, and you can see that
it is very painful when she tries its.
Can anybody help us??? If you need more information
I would be glad to get it for you
Thank you
Cindy
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Dear Cindy,
There are a number of things that we could do for your mother,
but it is based on specific symptoms. It is difficult to prescribe
based on a few things. I usually take 1 hour to interview new
patients. We can do phone consults if you live far away. I am
in Binghamton, NY at complementary Medicine and Healing Arts
at 607-729-0591
Please let me know if I can assist your mother in her healing
process.
Dr. Jeanette Kleger |
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Dear Cindy
I am a Naturopathic Doctor and a Reflexologist. I have had a
lot of success with my patients with simple dietary guidelines
and herbs.
Your mother should avoid:
Caffeine, chocolate, soda pop, alcohol, milkproducts, wheat and
sugar, for a period of six months.She should rinse and cook two
pounds of organic potatoes without salt, in a big pot of water
every day, and drink the water all through the day. This cleanses
all the acid out of the body and within a few months she will
start to be able to move her fingers etc. again.A large supplement
of fishoil, in capsules, will also help immensely. She should
take four times the suggested daily dose every day. A bitter
herb called Devil's claw, is an extremely effektive herb for
arthritis, before bedtime, your mother should boil two large
glasses of water in a pot, turn it off when the water has boiled,
put in a small spoonfull of Devil's claw, and let i soak with
a lit on thru the night. Next morning filter the water and drink
one glas in the morning and one in the evening. The taste is
bitter but one gets used to it. Blocking the nose with two fingers
while drinking it, helps blocking out the taste.All this should
be followed for a period of six months. After three months your
mother will start to feel the results. After six months she should
take a break for one month, and then follow the cure again for
three months if neccessary, it probably will be neccessary, but
by that time she should be well on her way to recovery.
Products like: Clucosamine Sulfate and Chondrotin Sulfate, are
also excellent for arthritis. Extra vitamin C + E, and a strong
multivitamin/mineral capsule a day. If you need more information
or would like to talk to me, you can find my telephone number,
fax, email etc. on my website:
http://www.reflexology4you.com
Sincerely,
Helena Vind |
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The Naturopath Helena
Vind, ND gives you the best advise I can see here. The only thing
I can add is she's right---period, and if you want to get her
and yourself well, follow her.
W.S.Swanson, D.C.
St. Petersburg,FL |
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Sure...my step-mother has arthritis all over
her body...very crippled...what has helped her has been a GOD-send....pure
MSM (Sulferzyme),
reflexology has also helped ease her pain.
Hope this helps...try the MSM...If you need
an address on where to get it---let me know.
Shellie
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Dear Cindy
I would highly recommend you explore Acupuncture as a pain therapy
for your Mother. Also I have had great success with Apple Cider
Vinegar with Mother. There are many recipes for the Vinegar and
it take a little experimentation to find what will work best,
but it is worth it. I have found a tablespoon mixed with warm
water and a little honey 2 time a day, ( AM & PM) to be quite
effective. Be sure not to fill the glass up with water, rather
a quarter to a half full because the mixture isn't that great
tasting so the smaller amount you have to drink is better. Please
know that the vinegar as well as any other natural remedy will
take several weeks to actually reach optimum value. Give it a
chance.
Try having your Mother go off wheat and dairy
products. This could also be helpful. There are other types of
breads available - at health food stores - just be sure to read
the labels. A lot of breads don't say they are wheat but they
do have wheat as there first ingredient. If she likes dairy,
better to try Goat products. Also, have her attempt to eat as
many "Whole Foods" as she can, meaning no preservatives.
Fresh veggies and fruit, preferably organic, food that is prepared
at home, is always a good plan. Preservatives can really aggravate
conditions in the body.
Warm salt baths are a great therapy. Chamomile
tea as a general relaxant, Valerian Root is very good for pain
relief. Please know that if your mother takes homeopathic - herbs
- that it is best she not ingest mint, at least not for and hour
of more after she has taken her treatments, but truly best if
not at all. Thomas of Maine makes a non mint toothpaste.
Also, I have known excellent result with magnetic
therapies. Another avenue you may wish to explore in your area.
I wish you and your Mother a very healthy and pain free future.
Please feel free to email me back with any questions you may
have.
Deborah
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I suggest your mother try acupuncture
and chinese herbal medicine for the arthritis. Call acupuncture
board for the practitioner in your area, the number is 916-263-2680.
good luck to your mother.
sincerely
portia chan-barnblatt,
acupuncturist and herbalist |
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Dear Cindy,
Have you looked into using homeopathy, which
are natural medicines with no side effects? Many people have
gotten really good results using it. I am a naturopathic physician,
specializing in homeopathy. I have several patients that have
been helped with different homeopathics. If you are interested,
please write to me at HomeopathyDoc@aol.com. I will give you
my phone number and would be willing to have a telephone consultation.
Yours in health,
HomeopathyDoc
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Arthritis can be altered with
diet and movement. Donna Gate's "Body Ecology Diet"
is very successful for folks with arthritis. Qi Gong is the kind
of movement therapy I would recommend. Look for a local listing
of someone who teaches in your area.
Movement is life. Gentle honoring practices can also turn things
around. Good luck.
Sincerely, Dr. Deana Guadagno |
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You might want to try finding a fluid movement
class or instructor in your area. Fluid movement works with the
synovial fluid, as well as all of the fluid in the body. Synovial
fliud is the liquid that surrounds the joints.
In conditions like arthritis, the fluid is
no longer moving. It gets stuck. By working with a qualified
instructor, your mother can begin to get the fluids moving again
thus, eliminating the pain and swelling (fliud building, being
stuck).
Melinda Deamon
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I suggest that you get her off
pharmacy drugs ASAP. Then into deep tissue work along with therapy
to look at blame/shame/and control issues manifesting in physical
disease finally. It's a family disease passed on from generation
to generation until someone takes responsibility for their behavior
and changes it. Also Yoga is extremely helpful, but like all
useful therapies, you have to go thru pain to eliminate it....it
being spiritual bankruptcy and physical handicap resulting.
Good luck! God Bless, Namaste, Heather Bostian |
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I don't know where this patient
is but I believe that acupuncture and herbs, or Reiki, could
really help her mother. One would need to actually see her mother
and do pulses and tongue to determine where the accumulation
is coming from and to know where to treat it. The longer she
waits the harder it will be to treat as the deformities that
will occur will be very difficult to correct.
Regina Touhey Serkin L.Ac. NY & MA |
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To Cindy,
She can take chondroitin, glucosamin, and msm for her joints,
and do some colon/intestinal cleansing. I don't know much about
the drugs she's taking, but most drugs are toxic and would make
the condition worse. Make sure she gets enough exercise, purified
water, and eats only raw foods. You and she can read a book by
Aajonos Vonderplanitz called "We Want to Live".
All the best,
Wendy Alpan, N.D. |
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Ask your mother to look at what
was happening when she first started with the arthritis. From
the body mind standpoint, arthritis is about not having the space
you need and being held back from going where you need to go
in life. If there is someone in her area who can help her connect
to the pain and find out what it is trying to teach her or tell
her that should ease some of the pain.
Good luck!
Ken |
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Part 2
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