Guest guest Posted June 20, 2003 Report Share Posted June 20, 2003 Hi, I am sure that acupuncture and herbs can help your mother. Tiru Hello all. My 78-year-old mother has suffered from trigeminal neuralgia for nearly 5 years. The drug she is taking is no longer effective at keeping the pain at bay. Can acupuncture or other form of TCM help in any way? Thanks for any suggestions. Kevin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2003 Report Share Posted June 21, 2003 Acupuncture can certainly be effective for trigeminal neuralgia. The following are some general rules of thumb that help assess the odds of successful treatment but should not be taken as absolute or replace the advice of a qualified acupuncturist/health care professional: The longer a patient has had this condition, the more difficult to treat - five years is fairly long, but some people suffering longer than this have been helped with acupuncture. Age alone is not as important to outcome as is general health - if your mother is in good overall health, perhaps not taking many other medications for other health problems, this improves chances. The more constant the pain, the worse the prognosis - if your mother has times when the pain is not too bad, this is a good sign. If the pain is constant and unwavering this is not so good especially if her pain medication is becoming less effective. A positive mental attitude helps - while not the main factor, a patient with a good attitude toward the treatment helps the odds. I would advise that you to be prepared to try a good 6-10 treatments at 2-3 times a week to give acupuncture a chance. In China, at least in the free socialized clinics, they treat daily and might do 30 or more treatments for some cases of trigeminal neuralgia. Again, your acupuncturist will be able to give you more specific advice and may have ideas different from the general ones I offer here. Good luck, this can be a devastatingly painful condition. I hope you are able to find your mother some help. - Matt Bauer - Kevin Wright Chinese Medicine Friday, June 20, 2003 12:48 PM [Chinese Medicine] Trigeminal neuralgia Hello all. My 78-year-old mother has suffered from trigeminal neuralgia for nearly 5 years. The drug she is taking is no longer effective at keeping the pain at bay. Can acupuncture or other form of TCM help in any way?Thanks for any suggestions.Kevin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 Jovie...Get Doc's tape for her for starters. After listenng to it , give him a call . Is her pain in the face and forehead? If not too close to the eyes I would think Deep Tissue Repair Oil may bring some relief . I use this for a headache .I would also use hot and cold therapy . I don't believe for a minute that there is nothing that can be done except surgery . I REJECT that ! Let us know how it goes Jovie Mary O - jovelyn colcol Herbal_remedies Thursday, September 16, 2004 3:17 PM Herbal Remedies - trigeminal neuralgia hi! I'm jovie i am a new member of this group. Initially I just read all your msgs but i want to inquire the case of my mother-in-law, she lives with us and she is suffering trigeminal neuralgia. i have already done some research on the net but all they can say is that the ultimate treatment is operation on those nerves. my mother-in-law certainly is not going to have an operation, her "tegretol" medication Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 thanks, mary. her pain is in her right part of the face running from chin up to the jaw and sometimes there is an "electric shock" on upper part of her mouth. but since i am new here, (i'm sorry for ignorance!) but how can i get Doc's tape and the deep tissue repair oil? by the way i forgot to mention that i am residing in the Philippines. so i am not so familiar with some herbal ingredients that most of the members are talking about.Ostrowski <Odesign1 wrote: Jovie...Get Doc's tape for her for starters. After listenng to it , give him a call . Is her pain in the face and forehead? If not too close to the eyes I would think Deep Tissue Repair Oil may bring some relief . I use this for a headache .I would also use hot and cold therapy . I don't believe for a minute that there is nothing that can be done except surgery . I REJECT that ! Let us know how it goes Jovie Mary O - jovelyn colcol Herbal_remedies Thursday, September 16, 2004 3:17 PM Herbal Remedies - trigeminal neuralgia hi! I'm jovie i am a new member of this group. Initially I just read all your msgs but i want to inquire the case of my mother-in-law, she lives with us and she is suffering trigeminal neuralgia. i have already done some research on the net but all they can say is that the ultimate treatment is operation on those nerves. my mother-in-law certainly is not going to have an operation, her "tegretol" medication Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington Read only the mail you want - Mail SpamGuard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 I suffer from TN sometimes -- someone recommended eating oatmeal that had been soaked in room temperature water overnight, that oatmeal is a nervine. Well, it helped a lot. A nettle-red clover-lobelia tea helps too. Reading your post, I discover I haven't had any trouble from it in almost 3 months (when I began my herbal journey). Try to be able to get off the Tegretol, but if she's been on it for awhile with no problems she should miss the worst reactions (I had a nasty reaction to it). Neurontin works pretty well, but has worse side effects. From what I've read, the TN often recurs after surgery. So she sure doesn't want to go that way. I'll be praying she finds relief, and peace from that. It is inconceivable unless you've experienced it yourself. Jan --- jovelyn colcol <joviecolcol wrote: > hi! I'm jovie > i am a new member of this group. Initially I just > read all your msgs but i want to inquire the case of > my mother-in-law, she lives with us and she is > suffering trigeminal neuralgia. i have already done > some research on the net but all they can say is > that the ultimate treatment is operation on those > nerves. > my mother-in-law certainly is not going to have an > operation, her " tegretol " medication relieves the > pain but the doctor said that she would going to > take it for life. The 2 tabs per day now increases > to 3 tabs a day. She is worrying that it may have > some side effects plus the cost of this medicine > hurts us a bit. although by now she haven't > experiencing any. Pls. give me (if there is any) > herbal remedy for this. > > thanks and regards, > jovie > > > > Tired of spam? Mail has the best spam > protection around > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 Anyone have a protocol for this? It is excruciating facial pain, sometimes called suicide disease. Thank you! =========================== Thank you for your email. The Pranic healing protocol is given in PHQANDA message 2507. This is among the over 3,000 protocols which are available and can be accessed for reference at anytime through the PHQANDA message archives. Love, Marilette Source: MASTER CHOA KOK SUI - Miracles Through Pranic Healing, Advanced Pranic Healing, Pranic Psychotherapy, Pranic Crystal Healing. PHQANDA and its contents are copyrighted by the Institute for Inner Studies, Inc.(IISI). Downloading, reproducing or copying in any manner or form, in part or as a whole, is prohibited without expressed written permission from IISI. Exception is given for single copy made for personal use only and when a brief passage or quotation is reproduced within proper context, without alteration and with proper acknowledgment. NOTICE: 1. Pranic Healing is not intended to replace orthodox medicine, but rather to complement it. If symptoms persist or if the ailment is severe, please consult immediately a medical doctor and a Certified Pranic Healer. 2. Pranic Healers who are are not medical doctors should not prescribe nor interfere with prescribed medications and/or medical treatments. ~ Master Choa Kok Sui MCKS Pranic Healing website: http://www.pranichealing.org. ______________________________\ ____ Never miss a thing. Make your home page. http://www./r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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