Slowly Weaned Husband Off Painkillers For Back
Author: Julia R.
Date: 06-25-2004
Views: 6,837
Word Count: 160
Questions Received: 4
Testimonial ID: 184-OR
Brand Neutral: No
Scientific Studies: 8
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When my mother-in-law introduced me to Young Living oils, I wanted to see if they really would work. My husband had surgery and they fused his lower back together. For a year and a half, he was taking 6 bottles of pain killers for his back and sleeping pills to help him sleep through the pain.
I asked my mother-in-law about what I should try on his back to ease some of the pain. She told me to try the PanAway oil blend.
After about two weeks of treatment directly on his lower back with heat he went completely off his pain killers. Then we slowly started to take him off the sleeping pills by lowering the dosage week by week and using Sandalwood oil to help him sleep.
Now after 3 months he is off all of the meds and I only treat his back maybe once a week. You can also try PanAway with the Relieve It oil blend together.
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| Supporting Scientific Studies | ||
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| 1. | Associated topics: spine,back-pain — "We examined the evidence regarding the effect of herbal medicine on pain in people with non-specific low-back pain (LBP).... Lavender essential oil applied by acupressure appeared effective in reducing pain and improving flexibility compared to conventional treatment." | Link |
| 2. | Associated topics: sleep — "Lavender, mint [peppermint], orange, rose, chamomile, rosemary, and sage were used.... Depression levels in the touch-music-aroma therapy group... showed a larger decrease than in the... control groups [that did not include aromatherapy].... [FMS] symptoms such as restless sleep, headache, morning fatigue, exhaustion, feeling like crying, and bowel complaints were also significantly reduced." | Link |
| 3. | Associated topics: sleep — "Lavender essential oil has been used as an anxiolytic [anxiety] drug, a mood stabilizer, a sedative, spasmolytic [muscle spasms], antihypertensive [high blood pressure], antimicrobial, analgesic [pain] agent as well as a wound healing accelerator.... The present study suggests that inhalation of lavender essential oil may be an effective and safe treatment modality in acute management of migraine headaches." | Link |
| 4. | Associated topics: sleep — "[T]he lavender fragrance had a beneficial effect on insomnia and depression in women college students." | Link |
| 5. | Associated topics: sleep — "Valerian improves the sleep of insomniacs after benzodiazepine (tranquilizer) withdrawal. Valerian subjects reported significantly better subjective sleep quality than placebo ones...." | Link |
| 6. | Associated topics: sleep — "Women [with insomnia] receiving aromatherapy experienced a significant improvement in sleep quality after intervention." | Link |
| 7. | Associated topics: sleep — "This double-blind study suggests a significant reduction in snoring reported by bed partners in a group of snoring volunteers using either an essential oil spray or gargle formulation." | Link |
| 8. | Associated topics: sleep — "Valerian may be an alternative treatment for the symptom management of [restless legs syndrome] RLS with positive health outcomes and improved quality of life, [including improved sleep quality and decreased daytime sleepiness]." | Link |
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