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Herbs for Pain
Chinese Herbs for PAIN

Where there is pain, there is no flow.

Is it the nerve, or is it the flow along the nerve that is the problem? When flow is restrained or interrupted, pain occurs. Pain is thus caused by stagnation. The 3 main causes of stagnation are:

Obstruction (blocked flow - due to injury, swelling, or oversupply of qi),
Constraint (restrained flow - due to emotional, psychic, or mental constraint),
Deficiency (weak flow - due to deficiency of qi or blood)

Acupuncture and massage are often excellent for treating pain, as they invigorate the normal flow of qi and blood. Though most of the research has never been translated from Chinese, there are numerous studies that show the effectiveness of acupuncture for various kinds of pain, .

There are also many herbal approaches to the treatment and management of pain. There are 2 catagories of herbs used to treat pain - Herbs that Move the Blood and Herbs that Move the Qi. For pain due to poor flow of food, there is a third catagory, Herbs that Relieve Food Stagnation.  

For best effect, and to reduce side-effects, herbs are usually combined into formulas. The following Chinese herbal medicines are used to treat pain. 

Some Common Basic Pain Medicines - Head to Toe

Headache - See http://www.drshen.com/herbsforheadache.htm

Earache - Lung Tan Xie Gan Wan, Er Yan Ling Oil

Sinus pain - Dr. Shen's Sinus Pills

Sore throat - Superior Sore Throat Spray

Neck and shoulder pain - Pueraria 10

Chest pain (angina) - Dan Shen Tablets
Chest pain (stress) - Free and Easy Pills

Abdominal pain - See https://www.drshen.com/herbsfordigestion.htm

Menstrual pain - See http://www.drshen.com/womenhealth.htm

Low back or low body pain- Low Back Pills

Injury pain - See  http://www.drshen.com/herbs-for-injury-trauma.htm


 

 


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