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tx
musculoskeletal system
low back pain
botanicals

primary herbs

Aconitum napellus (toxic): topically: not over broken skin; rheumatic pain, stiffness and contusion after injury, pain (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 12)
Aletris farinosa: when associated with uterine prolapse (Weiss, p. 316)
Arnica montana (toxic): muscular pain and soreness which is increased by muscular movement, as if from strain; in a hot bath (Husemann, p. 437, Ellingwood, p. 148)
Atropa belladonna (toxic): externally: sedative, anodyne, spinal tenderness, neuralgia, congestion (Ellingwood, p. 183)
Berberis vulgaris: bruised pain, stiffness and lameness (Harper-Shove, p. 140)
Bryonia alba (toxic): according to indications (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 44)
Capsicum frutescens: externally: neuralgia, rheumatic pains (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 48)
Cimicifuga racemosa: anti-spasmodic, aching in the deep muscles of the back, over-strained muscles, drawing pains, sciatica (Ellingwood, p. 146)
Dioscorea villosa: anti-spasmodic
Gelsemium sempervirens (toxic): spasm, inflammation (Ellingwood, p. 74)
Harpagophytum procumbens: anti-inflammatory, anti-rheumatic, analgesic (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 111)
Polymnia uvedalia: myalgia, low back ache (Ellingwood, p. 327)
Rhus toxicodendron (toxic): burning pain (Harper-Shove, p. 140)
Salix spp.: anti-inflammatory
Viburnum prunifolium: severe pain and bearing-down pelvic pain (Harper-Shove, p. 140)
Xanthoxylum americanum: to increase circulation

see: intervertebral disc syndrome, sciatica, renal diseases


complementary herbs

Panax spp. + Centella asiatica + Capsicum frutescens: internally

formula: anti-spasmodic: tinctures of:
Humulus lupulus, 1 part
Valeriana spp., 1 part
Cimicifuga racemosa, 1 part
Hypericum perforatum, three quarters part
Arnica montana (toxic), quarter part
May use with iontophoresis or internally.


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