I have some limited experience with cannabis for pain management as well as another “not so well known” natural treatment. Several years ago I was trampled by a bull I was trying to load. I had to see a orthopedic surgeon about my knee. The conclusion was that surgery would help me but at my age I would never be pain free, either from the surgery or age/injury related cartilage damage. Basically, pain management was the best solution.
I got a surprise when the surgeon suggest a treatment he used along with his father. Cinnamon tea with honey (only Ceylon cinnamon). It worked very well for me, I still use it on occasion to this day. The down side… stopping a few times a day to make tea was impracticable during hay season or if I were loading or moving cattle. Some days I was left to hobble around with my walking stick doing the best I could.
About this same time a good friend was badly injured on a job site. He worked for a commercial roofing company. They were putting new roofs on an old high school campus to be repurposed as an elementary school. A section of roof he was standing on collapsed. He broke his neck, his back(2 places), right shoulder, sternum and 11 ribs. To this day he hasn’t been able to return to work.
After a month in the hospital (several surgeries for pins and plates) he was sent home so doped up on codeine based pain relievers he was a drooling idiot. Just trying to cook for himself he set is kitchen on fire twice and once scalded himself so badly he ended up in hospital again.
Cannabis was the answer. A lady brought him “something” in a spray bottle. I talked to her myself and found that it was a basic 1:2 volume alcohol tincture of cannabis. Lavender was used to give it a pleasant scent.
It was sprayed on topically, being alcohol based the alcohol evaporated with in seconds. Simply spray it on the affected area. It only took about 10minutes to take full effect and lasted about an hour and a half. It was very effective at dulling the kind of pain he was in. He took himself off the prescribed pain relievers immediately. Of course there were days or times when he needed to reach for the pill bottle but he was no longer in danger of burning his house down.
I acquired some tincture to use on my knee. It worked great. I had a prescription of 800mg Motrin… I never needed to take another one. When at home, with time, I made cinnamon tea. When to busy I used the cannabis spray. To this day I keep cinnamon bark, honey and cannabis spray in my med kits.
Nature has other excellent pain relievers. I keep lobilia tincture around, its an antispasmodic and as effective as flexeril. With the added benefit of not putting me to sleep. At different occasions, going back years, I’ve had major muscle injuries for which flexeril was prescribed. It always knocked me out. It’s now been years since I’ve taken a one.
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