TY  - JOUR
AU  - Adams, James David
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018/12/19
TI  - Chronic Pain Two Cures
JO  - OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
SP  - 035
VL  - 03
IS  - 04
AB  - Background: This study presents several case reports of chronic pain patients treated with two different plant medicines from the Chumash Indian tradition.
Methods: Patients suffering from self-reported fibromyalgia, chronic back pain, chronic bursitis, chronic tendinitis and other conditions were treated. California sagebrush (Artemisia californica) was grown by the author and made into a liniment. The liniment was applied to painful sites on the skin. Black sage (Salvia mellifera) was made into a sun tea. Chronic pain and other pain patients soaked their feet in the preparation.
Results: The liniment provided relief from even severe pain within a minute or so. After daily use for several days, chronic pain was resolved in several patients. The sun tea provided pain relief throughout the body within 20 minutes. After 1 - 7 days of once daily use, several chronic pain patients had improved conditions.
Conclusions: Both A. californica liniment and S. mellifera sun tea provide pain medicines that according to patients, can cure chronic pain. Cure means the pain does not return.
SN  - 2573-4393
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.1804035
DO  - 10.21926/obm.icm.1804035
ID  - Adams2018
ER  -