Horse Chestnut Root
★★★★★
Horseradish
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Hydrocortisone Cream
★★★★★
I was rear ended in a car accident when I was 24. Since then I have been dealing with sharp stabbing burning pains in my neck. After 2 years of pain management my doctor has exhausted all techniques. Until one day he put his finger in the dip in my shoulder. INCREDIBLE PAIN surged, I felt like I lost the ability to stand or sit upright. After finding this out there isn't much that is able to be done about the horrible sensations that start in my shoulder and shoot to my neck. No prescribed external topical applications have been successful.
One day I was in so much pain I just started throwing different creams on myself. Surprisingly, I found that hydrocortisone cream temporarily relieves these neck spasms long enough to "forget" about it and move on to something else. I would say it's an aid to help me relax.
At first I had to apply frequently because I was so stressed from the pain itself. But used less eventually. Keep in mind that a hot shower stream of water beating on my neck caused "white light" ten out of ten pain that took me to the ER because I freaked out.
So I suggest applying this to a very sensitive painful area of the body due to deep debilitating muscle spasms. It really helped me get past the pain long enough to distract myself with normal activities.
(Arizona)
08/01/2015
Have you ever seen a chiropractor, massage therapist, acupuncturist or "trigger" therapist. The right professional will release that place in your neck. May take several treatments since you'd had it so long.
Hydrogen Peroxide
★★★★★
(Fountain Inn, Sc)
10/05/2013
Hello Ms Peggy from Sacramento;
My understanding of how the H202 is working to relieve leg's muscle spasms is simple: spasming may be lack of oxygen. Others deficiencies... Such as lack of magnesium can also cause spasms. But you got it right and found peroxide worked.
But go one step further. The spasms and the fact that extra oxygen helped is a possible warning for you. You might have oxygen deficiency in your system. I take Natural (not synthetic) vitamin E to help deliver oxygen throughout the body... Especially muscles. Remember the heart is a muscle.
So the point is this: If you were having muscle cramping for years and if the hydrogen peroxide helped, then you might be oxygen depleted and that is dangerous most importantly for the heart.
Vitamin E (which is refined out of virtually all our grains) is essential to oxygenate muscles. I've taken 800 iu daily for about 40 years. E does 20 different things in the system. By taking E, I don't have to take an aspirin to thin my blood, for instance. By taking E I don't worry about cholesterol levels, because nothing is sticking to arteries, the E coating the veins and arteries. By taking E I know there will be no sudden heart craved spasm of my heart... instant death.
Remember the heart is constantly working and of all the muscles the one you cannot afford to have spasm!
Natural E is called "d-alpha tocopherol" and you get it in health food stores ... not in drug stores which sell the synthetic.
Start with 200 iu daily and over a few months increase to 400 and then go to 800. E will dissolve existing plaque formation so the slow start up of E is better so there is not a sudden release of a clump of plaque.
Glad you found a solution,
Dave
Hydrogen Peroxide Inhalation
★★★★★
(Greater Boston, MA)
10/18/2008
★★★★★
Muscle spasms/leg cramps
In the middle of the night, I am often awakened by horrific leg cramps (calves). I, too, remembered the Bill M. peroxide inhalation....took out my handy-dandy nasal spray bottle with 3% peroxide, and inhale about four sprays at once, and hold my breath as long as I can. The pain disappears within ten seconds. This works for me, and might help someone else.
Ramona
Hydrogen Peroxide Topically
★★★★★
Hypothyroidism Link to Leg Cramps
★★★★★
Iodoral (Iodine & Potassium Iodide)
★★★★★
Did that and, within 3 days, the leg and feet cramps are worse than ever. So, I added back in the ioderol, and, voila! the cramps are better. I go back in 2 weeks for a recheck of the thyroid, to see if the levo is helping.
Any thoughts? I will tell him what happened and what I'm doing for it, but I need to cover all the bases and need input. Thanks.
Ivory Soap
★★★★★
Lemon Juice
★★★★★
This was not sustainable, so on the second or third night, I was about to break the fast. But first I tried drinking various herbal teas with liberal amounts of lemon juice (from concentrate, with sodium sulfite preservative). The cramps disappeared quickly and continued drinking of lemon juice allowed me to continue the fast for a total of 10 days.
The remedy must have been the lemon juice, because the herbal teas were very watery by themselves. I don't know why fasting caused such terrible muscle cramps, but I bet it's either the citric acid or vitamin C that completely relieves the symptoms.
Lobelia, Trace Minerals
★★★★★
LOBELIA Extract (brown liquid available in large health food stores & from herbalists). The most powerful antispasmodic natural medicine. In essence, a cramp is a a 'spasm' or knot of the muscle. A quick liberal spray or splash of the lobelia rubbed into & about 3" around the circumference of the cramped area & relief will be momentary & complete.
TRACE MINERALS
The other people's recommendations of trace minerals, AC vinegar etc daily will treat the 'cause' of the cramping if taken daily as an addition to the daily diet..(its a 'food' not a medicine) on an ongoing basis. And..improve digestion (& therefore absorption of minerals from food) & general quality of health in many regards.
I find the following taken at least twice daily approx 15mins before meals is an easy quick & relatively pleasant:
- 3 T AC Vinegar
- 1T Raw Honey (NOT pasturized or boiled sold in markets)
- 1/4 to 1/3 cup hot water
Stir & drink
Loosely Tied String
★★★★★
Magnesium
★★★★★
(Virginia)
12/17/2022
Cris,
If a dose adjustment to your magnesium glycinate does not give adequate relief, magnesium chloride oil or mag oil will help as it allows higher magnesium tissue levels locally than magnesium glycinate can give. Here is a link to a typical spray mag oil product :
Just spray on and rub in. Relief is usually felt in a minute or three. Apply before sleep and this usually eliminates muscle cramping in the legs or elsewhere during the night.
Art
Magnesium
★☆☆☆☆
Hi Grace I would still suspect a mineral requirement not being met. Add some Trace minerals to your daily water or more easily add 1/4 tsp sea salt (with it's 84+ essential minerals) to your daily water. And make sure you are drinking enough water for your body weight, so many of us are not. Also see watercure. Best to you
(Faithville, Usa)
09/26/2017
Runners use vitamin E for muscle recovery....
When did they start and what was happening to you, your environment or diet when they started....information helps a lot when trying to find solutions. Does an aspirin or blood thinner like galic capsules help it....might be blood clot...
(Somewhere, Europe)
09/26/2017
Grace, try eating a banana a day for leg cramps.
(Vancouver, British Columbia)
09/26/2017
Try a Calcium-Magnesium combination for leg cramps. Has worked every time for me.
(Australia)
09/27/2017
I sometimes find it's more circulation issue than than lactic acid build up? I have found stinging nettle herb great.
(In)
09/27/2017
Grace. First a mag tablet caught my eye. You can reduce it in water. It will become more bio available to the body. If it takes longer than 5 to 8 minutes to break up, chances are it is noy breaking up in your gut. Also you can take your mag oil as supplement. Magnesium chloride, 5 to 6 drops in water provides approx 250mg of mag. 2x a day.
My husband has had some cramps. He depletes all his minerals working 7 days 12 hours in the heat.
These are often impossible to determine why. I have a list of steps I take from this happening.
Serrapeptase, high potency. As a precaution against any blockages.1 capsule on empty stomach in am.
Baking soda. 1 whole lime, 6 to 8 tsp, squeezed in a glass or 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar. Add 1/2 tsp baking soda. Let fizz. Add 1/2 glass of water and drink. 2x a day 1/2 hour after meals 5 days out of 7.
Am. 1/4 tsp of potassium bicarbonate powder added to 1/2 glass of water in am.
Iodine foot painting. 5% lugols iodine painted on foot in 1 inch square on foot before bed. This enriches the iodine in lower body as it often gets little being used up in the rest of the body is a great companion to mag oil.
1/4 tsp of sea salt in water. This provides all the trace minerals in correct amounts to enhance mineral status.
Progesterone cream. Applied 2x a week to help balance hormones. Apply to trunk 1/2 tsp. This was surprising but it worked.
Liquid chlorophyll 1/2 tsp in a liter of water. Add 20 drops liquid phosphorus. Drink 1 oz as needed. This is also a great pain tonic.
20 mule team borax. 1/8 tsp in a liter of water. Drink through the day in beverages. 4 days out of seven. Balance hormones. Replaces fluoride with boron in body.
My daughter applies potassium bicarbonate directly to her leg to stop cramping. She reduces it in water and swipes it on.
I suspect you need a good vitamin d levels test. You may find out you are low. It is foundational to health. Good levels allow for absorption and utilization of all your efforts. My Mom had restless legs that got cramps and painful. Taking d3 and its companions made all the difference. There is a home test too. I have not tried myself. Reading Dr. Michael Holicks book or watching his you tube information and following his dosage chart (google it) will offer great insight into this.
These are all effective on their own. But cramping and heath status can be many things. We have found it takes a day to discover if you are on the right track. 3 days to be well on the way to stopping and real healing.
Eliminations
Msg
Table salt..use sea salt only
Plastic
Aluminum
Foods containing...gmos...commercially grown insecticide sprayed food. Glyphosates..gluten
Soy
Fluoride
Aspartame
Bath soak or 1/2 the ingredients for foot soak.
2 cups epsom
1 cup borax
1 cup hydrogen peroxide...to oxygenate the body
1 cap fish tank dechlorinator...to protect heart from chlorine steam. 20 minutes.
Janet
(South Dakota)
07/04/2020
★★★★★
You need to try mag. oil spray. You can get it at a health food store. I tried the pills. Got nothing so I tried the oil spray and I'll never try anything else. I have been awakened to some horrific leg cramps and spray it on and within minutes it's gone. I've even sprayed it on like half way down my leg and I got a cramp and it stops where the spray ended it's the weirdest thing but the best ever. My spray is a mandatory item on my night stand.
(Ten Mile, Tn)
07/05/2020
Lisa, ORH here, you right on the money gal.
Transdermal is the best way to get stuff into yo body without going through your digestive system. DMSO will drive it in PDQ. SAS..... SIMPLE AS SHEET
==ORH==
(SC)
12/20/2022
This may help others with what I have learned. I work with a person who, since he was a teenager, suffered from muscle cramps for decades in his calves and legs. He was been using and OTC remedy that contained magnesium among other things for the cramps but still got them. I suggested the magnesium flakes solution but he had magnesium which he began using and has some relief but not totally. I researched the condition and was not getting what I needed to help him.
I noticed the post about using hydrogen peroxide and the lack of O2. No one had this mentioned in any articles or some medical information I read yet it is an issue and another part of the cause. My friend knew of a woman who made to order CBD products for people with different problems. He spoke to her about leg cramps issue and she made him some special gummies which probably had CBD oil and some THC. He has to divide the gummie, take a piece at night and for about three days has not had any leg cramps.
When he comes into work he has more energy and feels great. If you look back to history of cannabis you'll find that just before it was declared illegal back in the 30's it was an OTC remedy used often for many medical problems. Let's not forget CBD oil gained popularity after it was successfully used some years ago for a very young child with seizures whose family moved to another state to be able to use the oil on her. She went from having many seizures a day to being almost seizure free.
Magnesium
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