A bit of background, when I was a research assistant for a pain control
clinic, they were conducting a large acupuncture study. I was doing the
initial intake and some of the data analysis. I had an impacted wisdom
tooth that was bothering me. The chief acupuncturist (who was also a
neurologist btw) suggested that I try rubbing ice along that part of the
hand, and explained it to me. It worked well enough to reduce the pain to
more manageable levels.
Remember YMMV. One of the strongest results of the study was that the
efficiacy of the pain reduction was directly mediated by belief factors.
larry
At 10:40 AM 10/21/2003, you wrote:
>Lets see. All my teeth feel like they're being slowly extracted so I should
>either work on both hands or my belly button. :)
>
> > Opposite side to where the pain is - remember that the sensory nerves
> > crossover so that pain on the right is registered in the left side of the
> > brain.
> >
> > larry
> >
> > At 09:52 AM 10/21/2003, you wrote:
> > >Which hand?
> > >
> > > > At 02:30 AM 10/21/2003, you wrote:
> > > > >Yes, it's late at night and I can't sleep. It feels like all of my
>teeth
> > >are
> > > > >being pulled out slowly at once. What can I do to alleviate the pain?
> > >Well, I
> > > > >can write new list code. :)
> > > >
> > > > MIke,
> > > >
> > > > One thing that might help is to take some ice and rub it along the
>piece
> > >of
> > > > flesh between the thumb and the index finger. Its an acupuncture point
> > > > that's related to controlling pain in the head and teeth.
> > > >
> > > > larry
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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