wisdom teeth was directly related to the amound of Vicodin I was
consuming at the time.
- Jim, realist
Larry C. Lyons wrote:
>Try your left hand first.
>
>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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