taking pain meds unless absolutely necessary. I found that pressing on a
certain point on my cheekbones blocked the pain....
Larry C. Lyons writes:
> 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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> > >
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