As far as the cataracts....to prevent them I use msm drops to keep them from growing...i have heard about using coconut milk to disslove them if you get them...debbie
--- On Sun, 3/29/09, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: From: Pat <[email protected]> Subject: Re: CS>Re: pain relief To: "silver list" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 10:15 PM Last week my doctor told me to try swishing with diluted Braggs AC vinegar and then swallowing to try to help the lichen planus sore areas (cortisone cream didn't do much). Wouldn't that be hard on the teeth? Glad you had great results, Debbie! Prolozone sounds good. I don't really think it would help grow cartilage where none exists, and the leg is bowed and shorter because of the lack. There has been research on growing cartilage outside the body and then putting it in, but it's apparently not greatly successful. I'd be willing to try ozone therapy, possibly, but there are very few people who do it. Acupuncture might relieve the pain, but it can't cure the cause, can it? I guess if you keep it up forever....till the bones grind themselves down to nubs lol. I wonder if acupuncture would help my daughter. She has RSD (now called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome) in one leg which causes her great nerve pain. Over a couple months, she had maybe 13 epidurals which would relieve pain for about one full day and then it would return. She was using a patch for pain, but weaned off that when she became pregnant. Pain was better while nursing. Now she doesn't use much, but suffers quite a lot. She's tried DMSO. I think she should try bromelain, but she's scared to since she's very allergic to so much and even a generic Benadryl caused huge problems. I asked my opthalmologist again if there is anything that can get rid of cataracts. He said that the cataract is like an egg white, in that once the protein has changed (as in cooking), it cannot be changed back. He said the only thing he "knows" is that antioxidants should be used to help prevent changes in the eyes. And, he added, shield the eyes from the sun. It's difficult to find anyone who does alternative-medicine type therapies in the south east USA. Pat A friend used acupuncture for his knee. He said it relieved all pain but it was back in a day or two. I think he tried it twice, then gave up. Pat
