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Tonawanda Anti-inflammatory, Anti-Tumor (and more) Healing with Frankincense and Myrrh

Frankincense and myrrh, two esteemed gifts obtained from the gum resins of trees - the Boswellia and the Commiphora, respectively – make wonderful partners in healing! Both have been tapped throughout history in perfume, incense, aromatherapy, and medicine, especially Chinese medicine. Their anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, antioxidant, and more properties deal with issues with a variety of health conditions, many that Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation sees in our Tonawanda chiropractic patients who may want to know more!

THE COMBINATION: Frankincense and Myrrh

Chinese medicine admires frankincense and myrrh for their extensively positive health effects. Used together, their anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects and notably for anti-tumor effects prevented growth of U266 multiple myeloma cells. (1) In Chinese medicine, frankincense-myrrh are elements of an anti-tumor drug for a variety of cancers with recent research revealing its effect on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). How? By monitoring pathological processes like cytokine-receptor binding and pathways and targeting the blood vessels that serve tumors in HCC. Tumor volume was reduced, and pathological structure was diminished with frankincense and myrrh treatment. (2) Low dose frankincense/myrrh modulated urotheilial wound healing to improve symptoms of acute interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome.  (3) The frankincense/myrrh combo proves itself to be a winning/healing one!

NEUROPATHIC PAIN

Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation welcomes combinations of treatments to help our Tonawanda chiropractic patients seeking healing. Chinese medicine addresses diabetic neuropathy, a serious problem of diabetes and cause of kidney disease, by regulating pathways involved in the glucose/lipid metabolism regulation, antioxidation, anti-inflammation, anti-fibrosis, etc. (4) Chinese medicine treatment of neuropathic pain commonly involves the frankincense-myrrh combination as it is explained as having the ability to activate blood and disperse blood stasis. The frankincense-myrrh treatment was tested and found to reduce neuropathic pain likely related to neuro-inflammatory agents TLR4 and MyD88 and to inhibition of TRPV1 and inflammatory factor expression. (5). Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation knows all this detail may not be your “thing” of wanting to know, but we want to share the whole picture if only to highlight how well frankincense-myrrh eases neuropathic pain, a great result!

CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes inflammation’s role in spine pain as well as the effects of chiropractic spinal manipulation with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management on the immune system and its management of inflammation. In the chiropractic treatment plan, adding natural pain-relieving substances like Boswellia serrata (frankincense) to the nutrition part may benefit, too!

Schedule your Tonawanda chiropractic appointment today. Gifting frankincense and myrrh might not be popular today, but implementing them for healing may need to grow in popularity!

 
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