Tonawanda Anti-inflammatory, Anti-Tumor (and more) Healing with Frankincense and Myrrh
Frankincense and myrrh, two esteemed gifts taken from the gum resins of trees - the Boswellia and the Commiphora, respectively – make wonderful partners in healing! Both have been incorporated throughout history in perfume, incense, aromatherapy, and medicine, especially Chinese medicine. Their anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, antioxidant, and more properties address 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 esteems frankincense and myrrh for their wide-ranging helpful health effects. Used in combination, their anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects and significantly for anti-tumor effects stopped growth of U266 multiple myeloma cells. (1) In Chinese medicine, frankincense-myrrh are components of an anti-tumor drug for a variety of cancers with the newest research presenting its effect on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). How? By monitoring pathological processes like cytokine-receptor binding and pathways and affecting the blood vessels that serve tumors in HCC. Tumor volume was reduced, and pathological structure was weakend 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 complication of diabetes and trigger of kidney disease, by regulating pathways having to do with 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 put to the test and found to ease 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 “up your alley” of wanting to understand as in depth as this, but we want to share the whole story if only to get to the point that frankincense-myrrh eases neuropathic pain, a great result!
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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 nutrients like Boswellia serrata (frankincense) to the nutrition part may benefit, too!
Make your Tonawanda chiropractic appointment now. Gifting frankincense and myrrh might not be popular today, but using them for healing may need to grow in popularity!
