Alternative Pain Relief

Blurb

This is a book about natural and alternative pain relief — beyond the prescription pad. It’s a summary of 25 years of alternative medical knowledge, giving you the bottom line on which alternative medical therapies work the best. Your alternative medical kit includes the include the familiar — mindfulness, massage and acupuncture — along with the less familiar: Shirodhara (bliss therapy), Lomi Lomi, medical cannabis and music therapy. Many of the treatments in this book have roots in Ayurveda (Ayur = life and veda = knowledge), the holistic medicine from India — the healing branch of yogic science. These alternative methods have helped many patients reduce or eliminate their need for prescription pills. Eastern methods work in part by releasing the body’s own natural pain relievers (endorphins — meaning “morphine within”) and altering how the mind perceives and deals with pain.  The knowledge in this book has helped many patients reduce or eliminate their reliance on drugs like Vicodin (hydrocodone), Percocet (oxycodone) and Oxycontin (time-release oxycodone). The book begins with an overview of holistic pain management and a review of Harvard's MBSR program. Next Ayurveda, the holistic medicine from India is introduced along with it’s natural remedies for pain control, from cannabis to mama point therapy. The book concludes with chapters on Ayurvedic Detox, Western detox and a solution for the opiate crisis.