Guest guest Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Don, My partner is 82 kg and 6 foot tall with a large frame. He only eats meat luckily once a week, fish maybe up to three times a week and chicken once a week if lucky and so our diet is mainly vegetarian due to me not being much of a meat eater. He hardly has any dairy products except maybe once a week on cereal and then the milk goes out of date and cheese in a salad, on a pizza or in his sandwich maybe upt to 2-3 times a week and the margarine we use is soy only, no dairy. In the past he has psoriasis and we had treated that with complete success and we thought that was the result of his years of traveling arthritis and it did stop for a while but now it is in his foot. I have not treated it with anything at this stage and the only supplements he takes is B complex, horseradish and garlic when he has hayfever and my cold tincture that I make up when he gets sniffles or a back ache coming on and we nip the bug quickly. I am just saying gout as of what he had many years a go but then again it was sudden and I did treat it pretty quickly resulting it to go away just as quick. He is not working at present so does not stand for long periods of time but the pain is never located to only one spot. I think it maybe nerve related and would have liked to make the nerve formula but we cannot get Ephedra in Australia as it has been illegal for years so unless someone can smuggle some in for me I was wondering whether anyone has found a substitute for it yet? Catherine suggested St Johns Wort oil and I do have it in a tincture base so I could make up a cream instead and see if that would work for him but I would also like to treat him internally. I don't have any MSM on hand and I owe my suppliers money to be able to get any stock at this stage so I am trying to find alternatives. Wendy (Australia) Well Wendy, What is your partner like? Tall, big, small, lithe, skinny? What have you been doing for his " traveling arthritis " to date? What kind of work does he do? Is he on concrete a lot? What kind of physical impact does he put upon his feet during the day? Is he still eating meat? Is he still eating mucus forming foods? One thing I do when my feet hurt is to fill the tub (at least 6 inches) of the coldest water I can get and will even add ice to it to get it colder. Then I will place my feet in there and just bite the bullet. It hurts, oh man does it hurt. I leave them there until they are numb and then I remove them. This takes sometimes 15 minutes sometimes longer. I then let them warm up gradually whilst kicking back and chilling. After I get feeling back into my feet they feel like clouds stuck on the end of my legs. They will feel wonderful for days afterwards. Don Q. http://personals..au - Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Hi Wendy, So leave the ephedra out and make it anyway. Ephedra is more of a respiratory herb anyway. Now is this pain located on the bottom of the foot predominantely or on the top? Also, how much exercise does he get daily? Don Q. - Wendy . herbal remedies Friday, January 09, 2004 1:01 PM [herbal remedies] travelling pain in foot Don,My partner is 82 kg and 6 foot tall with a largeframe. He only eats meat luckily once a week, fish ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Ain't no bugs here!Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release 1/8/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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