Richmond Anti-inflammatory, Anti-Tumor (and more) Healing with Frankincense and Myrrh
Frankincense and myrrh, two venerated gifts sourced from the gum resins of trees - the Boswellia and the Commiphora, respectively – make marvelous healing partners! Both have been used throughout history in perfume, incense, aromatherapy, and medicine, especially Chinese medicine. Their anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, antioxidant, and more properties address issues with many different health conditions, many that Johnson Chiropractic sees in our Richmond chiropractic patients who may want to know more!
THE COMBINATION: Frankincense and Myrrh
Chinese medicine esteems frankincense and myrrh for their extensively helpful health effects. Used together, their anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects and significantly for anti-tumor effects prevented growth of U266 multiple myeloma cells. (1) In Chinese medicine, frankincense-myrrh are parts 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 reduced 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
Johnson Chiropractic appreciates combinations of treatments to help our Richmond chiropractic patients looking for healing. Chinese medicine addresses diabetic neuropathy, a serious complication of diabetes and trigger of kidney disease, by controlling pathways involved in the glucose/lipid metabolism regulation, antioxidation, anti-fibrosis, anti-inflammation, 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 dissipate blood stasis. The frankincense-myrrh treatment was tested and found to ease neuropathic pain likely related to neuro-inflammatory agents TLR4 and MyD88 and to averting TRPV1 and inflammatory factor expression. (5). Johnson Chiropractic knows all this detail may not be your “thing” of wanting to understand as in depth as this, but we want to share the whole picture 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 regulation of inflammation. In the chiropractic treatment plan, including natural pain-relieving substances like Boswellia serrata (frankincense) to the nutrition part may benefit, too!
Make your Richmond chiropractic appointment today. Gifting frankincense and myrrh may not be popular today, but implementing them for healing may need to grow in popularity!
