We know that a lack
of magnesium underlies our epidemic of heart disease,
high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes
and osteoporosis.
Minus magnesium, hearts beat irregularly; arteries
stiffen, contrict and clog; blood pressure rises;
blood tends to clot; muscles spasm; insulin grows
weaker and blood sugar jumps; bones lose strength;
and pain signals itensify.
Magnesium deficiency is also common in people with
depression and chronic pain. Major depression is
thought to be four times greater in people with
chronic back pain than in the general population.
It has been found that the rate of major depression
increased in linear fashion with greater pain severity.
Thus magnesium, when applied transdermally, since
good for both chronic back pain and depression seperately,
is the nutrition/medicine of choice for treating
these sufferers.
Prescription medications, such as antidepressants,
tranquilizers, and pain medications, only treat
the symptoms. Magnesium treats the symptons while
it simultaneously addresses the cause of much of
the pain and disease we experience. In fact, it
could be surmised that pain and disease is one residual
effect of magnesium deficiency, or a mineral imbalance.
So, why is magnesium not promoted by doctors as
the pain relief medicine it truly is? First, it's
not taught in medical schools and secondly, pharmaceutical
companies don't make money selling magnesium. So
there is no big push to get magnesium understood
and taken by the average (North) American.
In recent testing, magnesium was found to amplify
the analgestic effect of low-dose morphine in conditions
of sustained pain. Considering the good tolerability
of magnesium, these findings have clinical applications
in neuropathic and persistent pain.
Natural pain relief with transdermal magnesium
chloride therapy is safe and effective. Magnesium
may act as a good opiate alternative for many who
become easily dependent on narcotic painkillers
whose ill affects are permeating the population
and even now are getting into the hands of our children.
Most pain medications are not safe; even the over
the counter brands hold unforseen dangers.
What better way to reduce or eliminate pain by
simply taking a bath or rubbing magnesium chloride
in liquid form directly onto the skin or affected
area of the body.
From the pain of sports injuries to low back pain
and sciatica, headaches, relief from kidney stones,
the pain of restless legs, arthritic pain, and just
about every painful condition imaginable will in
all likelihood benefit from magnesium chloride applied
topically.
The combination of heat and magnesium chloride
increases circulation and waste removal. The therapeutic
effect of magnesium baths is to draw inflammation
out of the muscles and joints. A whole new world
of pain management will be realized when doctors
and patients find out that magnesium chloride from
natural sources is available for topical use and
that the potential for pain relief is enormous.
Perhaps the biggest difference between oral and
transdermal supplementation of magnesium is seen
in the area of pain management.
What is essential to remember about treating pain
with magnesium is that it treats both the symptom
and the cause of pain. Meaning the cause of the
pain can often be traced back to a magnesium deficiency.
Trandermally applied magnesium chloride easily belongs
in the middle of every pain program and can be used
in conjunction with other pain medications.
"Transdermal Magnesium Therapy" by Mark
Sircus, O.M.D.
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