List Of 40+ Herbs And Home Remedies For Pain

List Of 40+ Herbs And Home Remedies For Pain. Human pic © psdesign1 – Fotolia.com. Herbs pic © Elena Moiseeva – Fotolia.com (under license)

If you’ve been driven crazy by chronic or acute pain – who hasn’t? – you’ll do anything you can to alleviate it.

But many people are concerned (rightly so) about potentially nasty side effects or long term effects of taking pain meds. This, combined with a huge and growing body of modern scientific research into plant chemistry, has triggered a resurgence in interest in natural and herbal remedies for pain – which many people feel are safer and kinder to the body in the long term – and nutritional remedies, which may be closer to addressing causes rather than just symptoms.

This is also useful knowledge for those occasions when something strikes at 3am and you have to deal with it however you can. For example, if you had a sudden toothache in the middle of the night and had nothing in the medicine cabinet, what would you do? Knowledge is king and if you knew that cloves were a standard toothache remedy in old times, you might be able to take the edge off it until you can get treatment.

We’ve collected up in one place all our posts about herbal and natural remedies for pain. Tons of great info here – bookmark and share this page so that you can find it when you need it! Ok, here’s the list:

Top 10 Herbs For Joint Pain – Detailed page including links to scientific studies on Arnica, Ginger, Nettle, Cayenne, Boswellia, Burdock, Flax, Turmeric, Licorice and Feverfew.

How To Make Turmeric Pain Relief Tea – a simple formula for using Turmeric, which has been called “The World’s most healing spice” – as an anti-inflammatory.

Top 13 Herbal Treatments For Toothache – list of herbs and food items that have been tried and tested on toothaches since old times. Chances are that you will have at least one or two of these in your kitchen at any time.

How To Make Your Own Homemade Pain Relieving Cream – This great formula for a homemade pain relieving cream uses coconut oil and beeswax as the base, and essential oils plus camphor and menthol as the active components.

How To Make Homemade Pain Relief Lotion Bars These are lotion bars – not soap – and are not intended for bathing! Made with all natural ingredients: A base of beeswax, coconut oil and shea / mango / cocoa butter – and then a dash of essential oils. A little will melt to the touch, so the idea is that you apply them to the area you want to treat! They should also be great for the skin.

Top 20 Natural Painkillers In Your Kitchen – one of our most popular posts ever, this one lists 20 common foods plus the specific type of pain they are considered valuable for.

How To Make Hot Pepper Cream For Arthritis And Joint Pain I have to admit, this one looks strange but it turns out that the capsaicin in the peppers has been reported to influence the neurotransmitters that signal pain to the brain… clever stuff!

Know Your Abdominal Pain (Chart) – not a remedy, but a useful chart of different types of abdominal pain and what they could mean.

Please note – this post / this website is not medical advice nor substitute for a professional medical evaluation, nor a recommendation to self-medicate. Pain is your body’s way of trying to tell you something and if you have symptoms or are using medications, consult your doctor first.