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Frankincense and Myrrh for Neuropathy pain

Neuropathy | Last Active: Mar 23 8:33am | Replies (125)

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Hey thanks for resurfacing this discussion. I had heard of their anti-inflammatory properties, but hadn’t thought of trying it for neuropathy pain, it seems to really work. I just read an NIH article that cited research and their conclusion - “In brief, frankincense and myrrh, as two traditional natural medicines, have extensive and significant pharmacological effects, and their combination has magically synergistic effects.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6749531/#!po=10.1852

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You are welcome! And thank you for the link which documents the synergistic effect of combining Frankincense with Myrrh. Very coincidentally, I stumbled across this Mayo discussion website and this thread, because I typed in Bing Search something like "does frankincense alone work for neuropathy." This thread did not touch on that but immediately after my general comment, you magically answered my question (which I did not even ask here) about the efficacy of the combination of the two oils. I've long been a skeptic of seemingly innocent homeopathic type remedies. Especially of say, some clear oil that doesn't provide any sensation on the skin, like FM Neuropathy. Yet the evidence that it works is there. Plus when I get it on my hands and accidently touch somewhere besides the tougher skin of my foot, it does tingle like it does have effect. An amazing thing for me is the relief is immediate. I wondered if it was, ok, like maybe any oil or lotion does this...maybe my feet are just chronically dry!...in addition to neuropathy. But even though I've tried other "lotions" including icy hot lidocaine, nothing does the trick like FM Neuropathy. It lasts a couple hours after application. Fortunately I wake up with less pain than when I went to bed but it truly takes a full night of rest to bring about the relief. In other words, sitting in my recliner for a few hours does NOT help and makes it worse, actually. So, without relief, there's no relaxing at night.