Natural Remedies for Neuropathy: Holistic & Nutritional

I was talking to Brenda, a woman (40yrs old) from Mexico City, who developed Gestational Diabetes while pregnant a few years back, which later turned into type-1, and also developed neuropathy in her feet after taking diabetic medication.

She told me she traveled to Cuba for treatment of her neuropathy. There, they put her on high dosage of Vitamin B-Complex. After a few weeks, her neuropathy disappeared.

The Link Between Vitamin B-Complex Deficiency and Neuropathy

If you're a diabetic, unfortunately, you may be at a higher risk for neuropathy. The use of metformin for the management of blood sugar levels can deplete levels of Vitamin B12 and other B vitamins in the body. So, if you're a diabetic and any of the symptoms of neuropathy develop, then it's best to seek medical help in this case.

Low Vitamin B12 can cause dysfunction in the myelin sheath. The role of the myelin sheath is to protect the nerves from becoming damaged. This affects the ability of the nerves to operate correctly, as well as affecting the ability to provide adequate nutrition to the myelin sheath.

A deficiency of B-Vitamins is fairly common in the older age groups. In fact, between 10% and 15% of those over 60 years old have neuropathy.

An intensive treatment plan is needed to ensure that optimal B-Vitamin levels are maintained.

How Much Vitamin B-Complex Is Needed for Neuropathy Treatment

Lacking vitamins E, B1, B6, and B12 may cause neuropathy. These vitamins are vital to nerve health and functioning. A deficiency can lead to significant nerve damage.

The method used is generally dependent on whether one has developed a nutritional deficiency or poorly absorbs the vitamin.

The required doses of Vitamin B12 for neuropathy in adults are:

• 1000mcg daily over five days
• ​1000mcg weekly over five weeks

Brenda's treatment involved taking high dosages of B-Complex. She had to be monitored by blood work daily due to her Type-1 diabetes. But, for a person in general good health with no underlying health issues, taking B-Complex daily so have no problems.

Caution

For adults only. Consult a physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition. Most B-vitamin products contain Biotin (B-7), which may interfere with some blood test results.

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Charlotte,

You might consider this for peripheral neuropathy :

https://www.earthclinic.com/cures/five-supplements-for-peripheral-neuropathy.html

Art

I've been taking 300 mg of Alpha Lipoic Acid daily…. Still have numbness in feet and low legs. Any suggestions?

Thanks. Red light therapy maybe a lesser known but effective treatment, without having to take another pill. Ordered a unit today. Will be doing this daily and will come back in 30 days to report my spouses response to this.

Baldev,

On second thought, I had already done an article on Peripheral Neuropathy (PN) last December 2022, here :

https://www.earthclinic.com/cures/five-supplements-for-peripheral-neuropathy.html

To this article of 5 supplements for PN, I would add Berberine as berberine has shown the potential, like melatonin, to promote nerve regeneration as discussed in the following link :

https://www.spandidos-publications.com/10.3892/mmr.2018.9508

Here is a relevant study quote :

' In conclusion, these results indicate that berberine can promote nerve regeneration through IGFR‑mediated JNK‑AKT signal pathway. '

So the 6 PN supplements would now be :

1. Vitamin B1 in the form of Benfotiamine, a fat soluble form of B1.

2. Vitamin B6 in the form called P5P

3. Vitamin B12 as methylcobalamin

4. R-Alpha Lipoic Acid

5. Melatonin

6. Berberine

Art

Baldev,

I'll do that this coming week.

Art

May I request Art and any other poster to do the research on this subject. Because Neuropathy of non diabetic origin is quite rempent these days.

Thanks Baldev

Benfotiamine for Neuropathy

Hi my.bame is Jacqui. I am now 82 years of age.

I had the worst neuroo as thick pain around 3026. Every time I P Bank, burning like fire, crushing. Electric shocks, etc. Had ne constantly scream. Cause not known. I am not diabetic but I have chronic Lyme disease with multiple co infections including Bartonella. I was on Gabapentin that worked initially but when it stopped was switched to lyrica and then horizonta. Nothing worked.
At the time I tried Aloa Lipoic Acid but it had no effect on relieving the pain, but the dosages I took were co miserably lower than 600 mg that I notice is now recommended.

Out of desperation I started to experiment with high dosages of Benfotiamine. It is a synthetic form of vitamin B1 so that it iis made fat soluable and it can enter the cell wall ( and therefore nerve cells) making it highly more effective than ordinary B1 ( thiamine(. It is known to be effective & often used for diabetic neuropathy.

I learned about it in 2005 because I had used it successfully then when I had neurologic pain in my left small toe. The usual dosage is about 300-600 mg.
At tt time I took a little more & it was successful in stopping the sensitivity and pain ( even a sheet touching the toe area would caue pain(). Eventually I stopped using it. (At the time I was not aware that I had chronic Lyme disease. I believe that is the main cause of my beuropsthy(

So, 11 years later when I had severe neuropathic pain in my legs ( surprisingly not in my feet until later on) I experimented with Benfotiamine. I was desperate and decided to take increasing amounts until hopefully the pain diminished. I found the correct dosage. 1,200 mg ( 4 300 mg capsules) every 4 hrs. I put it on a timer and took it at the middle of night. I remained on that dosage for four years. Sometimes I could decrease it. When I had Covid the neuropathy got worse and going back to 7,200 mg a day was not enough. I doubled, possibly tripled that dosage and the pain went away. Eventually I was able to decrease the dosage dramatically..

I have also found that grape seed extract, high in resveratrol also have dramatic improvement and with very high dosage ( about 1 tsp of the piwder - in a drink & extremely bitter) I could reduce the Benfotiamine. ( BTW, for years I took high dosages of tumetic, by the tablespoon very effective for my for arthritic pain but it had no effect on the beuropaty, (. Now I take tumetic 95% curcumin, excellent for inflammation & other things but I haven't noticed it helps neuropathy). Benfotiamine in very high dosages has multiple benefits. One is that it promotes angiogenesis ( regrowth of arteries). While I was on the gett high dosage for many years I was not aware I had a 99% blockage in the popital artery, the main artery from the knee down the keg. It was discovered accidentally because I had no pain at all which is miraculous. The blockage was removed in 2019 and afterwards I have read about a study done on mice in 2006 that it promotes angiogenesis and the reason I had no.pain is because the high dosage I was on for years created colkatety arteries in my legs and that is why I had no pain. I have also read Benfotiamine is good for most autoimmune diseases. including fibromyalgia and Croans disease.

I have been for many years on high dosage Benfotiamine plus many other supplements that I experiment with. I also had an EMG test a little over a year ago that showed severe sensory neuropathy in my legs, mild motor.neuropaty, & very Mild neuropathy in my arms and also carpel tunnel. About two months ago I repeated tan EMG. My last EMG tests show although it had not been severe I no longer have motor neuropathy in the legs . The severe sensory neuropathy in my legs is now mild. I no longer have mild neuropathy in my arms and there is no carpal tunbel. The neuroligist who performed this last EMG is doubtful that zi ever had neuropathy because he said it is impossible for nerves to regenerate. I am also sering another neurologist next week to go over as ll these findings and see what he has to say.

I apologised for typos. It is late at night, early morning & I am writing this on a cell phone. But I wanted to share this important information with you.
Also Sulbutiamine is another fat soluable analog of Viramin B1. It is capable of entering the blood brain barrier whereas Benfotiamine can not. I have found and studies support this too can help neuropathy but more studies have been performed with Benfotiamine.

I'm not diabetic but I do have neuropathy in my feet. I've used all sorts of creams and lotions to ease the burning and numbness. Most recently I tried the new Australian (?) Roll-on which helped me the most. However, tonight it didn't. So after lying awake a few hours, I decided, out of desperation, to check earthclinic for a remedy and decided to try some castor oil. Within about 15 minutes I got relief. My feet still feel numb but they're not burning. Also, I've had severe nerve pain in my hand today which radiated up thru my wrist. I put some Castor oil on that too and the pain is gone. I'm truly flabbergasted! I had no idea!!! Thank you so much earthclinic and everyone who posts their sucesses and not so sucessful remedies. God bless and keep you all.❣️

Replying to Posted by Kay (Tampa, Fl.) on 05/12/2013:

Art, I saw your 4/5/13 post where you said you take both Chanca Piedra (500 mg/day) and R-ALA (which you take 500 mgs every meal and it is keeping it under control. I have horrendous neuropathy and have tried everything. I have it in my feet calves, arms and it is moving up my thigh. I get very little sleep as I have terrible hot knife stabbings all night long everywhere. My liver enzymes are over 100 each and have been for years. I have tried the Berkson remedy and took 1000 mgs milk thistle for 10 months and nothing changed. Also do you have an opinion on the clinical test trial called GS 7977? Thank you and God Bless.

Hi Kay,

I too suffered neuropathy mostly in my feet to the point I almost couldn't walk. I cut out all carbs, as much fat as I could, and started juicing 1.5 celery heads a day in the AM on an empty stomach, I started eating tons of apples, bananas, grapes, and any other fruit I could get my hands on. I fresh squeeze oranges to make at least 16 Oz of juice and some days 32 Oz of OJ, however I didn't drink OJ every day, but at least three times a week.

I basically cut almost all meat out of my diet except maybe a small piece of chicken for dinner. I started eating sweet potatoes and just regular potatoes with NO BUTTER/NO SOUR CREAM with only a tiny pinch of pink salt. I'm taking an adrenal support supplement every night before bed called HPA AXIS, Mega Hydrate 2 X daily, juice apples, cucumber and barley grass powder along with Spirulina daily also. I started taking full spectrum CBD OIL 500 mg once daily and finally after two months, the symptoms are subsiding. I honestly think my diet was killing me. I have been prediabetic and was always afraid to eat too much fruit.

The trick is to eat lots of fruit and cut out the meat and the fat. Eat lots of veggies especially green veggies and cruciferous. I'm sure it will help you, but be patient because it probably took you a while to get into that condition. Good luck to you.

For Neuropathy Pain:

Take 250mg pantothenic acid a day.

Hi Laura, just read your posting of several years ago. 1st. Gabapentine did they sell it back then? To me I would never take due to how dangerous the side effects are. Did you suffer Side Effects at all? How long did you take? Did it really help your pain? Is there an R-Lipoic Acid? Thank you, I too love this site, however, I have lots of priorities so I can't view for hours, but would love to because I pass on info to others that need it.

If I can be of assistance with anything pls contact me. Joseph

I have peripherals neuropathy from the antibiotic Levaquin..It took several years to determine this as dr's told me it's idiopathic which means they don't know where it came from...There are several drugs called fluoroquinolones that can cause neuropathy...I haven't yet met a dr who knows this..The drugs are CIPRO, LEVAQUIN, AVELOX, FLOXIN NOROXI, FLOXACIN...DO NOT TAKE THESE DRUGS NO MATTER WHAT YOUR DR SAYS..IT'S YOUR HEALTH NOT HIS/HERS.ANY SPECIAL REMEDIES FOR THIS KIND OF NEUROPATHY..I HAVE TRIED MANY THINGS...These drugs were made for cancer as they are chemotherapy..They didn't work so the Drug companies relabeled them as ANTIBIOTICS..NICE HUH?? I went to a dr with food poisoning lost 30 pounds in 4 days and he put me on Levaquin..HUGE MISTAKE ON MY PART TAKING THEM

Regarding Severe Neuropathy in Feet

I would try turmeric at 500 mg 3 times a day...I use it and have minimal neuropathy pain..It also helps the liver much...

Vitamins b1 to b6 and b12, plus ala and butcher's broom, reduced my diabetes neuropathy by about 70% and another 10% by not using a recliner chair to watch tv. Maybe it presses on the nerves in the legs.

For neuropathy and Inflammation:

Use 1/4 gram coconut oil and 1/2 gram honey bee wax. Melt wax add other ingredient after wax has melted. It will become cream it's very good for nerve. and muscle pain and also on cracked skin. You can add essential oil for aroma.

Have severe b6 toxicity just from a multi-vitamin, caused neuropathy etc. Get off b6 and see if you improve.

Hi, my name is Bobbie and I am suffering from neuropathy and sciatica in the same leg at the same time and it has been in painful situation. I finally starting getting relief when I went to see a chiropractor. I went to one that did adjustments only with a couple of tables and the adjustments started to help but after a month on of the doctors there told me that I needed a different type of treatment and told me to go to another office that had more equipment and different treatments so I did.

After the first treatment I started to feel better and after the second treatment the sciatica pain was gone almost completely but I still had some burning and numbness from the neuropathy. The third treatment got me a good night's sleep, which I hadn't had in months.

Before going to the chiropractor I used DSMO which helped at first and then it made things worse. I took turmeric daily which helped some but it takes months to get enough in your system to do what is needed. I tried a lot of other things on this site but I am not a patient person and wanted a right now cure so I move on to something else.

I am sticking with the chiropractor because I felt results with the first, second, third, etc.... The low back pain, buttock pain, feet and hand tingling, numbness and burning are down to annoying, the shooting and intense pain are annoying and I can sleep on and off and I am not crying.

As I read some of the other comments I see that some things works for others but not all so I hope this will help some of you. I will post again as I progress.

If B12 deficiency goes on too long, it can be permanent.

I've been using MSM for years to prevent gallstones and my neuropathy just continued on. My initial neuropathy was from B12 deficiency, which was from chronic diarrhea, which was from vaccine injury.

You can get dmso at a ranch supply or feed store. I have used it for years. It helps fix just about everything. Read about it online.

I could not sleep because of tingling sensations in my legs.

I eliminated gluten, dairy, soy and limited sugar and carbs but I still could not sleep. I eliminated eggs and I am cured.

600 mg of alpha lipoic acid has helped my neuropathy go away. You may have to take this dosage twice a day for awhile but it works.

A few years ago I read on a discussion forum type thing like this one but have not been able to find the right references. Anyhow, I read where people with peripheral neuropathy (Soles) rubbed in grapeseed OIL before bed and in the morning it was gone. Well, I tried it. In the Morning feet were the same. Next night again. Nothing Next night nothing. Bugger! I thought about it, found it was omega 6. Not the healthiest drink and thought why not. My feet are killing me, even walking on raised ripples in wet sand.

Got a bottle of organic, cold pressed grapeseed oil and drank a big swig straight from the bottle. 3 X a day. The third day no change. 4th morning got out of bed and could not believe it. My sole pain was ABSOLUTELY GONE!! I had 550 ml left from a 1 liter bottle so it worked out that I took 50ml each swig. My soles felt tender with not a tinge of pain and felt like the baby's bottom.

I never took any more from that moment on and it was gone for over a year or more. I could walk on any surface with ease. It came back eventually so slowly that after a couple of years I am about to repeat it.

I was experiencing severe neuropathy in my legs and feet for the past year to the point of just about getting ready to order a walker from Amazon just a few days ago as was tripping over things while walking and walking with a severe limp. However I accidentally came across DSMO that took away all the pain because I remember Ted had suggested it's use for cancer pain along with lavender oil. Within 15 minutes of applying this to my legs and feet, I was able to get out of bed and walk normal without pain and a limp. Frankly, I shocked myself with the way I walked as this DSMO is like a miracle for me and I just have to share it as I know how unbearable neuropathy pain had become for me that I want others to be able to get relief from the suffering as I did. I bought my in about glass bottle and poured it into a glass spray bottle and spray it onto my legs, feet, and hands as I have arthritic hands too. There is a heating sensation initially. I also apply magnesium chloride oil along with DSMO because I have been getting lots of leg cramps. But I have no doubt it is the DSMO that took away the pain.

Reading reviews of people who purchased DSMO, they find relief for pains related to sprains, arthritis, psoriasis, back pain, amongst others. Well, I have been working in the yard, lifting things, shoveling truck load of sand and mulch for the past three days since I started using DSMO with one or two applications per day and it has done wonders for my neuropathy. It hasn't been as miraculous for my arthritis as I can still feel some stiffness in the joints, but it did reduce the pain about 80 percent, which is still progress.

I hope it can work as well for others regarding neuropathy pain. Would love to hear how this product works for others. I conveniently ordered mine from Amazon. Will order an extra bottle to keep on hand as I love how it allows me to be able to functional somewhat normally again and to walk without an aid.