Jen (MPLS, MN) on 12/17/2022
I was diagnosed with T1 diabetes at the age of 4yrs old. I'm now 47yrs old and I haven't suffered from any drastic complications yet but I'm starting to experience swollen legs and feet. Mostly due to being on my feet for way too long.
I tried drinking more water and elevating my feet. It helped at first, but it didn't take long and I was back to square one. It's very scary to look down at your legs and see that your ankles have disappeared. And my favorite ð shoes no longer fit.
My Mom had come across a bottle of Magnesium spray for swollen legs at a health care store, like GNC, so I gave the spray a whirl...
I couldn't believe how well it worked!! I took a bath and shaved my legs first and then sprayed my entire calf and foot ð¦¶. It doesn't take long until you notice a big difference. I'm not sure how long after but I remember looking down at my ankles and being blown away by how well it does work!!
Mama to Many (TN) on 07/01/2021
I immediately put water on to boil to soften my dried plantain leaves, ones I harvested and stored for such a time as this.
As soon as my daughter came in I gently rubbed some arnica cream onto both fingers.
Meanwhile, I used the boiling water to rehydrate several leaves in a mug. After a couple of minutes, I rinsed the leaves in cool water, placed them on the counter, and used a rolling pin to flatten them out and further release their healing properties.
I wrapped her fingers with the cool leaves. I covered those with some plastic wrap and then attached it all with cohesive tape. As soon as the plantain leaves were on her fingers her pain was less.
I encouraged her to keep the plantain on her fingers all night and to be sure to sleep with her hand on pillows above the level of her heart to keep swelling to a minimum.
The next morning she removed the poultices on her fingers. She had good mobility and little pain or bruising. The two cuts on her fingers had already begun to close up and heal. (The cuts were small. I did not put arnica into the cuts as arnica is not meant for broken skin.)
She never needed any more treatment. She had a little bruising on the fingers, I think where I didn't get any arnica cream.
Plantain is amazing. It took her breathtaking pain to a very manageable level in a minute. I have seen this happen before. That is why I always harvest the fresh plantain leaves this time of year. I put them on a cookie sheet in a room with a fan until they dry out. Then I store them in my herb cabinet til needed.
Dried plantain leaves, even the chopped kind, will work similarly if you don't have a source to harvest fresh plantain leaves.
I hope you don't ever need this remedy. But if you do, now you know what to do! :)
~Mama to Many~
Carin (Grenada, West Indies) on 12/24/2017
Something fell on my foot and started swelling after about 2 hours, causing intensive pain. Applied cayenne pepper together with white vaseline and just elevated my feet. Within 4 hours I was able to walk on that foot after application of the above with rest.
Mama To Many (Tn ) on 12/01/2016
He was crying and miserable. I put a frozen rice sock on it but after a while removed that and was shocked to see how large a goose egg was on his shin. He was still crying and didn't want to put weight on his leg. I was starting to wonder if he had cracked his shin bone. I was considering taking him for an x-ray and then I remembered onion. A slice of raw onion works really well for goose eggs.
I cut a slice of fresh onion and applied it to the goose egg, covered it with plastic wrap and then cohesive tape. This did even seem to bring pain relief pretty quickly. He ate dinner and played and a few hours later I removed the onion poultice. I was thrilled to see that the swelling was reduced. He was able to walk around.
I put castor oil on the leg with a sock for overnight. The next morning he still has some swelling but was running around as normal. He said it didn't hurt. He has almost no bruise at all. (I would expect a dreadful purple bruise.)
I am including a picture so you can visualize how the poultice is applied. (I covered the entire onion section with plastic wrap and blue cohesive tape.)
I hope you never need this remedy, but do not underestimate the healing in an onion! :)
~Mama to Many~
Pcline (Springfield, Ohio) on 06/08/2009
I take at least a heaping teaspoon of turmeric (from the spice section of the grocery, although I am looking for it in bulk now) stirred in water as soon as I get up, and one in the evening. If I begin to feel any swelling during the day, such as when I am exposed to household dust, I take another teaspoon right away, and it eliminates the "headache creep". I stay ahead of the allergies this way, but if I cannot get turmeric when the swelling starts, and it begins to cause headaches, when I can get to the turmeric, I may have to take several teaspoon doses before it alleviates, leaving a half-hour or so before I take each additional dose, but IT WORKS! It has ALWAYS EVENTUALLY WORKED. I have not had to take more than three additional doses to stop what used to be RAGING migraines, causing me to have to go to bed and be debilitated for hours afterward.
I feel marvelous, but the additional benefits have been that I realize that my arthritis in my knees is all but gone! I can walk up stairs most of the time without noticing any discomfort at all!
Finally, most astonishingly, I (and everyone I know who has begun to take this) have begun to LOSE WEIGHT! I determined after a bout of intestinal virus to eat less food at a time. (After all, I had not been able to eat anything for 3 days, so this was a good time to break a habit) This was just before I started taking turmeric. With the addition of the turmeric, I feel, I was able to eat less. Nothing else has ever made a difference in my being able to eat less and not feel ravenous and deprived. In just over 3 months, I have lost 48 pounds!!!! And I feel energetic, fabulous, lively and alert! I cannot say what actual physical role turmeric plays as a weight loss aid, but I don't care. I am 53 years old and feel better than I have in YEARS!
I have begun to try turmeric on everything that occurs. I got a spider bite and it began to itch and sting immediately. I washed it right away and put a band-aid with moistened turmeric on it and in minutes, the pain and itch left, no sign of any bite. My family jokes that I would try to revive the dead by sprinkling some turmeric on them, but I cannot believe what a difference just taking turmeric has made with me.
Sandy (In the sticks, Nevada) on 11/24/2007
