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- Title
Smart Talk on Supplements and Botanicals: Natural Pain Medicines.
- Authors
Low Dog, Tieraona
- Abstract
The article offers the author's insights on botanicals and natural supplements that can be used to ease pain. The author says that willow bark extract is a herbal medicine that is much desirable to use than aspirin because it has less adverse effects. She states that arnica, comfrey root, and cayenne are excellent ingredients for topical liniment and ointments. She also mentions that milk thistle can be utilized to offset the adverse effects and toxicity of pain medications.
- Subjects
HERBAL medicine; PAIN management; ARNICA; COMFREY; OINTMENTS; MILK thistle; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Alternative & Complementary Therapies, 2010, Vol 16, Issue 4, p194
- ISSN
1076-2809
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/act.2010.16409