I have a Morton’s Neuroma on my foot which is basically fibrous tissue that grows around nerve cells in your feet. “They say” it’s caused by poor shoes, but I’m the QUEEN of comfortable shoes, so I don’t get how I got it. At any rate, I have one, it’s on my left foot and it causes so much pain and often makes me limp, especially after resting for a period of time. Mornings first thing out of bed and getting out of the car at work after my hour commute are the two most painful times. Basically the Orthopedic Surgeon I work for diagnosed me, gave me a cortisone injection and that helped. The cortisone is supposed to reduce the inflammation, it helped! When I came back a few weeks later and was in pain again, he gave me an odd answer, well odd for a doctor… but maybe because I work with him? He said that they only do cortisone injections every 6 weeks because basically “we” aren’t sure what problems can arise by having it more frequently. My first thought was, oh great! What did I have him inject into me!? And if “they” aren’t sure what kinds of problems there could be from multiple shots “within 6 months” then how can “they” assure me that those same unknown things wouldn’t happen from correct treatment? This is why I don’t subscribe to western medicine! Still my problem persists, so I went to an herb group I belong to and posed the question for help with what I originally thought was a stress fracture. I was given some suggestions for herbs to use and make a liniment (basically herbs soaked in alcohol, the alcohol is rubbed on the skin and quickly absorbed). I instead soaked the herbs in oil and made a salve.
Comfrey is my favorite healing herb! I plan on going to get some roots from a friends plant and planting it at our house. This stuff is like gold in our house. The second herb is St Johns Wart which not only can help with depression but is also an anti-inflammatory and helps muscle spasms, cramps and tension. The third plant I used was yarrow. Yarrow is crazy and has tons of things it helps with, it helps stop bleeding, it can be chewed for a tooth ache until you can get to the dentist, bruises and pain, inflammation…
So I put these herbs (which we harvested ourselves, thank you very much 🙂 ) and I put them my glass pan and added oil to cover. I put the stove on low and let it sit for a while. Then I forgot about it, LOL. I’m good at forgetting little projects I start. So they sat in the pan with the herbs for a few days then I strained off the herbs and again the jar of oil sat another week probably. Then my foot really started bothering me, so last weekend I made salve. I melted my beeswax and added the oil then put it all in baby food jars. I started applying the salve to my foot, top and bottom where it hurt. I leave my jar of salve on my night stand and try to remember to put it on at night and in the morning. I was consistent for two days and I noticed a CONSIDERABLE difference in my foot pain. I applied this morning and I have no foot pain! This stuff really works. I have yet to use it on anything else inflamed but my foot is super happy!
Our new toy we got last night. Juicing has been such a powerful thing for us. We both notice such a difference in how we feel and I mentioned before I had just blurted it out to our neighbor one night. Yesterday I went out to cut some sage for dinner and our neighbor was outside having a smoke. She said that she wants to start juicing and proposed to us that if we buy the produce and juice it for her, not only will she pay for her produce but give us extra for our time, and even said she wanted to buy chicken eggs from us! This is a true God-send because Hubby is having a really hard time finding work. She is just tired of being sick and tired, as were we! We decided to upgrade our juicer! It was a bit of money to spend, and we are not rich by any stretch of the imagination. But we decided it was an investment in ourselves, and now that we have our neighbor on board… it’s really an investment in the community.
We bought a Hurom Slow Juicer, now I’m still a cheap girl and I LOVE a deal. Hubby, his motto in life is “A closed mouth doesn’t get fed.” He is never afraid to ask for a discount or a break on anything. Back to the juicer, we were looking around at good options, watched many youtube videos and researched options. I checked on craigslist and found a Hurom slow juicer that was only used a few times and the girl didn’t want it anymore. She actually lived in a studio apartment and it was kind of big for her little place. She had only had it for a bit and was selling it, new it’s $360 she had it advertised for $280. Yesterday evening we drove into Portland and checked it out, the thing was amazing! You hardly have to use the plunger at all, in fact the thing sucks down produce, and its whisper quiet! Hubby handed the girl $260 and she accepted, so we basically bought a brand new juicer for $100 less than it costs in the store. We were tickled! We hurried home to try that baby out. It not only produced more juice with less produce, but the juice was darker and it was more pungent, you could tell it had more in it. The only “beef” with it is that it does produce a bit of pulp in the juice, which we remedied by straining with a fine mesh strainer, and that you have to cut down stringy veggies (think celery, and asparagus) or hard roots (carrots and beets). It also does wheatgrass, it does leafy green veggies very well and you can also make nut milks and coconut milk with it, as well as banana ice cream. Our JuiceMan II is great, but it sounded like a jet plane was taking off in our kitchen every morning, and if the pulp got stuck on the mesh strainer then the thing would rattle around and it felt like it was taking off! LOL I guess we are “real” juicers now? We certainly feel blessed that is for sure! The following video was one that really made me sure we wanted this machine… enjoy! HAPPY FRIDAY!!!
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I’m so sorry to hear about your foot pain, Corri, but I’m completely fascinated with the salve! I would love to make some and not only have it on hand, but be in a position to share it! My husband, in particular, has so many “aches and pains” even beyond his most recent surgery. I’m delighted, too, about your new juicer! I love your husband’s attitude about bargain seeking! Blessed Easter, Corri! I am sure it will be a wonderful day to remember Christ’s sacrifice and I don’t know about you, but I have so many loved ones I look forward to one day seeing again in heaven…Easter Sunday is always very emotional for me as I think and remember, and look forward! Another blogger I want to share with you is Kate, at http://believeanyway.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/strutting-out-with-a-happy-tude-because-of-jesus/ and I hope you’ll check her out. You would find great compatibility! I hope the link is live…but if it isn’t, just go to “believeanyway” at wordpress…you’ll get there! Let me know what you think. Hugs, Debra
The link worked thank you Debra, I will check that out! If you make the salve let me know how it works. It is SO easy! If you have a place you can buy herbs locally go there to pick them up, if not mountain rose herbs in Eugene, OR is amazing!
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