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I have a friend who desperately needs some natural medicine help - and I don’t have the answers. She has long had osteoporosis and she let a doctor talk her into some Big Pharma injections after she kept getting fractured vertebrae. Now she has bad joint pain and was just diagnosed with autoimmune lupus, likely caused by the 5 injections that she got. She is 75.
I’m also curious what I could take to restore minerals in my body, especially bones and teeth?
What kind of injections did your friend get?
I have not found anything natural to stop the pain. I have nerve pain, arthritis. Osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia. I have a few herbal salves that helps move than anything else. If you need resources for herbal salves and tinctures I can give you links to the small businesses I buy from. Arnica is supposed to be great for pain. I find more relief from cottonwood bud salve. I’m not familiar with Lupus treatment or symptoms. In my research I’ve seen articles about it. It’s possible antiviral herbs would help. Maybe ivermectin, I’ve never taken it and can’t advise if it’s helpful. I’d think diet would have a big factor.
As an autoimmune disease, lupus occurs when your immune system attacks healthy tissue in your body.
Get on a supplement site and research. That’s probably the best place to start because so many “self help” content has false information. We live in a world with too many experts making videos and blogs.
Check into this: I don’t know if it will help repair damage. This is great company. I did hear from several good sources the collagen supplements on the market is a waste of money. Also so many supplements are synthetic. And, many supplement companies are owned by big pharma. I don’t have a list right off hand. Research carnivore diet I’ve seen many regular people say it’s healed their bodies. It can’t heal significant damage like bone, disc and joint injuries. I believe it’s possibly different for each individual. So far it hasn’t healed my chronic conditions. The worse your damage the longer it takes. It’s not for everyone and it’s hard at first.
https://theherbalacademy.com/blog/12-traditional-pain-relieving-herbs/
https://theherbalacademy.com/blog/herbal-recipes-for-bodies-in-pain/
https://www.indigo-herbs.co.uk/blog/herbalists-guide-to-natural-pain-relief
https://www.indigo-herbs.co.uk/natural-health-guide
https://ancestralsupplements.com/collections/shop/products/grass-fed-bone-marrow-by-ancestral-supplements-1
https://americanherbalistsguild.com/herbal-medicine-fundamentals
https://www.gaiaherbs.com/pages/herb-reference-guide
FYI: don’t buy natural medicine books on Amazon. I read they are changing information and taking out pages in popular herbal medicine books.
As far as teeth look into mineralizing tooth past or powder.
Redmond Life Earth toothpaste and powder is good. Citrus and charcoal are my favorites. I think you have to order from third party sites like Amazon, etc.
I like Living Libations, it’s very expensive for what you get. The company has high quality products.
David’s toothpaste is good. The mint is very strong, if you don’t like mint get another flavor.
Also oil pulling is supposed to be good prevention.
She didn’t say the exact injections. But thank you for writing all of this! I’m saving it for her and for me. My mother has pre-osteoporosis, likely from fluoride in city water. She has a Berkey now, but needs to restore what was sucked out of her bones.