7 Herbs for Pain – Church of God

(Copyright 2023) by James Steinle (Swanville, Minnesota)
Some very useful medical information for treating pain naturally, which I have taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUyk1sZu82Q a 68-minute video by Doc Jones, a veterinarian and a Clinical Naturopath. He is well educated, easy to listen to and a funny man. He has many videos on herbs on YouTube. These herbs can either be found where you live in many cases or can be purchased individually on Amazon.com, eBay.com or other places that sell natural herbs or tinctures. Doc Jones has many formulas available on his website shown below. Reports are very recently coming out that medicine of many kinds are becoming hard to find or non-existent and many hospitals are closing. It may well pay to be prepared! I encourage you to watch what Doc Jones has to say. He LOVES using tinctures topically (on the body) which is not very prevalent in the herbal community at this time. Find a lot more here: https://www.youtube.com/@HomeGrownHerbalist I like to make tinctures by chopping up the parts of the herb being used or macerating them in a blender, then placing it in a glass bottle (brown or blue if possible) and pour 70-80% Vodka or other strong alcohol over it; enough to cover it by once again the volume of the herbs. Tightly cover the jar (maybe even using some thin plastic wrap under the cover to keep the alcohol from evaporating over time) and place in a cool dark area or cupboard for up to two weeks or more, trying to remember to shake it every day. If alcohol is not something you want, you can use organic apple cider vinegar, although it won’t be as effective in drawing out the good parts of the herbs). If an emergency, you may find some help in as little as three hours of making a tincture. For amounts to take? It could be anywhere from a few drops to a teaspoon or two. If not sure, start out small and increase as needed. You may want to try a little on your skin to see if you get a rash or irritation. Use your own good judgment. Read up on it and get educated; remember, it is medicine! I have compiled a list of ailments at the bottom that were included in the first link above. SKULLCAP – (not Chinese skullcap but the American one) It is in the mint family. Helps calm nerves, used for insomnia, anxiety, panic attacks, rabies (does not kill the virus), very good for pain internally and topically particularly if its nerve pain as in pinched or aggravated nerves, joint pain, arthritis or any pain. Can be used in a tea (put a lid on it while making it or boil the water & take off the stove and put the powdered herb in and throw a lid on it). It can be made into a tincture (used a lot topically) or into capsules. If using the bark or roots then yes, boil it (as in making a decoction), but if just using dry powdered herb put in hot water and drink as soon as cool enough. [minute 1 – 10:20] HOPS – (H. humulus used the most, but H. Neomexicana H. Neoamericanus also is used). The medicine on hops is the strobile, pine cone like part; harvest in late summer to early fall; the strobile starts changing from green to a yellowish tint, they get a yellow powder on them. Do not harvest in the 1st year as they are establishing themselves. Hops can be used to treat anxiety, its calming & sedating, insomnia, ADHD, arthritis, osteoarthritis, irritability, tension and nerve pain. Inflammatory type of pain. Hops is full of phytoestrogen. Those who use CBD Oil for pain can use hops also. Hops internally as a tincture is good for guts, enteritis, bellyache, diarrhea, colitis and has some good antimicrobial effects to kill pathogens without beating up the good bacteria. Good for digestive issues. Sore thumb or knee? Spray tincture of hops on it, relief could be in a couple of minutes. Can use hops as an alternative for yeast in making bread. [minute 10:21 – 20:20] CLOVES – Has good antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal properties, it stimulates the immune system, decreases inflammation, but mostly it’s an anodyne (a plant that eliminates pain topically on the mucous membranes); gums for a sore tooth or dental pain – put on a cotton ball & place next to sore tooth or area, throat, stomach, bladder, any surface inside the body). Use whole cloves and grind them up just before making a tincture or using the powder as much stronger than using old clove powder. If making an essential oil of cloves dilute with a carrier oil such as organic olive oil as undiluted clove oil will be too strong. It can irritate your tissues. [minute 20:21 – 26:45] TEASEL – (dipsacus – also known as Xu Duan, Fuller’s Thistle, Fuller’s Teasel, Card Teasel, Venuscup Teasel); [the root is the medicine. Best is a plant at start of its 2nd year in spring before it starts to bolt and die. or, fall of 1st year]; Lyme’s disease; seizures associated with Lyme’s; Chinese use it for broken bones and wounds; weird nerve pain – he uses tincture mostly topically but also often internally for old pain ; old chronic pain (often in one week pain is gone); Multiple sclerosis or MS – start out with 1 drop tincture 3 X day, then the next day 2 drops 3 X day etc. up to 30—li40 drops 3 X day. It is possible some might get a rash from teasel but starting with a small tincture amount likely would eliminate this chance. One lady got up to 14 drops 3 X day and then really felt better getting off her pain meds. [minute 26:46 – 43:35] CRAMP BARK (also known as Snowball Bush, European Cranberry, Guelder Rose, Swamp Elder or Water Elder; this is NOT Hydrangea) – An anti-spasmodic herb. An ornamental shrub. Medicine is the inner bark (greenish cambium); not the outer thin brown bark. Harvest in spring before flowering. Use a very sharp knife to strip bark off a branch that is at least the size of a pencil shrub. Make a poultice, put in capsules, tincture or make a tea. Red berries are edible but do not taste good. Dry bark for at least three weeks before grinding into a powder. Can be used internally and/or externally. Helps muscles relax, helps spasms, headache, backache, menstrual pain, uterine cramps (safe to give during pregnancy, it helps muscles relax its not a hormone), can be used for preterm labor; can help some pain in passing kidney stones, can reduce pain caused by poor circulation in the extremities. Can help the pain from a rib that pops out in the back. (Can be used with the herb lobelia also). Has very, very mild sedative properties. It is hypotensive, helps lower blood pressure. [minute 43:36 – 55:20] WEEPING WILLOW TREES – (Any species) Analgesic, Antipyretic, Anti-inflammatory; It is more potent in the spring but can be used anytime. Use the small whippy ends of branches. Make a tea or tincture. Contains aspirin-like salicylates useful for pain anywhere in the body; treat fevers, joint pain. It’s an aspirin on a stick. Use internally (can be used topically but may cause irritation for some). Useful for arthritis or any kind of pain. [minute 55:21 – 100:20] WHITE SAGE – (salvia apiana also known as Bee Sage, Sacred Sage, Wild Sage, White Sage. etc.) Grows on the West Coast in warmer climates. It is a member of the mint family. Parts used are those above the ground. If it is flowering just cut the top third and use that. A ‘rock star’ for pain. It is Anti-bacterial, Anti-inflammatory, Adaptogen, Diuretic, Diaphoretic, Antibiotic, Anti-fungal, Astringent, for cold sores, canker sores, gum & tooth infections, gingivitis and sore throats. Sooths digestive upsets like heartburn, ulcers, gastritis, flatulence, phenomenal for diarrhea, bloating. It also binds with the cannabinoid receptors just like hops does; it makes you not hurt. Try spraying it on topically. [minute 100:21 – 108] HEALTH PROBLEMS – HERBS TO HELP FROM ABOVE LIST ADHD – S, H Anxiety – S, H Arthritis – S, H, WWT Backache – CB Bacteria – H, C, WS Bellyache – H Bladder – C Blood pressure. High – CB Bloating – WS Bones, broken – T Canker sores – WS Circulation, extremities poor – CB Cold sores – WS Colitis – H Diarrhea – H, WS Digestive issues – H, WS Enteritis – H Fever – WWT Flatulence – WS Fungus – H Gastritis – WS Gingivitis – WS Germs – C Gums, sore – C, WS Guts – H Headache – CB Heartburn – WS Immune System – C Insomnia – S, H Inflammation – WWT, WS Irritability – H Kidney stones – CB Knee, sore – H Lyme’s – T Menstrual pain – CB Muscles – CB Mucus membrane – C MS – T Multiple Sclerosis – T Nerve pain – H, T Nerves – S Nerves, aggravated – S Nerves, pinched – S Osteoarthritis – H Pain, any – S, WWT, WS Pain, chronic – T Pain, externally – S Pain, inflammatory – H Pain, internally – S Pain, joint – S, WWT Pain, rib out – CB Panic attacks – S Pregnancy, preterm labor – CB Rabies – S Seizures – T Spasms – CB Stomach – C Sweat, inability to – WS Tension – H Thumb, sore – H, Throat, sore – C, WS Tooth, sore – C, WS Ulcers – WS Urine flow – WS Uterine cramps – CB Virus – C Wounds – T

Some very useful medical information for treating pain naturally, which I have taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUyk1sZu82Q a 68-minute video by Doc Jones, a veterinarian and a Clinical Naturopath. He is well educated, easy to listen to and a funny man. He has many videos on herbs on YouTube. These herbs can either be found where you live in many cases or can be purchased individually on Amazon.com, eBay.com or other places that sell natural herbs or tinctures. Doc Jones has many formulas available on his website shown below. Reports are very recently coming out that medicine of many kinds are becoming hard to find or non-existent and many hospitals are closing. It may well pay to be prepared! I encourage you to watch what Doc Jones has to say. He LOVES using tinctures topically (on the body) which is not very prevalent in the herbal community at this time. Find a lot more here:

https://www.youtube.com/@HomeGrownHerbalist

I like to make tinctures by chopping up the parts of the herb being used or macerating them in a blender, then placing it in a glass bottle (brown or blue if possible) and pour 70-80% Vodka or other strong alcohol over it; enough to cover it by once again the volume of the herbs. Tightly cover the jar (maybe even using some thin plastic wrap under the cover to keep the alcohol from evaporating over time) and place in a cool dark area or cupboard for up to two weeks or more, trying to remember to shake it every day. If alcohol is not something you want, you can use organic apple cider vinegar, although it won’t be as effective in drawing out the good parts of the herbs).

If an emergency, you may find some help in as little as three hours of making a tincture. For amounts to take? It could be anywhere from a few drops to a teaspoon or two. If not sure, start out small and increase as needed. You may want to try a little on your skin to see if you get a rash or irritation. Use your own good judgment. Read up on it and get educated; remember, it is medicine! I have compiled a list of ailments at the bottom that were included in the first link above.

SKULLCAP – (not Chinese skullcap but the American one) It is in the mint family. Helps calm nerves, used for insomnia, anxiety, panic attacks, rabies (does not kill the virus), very good for pain internally and topically particularly if its nerve pain as in pinched or aggravated nerves, joint pain, arthritis or any pain. Can be used in a tea (put a lid on it while making it or boil the water & take off the stove and put the powdered herb in and throw a lid on it). It can be made into a tincture (used a lot topically) or into capsules. If using the bark or roots then yes, boil it (as in making a decoction), but if just using dry powdered herb put in hot water and drink as soon as cool enough. [minute 1 – 10:20]

HOPS – (H. humulus used the most, but H. Neomexicana H. Neoamericanus also is used). The medicine on hops is the strobile, pine cone like part; harvest in late summer to early fall; the strobile starts changing from green to a yellowish tint, they get a yellow powder on them. Do not harvest in the 1st year as they are establishing themselves. Hops can be used to treat anxiety, its calming & sedating, insomnia, ADHD, arthritis, osteoarthritis, irritability, tension and nerve pain. Inflammatory type of pain. Hops is full of phytoestrogen. Those who use CBD Oil for pain can use hops also. Hops internally as a tincture is good for guts, enteritis, bellyache, diarrhea, colitis and has some good antimicrobial effects to kill pathogens without beating up the good bacteria. Good for digestive issues. Sore thumb or knee? Spray tincture of hops on it, relief could be in a couple of minutes. Can use hops as an alternative for yeast in making bread. [minute 10:21 – 20:20]

CLOVES – Has good antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal properties, it stimulates the immune system, decreases inflammation, but mostly it’s an anodyne (a plant that eliminates pain topically on the mucous membranes); gums for a sore tooth or dental pain – put on a cotton ball & place next to sore tooth or area, throat, stomach, bladder, any surface inside the body). Use whole cloves and grind them up just before making a tincture or using the powder as much stronger than using old clove powder. If making an essential oil of cloves dilute with a carrier oil such as organic olive oil as undiluted clove oil will be too strong. It can irritate your tissues. [minute 20:21 – 26:45]

TEASEL – (dipsacus – also known as Xu Duan, Fuller’s Thistle, Fuller’s Teasel, Card Teasel, Venuscup Teasel); [the root is the medicine. Best is a plant at start of its 2nd year in spring before it starts to bolt and die. or, fall of 1st year]; Lyme’s disease; seizures associated with Lyme’s; Chinese use it for broken bones and wounds; weird nerve pain – he uses tincture mostly topically but also often internally for old pain ; old chronic pain (often in one week pain is gone); Multiple sclerosis or MS – start out with 1 drop tincture 3 X day, then the next day 2 drops 3 X day etc. up to 30—li40 drops 3 X day. It is possible some might get a rash from teasel but starting with a small tincture amount likely would eliminate this chance. One lady got up to 14 drops 3 X day and then really felt better getting off her pain meds. [minute 26:46 – 43:35]

CRAMP BARK (also known as Snowball Bush, European Cranberry, Guelder Rose, Swamp Elder or Water Elder; this is NOT Hydrangea) – An anti-spasmodic herb. An ornamental shrub. Medicine is the inner bark (greenish cambium); not the outer thin brown bark. Harvest in spring before flowering. Use a very sharp knife to strip bark off a branch that is at least the size of a pencil shrub. Make a poultice, put in capsules, tincture or make a tea. Red berries are edible but do not taste good. Dry bark for at least three weeks before grinding into a powder. Can be used internally and/or externally. Helps muscles relax, helps spasms, headache, backache, menstrual pain, uterine cramps (safe to give during pregnancy, it helps muscles relax its not a hormone), can be used for preterm labor; can help some pain in passing kidney stones, can reduce pain caused by poor circulation in the extremities. Can help the pain from a rib that pops out in the back. (Can be used with the herb lobelia also). Has very, very mild sedative properties. It is hypotensive, helps lower blood pressure. [minute 43:36 – 55:20]

WEEPING WILLOW TREES – (Any species) Analgesic, Antipyretic, Anti-inflammatory; It is more potent in the spring but can be used anytime. Use the small whippy ends of branches. Make a tea or tincture. Contains aspirin-like salicylates useful for pain anywhere in the body; treat fevers, joint pain. It’s an aspirin on a stick. Use internally (can be used topically but may cause irritation for some). Useful for arthritis or any kind of pain. [minute 55:21 – 100:20]

WHITE SAGE – (salvia apiana also known as Bee Sage, Sacred Sage, Wild Sage, White Sage. etc.) Grows on the West Coast in warmer climates. It is a member of the mint family. Parts used are those above the ground. If it is flowering just cut the top third and use that. A ‘rock star’ for pain. It is Anti-bacterial, Anti-inflammatory, Adaptogen, Diuretic, Diaphoretic, Antibiotic, Anti-fungal, Astringent, for cold sores, canker sores, gum & tooth infections, gingivitis and sore throats. Sooths digestive upsets like heartburn, ulcers, gastritis, flatulence, phenomenal for diarrhea, bloating. It also binds with the cannabinoid receptors just like hops does; it makes you not hurt. Try spraying it on topically. [minute 100:21 – 108]

HEALTH PROBLEMS – HERBS TO HELP FROM ABOVE LIST
ADHD – S, H
Anxiety – S, H
Arthritis – S, H, WWT
Backache – CB
Bacteria – H, C, WS
Bellyache – H
Bladder – C
Blood pressure. High – CB
Bloating – WS
Bones, broken – T
Canker sores – WS
Circulation, extremities poor – CB
Cold sores – WS
Colitis – H
Diarrhea – H, WS
Digestive issues – H, WS
Enteritis – H
Fever – WWT
Flatulence – WS
Fungus – H
Gastritis – WS
Gingivitis – WS
Germs – C
Gums, sore – C, WS
Guts – H
Headache – CB
Heartburn – WS
Immune System – C
Insomnia – S, H
Inflammation – WWT, WS
Irritability – H
Kidney stones – CB
Knee, sore – H
Lyme’s – T
Menstrual pain – CB
Muscles – CB
Mucus membrane – C
MS – T
Multiple Sclerosis – T
Nerve pain – H, T
Nerves – S
Nerves, aggravated – S
Nerves, pinched – S
Osteoarthritis – H
Pain, any – S, WWT, WS
Pain, chronic – T
Pain, externally – S
Pain, inflammatory – H
Pain, internally – S
Pain, joint – S, WWT
Pain, rib out – CB
Panic attacks – S
Pregnancy, preterm labor – CB
Rabies – S
Seizures – T
Spasms – CB
Stomach – C
Sweat, inability to – WS
Tension – H
Thumb, sore – H,
Throat, sore – C, WS
Tooth, sore – C, WS
Ulcers – WS
Urine flow – WS
Uterine cramps – CB
Virus – C
Wounds – T