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Spider Veins, Varicose Vein and Hemorrhoid Alternative Treatments

David S. Klein, MD

Pain Center of Orlando, Inc.
225 W. SR 434 Suite #205
Longwood, Florida  32750

407-679-3337
www.suffernomore.com

Natural Treatment Options for Varicose Veins, Spider Veins and Hemorrhoids

Definitions:  Varicose veins are tortuous, swollen, enlarged veins. While any vein may become varicose, the veins most likely to become varicose are found in the legs, ankles and feet. Resulting from standing and walking upright, the  increase in venous back-pressure results in distension of the veins in the lower body.

Spider veins are a common, mild variation of varicose veins, involving superficial, smaller venous structures, close to the surface of the skin.

Treatment Options:

Horse chestnut extract (Aesculus hippocastanum) is one of the most widely used natural treatments for varicose veins. The active chemical moiety in horse chestnut is called aescin. Aescin blocks the release of enzymes that damage capillary walls.

Whole horse chestnut, that is, unprocessed, raw horse chestnut, is considered unsafe by the FDA. Use of the raw product may cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, convulsions, circulatory and respiratory failure, and  death. Any use of the crude, raw product should be avoided. Extraction of Aescin from horse chestnut products removes the toxic component, esculin.

Patients that suffer with kidney or liver disease, bleeding disorders should use horse chestnut only after consulting a physician.  Horse chestnut should not be combined with aspirin, Plavix, Ticlid, Trental, Coumadin, and other blood-thinning drugs unless under medical supervision.

Butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus) is also known as box holly or knee holly. The active moieties,  ruscogenins, strengthen collagen in blood vessel walls and improve circulation, by tightening weak, stretched vessels such as those associated with varicose veins.

Side effects of butcher's broom may include indigestion or nausea. Patients with high blood pressure or prostate issues should not take butcher's broom without first consulting a doctor.

Vitamin K2 has been shown to activate the proteins that support the normal smooth muscle cells of the vein wall, and regular use of vitamin K2 may retard formation of varicose veins.

Copper deficiencies can lead to the development of varicose veins, spider veins, hemorrhoids and aneurysm.  While taking chelated copper may not reverse damage that is already done, it may behelpful to slow or stop the progression or worsening of the condition.

NOTE WELL:  Copper chelates must be used with caution, as effective dosages are quite modest and excess use can cause serious medical complications. Qualified medical supervision is essential before considering adding copper chelate to self-medication regiments.

David S. Klein, MD, FACA, FACPM

     

Cinnamon & Honey

David S. Klein, MD
Pain Center of Orlando, Inc.
225 W. SR 434 Suite #205
Longwood, Florida  32750

407-679-3337
www.suffernomore.com

Cinnamon and Honey

                                 David S. Klein, MD, FACA, FACPM

Okay, you saw this one several weeks ago, but, we are seeing a tremendous number of patients in the office with the flu and/or some miserable respiratory problem lasting up to 2 weeks or more. 

Look this over, and please........... buy some quality honey and cinnamon and give this remedy a try.  

Facts on Honey and Cinnamon: It is found that a mixture of honey and
Cinnamon cures most diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists of today also accept honey as a 'Ram Ban' (very effective) medicine or all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases.

Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients. Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada , in its issue dated 17 January,1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by honey and cinnamon as researched by western scientists:

HEART DISEASES:

Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly and jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also those who have already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat. In America and Canada, various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as you age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and veins.

ARTHRITIS:

Arthritis patients may take daily, morning, and night, one cup of hot water With two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If Taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research Conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors Treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half Teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week, Out of the 200 people so treated, practically 73 patients were totally Relieved of pain, and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not Walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

BLADDER INFECTIONS:

Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a Glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.

CHOLESTEROL:

Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce The level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours. As Mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken three times a day, any chronic Cholesterol is cured. According to information received in the said Journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.

COLDS:

Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon Lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for three days. This Process will cure most chronic cough, cold, and clear the sinuses.

UPSET STOMACH:

Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears Stomach ulcers from the root.

GAS:

According to the studies done in India and Japan , it is revealed that if Honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

IMMUNE SYSTEM:

Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and Protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found That honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral Diseases.

INDIGESTION:

Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food Relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.

INFLUENZA:

A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ' Ingredient' Which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.

LONGEVITY:

Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the Ravages of old age. Take four spoons of honey, one spoon of cinnamon powder And three cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, three to Four times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans also increases and even a 100 year old, starts performing the Chores of a 20-year-old.

PIMPLES:

Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with Warm water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.

SKIN INFECTIONS:

Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts Cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.

WEIGHT LOSS:

Daily in the morning one half hour before breakfast on an empty stomach And at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one Cup of water. If taken regularly, it reduces the weight of even the most obese person. Also, drinking this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.

CANCER:

Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month three time s a day.

FATIGUE:

Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. Dr. Milton, who has done research, says that a half Tablespoon of honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3:00 P.M. When the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the body within a week.

BAD BREATH:

People of South America , first thing in the morning, gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water, so their breath stays fresh throughout the day.

HEARING LOSS:

Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder, taken in equal parts restore hearing. Remember when we were kids? We had toast with real butter and cinnamon sprinkled on it!

Vitamin D-3 in the Prevention & Treatment of Viral Infections and Influenza

Vitamin D-3 in the Prevention & Treatment of Viral Infections and Influenza

Author: David S. Klein, MD

Date: September 23, 2009

David S. Klein, MD, FACA, FACPM
Stages of Life, Inc.

Pain Center of Orlando, Inc.
225 W. SR 434, Suite #205
Longwood, Florida  32750

407-679-3337

www.suffernomore.com
www.stages-of-life.com

Vitamin D-3 in the Prevention & Treatment of Viral Infections and Influenza

Supplemental cholecalciferol (vitamin D) significantly reduces all-cause mortality emphasizes the medical, ethical, and legal implications of promptly diagnosing and adequately treating vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiency is common, and is implicated in most of the diseases of civilization.

    Vitamin D-3 is a steroidal hormone that targets more than 200 human genes in a wide variety of tissues. With genes asits target, vitamin D has been shown to up-regulate the gene that is in volved in the production of cathelicidin, a naturally occurring broad-spectrum antibiotic.

Treatment of vitamin D deficiency, in otherwise healthy persons involves dosages between 2,000-7,000 IU vitamin D-3, daily.  With serious systemic illnesses, associated with vitamin D deficiency, such as cancer, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, autism, the doses should be somewhat higher to maintain 25(OH)D levels between 55 -70 ng per mL.

Vitamin D-deficient patients with serious illness should not only be supplemented more aggressively than the well, they should have more frequent monitoring of serum 25(OH)D and serum calcium.

NOTE: Doses of vitamin D-3 (2,000 IU per kg per day for three days) may produce enough of the naturally occurring antibiotic cathelicidin to cure common viral respiratory infections, such as influenza and the common cold, but such a theory awaits further science. This is a very high dosage regimen.  For general use, Vitamin D-3 dosages of 2,000 to 5,000 IU are sufficient to enhance immune function and minimize flu symptoms, if exposed to the virus.

Vitamin D-3 is very inexpensive, about $4 per month.  Because Vitamin D-3 is oil-soluble, it must be taken with an oil capsule, of almost any type.

David S. Klein, MD, FACA, FACPM is the Medical Director of the Pain Center of Orlando, Inc.  A graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Klein received training in General Surgery at the

University

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North Carolina

, and Anesthesiology at

Duke

University

. 

Dr. Klein has been in private practice for 25 years and is a well published author, lecturing regionally and nationally on topics ranging from nutritional intervention, hormone replacement and pain treatment. 

                 

Muscle Tension Headache

Muscle tension headaches
David Klein, MD, FACA, FACPM

Headache is one of the most prevalent of all complaints that might bring a patient to seek medical attention.

Diagnostic evaluation of the patient may be simple or comprehensive, dictated by the situation and presentation.

Statistically, the most common cause of headache is muscle tension.

While the diagnosis of muscle tension headache (MTH) might suffice for most circumstances, unless the clinician locates the precise physical site of the ‘pain generator,’ the chances of successful treatment are slim. On the other hand, treatment is likely to be successful, if diagnosis is refined from the generic ‘muscle tension headache,’ to the more specific diagnosis.

The most common cause of MTH results from inflammatory changes at the site of muscular attachment on the occipital ridge. As inflammation develops, entrapment and irritation of greater occipital nerve results. The typical symptom complex results from muscle spasm as well as from neuralgia.

Occipital neuralgia results in a distinct type of pain that is most commonly characterized by piercing, throbbing, or lancinating pain in the upper neck, back of the head, and behind the eyes. Most commonly the problem is unilateral and because pain in the eye is typical, the misdiagnosis of ‘migraine’ is made. The pain of Splenius Capitis Syndrome (SCS) begins in the neck and then spreads to pain behind the eye.

The pain is caused by inflammation, irritation, or injury to nerves. Muscular spasm results in a second pain constellation.

Interestingly, the pain of muscle spasm and the pain that results from the neuralgia need not occur simultaneously and the nature of the pain will, therefore, change from episode to episode, adding to clinical confusion.

Causes include trauma to the back of the head, pinching of the nerves by overly tight neck muscles, and compression of the nerve as it leaves the spine due to osteoarthritis. Localized inflammation or infection can result in SCS, although this is quite rare. It can be caused by diabetes and blood vessel inflammation. Clearly, the most frequent cause is prolonged periods of keeping the head in a downward, rotated and forward position. The muscle tension results in micro trauma to the muscular attachment, swelling ensues, and myalgia/neuralgia result.

Symptoms: Occipital and shoulder pain; Pain behind the eyes; Awaken with pain; Pain looking up or down particularly with rotation; Worse with menses, ovulation, and salt load, Anticipate sleep disorder.

Causes of SCS: Trauma of a rotational nature; Blunt trauma, pugilism; Flexion/extension injury; Vigorous cervical manipulation Surgery; Dental chair; Mastoid surgery.

The causes of SCS can be quite distant from the site of pain.
That is, postural problems can result from foot pathology, ankle, knee and hip problems that result in muscular dystony. Physical problems in the lower extremity can cause physical changes in the axial skeleton. Postural pathology can result from an arthritic toe or heel spur, resulting in contralateral hip pain, and samesided headache.

Injection is performed in a short series, that is, once or twice, with pain relief lasting from a few weeks to many months.Skillful injection technique results in the most satisfactory results, and concurrent use of common anti-inflammatories speed recovery, particularly when combined with a low-dose diuretic. Muscle relaxant or anti-convulsants, dosed at bedtime provide relief of the neuralgia and side effects are minimized by the bedtime administration.

If exacerbation of pain is triggered by ovulation or dietary salt-load, routine, or periodic administration of a mild diuretic is worthwhile.

Dr. David S. Klein is the medical director of the Pain Center of Orlando, Inc. A graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Klein received training in general surgery at the University of North Carolina, and anesthesiology residency at Duke University.