Frozen shoulder can be stubborn and frustrating, but there’s good news: holistic pain management techniques like acupuncture, herbal liniments and movement can help restore mobility and reduce pain faster.
In our latest blog, we break down effective strategies for managing frozen shoulder with holistic remedies, including Dit Da Jow liniments, herbal supplements and targeted exercises.
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Want to take a holistic approach to managing your pain? It all starts with these 3 key strategies:
Inflammation is one of the root causes of chronic pain, leading to stiffness, swelling and discomfort. Managing inflammation naturally can prevent pain from worsening and support long-term healing.
Omega-3-rich foods like fatty fish or flaxseeds can cool internal inflammation and promote joint health.
Proper blood flow is essential for healing, delivering oxygen and nutrients to muscles and joints while flushing out waste. Improving circulation helps speed recovery, reduce stiffness and prevent pain from becoming chronic.
Gently massaging a Plum Dragon tincture (like Bruise Juice Dit Da Jow or or Ho Family Dit Da Jow) with a gua sha tool encourages blood flow and breaks up stagnation in your area of pain.
Chronic pain can rewire the nervous system, making the body more sensitive to discomfort. Along with therapies like chiropractic care and acupuncture, regulating pain perception through relaxation techniques helps the body respond more effectively to pain signals.
Easing mental tension can help relax the nervous system and turn down overactive pain receptors. Try our High Spirits mood support herbal supplement along with mindfulness meditation and breathing exercises.
Acupressure can be a powerful tool for self-care. Here are four key acupuncture points to relieve some of the most common types of pain. Try massaging them for 30–60 seconds with gentle pressure:
Find it: Located four fingers below the kneecap, one finger width to the side of the shinbone.
Why it works: This point boosts energy, circulation and overall vitality, helping with muscle and joint pain nearly anywhere in the body.
Find it: Halfway between the base of the neck and the shoulder.
Why it works: A key point to relieve neck, shoulder and upper back tension, especially helpful for stress-related pain.
Find it: In the soft depression at the temples.
Why it works: A go-to point for headaches, jaw pain and eye strain. Also alleviates stress-related pain.
Find it: On the sole of the foot, in the depression below the ball of the foot.
Why it works: Helps with lower body pain (such as sciatica or plantar fasciitis), as well as general chronic pain, fatigue and grounding the body.
Holistic pain management is just as much about prevention as it is relief. These two liniments work together to help you address your pain at different stages – and prevent it from developing into a long-term issue:
The better we move, the less likely we are to experience pain and injuries. This liniment is designed to reduce joint stiffness, enhance circulation and keep joints fluid. Use regularly for pain prevention, arthritis and chronic pain management.
Already dealing with a chronic pain issue? Ancestors Advanced can help you reach that deep, persistent pain, with powerful herbs that penetrate deeply into muscles and connective tissues. This formula works to reduce inflammation, promote healing, reduce pain sensitivity and increase blood flow.
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As an athlete or active individual, you know that food is more than fuel! What you eat not only determines how much energy you have or how easily you hit your goals, but how you experience pain.
Cooking with pain-quieting ingredients like bone broth, ginger and turmeric can actively reduce pain and inflammation.
Use this simple recipe as the water or broth in your soups or stews, for cooking rice or other grains or on its own as a mid-afternoon snack.
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Kate Downes is a Chinese medicine practitioner (MSAOM, NCCAOM, Dipl.OM) and wellness writer. Through her educational content for Plum Dragon Herbs, Kate hopes to help others gain a better understanding of the wonders of Chinese herbal medicine so they can be empowered in their own quest for natural, vibrant health.
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