Fortunately I don't suffer from arthritis, and am happy with ibuprofen for general inflammation, but my Aunt - a natural remedy advocate - thinks it works wonders in some of her "patients" (she's a Reiki practitioner). Not all, but certainly some.
Reiki is fairly flaky. People may like having hands laid on them but the stuff about "energy" is manifest ballocks. What does she do with the frankincense? Burn it so they get a nice smell? Or is it applied to the skin in some way, or taken internally?
Oh, I'm with you on that. Probably being too kind to call it merely "flaky"... it's snakeoil that works through the placebo effect. I've long since stopped talking to her about it, lest I incur her wrath! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Honestly, I have no idea. Only that she's mentioned it in the past.
Ah OK. But then, that rather limits where we can take this discussion, I think. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Just asked her for details: she knows it as Boswellia, and she buys it in capsules - so taken orally. Not sure where this "discussion" is going, though, or whether it was just a closed question. But that's the info I have on the matter. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Interestingly it may not be ballocks. This is what the Wiki article has to say: The use of Boswellia resin for spiritual and medicinal purposes dates back to ancient civilizations. Numerous compounds of different chemical categories are identified in the resin; the pharmacological actions of Boswellia resin are attributed to the complementary effects exerted by these compounds. Clinical studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of frankincense resin in some disease conditions like asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, osteoarthritis, and relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.[33][34] The essential oil obtained from the oleogum resin of Boswellia serrata showed antimicrobial activities.[35][36] Also, in vivo studies on animals revealed that Frankincense oleogum resin exhibits neuroprotective activity.[37][38] From:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankincense
I'm sure the Frankincense stuff might not be rubbish, just as other natural remedies might well be good for you. The Reiki, though... hmmm. Best I say nothing more. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I'm recognising that some people may feel better, for a bit, after a ritual involving placing hands on their bodies, as I believe is done in a Reiki "treatment" a.k.a. ceremony. It wouldn't work for you or me, as we would both be annoyed by the bullshit use of the term "energy" and the rest of the associated pseudoscience spiel.
For me it is going to be who is placing their hands and where placing them No ritual involvedPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Yeah but you're just a dirty old manPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image!. And I mean old. As in, older than God's dog, according to that picture you sent recently. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Although in his defense, he seems to have a bevy of girlfriends whose combined age still barely comes to half of his. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
So he says. At his age, it could all be in his mind of course........Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Good for you! I'm 12 years behind you........ And my dad is 14 years ahead of you. But there's not a great of him left that works.
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