More uses for DMSO

Happyflowerlady

Happyflowerlady

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We have talked about the healing benefits of DMSO as a topical ointment and anti-inflammatory for joint and arthritis pain. However, I was reading an article about DMSO this morning, and was amazed to discover that it has also been used in recovery for people who have had strokes, and even in serious injuries that left them paralyzed or paraplegics, in some cases.
I had never even considered the possibility of using DMSO internally, but since MSM is made from DMSO, and they contain the same healing substance, I could see that it might be of help taken internally.
After all, people have chewed willow bark to get the aspirin from it, for hundreds of years, and other trees have traditionally been used for their healing properties as well.

http://strideintohealth.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/dmso-or-dimethyl-sulfoxide-by-walter/
 

Thanks for the excellent article Happyflowerlady! I considered using DMSO many years ago, transdermally, but I was concerned about the warning of it bringing any chemicals or bacteria that's on the skin into the body so readily. I may try a good quality product in the future, and just use with caution.

TWHRider, that doesn't sound very negative to me, and makes sense...

[MSM is made from DMSO (Dimethyl Sulfoxide), and DMSO is made by processing the waste product of paper making ("pulp and paper industry")-- it is NEVER made by simply processing trees or any other form of plant life (no matter what you might read in some less informed Internet sources), for the sole purpose of extracting DMSO. It COULD be, just as sea water could be used for the sole purpose of extracting gold, but this is totally impractical.

DMSO is extracted from the waste product of paper making -- and it is the PAPER MAKING that allows the whole process to be practical. As paper is made, the paper is made of the fibers of wood. But, as trees grow, the fibers of wood are stuck together, in the living tree, by a substance called "lignin." Lignin is like a glue that holds the fibers together. The wood could not be made into paper if all the fibers are still stuck together -- so papermaking must include some process by which the lignin is removed, allowing the wood fibers to be managed into flat paper, etc.

Lignin is removed with something called "pulping chemicals." These chemicals are sodium sulfite (the majority), sodium sulfide and sodium carbonate). When these chemicals are soaked in a vat with wood chips, the lignin dissolves and the wood fibers can then be removed from the mass. Generally about 50% of the stuff in the vat would be the wood fibers, ready for making into paper, and 50% would be the residue, the waste product, of the original "pulping chemicals" and the lignin that has now been dissolved. That first liquid is called DMS (CH3 - S - CH3), but it quickly and easily further refined into DMSO.
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Also, if Matrix started to ban folks here for being too suspicious or being a downer, hey, we'd all be watchin' our backs...may have to form our own new forum. Of course we'd have to do background checks on potential members and make sure they're truly wary and negative, I suspect they might just fake it to join. :hair:
 
I used DMSO during my time as a chemist in the food industry as an experimental carrier, and believe me it carries. We fooled around with it a bit, placing a small dab of it on our leg, and within a minute we could taste garlic in our mouths.
 

DMSO, like many other natural products that have medicinal or healing properties, has been controversial for many years, even though it has long been used for livestock, mainly for horses, as TWHRider mentioned. Using it for my horses, was how I first became acquainted with DMSO as well, but after reading more about it, and finding out that even football players, and other sports participants, have long used it for their injuries, I started using it when I would be hobbling around because my back went out again, or a horse had bucked me off, or someother painful injury.

Even if a person does not want to use DMSO itself, then there is always MSM, which comes from DMSO, and has long been used as a pain control supplement.
Personally, I have used both of them, with excellent results, and no side effects, but it is always best to do your own reading on the subject, and make your own decision whether you feel it is safe or not.
 
I was reading an article from Dr. Mercola about vitamins, especially B-12, which is used up by toxins from nitrous oxide put out from car catalytic converters.
The article suggested using DMSO mixed with B-12, and other soluble vitamins, then putting it on your skin, where the dmso takes it right into the bloodstream directly, thus giving you an immediate benefit from the vitamins.
The idea sounds like one worth trying to me, and since DMSO is also helpful for sinusitus, headaches, and other similar ailments, it could be very beneficial all the way around.


http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/01/02/dmso-and-vitamin-b12.aspx
 
happyflowerlady, thanks for your article on D M S O , i had this 10 years ago, but had no idea that it had so many benefical uses, i have a couple people that are rebuilding their knees, i'm sure they will thank you too.
 
Kindle Unlimited had an interesting book about DMSO , and I am just now reading it. It says that it has better pain relief than morphine, and lasts longer. The book is called “DMSO For Humans”, and it is available from Amazon.



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This is a short video about using DMSO for pets by a veterinarian, and he explains things really well. Since many of us have pets, I thought it would be good to share this.

 
This is another article that I found that talks about more uses for DMSO than just using it to stop pain. This is a really long article, and it has a lot of information, some of which might be TMI, and i just scrolled through and read the parts that interested me. I have used dmso mor many years now, and it has always helped when I have pain , like in my knees or back. I use the plain liquid and keep it in a small spray bottle, but they have lotions and gels on amazon.

The Forgotten Side of Medicine | A Midwestern Doctor | Substack
 
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I was intrigued by DMSO, until an acquaintance who was using it for his elbows(same use that I was contemplating) died from liver cancer. As a carrying agent DMSO can carry contaminants right into the blood system, and liver.
 
Does it work on nerve pain?
 

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