There’s one thing you won’t find in our house. We don’t own over-the-counter pain relievers.

Years ago I threw them away. Every single bottle. That’s when I realized they have potentially dangerous side effects. Some of these side effects are potentially life threatening.

Plus, I have chronic nerve pain. So OTC pain medication doesn’t help. Fortunately, though, I don’t have to suffer.

My pain has responded really well to natural remedies. (I’ve used a lot of them.) When it breaks through I use a special essential oil blend designed to cool my inflammation. (Inflammation is what causes pain.)

I’ve used a number of essential oil blends designed for pain relief. I think it’s so important to tell my readers about them. So they know that natural pain control options exist. And that these natural remedies can work.

Severe pain may require something stronger. But for mild to moderate pain these blends can help take the edge off.

About a year ago I developed TMJ. It causes excruciating jaw pain that (of course) hit at night. Just as I put my head on the pillow. It felt like the entire lower right side of my face was on fire. Until I cooled it down with a cooling pain relief blend.

Essential Oil Blends for Chronic Pain

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I’ve tried several pain relief blends. Plus a special recipe that contains copaiba and frankincense essential oil. I’ll tell you more about this as well. It’s different than a pain relief blend you buy in a bottle. You have to do a little mixing. But everyone should know about it.

You can find a variety of essential oil pain relief blends that are almost ready to use. You just have to put them in a carrier oil before putting them on your skin.

Even though I can’t make claims or promises about natural remedies, I can share my own story. So read it from that perspective, keeping in mind I’m not a doctor or a medical professional.

Plant Therapy Rapid Relief Blend

One of these blends is Plant Therapy’s Rapid Relief. I’ve written about this blend in the past and I highly recommend it. People seem to love it. I’d be surprised if it wasn’t one of the company’s most popular blends. (It used to be known as Pain Aid. But at some point the company changed it to Rapid Relief.

Rapid Relief contains nine different kinds of essential oils. These oils are often used in aromatic pain control recipes. The benefit of using a blend with multiple oils is that it’s believed that combining two or more ingredients creates a synergy. This means you end up with a more effective formula, compared to using single oils.

You could make your own pain control formula, similar to Rapid Relief, if you already have an essential oil collection. But it’s more practical to just buy one bottle. That’s because essential oils won’t last forever. So chances are good that multiple bottles you purchase would go bad before you use them.

Does Plant Therapy Rapid Relief Help With Pain?

Plant Therapy Rapid Relief works for me. I own some, and I still use it on occasion. I hear wonderful things about it for other people. It was my main go-to pain control blend. Until I found a cooling blend that works better.

From what I understand about natural medicine, some people do better with cooling formulas. Others do better with warming ones.

Unless you’re working with a professional you may not know which category you fall into. My best advice is so try different blends to see what works best for you. It’s also good to rotate essential oils.

This allows you to avoid using the same kind of oil too many days in a row. This may cut down on the risk of developing a sensitivity to a certain oil. Also, I’ve found that rotating aromatic oils helps them work better.

Plant Therapy Rapid Relief Essential Oil Blend

Plant Therapy Rapid Relief would be a good blend to try. It’s made from 100 percent pure essential oils. It won’t hurt your wallet, as much as some of the multilevel marketing brands. You can use these oils with full confidence. They’ve been tested twice. Once in house. Then again by an independent third party.

This blend smells very pleasant. Much like Christmas. You can smell the peppermint and cloves.

Like other pain relief blends, you will need to mix Rapid Relief with a carrier oil before putting it on your skin. If you have olive oil in the house that would work. Fractionated coconut oil is also a popular carrier oil. You may not find Rapid Relief locally. But you can order it online.

Essential Oil Blends That Help With Pain

Nearly two years ago, I received a free bottle of Natures Fusions Cooling Waters Anti-Inflammatory Blend. The company had sent it to me to try. For free. To review and to tell my readers about it.

That’s what I planned to do. Except that it worked so well that I decided I always needed it in the house. So when my first bottle ran out I immediately ordered more. The second bottle of Cooling Waters wasn’t free. I paid for it. gladly. Because I liked this blend so much. It worked so well on my lower back pain, and my jaw pain.

It also smells exquisite. I used it at night for my jaw pain. That’s when it flared. The blend contains 7 different essential oils. It smells amazing and it’s soothing. So I think it also helped me sleep.

Natures Fusions Pain Relief Formula

Cooling Waters Anti Inflammatory Blend does cost a little more than Rapid Relief. But it comes in a bigger bottle. The second bottle I purchased will last about a year, if not a little longer. If you can’t find Cooling Waters locally (and you probably can’t) you can order it online.

Natures Fusions is not one of the better known essential oil companies. Right now it occupies a niche. It markets to people who’ve tried the multilevel marketing brands. But don’t want to continue paying MLM prices for really high quality oils.

Cooling Waters Anti-Inflammatory Blend almost instantly cooled my pain. I have a special place in my heart for this formula. It got me through the worst of a jaw pain crisis, eventually resolved with good chiropractic care. One fun fact. This blend is colored a dark blue. Even with the addition of carrier oil there’s still a blue tint. The company says this comes from German chamomile and blue tansy. The color is released when they are steam distilled.

Natures Fusions Cooling Waters

 

Edens Garden Massage Therapy Synergy Blend

Edens Garden Massage Therapy is an amazing smelling blend too. It contains a number of the same oils that you find in the Cooling Waters Anti-inflammatory Blend. It’s also colored blue.

Some of the same oils are cooling in nature. Similar to Natures Fusions Anti-Inflammatory Blend. However, the Massage Therapy blend has a more minty smell. Wintergreen, camphor and peppermint are the first three ingredients.

The first three ingredients in Cooling Water are blue tansy, helichrysum and German chamomile. So it has a different composition, which seems to work better for me.

However, everyone is different. We respond to remedies in a unique manner. That’s why Edens Garden Massage Therapy may work better than any of the other blends with certain individuals. Like the other blends in this post, Massage Therapy probably isn’t available at your local health food store. But it’s available online.

Essential Oils Good for Pain

There’s another essential oil mix that I believe everyone with chronic pain should be aware of. It’s the combination of copaiba essential oil and frankincense essential oil. Both appear to contain natural analgesic compounds.

Frankincense as you know, is a Biblical Old World oil. Copaiba essential oil comes from Brazil. Both are tree resins. They mix very well together. You can read more about copaiba and frankincense oil here, in a previous post.

One more thing. Essential oils are only part of my overall natural pain control strategy. My pain, at one point, was so severe that I could barely walk. It’s so much better now. I credit homeopathy, diet changes, natural remedies and a lot of prayer. I use essential oils for the breakthrough pain.

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Disclaimer

These statements have not been approved by the FDA. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Women who are pregnant or nursing should not use essential oils unless directed to do so by a healthcare professional.