As part of my journey with Lyme disease, I have taken a lot of pills. Too many pills, my life became about pill taking not living. Part of this was necessary, I was totally sick and my doctor and I decided on a course of treatment to help me. I needed all kinds of support in concentrations I could not get from food. Taking 60 or more pills a day was making me crazy.
Pills would stick in my throat and make me gag. Sometimes I ended up throwing up in the trash. My body couldn’t handle so many pills. So I started eating too much trying to keep the pills down. Even the pills that stayed down were not helping me like they were supposed to. I needed to find alternative help.
My digestion was really low and my gut was leaking. So I was taking a lot of medicines and excreting a lot of expensive waste. If you eat or drink the supplements but can’t digest them, they don’t get where they need to go. I had to identify other ways to get medicines and nutrients into my body.
How? Ayurveda believes in delivering what you need in food as much as possible. It delivers herbal medicines in a vehicle and with a delivery system that gets things close to where they are needed. At my sickest this was super important. Ayurveda gave me an alternative way of thinking, rather than giving up because of too many pills. I started to expand the ways I added nutrients, herbs and medicines to my body. Here are some of the methods I used.
Too Many Pills Try Other Delivery Options
Food & Spice
In the mornings a big shake gets some vitamins, greens and super foods to support my health. I use ginger and turmeric all the time in cooking to cool off inflammation. I make an effort to source my vitamins from food sources so my body can recognize and use them more easily.
IV therapies
I did EDTA, vitamin C and Glutathione with IV to detox and load up on antioxidants. I did not get a port put in, but rather twice a week for a few months went to an IV clinic and got stuck. It wasn’t my favorite way, to take medicine my veins curve and roll. I was covered in bruises.
Injections
Initially I went to the doctors for all my shots. This was really expensive. So I learned to give them to myself. Learning to give yourself a shot is not a big deal, you need lessons from a medical professional and consistent technique. I gave myself vitamin B12 shots for two years.
Transdermal Patches
Patches stick on your skin and the adhesive is permeated with glutathione, vitamins and a wide variety of supplements. Most people have seen patches to help quit smoking or to control seasickness. I used them for vitamin B 12 and glutathione
Massage Oil
Herb infused massage oil is great. The skin is our largest organ and is semi porous. What I mean by that is that some nutrients and chemicals move through the skin into the blood stream. I felt the difference between herbal infused oil and just oil.
Organic herbs and organic oil made me feel comfortable with this method. In bypassing digestion you want to be sure not to introduce unnecessary chemicals. I purchased triphala infused oil from Banyan Botanicals.
Sub lingual
Dissolve medicine under the tongue rather than swallow? Does this work Oh yeah it works. I take CBD oil and B12 this way. You have to remember to hold it and deal with the taste. For more information click this link.
Enema
Enema is when you flush or retain a liquid to remove toxins, add moisture or add nutrients the body needs.There are enema for detox, like the famous coffee enema, but also ones to support tissue rebuilding. An enema feels strange even uncomfortable at first. Get organized with time, space and equipment. They can really help.
Suppositories
Are melting medicines that are delivered rectally. People use them when going in the front door through the mouth doesn’t work, or when the issue in the tissue is in the rectum, colon, or anus. I have used coffee, and probiotic suppositories really effectively. With both enemas and suppositories always make sure you clean up well before and after.
Too many pills getting you down? What other ways have your found to get what you need?
Anytime I can effectively get what I need without a pill, I am in. As I recover, repair my digestive track I need less supplement support. Yahoo! I so appreciate being able to digest what I need from my food to keep my body strong.
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