BACK & LEG PAIN RESOURCE DIRECTORY

There are several categories based on Chinese medicine nutrition that support and correct low back pain:

LEFT KIDNEY (yin) DEFICIENCY:
Characteristics: Heat symptoms, dizziness, ringing in the ears, dry throat, dry mouth, fever, low backache, weak legs, involuntary seminal emission, spontaneous sweating, red tongue, emaciation, deep shiny red tongue

Foods: millet, barley, tofu, string bean, black bean, black soy bean, mung bean, mung bean sprouts, kidney bean, azuki bean, and most other beans, kuzu root, watermelon and most others, blackberry, mulberry, blueberry, huckleberry, water chestnut, wheat germ, potato, seaweeds, spirulina, chlorella, black sesame seed, sardine, crab, clam, eggs, pork, cheese
Herbs: marshmallow root, rehmannia root, Asparagus root, aloe vera gel, colloidal silver (If the constitution is cold and/or most or low back & sciatic is cold and/or moist then choose from the groups below)

RIGHT KIDNEY (yang) DEFICIENCY:
Characteristics: cold signs or aversion to cold, cold extremities, pale complexion, weak knees and low er back, mental lethargy, lack of libido or sexual desire, depression, irregular menses, clear vaginal discharge, sterility, frequent urination, clear urine, inability to urinate, edema, asthma, lack of will power, lack of direction, enlarged pale tongue, appears inactive, indecisive, unproductive

Foods: walnuts, black beans, onion family (onion, garlic, chives, scallions, leeks), quinoa, chicken, lamb, trout, salmon
Spices: cloves, fenugreek, fennel seeds, dried ginger
Avoid cooling foods, fruit, raw foods, excessive salt, use seaweed cautiously.

KIDNEY ENERGY (qi) DEFICIENCY:
Characteristics: low energy, low back pain, weak knees, pale tongue, minor cold signs, frequent urination, incontinence, inability to urinate, dribbling, involuntary seminal emission, other seminal/urinary problems.

Foods: wheat berry, sweet rice, parsley
Herbs: rose hips, oyster shell, clam shell, schizandra berry, raspberry and blackberry leaves, gravel root

EXTREME CHRONIC FATIGUE (Jing Deficiency):
Characteristics: dizziness, ringing in ears, loose teeth, loss of head hair, painful knees and lower back

Food: micro-algae (chlorella, spirulina, wild blue-green), fish, liver, kidney, brain, bone and its marrow, human placenta, cereal grasses, wheat grass,solomon seal, almonds, ghee (clarified butter), goat's milk, nettle leaves, royal jelly, bee pollen, Doddler seeds, millet, wheat, black sesame seeds, soybeans, chestnuts, mulberries, raspberries, strawberries, seitan, walnuts
Herbs: deer antler, deer horn velvet, Deer Placenta, Lycium fruit, Polygonum multiflorum root, Eucommia bark, Dendrobium stem, Cinnamon bark, white ginseng, semen cuscutae, astragali seed (complanati), cordyceps, astragalus, codonopsis, reishi, morinda, eleuthero root, paeonia , gambir, gecko, cibot rhizome, tianshan snow lotus, tibet carthami

For final decision on which foods to choose for your condition, please consult a trained master herbalist with in-depth knowledge of Traditional Chinese herbs and food therapy, American herbology and other nutritional systems. Below are links to formulas that resolve the conditions above.

Sources: Bensky & Barolet, "Formulas & Strategies" 1990
Paul Pitchford, "Healing With Whole Foods", 3rd Edition

Lower Back & Leg Revive has been helping to restore millions of people from low back, hip and leg pain for many centuries. Though not widely known in the Americas, now it is being introduced for everyone to benefit. As a practitioner, I have found that everone finds relief with an hour. Over time, the formula gradually relieves the pain until it goes away. Add this formula to any chiropractic, massage, or body manipulation procedure and the pain finally goes away quicker.

BENEFITS OF THE MASTER FORMULA(S):

• strengthens the Liver and Kidneys which affects all the tissues around the sites such as the back, connecting nerves, tendons and fluids.
  
• nourishes the Qi or increases low back and leg energy thus countering weakness found in these areas.
  
• Improves the blood and its sub components - white and red blood cells, T-cells, etc.
  
• Removes painful obstruction in the low back, hip and legs. Low Back & Leg Revive is used to help a person who has obstruction in the Qi (energy channels) and Blood circulation which results in chronic joint pain.
  
  Related symptoms are:
  
  
  • aversion to cold and prefer heat
    
  • cold-pain in the lower back and knees
    
  • numbness and difficulty of movements in the joints
    
  • palpitation
    
  • shortness of breath
    
  • Tongue is usually light color with a white coating
    
  • Pulse is usually weak
  
  Contraindication: The formula is not intended for a person who has acute arthritis and rheumatism (hot condition). You can determine this by feeling the impaired area. If the painful site accompanies heat then we have another formula for that condition. If the site is neutral, cool to cold then Low Back & Leg Revive is appropriate for your condition.
  
  The above formula is optimized when added with Vital Qi Master Formula. Vital Qi increases the strength of the above Low Back & Leg Revive by a multiple of two. This is truely the secret found out by experimenting many years with clients. The combination makes for a quick correction in one hour, every time, no matter the age.

LOW BACK & LEG REVIVE was originally created by Master Sun Si-Miao in 652 A.D. It relieves pain resulting from Liver and Kidney deficiency. It is particularly effective in cases of energy and blood depletion in the lower back, hip and legs.

1. radix angelicae pubescentis
   
2. herba cum radice asari
   
3. radix ledebouriellae divaricatae
   
4. radix gentianae qinjiao
   
5. ramulus sangjisheng
   
6. cortex eucommiae ulmoidis
   
7. radix achyranthis bidentatae
   
8. cortex cinnamomi cassiae
   
9. radix angelicae sinensis
   
10. radix ligustici chuanxiong
    
11. radix rehmanniae glutinosae
    
12. radix paeoniae lactiflorae
    
13. radix ginseng
    
14. sclerotium poriae cocos
    
15. honey fried radix glycyrrhizae uralensis
    

Together these ingredient are beneficial for sluggisness, heavy and painful sensations at fixed locations in the lower back and lower extremities with weakness and stiffness.

Mark Hammer, C.M.H.
Longevity Mountain
(713) 822-2655

"I am in my 50s and I want to do the same things I did in Kungfu in my 40s. My sciatica and leg strength has improved. I can play like I am in my 30s." Sabine Gathmann, M.M.T., L.M.T., C.M.H.

"I couldn't do my Tai chi if it wasn't for my Leg Revive and Vital Qi. I can go lower and my stamina increases by three-fold." Kathy Keilman, L.M.T.

" I am a massage therapist and I was wondering if I could continue. I'm 56 and my body was giving out. Now my leg strength is back and i can keep going all day thanks to Leg Revive and Vital Qi." Sandi Hall, M.M.T., L.M.T.

These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This reference is a list of dietary supplements and is not intended to diagnose, cure, prevent or treat any diseases. The information here is not provided by medical (allopathic) professionals and is not intended as a substitute for medical advice. Please consult your physician before beginning any course of treatment. However, billions of people have used these products without complication. These herbal formulas have been used in conjunction with allopathic medical regimen, successfully without interference in the restorative process. Complications in the use of herbal remedies has occurred when manufacturers unkowledgeable in the practice of herbalism but more focussed on the profit aspect have provided product too high in concentration. Hopefully, more master herbalists trained in Chinese, Ayurvedic, Tibetan, North and South American herbology can share the more subtle rather than gross practice of herbalism. Appreciatively, more allopathic physicians and institutions are embracing the wonders of natural herbal medicine in their practices.