Natural help for RLS?
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Restless leg syndrome is epidemic. It does not cause any damage to one's health, but it very often leaves the sufferer feeling drowsy during the daytime from not getting a good night's sleep.
Recommendations-
1.Diet: a.Sugars Avoidance / Reduction
b. Caffeine/Coffee Avoidance - Regardless of which form of restless leg syndrome you may be having, it is important to avoid caffeine and sugar during the day because both of these substances will increase the intensity of restless leg syndrome.
2. Essential Fatty Acids- If not caused by circulatory blockage, simply get more calcium and oxygen to your leg muscles by taking extra essential fatty acids, a specific form of vitamin E called Vitamin E2, and Calcium Lactate.
3.Folic Acid - If there is a circulatory problem (as evidenced by other circulatory problems such as athersclerosis, hypertension, etc.), you may respond very well to extra folic acid and B12, nutrients that strengthen and elasticize the vessel walls. Folic acid at 5-50mg per day (a very large dose) may be helpful when the condition runs in the family; otherwise, it may only help the occasional person. RLS may be an early neurologic manifestation of folate deficiency, the most common of all the vitamin deficiencies. Often the deficiency is not due to a poor diet, but to a genetic factor causing a folate dependency. While not all RLS patients complain of uncomfortable sensations, folate-deficient patients always suffer from them.
4. Vitamin E - 400 to 800 IU per day.
Sure just go out to the magical rainforest and the lions and tigers and bears will help you..go get some medicine!
I get them every once in a while and i use calcium i take 2 1000mg liquid gels and it passes but here is your link to prove i was right =]
http://www.holistic-online.com/remedies/...
Acupuncture works very well. Chinese herbs that bring the Liver energy back into balance and therefore treat "Liver Wind" are what we used successfully at our acupuncture clinic.
Any time you have spasms, or involuntary movement like tics, Chinese medicine classifies that as 'Internal Wind". In my clinical experience it is typically based in Liver Qi stagnation.
Chinese medicine is very good at getting to the "root" of a problem rather than just addressing symptoms or suppressing symptoms with medications.
Try a Yahoo search for "restless legs syndrome" + "natural remedies".
My husband had this & we read taking B vitamins helped ...sure enough after taking Hi-Potency B Complex his symptoms went away. I would highly recommend just getting any B complex at a Health Food Store. He takes 2 a day & has had no more problems! Good luck!
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