Muscle Cramps In Legs From Chronic Kidney Disease
Author: Becca N.
Date: 08-12-2014
Views: 6,054
Word Count: 126
Questions Received: 1
Testimonial ID: 10034-OR
Brand Neutral: Yes
Scientific Studies: 8
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I have stage 4 chronic kidney disease. Consequently, I occasionally get leg cramps that are not particularly painful, but my muscles just will not release.
As soon as I flex my calves to stretch out my shins, my calves cramp up. And if I try to stretch my calves, my shins cramp up, etc. You get the picture. While this is not extraordinarily painful, it does make it difficult to sleep at night.
So I put a few drops of Peppermint and Lavender essential oils in my hands and rubbed them on my shins and calves. Within a few seconds, my legs stopped cramping altogether, and I was able to fall asleep.
I am somewhat new to essential oils, so I was really excited to experience the effects firsthand!
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| Supporting Scientific Studies | ||
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| 1. | Associated topics: sleep — "Lavender, mint [peppermint], orange, rose, chamomile, rosemary, and sage were used.... Depression levels in the touch-music-aroma therapy group... showed a larger decrease than in the... control groups [that did not include aromatherapy].... [FMS] symptoms such as restless sleep, headache, morning fatigue, exhaustion, feeling like crying, and bowel complaints were also significantly reduced." | Link |
| 2. | Associated topics: muscle-cramps — "Peppermint oil is harmless and acts locally to inhibit GI [gastrointestinal] smooth muscle contraction.... Peppermint oil solution administered intraluminally can be used as an antispasmodic agent with superior efficacy and fewer side effects than hyoscine-N-butylbromide...." | Link |
| 3. | Associated topics: sleep — "Lavender essential oil has been used as an anxiolytic [anxiety] drug, a mood stabilizer, a sedative, spasmolytic [muscle spasms], antihypertensive [high blood pressure], antimicrobial, analgesic [pain] agent as well as a wound healing accelerator.... The present study suggests that inhalation of lavender essential oil may be an effective and safe treatment modality in acute management of migraine headaches." | Link |
| 4. | Associated topics: kidney-disease — "Many plant extracts that protect against the development of oxidative stress manifest clear antilithiasic activity [preventing the formation of or relieving the symptoms of kidney stones].... Evidence obtained to date supports a contributory role of polyphenols [present in essential oils] in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, some cancer types, and osteoporosis.... The results show an improvement of the renal function in some treated groups with an increase of diuresis and creatinine excretion due to polyphenols pretreatment. Our results clearly validate the ability of polyphenols to protect against papillary calcification of kidney tissue, consequently preventing the development of papillary calculi [kidney stones].... The collective findings to date support a protective effect of polyphenols on kidney tissue. Thus, considering that injury of papillary tissue constitutes the first step in the development of COM papillary calculi, the antioxidant action of polyphenols may contribute significantly to their antilithiasic action." | Link |
| 5. | Associated topics: sleep — "[T]he lavender fragrance had a beneficial effect on insomnia and depression in women college students." | Link |
| 6. | Associated topics: sleep — "Valerian improves the sleep of insomniacs after benzodiazepine (tranquilizer) withdrawal. Valerian subjects reported significantly better subjective sleep quality than placebo ones...." | Link |
| 7. | Associated topics: sleep — "Women [with insomnia] receiving aromatherapy experienced a significant improvement in sleep quality after intervention." | Link |
| 8. | Associated topics: sleep — "This double-blind study suggests a significant reduction in snoring reported by bed partners in a group of snoring volunteers using either an essential oil spray or gargle formulation." | Link |
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