RSD, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, intense and often spreading nerve pain, may likely be caused by a suite of factors that combine into the perfect storm of nerve antagonism. Factory farms that churn out de-mineralized foods from nitrogen-burned soils is one aspect. Animal fats derived from livestock and poultry fed inflammatory Omega-6 corn and soy versus pain quenching Omega-3 grass fed animals is another. High Omega-6 corn and soy oils permeate the food supply. Broken fats and oils from high heat processing like frying, or hydrogenation as with peanut butter and margarine, are like throwing a starving dog a rubber bone--totally useless nutritionally, and certainly not nerve tissue food.

Water supplies tainted with agricultural contamination of nitrate fertilizers block oxygen to the red corpuscles, and nitrates in meats help slowly starve tissue of life-giving oxygen. Chlorine in water supplies assaults thyroid function, and fluoride accelerates calcium deposits that may trigger micro-spasms and attendant nerve pain. Air filled with gasoline exhaust fumes heavy with oxidizer additives enhance free radical damage. Latex tire particles create a highly sensitizing allergen. Mercury in fish and fluorescent lights inhibits endocrine functioning. Electromagnetic radiation from electronics induces cell portals to open and spill out vitamins and minerals and let in toxins.

Antibiotic use creates GI tracts overgrown with as much as two pounds of Candida/yeast. And all that yeast is gobbling up your magnesium; and releasing the most toxic chemical created in the body--acetaldehyde. ACETALDEHYDE eats tissue, including nerve tissue, and cannot be detoxified with anything but pantothenic acid or B-5, and not just B-5, but the metabolized form, PANTETHINE, and that's hard to do when the guts are being ravaged by Candida that can root through the gut wall in Leaky Gut Syndrome. As RSD is often caused by some physical trauma or surgery treated with Antibiotics , this may be one culprit. Kill the yeast with Caprylic Acid or the stronger Undecylenic Acid; neutralize toxic ACETALDEHYDE with PANTETHINE. PANTETHINE also lowers cholesterol.

Magnesium is the relaxation mineral. Calcium is the contraction mineral. Micro-spasms that can spawn a cascade of sympathetic nerve pain cannot be quenched if the magnesium is not present either because absent from the food, leaking out of cells, or stolen by systemic Candida/yeast. First create a firewall against magnesium theft and acetaldehyde production with yeast killers like Caprylic/Undecylenic Acid; and PANTETHINE that forms Master Coenzyme A that is the only thing that wipes out this ravaging chemical by-product of Candida/yeast. Heal Candida-ravaged guts and nerve, even brain, tissue with R-Lipoic Acid, a powerful anti-oxidant that quenches inflammation.

Feed the nerves and nervous system. Adrenal Collapse can be induced with cortico-steroid anesthetics from surgery, and women are particularly susceptible. Adrenal Collapse is generally from stress and stimulants like nicotine and caffeine and emotional pressure, and can be quickly reversed with DHEA, an over-the-counter hormone supplement. The Keto-7 form is best used by women as it will not form other hormones like testosterone. DHEA regulates Essential Fatty Acids and minerals, the very stuff of nerve tissue. To feed the adrenals, and nerve tissue, eat good fats and oils, avoiding corn and soy oil in favor of raw olive oil or borage seed oil--apply both topically to affected areas for transdermal absorption. Trace minerals can be restored with kelp mixed into Sea Salt . Celery and Celery juice can keep calcium from depositing in cells that are irritated and using the calcium as a mineral patch, very dangerous as triggering more micro-spasm and sympathetic nerve response. Apples and apple cider vinegar can replace lost magnesium and stop the spasm cycle.

Traumatic injury can effect spinal cord circulation, and this may be enhanced with inositol. Damaged tissue can lose integrity in the presence of nitrates , and virtually all fast food deli meats have nitrates . Tissue trauma can also trigger low blood pressure as the body's way of preventing blood loss, so that hurt tissue turns into a circulatory backwater. Dehydrated nerve tissue can "rub" instead of "slide" and trigger that cascade of pain. Mucinex, a proprietary form of guiafenesin, an herbal hydrator, is a time-release preparation but it is blocked by salicylates, so that means virtually no fruits except pears; or herbs; or aspirin can be used with it. Drink plenty of clean water as the Mucinex will drive moisture into tissue. MSM crystals provide cell-friendly sulphur to reactivate damaged tissue to release toxins and uptake nutrients. Infrared therapy with a high quality light source, like Pain-X, will restore circulation and oxygenation (if nitrates are filtered out of water and left out of meats).

One passive postural exercise that aids spinal cord circulation and proper musculo-skeletal conformation is to lay on one's back in bed or on the floor with the thighs straight up and calves lifted parallel to the ground up on a pile of pillows, padded milk crate, or on a chair or couch. This will take the torque out of the torso by leveling shoulders and hips. Twenty minutes a day is all that is needed.

Oxygen, pH, and hydration are key to radiant health. Oxygen-starved tissue that has no proper mineral pH buffers and workable water transport can lead to one possible scenario causing RSD: Tissue trauma in already compromised tissue overloads the adrenals and aggravates mineral imbalances that can lead to acid pH cells seeking a buffer that prompts the laying down of "trash" calcium, the contraction mineral, that induces micro-spasms, further de-oxygenation and decreased hydration, and an attendant cascade of nerve pain as calcium deposits build in proximity to sensitive nerve endings. Recent migraine research has shown that calcium deposits in proximity to nasal nerves can trigger violent migraine headaches that can be relieved with the removal of these deposits in out-patient surgery. Celery, containing pure sodium (not blood pressure-raising sodium chloride as in salt) will remove "trash" calcium; and magnesium, will keep calcium in solution, not building up in proximity to nerves. May our Creator grant us miracles of healing and restore our hearts and souls, bodies and minds, and our embattled environment.