Pain Relief

Calcium and Magnesium

Calcium and magnesium are two minerals that are responsible for hundreds of body functions, especially making your nerves work properly. Your nervous system starts in your brain and your nerves go to every single body part, organ, gland, heart and right down to your toes. That’s how your brain sends signals to muscles, tendons, glands, organs and all your other body parts to do a certain job and for those parts to send messages back to your brain. For example, if you put your hand on a hot surface, the message gets sent back to your brain and it sends a signal to lift your hand. It’s all very fast if your nervous system is in good working condition.

Your nervous system’s job is to tell your muscles what to do. For example: moving your legs to walk or run, breathing and to keep your heart beating steadily. These are all muscles at work and they need certain nutrients. Two nutrients that are very important to body function are calcium and magnesium.

Calcium’s job is to contract muscles and magnesium’s job is to relax them. Kind of like a heartbeat. It contracts, relaxes, contracts, relaxes. When your heart is working properly, it’s very smooth and rhythmic.

A deficiency can cause all kinds of symptoms in your body – from slight discomforts, more severe discomfort, to pain and, in very severe cases, death. Symptoms can be compared to static on your phone which causes irritation and discomfort to not being able to even receive a signal so you can’t talk to someone on the phone. In other words there’s no signal at all.

If signals can’t get through, malfunctions occur.

Pain Relief

A very little known fact is that calcium gluconate is a natural painkiller par excellence! It is one item that I would not be without at any time.

Did you know that the old medical text books recommended injections of calcium gluconate for the sharp stabbing pains of pleurisy (inflammation of the linings around the lungs), a pain that is apparently one of the worst that can be experienced?

Why calcium is not more widely used – and less painkillers – is a good question. To give you some idea of the power of calcium as a painkiller, if you inject large amounts of calcium gluconate into the veins of anyone suffering from excruciating pain it relieves it almost instantly.

Dental Work

If you take calcium before visiting a dentist, not only will it relax you but it’ll reduce the pain – making it more pleasant for the dentist too. Try it and see the difference. Of course, be sure not to eat sugar or refined carb-loaded stuff as that will just knock out the calcium and magnesium. (See recommended dosages).

Pregnancy

If you’re pregnant, this mineral is vitally important for you and your growing baby and you would be amazed at how much easier the birth experience can be if you’re topped up with enough calcium. I speak from personal experience on this. When delivering my second child, I had absolutely no pain because I drank a lot of calmag.
It is essential for maintaining normal muscle tone, good posture and strong muscle contractions, which makes it a must for childbirth. It’s also vital for the clotting of your blood, which can be a matter of life or death, especially after an accident or during childbirth. Nosebleeds can also be caused by a deficiency of calcium.

Absorption and Pain Relief

Calcium will relieve any pain as long as it is absorbed so if you don’t experience relief from pain, your absorption is faulty. The easiest way to absorb it is to have the right form of calcium.

Calcium needs to be in a 2:1 ratio with magnesium in the proper pH balance to be absorbed. It also needs vitamins D and F (essential fatty acids). The vitamin D absorbs it into your bloodstream while the F pulls it into your tissues (including bones).

Calcium has large particles and is difficult to absorb. Balanced up with the magnesium and vitamin C, the fizzing when you add the boiling water is due to the large calcium particles breaking down into smaller, absorbable ones.

Instant CalMag-C has been formulated with two parts calcium gluconate to one part magnesium carbonate along with vitamin C to provide the correct pH. Because of its formulation, it is absorbed by your body almost instantly.

Always keep a bottle handy for the home, school and office to help anyone experiencing pain, including mental pain or depression.