LittleJ, my wife suffers from Fibromyalsia as well. We just went through the process of certifying her so she is legal now, but she chooses not to smoke most of the time and just uses an oil that I manufacture. Its simple to make, and includes the following:
Simpson Oil (isopropyl extracted cannabinoids from the leaves and trim of my harvest)
Eucalyptus Oil
Clary Sage Oil
Myrrh Gum Oil
Lavender Oil
Olive Oil
I make the simpson oil down from mostly leaves, sun leaves and trim, and a small amount of bud. The quick iso wash is all I need. I boil that down on a bunson with good ventilation at 275 degrees. No more, adding water much like rick simspon does to make his nice thick black oil.
That is added to the base oil as well. In this way I quickly process down any trim into the oil for my wife (even wet trim!) and take 1lb of trash down to 1oz of thick gooey pain relief.
The oil is rubbed on her back at night or when the pain gets bad. It lasts... 12-24 hours depending of course on the pain level. Oh the best part, it takes 10 minutes to work. :)
Hey guys, I would like to share with you some info about this oil we have down here in Brazil, it has major medicional properties, and has recently been aproved as safe for use in the US by the FDA.
Here is a text I posted a couple of days ago at another site as extra info for someone suffering from Chron's, which may be of interest to some of you:
This is not ganja, and I'm no doctor, but it may be interesting for you to look into Copaíba Oil (Copal Oil), a strong natural anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, rejuvenating oil, it's extracted from trees in the Amazon, and if you are wondering, no, they don't cut the trees to extract it, it's similar do maple syrup extraction.
I first learned about it from a truck driver while travelling on a barge for 5 days through various rivers in the Amazon. It's a medicine widely used for a variety of illnesses, from a simple cold, to skin dieseases to Gonorrhea. It is expelled from the body through the lungs, skin and urinary track. During this trip, I enquired many locals in a few different regions about the use of Copaíba Oil, got many positive feedback, even had this mechanic bring me inside his house to show his old father who had recovered from a stroke with the aid of daily body massages with the oil, along with physiotherapy. And one of the uses I heard was stomach ulcers/inflammation. Maybe talk to a doctor about it as an additive to your regular treatment?
Although most of the info I have is in Portuguese from Brazilian universities, I found this good short explanation about its properties, in English:
This amazing oil hails from the wilds of Brazil, from the plant Copaifera reticulata. I first became excited about this oil when I attended Marc Schreuder's spontaneous after-hours lecture at the 2008 annual convention in the USA. Marc is Gary Young's research scientist, and he spoke with enormous excitement about Copal oil. Here are my notes:
Copal is the only essential oil which is not steam distilled - it's tapped sustainably from the heartwood of the tree, so it's still "living" when it is extracted!!! It's never been sold in the USA or Australia until today.
It's safe for ingestion - it's a legal food additive in the USA. Copal is excellent for gastric protection (protects from stomach ulcers), and can be used for colitis.
Copal has similar properties to helichrysum, Melissa, and neroli oils, only Copal is better. It is one of the most powerful essential oils studied for inflammation - twice as strong as wintergreen, yet so gentle on the skin it feels like butter! In a peer review paper in France, Copal was listed as the second most powerful oil against inflammation (second only to Myrrh resin).
This is what started me on my journey to discover a source of Copal oil.
When I finished with Gary in Ecuador on a recent trip, I took a trip to the jungle of Brazil...and guess what I found there??? A supplier of Copal!!!
The way we can guarantee the quality of the oil is to stand over them while they cook the oil, make sure they are doing it the way we want, then take a sample while they are cooking that particular batch that we are witnessing and we take it back to the lab and get a GC analysis. And this then becomes the master analysis that we compare all future batches to, to make sure that future suppliers aren't adulterating the oil when we are not watching.
There are many varieties of Copal, however there is only one variety which is powerful - that's the variety comprising 60% of the anti-inflammatory sesquiterpene called "beta
caryophyllene". All the other varieties of Copal are only 9% beta
caryophyllene, so won't have the same anti-inflammatory action. There is only one other essential oil which has anywhere near 60% beta
caryophyllene, and that's Clove oil...but because of clove oil's numbing properties, it's not always appropriate to use. Copal is therefore more versatile.
The Spiritual Uses of Copal Oil
Thank you Pip for forwarding me this information, discovered in an internet
search:
"In many traditions, the conscious, active mind is considered an obstacle to spirituality, because it pulls us away from focusing on what is truly important. Copaiva (Copal) balm brings discernment, helping us to focus on what is truly meaningful from a spiritual perspective. It also helps us to be more effective at dealing with the less important aspects of our lives. When our mind is aligned with the divine, the gifts of vision, faith, humility and wisdom are bestowed. Use during times of mental stress and confusion, to identify and reconnect with our spiritual goals, to help us focus on what is spiritually important, when we are spending too much time thinking about the future or reviewing the past, to give us wisdom in a particular situation.
Aligns the human mind with the spiritual mind, by connecting the 3rd Eye and Crown Chakras. Apply to top of head, centre of forehead and feet.
Affirmation: "May I be focused and attuned to the divine".
link:
http://www.younglivingsuccess.com/2009/06/copaiba-copal-oil.html
After doing a little more research on it today, I found out doctors at the University of São Paulo stated that the copaíba oil has twice as much anti-inflammatory power as the most commonly prescribed anti-inflammatory drug down here in Brazil, diclofenac, which is aparently also prescribed as part of some people's fibrmyalgia treatment/management.
Hey ugmjfarmer, I see you already add Myrrh Gum Oil to the concoction, maybe it would be interesting to also add copaíba oil into you wife's medicinal oil.
BC
