MD Cause:  Unknown. Perhaps talking too much…

MD Rx:  None except pain management with drugs. Antidepressants and anti-anxiety meds are also prescribed, but I don’t know why.

ND Cause:  Chronic, undiagnosed lack of bone, joint, and muscle nutrients.

Discussion: TMJ is a problem with a joint of the body, so to treat it we give bone and joint support. Sometimes this strategy, all by itself, is enough to produce a cure. Sometimes it is not. If you have followed my advice for 90 days and have gotten somewhat better - but not all the way, if your recovery has hit a wall - or if there has been no recovery whatsoever, then my advice is to see a health care professional who has been trained in Craniosacral manipulation. The skull is put together like a jigsaw puzzle. It contains a great many pieces. A living skull is nothing at all like the “Mr. Bones” skull on the skeleton in your high school biology class. Living bone is flexible, (yellow by the way) and, well – alive. It is entirely possible that some type of physical trauma has caused the bones in your skull to be out of alignment. If this is the case, then TMJ could be the result. All the medical nutrition and herbs in the world will not put an out of joint bone back into place. You need physical medicine to do that. So - if my medical nutrition program leaves you less than satisfied, find a medical professional trained in craniosacral treatment, and see what they can do.

My Rx: In addition to the 90 EN and the elimination of the 12 Bad Foods:

• Beyond Osteo Fx liquid or powder: 1 bottle per 100 pounds per month. Foer the Powder, mix 1 heaping scoop per bottle per day with 3 ounces of fresh squeezed orange or pineapple juice and 3 ounces of water, take in 2 divided doses. For the Liquid, take 1 capful per bottle per day in 2 divided doses.

• Plant Derived Minerals, or Cheri-Mins, or Strawberry Kiwi Mins, or Ultimate Mineral Caps:[1] 1 bottle per 100 pounds per month.

• Good Herbs Bone & Tissue Support: 2 bottles per 75 pounds per month. 1/2 teaspoon per bottle per day.

• Gluco-Gel (240) caps: 4 caps twice daily with food.

Add-Ons: Bruised cabbage leaf has been shown in published literature to reduce the pain and inflammation of arthritis in the knees. I am assuming that it will do the same to a joint in the jaw. Take a cabbage leaf, cut off the stem, and then bruise the leaf with a rolling pin. Apply the bruised cabbage leaf to the skin over the affected joint and secure it with tape. The results usually are felt within 30-60 minutes. You can do this as any times as you want both day and night. This is an excellent strategy because while we are waiting for the joint to heal, the pain will persist. NSAIDs and other pain meds are LOADED with bad side-effects, and the cabbage-leaf poultice is not. It may look funny – so you may want to put on a mask or get the Groucho-Marx glasses if you go out in public with the cabbage leaf taped to your face…

[1] The dose for the mineral caps is different than for any of the mineral liquids. It is: 1 bottle per 200 pounds per month.