Want More Natural Therapy For Your TMJ? 9 Chinese Herbs to the Rescue

Many TMJ patients will stop at nothing to find a TMJ therapy that works for them. It is only natural too since a TMJ disorder can be very painful and bothersome. A TMJ (temporomandibular joint) disorder is tough to diagnose since so many different components are involved in the construction of the joint and it's even tougher to cure for the same reason.

A TMJ disorder can cause pain in several different places centered on the head and neck area and it can also mean the joint doesn't function properly. One side of the jaw may open differently than the other or it could even get stuck open or closed. This would cause many problems whenever you spoke or tried to eat.

The worst thing is: there is no established treatment, there are no specifically trained specialists, and, even if you wanted to resort to surgery to fix the problem, there are no proven medical procedures to fix your TMJ disorder. The best route to go for now is to find a combination of natural TMJ therapies that you can do to relieve the symptoms you have.

Here are 9 Chinese herbs you can incorporate into your TMJ therapy regimen. Just keep in mind, there are other ones that would serve you better if your problem is caused by osteo or rheumatoid arthritis and if you have joint dislocation problems you may want to find some herbs for pain.

1. Pubescent Angelica (Radix Angelicae Pubescentis)
Effects: Expelling pathogenic wind, dampness, cold and relieving pain. It's great for patients with chronic pain. It's used in Chinese formulas for muscle and joint pain and stiffness.

2. Pseudoginseg (Radix Notoginseng)
Effects: Eliminates blood accumulation, stops bleeding; moves blood, calms pain. This herb is helpful for TMJ disorders caused by trauma. It will help to reduce swelling and pain.

3. Chaing-huo (Rhizoma Seu Radix Notopterygii)
Effects: Inducing diaphoresis, dispersing cold, expelling wind, removing dampness and relieving pain. This herb is stronger with relieving pain caused by wind, cold and dampness.

4. Peach Kernel (Semen Persicae)
Effects: Promoting blood circulation by relieving blood stasis, lubricating the bowels to relieve constipation. This one is rich in oils and promotes blood circulation.

5. Bupleurum (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae)
Effects: Anti inflammatory, Anti-spasm, anti-hypertensive effect. This herb also acts as an analgesic and promotes circulation and relieves pain as well as stress.

6. Job's tears (Semen Coicis)
Effects: Expels wind dampness, clears damp heat and dampness that causes joint or muscle pain.

7. Cnidium (Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong)
Effects: Removes blood stasis, expels wind and relieves pain. It is used where there are symptoms including fixed pain and blood deficiency.

8. Cinnamon (Ramulus Cinnamomi)
Effects: warms the meridians, releases exterior wind cold and aids in areas where there is trauma or painful obstructions. It's also good in apple pies!

9. Blue atractylodes (Rhizoma Atractylodis)
Effects: removes dampness from the body, can expel wind cold and cold dampness from the body. Athletes take this because with a workout it will promote muscle growth and help with endurance.

Some of these herbs may be helpful for the same symptoms and could be hard to find. You may need to find a Chinese herb website to acquire these herbs. If you can locate most of them and learn to use them they will definitely become one of your best TMJ therapies.