A neurologist specializing in
headache treatments responded to an Ann Landers' column in which it
was suggested that a banana peel across the forehead and across the
back of the neck would help relieve headaches, perhaps because of the
potassium in the peel.
The doctor stated, "Headache is not always a minor disorder that
responds easily to such simple cures. Each month in the United
States, approximately 3 million days are spent in bed by headache sufferers.
Many of these people are in excruciating pain, unable to tolerate
even the light from a bedside lamp or the sound of a child's step.
Some vomit repeatedly. For them, trying to cure a headache with
banana peels is like trying to irrigate the Sahara by spitting."
I have measured the electrical resistance at the site of pain
in more than 18,000 patients and categorically state my belief that pain
is caused by the breaking, cutting, failure, or suppression of electrical
signals between cells in living tissue. With headaches this often occurs
across the forehead and across the back of the neck.
When I read the column, I couldn't run fast enough to get a banana
to find out how well the peel would conduct an electrical signal.
Just as I thought, banana peels are excellent conductors.
Putting the inside of a banana peel next to the skin across the
forehead and another across the back of the neck may therefore help
to heal the root cause of many headaches (by reconnecting the broken
circuits that I believe are the cause of pain); this, instead of just
masking the pain with medication that may have harmful side effects.
You, my readers, for the cost of a banana, can find out for yourself.
The doctor's advice that banana peels cannot help headaches is wrong!
Banana peels will stop many headaches (no matter how severe). You may
look silly wearing a banana peel on your forehead, but it sure beats
$400 botulism toxin injections or harmful nerve suppressing medication.
Pursuant to the above and instead of banana peels, The Pain Research Institute has produced
a conductive silver "Headache
Band." It is adjustable to fit all sizes, goes all the way around
head and may be washed and used an unlimited number
of times. Hundreds have been sold with a money back guarantee
and less than 1% have been returned.
You will have to do a Google Search on the
internet to find out where to buy a Conductive Silver Headache
Band. By an order of a U.S District Court, I have been prohibited from selling anything or even
telling you where to buy any product for pain.
Related to the Headache Bands is
a product for pain called Biotape. After doing more than 18,000 studies
to determine the physiology and underlying cause of pain, I declare that
Pain occurs when the endogenous electrical signals between
cells are broken, cut disconnected, shut off, or suppressed. Banana
peels or Biotape will connect the broken circuits. To learn
more about Biotape, go to :http://www.healpain.net/articles/pain-hld.htm
Following is a response from a headache patient:
"To Whom it may concern,
I have suffered severe headaches since 1967 when I fractured
my back ejecting from a jet during combat in North Vietnam.
I have the headaches almost 24 hours a day.
About a month ago Darrell gave
me a headband to use for my headaches. These headbands are wonderful!
I wear them almost constantly to prevent headaches - even sleeping
with it on. I notice that while I am wearing it I seldom have
a headache. If I take it off, my headache is back within a minute.
I have loaned my headband to a
number of persons suffering from headaches, sometimes for only a few minutes
before they hand it back saying their headache is gone. I highly recommend
these headbands to anyone suffering from headaches." Robert Houghton,
Major USAF (Ret)
Subsequent to writing the
above letter Major Houghton injured his back and had severe pain (sciatica)
clear to his foot. He taped his headband along the route of
pain from just below his knee down to his foot. The pain went
away. He also reported that after wearing the headbands for about
three months, the headaches are now better and he doesn't have to wear
the headband anymore. For the first time in 26 years, Robert Houghton
is free of headaches!
Another Conductive Silver Headache
Band Story:
August 13, 2002
Dear Darrell Stoddard,
I am writing to request another conductive headband.
My Mother, Susan Tiede, purchased one from you a little over a year
ago for my husband. He gets migraines three or four times a week
and is in bed many hours. Since he has been using the conductive
headband he has spent next to zero hours down with a migraine.
He often wears the headband all day long, but he is able to work, concentrate,
and enjoy life more fully. I have witnessed the miracle of this
headband almost daily.
I am now pregnant and seem to get
headaches a little more often myself. The headband has made
it possible for me to go on with life. Lately, my husband and
I have taken turns wearing the headband. I have also lent the
headband to friends who have had migraines or headaches. They
have commented on the difference it makes the second they take it off.
As you can tell our conductive headband
has had TONS of use and is getting a little worn out. I have
enclosed a check for $20.00 to purchase a new one. Thank you
for the amazing change it has made in our lives.
Sincerely,
Sharina Adams, Cedar City, Utah
A banana peel is much cheaper
than a silver headband. Try banana peels first and if
that helps, then you may want to consider a Conductive Silver Headache Band.
More tips for stopping headaches
without drugs:
Dehydration is a major cause of headaches because dehydration
pulls water from the brain. This causes the electrical signal's in
the head to fail which may be the cause of the pain. Drinking more
water, with the chlorine removed by evaporation or through a carbon filter,
could stop most of your headaches. (Distilled or reverse osmosis water
may not work because too many of the minerals have been removed to conduct
an electrical signal.)
I was discussing the above phenomenon with Dr. Verl McBride, Ph.D.
who has spent a lifetime successfully helping children and adults
with learning disabilities by synchronizing the hemispheres of the
brain using patterning exercises.
Dr. McBride suggested another way to stop headaches: Put a patch
over one eye. After several minutes if it doesn't work, try the other
eye. Putting a patch over one eye, visually eliminates the disharmony
of the hemispheres of the brain which may be causing the headache.
There are also several exercises that do this. One is crawling
on your hands and knees without turning the head with the eyes following
the hands.
Another way to stop headaches is by taping "Biotape" across
the forehead. (See "Pain Healed Immediately" at http://www.healpain.net..)
Biotape cannot be used over and over again like the
silver Headache Bands,
but it is effective for the same reason - it connects the "Blocked Chi"
(broken electrical signals between cells) in the forehead that the Chinese
believe is the cause of pain.
I treated an elderly lady for chronic migraine headaches using
Auricular therapy. Then I put a strip of Biotape across
her forehead telling her to just try it for an hour or two. "Just
see if it helps," I said. "You don't have to leave it on because
of how strange it will make you look." I saw her about 10 days
later and she still had the strip of black Biotape across her
forehead. "You even wore it to church?" I asked. "Yes," she said.
"I didn't care what anyone thought. That was the first time in years
that I didn't have almost constant migraine headaches."
My own Banana Peel Experience:
"A very sharp knife up under my skull,
just above my right eye"
That's exactly how it felt to me
in the middle of the night. I had stopped to stay with my 90 year old
mother on my way to Idaho with a full schedule of patients to see the next
day. When I went to bed I had just a hint of a headache. Then,
in the middle of the night, I woke up with the sharpest headache I have ever
experienced. It felt like someone had driven a very sharp knife up
under my skull, just above my right eye.
What could I do? There would
be no more sleep that night. Then I remembered some bananas
on the kitchen counter. I got one and laid the inside of the peel
over my eyebrow and eyelid. IMMEDIATELY, the second the peel touched
my eyelid, the pain was totally gone! I thought, I can't believe
this. I took the banana peel off and as quickly as the pain stopped, the
sharp knife shot back up under my skull again, almost making me scream.
This is impossible, I thought. It
couldn't happen that fast. Am I dreaming? For the sake of science
and objectivity, I had to try it one more time. Removing the
peel brought the same sharp knife and the same excruciating pain.
Then, again, the same blessed instant relief. I left the banana
peel in place, went to sleep, woke up without a headache and haven't had
one for five years since.
Whenever or wherever you hurt, try
banana peels held in place with an ace bandage. It will amaze you
how much it helps (to relieve and even correct what causes the pain).
Banana Peels (most assuredly)
will stop headaches Ann Landers. I know that as well as I know the
sun will come up in the morning.
Darrell
Stoddard, Founder - Pain Research
Institute
Dear Darrel Stoddard,
Well, let me just start off by saying, "Thank You!" My
name is Michele, and I am a 31 year old Physical Therapist.
I have been gravitating towards Holistic Healing, Oriental Medicine, and
energy work over the last few years and further and further away from
the medical model and pharmaceuticals. I have never been one to
take medications for myself, however I have always had headaches since
as long as I can remember, say 6 years old or so, and when it got bad
enough, I would take an "Excedrin for Migraine" or just 2 Tylenol.
I never agreed to take prescription drugs, because I just don't like
them. And since about the age of 18 or so, I've been getting occasional
migraines, though this past year has been the greatest frequency (4 times
in 1 year).
In desperation a few years ago I took 3 Excedrins because
I just could not stand the pain and the vomiting. Not only
did it not take away the pain, but I ended up with hives for days from
the medications themselves. The Dermatologist and Allergist both
agreed I just needed a higher dose of antihistamines to get rid of the
nickel sized hives all over my extremities...but as a result, I developed
a hypersensitivity to that medication as well as antihistamines.
Now I cannot even take any type of antihistamine or Excedrin or even
Advil without reacting.
I am forced to go natural!!! Yeah, funny how the
body works for your best interest sometimes! I am on a whole new path
in life now because of this so called tragedy! Maybe I'll find
a safe cure...drugless...all natural cure to headaches, migraines, and allergies!!!
Things that make you go HMMMMM! Well, so far Acupuncture shows
the most hope!
I remember way back as a kid my parents taking me to the pediatrician
for answers...he thought it was my nose/sinus. Then they took
me to the eye doctor, and...he thought it was my eyes...years later
I saw a chiropractor...he thought it was all coming from my neck...my
friend thinks it's from being on the birth control pill. The Acupuncturist/
DOM I just began seeing thinks it is dehydration and blood deficiency.
The truth is that they may all play a roll. But one thing
is for sure, something has to be done because the migraines are starting
to come very frequently and they are so intense, with visual disturbances
(the aura), one-sided numbness in my hand and face, nausea, inability
to understand communicated language or even written words, the inability
to formulate a sentence and not slur my speech...how scary is that!!!
Then the killer headache comes...it wipes me out for 2 days, and then
it takes me several more days to get my energy level back up and be able
to even exercise!!! It's terrible.
I happened to hear about you, Darrel, from Kevin Troudeau's
book "Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About." I immediately
looked you up since I had just gotten a migraine the day after Hurricane
Wilma (last week). I saw your Headache Band and all the testimonials,
so for $20 I ordered one!!! Seemed to good to be true but for $20 it's
well worth it. Good thing I did because 2 days after it arrived on
my doorstep, I began having the aura and classical migraine symptoms described
above while at breakfast with my Mom...again...bam, just like that!!
She freaked out and took me home for me to sleep it off with ice on
my head.
Suddenly I jumped up and remembered I had ordered the headache
band...I took it out of the bag, read the instructions, put it on...AND
IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES MY PAIN WAS GONE! COMPLETELY GONE!
IT WAS A MIRACLE!! INSTEAD OF BEING WIPED OUT FOR 2-3 DAYS, I
WAS READING YOUR BOOK FROM COVER TO COVER AS FAST AS I COULD (AND CHUGGING
LOTS OF WATER I MIGHT ADD). Then I went to the mall, out
to dinner, and remained painfree all night! I called everyone I
knew to share this amazing discovery! I walked around all night
with the headband on looking like Olivia Newton John, singing "Let's Get
Physical!" But I didn't care one bit! This headache band cured
my migraine in minutes, stopped it dead in its track, and kept it away!
The next day there wasn't even a hangover type feeling or nothing
and I was back to work (without the band on).
I just ordered a bunch of rolls of tape and headache bands to
give to my family and friends...and heck no, I 'm not waiting till
the holidays!! If everyone gets good results (which I know they
are) I would like to be able to try the products on my patients!!!
I also can't wait to use it on my Dad, who has the supposed diagnosis
of ALS/Lou Gherig's Disease...who knows though. I am sure that could
be a big giant energy blockage, huh!!? I ordered him the silver
socks because he is suffering from painful feet and legs from poor circulation...and
like you say Energy Blockages! And yes, he doesn't like to drink
water! That is the first thing that's going to change, believe
me!!! I read your book!
So, in conclusion, thanks a million! I will keep you posted
on me and everyone who I am connecting to your products!
Michele Gust
Hilarious Banana Peel Story (told
on the phone to Darrell Stoddard):
"I went to bed early with banana peels taped the entire length
of my spine for severe back pain. After about two hours, the pain was
gone so I got up and went out for the evening with my husband. I
felt so good that I did something I almost never do because alcohol brings
on an excruciating headache. I drank a few cocktails and sure enough
there was the headache. As soon as I got home, banana peels across the forehead and the
back of the neck again did the trick. Oh la, the headache was gone!
I slept through the night and woke up the next morning without a headache
which never happens after I've had something to drink."
----- Original Message -----
From: naomi leon
To: stoddard@healpain.net
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:45 PM
Subject: Cronic Pain
Hello my name is Naomi Leon. I reside in Chicago IL. I have a daughter,
she is 12 years old. About four years ago she started with severe pain in
her knees there was tenderness and swelling with it. The pain progressed
to her ankles, her wrist, her elbows and shoulders. We have been to many
different specialists. They say it is not arthritis. They have tested
her for every sickness and illness known to man kind. Her pain in her legs
and hand have all left her because of Physical Therapy, but now her pain
is all up and down her spine. She has been on pain medications for four years
now. I took her out to the Mayo Clinic, they ran every test they could think
of, and they found nothing. They said that she has chronic pain but they
do not know what causes chronic pain. I took her out in August of 2007. She
has had this pain in her spine ever since. It eases up but does not
actually go away. She has lived this way for a little over a year now and
takes pain medication up to three times every day. I looked up what is chronic
pain and I came across your book
Pain Free for Life. I took her to
see a nutritionist. They are detoxifying her body, gave her a liver cleanse
and took her off her medications. She’s on a nutrition diet and drinking
lots of water. As I was reading your book, I came across
Biotape as
I am learning what chronic pain is. I am wondering if this would help my
daughter. I need to know if there a licensed doctor who is dedicated to this
type of illness in Chicago, Illinois that you can refer me to. Like I said
before she is seeing a nutritionist. She is taking now cod liver
oil. She has been off her medication for two weeks. I have been following
your directions in the book . Her pain is now more severe. I don't
know if it is because she has been off her medication. If you have any suggestions
or someone you can refer me to it would be greatly appreciated . As I read
your book I realized that everything in your book refers to her and how she
has been feeling . The nutritionist she is seeing says she is chronically
ill and has much inflammation. This is why she is taking cod liver oil. We
are hoping and praying that this will work. Thank you very much for your
book it has been a revelation for me and my family.
Sincerely,
Naomi Leon
March 8, 2008
Dear Mr. Stoddard,
I just wanted to take this time to thank you for your advice. When you responded
to my e-mail I have to say it touched my heart to hear that you would come
to Chicago and treat her yourself. By the way her name is Joceline. You can
call her Josie. Friday night the 7th of March Josie came home from school
with a lot of pain in her spine as usual; so I went ahead and taped banana
peals on her spine. To my astonishment it worked. In less than 15 minuets
all her pain had left her spine for the first time in over a year she went
to bed with no pain in her spine and woke up Saturday with no pain. I was
amazingly surprised and shocked but overwhelmed with joy. I went ahead and
ordered the Biotape. I will be looking forward to speaking with you when
it comes in. Once again I thank you and Josie thanks you. We have been praying
for a very long time for God to heal her pain or send someone who can help
us. I believe that God has guided me to you. I also believe that God
has gifted you with the ability to teach others about natural medicine. I
thank you very much for your desire for others to learn this way of living.
I am very grateful to God and to you. May God richly Bless you. Thank you
from the bottom of my Heart. What is it about the banana peel that helps
take the pain away?
Sincerely,
Naomi & Joceline Leon
Pain occurs when
the endogenous electrical signals between cells are broken, cut disconnected,
shut off, or suppressed. Banana peels or Biotape
will connect the broken circuits. To learn more about Biotape,
go to: http://www.healpain.net/articles/pain-hld.htm
You will have to do a search on the internet to find out where to buy a Conductive
Silver Headache Band or Biotape. By an order
of a U.S District Court, I have been
prohibited from selling anything or even telling you where to buy any product
for pain.
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