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After talking with my MD, he figures that when I fell early last Feb I damaged a nerve in my knee. While it is slowly healing, what can I do to help the process.
 
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When I was visiting my relative who fell off a cliff I happened to have a bottle of verbena tincture with me, so I gave it to him before I left.

I wasn't originally planning on giving him some but after I spoke with him I learned he had a damaged nerve in his face and I thought the verbena might help since it's a nervine.

We of course can't say whether it expedited his healing or not, but the nerves were doing much better after. I also have no idea how often he took the tincture, but I do know he was taking it.
(It was a local variety: Glandularia Bipinnatifida)

The more commercially available verbena would be Blue Vervain (Verbena Hastata)

Here's an article on other herbs for nerve damage you may enjoy reading up on

On Blue vervain it says:

Blue vervain (Verbena Hastata) is used to strengthen and regenerate the nervous system while relieving tension and stress.

 
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Vitamin B12 - Methylcobalamin  1000 mcg per day

I have a hard time with it myself though, as it also detoxes, and detoxing kicks my butt everytime. Methylcobalamin is very valuable to nerve health and healing.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8021696/
 
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