Meditation helps relieve pain rather than analgesics
A recent scientific study published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that meditation may be an alternative way to eliminate pain and get rid of it instead of taking painkillers.
According to the study, about 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, and this pain costs the state approximately 600 billion USD annually.
But the researchers wanted to find a way other than medication to relieve pain, and they checked the ability of meditation to produce opioids and thus reduce pain.
In order to conduct the study, the researchers targeted 78 healthy people who were injected with Naloxone, which works to stop the opioids that reduce pain or placebo, and they were divided into four treatment groups over a period of four days as follows:
The first group meditated and took Naloxone
The second group took Naloxone only
The third group: she meditated and took the placebo
Fourth group: You did not meditate and took the placebo.
Part of the participants' skin was exposed to a very high temperature to feel pain, and they found that the participants in the first group, that is, those who meditated and took Naloxone, reduced their pain by about 24%.
The researchers emphasized that these results are interesting, as they reflect the ability of meditation to relieve pain despite not taking pain relievers, as it is able to do so through the use of paths and methods different from those used in pain relievers, meaning that meditation does not work through the opioid system in the body.
The researchers noted that the pain decreased in the third group that meditated and took the placebo by up to 21%, while the participants who did not meditate increased the feeling of pain.
So, after these exciting results, the team of researchers now hopes to work on another experiment in order to verify the impact of meditation on relieving chronic pain.
A recent scientific study published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that meditation may be an alternative way to eliminate pain and get rid of it instead of taking painkillers.
According to the study, about 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, and this pain costs the state approximately 600 billion USD annually.
But the researchers wanted to find a way other than medication to relieve pain, and they checked the ability of meditation to produce opioids and thus reduce pain.
In order to conduct the study, the researchers targeted 78 healthy people who were injected with Naloxone, which works to stop the opioids that reduce pain or placebo, and they were divided into four treatment groups over a period of four days as follows:
The first group meditated and took Naloxone
The second group took Naloxone only
The third group: she meditated and took the placebo
Fourth group: You did not meditate and took the placebo.
Part of the participants' skin was exposed to a very high temperature to feel pain, and they found that the participants in the first group, that is, those who meditated and took Naloxone, reduced their pain by about 24%.
The researchers emphasized that these results are interesting, as they reflect the ability of meditation to relieve pain despite not taking pain relievers, as it is able to do so through the use of paths and methods different from those used in pain relievers, meaning that meditation does not work through the opioid system in the body.
The researchers noted that the pain decreased in the third group that meditated and took the placebo by up to 21%, while the participants who did not meditate increased the feeling of pain.
So, after these exciting results, the team of researchers now hopes to work on another experiment in order to verify the impact of meditation on relieving chronic pain.
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