My girlfriend told me no, no, no, don't do that, you will hurt your back. I said "No, I am just going to dump the pot over." Well stupid me pulled out my disc (sciatica) and never in my life have I ever ever been in such pain. I was even in the hospital. I tried absolutely everything and nothing worked.
Well my gardener came to my home to bring me some fig leaves she just processed for me and saw how much pain I was in. She told me she could do a massage if I like. She explained that her brother broke his leg and instead of tons of pain meds, they used black cumin oil and olive oil.
I thought she meant separately. No, she mixes them together and massages very hard to get the oils in the skin deep. When I say hard, I mean hard. So she did this for around 10 minutes and let me tell you, it is a miracle work.
So I have a jar of olive oil and black cumin oil on my bedside that I use when I have pain. Many times I can use that instead of pain treatments. The other thing I use is turmeric. I take lots of turmeric mixed with black seeds and black pepper. Not just any black pepper, but Ceylon black pepper.
I look for the day when I am out of pain, but for now these two things work like a charm.