Magnesium has a calming
effect on the nervous system. With this, it is frequently used to promote good
sleep. But more importantly, it can be used to calm irritated and over-excited
nerves. This is especially useful with epileptic seizures, convulsions in
pregnant women and the 'shakes' in alcoholism. Magnesium levels are generally
low in alcoholics, contributing or causing many of their health problems. If
magnesium levels are low, the nerves lose control over muscle activity,
respiration and mental processes. Nervous fatigue, tics and twitches, tremors,
irritability, hypersensitivity, muscle spasms, restlessness, anxiety,
confusion, disorientation and irregular heartbeat all respond to increased
magnesium levels. A common phenomenon of magnesium deficiency is a sharp muscle
reaction to an unexpected loud noise. 'Memory pills' have been marketed that
consist mainly of magnesium.
Many of the symptoms of
Parkinson's disease can be overcome with high magnesium supplementation,
shaking can be prevented and rigidity eased. With preeclampsia pregnant women
may develop convulsions, nausea, dizziness and headaches. In hospitals this is
treated with magnesium infusions. Because of its strong relaxing effect,
magnesium helps not only to have a better sleep but is also useful in
overcoming headaches and migraines. Even the number of suicides
are linked to magnesium deficiency. The lower the magnesium content in
soil and water in a given region, the higher are the rates of suicides.
Epilepsy is marked by
abnormally low magnesium levels in the blood, spinal fluid and brain,
causing hyperexcitability in regions of the brain. There are many
reported causes of epilepsy greatly improving or disappearing with magnesium
supplementation. In a trial with 30 epileptics 450 mg of magnesium supplied
daily successfully controlled seizures. Another study found that the lower the
magnesium blood levels the more severe was the epilepsy. In most cases
magnesium works best in combination with vitamin B6 and zinc. In sufficient
concentrations, magnesium inhibits convulsions by limiting or slowing the
spread of the electric discharge from an isolated group of brain cells to the
rest of the brain. Animal studies show that even the initial burst of firing
nerve cells that starts an epileptic attack can be suppressed with magnesium.
Reference:
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE for Health & Rejuvenation by Walter Last
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