Aye, actually to make things clearer, I'm taking a total of 4 pellets a day...

Twice a day, two pellets each time.

Today my problem got aggravated so badly that I had to leave work early and go to the hospital. The pain increased five fold, then the fingers got cold and slightly numb.

I don't know if I can attribute this to the remedy or my actual condition.

At the hospital, all they did was tell me what my problem was--which I already knew, and offered me steroid shots, for three days... but I can't afford that because I have no health insurance, so I turned it away (I have another hand doctor that can help with that anyway, probably at a lower price).