January - January symbols. 1  January's birthstone is the garnet, which represents constancy. 2  Its birth flower is the cottage pink Dianthus caryophyllus or galanthus. 3  The Chinese floral emblem of January is the Prunus mume. 4  The Japanese floral emblem of January is the camellia (Camellia sinensis).
Patients receiving prolotherapy injections have reported generally mild side effects including: mild pain and irritation at the injection site (often within 72 hours of the injection), numbness at the injection site, or mild bleeding.
OBJECTIVE: To study the side effects and adverse events related to intraligamentous injection of sclerosing solutions (prolotherapy) for back and neck pain. DESIGN: Practitioner postal survey. SETTING: Postal survey of practitioners of prolotherapy for back and neck pain in the United States and Canada.