Have you thought about doing an internal body cleanse? Another term for that would be body detoxification or simply, detox. The purpose of detox is to free the body of toxins that have accumulated through the years. Effects include weight-loss, freedom from allergies, pain, infections and other illnesses, freedom from fatigue, headaches and others. Some even report miraculous results like curing of hyperacidity, kidney stones, and a whole lot more.
One of the safest cleansing diets would be the Master Cleanse. It was originated by Stanley Burroughs sometime in the 1950’s. Mr. Burroughs is a natural healer way back then. I tried Master Cleanse about a month ago and I experienced great results like clearing of my skin, weight-loss, more energy, clearing of phlegm and others. Having completed it for 10 days was an accomplishment for me. And I will do it again a few months from now. It is the safest and most effective cleansing diet programs that you’ll ever come across.
Master Cleanse requires drinking of a certain lemonade recipe throughout the day and nothing more for a minimum of 10 days. It also requires taking a saltwater flush every morning or taking a diuretic tea every evening. During the time that I was on the Master Cleanse program, I did not feel hungry at all and I didn’t have my usual cravings. It was amazing. In the end, I lost a total of 9 pounds. Beyonce Knowles did her Master Cleanse prior to shooting the movie, “Dreamgirls”. She lost a total of 22 pounds.
I know you’re all eager to know the recipe. Here it is.
Ingredients:
2 liters of pure, filtered water
14 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice
10-14 tablespoons of Grade B Maple syrup (please make sure that it’s grade B)
½ teaspoon of Cayenne pepper
All you have to do is to mix all these ingredients in a 2-liter jug that you can take anywhere. This will be your liquid food for the whole day. And again, don’t worry because you will not get hungry, you will not experience the usual cravings that go with other diet programs and best of all, you will have all the energy that you’ll need to accomplish all your work for the whole day because of the Maple syrup. I want to stress that Grade B Maple syrup is the one that you’ll need. Please use these specified ingredients, no substitutes.
About the importance of the saltwater flush or the diuretic tea, since you will not be eating anything, you might not be able to eliminate the toxins if you won’t add these to the Master Cleanse. I chose to do the saltwater flush not only because I have done it before, but also because I think it is safer. But you can also opt to take the diuretic tea.
For the saltwater flush, every morning before taking the lemonade, prepare about 1 liter of warm water and add a teaspoon of rock salt to it. Drink it up and walk around so that it goes all the way down faster. The saltwater will not be absorbed by your body due to its density, it will go straight towards your large intestines taking with it the toxins that are lodged there.
A few days within the Master Cleanse program, you will notice that your tongue will be coated with a thick, white covering. It is proof that Master Cleanse is working. Continue on for a minimum of 10 days or until the white covering on your tongue disappears.
Email me for your results or for any questions.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Old Wives' Tale or Not?
This article was sent to me by email. There wasn't any mention of who the author is. I just thought of posting it here because it is worth sharing. Whoever the author is, thanks to you.
A friend of mine told me a story about how when he was a kid he was in the hospital & near dying. His Italian grandmother came to the hospital & told a family member to go buy her a large onion & a new pair of white cotton socks. She sliced the onion open then put a slice on the bottom of each of his feet & put the white cotton socks on him. In the morning when he awoke they removed the socks. The slices of onion were black & his fever was gone. The following story that someone sent to me might have some truth in it & we are going to try it this winter.
In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu. Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it and many died.
The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the home, (probably only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn't believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under the microscope. She gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in the onion. It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the family healthy.
Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in AZ. She said that several years ago many of her employees were coming down with the flu and so were many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must work.. (And no, she is not in the onion business.)
The moral of the story is, buy some onions and place them in bowls around your home. If you work at a desk, place one or two in your office or under your desk or even on top somewhere. Try it and see what happens. We did it last year and we never got the flu.
If this helps you and your loved ones from getting sick, all the better. If you do get the flu, it just might be a mild case..
Whatever, what have you to lose? Just a few bucks on onions!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
Now there is a P. S. to this for I sent it to a friend in Oregon who regularly contributes material to me on health issues. She replied with this most interesting experience about onions:
Weldon,thanks for the reminder. I don't know about the farmers story...but, I do know that I contacted pneumonia and needless to say I was very ill...I came across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion put one end on a fork and then place the forked end into an empty jar...placing the jar next to the sick patient at night. It said the onion would be black in the morning from the germs...sure enough it happened just like that...the onion was a mess and I began to feel better.
It is worth trying, right? You have nothing to lose but the flu. I have also read somewhere that onions really absorb bacteria. This could be one of the best natural cures.
A friend of mine told me a story about how when he was a kid he was in the hospital & near dying. His Italian grandmother came to the hospital & told a family member to go buy her a large onion & a new pair of white cotton socks. She sliced the onion open then put a slice on the bottom of each of his feet & put the white cotton socks on him. In the morning when he awoke they removed the socks. The slices of onion were black & his fever was gone. The following story that someone sent to me might have some truth in it & we are going to try it this winter.
In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu. Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it and many died.
The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the home, (probably only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn't believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under the microscope. She gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in the onion. It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the family healthy.
Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in AZ. She said that several years ago many of her employees were coming down with the flu and so were many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must work.. (And no, she is not in the onion business.)
The moral of the story is, buy some onions and place them in bowls around your home. If you work at a desk, place one or two in your office or under your desk or even on top somewhere. Try it and see what happens. We did it last year and we never got the flu.
If this helps you and your loved ones from getting sick, all the better. If you do get the flu, it just might be a mild case..
Whatever, what have you to lose? Just a few bucks on onions!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
Now there is a P. S. to this for I sent it to a friend in Oregon who regularly contributes material to me on health issues. She replied with this most interesting experience about onions:
Weldon,thanks for the reminder. I don't know about the farmers story...but, I do know that I contacted pneumonia and needless to say I was very ill...I came across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion put one end on a fork and then place the forked end into an empty jar...placing the jar next to the sick patient at night. It said the onion would be black in the morning from the germs...sure enough it happened just like that...the onion was a mess and I began to feel better.
It is worth trying, right? You have nothing to lose but the flu. I have also read somewhere that onions really absorb bacteria. This could be one of the best natural cures.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Yoga Study Proves Efficacy for Chronic Pain Sufferers by Rachel Stockton rachels at foodconsumer dot org
A new study out of West Virginia University is spotlighting the effects of yoga as an alternative to traditional medicine. The surprise is that yoga seems to have proven itself not only as a preventive mechanism, but as a remedy for pain after injury has occurred.
Study lead Kimberly Williams randomly selected 43 chronic back pain sufferers to take part in a 90 minute yoga class for 24 weeks. Another set of 47 back pain sufferers received traditional medical attention.
The results are impressive; many yoga participants were able to reduce the amount of pain medication they were taking. They reported significantly less functional disability, overt pain, and symptoms of depression than did the control group.
While yoga practitioners the world over have been touting the positive benefits of yoga with regards to back pain, many traditional medicine proponents were skeptical of their optimism. This study, maintains Williams, is one of the most expansive to date and gives credibility to this particular form of alternative medicine.
As for its effect on depression, yoga practitioners have maintained that the practice itself goes beyond mere physicality. Cindee Joslin, yoga practitioner and instructor in Northwest Arkansas encourages her students to bring their entire being "to the mat," assuring them that more will be revealed if they are patient and willing to fully engage in the practice - not a whole lot to ask for such life changing benefits.
Natural methods are indeed more effective and beneficial than conventional methods. Yoga affects the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual dimensions of human beings.
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Saturday, August 1, 2009
Maintain Your Health with Ginger, by Adrian Baume L.Ac., citizen journalist
(NaturalNews) Ginger has been cultivated and taken as a medicinal by numerous cultures for thousands of years to address symptoms such as upset stomach or nausea, to expel cold from the body and to stop a cough. In addition, recent studies have confirmed and expanded our understanding of this herb's healing abilities, including ginger's ability to protect the stomach lining and inhibit the secretion of gastric acid. Ginger's botanical name is Zingiber officinale, with the genus name Zingiber deriving from a Sanskrit word meaning "horn-shaped" in reference to the shape of the protrusions on the ginger rhizome. While the exact origins of Ginger are not known, we do know that it has been cultivated in China and India for millennia, and it reached the West over two-thousand years ago.
Numerous studies have demonstrated ginger's anti-inflammatory properties. Ginger's nausea-reducing actions are attributed to its ability to increase digestive fluids, as well as neutralize stomach acid and toxins. Ginger has been shown to increase the action and tone of the bowels, as well as increase bile secretion. Ginger also reduces the stickiness of blood platelets, and may therefore help reduce one's risk of atherosclerosis.
It is interesting to note, too, that ginger has been employed in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years due to its numerous beneficial properties. Called Sheng-jiang in the Chinese pharmacopoeia, ginger used alone as a single herb is considered to alleviate nausea, dispel pathogens by inducing sweating, expel cold, as well as stop coughing and reduce excess phlegm in the lungs.
In Chinese herbal medicine, Sheng-jiang, or fresh ginger, is considered to have very different properties than Gan-jiang, or dried ginger. Gan-jiang is useful for "cold" pain of the stomach and abdomen, diarrhea due to "cold" in the abdomen, cough, and rheumatism, among other uses. Dried ginger has also been shown to inhibit vomiting.
Additionally, fresh ginger is considered in Chinese herbal medicine to have a moderating or detoxifying effect on other more harsh herbs. For this reason, ginger is found as a component of many different Chinese herbal formulas (clusters of herbs combined together for their overall synergistic effects) for the treatment of symptoms ranging from the common cold, to allergic rhinitis, influenza, chronic nephritis, headache, and chronic laryngitis. It should be noted that ginger won't directly treat the symptoms listed above unless combined with other herbs in the proper formula for an individual patient's particular case.
A recent study published in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine concluded that ginger protects the gastric mucosa from stress-induced mucosal lesions and inhibits gastric acid secretion, due in part to inhibiting growth of h. pylori as well as offering anti-oxidant protection against gastric damage. This seems to clearly confirm the popular use of ginger in Ayurvedic, eastern, and folk medicine traditions for its medicinal properties.
Ginger is a very versatile household ingredient. TCM practitioners usually advise to drink it as tea. Tea preparation is easy, just boil a pound ginger in enough water and that's it. Honey may be added as sweetener and taste enhancer.
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Numerous studies have demonstrated ginger's anti-inflammatory properties. Ginger's nausea-reducing actions are attributed to its ability to increase digestive fluids, as well as neutralize stomach acid and toxins. Ginger has been shown to increase the action and tone of the bowels, as well as increase bile secretion. Ginger also reduces the stickiness of blood platelets, and may therefore help reduce one's risk of atherosclerosis.
It is interesting to note, too, that ginger has been employed in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years due to its numerous beneficial properties. Called Sheng-jiang in the Chinese pharmacopoeia, ginger used alone as a single herb is considered to alleviate nausea, dispel pathogens by inducing sweating, expel cold, as well as stop coughing and reduce excess phlegm in the lungs.
In Chinese herbal medicine, Sheng-jiang, or fresh ginger, is considered to have very different properties than Gan-jiang, or dried ginger. Gan-jiang is useful for "cold" pain of the stomach and abdomen, diarrhea due to "cold" in the abdomen, cough, and rheumatism, among other uses. Dried ginger has also been shown to inhibit vomiting.
Additionally, fresh ginger is considered in Chinese herbal medicine to have a moderating or detoxifying effect on other more harsh herbs. For this reason, ginger is found as a component of many different Chinese herbal formulas (clusters of herbs combined together for their overall synergistic effects) for the treatment of symptoms ranging from the common cold, to allergic rhinitis, influenza, chronic nephritis, headache, and chronic laryngitis. It should be noted that ginger won't directly treat the symptoms listed above unless combined with other herbs in the proper formula for an individual patient's particular case.
A recent study published in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine concluded that ginger protects the gastric mucosa from stress-induced mucosal lesions and inhibits gastric acid secretion, due in part to inhibiting growth of h. pylori as well as offering anti-oxidant protection against gastric damage. This seems to clearly confirm the popular use of ginger in Ayurvedic, eastern, and folk medicine traditions for its medicinal properties.
Ginger is a very versatile household ingredient. TCM practitioners usually advise to drink it as tea. Tea preparation is easy, just boil a pound ginger in enough water and that's it. Honey may be added as sweetener and taste enhancer.
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Friday, July 24, 2009
Wellness 101: What is Spiritual Wellness? by Allie Mendoza, SF Wellness Examiner
Spiritual wellness is one of the seven dimensions of wellness. It involves one’s belief system and sense of connection with something beyond oneself.
Spiritual wellness is about finding meaning and purpose in life. It involves mindfulness as well as appreciation and acceptance of life. Spiritual wellness can be experienced and achieved in many ways: through meditation, religion, music, art, literature, nature and through connections with loved ones and other people in the community.
Spiritual wellness is closely intertwined with emotional, physical and mental wellness. There are physiological, emotional and mental effects of spiritual practices. For example, meditation can affect mood and stress -- studies have shown that it can increase levels of feel-good serotonin and endorphins as well as decrease stress-associated cortisol, blood pressure and heart rate.
Spiritual practices can help in integrating wellness of the mind, body and spirit. By developing spiritual rituals or habits, one can boost spiritual wellness which can help in making deeper connections with loved ones and others.
Spiritual practices can provide healing and wellness. It can help in dealing with difficulties and heartaches as well as things that are beyond one’s control. It can help in finding insights and inspirations as well as serenity, peace and contentment.
Achieving spiritual wellness is an ongoing process of making choices towards a healthy and fulfilling life. The choices one makes in terms of spirituality can contribute to overall wellness or illness.
By achieving spiritual wellness, one can fully experience the depth of beauty, joy and love in one’s life.
I always believed that being spiritual is outside of being religious. It may simply be a quiet time for yourself, looking deep within and listening to your Higher Self. It may be just letting your body obey your mind, then having your mind submit to your soul and then letting your soul be directed by the spirit. It's part of each person's evolution.
Indeed, spiritual practices can aid in wellness and healing in a sense that it unloads us of unwanted baggage, inner strife, struggles, past hurts and other negative stuff. It brings us to a higher plane of awareness.
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Spiritual wellness is about finding meaning and purpose in life. It involves mindfulness as well as appreciation and acceptance of life. Spiritual wellness can be experienced and achieved in many ways: through meditation, religion, music, art, literature, nature and through connections with loved ones and other people in the community.
Spiritual wellness is closely intertwined with emotional, physical and mental wellness. There are physiological, emotional and mental effects of spiritual practices. For example, meditation can affect mood and stress -- studies have shown that it can increase levels of feel-good serotonin and endorphins as well as decrease stress-associated cortisol, blood pressure and heart rate.
Spiritual practices can help in integrating wellness of the mind, body and spirit. By developing spiritual rituals or habits, one can boost spiritual wellness which can help in making deeper connections with loved ones and others.
Spiritual practices can provide healing and wellness. It can help in dealing with difficulties and heartaches as well as things that are beyond one’s control. It can help in finding insights and inspirations as well as serenity, peace and contentment.
Achieving spiritual wellness is an ongoing process of making choices towards a healthy and fulfilling life. The choices one makes in terms of spirituality can contribute to overall wellness or illness.
By achieving spiritual wellness, one can fully experience the depth of beauty, joy and love in one’s life.
I always believed that being spiritual is outside of being religious. It may simply be a quiet time for yourself, looking deep within and listening to your Higher Self. It may be just letting your body obey your mind, then having your mind submit to your soul and then letting your soul be directed by the spirit. It's part of each person's evolution.
Indeed, spiritual practices can aid in wellness and healing in a sense that it unloads us of unwanted baggage, inner strife, struggles, past hurts and other negative stuff. It brings us to a higher plane of awareness.
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Wellness 101: Do Detox Baths Work? by Jordann Rawls, Dallas Wellness Examiner
Detox is in. The trendy influx of detox patches, cleansing diets, infrared saunas and talk about colon cleanse appointments is all a sign that people are wising up to what they put in their body, why it stays there and how to get it out.
While the body is already a lean, mean cleaning machine in and of itself, there are many ways to assist the body in detoxification sans 7-day starvation diets.
Drink water, break a good sweat by exercising five (5) times per week and splish, splash in a detox bath every once in a while.
Since the Shakespeare times, Epsom salt baths have been used to alleviate aches and pains yet only with modern science, have we learned why. Magnesium, the key kicker in Epsom salt, helps to relax the nervous system, curing skin problems, aching limbs, back pain, healing cuts, muscle strain and alleviating symptoms associated with common colds and sinus congestion.
Even still, most Americans are magnesium deficient, according to the National Academy of Sciences, which the academy attributes to high rates of heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, arthritis and joint pain, digestive problems, stress-related complications, chronic fatigue and more.
With society levels of magnesium dropping nearly half in the last century, Americans aren't able to recoup magnesium through food intake, due to changes in agriculture and diet. For information on the changes happening in our food industry, click here. In addition, supplementation is not a viable option since magnesium is not easily absorbed by the digestive tract. But leave it to the body's largest organ, the skin, to pick up the slack.
Studies have shown that taking Epsom salt (scientifically known as hydrated magnesium sulfate) allows for absorption through the skin, leaving a soak that carries the benefits of both magnesium and sulfate. While magnesium works to alleviate the symptoms listed, sulfate assist in formation of brain tissue, joint proteins and strengthening the walls of the digestive tract, aiding in a more efficient evacuation system. For more information on how it works, click here.
Together, both of these bath buddies, lift levels of digestive enzymes in the pancreas and detoxify the body of earthly messiness. As evident on the Epsom Salt Industry Council website, health benefits range from improved heart health, detoxification and purification of heavy metals from physical cells, improving the body's ability to use insulin, improved nerve function, reduce inflammation and cramps, improved oxygen use and more.
The site recommends taking a minimum of three baths a week and soaking for at least 12 minutes in two cups of Epsom salt. Epsom salt can be found at your natural health food store, the pharmacy and most grocery stores. While there are many brands to choose from, the lower-priced salts are just as effective as the rest - sans spruces of lavender or mint that may be infused in higher-end supplies.
Even if you are weary of new detox trends, the steady stay of Epsom salt has super detox advantage. While the marketing may not be as high-tech as that of infrared saunas or Kanuki foot pads, there's science behind the salt.
Detoxification is a way of eliminating noxious substances from our body. These toxic substances come from the food that we ingest, pollution, stress and others. Detoxification brings the body back into balance or homeostasis resulting in natural healing.
Epsom salt detox is one of the easiest detox methods that I know of and added benefits includes immediate stress relief and natural pain relief due to feelings of relaxation.
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While the body is already a lean, mean cleaning machine in and of itself, there are many ways to assist the body in detoxification sans 7-day starvation diets.
Drink water, break a good sweat by exercising five (5) times per week and splish, splash in a detox bath every once in a while.
Since the Shakespeare times, Epsom salt baths have been used to alleviate aches and pains yet only with modern science, have we learned why. Magnesium, the key kicker in Epsom salt, helps to relax the nervous system, curing skin problems, aching limbs, back pain, healing cuts, muscle strain and alleviating symptoms associated with common colds and sinus congestion.
Even still, most Americans are magnesium deficient, according to the National Academy of Sciences, which the academy attributes to high rates of heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, arthritis and joint pain, digestive problems, stress-related complications, chronic fatigue and more.
With society levels of magnesium dropping nearly half in the last century, Americans aren't able to recoup magnesium through food intake, due to changes in agriculture and diet. For information on the changes happening in our food industry, click here. In addition, supplementation is not a viable option since magnesium is not easily absorbed by the digestive tract. But leave it to the body's largest organ, the skin, to pick up the slack.
Studies have shown that taking Epsom salt (scientifically known as hydrated magnesium sulfate) allows for absorption through the skin, leaving a soak that carries the benefits of both magnesium and sulfate. While magnesium works to alleviate the symptoms listed, sulfate assist in formation of brain tissue, joint proteins and strengthening the walls of the digestive tract, aiding in a more efficient evacuation system. For more information on how it works, click here.
Together, both of these bath buddies, lift levels of digestive enzymes in the pancreas and detoxify the body of earthly messiness. As evident on the Epsom Salt Industry Council website, health benefits range from improved heart health, detoxification and purification of heavy metals from physical cells, improving the body's ability to use insulin, improved nerve function, reduce inflammation and cramps, improved oxygen use and more.
The site recommends taking a minimum of three baths a week and soaking for at least 12 minutes in two cups of Epsom salt. Epsom salt can be found at your natural health food store, the pharmacy and most grocery stores. While there are many brands to choose from, the lower-priced salts are just as effective as the rest - sans spruces of lavender or mint that may be infused in higher-end supplies.
Even if you are weary of new detox trends, the steady stay of Epsom salt has super detox advantage. While the marketing may not be as high-tech as that of infrared saunas or Kanuki foot pads, there's science behind the salt.
Detoxification is a way of eliminating noxious substances from our body. These toxic substances come from the food that we ingest, pollution, stress and others. Detoxification brings the body back into balance or homeostasis resulting in natural healing.
Epsom salt detox is one of the easiest detox methods that I know of and added benefits includes immediate stress relief and natural pain relief due to feelings of relaxation.
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Alternative Natural Medicine: What is it? by Madalyn Suozo, SF Natural Health Examiner
Alternative Natural Medicine can be explained in these examples:
Sally was depressed and had a lot of stress. She went to her doctor who gave her an anti-depressant. It helped. But not enough so the doctor added another mood altercation drug. That helped too but it didn't help Sally's anxiety. So she went back to her doctor and he gave her an anti-anxiety drug. Things seemed better except for Sally's inability to think clearly. What do you think she did? Went back to her doctor for Ritalin.
Since insomnia was also an issue, Sally's doctor gave her a drug to put her to sleep. And sleep she did. For the next 20 years Sally got through her day with the help of these pharmaceuticals. The anxiety, depression, insomnia, clouded thinking were always elements in her life. They never went away. But they were subdued and Sally, for the most part was also subdued. She barely held down a job and had no friends. Not too many people liked Sally.
Mary had the same depression, anxiety, foggy thinking and sleepless nights. But her approach was different. She felt there must be something inside herself that was missing that she could correct. Using emotional intelligence, Mary started researching her condition. She believed in the power of nature. She meditated, she prayed and got the right professional help.
What Mary found out was that many moods are connected to not enough catecholamines. Catecholamines are chemicals in the brain. Mary discovered that by making sure that she replenished certain amino acids in her nutritional intake and diet that her focus and concentration returned. With further investigation Mary more completely corrected her biochemistry by making sure she cut out artificial stimulants and many of the toxic elements found in junk food. She ate 3 good quality meals a day consisting of protein, vegetables, fruit with healthy snacks that began to normalize her moods and blood sugar even further.
Exercise creates good brain chemistry so off she went 3 times a week to the gym. Within 6 months Mary was a different person. Friends and family alike were happy to see her feeling so much better. Mary went on to enjoy a healthy marriage, good career and expansion of her accomplishments.
What was the difference between Sally and Mary? One had good quality information and the other did not.
Need I say more about the effectiveness and safety of alternative natural medicine as opposed to pharmaceuticals? Again, drugs just mask the symptoms, but they still remain and other symptoms and diseases might even crop up due to this. On the other hand, if you opt for alternative cures, the body totally eliminates the toxins as it cleanses and balances itself and the symptoms or illness disappear. Alternative medicine attacks the root cause of any disease.
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Sally was depressed and had a lot of stress. She went to her doctor who gave her an anti-depressant. It helped. But not enough so the doctor added another mood altercation drug. That helped too but it didn't help Sally's anxiety. So she went back to her doctor and he gave her an anti-anxiety drug. Things seemed better except for Sally's inability to think clearly. What do you think she did? Went back to her doctor for Ritalin.
Since insomnia was also an issue, Sally's doctor gave her a drug to put her to sleep. And sleep she did. For the next 20 years Sally got through her day with the help of these pharmaceuticals. The anxiety, depression, insomnia, clouded thinking were always elements in her life. They never went away. But they were subdued and Sally, for the most part was also subdued. She barely held down a job and had no friends. Not too many people liked Sally.
Mary had the same depression, anxiety, foggy thinking and sleepless nights. But her approach was different. She felt there must be something inside herself that was missing that she could correct. Using emotional intelligence, Mary started researching her condition. She believed in the power of nature. She meditated, she prayed and got the right professional help.
What Mary found out was that many moods are connected to not enough catecholamines. Catecholamines are chemicals in the brain. Mary discovered that by making sure that she replenished certain amino acids in her nutritional intake and diet that her focus and concentration returned. With further investigation Mary more completely corrected her biochemistry by making sure she cut out artificial stimulants and many of the toxic elements found in junk food. She ate 3 good quality meals a day consisting of protein, vegetables, fruit with healthy snacks that began to normalize her moods and blood sugar even further.
Exercise creates good brain chemistry so off she went 3 times a week to the gym. Within 6 months Mary was a different person. Friends and family alike were happy to see her feeling so much better. Mary went on to enjoy a healthy marriage, good career and expansion of her accomplishments.
What was the difference between Sally and Mary? One had good quality information and the other did not.
Need I say more about the effectiveness and safety of alternative natural medicine as opposed to pharmaceuticals? Again, drugs just mask the symptoms, but they still remain and other symptoms and diseases might even crop up due to this. On the other hand, if you opt for alternative cures, the body totally eliminates the toxins as it cleanses and balances itself and the symptoms or illness disappear. Alternative medicine attacks the root cause of any disease.
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Sunday, July 12, 2009
Your Kitchen Is Your Medicine Cabinet by Eleanor Moyer, Manchester Natural Health Examiner
You don't have to be a Top Chef to know that one of the most valuable culinary secrets is that herbs used in the kitchen have medicinal properties.
You can bet that if you have an Italian grandmother, she is well aware that the Oregano and Basil she uses in her famous spaghetti sauce are digestive aids as well as herbs that have antibiotic properties; helping keep her family healthy during the cold winter months.
Chances are, your family has their own arsenal of kitchen herbs used as medicine throughout the seasons, the knowledge of which has been handed down from generation to generation.
Practicing alternative self care is easy when you know which herbs in your spice cabinet can be included as part of a healing diet or used as supplements.
The Herbs
Some of the most commonly used herbs are Oregano, Basil, Thyme, Anise, Fennel, Mint, Chamomile, Cayenne and Turmeric. You might be familiar with the uses of some of these herbs, yet there may be some things these herbs are capable of that you may not have known.
Some of the most common complaints can be remedied by herbs that we might never have thought of for that purpose. With proper planning, one can create a healing menu for every ailment, every day of the week.
The next time you use Rosemary as a seasoning think about the fact that you’re using an aromatic herb that also benefits blood pressure and proper circulation.
Cayenne Pepper, used popularly in the Master Cleanse Program and added to many Mexican dishes, is known to speed up metabolism and help promote weight loss.
Catnip is not just for cats anymore. You can make a tea of this herb to soothe an upset stomach, calm a colicky baby, reduce fever or use as a wash to bring out a rash. This multifaceted herb is part of the mint family.
Fennel is another wonderful herb to have in the kitchen. Its seeds can be chewed after a meal to promote healthy digestion and ease flatulence. Its use is popular throughout the Mediterranean as well as in the Middle East. If you’ve ever gone to an Indian restaurant and seen a bowl of dried herb with bright colored specks sitting out, this is Mukhwas, a mixture of Fennel, Anise Seed, Coconut and Sesame Seeds. These beautiful herbs are meant to be used as a digestive aid.
Indian curry recipes often call for Turmeric, recognizable by its vibrant orange hue. This delicate spice is scientifically proven to have anti-inflammatory properties and has been used by athletic trainers to decrease swelling after a sports injury. Internal swelling is one of the main sources of many diseases afflicting Westerners today. Turmeric is a good remedy to have on hand in the kitchen and may even aid people who suffer from asthma.
Cloves have a bite that take away the sting of a tooth ache, just soak a teaspoon of cloves in an ounce of extra virgin olive oil overnight and apply it to the affected area as you would over the counter Orajel.
If you suffer from chronic headaches or migraines herbal nervine tonics are often employed for easing tension and helping the body return to optimal function. In your kitchen you may find Peppermint, commonly thought of for stomach ailments, this herb is highly effective in treating nausea and pain associated with migraine headaches.
For colds, flu and bronchitis, stock up on savory herbs such as Sage, Thyme, Rosemary and Marjoram. These herbs are anti-spasmodic: reducing the action of a chronic cough, astringent: reducing inflammation and creating a protective barrier within the body, expectorant: allowing for mucous to be expelled from the lungs, and sedative: calming to the system. Make a strong tea of these herbs, add ginger and fresh local honey to ease a chronic cough, relax the nervous system and help a fever break.
If you suffer from insomnia, Chamomile tea is a great way to unwind from a hectic day. Many people have used this gentle herb for stomach issues, but don't let Chamomile's subtle properties fool you; it’s a hard working little flower that packs a big punch in all it can do. Chamomile is an infant’s best friend. If your baby suffers from colic, just make a tea and allow it to cool and put it in with their formula or spoon feed it to them as much as they will take. You will see results almost immediately. Chamomile can also be used as a wash for sore eyes and as a compress to reduce mild inflammation of insect bites and wounds.
Not only can herbs be added to your diet to increase health, sustain wellness and nourish the body, but many fruits and vegetables, sea vegetables, minerals and grains are therapeutic as well.
Connecting to our food as medicine
Before grocery stores and pharmacies, which became a product of the industrial revolution, our ancestors relied on the seasons and their own harvests to nurture their bodies during the year. Storehouses and basement refrigeration, canning and drying were the primary method of preserving food for the year ahead. Folk medicine was the herbs you found in the wild, the vegetables and fruit you grew in your gardens and the natural wisdom of how to use these substances to heal, which was passed down by word of mouth over the years.
While much of the wisdom of the ages has been lost, a lot of it has been preserved in books and handed down by wise men and women who kept this knowledge flowing into today’s modern world. In recent years, alternative medicine has become the preference for many American families. As rising costs in healthcare have caused many to become uninsured, people are looking for ways to remain healthy without having access to modern medicine. In addition, individuals who seek a more nature based way to nurture their bodies are returning to greener lifestyles, invoking the memory of their ancestors to embrace organic gardening, alternative healthcare, bodywork and environmentally safer options in their daily lives.
Because kitchen herbs are so versatile, they can be used in a variety of ways as part of a healing diet, as supplements and in body care products such as creams, salves and oils. The most popular way of ingesting herbs for medicinal purposes is by drinking tea. You will find that your children will readily drink a sweet healing tea over a chemical filled over the counter medicine.
It is important to know that not all herbs, even kitchen herbs, in a healing diet are for everyone. Some who have compromised immune systems should consult their regular healthcare practitioner prior to taking any herbs. Nursing and Pregnant mothers should also communicate with their health care provider regarding which herbs they are taking.
Herbs work with your body to gently, yet powerfully nurture and nourish it. Although herbs can work slower than a single compound pharmaceutical, they work more directly to bring about balance to the body as a whole. It’s nice to know there is a whole arsenal of healing remedies available right in your own kitchen.
It is always good to know that remedy for illness need not be expensive and that it is readily available to most of us.
Most chemically-based medicines only work on the symptoms but not the cause. Most natural medicines like herbs work on the cause of the illness. Healing might take longer than chemically-based ones but you can be sure that the effect would be long-lasting and in most cases, permanent.
Nourishing food as medicine? It's a great way to go.
Source
You can bet that if you have an Italian grandmother, she is well aware that the Oregano and Basil she uses in her famous spaghetti sauce are digestive aids as well as herbs that have antibiotic properties; helping keep her family healthy during the cold winter months.
Chances are, your family has their own arsenal of kitchen herbs used as medicine throughout the seasons, the knowledge of which has been handed down from generation to generation.
Practicing alternative self care is easy when you know which herbs in your spice cabinet can be included as part of a healing diet or used as supplements.
The Herbs
Some of the most commonly used herbs are Oregano, Basil, Thyme, Anise, Fennel, Mint, Chamomile, Cayenne and Turmeric. You might be familiar with the uses of some of these herbs, yet there may be some things these herbs are capable of that you may not have known.
Some of the most common complaints can be remedied by herbs that we might never have thought of for that purpose. With proper planning, one can create a healing menu for every ailment, every day of the week.
The next time you use Rosemary as a seasoning think about the fact that you’re using an aromatic herb that also benefits blood pressure and proper circulation.
Cayenne Pepper, used popularly in the Master Cleanse Program and added to many Mexican dishes, is known to speed up metabolism and help promote weight loss.
Catnip is not just for cats anymore. You can make a tea of this herb to soothe an upset stomach, calm a colicky baby, reduce fever or use as a wash to bring out a rash. This multifaceted herb is part of the mint family.
Fennel is another wonderful herb to have in the kitchen. Its seeds can be chewed after a meal to promote healthy digestion and ease flatulence. Its use is popular throughout the Mediterranean as well as in the Middle East. If you’ve ever gone to an Indian restaurant and seen a bowl of dried herb with bright colored specks sitting out, this is Mukhwas, a mixture of Fennel, Anise Seed, Coconut and Sesame Seeds. These beautiful herbs are meant to be used as a digestive aid.
Indian curry recipes often call for Turmeric, recognizable by its vibrant orange hue. This delicate spice is scientifically proven to have anti-inflammatory properties and has been used by athletic trainers to decrease swelling after a sports injury. Internal swelling is one of the main sources of many diseases afflicting Westerners today. Turmeric is a good remedy to have on hand in the kitchen and may even aid people who suffer from asthma.
Cloves have a bite that take away the sting of a tooth ache, just soak a teaspoon of cloves in an ounce of extra virgin olive oil overnight and apply it to the affected area as you would over the counter Orajel.
If you suffer from chronic headaches or migraines herbal nervine tonics are often employed for easing tension and helping the body return to optimal function. In your kitchen you may find Peppermint, commonly thought of for stomach ailments, this herb is highly effective in treating nausea and pain associated with migraine headaches.
For colds, flu and bronchitis, stock up on savory herbs such as Sage, Thyme, Rosemary and Marjoram. These herbs are anti-spasmodic: reducing the action of a chronic cough, astringent: reducing inflammation and creating a protective barrier within the body, expectorant: allowing for mucous to be expelled from the lungs, and sedative: calming to the system. Make a strong tea of these herbs, add ginger and fresh local honey to ease a chronic cough, relax the nervous system and help a fever break.
If you suffer from insomnia, Chamomile tea is a great way to unwind from a hectic day. Many people have used this gentle herb for stomach issues, but don't let Chamomile's subtle properties fool you; it’s a hard working little flower that packs a big punch in all it can do. Chamomile is an infant’s best friend. If your baby suffers from colic, just make a tea and allow it to cool and put it in with their formula or spoon feed it to them as much as they will take. You will see results almost immediately. Chamomile can also be used as a wash for sore eyes and as a compress to reduce mild inflammation of insect bites and wounds.
Not only can herbs be added to your diet to increase health, sustain wellness and nourish the body, but many fruits and vegetables, sea vegetables, minerals and grains are therapeutic as well.
Connecting to our food as medicine
Before grocery stores and pharmacies, which became a product of the industrial revolution, our ancestors relied on the seasons and their own harvests to nurture their bodies during the year. Storehouses and basement refrigeration, canning and drying were the primary method of preserving food for the year ahead. Folk medicine was the herbs you found in the wild, the vegetables and fruit you grew in your gardens and the natural wisdom of how to use these substances to heal, which was passed down by word of mouth over the years.
While much of the wisdom of the ages has been lost, a lot of it has been preserved in books and handed down by wise men and women who kept this knowledge flowing into today’s modern world. In recent years, alternative medicine has become the preference for many American families. As rising costs in healthcare have caused many to become uninsured, people are looking for ways to remain healthy without having access to modern medicine. In addition, individuals who seek a more nature based way to nurture their bodies are returning to greener lifestyles, invoking the memory of their ancestors to embrace organic gardening, alternative healthcare, bodywork and environmentally safer options in their daily lives.
Because kitchen herbs are so versatile, they can be used in a variety of ways as part of a healing diet, as supplements and in body care products such as creams, salves and oils. The most popular way of ingesting herbs for medicinal purposes is by drinking tea. You will find that your children will readily drink a sweet healing tea over a chemical filled over the counter medicine.
It is important to know that not all herbs, even kitchen herbs, in a healing diet are for everyone. Some who have compromised immune systems should consult their regular healthcare practitioner prior to taking any herbs. Nursing and Pregnant mothers should also communicate with their health care provider regarding which herbs they are taking.
Herbs work with your body to gently, yet powerfully nurture and nourish it. Although herbs can work slower than a single compound pharmaceutical, they work more directly to bring about balance to the body as a whole. It’s nice to know there is a whole arsenal of healing remedies available right in your own kitchen.
It is always good to know that remedy for illness need not be expensive and that it is readily available to most of us.
Most chemically-based medicines only work on the symptoms but not the cause. Most natural medicines like herbs work on the cause of the illness. Healing might take longer than chemically-based ones but you can be sure that the effect would be long-lasting and in most cases, permanent.
Nourishing food as medicine? It's a great way to go.
Source
Thursday, July 9, 2009
10 Tips to relieve Muscle Pain Naturally (name of author, not indicated in news item)
If you suffer from muscle or joint pain you know how much it can impact your life. From not being able to play active sports to missing out on family fun – the effects can be far-reaching and upsetting. So, its natural that we search for pain remedies.
Almost everyone is familiar with pain relief formulas. Over 30 billion over-the- counter tablets and 70 million prescriptions are sold annually just in the USA. Known as ‘Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs’ (NSAIDs), a few commonly known names include Aspirin, Ibuprofin, Advil, and Motrin as well as prescription products like Celebrex and Vioxx. What most people might not know is that over 16,000 Americans die from NSAIDs a year and approximately 107,000 patients are hospitalized annually for NSAID related gastrointestinal complications.(1)
There is an alternative. Natural pain relief therapies can decrease inflammation and help repair tissues. The following are some starting points for investigating natural solutions further:
1- Get 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night: During the deeper stages of sleep the human body produces growth hormone, which results in tissue healing and repair. Inadequate amounts of sleep contribute to pain. Natural sleep remedies that can help you get a deep and restorative sleep are Melatonin, Hydroxy L- tryptophan (5-HTP), Calcium, Mangesium and colloidal gold. You can also listen to relaxing music – try searching on itunes for ocean sounds.
2- Take a green-lipped mussel oil supplement: If you suffer from pain, swelling or other symptoms commonly associated with arthritis, you may benefit from taking green-lipped mussel oil from New Zealand. In a clinical trial conducted at the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital in Glasgow, UK, preparations of green-lipped mussel extract were shown to benefit 76 percent of rheumatoid arthritis patients and 70 percent of osteoarthritic patients (2) The omega-3s contained in green-lipped mussel oils (more potent than fish oils) cannot be manufactured by our body and decrease inflammation. The EPA and DHA essential fatty acids have been so effective that some people have been able to discontinue their use of other medications altogether.
3- Take MSM, or “organic sulphur”. It can lessen inflammation, pain, and stiffness due to arthritis, muscle, or back pain and helps to balance the blood chemistry in these conditions. MSM helps supply the sulfur amino acids needed for healing.
4- Massage a blend of essential oils of arnica, Calendula and St John’s work into the affected painful area. Applying essential oils directly on the area nourishes cells and enables the body to metabolize waste and heal injuries more quickly. Herb Pharm makes a a blend called “Trauma Oil” which is very effective. Essential oils can help relax tense muscles and improve circulation.
5- Eat a whole food, mineral rich diet with plenty of vegetables and whole grains. Vegetable juices and green chlorophyll-rich foods can help relieve muscle inflammations by promoting the elimination of toxins from the body. Cut back on the amount of meat containing large amounts of saturated fat, which impacts the effective functioning of the liver – possibly leading to inflammation and irritation. Animal fats also contain arachadonic acid which can stimulate inflammation.
6- Take Glucosamine sulfate: Glucosamine is a naturally occurring element in the body that plays a crucial role in the building and healing of cartilage. Glucosamine may be efficient in treating and even delaying the progression of osteoarthritis. Some studies have hinted that glucosamine may be as effective as NSAIDs in treating joint conditions, while having fewer gastrointestinal side effects.
7- Magnetic therapy: Magnetic therapy is a safe method of applying magnetic fields to the body for therapeutic purposes. It helps speed the healing process and improve quality of sleep without any adverse side effects. A study from the University of Virginia showed that that a magnetic field of moderate strength can result in significant reduction of swelling when applied immediately after an inflammatory injury. Dilation of blood vessels is a major cause of swelling, and it’s thought that the magnets worked by limiting blood flow to the affected area. Individuals wearing magnetic jewelry have reported diminished muscle soreness and lessening of cramps. Try sleeping on a magnet mattress pad to help ease the pain of muscle soreness or apply magnet straps to sore muscle or tendonitis areas.
8- Take Vitamin D: Researched conducted by the University of Minnesota found that 93% of all subjects with non-specific musculoskeletal pain were vitamin D deficient. Taking Vitamin D and CoQ10 can help alleviate muscle pain caused by cholesterol-lowering statin drugs. Vitamin D can also be synthesized naturally by the body upon exposure to sunlight.
9- Cayenne pepper:A teaspoon of cayenne shaken in 2 ounces of olive oil can be used as an ointment and rubbed directly into sore muscles. Cayenne contains capsaicin which eventually inhibits secretion of the neurotransmitter Substance P, that transmits pain to the brain, lessening muscle soreness, sprains and cramps.
10- Try an Epsom salt bath: The magnesium sulfate of Epsom Salt acts as a muscle relaxant, and by easing muscle pain it helps the body to eliminate harmful substances. Due to changes in agriculture in the past century, most Americans are deficient in Magnesium. Studies show increased magnesium levels from soaking in a bath enriched with Epsom salt! Magnesium and sulfate are both easily absorbed through the skin. Fill a bathtub with water as hot as you can stand. Add 2 cups of Epsom salts. The heat of the bath will increase circulation and reduce inflammation.
About Alchemy Radiant Health: Alchemy Radiant Health offers services to help people achieve premium physical performance, mental clarity, and well-being through holistic wellness programs that promote radiant health and longevity. Our approach and philosophy is based on ancient Chinese nutrition combined with the latest developments in super-foods.
Muscle pain relief need not be chemically produced or expensive. Check what's readily available at home or opt for natural relief. Switching to a healthier diet can do you wonders too.
Source
Almost everyone is familiar with pain relief formulas. Over 30 billion over-the- counter tablets and 70 million prescriptions are sold annually just in the USA. Known as ‘Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs’ (NSAIDs), a few commonly known names include Aspirin, Ibuprofin, Advil, and Motrin as well as prescription products like Celebrex and Vioxx. What most people might not know is that over 16,000 Americans die from NSAIDs a year and approximately 107,000 patients are hospitalized annually for NSAID related gastrointestinal complications.(1)
There is an alternative. Natural pain relief therapies can decrease inflammation and help repair tissues. The following are some starting points for investigating natural solutions further:
1- Get 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night: During the deeper stages of sleep the human body produces growth hormone, which results in tissue healing and repair. Inadequate amounts of sleep contribute to pain. Natural sleep remedies that can help you get a deep and restorative sleep are Melatonin, Hydroxy L- tryptophan (5-HTP), Calcium, Mangesium and colloidal gold. You can also listen to relaxing music – try searching on itunes for ocean sounds.
2- Take a green-lipped mussel oil supplement: If you suffer from pain, swelling or other symptoms commonly associated with arthritis, you may benefit from taking green-lipped mussel oil from New Zealand. In a clinical trial conducted at the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital in Glasgow, UK, preparations of green-lipped mussel extract were shown to benefit 76 percent of rheumatoid arthritis patients and 70 percent of osteoarthritic patients (2) The omega-3s contained in green-lipped mussel oils (more potent than fish oils) cannot be manufactured by our body and decrease inflammation. The EPA and DHA essential fatty acids have been so effective that some people have been able to discontinue their use of other medications altogether.
3- Take MSM, or “organic sulphur”. It can lessen inflammation, pain, and stiffness due to arthritis, muscle, or back pain and helps to balance the blood chemistry in these conditions. MSM helps supply the sulfur amino acids needed for healing.
4- Massage a blend of essential oils of arnica, Calendula and St John’s work into the affected painful area. Applying essential oils directly on the area nourishes cells and enables the body to metabolize waste and heal injuries more quickly. Herb Pharm makes a a blend called “Trauma Oil” which is very effective. Essential oils can help relax tense muscles and improve circulation.
5- Eat a whole food, mineral rich diet with plenty of vegetables and whole grains. Vegetable juices and green chlorophyll-rich foods can help relieve muscle inflammations by promoting the elimination of toxins from the body. Cut back on the amount of meat containing large amounts of saturated fat, which impacts the effective functioning of the liver – possibly leading to inflammation and irritation. Animal fats also contain arachadonic acid which can stimulate inflammation.
6- Take Glucosamine sulfate: Glucosamine is a naturally occurring element in the body that plays a crucial role in the building and healing of cartilage. Glucosamine may be efficient in treating and even delaying the progression of osteoarthritis. Some studies have hinted that glucosamine may be as effective as NSAIDs in treating joint conditions, while having fewer gastrointestinal side effects.
7- Magnetic therapy: Magnetic therapy is a safe method of applying magnetic fields to the body for therapeutic purposes. It helps speed the healing process and improve quality of sleep without any adverse side effects. A study from the University of Virginia showed that that a magnetic field of moderate strength can result in significant reduction of swelling when applied immediately after an inflammatory injury. Dilation of blood vessels is a major cause of swelling, and it’s thought that the magnets worked by limiting blood flow to the affected area. Individuals wearing magnetic jewelry have reported diminished muscle soreness and lessening of cramps. Try sleeping on a magnet mattress pad to help ease the pain of muscle soreness or apply magnet straps to sore muscle or tendonitis areas.
8- Take Vitamin D: Researched conducted by the University of Minnesota found that 93% of all subjects with non-specific musculoskeletal pain were vitamin D deficient. Taking Vitamin D and CoQ10 can help alleviate muscle pain caused by cholesterol-lowering statin drugs. Vitamin D can also be synthesized naturally by the body upon exposure to sunlight.
9- Cayenne pepper:A teaspoon of cayenne shaken in 2 ounces of olive oil can be used as an ointment and rubbed directly into sore muscles. Cayenne contains capsaicin which eventually inhibits secretion of the neurotransmitter Substance P, that transmits pain to the brain, lessening muscle soreness, sprains and cramps.
10- Try an Epsom salt bath: The magnesium sulfate of Epsom Salt acts as a muscle relaxant, and by easing muscle pain it helps the body to eliminate harmful substances. Due to changes in agriculture in the past century, most Americans are deficient in Magnesium. Studies show increased magnesium levels from soaking in a bath enriched with Epsom salt! Magnesium and sulfate are both easily absorbed through the skin. Fill a bathtub with water as hot as you can stand. Add 2 cups of Epsom salts. The heat of the bath will increase circulation and reduce inflammation.
About Alchemy Radiant Health: Alchemy Radiant Health offers services to help people achieve premium physical performance, mental clarity, and well-being through holistic wellness programs that promote radiant health and longevity. Our approach and philosophy is based on ancient Chinese nutrition combined with the latest developments in super-foods.
Muscle pain relief need not be chemically produced or expensive. Check what's readily available at home or opt for natural relief. Switching to a healthier diet can do you wonders too.
Source
Monday, July 6, 2009
Celebrities Haven't been Dying From Holistic Medicine by Vickie Jackson, Detroit Alternative Medicine Examiner
It certainly seems odd lately that there has been a steady stream of celebrity deaths, some of them quite untimely. However, when some of the lives lost are examined, due to their lifestyle choices, the timing seems inevitable despite their relative youth. Some, such as Michael Jackson, did not even go beyond middle age. In many instances those who die before reaching their golden years do so as the result of addictions to drugs (prescription and/or "street" varieties) and/or alcohol, whether they are famous or just an average person, unknown to the glitter and power circuits of society. By contrast, there are those who choose a healthy, natural lifestyle (think of Jack LaLanne, pushing 95 and still working). Which of the two groups appears to have made the better decision?
Looking also at the recent federal inquiries into the safety of such drugs as acetaminophen, it is ironic how many of those in the allopathic (conventional) medical field still decry holistic medicine as "voodoo". There are doctors who will not discuss any natural alternatives to their methods with patients. Holistic practitioners are branded as "charlatans" by those who do not even have the knowledge of herbal or other natural healing means. Alternative medical professionals are not able to merely set up practice much like children running a lemonade stand. They must study at state-recognized educational institutes (such as Blue Heron Academy here in Michigan: see http://www.blueheronacademy.com/) and pass exams for their certification. Unlike the image many have of those in the alternative medicine field shaking chicken bones and chanting over a patient, much analysis of any illness is required. The client is interviewed regarding lifestyle, diet, hereditary factors, work conditions, and anything else deemed pertinent to the health problem. The ultimate goal is not merely to treat symptoms and get on to someone else, but to restore wellness and balance to the individual. When traditional medical tests such as blood work are required, there is complementary consultation involved between the allopathic and natural disciplines. Anyone seeking assistance from a natural health professional will be treated as a whole person, not a sick part attached to an otherwise healthy body. Counseling will be offered for the purpose of not only restoration of good health but for maintenance and improvement of the person's overall condition. It's not a matter of "OK, take these pills, see you in a month" and you're out the door.
Granted, there will always be those who will be less than open-minded towards any health modalities that they perceive either conflict with or threaten their own beliefs and training. People should have the freedom to make their own choices for health care based on their, and others', experiences and needs. Hopefully we will continue to have such choices; gradually, even insurance companies have been coming to the realization of alternative/complementary medicine's validity.
In the meantime, individuals can make their own decisions as to which lifestyle is wiser to follow: the way of nature or of the artificial, chemical-laden life. It's not too likely you'll read someday about a young superstar dying from an overdose of chiropractic adjustment, for example, or getting addicted to chamomile tea.
Comparing how medical doctors and natural health practitioners treat their patients, I can say that natural healers are more humane in the sense that they focus or really attend to the individual in need of their care. Natural healers look into the whole of the person. They would look into the lifestyle, eating habits, sleeping habits, environment in which they live, relationships, life experiences, and others. These are all related and in fact, contributes to the present condition of each one of us.
I have been treated by both medical doctors and natural healers. With the former, my experience would be, I would walk into the clinic, doctor checks me quite mechanically and in a rushed manner, writes down chemical prescription and I'm out of the door in 5-10 minutes. Natural healers would really take the time to treat me and there's always this feeling that I've been cared for.
Again, comparing these two different approaches, which do you think would patients respond to better? It's always going to be your choice. Try it and see the big difference.
Source
Looking also at the recent federal inquiries into the safety of such drugs as acetaminophen, it is ironic how many of those in the allopathic (conventional) medical field still decry holistic medicine as "voodoo". There are doctors who will not discuss any natural alternatives to their methods with patients. Holistic practitioners are branded as "charlatans" by those who do not even have the knowledge of herbal or other natural healing means. Alternative medical professionals are not able to merely set up practice much like children running a lemonade stand. They must study at state-recognized educational institutes (such as Blue Heron Academy here in Michigan: see http://www.blueheronacademy.com/) and pass exams for their certification. Unlike the image many have of those in the alternative medicine field shaking chicken bones and chanting over a patient, much analysis of any illness is required. The client is interviewed regarding lifestyle, diet, hereditary factors, work conditions, and anything else deemed pertinent to the health problem. The ultimate goal is not merely to treat symptoms and get on to someone else, but to restore wellness and balance to the individual. When traditional medical tests such as blood work are required, there is complementary consultation involved between the allopathic and natural disciplines. Anyone seeking assistance from a natural health professional will be treated as a whole person, not a sick part attached to an otherwise healthy body. Counseling will be offered for the purpose of not only restoration of good health but for maintenance and improvement of the person's overall condition. It's not a matter of "OK, take these pills, see you in a month" and you're out the door.
Granted, there will always be those who will be less than open-minded towards any health modalities that they perceive either conflict with or threaten their own beliefs and training. People should have the freedom to make their own choices for health care based on their, and others', experiences and needs. Hopefully we will continue to have such choices; gradually, even insurance companies have been coming to the realization of alternative/complementary medicine's validity.
In the meantime, individuals can make their own decisions as to which lifestyle is wiser to follow: the way of nature or of the artificial, chemical-laden life. It's not too likely you'll read someday about a young superstar dying from an overdose of chiropractic adjustment, for example, or getting addicted to chamomile tea.
Comparing how medical doctors and natural health practitioners treat their patients, I can say that natural healers are more humane in the sense that they focus or really attend to the individual in need of their care. Natural healers look into the whole of the person. They would look into the lifestyle, eating habits, sleeping habits, environment in which they live, relationships, life experiences, and others. These are all related and in fact, contributes to the present condition of each one of us.
I have been treated by both medical doctors and natural healers. With the former, my experience would be, I would walk into the clinic, doctor checks me quite mechanically and in a rushed manner, writes down chemical prescription and I'm out of the door in 5-10 minutes. Natural healers would really take the time to treat me and there's always this feeling that I've been cared for.
Again, comparing these two different approaches, which do you think would patients respond to better? It's always going to be your choice. Try it and see the big difference.
Source
Friday, July 3, 2009
Biological Medicine Offers a Holistic Approach to Healing by Deborah Mitchell, Phoenix Alternative Medicine Examiner
Biological medicine, also called German biological medicine or biological regulatory medicine, integrates Western science with Eastern philosophies. Practitioners of biological medicine keep the big questions in mind as they interact with their patients: why are we here (the mind/body/spirit connection); and why do we get sick?
What is biological medicine?
Biological medicine is a blending of two worlds—science and philosophy, bringing together proven ideas with new science. Thus practitioners of biological medicine will call upon the art and wisdom of such approaches as homeopathy, traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, herbal medicine, photon resonance therapy, acupuncture, and ionized oxygen therapy, among others, when treating patients.
In biological medicine, symptoms are considered to be warnings that manifest as patterns of “regulatory disharmony” and the final indicators of a long chain of events.
Practitioners of biological medicine work closely with each patient to create a treatment program that is based on that individual’s unique symptoms, needs, and underlying causes. In reality, the practitioner is a guide: healing comes from within the patient. The practitioner assists and guides a patient’s immune system and individual natural healing processes.
Five factors overlooked by conventional medicine
Biological medicine practitioners note that there are five areas overlooked by conventional practitioners. They include the impact of:
• Food allergies
• Faulty diet and nutrition
• Environmental toxins and heavy metals
• Interrelated dental-medical problems
• Chronic hidden parasites and infections
Not considering and investigating the impact of each of these factors in an individual’s health is indicative of conventional medicine’s failure to recognize and address a patient’s entire being—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Biological medicine practitioners explore each of these areas, and more, with their patients.
Indeed, the human body is a multi-dimentional system composed of the body, mind, soul and spirit. If healing is required, all of these factors should be looked into. Everything ingested, felt, experienced and thought of by the human should be taken into consideration for all of these have an effect on the individual. All of these factors should be addressed if complete healing the goal. Symptoms are just physical manifestations of something deeper.
Learn more about biological healing and the author
What is biological medicine?
Biological medicine is a blending of two worlds—science and philosophy, bringing together proven ideas with new science. Thus practitioners of biological medicine will call upon the art and wisdom of such approaches as homeopathy, traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, herbal medicine, photon resonance therapy, acupuncture, and ionized oxygen therapy, among others, when treating patients.
In biological medicine, symptoms are considered to be warnings that manifest as patterns of “regulatory disharmony” and the final indicators of a long chain of events.
Practitioners of biological medicine work closely with each patient to create a treatment program that is based on that individual’s unique symptoms, needs, and underlying causes. In reality, the practitioner is a guide: healing comes from within the patient. The practitioner assists and guides a patient’s immune system and individual natural healing processes.
Five factors overlooked by conventional medicine
Biological medicine practitioners note that there are five areas overlooked by conventional practitioners. They include the impact of:
• Food allergies
• Faulty diet and nutrition
• Environmental toxins and heavy metals
• Interrelated dental-medical problems
• Chronic hidden parasites and infections
Not considering and investigating the impact of each of these factors in an individual’s health is indicative of conventional medicine’s failure to recognize and address a patient’s entire being—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Biological medicine practitioners explore each of these areas, and more, with their patients.
Indeed, the human body is a multi-dimentional system composed of the body, mind, soul and spirit. If healing is required, all of these factors should be looked into. Everything ingested, felt, experienced and thought of by the human should be taken into consideration for all of these have an effect on the individual. All of these factors should be addressed if complete healing the goal. Symptoms are just physical manifestations of something deeper.
Learn more about biological healing and the author
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Pharmaceutical Drug Hazards by Jed Shlackman, Miami Holistic Health Examiner
Recent celebrity deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett have brought to the public's awareness the methods of Western medical treatment that these stars were receiving. Fawcett, after being diagnosed with anal cancer, received chemotherapy. Jackson, a celebrity with a variety of rumored health problems, was taking several prescription medications including painkillers and medications typically prescribed for anxiety and depression. Jackson had developed a friendship with alternative medicine and spirituality guru Deepak Chopra, M.D., who has now shared public comments about his unsuccessful efforts to encourage Jackson to confront his prescription drug addictions.
In the case of Fawcett, she had been receiving chemotherapy treatment in America and had traveled to Germany to receive alternative therapies such as natural supplements and herbal immune-boosting therapy, according to an article at WebMD.
The German physician reported that Fawcett had done well with care there, having shown a decrease in tumor size and improved quality of life over two and a half years. However, while in the USA she could not receive the treatments offered at the German clinic, and was only receiving treatment from the American doctors at the time of her death. Fawcett's American doctor acknowledged on the NBC Today Show that Fawcett had become weak, in part due to the effects of chemotherapy. Thus, the public doesn't know whether her deterioration was due more to the cancer progression or to the cytotoxic effects of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is known to weaken the immune system and promote future cancers, so its use alongside immune boosting therapies may limit their effectiveness.
Michael Jackson, consuming multiple medications including ones with known cardiovascular side effects, had failed to address his deep emotional wounds and insecurities, and like the surgically altered face he presented, his medicines merely masked the troubled psyche of the man consuming them. Even with access to one of America's most knowledgeable and acclaimed holistic physicians, Michael Jackson failed to get the help that may have allowed him to heal his soul, instead opting to be treated by doctors who made a profit from enabling Michael's addiction. In the case of both celebrities, there was access to more natural, non-toxic treatments, yet each chose to allow themselves to be subjected to hazardous drugs that wreaked havoc upon their bodies.
People have their own free will to choose the path that they tread. It's only now that more and more people are learning about the benefits of going natural. It's not quite easy for others though who have relied and believed in Western medicine all their lives. For them, it is their comfort zone. It's not really easy to try something new especially if it goes against what you firmly believe in. Education and information is the key here. We can never force or coerce people to believe in what we do. However, we have a social responsibility of giving them sound and accurate information. It's still going to be their decision though and we have to respect that.
Source
In the case of Fawcett, she had been receiving chemotherapy treatment in America and had traveled to Germany to receive alternative therapies such as natural supplements and herbal immune-boosting therapy, according to an article at WebMD.
The German physician reported that Fawcett had done well with care there, having shown a decrease in tumor size and improved quality of life over two and a half years. However, while in the USA she could not receive the treatments offered at the German clinic, and was only receiving treatment from the American doctors at the time of her death. Fawcett's American doctor acknowledged on the NBC Today Show that Fawcett had become weak, in part due to the effects of chemotherapy. Thus, the public doesn't know whether her deterioration was due more to the cancer progression or to the cytotoxic effects of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is known to weaken the immune system and promote future cancers, so its use alongside immune boosting therapies may limit their effectiveness.
Michael Jackson, consuming multiple medications including ones with known cardiovascular side effects, had failed to address his deep emotional wounds and insecurities, and like the surgically altered face he presented, his medicines merely masked the troubled psyche of the man consuming them. Even with access to one of America's most knowledgeable and acclaimed holistic physicians, Michael Jackson failed to get the help that may have allowed him to heal his soul, instead opting to be treated by doctors who made a profit from enabling Michael's addiction. In the case of both celebrities, there was access to more natural, non-toxic treatments, yet each chose to allow themselves to be subjected to hazardous drugs that wreaked havoc upon their bodies.
People have their own free will to choose the path that they tread. It's only now that more and more people are learning about the benefits of going natural. It's not quite easy for others though who have relied and believed in Western medicine all their lives. For them, it is their comfort zone. It's not really easy to try something new especially if it goes against what you firmly believe in. Education and information is the key here. We can never force or coerce people to believe in what we do. However, we have a social responsibility of giving them sound and accurate information. It's still going to be their decision though and we have to respect that.
Source
Monday, June 29, 2009
Healing with numbers By : SUZANNA PILLAY
Lenis says numerology can help people identify their true talents.
Numerology is a New Age tool that can be used to achieve wellness and true potential, says a Kodiko numerologist. SUZANNA PILLAY finds out more.
IT’S hard to think of something like numerology being able to affect your wellbeing, but Dr Dimitrios Lenis is adamant that Kodiko numerology is a powerful new age tool for total mind and body wellness.
Renowned as Asia’s master of numerology with followers from Taiwan, Hong Kong and many other Asian countries, Lenis is a nutritionist and chiropractor and is also highly regarded in the field of natural healing.
He uses Kodiko numerology to identify peoples’ psychological and emotional types to reveal their mind-body and mind-diet issues, which then tells him the right combination of diet, exercise or other therapies required to solve their problems.
Lenis was in Kuala Lumpur recently to conduct a workshop to help participants understand their personality and emotional state, learn about compatibility, identify new opportunities and how to avoid negative influences that distract them from achieving their true purpose.
He found much of what he was taught at school “had little effect, so I started developing more intensive techniques and eventually created a system of healing that requires therapy on three levels: Mind, Diet, and Body.”
If Kodiko sounds like Greek to you, it is. It is based on a philosophy created 2,500 years ago by the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician, Pythagoras.
“He believed that all things in nature had specific frequencies which influenced each other and numerology was the language in which their influences was expressed. Numerology was a method of seeing everything in the world in terms of numbers to reveal the invisible influences of things.”
“Kodiko” means secret code in Greek and is a system Lenis developed over the last 20 years from researching Pythagoras’s ideas of using numbers to understand the influence of all things in our environments.
“This allows us to know ourselves on all levels including psychological, spiritual, emotional, nutritional, physical, etc. The idea has been proven by modern physics and these mostly invisible and inaudible frequencies can and do affect us,” said Lenis.
This, he explained, is why for example the energy produced by our mobile phones or the electromagnetic fields produced by electronic circuits can affect health and has been proven to do so negatively in some studies.
Unfortunately, over the last few 100 years, Pythagoras’s philosophy was corrupted, causing numerology to become a type of superstition.
“People started believing that their names or their birthdays determined their fate. It is absurd to believe that every person in the world born on the same day will have the same personality or even that all twins have the same personality because it is simply not true.
“However, it can be said that having a specific birthday will bring some influence just as listening to music can change the way we feel. But it is only one small part. We also need to look at the person, his interests, his way of dressing and grooming, his ethnic and religious background, whether he was the first, second, third, etc, child, and many more things. Then we combine all these influences to identify personality types, talents, weaknesses, etc.”
He said numerology could help people identify their true talents and what careers would fully utilise their skills... making each day at work fun and exciting, and so minimising stress.
“Stress is the biggest factor in causing a break down of health. There are many types of stress that can hurt you, but two of the worst include being stuck in a job you don’t like or having bad relationships with others.
“To live a truly sustainable lifestyle, you need to not only eat and exercise correctly, but you need to have a career that you love. You need to wake up every morning and feel excited about going to work! If you are not happy about the way you spend every day, you will age quickly and your immune system will be weak, eventually causing you to develop any number of dangerous diseases,” he says.
Lenis said this was probably the most important aspect of sustainable living and why he developed Kodiko numerology. “When you do what you love in life, eat the right foods and do the right exercises for your body and psychological type, you have a truly sustainable life.”
He believes the way to stay healthy comes down to three things: mind, body and diet.
1. Mind includes psychological health, feeling happy in your career, having healthy emotional status, healthy relationships and clear life goals and or a spiritual reason for living.
2. Diet includes getting enough pure water and air, eating the right foods, avoiding allergy foods and toxins and getting enough sun exposure on your skin.
3. Body includes getting good quality sleep, getting enough exercise that develops muscles throughout your body, a healthy sex life, getting regular massages, hugs from people you love and plenty of laughter!
This is sound advice and another alternative healing method that's worth trying.
Learn more
Numerology is a New Age tool that can be used to achieve wellness and true potential, says a Kodiko numerologist. SUZANNA PILLAY finds out more.
IT’S hard to think of something like numerology being able to affect your wellbeing, but Dr Dimitrios Lenis is adamant that Kodiko numerology is a powerful new age tool for total mind and body wellness.
Renowned as Asia’s master of numerology with followers from Taiwan, Hong Kong and many other Asian countries, Lenis is a nutritionist and chiropractor and is also highly regarded in the field of natural healing.
He uses Kodiko numerology to identify peoples’ psychological and emotional types to reveal their mind-body and mind-diet issues, which then tells him the right combination of diet, exercise or other therapies required to solve their problems.
Lenis was in Kuala Lumpur recently to conduct a workshop to help participants understand their personality and emotional state, learn about compatibility, identify new opportunities and how to avoid negative influences that distract them from achieving their true purpose.
He found much of what he was taught at school “had little effect, so I started developing more intensive techniques and eventually created a system of healing that requires therapy on three levels: Mind, Diet, and Body.”
If Kodiko sounds like Greek to you, it is. It is based on a philosophy created 2,500 years ago by the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician, Pythagoras.
“He believed that all things in nature had specific frequencies which influenced each other and numerology was the language in which their influences was expressed. Numerology was a method of seeing everything in the world in terms of numbers to reveal the invisible influences of things.”
“Kodiko” means secret code in Greek and is a system Lenis developed over the last 20 years from researching Pythagoras’s ideas of using numbers to understand the influence of all things in our environments.
“This allows us to know ourselves on all levels including psychological, spiritual, emotional, nutritional, physical, etc. The idea has been proven by modern physics and these mostly invisible and inaudible frequencies can and do affect us,” said Lenis.
This, he explained, is why for example the energy produced by our mobile phones or the electromagnetic fields produced by electronic circuits can affect health and has been proven to do so negatively in some studies.
Unfortunately, over the last few 100 years, Pythagoras’s philosophy was corrupted, causing numerology to become a type of superstition.
“People started believing that their names or their birthdays determined their fate. It is absurd to believe that every person in the world born on the same day will have the same personality or even that all twins have the same personality because it is simply not true.
“However, it can be said that having a specific birthday will bring some influence just as listening to music can change the way we feel. But it is only one small part. We also need to look at the person, his interests, his way of dressing and grooming, his ethnic and religious background, whether he was the first, second, third, etc, child, and many more things. Then we combine all these influences to identify personality types, talents, weaknesses, etc.”
He said numerology could help people identify their true talents and what careers would fully utilise their skills... making each day at work fun and exciting, and so minimising stress.
“Stress is the biggest factor in causing a break down of health. There are many types of stress that can hurt you, but two of the worst include being stuck in a job you don’t like or having bad relationships with others.
“To live a truly sustainable lifestyle, you need to not only eat and exercise correctly, but you need to have a career that you love. You need to wake up every morning and feel excited about going to work! If you are not happy about the way you spend every day, you will age quickly and your immune system will be weak, eventually causing you to develop any number of dangerous diseases,” he says.
Lenis said this was probably the most important aspect of sustainable living and why he developed Kodiko numerology. “When you do what you love in life, eat the right foods and do the right exercises for your body and psychological type, you have a truly sustainable life.”
He believes the way to stay healthy comes down to three things: mind, body and diet.
1. Mind includes psychological health, feeling happy in your career, having healthy emotional status, healthy relationships and clear life goals and or a spiritual reason for living.
2. Diet includes getting enough pure water and air, eating the right foods, avoiding allergy foods and toxins and getting enough sun exposure on your skin.
3. Body includes getting good quality sleep, getting enough exercise that develops muscles throughout your body, a healthy sex life, getting regular massages, hugs from people you love and plenty of laughter!
This is sound advice and another alternative healing method that's worth trying.
Learn more
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Medical intuitives and energy healers; a growing phenomenon in wellness by Roger Ziegler, NY Wellness Examiner
Medical intuitives like Arly Fox-Daly, "read"
a person's energy field to dianose mental, physical
and spriritual causes of illness and disease.Medical intuitives and energy healers are becoming increasingly popular as "go to" people for mind, body, spirit healing and wellness.
It is a non-invasive treament that diagnoses mental and physical dis-ease by tapping the power of intuition and higher insight to bring healing and wholeness to clients.
Medical intuitives and energy healers read a person's energetic field - the total output of mental and physical energy best known in the West by the Chinese term - chi, and suggest corrective courses of action.
Some energy workers are also medical doctors, others Ph.d's or massage therapists, psychologists, etc.
Allopathic Medicine vs. Holistic Medicine
Traditional allopathic medicine, i.e Western/scientific medicine, tends to view illness as something that happens to you, either because of viruses or genetics and as something that needs to be "fixed.," often with drugs.
Holistic medicine takes a much broader overview that illness is the result of psychological and emotional states that affect the natural balance of a person's physical and energy bodies.
As medical intuitive and author Carol Ritberger says, "illness is the soul's way of bringing attention to the obstacles blocking the evolutionary process."
The medical intuitive discerns these obstacles and patterns and brings them to the attention of the client so they can make positive life changes.
With this in mind I contacted medical intuitive Arly Fox-Daly who works in New York City and the tri-sate area, to find out first hand what's it all about.
The result: It was like four years of life college in a two hour session. I laughed, I cried, it was better than Billy Elliott.
My session with Fox-Daly was, without exaggeration, life changing. I "woke up" to stuff I had kind of sort of already known about that needed changing, but when presented back to me in her clear, direct and compassionate manner, made them much clearer and much more urgent.
Archangels, star charts and lemon oil
Unless you’re familiar with past lives, star charts and channeling of the archangels, her methods may sound unusual, they did to me and I know a lot about this stuff.
And yet the experience rang completely true and blew me away so many times that, by the end, I felt like Sonoran sand in a wind storm.
After an initial phone consultation, I met Fox-Daly, who is also a licensed massage therapist and NLP practitioner, a week later in a non-descript office in the west village.
FD said she would not be doing medical intuition on me, but suggested instead I stand a few feet away from her so she could “read” my energy and report what she found.
“I just get the messages, like a though,t and speak or act them. You may hear me using your words,” she said.
Ok, fine. I went in willing to be open to whatever. I put the skeptic outside the room for now and just decided to let it flow.
Being a general in a past life
FD began with a brief centering ritual that involved breathing exercises and connecting to the larger Universe and her spirit guides.
“The first word I’m getting is ‘protection,’ does this mean anything to you?” I tried to stay as non-committal as possible, I didn’t want to influence the proceedings.
“You need to feel protected, you also are willing to cut people’s heads off” and she started making a chopping motion with her hands. “You were a general once, maybe World War I? You tank rolled over people.”
In my mind, I was thinking, "ok, but this stuff could apply to anyone.."
As she continued to get more detailed however, it seemed she knew me pretty damn well. At times she seemed as amazed as I was as to what was she was relating to me.
When she talked my relationship issues with my wife, I cried. She was dead on about our communications issues and what needed to be done to correct them. Not bad for never having met my wife.
And whether or not I was literally a general in a past life or this was more metaphorical for now, and who knows, certainly a billion Buddhists and Hindus will attest to the past life reality, it is true that I've been accused in this life of emotionally tank rolling over people.
Women in past relationships have accused me of being "forceful," “dictatorial," an emotional “bin-Laden” and “the American Psycho” (great movie by the way).
Now I only cut people's heads off emotionally, so I guess that's progress.
Fox-Daly also confirmed it is my path to know the pains of love so I can help others through it too.
The skeptic speaks
A cynic might say, “well she’s just really good at reading people.” Or, “she said general things until she hit upon stuff you agreed with.” Fine, if that’s all that happened, then she is still an excellent reader of people and her insights are exceptional.
But based on my own personal experience, I am happy to accept a combination that she is a keen reader and a channel for a larger energy. And that we all have this latent ability to varying degrees.
For me, a good healer like a good artist, is present to what already is and allows it to flow through; is a channel for a Bigger awareness.
Fox-Daly charges on a sliding scale for students and those with demonstrated need. Most sessions run about an hour.
It is really amazing how energy healing and alternative therapies work.
Source
a person's energy field to dianose mental, physical
and spriritual causes of illness and disease.Medical intuitives and energy healers are becoming increasingly popular as "go to" people for mind, body, spirit healing and wellness.
It is a non-invasive treament that diagnoses mental and physical dis-ease by tapping the power of intuition and higher insight to bring healing and wholeness to clients.
Medical intuitives and energy healers read a person's energetic field - the total output of mental and physical energy best known in the West by the Chinese term - chi, and suggest corrective courses of action.
Some energy workers are also medical doctors, others Ph.d's or massage therapists, psychologists, etc.
Allopathic Medicine vs. Holistic Medicine
Traditional allopathic medicine, i.e Western/scientific medicine, tends to view illness as something that happens to you, either because of viruses or genetics and as something that needs to be "fixed.," often with drugs.
Holistic medicine takes a much broader overview that illness is the result of psychological and emotional states that affect the natural balance of a person's physical and energy bodies.
As medical intuitive and author Carol Ritberger says, "illness is the soul's way of bringing attention to the obstacles blocking the evolutionary process."
The medical intuitive discerns these obstacles and patterns and brings them to the attention of the client so they can make positive life changes.
With this in mind I contacted medical intuitive Arly Fox-Daly who works in New York City and the tri-sate area, to find out first hand what's it all about.
The result: It was like four years of life college in a two hour session. I laughed, I cried, it was better than Billy Elliott.
My session with Fox-Daly was, without exaggeration, life changing. I "woke up" to stuff I had kind of sort of already known about that needed changing, but when presented back to me in her clear, direct and compassionate manner, made them much clearer and much more urgent.
Archangels, star charts and lemon oil
Unless you’re familiar with past lives, star charts and channeling of the archangels, her methods may sound unusual, they did to me and I know a lot about this stuff.
And yet the experience rang completely true and blew me away so many times that, by the end, I felt like Sonoran sand in a wind storm.
After an initial phone consultation, I met Fox-Daly, who is also a licensed massage therapist and NLP practitioner, a week later in a non-descript office in the west village.
FD said she would not be doing medical intuition on me, but suggested instead I stand a few feet away from her so she could “read” my energy and report what she found.
“I just get the messages, like a though,t and speak or act them. You may hear me using your words,” she said.
Ok, fine. I went in willing to be open to whatever. I put the skeptic outside the room for now and just decided to let it flow.
Being a general in a past life
FD began with a brief centering ritual that involved breathing exercises and connecting to the larger Universe and her spirit guides.
“The first word I’m getting is ‘protection,’ does this mean anything to you?” I tried to stay as non-committal as possible, I didn’t want to influence the proceedings.
“You need to feel protected, you also are willing to cut people’s heads off” and she started making a chopping motion with her hands. “You were a general once, maybe World War I? You tank rolled over people.”
In my mind, I was thinking, "ok, but this stuff could apply to anyone.."
As she continued to get more detailed however, it seemed she knew me pretty damn well. At times she seemed as amazed as I was as to what was she was relating to me.
When she talked my relationship issues with my wife, I cried. She was dead on about our communications issues and what needed to be done to correct them. Not bad for never having met my wife.
And whether or not I was literally a general in a past life or this was more metaphorical for now, and who knows, certainly a billion Buddhists and Hindus will attest to the past life reality, it is true that I've been accused in this life of emotionally tank rolling over people.
Women in past relationships have accused me of being "forceful," “dictatorial," an emotional “bin-Laden” and “the American Psycho” (great movie by the way).
Now I only cut people's heads off emotionally, so I guess that's progress.
Fox-Daly also confirmed it is my path to know the pains of love so I can help others through it too.
The skeptic speaks
A cynic might say, “well she’s just really good at reading people.” Or, “she said general things until she hit upon stuff you agreed with.” Fine, if that’s all that happened, then she is still an excellent reader of people and her insights are exceptional.
But based on my own personal experience, I am happy to accept a combination that she is a keen reader and a channel for a larger energy. And that we all have this latent ability to varying degrees.
For me, a good healer like a good artist, is present to what already is and allows it to flow through; is a channel for a Bigger awareness.
Fox-Daly charges on a sliding scale for students and those with demonstrated need. Most sessions run about an hour.
It is really amazing how energy healing and alternative therapies work.
Source
Eastern and Western explanations for how acupuncture works by Jeanne Grunert, Norfolk Alternative Medicine Examiner
Acupuncture works, but Eastern and Western medicine explain how it works a bit differently.
Eastern medicine and the balance of yin and yang
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that health and wellness are obtained when the two opposing energy forces in the body, yin and yang, are in balance with one another. According to this theory, acupuncture works by altering the balance between ying and yan. By inserting needles at meridian points on the body and manipulating them or applying heat, the energy flows may be released or altered. Traditional Chinese medicine asserts that qi, or energy, along with blood must flow freely. When it is blocked, disease may result. Acupuncture works, according to this theory, by releasing qi and improving blood flow. The body can then heal itself and achieve a state of equilibrium or balance.
Western medicine believes it's all about endorphins
Acupuncture came ashore in America sometime in the 1950's and 1960's, gaining prominent in the early 1970's from a reporter's article on the subject. Since then, countless researchers, doctors and scientists have tried to explain how acupuncture works according to the Western understanding of human anatomy and healing.
One primary explanation for how acupuncture works is that it releases endorphins and other naturally occurring painkillers in the body. The human body makes endorphins to block pain and discomfort. Acupuncture is thought to stimulate the production of these chemicals, along with myriad others responsible for regulating the nervous system. This may also account for acupuncture's ability to treat depression, addiction, and mental states as well as pain; it may be altering the body's natural chemistry without the use of pharmaceutical drugs.
Many theories, no one answer
Like most alternative medicine, there are many theories but no one answer as to how and why acupuncture works. That it does work is pretty much a given, although it may not work for everyone. Animal studies demonstrate its effectiveness as well as countless human studies and anecdotal reports. Whether it releases naturally occurring brain chemicals or qi, acupuncture appears to be a relatively safe method of pain control as well as helpful to other conditions.
Well, the important thing is that it has been proven to work for so many years. Best of all, it's natural.
Learn more about acupuncture and the author
Eastern medicine and the balance of yin and yang
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that health and wellness are obtained when the two opposing energy forces in the body, yin and yang, are in balance with one another. According to this theory, acupuncture works by altering the balance between ying and yan. By inserting needles at meridian points on the body and manipulating them or applying heat, the energy flows may be released or altered. Traditional Chinese medicine asserts that qi, or energy, along with blood must flow freely. When it is blocked, disease may result. Acupuncture works, according to this theory, by releasing qi and improving blood flow. The body can then heal itself and achieve a state of equilibrium or balance.
Western medicine believes it's all about endorphins
Acupuncture came ashore in America sometime in the 1950's and 1960's, gaining prominent in the early 1970's from a reporter's article on the subject. Since then, countless researchers, doctors and scientists have tried to explain how acupuncture works according to the Western understanding of human anatomy and healing.
One primary explanation for how acupuncture works is that it releases endorphins and other naturally occurring painkillers in the body. The human body makes endorphins to block pain and discomfort. Acupuncture is thought to stimulate the production of these chemicals, along with myriad others responsible for regulating the nervous system. This may also account for acupuncture's ability to treat depression, addiction, and mental states as well as pain; it may be altering the body's natural chemistry without the use of pharmaceutical drugs.
Many theories, no one answer
Like most alternative medicine, there are many theories but no one answer as to how and why acupuncture works. That it does work is pretty much a given, although it may not work for everyone. Animal studies demonstrate its effectiveness as well as countless human studies and anecdotal reports. Whether it releases naturally occurring brain chemicals or qi, acupuncture appears to be a relatively safe method of pain control as well as helpful to other conditions.
Well, the important thing is that it has been proven to work for so many years. Best of all, it's natural.
Learn more about acupuncture and the author
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