Alternative Health

51. Herbs For Protection By Samantha Stevens
    If you have never used plant matter in magic before, I explain in detail in the column Plants, Herbs and Roots for Prosperity the different ways these substances can be practically used in rituals and everyday practice. In brief, the main methods of using plant material to summon protection are: carrying the substance on your person in a locket or a sachet, boiling the herb and sprinkling the residual water around your residence, putting a sprig of it under your bed or pillow, bathing in a dis…



52. Arthritis Pain: Why Visualizations May Be Able to Provide Relief By Ben Plumb
    Over 100 different types of arthritis exist, but by far the most common are the "osteo" and the "rheumatoid" varieties. Both may be subject to influence by your subconscious through the use of visualization statements.Visualization statements represent the specific language that your subconscious wants you to read back to it to help ease your pain. They’re simple and are targeted directly at the main factors that could bring you relief.You can obtain these statements by learning how to commun…



53. Chypre By Nur Syahid
    EcologyChypre belongs to the evergreen plant family with needle-like leaves. It has about 20 different varieties, all growing to heights of 25 to 45 metres. Chypre has scale-like leaves growing on its trunk and branches. Both its pistillate (female flower) and staminate (male flower) grows on the same branch. The pistillate bears fruits and contains round winged seeds.The Mediterranean or Italian chypre originates from the coastal regions of Europe but at present, chypre is also cultivated in …



54. New Age Torture By Samantha Stevens
    I'll admit it ... I'm a spiritual tramp. I've spent the last few years slutting around, looking for a cure for all my aches and pains. So far the only thing I seem to have cured is my curiosity. This morning, as I rose from my bed, feeling worse than ever, I found myself summing up the total experience of my New Age Vision Quest with one Monty Python line: "Nobody ever expects the Spanish Inquisition!" For like the Spanish Inquisition, the goal of New Age Therapies is to get you to confess -- …



55. Hypnosis and the Treatment of the Agoraphobic Eleven By Michael Hadfield
    Agoraphobia: fear of the market place.…not, as many people imagine, a fear of open spaces.There are no phobias that are fun to have, but agoraphobia is one of the worst, simply because it's almost impossible to avoid the object of fear on a day to day basis. This is because the object of fear is Life itself. Fear of Life manifested as a fear of social encounters; a fear of being trapped; a fear of feeling foolish; a fear of looking foolish; fear of humiliation…Another deadly aspect of agorapho…



56. Back Pain and Pain in Other Extremities: If Nothing Else Has Worked, Try Doing Visualizations By Ben Plumb
    (*In this group are included pain in the back, neck, shoulder, arm, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, leg, knee, ankle, foot, and other extremities.)If you've had back pain or pain in an extremity for more than 90 days and haven't seen a doctor, you need to do so right away. If you've already seen one and have ruled out illness as the cause but still can't get relief, you might try asking your subconscious for help.With persistent back and extremities pain it's important to rule out arthritis, fibromya…



57. Anxiety By Jim Sullivan
    Anxiety is a pernicious little devil; it can hold us back, freeze our creativity and diminish our ability to fight our way out of trouble. Anxiety leads to a ‘vicious cycle’ in which anxiety feeds poor performance which increases anxiety and . . . you get the picture.We all understand that severe problems make us anxious -- career difficulties, financial worries, medical problems. What many people do not appreciate is the low-grade or ‘background’ anxiety which affects every person, every day…



58. How to Avoid Potentially Harmful Chemicals in Your Area Rugs and Other Home Furnishings By Willett Thomas
    You purchase a beautiful area rug. You know just where it will go within your home. You know this the second you set eyes on this special rug. The salesman doesn't need to give you the old hard sell. All he has to do is take your information and help you load the rug into the back of the Volvo. It's the one piece capable of pulling every other piece in the room together. You can hardly wait to run barefoot across your brand new rug. Each time you enter the room, you can't help but stop to …



59. Stutter Therapy By Steve Hill
    There are many types of stutter therapy including stutter cure courses or traditional speech therapy. I have overcome a stutter and in this article I describe what it is like to be fluent for me.I am now able to order food and drink for example, without fear of a stutter, speak on the telephone and am able to enjoy socialising. I have become a more positive person, life is no longer the struggle it once used to be. I appreciate my speech compared with the average fluent person, who does not re…



60. Shingles - A Virus Which Can Be Extremely Painful, Or Cleared In No Time - The Choice Is Yours By John B.
    Shingles, commonly known as the herpes zoster virus is a late manifestation of the chicken pox virus known as varicella zoster.Although Shingles affects millions of adults by the time they reach 80, it is not uncommon for younger people to develop the virus.When the virus activates it travels along nerve fibers, usually breaking out on one side of the body into small blisters called vesicles.Within a few days the blisters rupture forming scabs. shingles is associated with severe pain, itchin…



61. Clinical Massage By C. Bailey-Lloyd
    Clinical Massage may include massage modalities in medical massage, Swedish Massage, touchpoint therapy, and craniosacral therapy. In addition, Clinical Massage may also incorporate myoneural therapy, neuromuscular therapy, and positional release. Exellent for lymph drainage, clinical massage also utilizes myofascial release, and other energy techniques.Clinical massage helps to improve and maintain muscle flexibility, and can reduce bloodstream stress hormone levels, releases muscle tension…



62. Hypnosis - What Exactly is it? By Michael Hadfield
    Hypnosis is probably not what you think it is. Hypnosis is a technique that allows you to utilise your own inner strengths and hidden abilities. It can bring out those talents and skills you perhaps don't even believe you possess. Hypnosis could be the key that unlocks the door to an experience of life that is, at the very least, a little easier; and at the very best free from phobias or anxieties that have been with you so long you believe that that is how you were made.Hypnosis is not about …



63. Massage Los Angeles By Caroline Colby
    Massage therapy has been used in many cultures for thousands of years. Massage is the systemized manipulation of soft tissues to relieve pain, instill a feeling of well being and normalize tissue position. Los Angeles, always a hotbed of exciting ideas, has been an area with a thriving massage therapy industry for years.Searching the Los Angeles yellow pages under for massage therapists can yield an interesting selection of businesses. Chiropractors, often the most conventional massage provi…



64. Serotonin Kills Pain – And May Be Available From Your Subconscious By Ben Plumb
    Serotonin is not just for depression--it's potent for pain relief as well. Here's a drug-free way you may be able to increase your supply of this natural painkiller.If you're taking the depression meds known as SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) to increase the serotonin available in your brain, you already know that more serotonin can mean less pain. That's because it improves your mood, making pain less noticeable.Fortunately the above is only the first of four positive effects …



65. Ethical Guidelines For Hypnotherapy By Simon Duff
    The study of ethics concerns moral choices, generally in the areas of relationships, agreements between parties, intentions, and possible outcomes. In practice this starts as the observation of the moral choices people make and the reasons given for these choices. Ethical thinking is then responsible for producing theories about what is, or should be, the basis for moral choice. In the case of a practicing hypno-psychotherapist the main place for ethical consideration concerns questions of wha…



66. Do You Have Difficulty in Waking Up On Dark Winter Mornings? By Tzaf Baralk
    Our daily internal body clocks or circadian rhythms synchronise the timing of our wake/sleep patterns and our interactions with the outside world.Our body clocks are naturally conditioned and cued to respond to light signals or ‘zeitbeigers’ to awake at sunrise and sleep at night. Any disruption to these deeply ingrained biological rhythms can affect our body clock making us feel tired, listless, moody, irritable, depressed and crave carbohydrates and more easily succumb to illness.Waking up t…



67. Snoring: A Common Sleep Disorder By Livia Tiba
    Sleep consumes as much as one-third or more of the average human’s life. Even if people hope for restful sleep, many types of sleep disorder reduce the quality and quantity of sleep. Snoring is the most common cause of sleep disorder that affects people.Snoring is divided into two categories: Obstructive sleep apnea and Primary snoring. Obstructive sleep apnea: Loud, excessive snoring, interrupted by breathing stoppages and gasping for breath. Other symptoms include excessive sleepiness in th…



68. How the Subconscious Reasons When It Communicates With You About Pain Relief By Ben Plumb
    The subconscious is a strange creature. It doesn't know what day it is, and can't add two and two. But it seems to know what may be causing your pain.The subconscious has no ability to reason inductively, meaning that it can't use reason to take specific observations (for example, "two plus two") and arrive at general conclusions about them (for example, "equals four").Instead it often uses blind association to arrive at general conclusions, sometimes linking things that make no logical sense.…



69. The Effects of Diet on Infertiltiy By Dr. Mike Berkley
    Overwhelmed by studies, research and the constantly changing diet, nutrition and food recommendations? With so many conflicting opinions and studies it's a full time job trying to keep up with the do's and don'ts.Here are… not just five, but six... of the top basic lifestyle changes that Cynthia Stadd, Director of Nutrition Services at The Berkley Center, recommends to proactively promote and prepare your body for conception and a remarkable family life!Greatly reduce or eliminate caffeine …



70. How to Lower Blood Pressure Using a Natural Treatment By Groshan Fabiola
    More often than not, stress is a contributory factor to high blood pressure. When we feel relaxed, so is everything actually in our body, including our blood vessels. As we have seen, it's the constriction and restriction of the blood vessels which causes high blood pressure so anything which causes these to dilate or relax is beneficial.Here are some alternative ways to treat high blood pressure using herbs, aromatherapy and yoga.Herbs Lemon Balm - (melissa officinalis) This is a green leafy…



71. Reiki-Seichem By Samantha Thurlby-Brooks
    Seichem - The Elemental Healing RaysSince the emergence of Reiki at the beginning of the last century, and its introduction to the west, there have been many variations in the way energy healing is taught. As it has developed, people have added information and understandings and have also had similar experiences to that of Mikao Usui, the man who founded Reiki for the present time. This has created more names for energy healing than the Eskimos have for snow!Energy healing works on the idea th…



72. Neuromuscular Dentistry: The Answer for Headache Sufferers? By Everett Sizemore
    Chronic headaches are a problem for many thousands of Americans, yet the vast majority never fully pinpoints the cause of their pain. Headaches can be caused by stress, poor posture, how you sleep, how many hours per day you spend looking at a computer screen, or any number of variables. Often, someone will visit a few doctors and chiropractors before giving up and resigning to a life of chronic headache pain. However, there is usually one stone left to be turned…Neuromuscular DentistryIn simp…



73. Getting Rid Of Gallstones Naturally By Dr. Rita Louise
    The gallbladder is a small pear-shaped organ that sits on the right side of our bodies just beneath the liver. Its primary function is to store and secrete bile. Bile is a yellow-brown fluid produced by the liver, which helps us digest fats. Our liver produces up to three cups of bile a day. Our gallbladder can store up to a cup of bile as it awaits a fatty meal.When we eat, our gallbladder contracts and pushes bile into the small intestines where it helps with the digestion of fats. Bile…



74. Natural Medicine--Finding a Qualified Naturopath By Lisa Barger
    Naturopathic medicine is currently the fastest growing segment of the alternative health movement but not everyone practicing this branch of “natural” medicine is qualified to do so. I like to group naturopaths according to their educational backgrounds because I believe that the quality of your naturopath’s education directly affects the quality of care you’ll receive. Naturopaths fall into one of three categories:Medically Trained PractitionersMedically trained naturopaths are mainstream p…



75. Bath Time For Your Alzheimer’s Patient By William Hammond
    Caring for an Alzheimer’s patient is one of the most difficult things you can do. It involves a lot of energy, time and patience. It can be very frustrating. People with Alzheimer’s may refuse help from caregivers. This is a sign that they are actually trying to communicate with you. Refusal to accept care is a sign that something is missing or not right. It’s up to the caregiver to assess the situation.If your loved one refuses to take her bath or shower, this might be a clue that something i…



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