Alternative Health

851. The Making of Essential Oils – Steam Distillation, Absolutes, and CO2's Explained By Misty Cech
     Aromatherapy Goes 'High Tech'New methods of essential oil extraction are entering the mainstream of aromatherapy, offering new choices in oils never before available. With the new labels of 'CO2' and 'SCO2', along with the traditional 'steam' and 'hydro' distillations, 'absolutes', and 'cold pressing', a little education for the aromatherapy enthusiast can go a long way in essential oil selection. Is one process better than another? Does one produce a nicer smelling oil, or one with greater ar…



852. Tooth - Organ Relationships: Tooth 4, 5, 12, and 13 Upper First and Second Bicuspids By Dennis Raney
     Abstract: There is a little known but important connection between individual teeth and specific organs of the body. This connection is related to the meridians used by acupuncturists. A knowledgeable practitioner will attempt to determine if the source problem is with the tooth or the organ. Sometimes a serious organ problem can be resolved by the treatment or extraction of the related tooth. Other times, the organ is the source and nothing done to the teeth will help until the organ pro…



853. Fibromyalgia Pain: How Using Visualizations May Bring You Relief By Ben Plumb
     There are many theories about what causes fibromyalgia. One is that it's due to an overly stimulated sympathetic nervous system. Here's some background on that system and how you may be able to use your subconscious to help calm it down.If you have fibromyalgia you know only too well the bizarre collection of symptoms that can accompany this condition-—pain throughout the body, fatigue, digestive upsets, cognitive problems, sleep difficulties, and others.One theory that seems to account for mo…



854. 4 Natural Home Remedies to Ease the Pain of Sunburn By Angela Perin
     At some time or another, we’ve all experienced the effects of sunburn – be it a light burn or a more heavy burn.Although the sting of regret of inadequate protection (from UV exposure) can be an excellent incentive to plan more carefully on ‘future’ occasions, it’s of little help in soothing the immediate physical sting (i.e. pain) accompanying sunburn.However if you ‘have’ found yourself having spent a little too much time in the sun, -- here are 4 natural home remedies to help ease the pain …



855. How To Cure Your Incurable Nasal Allergy By Alexander Chong
     Immunoglobulin E is an antibody, which is secreted from the white blood cell as a defense agent in our body. It helps us defending bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms, which attack our body. Once the immunoglobulin E attaches to the mast cell, histamine chemical will be secreted from this cell. Histamine is the main cause of nasal allergy. It causes the blood vessel in the mucous membranes swelling and leaking of fluid. Swelling causes congestion inside the nasal passages and the leakin…



856. Stage Hypnosis Vs Hypnotherapy - Understanding The Difference By Matt Godson
     We've all seen them, right? The stage hypnotist, who makes his subjects cluck like chickens. But comparing a stage hypnotist to a hypnotherapist is like comparing a karaoke singer to Celine Dion! They are just not in the same league!Most people believe that stage hypnotists “make” their subjects do things that they don't want to do. But this is far from the truth.It's impossible to make someone do something against their will or their morals while they're under hypnosis. The subconscious will …



857. How to Prevent Snoring? By Balaji B
     Snoring is noisy breathing through the mouth and nose during sleep. It can occur when you are breathing in or out. Snoring is often worse when a person sleeps on his back. Snoring arises when the air passage is blocked which inhibits easy & normal breathing. The sounds are caused by the vibration of the tissues lining the air passages. Most snorers actually don't know they snore.Prevention is better than cure.. and it applies to snoring too. To help in preventing, you should know the causes of…



858. Aura and House Clearings - Rid Your Space of Unwanted Energies By Sherry Sims
     Aura and space clearing can be accomplished in a number of ways. One easy and simple way is by using special herbs to clear the area. Herbs and incense have been used in this way for thousands of years. And for good reason. It works!One of the best, all around cleansers is a wonderfully fragrant herb that grows wild in many places here in the mountains of California, White Sage.White Sage has been revered by the native people due to the sacred qualities that the herb possesses and the spirit t…



859. How To Find Your Way To Healthy Longevity By Sonny Julius
     As the old saying goes, are you "a picture of health"? You may have a problem answering this question, but it's important to know just where you stand on this issue. I guess we all would like to be the healthiest person we can be but it's not always possible. It seems like we were never worried as much about our health when we were younger.Of course it does seem that it is more in the news today than ever before. It's great that it is because depending on how healthy you are has a lot to with …



860. Panic Attacks and Panic Attack Symptoms Can be Eased with Hypnosis By Loretta Sernekos
     Panic attacks are usually brief, although the sufferer may feel that they last forever. From an emotional perspective, panic attack symptoms may include feelings of intense fear, an overwhelming sense of doom, being out of control, or a sense of unreality. The sufferer’s thoughts may race and jump about, without any logic or consistency.Physical panic attack symptoms may include some or all of the following sensations:Racing or pounding heart; palpitationsDifficulty breathing or tightness in…



861. Low Back Pain By Dr. Michael L. Johnson
     About 85 percent of the population will experience disabling low back pain at least once during their lives! That’s almost all of us. The problem is so bad that at any one time, according to one researcher, 6.8% of the U.S. adult population is suffering from an episode of back pain lasting more than two weeks. That’s a lot of bad backs. The estimated cost of this problem in the U.S. is over $50 billion a year.The standard medical approach to back pain varies depending on the severity of th…



862. Virgin Coconut Oil - Solution for Your Health By F Aziz
     Perhaps you are among those many people who aren't familiar with the benefits of this miracle oil. I don't mean to judge you, but that's the fact...most of us have been brainwashed so long with the wrong concept.For decades, most of people assume that coconut oil has significant relationship with the cholesterol-rich plaques in blood vessels. This misleading conclusion was actually based on a study done about four decades ago, using hydrogenated coconut oil, not virgin coconut oil.Unlike hydro…



863. Liver Detox Diet By Sandra Kim Leong
     The liver is an amazing organ. Tasked with removing toxins from the body, the liver acts as a natural filter. However, with today’s poor, overly processed dietary habits and overindulgence, it is easy for your liver to become overwhelmed and “clogged”.The liver filters the toxins from the bloodstream, chemically changing them into harmless substances that can be excreted easily. As one of the largest and most important organs in the body, the liver’s efficiency is vital to overall health.If…



864. The Health Care Crisis - and a Solution By Tim Larson
     We are presently facing a health care crisis that is getting more dire every day. Health care costs are increasing so rapidly that many companies who offered free health insurance to their employees are now passing a lot of the high cost on to their employees. Other employers are dropping their health care plans altogether because they have become too expensive. Millions do not have health insurance because they can't afford the premiums.There are many reasons that this situation is escalating…



865. The Truth About Your Health By John Hillage
     BEWARE OF THE CULTURAL HYPNOSIS We live in a cultural hypnosis that has taught us that we are fragile. It has taught us that things are happening to us. It has taught us that drugs are the answer to disease. We have been conditioned to feel “fragile”, or “in danger”. Most of us think that some little ‘bug’ – flu,aids, cancer, etc – is going to sneak into us some day… and take us down! I’m here to remind you of the truth… YOU ARE NOT FRAGILE.The truth is that our natural state is one of Strengt…



866. Herbs Can Heal You or Save Your Life By Rudy Silva
     A historyHerbs have been used for hundreds of years before Christ. Perhaps since the time humans first began to roam the earth. Using herbs was the only way these people had to heal and recover health.In the 1800-century, physicians would bleed their patients since they believed if a person was sick their blood contained the disease. There was some truth to this and some people would get well and others would get sicker or would bleed to death.Every period in history has had a health idea that…



867. What Disorders Can Acupuncture Treat and How Does It Work? By Terry Andrew Dunn
     How did acupuncture start?The story was met with widespread disbelief.During a visit to China in 1978, cardiologist Doctor Isadore Rosenfeld witnessed open-heart surgery on a patient, anaesthetised only with acupuncture. A major operation and the patient was awake! Nothing like it had ever been seen before in the west.But acupuncture is over 5000 years old. There is evidence that it was practiced by the ancient Egyptians. South African tribesmen scratched their bodies to cure disease and the E…



868. How to Use the Subconscious to Cope with Lifestyle Triggers of Your Pain By Ben Plumb
     Emotions, food and lack of sleep can all be potent triggers of pain signals in your body. Here's a way to use your subconscious mind to try to lessen the impact of those triggers.EmotionsThe subconscious maintains an encyclopedic record of every event that ever happened to you. This can embed emotions in your pain, a condition that your subconscious may be able to address.Because it has no ability to reason inductively , the subconscious makes blind associations between things that have no lo…



869. Parkinson's Disease & Tai Chi Therapy By Bill Douglas
     In a special to CNN, the Mayo Clinic’s mayoclinic.com reported that, “Parkinson's disease is progressive, meaning the signs and symptoms become worse over time. But although Parkinson's may eventually be disabling, the disease often progresses gradually, and most people have many years of productive living after a diagnosis.” This would indicate that there may be effective interventions that could perhaps slow the progress of the disease. When we get such a diagnosis, our first reaction migh…



870. Preventing Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy Through Ayurveda By Dr.Savitha Suri
     Definition: Benign prostatic hypertrophy is swelling of Prostate gland. The prostate is a walnut sized gland that is only present in men. It is located just below the bladder and top of the penis. This gland surrounds the urethra ( the tube through which urine flows from the bladder and out through the penis ). It is a very astonishing fact to know that the condition BPH has been explained in ayurveda long back. The anatomical position of prostate gland, symptoms of BPH and its remedies are ex…



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874. Magnetic Energy and DNA By Rudy Silva
     Magnetic energy has been in use for reducing pain and for normalizing body functions for hundreds of years. Recently a new technology has emerged that will move the magnetic healing fields in a new direction. This technology is called the Smart Magnet.The Smart Magnet is an ingenious device, the size of a quarter, which has certain magnetic frequencies programmed into its magnetic pattern. The imprinted frequencies are designed to help a specific area of the body. When these magnets are held c…



875. Acupuncture as Tinnitus Treatment By Michael Mueller
     Tinnitus can be considered as a widespread disease. Millions of people worldwide suffer in tinnitus.But what is tinnitus? – Tinnitus is defined in medicine as ringing or buzzing in the ears. The sounds, which only patients can hear, can have a lot of different forms like high-frequency ringing or low–frequency buzzing. All kind of noises are imaginable. For people, who suffer in tinnitus, this is of course often very bothering and affects the person’s life considerably.Causes for tinnitus are …



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