Health Alternatives and natural self healing

Citing some statistics, there are close to 950,000 Americans who perish after suffering from cardiovascular disease year after year. That is like having one person die very 33 seconds, everyday. One major health problem in the United States is obesity or being overweight. There are so many people who are involved in sedentary jobs or hectic schedules that they fail to remind themselves about eating the right, well-balanced food, plus loads and loads of fiber-rich fruits and vegetables. It will also help to become aware that smoking cigarettes add more toxins to your body. Each puff you make and inhale let you invite about 4,700 chemicals into your mouth or nose. It should be motivating to know that as long as you quit smoking, you reduce the risk of heart attack by 50 percent. Aside from the traditional health care you get from clinics or hospitals, there is what you call as alternative health care. This is something that more and more people are becoming aware of. Many of those who...

You probably already know that you're supposed to finish all of your medication when prescribed and get plenty of exercise in order to stay healthy, but did you know that many of the best kept secrets in the medical community have nothing to do with medicine? In recent years alternative health care (health care that doesn't involve pumping your body full of chemicals that were never supposed to be there) has become increasingly popular as its benefits have begun to be recognized among the medical community, but there are still plenty of things your doctor isn't telling you. Here are the top 5 alternative health care tips you need to know: Alternative health care tip #1: Aloe Vera You probably already know that you can pick up aloe vera lotion at the grocery store to ease a sunburn, but did you know that you can break off a piece of an aloe vera plant and smear the juice over your arm to soothe a grease burn? Aloe vera is one of the most versatile plants in alternative he...

Reiki therapy can help a person in a number of different ways – whether it is wanting to lower stress, such as pre wedding jitters for instance, or whether it is to treat physical ailments, even life threatening conditions such as cancer, its healing that can be administered by using little more than the energy of one’s hands. It can be performed by healing the liver. It is advisable to accompany full body healing by plucking the flowers from the basil bush, and eating about a tablespoon of this (crushed into a powder) along with honey. Since migraine is usually a chronic condition, this is best done for a period of three days This involves focusing on the healing of the heart and brow chakras Several different chakras such as the brow, heart, solar, back heart, liver, stomach, pancreas, kidneys, intestines, and spine are to be concentrated on here. Using Reiki individuals do find that they find assistance in losing weight or being better able to control it. Asthma, though a common ...

Posted on Oct 28, 2010 | Comments 0 It could be a genetic reason why you have those dark circles under the eyes or it could be lack of sleep, fatigue, jet lag or stress that is the cause. However, there are ways and means to treat dark circles with these natural remedies you can try at home – The humble cucumber is long known to have cooling properties. Thick slices of cucumber applied directly to the eyelids for about 15 minutes daily, can reduce puffiness and help reduce tiredness. Make sure that the cucumber slice covers the dark under eye area as wellCaffeine is known to reduce puffiness and reduce the appearance of dark circles. Use cool and damp tea bags and place them on the eyelids for about 15 minutes to help the tannin in the tea reduce the discoloration and puffinessPut a spoon in the freezer and pour water into the bowl. After the water has frozen in the spoon, place it on the dark circles. Pureed potato also seems to have a beneficial effect on the dark circles under th...

If you enjoy this post, please share it using the buttons to your right >> , or email it to a friend , we'd really appreciate it! You can also get natural health articles delivered free by email or RSS - AND get a free mini-course on the Healing Art of Reflexology! By Selena Fox, Circle Magazine Healing is a journey from illenss to wellness. Helaing is rebalancing and renewing. Healing is transformational and multidimensional. The multidimensionality of healing is also known as holistic. Holsitic healing recognizes that restoring well being includes more than treating phsyical disease. When there is physical illness, other dimensions of self and life also are impacted, inclduing mood, thinking, activity, and soul. As a preistess, psychotherapist, and counselor, I serve as both a catalyst and a guide in doing healing wiork with others. Drawing from my background in Wiccan spirituality and Paganism, and my Psychology studies and practive over the past thirty-five years, I hav...

If you enjoy this post, please share it using the buttons in the post , or email it to a friend , we'd really appreciate it! You can also get natural health articles delivered free by email or RSS - AND get a free mini-course on the Healing Art of Reflexology! Enrich your life and the lives of others by learning Aromatherapy, Reflexology or Color/Crystal Therapy at the Alternative Healing Academy ! Payment plans are available! Gestational diabetes is a medical condition that affects blood sugar levels in the body. These sugar levels originate from the foods that we eat. When we sit down to a meal each day the food is digested into its smallest parts so the cells in our body can use them. Many of the foods we eat turn into simple sugars. These sugars need insulin to be transported across the cell wall so the cells can use them for energy. In the condition of gestational diabetes the body becomes resistant to the insulin and then cant use the sugar in the body for energy. Gestatio...

If you enjoy this post, please share it using the buttons in the post , or email it to a friend , we'd really appreciate it! You can also get natural health articles delivered free by email or RSS - AND get a free mini-course on the Healing Art of Reflexology! Research has uncovered a promising finding, leading to possible use of the powerful anti-viral drug Valcyte for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome treatment. The findings are based on a preliminary study conducted by Dr. Jose Montoya, a chronic fatigue syndrome doctor at Stanford Medical School. Valcyte is an oral medication that is used to block the Epstein-Barr virus, HHV-6 as well as other Herpes related viruses. But, as other physicians have been quick to point out, Valcyte has the potential for toxicity, so it needs to be used with caution. Although it has been approved by the FDA for treatment of certain diseases, it has not been cleared as treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome. The initial study conducted by Dr. Montoya showe...