Health Alternatives and natural self healing

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! Green Tea Contains The Following: Tannins – A group of simple and complex phenol, polyphenol, and flavonoid compounds. Produced by plants, all of the tannins are relatively resistant to digestion or fermentation. All tannins act as astringents, shrinking tissues and contracting structural proteins in the skin and mucosa. What Does This Do For You? Having a cup of green tea after a meal can aid in digestion. Green tea has been used for thousand of years in Asia as a digestive. Catechins – Catechins are a category of polyphenols. In green tea, catechins are present in significant quantities, more specifically; epicatechin (EC), epigallocatechin (EGC), epicatechin gallate (ECG) and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). E...

Feeling under the weather? Doctor can't find anything wrong? Quite often someone will go to a conventional doctor with an array of symptoms, but no health issue will be diagnosed, so the patient will continue to put up with these symptoms for months and even years. However symptoms are the body's 'cry for help' and working with the body and it's signals can bring it back to a healthy state, without the side effects of prescriptive drugs, and an understanding of the body and why these symptoms are occurring is the first step to health and well being. The main questions which need to be addressed are: Which conditions led to these feelings? Why is the body staying in this weakened state? How to restore the body to optimum health? How to ensure the body remains at this optimum level? And the best way of answering these questions is with a professional health screening. Once you've had a screening then a variety of natural and alternative health practices can be ...

Naturopathic medicine can treat all sorts of health conditions: from pregnancy symptoms to chronic illness to depression and anxiety. Patients may be looking for alternative treatments to conventional medicine, or wanting to prevent future illness and disease. Different forms of naturopathy have been used in various cultures for thousands of years, and it has since become increasingly popular and widely practiced in the Western world. Naturopathy is a type of holistic medicine, meaning that practitioners look for the cause of disease rather than just treating the symptoms. Naturopaths strive to understand the body as a whole and emphasize prevention as the best cure for all disease and illness. Naturopaths will work with you to modify your lifestyle and rebuild your health. Naturopathic treatment encompasses physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health and utilizes the healing power of nature. There are a number of specialties that fall under the term "naturopath." Som...

Many alternative health supplements aim to increase the levels of essential nutrients that the human body needs in order to maintain healthy bodily functions. In other words, health supplements help people replenish nutrients they may lack, either through a diet that misses out certain key ingredients, or from an illness, disease or condition they may suffer from. When someone is lacking certain vitamins, minerals or essential nutrients there symptoms can range from discomfort, to very severe, life threatening conditions. Todays' fast-paced lifestyle usually means that people are spending less time preparing and eating meals made from fresh produce. Often the foods that we turn to when busy are easy to prepare, and heavily processed. Which means they are often devoid of essential nutrients needed for a healthy body. Eating foods that are "filler" but not nutritionally rich, is not a concern if they are consumed infrequently. It is when they become part of the staple ...

The University of Maryland School of Medicine conducted more than one research study lead by Dr. Michael Miller on the merits of laughter for stimulating healthy heart function. In one study the group of researchers examined the body’s endothelium, or the lining of blood vessels. They documented how laughter caused the endothelium to generate an increase in blood flow which helps to stimulate improved heart health. Another of Dr. Miller’s studies also concluded laughter could help prevent heart disease. In fact, they found people who had heart disease had more serious temperaments and were less likely to laugh compared to those of same age who were free from heart disease. It is becoming more apparent everyday that daily stress leads to disease so it makes sense that laughter would simulate health. If you find you are having a serious day, or need to improve your laugh-ability you will find some help below. Learning to Laugh If you find you are in a bad mood, stop and think who your me...

The picture shows wild Agave growing in Mexico. The Agave plant that is grown for harvesting resembles a cactus or yucca with its spiky, succulent leaves. In the midst of all of the leaves sits the core known as the pina. A full grown “pina” contains the sap of the plant, and typically weighs over fifty pounds. Harvesters remove the Agave sap from the plant in order to produce the popular sweetening agent. The native people of the central Mexican region traditionally used the Agave plant for a number of different purposes including food, skin salves, and even the liquor known as tequila. The Agave’s extraction process closely resembles that of the maple tree for syrup. In fact, the Agave nectar’s nutritional properties, texture, and even taste closely coincide with those of pure maple syrup. The extracted raw Agave juice embarks upon a filtration process undertaken at a very low heat which keeps its beneficial properties alive. Throughout the procedure, the carbohydrates naturally occu...

Amongst the array of honey products, have you tried Eucalyptus honey before? Besides its very distinct taste and odor, what makes it so special is its host of health benefits. Eucalyptus is one of the plants that is commonly applied together with honey as a home remedy due to its medicinal healing properties of the compound eucalyptol present in it. Eucalyptus essential oil obtained from fresh leaves of the tall evergreen eucalyptus tree has and is used in a variety of over the counter drugs including rubs, inhalers, liniments, rash creams, and mouthwashes. The eucalyptus tree, also known as fever tree, blue gum tree or stringy bark tree, has the botanical name Eucalyptus Globulus. It is native to Australia but was introduced to other parts of the world including India, Europe and South Africa a few centuries ago. Though many countries do produce eucalyptus oil, Australia is still the worlds prime supplier of eucalyptus oil. The health benefits of the colorless eucalyptus oil which is ...