Allie Boy Robinson

WHAT ARE THE SIX STEPS OF HEALING?

These are remedies you can use for your problem in order from safest to most dangerous: Step 0 is the safest; Step 6 the most dangerous.

Use Steps 0, 1, 2 and 3 as preventive medicine. Prevention is an important, though often invisible, way of healing/wholing in the Wise Woman tradition. Deep relaxation, information exchange, energetic engagement, optimum nourishment (including touch) and exercise promote health with little or no side effects.

Examples are in parenthesis: (with a few of the modalities available at each step)

Step 0: Do Nothing
(sleep, meditate, unplug the clock or the telephone)

A vital, invisible step.

Step 1: Collect Information
(low-tech diagnosis, books, support groups, divination)

tep 2: Engage the Energy
(prayer, homeopathy, ceremony, affirmations, color, laughter)

Step 3: Nourish and Tonify
(herbal infusions and vinegars, hugs, exercise, food choices, gentle massage, yoga stretches)

Note: Healing with Steps 4, 5, and 6 always causes some harm.

Step 4: Stimulate/Sedate
(hot or cold water, many herbal tinctures, acupuncture)

For every stimulation/sedation, there is an opposite sedation/stimulation, sooner or later. Addiction is possible if this step is overused.

Step 5a: Use Supplements
(synthesized or concentrated vitamins, minerals, and food substances such as nutritional yeast, blue-green algae, bran, royal jelly or spirulina)

Supplements are not Step 3. There?s always a risk with synthesized concentrated substances that they?ll do more harm than good.

Step 5b: Use Drugs
(chemotherapy, tamoxifen, hormones, high dilution homeopathics, and potentially toxic herbs)

Overdose may cause grave injury or death.

Step 6: Break and Enter
(threatening language, surgery, colonics, radiation therapies, psychoactive drugs, invasive diagnostic tests such as mammograms and C-T scans)

Side effects are inevitable and may include permanent injury or death.

HOW TO USE THE SIX STEPS OF HEALING

If you want to remedy your problem with the least possible side effects and danger, start at Step 1. After reading Step 1, pick one remedy from Step 2 and set a time limit for working with it. If your problem is unresolved within that time, decide if the time limit needs expanding or if you are ready to go to Step 3. Continue in this manner, moving to Steps 4, 5 or 6 as needed, until your problem is solved.

Each step up increases the possibility of side effects and their severity so try at least one of the Step 2 techniques, even if they seem strange to you, before going onto the remedies of Step 3 and beyond (note also that time spent at Step 2 will help you choose appropriate remedies at Step 3 and so on). When your problem is resolved don?t stop. Go back through the steps, in reverse, before resting at Step 0.

You can continue to take remedies from a previous Step after moving on, but be cautious about the use of Step 4 remedies in combination with Step 5 remedies.

If you deem it necessary to heal through Step 5 and/or 6 (and real healing can and does take place with the aid of drugs and surgery) and have not yet tried any techniques from Steps 2 and 3, do so immediately. Engaging the energy, nourishing and tonifying will aid and abet the healing powers of the more dangerous healing ways and help prevent or moderate their side effects.

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Acupuncture is an unconventional technique that has been around for centuries. It is used to help improve many medical conditions that disrupt a person’s daily life.

The benefits of acupuncture are becoming widely known as this technique continues to evolve. It is a procedure in which the energy located in a persons body is used to help it heal itself from the condition you are suffering from. This explains why acupuncture practitioners believe medical conditions are the result of the energy in the body becoming weak. When this happens it is easy to get sick and have other medical problems and the technique of acupuncture can rebalance the body correcting the problem.

Each acupuncture point is specifically associated with certain medical conditions. The practitioner will know exactly which points will need to be used for each condition. It is used to help relieve headaches, back pain, migraines and pain caused form injuries. It is great for many other uses as well such as treating anxiety, abdominal pain, digestive problems and it can even help with insomnia. These are problems that many people suffer from on a regular basis and having a technique such as acupuncture to help reduce the pain and discomfort that these symptoms cause can be a great relief.

Some believe that acupuncture has been proven to be so effective that it has been accepted into some modern practices, although there are still many that believe there is not enough proof to support the claims made by this technique. Another benefit of acupuncture includes helping to control asthma and bronchitis symptoms. Many people use this unique to help with disorders such as sinusitis and even the common cold. It has even been used for emotional or psychological disorders such as phobias, OCD and eating disorders. It can be used in conjunction with medication or to replace many medicines depending on the situation and the overall health of the person receiving the treatment.

Did you know that certain eye conditions such as nearsightedness, pink eye and cataracts can be improved by using acupuncture? It can also reduce the pain caused by a toothache. Acupuncture is believed to help improve the immune system which helps the body to fight off diseases and other problems. It improves the body’s circulation which reduces the risk of many serious medical conditions such as heart attacks and strokes. It is even used for medical conditions that are caused by musculoskeletal disorders. There are many different benefits of acupuncture that can greatly help to improve your health.

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What causes you stress? Your kids? Job? Money? Moving? Love or lack of it? Physical or emotional pain?

How much of your feeling of stress is based off of your current situations, and how much is based off of your past situations? You probably know what I mean by that, but the answer is not always clear when you’re in the middle of it.

You are aware that managing and reducing stress can prevent lots of problems. Problems with health, sleep, poor diet potential addiction, and more. Stopping these problems before they start is just smart.

I know you wouldn’t choose to have problems with your blood pressure, heart, or trouble sleeping. But, ignoring your stress is very close to doing just that.

Some people with high stress look to avoid the discomfort by looking for pleasure to cover it. Things like watching TV, movies, medications, smoking and other addictions.

People tend to believe traditional talk therapy and medication are the only alternatives, and try to avoid that. If you knew there was a reliable and medically tested method to relieve stress, would you consider it?

Yes you would, if it really worked.

Like most people, you have probably watched TV or a movie to help you relax. Does it help? Yeah. It gives you a distraction. Something else to focus on and think about, right? But there really isn’t much “thinking” going on… it just indirectly creates a more quiet state of mind - for a while.

People get this state of mind with creative visualization, breathing exercises, yoga, meditation and deep prayer.

All of these examples technically achieve a mental state of hypnosis. With a little practice, it is very easy to get this hyper focused state. Like when you’re involved in reading a book, or on the phone.

Hypnosis is a state of mind everyone goes into several times a day. Hypnotizing yourself, on purpose, is so easy to do and is so beneficial to your stress and health in general.

I’m a hypnotist, so what do you expect me to say, right? The National Library of Medicine has a site, ww.pubmed.gov where you can search for medical studies on hypnosis and stress. Please remember, these are trained doctors doing hypnosis, not trained hypnotists. The results can be even better than they find.

Physical and mental stress reduction is possible in just a few short minutes.

Getting help from an appropriately trained hypnotist or using a quality self-hypnosis audio to reduce general stress are perfect alternatives. They have a higher rate of long-term success than medication and hypnosis has no potential for side-effects.

Please note: Hypnosis has been approved by the American Medical Association since 1958, But, it does not replace traditional medicine.

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Patrick Glancy, NGH Board Certified Hypnotist Stress Reduction Hypnosis
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Can you imagine an amazing herb strong enough to sterilize sewage water, but gentle enough not to harm human tissue? Most of us are very familiar with this herb as it is used for flavoring in cooking.

Now more of us are realizing the incredible health benefits of this herb when it is delivered in essential oil form. Essential oils work far faster than teas and many times faster than capsules and are readily digestible and quickly absorbed and assimilated into our physical system. We all have heard of oregano as it is used on our pizza. Now we can realize the health benefits of oregano in essential oil form.

The results of research done in 1910 by W.H. Martindale, lead him to conclude that “the essential oil of oregano is the most powerful plant-derived antiseptic known.” Research in 1977 done by Dr. Belaniche resulted in his “oregano Index” against which all other antibacterial substances are compared. Oil of Oregano is the closest to being the ideal antibacterial agent. Dr. Blaiche states “Among the more active of oils, Oregano is the best of the best. The essential oil of oregano has always provided me with amazing results in treating infectious diseases. Dr. Jean Valnet who is a French authority on the use and benefits of essentials oils, states that essential oils “proved to be many times more effective at killing pathogenic microorganisms than antibiotics.”

An active ingredient of oil of oregano is carvacrol which has been found to help relieve upper respiratory infections such as colds and sinus infections. It potently inhibits platelet aggression which is a risk factor in blood clot formation that is a major cause of strokes and heart attacks. Oil of oregano, in one study, was found to reduce melanoma by 50% in vitro. Oil of oregano has powerful anti-viral, anti-fungal and anti-parasitic properties. This is important because parasites and viruses, like yeasts, cannot be treated successfully by antibiotics. In a 1966 study published in Medical sciences Research, it was shown that oil of oregano killed RNA and DNA viruses such as sold sores, genital herpes, and shingles. This makes it a very beneficial for treating the conditions of colds and flu. Oil of oregano is significantly effective in treating various forms of harmful parasites. Oil of oregano is an effective digestive aid. Oil of oregano has also been found to surpass prescription synthetic anti-inflammatory drugs in it’s effectiveness in relieving and reversing pain and has been said to be almost as powerful as morphine. Oil of oregano has been shown to strengthen the immune system. As an antioxidant, it halts the formation of cholesterol which is responsible for arteriosclerosis, i.e. hardening of the arteries.

An extra advantage of oil of oregano is that it can be used either topically or internally, depending upon the need and target ailment e.g. acne, allergies, arthritis, asthma, athlete’s foot, blood clots, bronchitis, candida, canker sores, colds, flu, constipation, croup, dandruff, diarrhea, digestive disorders, earaches, fatigue, fungal infection, gastrointestinal infection, gum disease, hay fever, headaches, inflammation, insect bites, menstrual irregularities, muscle pain parasites, psoriasis, ringworm, rosacea, seborrhea, sinusitis, thrombus, toenail fungus, and immune system.

Often known as a cooking herb, there is much more to oregano when it is used in essential oil form .It’s long list of health benefits makes it one of nature’s best kept secrets, a natural health aid that is a remarkably miraculous and versatile medicine. If we are suffering from any the before mentioned health ailments, we would be well served to explore the healing properties of this miraculous herb, oil of oregano.

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Jennifer has more than twenty years experience with all natural health care products. Mor information about Oil of Oregano and other natural herb benefits is available at => www.sweetmedicineessentials.com

Tribulus terrestris, as it is properly called, is an herb of South Asian origin that can support reproductive function and boost libido in men and women.

It does so by increasing levels of the pituitary hormone LH (Luteinizing Hormone), otherwise known as Gonadotropin-releasing hormone 1 (GNRH1), which is responsible for the initiation of testosterone.

Known by the Sanskrit name ?gokshurma? it has been used as a tonic and aphrodisiac in India and other areas round the subcontinent. It began to be used commonly in Eastern Europe in the 1970s to increase the sex drive, and its use in this respect has spread to most of the western world. Also known as the ?Puncture Vine? (the bane of cyclists!), tribulus has been used at least since ancient Greek times for the treatment of many conditions such as headache, urinary problems and sexual dysfunction. In the Far East it has been used for many purposes including liver and heart conditions.

Although scientific evidence for these effects is low, those that use it claim significant improvements in their libido, and a loss of sexual impulse when they stop taking it. This is more than a placebo effect and many claim that the medical investigations have been carried out less than adequately due to the potential social rather than medical applications of the herb. However, there is tenuous evidence that it may affect the brain cells in the hypothalamus responsible for the release of testosterone into the body.

In fact close study of these results indicates that they might well be supporting the claims made by the users of tribulus. What they show is that testosterone levels can be increased by 30% - 50% above base levels, but still within normal levels, and the argument being in that case that it does not increase testosterone above normal. Now 50% is a big increase, and if someone with a low testosterone level is brought back to normal by use of this herb extract, then surely that is an argument for its success with such people. Nobody wants any more than their fair share of testosterone, unless they are body-building athletes wanting to cheat!

In addition, the opponents of tribulus make great play of the fact that it does not increase the testosterone levels in most young men. It should be pretty obvious that most young men are full of testosterone, and their levels only need supplemented as they grow older. The major of users of libido enhancing drugs are in the older age groups, so while it is claimed that the scientific evidence for its effectiveness is low, it can be argued that for those that need it, there is a very strong argument indeed for its use.

Unknown to most men, testosterone is also the major hormone that governs women?s libido, and after that the most important is estradiol. Testosterone is produced in small but significant quantities by the ovaries until the menopause, after which its production is continued by the adrenal glands in the majority of women. That is why most, but not all, women maintain a sex drive after the menopause when there is no biological need for it in relation to procreation. This proves, however, that testosterone production with women is essential for their libido, and tribulus terrestris is said to increase the production of the fore-mentioned LH in women.

The active ingredients of tribulus have been proved by various spectroscopic analytical techniques (IR, NMR and MS) to be four furostanol saponins: two protodioscins, and two prototribestins, the protodioscin being generally regarded as the most prevalent and important. This is a hormone related to DHEA, or dehydroepiandrosterone that is a prohormone for the sex steroids. Some argue that it has little effect on the sex drive other than provided by ginseng, although the two are active through different biochemical pathways.

It is important, then, that tribulus supplements be sourced carefully, since many have been shown to contain no protodioscin. In fact may companies have never heard of protodioscin and have no idea whether it is in their product or not. That is why such products must be purchased from reputable natural health food outlets and not supermarkets or even some multinational companies that sell by the name and not their knowledge of the product. This is true not only of Tribulus, but also of many other supplements, the biological pathways of which the public generally have little knowledge.

There is Tribulus Terrestri extract on sale today from many outlets that contain zero percent protodioscin that has been proved scientifically to be the active ingredient. Without protodioscin a tribulus supplement is worth nothing and will do nothing for your sex drive. Always check the bottle or tub for the protodioscin content. You might as well buy Scotch malt whisky without the alcohol.

The dosage of the supplement can be from 80 ? 1500 mg (milligrams) daily, but this really means nothing. It is important, like any supplement, that it is standardized to the equivalent content of the active ingredient that can stated in terms of saponins or of protodioscin, depending on which brand you purchase. 250 -500 mg at 40% saponin content is a reasonable dosage to start with, but this can be reduced or increased according to the effect.

Too many websites have the same information that indicates few have any original knowledge because they all copy each other. Ignore any information that is not provided on the basis of the active ingredients: as stated, these are saponins or protodioscin (both are basically the same information). Purchase and test the effectiveness of your dosage on the basis of a standardized active content. Hence, 500 mg of 20% saponins or protodioscin is the same strength as 250 mg of a 40% extract.

Although medical research on tribulus terrestris is sparse, what there is indicates that it can support reproductive function and boost the libido of those with a deficiency in testosterone production by up to 50%, and that is something that older men and women would truly appreciate!

There are no known side-effects, though pregnant women should refer to their doctor. However, make sure that you purchase your supply from a reputable online or offline health food or supplement supplier since most supermarkets and chain stores do not know what they are selling. Some tribulus supplements have no active ingredient at all!

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More information can be found at vitanetonline.com/ where a large selection of Standardized tribulus can be found.

If you are looking for earache remedies then you are at the right place because in next 15-20 minutes I will tell you how to get relief from earache with some simple but useful earache home remedies

But if the condition is severe then contact your doctor immediately.

Do not waste time on internet. Remember always health is wealth

what is Earache?

Earache is very common problem for both children and adults. An earache is pain caused by an infection of the ear. The medical term for an ear infection is otitis

Bacteria, viruses, and fungi can all cause ear infections. The buildup of pressure in the eustachian tube is one of the major causes of earache. Tonsillitis and sinus infections also result in earache, especially among children

Home Remedies for Earache

1. One of the well liked home remedy for earache is to grind a few Holy basil leaves and extract some juice. Put 2 drops inside the ear.

2. Boil some cloves of Garlic in water. Crush them and add a pinch of salt. Enfold this poultice in a flannel and place on the aching ear.

3. Pour some garlic juice in the aching ear. Its antibiotic characteristics help to reduce the pain.

4. If your earache has rises in elevation then just chew gum. This will contract the muscles and open the eustachian tube.

5. Another fine home remedy for earache is to put few drops of hydrogen peroxide in the aching ear.

6. Put two drops of holy basil leaves juice in the painful ear.

7. Take out the juice of the tender leaves of a mango and make it a little warm. Put four drops in both ear as this helps in the treatment of earaches. One of the fine home remedies for earache.

8. Put some seeds of the fenugreek in any kind of oil; mustard and linseed oils are the finest. Then warm this to some extent. After that, cool and then filter the oil and put it in each ear. About four to five drops of the oil in each ear will helps in eliminating the pain completely.

9. Add half a clove of garlic in a teaspoonful of sesame oil and heat it on a flame till it becomes a little hot. Put four drops of the oil in the one ear and stay on this side for ten minutes. Then turn over and put the oil in the second ear also. Stay on this side too for ten minutes.

10. Mix drops each of garlic oil, grapefruit seed extract, and eucalyptus essential oil. Put in ears with a dropper several times daily.

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