Aromatherapy – Part I: Essential Oils
Aromatherapy makes use of Essential oils. This 3-Part article will provide some detailed insight into the use of Essential oils in Aromatherapy.
We will look at:
a) Where Essential oils come from,
b) The way Essential oils effect the mind and emotions, and
c) The way Essential oils effect the etheric body or the physcho-spiritual level
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Athlete Foot Remedies
Athlete foot is a common skin infection that is caused by a fungus. The medical term for foot fungus is tinea pedis. The fungus is a plant-like microorganism too small to be seen by the naked eye that mainly depends on dead tissue for nutrition and growth.
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Iridology: A Natural Health 101 Article
Iridologists claim they can see inherent physical weakness in the body. But is iridology really a valid therapy?
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Tai Chi Breathing Reduces Residual Air in Ineffective Retention Space
A report about deep abdominal breathing used in Tai Chi Breathing and how this methods can scientifically proven to help improving your body health condition.
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Test Your Indoor Air Quality!
Is your Indoor Air as clean as you'd like it to be? Take this simple test to see if you are living in a healthy environment? Tips are offered to help you make dramatic positive changes in your air without 'breaking the bank'.
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Magnetic Therapy, How And Why Magnets Effect The Body
Have you ever read or have been told that "it is not known why magnets work"? Well, this is untrue. All human and animal bodies are electromagnetic in nature and this fact is closely allied to the ...
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Natural Remedies and Prevention of Constipation
If you eat right and adopt a healthy lifestyle, you need not every suffer from constipation, but what can you do in the meantime?
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental and emotional condition that has its origins in a physical and/or mentally traumatic event that occurred anywhere from a few days to several years in the past. PTSD can develop by one overwhelming trauma as in 9/11 or by a series of smaller traumas or abuses occurring over several years such as living in an alcoholic home. It can be recognized from symptoms such as recurrent and persistent recollections of the traumatic event and recurring dreams of the event.
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Superfood or Superfad
A breakdown of information on the possible health benefits of berries. What does this mean for us?
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Too Clean—A Critical Look At The Alleged Link Between Asthma and Cleanliness
Recently some natural health experts have suggested that childhood asthma is the result of our obsession with clean homes. Are these claims founded in truth or are they the result of “experts” deliberately misinterpreting data?
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Mosquitoes? No Itch, No Bite!
When you are in the season of the mosquito, it is looked upon with horror for those who suffer allergic reactions. But even if you do not get these reactions it is still looked upon by most as an unpleasant, unavoidable summertime irritant. No one wants to be bitten, especially with the threat of West Nile and other diseases. But what can you do?
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Alternative and Complementary Medicine: Old Medicine, New Synergies
The terms alternative medicine and complementary medicine
are often wrongly used as synonyms. Actually, the term
alternative medicine refers to medicine systems like
Ayurveda or Acupuncture that are used in place of
conventional medicine, while complementary medicine refers
to those therapies like massage that are used in
conjunction with conventional medicine.
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Eucalyptus Oil for Colds and Flu
Using eucalyptus oil for colds and chest congestion is quite effective. Use it just before you go to bed by itself or with other oils to get overnight relief.
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Going Back to the Basics: Revival of Traditional Treatment through Herbs
with an increasing trend towards alternative treatment, this article gives you an insight about traditional medicines...
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Sun Chlorella and the Benefit
Sun Chlorella is referred to as the Green Magician due to the amazing healing powers of sun chlorella and its benefit of chlorella. Also known as the 'Super food'.
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At-Home Relief For Ingrown Hairs
If you are willing to make some simple change to your bath regimen, there are a number of easy, at-home things you can do to help clear up and prevent ingrown hairs.
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Body Work
"Body Work is more than just a massage, it's a whole concept. Body work theororizes that within our anatomy, is a story of unresolved problems and past traumas -- both physical and psychological..."
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Migraine Headaches And Chronic Pain: Essential Oil Of Lavender, A Natural Remedy
With 24 million Americans suffering with migraines and 1 out of 13 people waking up each day with headaches, using aromatherapy to relax and ease headache pain could be a sweet victory in our daily lives!
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New Age Torture
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.
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Roundworm and Parasitic Infections
A parasite is an organism that lives off, and generally within, a host body. This can include your body, or the body of an animal, like your pet. Parasites live off of the "life" of another body, feeding on the nutrients, cells, and organs, of the host. They can reproduce by the thousands, depositing thousands of eggs, or simply replicating by cell division, within the host's tissues and cells. Estimates are that up to 85% of the human population is infected with parasites, and up to 50% of people in the United States are infected.
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Benefits of Alternative Medicine
More and more people are turning to alternative medicine and natural therapies as costs of conventional medicine escalate and many prove ineffective.
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Muget Des Bois: A Healing Victory
Known by its other name as Lily of the Valley or May Lily, muget des bois is an English plant used commonly as a perfume. Since the discovery of its virtues in aromatherapy, the use of muget des bois for healing has been increasingly widespread.
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Natural Remedy for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - ADHD
Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a complex neurobehavioral disorder of higher brain functioning. ADHD is common among the disorders that get affected in childhood and adolescence. ADHD is a disorder of numerous contradictions.
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Pain Anatomy 101: How Pain Works, And How Your Subconscious May Be Able to Short-Circuit It
In building a strategy for pain relief it may be helpful to understand how pain works. Here's a quick primer to help you grasp the mechanics, and show you the points where your subconscious may be able to intervene to relieve your pain.
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Traditional Chinese Medicine
"Traditional Chinese Medicine, over 2000 years old, is an ancient form of medicine. Consisting of acupuncture, moxibustion..."
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