SALT MASSAGE; HAND BATH

This energizing technique tones tissues, relieves stress and fatigue…and can help you ward off a cold.

Sit on the edge of a tub filled with warm water. Pour salt into a cupped hand. Slowly add water to the salt until you make a thick paste.

Using firm, circular motions, rub the paste over your body. Then rinse off the paste with a soak in the tub… or sponge it off with cold water. Be careful not to rub salt onto sores, cuts, etc.

To ease writer’s cramp, soak hands in hot water. To warm cold hands, soak them alternately in hot water (three minutes) and cold water (30 seconds). Repeat several times, ending with cold water.

caution: Don’t leave hands in cold water for more than a few minutes at a time.

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MOTHER NATURE’S ALLERGY CURES

Pollen gets most of the blame for spring and summer allergies. What most people don’t realize is that pollen is only the trigger:

Most hay fever and other allergy sufferers have mucous membranes that are chronically irritated. This—along with a genetic predisposition to allergies—makes them hyperreactive to pollen, dust, animal dander, mold spores, etc.

Long-acting antihistamines, such as loratadine (Claritin) and fexofenadine (Allegra), and steroid nasal sprays, such as fluticasone (Flonase) and mometasone (Nasonex), have few side effects and treat short-term (four- to six-week) flare-ups. But they’re costly and don’t correct the underlying problem.

better: A holistic program that heals the mucous membranes. Once the irritation and inflammation are eliminated, most patients can stop taking drugs or reduce the dosages.

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WHAT YOUR DREAMS REALLY MEAN – NAKED IN PUBLIC; RUNAWAY VEHICLE

dream: You’re in a store, at the office or giving a speech when suddenly you realize that you’re not wearing any clothes. You make a desperate attempt to cover yourself while trying not to attract attention.

meaning: This dream usually comes to people who face unfamiliar circumstances that figuratively strip them of their normal defenses—such as a new job, a new romance or giving a speech.

what you can do: Don’t expect perfection. Allow yourself to make mistakes and to grow into your situation. The dream should go away once you have become accustomed to your new circumstances.

dream: Your car—or some other vehicle—is rolling down a hill with you in it or near it, but you can’t do anything to stop it.

meaning: The runaway vehicle represents a part of your life that feels out of control. This dream often comes to people who haven’t yet consciously become alarmed about an increasingly troubled part of their lives.

what you can do: Reflect on what the problem may be. Once you recognize what the cause is, you will be able to address it.

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HOW NOT TO PANIC; WHAT YOUR DREAMS REALLY MEAN

To get panic under control, stop what you are doing and tell yourself that the situation is not threatening.

Refocus on something else. Breathe deeply and regularly to change your body’s fight-or-flight response.

helpful: Keep a daily log of events that cause you to feel panic. Use the log to help you identify situations that you should avoid or plan for in advance so you can handle them. Planning can help whether you have a full-fledged panic disorder or a milder form, such as chronic anxiety.

In our dreams, we fly without airplanes, chase runaway and have romantic encounters with casual acquaintances. The images can be enthralling or they can be disturbing—but what, if anything, do they mean? here are some of the most

common dreams and what they mean…

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YOGA BREATHING

To help focus your attention inward, start with two minutes of “complete breath” exercises.

Sit cross-legged on a firm cushion on the floor, or find another seated position in which your back is straight but also relaxed.

Begin inhaling slowly and deeply through the nose. Relax your belly so that it expands with each incoming breath, and let your chest and rib cage expand. At the very “top” of each inhalation, your shoulders will lift slightly. At this point, exhale by relaxing your shoulders and then your ribs. Then tighten your belly to squeeze the air out. Relax and repeat.

important: When we breathe ordinarily, each inhalation lasts longer than each exhalation. With yoga breathing, inhalation and exhalation should take the same amount of time.

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HONEY — ITS SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC EFFECT (TREATMENT OF DIPHTHERIA)

A doctor wrote in a medical journal about having successfully used honey in the treatment of diphtheria. A 25 per cent addition of honey to another remedy was found to act as an antiseptic and prevented the diphtheria bacilli from propagating.

This experiment is without doubt proof of the fact that honey deserves attention as a folk medicine of long-standing. It is certainly no coincidence that years ago honey was prescribed as a remedy for exactly this disease. In those days, unlike today, there were no effective treatments for diphtheria, and honey, together with other remedies, no doubt was beneficial to the patients and may have helped to save many lives.

As regards natural remedies in general, I am sure that scientific research would find many an old piece of folk wisdom to be true. The Bible’s recommendation, ‘My son, eat honey, for it is good’, is clearly well founded. Honey is indeed good for us because it has healing properties.

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VARIOUS DIETS AND TREATMENTS – THE MEDICINAL VALUE OF CLAY

From time immemorial clay has been used to cure many ailments. Yet this old remedy has often been rejected by those who could have benefited from it. Nevertheless, clay has never been totally forgotten and today it is once more finding favour. Among other things, it is particularly recommended as a treatment for tumours where external application is possible.

Also, there is an interesting account in the Bible of how Christ used clay to cure a blind man (John 9:11). Even though it may have been a symbolic act, we should not lose sight of the fact that earth or clay was used and that the Teacher of Nazareth surely knew of the healing elements of nature and respected them.

People who live closer to nature in less developed parts of the world treat many illnesses with clay, and veterinary surgeons make use of it too. Beauty specialists recommend it for face packs and athletes use it for strains and sprains. Clay applications have proved their worth for centuries. A combination of clay and herbs is especially recommended. Instead of using simple herb poultices, the herbal properties are combined with those of clay. Usually the clay is mixed into a paste, to which the hot herbal infusion is added to form a poultice. The poultice is then applied to the affected part of the body and the double action of the clay and herbs results in a more potent effect.

If you want to get the best out of a treatment with clay, you must be certain that you understand how it works. There are those who use clay where linseed or fenugreek seed should be applied, and this is quite wrong. For instance, clay should not be placed on a boil to collect the pus and draw it to a head. Hot linseed or fenugreek compresses will do this job far better, for the action of clay disperses, it never draws together or gathers.

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VARIOUS DIETS AND TREATMENTS – FURTHER OBSERVATIONS (GENERAL INFORMATION)

Way back in the Middle Ages a physician by the name of Carier discovered that an extract made from pine and fir buds or shoots was a good remedy for scurvy. Later research proved that the buds or shoots of coniferous trees have the highest content of vitamin C. You have here the reason why pine bud syrup, when prepared with the raw juice, as in Santasapina Cough Syrup, has a twofold effect: in cases of catarrh it soothes the mucous membranes and it also improves the general health of the patient because of the pine buds’ vitamin Ñ content.

It is not only wild fruits and berries that are good for us in the spring, there are also a number of wild vegetables that sprout in the milder regions where there is no snow, or where it has melted. To name but a few, we can find dandelion shoots, watercress, nettle shoots, bear’s garlic (ramsons) – and many others that can be used for salads. These plants often seem more like weeds and we might pass them by without a glance. It would be much better if we were to make use of them and their appreciable content of natural vitamins.

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A BRIEF GUIDE TO SELECTED HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES – LACHESIS (GENERAL INFORMATION)

After a serious illness, when all sorts of toxins are circulating in the bloodstream and the body is fighting to eliminate them, Lachesis can be of great service.

Where typhoid fever is concerned, Lachesis is one of the most useful and reliable medicines. After a stroke, especially in cases where the left side is paralysed, Lachesis as well as Arnica are often given with good results.

In cases of pulmonary abscesses, gangrene of the lung or very bad tonsillitis and other serious throat diseases, this remedy can help where all others seem to have failed. I have often seen tonsillitis completely disappear after an injection of Lachesis lOx, without any ill effects.

This remedy should be kept in every home, for whenever a serious illness threatens to induce blood poisoning, there is no better medicine available. The safest potencies to use are lOx or 12x.

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A SELECTION OF MEDICINAL HERBS – PIMPERNEL ROOT (PIMPINELLA SAXIFRAGA) – INTRODUCTION

In the Middle Ages, women must have often sat talking and exchanged advice on all sorts of subjects. The medical practitioner often lived miles away from a hamlet or fortified castle and there were no telephones to summon him or her. Sometimes it might have happened that some young noblewoman was unable to give her new-born baby sufficient milk and, often within the walls of the castle itself, some wise old woman would be found to give advice. Later, a young girl would be hustled through the gates and over the drawbridge with orders to find some pimpernel roots somewhere outside. Having been well washed, these roots would be placed in the noblewoman’s bosom and within 6-8 hours there would be so much milk that the pimpernel roots would have to be quickly removed and thrown away.

Thus, old stories and records tell us of the wonderful effect produced by the little pimpernel. Today we have other remedies that may be easier to come by and apply (for example Ricinus communis 3x) but wherever the pimpernel may be found, it should prove to be as great a help as it was in days of old. Nursing mothers might try to discover whether its effect is as good as the old records say it is.

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