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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - About candida, its symptoms & treatment
- Candida is a fungal infection affecting the moist external area of the body like mouth, nostril, in side folded skin and vagina basically of a parasitic fungus. There are many types of Candida fungus like Candida Parapsilosis, Candida Tropicalies, Candida vini and sub-types named after the infected areas like Cutaneous Candidasis, Thrush, Vaginal Candidiasis, Penile Candidiasis, Pulmonary Candidia...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Purchasing essential oil
- Tips on Purchasing Essential OilsIt is important to purchase your oils through a reputable supplier, food stores are often reputable suppliers of Essential Oils. In other cases you can buy from the manufacture but you must know something about the manufacturers reputation,- Do they belong to the National Association of Holistic Aromatherapists?If so, it is a good indication th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - History of essential oils
- Extracted from botanicals, that is, from plants and trees. They are part of the plants immune system processed by distillation but others such as the citrus oils may be extracted in different ways.Essential Oils are all natural, so they work in harmony with nature.They are more concentrated than the herbs they were extracted from and they contain hormones, vitamins, antiseptics that ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Going beyond diffusion
- Beyond DiffusionThis advanced diffusion system is designed for continuous operation and holds a full oz. bottle of essential oil. It's Patented nebulizer breaks up essential oils into micro-mist and blends it with the air you breathe. Air entering the diffuser is first scrubbed with a hygienic filter that intercepts pollen, bacteria, dust, smoke, smog, dander and viruses even smaller than H...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Essential oils blends and uses
- Better Living With Essential OilsPractical formulas you can use in Personal Care and Your EnvironmentPersonal Care - What Essential Oils can do for Your Skin:l Penetrate lower skin layers to work on moisturizing and healing.l Stimulate and regenerate skin cells, to heal skin damaged by sun, burns, wrinkles, or injury.l Destroy infectious bacteria, viruses, and fu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why use an aromatherapy diffuser?
- We breathe 22,000 times a day, inhaling 400 cubic feet of air.We spend 80% of our time indoors where air may be no cleaner than outdoors air. A diffuser is the easiest, most effective method of dispersing essential oils without altering their fragrance and therapeutic value. Diffused oils enhance the harmony and well being of body, mind and spirit.Aromatherapy diffusers have been aro...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Pain relief: is there an alternative?
- Do you rely on Vioxx, Celebrex or Aleve (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs) to ease pain? If you suffer from inflammatory arthritis or pain due to injuries, you probably are familiar with one of these drugs. No doubt you have also heard recent reports linking some NSAIDs with an increased risk of heart attack or stroke. Belonging to a class called Cox-2 inhibitors, the drugs in quest...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Cleaners and our health
- Many people use strong cleaners or acid cleaners to make the house clean and to get hard to clean stains out, but people don't realize that many cleaners are bad for our health they contain ingredient that irritate the skin and the fumes that those cleaner produce are dangerous if we inhale them.Many people suffer from asthma and other respiratory problems and using those type of cleaners i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - All about bad breath, its symptoms & prevention
- Bad breath (or halitosis medical term root from Latin) can be a serious handicap on your social or business life. It is a source of embarrassment and shame. Bad breath or halitosis has been a problem for mankind since the beginning of most of recorded history. Never before have there been effective treatments for this condition until now. Latest technology promises the Dentists to measure the exte...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Easy steps you can take today to erase hip pain
- ...and one of these tips you can get from a sewing class!"More than 100,000 Americans are unable to get from their bed to the bathroom without assistance because of problems related to their hip or knee." So says Dr. Nathan Wei, Clinical Director of the Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center of Maryland. He adds, "Too many people put up with pain when there are so many trea...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - New hope for chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia sufferers
- There are numerous theories with regard to the causes of chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, many of which may be indeed touching on the truth or at least touching on an aggravator or contributor to these afflictions. Diseases in general have been growing in epidemic proportion over at least the past 20 years, especially in the United States, where our increasingly toxic environment and lifestyles h...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Independent research proves effectiveness of magnotherapy wristbands
- "Magnetic bracelets reduce the pain of osteoarthritis." Those are the findings of a scientifically peer reviewed clinical trial published in the British Medical Journal (Dec 17 04) The trial used specially designed 'Bioflow' magnets which use Central Reverse Polarity? made by Cornish company Ecoflow Plc.Local woman, Raine Leary, an Independent Distributor for Ecoflow, today spoke ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Back pain, joint pain, knee pain, arthritis and a host of other pain ailments you never have to suff
- "The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings." William Hazlitt [1778-1830. British Essayist]If "The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern..." then what happens when we have back, knee or joint pain?Did you know that - 80% of Americans will battle with back pain at some point in their liv...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Full spectrum daylight bulbs ? simply light years ahead!
- Sunlight is a vital nutrient, which regulates the activity of the hypothalamus gland that secretes seratonin, controlling our moods, biorythms, sleep patterns, body temperature, digestion and sex drive. In addition, the photochemical action of sunlight on our skin activates the production of vital Vitamin D essential for growth and maturation of cells, the maintenance of the bones and a healthy im...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do you have difficulty in waking up on dark winter mornings?
- Our daily internal body clocks or circadian rhythms synchronise the timing of our wake/sleep patterns and our interactions with the outside world.Our body clocks are naturally conditioned and cued to respond to light signals or 'zeitbeigers' to awake at sunrise and sleep at night. Any disruption to these deeply ingrained biological rhythms can affect our body clock making us feel tired, lis...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Lumie dawn simulation wake up clocks - the perfect start to your day!
- Light plays a crucial role in the synchronisation of your circadian rhythm - (sleep/wake patterns). The suns daily cycle of light and dark regulates many of the bodys important hormonal and biochemical processes. It is our external time keeper - keeping our vital biological clock running smoothly.Without these light time cues or 'zeitgebers' given by natural light and dark, the underlying r...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Powerbreathe, lung conditioner, and breathing exerciser
- What is The Powerbreathe?POWERbreathe is the result of nearly a decade of research, and was designed by professional exercise scientists at Birmingham University and Loughborough University, UK. There are three models designed for specific uses: Wellness, Fitness and Sports Performance.POWERbreathe, a hand-held inspiratory muscle trainer is a unique, simple-to-use, drug free product ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stage hypnosis vs hypnotherapy - understanding the difference
- We've all seen them, right? The stage hypnotist, who makes his subjects cluck like chickens. But comparing a stage hypnotist to a hypnotherapist is like comparing a karaoke singer to Celine Dion! They are just not in the same league!Most people believe that stage hypnotists "make" their subjects do things that they don't want to do. But this is far from the truth.It's impos...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - An aspirin a day can give you cancer
- I want to share a health alert with you. So many people today are taking an aspirin a day - many upon the recommendation of their doctors and many simply because they think it is the "healthy" thing to do. However, a recent study involving 88,000 nurses revealed a 58% increase in the risk of pancreatic cancer among those who took 2 or more aspirins per week for 20 years or more. ("Daily aspirin us...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Hypertension, an alternative approach
- For many years high blood pressure has been defined based upon actuarial tables prepared by life insurance companies. By that definition, blood pressure of 140/90 is borderline hypertension in a person 40 years of age. The suppressed fact is that blood pressure should rise by 5 points for every decade of life. Therefore, 145/95 is borderline hypertension in a person of 50 years old; 150/100, in a ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Alternative health care is under attack by a hidden standard - the unfortunate case of dr. shortt
- A recent case in the news highlights an alarming trend in "alternative" health care-how difficult it is becoming to both obtain and provide alternative care in the United States. Dr. James Michael Shortt (an M.D.) practicing longevity medicine in Greenville, South Carolina, has been sued by the relatives of a patient who died under his care, and may be indicted for murder. (AP/LA Times 1...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Sinus infection symptoms, antibiotics, and alternative medicine
- Modern Living, Complex Health ProblemsIn our post-modern industrial polluted stress-filled bad-diet culture, no one's health is simple. We are plagued by complex long-term illnesses like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, AIDS, even sinus problems... it may seem weird to you that I include sinus infections, but the root causes of sinus trouble can be quite complicat...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to protect your family against the coming pandemic
- Most dictionaries define pandemic as "an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world."Recently, Klaus Stohr, the coordinator of the global infuenza program at the World Health Organization predicted a bird flu pandemic that would take more lives than the Spanish Flu of 1918 wherein 20-to-40 million perished.He wasn't the only...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Green tea for health: your heart will thank you
- I began drinking green tea about five years ago after I had my cholesterol checked. I am not overweight and do not eat a lot of saturated and trans fats, but my LDL cholesterol was a little on the high side, according to my doctor. I began reading up on ways to lower my cholesterol and found a lot of information pointing to green tea as a remedy.After learning about the benificial propertie...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What organic really means in 2005
- The term "organic" is used everywhere. What exactly does that mean?"Organic" refers to the methods by which foods, cottons, woolens, etc., are farmed and processed, without chemicals, pesticides, radiation, or other artificial intervention. Organic farming techniques allow natural soil replenishment, without the chemical saturation that depletes natural nutrients plants, and grazing animals...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Aromatherapy
- Although the word aromatherapy has not been around forever, the use of plants, herbs, fruits and flowers for healing have been centuries long. Aromatherapy is still being researched today for it's wide variety of uses, including the healing effects that is has on the body.The most effective method of using essential oils is surprisingly enough not orally, but through inhalation or external ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Living with aromatherapy
- Places Suitable for Use of Aromatherapy Products: living room, bedroom, study room, kitchen, bathroom, office, conference room, KTV, hospital, car and other enclosed spaces.Aromatherapy· When someone at home is down with influenza, light an aromatherapy diffuser to prevent mutual contagion.· Use aromatherapy diffusers to remove odor and pr...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Pros and cons of isopropyl alcohol
- Recently, the term "isopropyl alcohol" has been liken to poisonous snakes and ferocious beasts, what exactly is isopropyl alcohol? Where is it used? What are its characteristics? Is it dangerous? Perhaps too many reports have caused public panic, and therefore, direct associations with isopropyl alcohol have been made, such as with the aromatherapy bottle, and controversies arises; such ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Learn how to do a successful gall bladder flush
- To do a Gall Bladder Flush you will need the following ingredients:3 quarts of apple juice, fresh or from the dairy case, not w/preservatives1 cup olive oil, cold expeller pressed is best, virgin not light.1 cup of coke (optional but makes the oil taste less annoying)1 lemon, to be juiced at mixing timeUltra Phos dropsOxymag caps or PowderPROCEDURE:...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mental health maintenance is made simple
- Your mental health is often drastically improved when you use the techniques Dr. Kuhn teaches in this article. When you are able to experience this improvement, your relationships blossom, career paths open, and people find you attractive and accessible. You deserve to have fun and joy in your life - and Cliff Kuhn, M.D. will help you do that.In the classic Frank Capra film, It's a Wonderfu...