Posted by: dkrainwater on: January 31, 2009
A person very close to me was recently diagnosed with shingles. She began to have intense pain in her left breast, a pain that was unbearable. Many times she would have to leave work early because the pain became to extreme. The pain was a mystery until one day she noticed a small pimple on [...]
Posted by: dkrainwater on: December 1, 2008
One of the most commercialized uses for herbs and nature cures is in the world of sex. Cultures around the world have been fascinated with increasing their sexual abilities and arousal. Herbs are beginning to emerge again as a way to help people with sexual dysfunctions and for the increase of individual sexual pleasure. The [...]
Posted by: dkrainwater on: November 25, 2008
The connection between the mind, body, and spirit is becoming clearer to more health professionals. Some are recognizes what prayer, meditation, attending worship services, and personal faith can do to improve a person’s health. Greg Anderson is one person that sees the connection between faith and health. He had been diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer [...]
Posted by: dkrainwater on: November 25, 2008
The research points out that people going for psychiatric treatment would have more difficulty when seeking a psychiatrist that had their religious affiliation when the prospective client is Christian. This survey conducted in 2003 questioned 1,144 doctors in the United States of which 100 of the doctors were psychiatrists. The study concluded that more family [...]
Posted by: dkrainwater on: November 24, 2008
When we look at the mind and medicine faith enters the equation. It may be faith in the mind as in mind over matter or faith in a higher power. In the latter case, the person with the faith uses it to communicate with God. In 2005, 1000 people were selected at random to answer [...]
Posted by: dkrainwater on: November 21, 2008
Vimala Schneider McClure introduced infant massage to the United States during the 1970’s. She learned about infant massage while she was in India and saw it was good for babies. She massaged her one baby as she has seen it done on babies in India. She noticed its benefits to her baby and decided to start [...]
Posted by: dkrainwater on: November 21, 2008
Massage in a Chair
Massage has been around for thousands of years and it is pictured in Egyptian hieroglyphics in 2,500 B.C. and people are massaging one another’s hands and feet, while seated on the ground. Ancient Japanese block prints capture images of people massaging others, while they are sitting on low stools. Though chair massage [...]
Posted by: dkrainwater on: November 21, 2008
Beside reflexology there are other techniques of foot massage. Massage cream or lotion can be bought at a health food store on the Internet or at a massage supply store. Soaking the feet in some Epsom salt before hand will help lessen stress before starting the massage. Dry the feet after a soak of about [...]
Posted by: dkrainwater on: November 21, 2008
Reflexology is a kind of foot massage. Places on the foot’s sole correspond to another part of the body, specifically an internal organ, according to the philosophy of reflexology. It is thought that a nerve ending on the foot’s sole is associated with the ailment in the organ. The sore spots of the foot’s sole [...]
Posted by: dkrainwater on: November 21, 2008
Deep tissue massage is focused on the muscle fibers in particular. It utilizes compression and friction moving along the muscles’ grain. It loosens the muscles’ fibers, relieves tension, and removes toxins.
Myotherapy is a modality the Bonnie Prudden invented in 1976. It works on trigger points in the body; they are knotted muscles that are associated [...]
