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Secular and Religeous Beliefs About Touch Healing

Posted by: dkrainwater on: November 2, 2008

The idea that sickness was a sickness of the soul has traveled through the millenniums and still has a firm hold in the belief systems of much of the world. The idea that the interrelationships and communication of a person trained in touch healing has not only been a standard for Christian precepts but has [...]

Setting Up Your Home So That the Senior Dog is More Comfortable

Posted by: dkrainwater on: November 2, 2008

When your beloved pet gets older it needs a more comfortable living arrangement. The first thing you may notice is that his muzzle is graying. Your dog doesn’t have as much energy as he used to and his bones are starting to creak. His teeth may have problems too unless he has had regular oral [...]

A Brief History of Laying on the Hands

Posted by: dkrainwater on: November 2, 2008

They have to realize that the idea of touch healing or laying on the hands has been apart of human history since pre-historic times. Early man used the touch of the shaman or priestess in their clan to cleanse them from evil spirits which where basic ailments of the mind and body. Religious icons such [...]

Active and Passive Touch Healing

Posted by: dkrainwater on: November 2, 2008

The person being healed experiences varies with which technique is used. If patients are passive and wait for something to be done to them, this is known as allopathic healing. They may be prayed for, touched, or put in the middle of a community healing ritual. An active role can be taken by the patient [...]

Touch Healing and the Catalyst of Faith

Posted by: dkrainwater on: November 2, 2008

Through medical artifacts, touch healing has been around for over 20,000 years. Modern medicine sees a disease is a entity that usually comes from an external causation. Conventional medicine looks a removing the cause without looking at the effects of the cause or the reason for the cause itself. One basic assumption of touch healing [...]

What is the Human Touch Program?

Posted by: dkrainwater on: November 2, 2008

For the past 30 years there has been an awareness of the human energy system and how the concepts of healing can tap into that awareness.  A philosophy was approached that interpreted ancient healing practices to calm human distress.  Therapeutic touch or touch healing has been the best known of these practices.  Programs have been [...]

Brief History of the Human Potential Movement

Posted by: dkrainwater on: November 2, 2008

During the 1970s there was an explosion of new interest in the approaches of alternative or nonconventional medicine.  In the realm of psychotherapy there were self-help programs that developed that included support groups and learning for self-awareness and personal growth.  Some people call this the human potential movement because people were relying on themselves instead [...]

Vitamin C and Homocysteine

Posted by: dkrainwater on: October 18, 2008

A high level of homocysteine in the blood level contributes to the arteries hardening or arteriosclerosis. Around a fourth of the adult population in the United States has a very high level. Eating too much meat, butter, causes this problem and anything with animal products, so if your fries are fried in animal fat that [...]

Food Sources of Vitamin C

Posted by: dkrainwater on: October 18, 2008

There are several factors that determine how much vitamin C is actually in a food such as when it was picked, the climate it was grown in, the length of time in storage and other things. The cooking conditions also affect how much of the vitamin is left in the food when eaten. Cooking at [...]

What Are B Vitamins?

Posted by: dkrainwater on: October 17, 2008

These vitamins are distinct from each other chemically, though they are found many times in the same foods. The B complex vitamins are water soluble along with vitamin C. These vitamins in excess wash through your body and go out with the urine so they aren’t normally toxic. Most people in the U.S. don’t have [...]