Did you know that St John's Wort oil is a natural balm for sunburn? St John's wort (Hypercum perforatum) has been used for centuries. It's oil has antiseptic and anti-inflammatory and healing properties that soothes sunburn and even quickly healing burns. The plant has also other healing qualities : it' s oil helps the skin to renew itself and regain suppleness. used in a compress it can help relieve the pain of deep bruising and it makes a good rub for painful joins, varicose veins, muscle strain, artritis, and rheumatism.
St john's wort oil is widely available in health stores and pharmacies, but you can also make it yourself relatively easily. here's how from the book "Sun Protection" by marie Borrel : Simply soak 250g (1/2lb) of St John's wort (both stems and flowers) in 1/2 litre (1 pint) of olive oil mixed with 250 ml (1/2 pint) of dry white wine for 7 days. then boil the mixture in an uncovered bain-marie until all the wine evaporated. leave to cool and then filter very carefully. Store the red, sweet-smelling oil in dark container with an airtight lid. You can use this soothing, healing balm in combination with your usual skin-protection measures. the medicinal oil will maintain it's potency for two years or more.
09 January 2010
22 February 2009
Four Ways To Overcome Severe Anxiety Attack
Dr. Claire Weekes', author of a popular book "Self Help For Your Nerves", defines severe anxiety as a 'state in which a person's "nervous" symptoms are so intense that he copes inadequately with his daily work or does not cope at all' (Weeks 1962, p.6). She stresses an important point that it is not a person's nerves that break down, but rather his or her ability to cope with daily work and responsibilities.
Dr. Weekes gives a fairly full description of the physical and emotional symptoms of severe anxiety as follows :
People suffering from...(anxiety disorder), complain of some, or all, of the following
symptoms of sensitized involuntary nerves : sleeplessness, depression, fatigue, churning
stomach, indigestion, racing heart, banging heart, shaking heart, palpitations, knife like
pain under the heart... a choking feeling in the throat...
A brief outline of Dr. Weekes' treatment method using four simple principles :
1. Facing
Whenever anxiety comes upon you she says, you must not run away from it but face it. "Stop regarding it as a monster trying to possess you." Breathe slowly and deeply and go with it.
2. Accepting
Instead of fighting it, "be prepared to accept and live with it for the time being," because by so doing, you will 'break the fear-adrenalin-fear cycle...' She says the churning in your stomach 'will eventually leave you if you are prepared to let time pass and not anxiously watch the churning during it's passing.'
3. Floating
When your anxiety is high and you are paralyzed with fear about going to shop or walking down the street, you should try to imagine you are 'floating'. Imagine yourself on a cloud floating down the street to the shop or down the street. 'Float past fear,' Dr. Weekes encouraged her patients.
4. Letting time pass
As you learn the art of floating, you must also be patient. Allow your anxiety to leave you in it's own time. 'You don't have to strive for relaxation', she says, 'You have to wait for it.'
Dr. Weekes gives a fairly full description of the physical and emotional symptoms of severe anxiety as follows :
People suffering from...(anxiety disorder), complain of some, or all, of the following
symptoms of sensitized involuntary nerves : sleeplessness, depression, fatigue, churning
stomach, indigestion, racing heart, banging heart, shaking heart, palpitations, knife like
pain under the heart... a choking feeling in the throat...
A brief outline of Dr. Weekes' treatment method using four simple principles :
1. Facing
Whenever anxiety comes upon you she says, you must not run away from it but face it. "Stop regarding it as a monster trying to possess you." Breathe slowly and deeply and go with it.
2. Accepting
Instead of fighting it, "be prepared to accept and live with it for the time being," because by so doing, you will 'break the fear-adrenalin-fear cycle...' She says the churning in your stomach 'will eventually leave you if you are prepared to let time pass and not anxiously watch the churning during it's passing.'
3. Floating
When your anxiety is high and you are paralyzed with fear about going to shop or walking down the street, you should try to imagine you are 'floating'. Imagine yourself on a cloud floating down the street to the shop or down the street. 'Float past fear,' Dr. Weekes encouraged her patients.
4. Letting time pass
As you learn the art of floating, you must also be patient. Allow your anxiety to leave you in it's own time. 'You don't have to strive for relaxation', she says, 'You have to wait for it.'
15 September 2008
Secrets of Healthy Aging
Who doesn't want to live to a full long life? People who lived gracefully to a ripe old age and still hale and hearty always makes me pause and wonder what could be their longevity and health secrets.
Best-selling author David Niven, PhD, reveals simple secrets of healthy people in his very absorbing book "The 100 Simple Secrets of healthy People." Here's some of his findings backed up by tons of medical research while junking myths and misinformation :
* Easy does it with vitamins.
The author quotes Dr. Beverly McCabe-Sellers, professor of dietetics and nutrition at the University of Arkansas medical Sciences School : "Taking too much of an essential vitamin or mineral may be as dangerous as going without the nutrient at all." Sellers warns the consumers to heed the warning against "megadosing" on vitamin supplements.
* Stop the war on bacteria.
While it is true that cleanliness is next to godliness, it is also possible that too much cleanliness can be bad for us, according to geneticist Stuart Levy from Turfs University. "All that scrubbing and sponging with new antibacterial soaps and detergents may be weakening our immune systems," warns Levy. "It is killing helpful germs and spurring the growth of mutant strains of super bacteria."
* Exercise, you're never too old to improve your health.
A Case Western University research found that increasing the frequency of exercise among those over 72 years old improved their overall health and was associated with a better outlook in life and a 20-percent longer lifespan.
* A tomato a day is even better than an apple a day in keeping the doctor at bay.
Five servings of tomatoes a week in any form - raw, canned, cooked, in soups as sauce or ketchup or us juice - provide enough lycopene to cut the risk of cancer and heart disease in half, and to improve the health of the lungs, eyes, and the skin, according to scientists at Ohio State University.
* Breathe right.
Breathing slowly and deeply from the abdomen triggers a blood flow to the brain and up to a 65-percent reduction in stress, according to researchers at Harvard University.
Best-selling author David Niven, PhD, reveals simple secrets of healthy people in his very absorbing book "The 100 Simple Secrets of healthy People." Here's some of his findings backed up by tons of medical research while junking myths and misinformation :
* Easy does it with vitamins.
The author quotes Dr. Beverly McCabe-Sellers, professor of dietetics and nutrition at the University of Arkansas medical Sciences School : "Taking too much of an essential vitamin or mineral may be as dangerous as going without the nutrient at all." Sellers warns the consumers to heed the warning against "megadosing" on vitamin supplements.
* Stop the war on bacteria.
While it is true that cleanliness is next to godliness, it is also possible that too much cleanliness can be bad for us, according to geneticist Stuart Levy from Turfs University. "All that scrubbing and sponging with new antibacterial soaps and detergents may be weakening our immune systems," warns Levy. "It is killing helpful germs and spurring the growth of mutant strains of super bacteria."
* Exercise, you're never too old to improve your health.
A Case Western University research found that increasing the frequency of exercise among those over 72 years old improved their overall health and was associated with a better outlook in life and a 20-percent longer lifespan.
* A tomato a day is even better than an apple a day in keeping the doctor at bay.
Five servings of tomatoes a week in any form - raw, canned, cooked, in soups as sauce or ketchup or us juice - provide enough lycopene to cut the risk of cancer and heart disease in half, and to improve the health of the lungs, eyes, and the skin, according to scientists at Ohio State University.
* Breathe right.
Breathing slowly and deeply from the abdomen triggers a blood flow to the brain and up to a 65-percent reduction in stress, according to researchers at Harvard University.
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