What Is Stress?

Stress Face

What is stress? is the top question that has been coming in lately. Technically stress is a chemical reaction in the body. There are different causes of stress, but what is important is how the body responds. Let’s look at some causes of stress as well as the reaction that happens in the body.

Stress Is A Response
Stress is the body’s response to one or more extremes. The extreme can be almost anything; temperature, junk food, intense emotions, toxic exposure, injury, over-exercising, too little sleep, etc. The body’s response is the same no mater what the cause.

Fight Flight Response To Stress
The body responds primarily by releasing powerful hormones that prepare the body for fight or flight. The heart beats faster, breathing increases, blood vesicles open filling the muscles with fuel, the mind and vision sharpen and focus on the threat. Every fiber screams to get the hell out of there or attack whatever is needed. The body is thrown into overdrive by hormones that affect the body deeply.

A few thousand years ago this worked great. Most stress factors we have today were nonexistent then. The air, water and food were pure — OK, there were microbes, that was one of our biggest threats, not really talking about that one here. But, there was no junk food, traffic, or getting into conflict with no release for those intense chemical changes. Basically our ancestors experienced as much stress in 40 years the typical westerner does in less than a year.

Release Is Needed
The fight or flight chemical changes that allow the body to survive intense situations are toxic or at least harmful to the system. So, they need to be cleared from the system. Using up the chemicals while running away or fighting for dear life is natures way of dealing dissipating them. We don’t get to do that very often in the modern world.

Chronic Fight Flight
Stuffing down the reaction to daily stress leads to the body being in a constant state of fight or flight. The body becomes “hyper-vigilant” where there is a constant tension, a preparation, for running or fighting. This not normal or healthy though it is quite common.

Body Systems Are Shut Off
There are systems that are not needed when the body readies itself for battle, so they are shut off. Digestion, reproduction, sex, cellular repair, the immune system, detoxification, even the absorption of nutrients are all turned off or seriously impaired. This is discussed in this article on how the hypothalamus gets locked “on.”

How To Reduce Stress
There is a cycle of having  more stress as a reaction to stress, a self perpetuating situation. Relaxing herbs for stress and a long vacation will end this cycle, in most cases. Applied Kinesiology has techniques for changing this quickly.

A fairly new and very easy technique that I have been using lately can be found in The Emotion Code
by Bradley Nelson. There is a problem with  finding the emotions though. And, there are several levels of the fight or flight mechanism. I’ll see about presenting this information if there is enough interest. Let me know in the comments below.

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Fast broken bone healing Protocol

Broken hand Bone

With a little help broken bones can heal much faster than doctors say. Once I told this to my boss over 30 years ago, long before I knew a lot about health to all. I knew something like I had the interest even then. I had read that several health-related books, mostly Adel Davis.She was reading is my mentor at the same time. Since then has changed a lot, but still my boss healed in half the time.

In fact, his doctor was shocked. Was a clean break, but said it would take ten weeks or so. Five weeks after Dave asked for x-rays, doc, but said it would be impractical, as they should have cast off and there is no way it was healed yet.

Dave went fishing for a few days later and destroyed the cast. Monday had to insist on an x-ray, before being smesse up again .doc said that the only way that he could find the fracture was because he knew where it was!

My arm had a fracture more that needed to take 16 weeks to heal and 3 months before I could start the exercise more than just a little. it took 8 weeks and two months after the break I was working with 20 pounds, a good amount of me in General.

I started a bit late supplements. Ideally one would take them before the break, but that is rather difficult to schedule.The first you can get started on them the better because a lot happens right after a serious injury.

The right form of calcium
One of the most important things is to have a good supply bioavailable football which means its been ionized. This occurs in the presence of strong hydrochloric acid (HCl) stomach. most people don't produce enough HCl to do it, then you will need to take supplements.However there is a problem.

Removing h. pylori
One thing that makes of HCl is Sterilise the contents of the stomach — way of nature protects us from pathogens. without a very common bacterium that causes ulcers takes possession. now is very easy to eliminate h. pylori drinking two cups of tea of Brassica per day for 10 days. Is really good for you, so you get a little extra, if possible.

Most people can work to get rid of bacteria and take the HCl at the same time, until there is no history of an ulcer.But it's pretty uncomfortable for those who can't, however, so that might be helpful to drink tea in the first place. If it takes the list and burn stomach then take some baking soda to neutralize and drink tea for 10 days before trying again.

Removing h. pylori has been researched at Johns Hopkins University have discovered how to delete it with an antioxidant found in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and Brussels sprouts. Here's where you can get the tea of Brassica that is rich in the antioxidant.

You can obtain Betaine HCl to most grocery stores, or obtain one from the standard process.

Herbs for the pain and healing
My experience with herbs suggested is that they really helped with the pain and their aid and the healing process.

Most are from standard process supplements, some of the best supplements throughout the world.Distribute the products of MediHerb too. both can be found online, but they aren't supposed to be. can I get off their 20% if you like it, better than line.I'll send you an email of that discount if you like.

BONE HEALING PROTOCOL
Take supplements with herbs and food on an empty stomach — two hours after eating one hour before eating.Both with food is much easier to remember and well to do, but to separate the herbs, if possible.

Betaine HCl: 1200 mg when you eat (except very small snacks that are better still ignored.)
Biost: three twice daily
Calcifood: six wafer or spoon power twice daily for two weeks then three slices or half tablespoon power twice a day.
Calmer: three twice daily
Whole dried Spleen: three twice daily
Vitamin d 5000 units per day — make sure there's some fat in flour you take vitamin d with.

The above are the major integrators. I thought it would break if for those who may be on a budget. get these, if possible.

Ostrophin PMG: three twice a day — really cool stuff, recounts the bone to rebuild DNA level.
F: Cataplex two am, a PM. This is particularly important if not eat fish or take fish oils regularly.

Herbs
Echinacea Premium: two tabs or mL 4 m, a card or mL 4 pm
Ginko: two tabs or 2 mL are, a card or mL 1 pm

I prefer liquid herbs, because they are more profitable and tasting herbs increases effectiveness. If you get the tabs, because you don't like the taste, try to suck on their long enough for the only taste before swallowing. even a little can help a lot.

There is how to heal a broken bone quickly the fundamentals. hopefully recover well with no after effects from your wound.

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Adrenal Fatigue at Funds, Limited

This email came in the form of a woman who knows today by a proof of two years ago that has adrenal fatigue. Her husband had triple bypass surgery at the age of 50 years. Stress left in worst form, with debilitating insomnia, a common result of adrenal fatigue. Compounds the problem you really don't have money for supplements and herbs that will help her out of her disorder adrenal.

Here's what I wrote to you:

The cause of clogged arteries thy husband casue is the same (at least one of them) of your adrenal fatigue: food and sugar.

OK, I am not psychic and I could be wrong, but that's usually the case. the fact is that foods are the root cause of most of our modern ailments.

You can help yourself much to eat not any grain or sugar at all. But, that is very difficult to make the Turkey cold.

Start with sugar, takes approximately five days to the desire to reduce, one month to go away completely.Most animal proteins helps. it's all sugars, even those "sane". Honey, for example, is actually worse than table sugar in certain ways.

Stop cereals refined asap — don't go crazy!Start eliminating cereals refined work slowly.A refined wheat is something that has been cut or earth, "wheat" doesn't mean a thing for adrenals, if it is cut because releasing sugar almost as fast as table sugar.

Then start restricting all whole grains as well.

Finally, adrenals are guided by the hypothalamus gland that reacts to intense emotions (stress) tells the pituitary gland to tell adrenals to produce stress hormones. you can activate the hypothalamus effectively with some relaxing herbal herbs. some would be a good investment. getting the combination of the relaxing grass that are ground into capsules. one day drinking a couple of cups of Kava works well for some people.

Get some other herbs and supplements, as you can afford them.

Kalidasa

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Does sugar cause heart disease

Coronary artery Lesion

There's a lot of misinformation out there about what causes heart disease. Fats and cholesterol are still expected to be major villains, whereas studies show that isn't the case.While some other dietary factors contribute, sugar and foods are initiators of coronary disease. here's what junk food makes to your arteries.

Blood sugar State
The body keeps a very close tabs on millions of different processes that happen all the time.It claims to balance so that the way in which it is assumed that everything can happen.A major priority is to keep blood sugar levels within certain limits. powerful hormones are used to maintain equilibrium. sugar consumption and food is simply something your body didn't evolve to manage, and has a hard time maintaining a good balance blood sugar, when they are eaten. Adding modern of processed food has led to a population with blood sugar levels that are chronically too high and too low.

High blood sugar cause disease
Hyperinsulinism is the beginning of all major diseases.The destructive path is different in each case, but the common cause is undeniable. Biochemistry long known as well as recent studies have shown this.

What is Junk Food?
Any sugar or ground wheat in any form.

These processed foods will cause the peak corresponding, with a peak of insulin to lower blood sugar levels. And that excess insulin causes a lot of the same type of damage which is the high sugar.

Artery Walls of sugar Nicks
High levels of blood sugar causes the Nick in artery walls that patch of cholesterol.Cholesterol is only doing his job, clogs in the artery are caused by repair constantly needed.

The obvious solution
Of course we all know that we must avoid junk food. but not we always think of a sandwich as something that might actually be bad for us, but two slices of bread is like eating 4 table spoons of sugar! This is based on glycemic load, how food affects your blood glucose.

Avoiding processed food all the time is not always necessary. After all, what is life without a bit of fun? but limits are necessary to ensure a long and healthy life. Eat a balanced diet with plenty of vegetables and have some treat after is the best way to mitigate the problems treated because of food.

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Neck Pain, woke up with a stiff necks

A few days ago I woke up with a good case of neck pain. Obviously I'd slept somehow that left me with a sore and stiff neck. I was too worried because that is what to do, how to correct problems of body. Good at was a surprise. Here's what happened.

When I woke up I first noticed immediately that my neck was really sore. Actually hurt to move in many directions.I knew that not only was the neck out of alignment, but that at least at the top were three or four ribs on that side of pure alignment. so, I quickly adjusted the ribs and the top of the neck, only takes a minute or two of these areas.

Almost no change at all.

I was actually surprised. So, I got up, took care of some things then worked again a little later. Then some later.And some more.

At last! After a couple of days working on it and remember a few simple treatments I had the whole feeling righteous. here's what they learned, or at least learned.

Healers of all kinds are own worst diagnosticians.I knew this from previous experience, just had to relearn. If I had a client with the same problems that I had, it would have been completely out of pain within an hour, no problem.

Working on me the problem is that somehow I forget things easier.Focusing on a client I can quickly and easily permit responses show themselves think I have in my way somehow. at least I was able to work on all the right things, it took just more.

Indications of what was needed to get rid of my neck pain are really the foundations for what I would do for most any neck pain.They are in no particular order at all. for example, the adjustment is almost always the last one, but there were exceptions, at least in my experience. Normally leave the body tell me what to do and when.

Adjustment
Most of the time you will need an adjustment. not always, but often enough that I consider essential as long as it can be tolerated. Furthermore, the neck is usually very easy to gently that Self adjust.Sometimes there can be neck pain although there are some minor misalignments.

Heat
This can be very important.Massage can give the same benefit, but sometimes there's nothing like a hot bath or a pack of warmth to really soften the muscles.

What happens is that the muscles can be so tight that roll a joint again right alignment, even with a strong adaptation as you could get at the chiropractor.Heat can easily soften a neck enough to allow an adjustment to take and give pain relief.

Caution: If the pain is sharp, or there is an injury which involved some kind of impact, then ice should be used for 24-48 hours before applying the heat.

Massage
Massage is a great way to relieve muscle pain almost any. There is a style for just about any need. here's a good for most neck pain.

Emotions
Emotional Components are like a bit of an emotion, or energy of an emotion. they can get stuck in different parts of the body. when they do, they usually cause some physical problem. for example, can cause a muscle tighten that can pull a joint alignment.

These emotions can be removed from the body with techniques like technique of Neuro-emotional, or the emotion code — a relatively new technique that I really like. once the emotion is cleared from the area that the adaptation can usually be done successfully and usually with less effort.

There are many other possible treatments for pain in the neck, but this will help the commonest torticollis. you just don't take two days to do all, as I did.

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Lower Back Pain Question

A lot of people send emails asking for help for a number of conditions. One question I get a lot is concerning lower back pain. The root cause of most lower back pain is the same, so I thought I’d post this recent response to a lower back pain sufferer. Lower Back Pain

The main thing in almost all cases of lower back pain is to bring the adrenals up. Diet is essential, stop all processed foods including any “good” sugar.

There are herbs that can help the adrenals fast. I only use MediHerb for the quality, but have heard good things about Kroeger brand. I’ve seen others that have no effect at all because their quality is so low.

The herbs listed are from MediHerb. This is my favorite adrenal fatigue protocol though not necessarily the best for everyone. I like these herbs because they usually work fast.

Licorice high grade liquid 4 ml
Siberien Ginsing (Eleuthero) liquid 11 ml
Nevaton three tabs a day three doses

Mix the herbs, add a little water (they’re pretty strong without)  and take half in the morning and half around noon. Empty stomach is best, but not essential.

Other important supplements for longer term healing. From Standard Process. Best to split the per day to two dosses (5 per day would be three in the morning and two with dinner). Take with food.
Drenamin 5 per day
Cataplex B 3 per day

You can get more information on how to help your adrenal glands from my adrenal fatigue book.

I can have the supplements and herbs sent to you for 20 percent off if you like.

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Sugar Causes Heart Disease

Coronary Artery Lesion

There is a lot of misinformation out about what causes heart disease. Fat and cholesterol are still supposed to be the big bad guys while studies prove that is not the case. While certain other dietary factors do contribute, sugar and processed foods are the initiators of coronary heart disease. Here’s what junk food does to your arteries.

Blood Sugar Balance
The body keeps a very close tabs on millions of different processes that take place all the time. It maintains balance so everything can happen the way it is supposed to. One of the top priorities is to keep blood sugar levels within certain limits. Very powerful hormones are used to keep that balance. Consuming sugar and processed foods is simply something the body did not evolve to handle, and it has a hard time keeping a good blood sugar balance when they are eaten. The modern addition of processed foods has resulted in a population with blood sugar levels that are chronically too high and too low.

High Blood Sugar Causes Disease
High blood sugar is the beginning of all major illness. The destructive path is different in each case, but the common cause is undeniable. Long known biochemistry as well as recent studies prove this.

What Is Junk Food?
Any sugar or ground up grain in any form.

These processed foods will cause the blood sugar to spike with a corresponding spike in insulin to bring the levels down. And, that excess insulin causes a lot of the same kinds of damage that high sugar does.

Sugar Nicks Artery Walls
High levels of blood sugar causes the nicks in the artery walls that cholesterol patches. Cholesterol is only doing its job, the clog in the artery is caused by the constantly needed repair.

The Obvious Solution
Of course we all know that we should avoid junk food. But, we don’t always think of a sandwich as something that might actually be bad for us, but two slices of bread is like eating 4 teaspoons of table sugar! This is based on the glycemic load, how food affects blood sugar.

Avoiding processed food all the time is not always necessary. After all, what is life without a little enjoyment? But, limits are necessary to insure a long and healthy life. Eating a balanced diet with plenty of vegetables and having a little treat after is the best way to mitigate the problems that processed foods cause.

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Back Pain Surgery A Poor Choice

For a long time now I have been saying that back pain can be more readily treated with natural techniques than by surgery, drugs etc. New evidence is showing that most people are much more likely to recover without surgery. In many cases back pain surgery can go completely wrong leaving the patient in more pain than ever.

Records from 1,450 patients of the Ohio bureau of Workers’ Compensation with a herniated disc diagnosis, disc degeneration or radiculopathy, a nerve condition causing weakness and tingling in the arms and legs. About half had surgery to fuse two or more vertebrae, the other half had no surgery.

Two years later only 26 percent of those who had back surgery were able to return to work while 67 percent of those with no surgery were able to be productive again. Not only that, but there was a 41 percent increase in the use of opiates in those who had fusion surgery.

Here is that article on back pain surgery.

Those are pretty poor odds especially considering that natural treatments have been shown to be much more successful.

In 2007 the agency for health care research reported that 27 million Americans reported back pain. And, they spent over 30 billion dollars on various back pain treatments. While some of this money goes for alternative treatments, a big part of it is spent on surgeries.

Many people think that aches and pains are part of growing older. I disagree. Older people may need to be a little more careful with their health if they abused their body while younger, but pain, even lower back pain, is not normal. It means that something is wrong. The body wants to heal, all it needs is the opportunity.

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Adrenal Fatigue Question, Limited Funds

This email  came in today form a woman who knows from a test two years ago that she has adrenal fatigue. Her husband had triple bypass surgery at age 50. The stress left her in worse shape, with debilitating insomnia, a common result of adrenal fatigue. To compound the problem she doesn’t really have the money for the supplements and herbs that will help her out of her adrenal mess.

Here’s what I wrote to her:

The cause of your husband’s clogged arteries is the same casue (at least one of them) of your adrenal fatigue: processed foods and sugar.

OK, I’m not psychic, and I could be wrong, but that is usually the case. The fact is that processed food is the primary cause of most of our modern ailments.

You can help yourself a lot by not eating any grains or sugar at all. But, that’s very hard to do cold turkey.

Start with sugar, it takes about five days for the cravings to lessen, a month to go away completely. More animal protein helps. This is all sugars too, even the “healthy” ones. Honey, for example, is actually worse than table sugar in certain ways.

Stop refined grains asap — don’t go crazy! Start by eliminating refined grains, work slowly. A refined grain is anything that has been chopped or ground, “whole grain” doesn’t mean a thing to the adrenals if it’s chopped up because they release sugar almost as fast as table sugar.

Then start limiting whole grains as well.

Finally, the adrenals are driven by the hypothalamus gland which reacts to intense emotions (stress) by tells the pituitary gland to tell the adrenals to produce stress hormones. You can effectively turn the hypothalamus off with certain herbs. A good investment would be in some relaxing herbs. Get the relaxing herb combination that are ground up in capsules. Drinking a couple of cups of Kava a day works well for some people.

Get some other herbs and supplements as you can afford them.

Kalidasa

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Relaxing Herbs To Calm The HPA Axis

Corpse Pose-Relaxation

Recently I wrote on stress and depression. Since then I’ve gotten a few emails asking what kind of herbs are good for calming the hypothalamus.

HPA Axis
The hypothalamus is what tells the pituitary that there is a stressful situation. The pituitary tells the adrenal glands that help for dealing with stress is needed. The adrenal glands produce stress hormones that, among other things, tells the hypothalamus there is a stressful situation. The loop can continue even if the stressor is removed.

Herbs Are Individual
The best herbs for one person may not be the best for another. Fortunately, there are formulas that take a broad approach. This offers a synergistic affect that is often needed with herbs, and there is more variety so broad spectrum formulas are more likely to have something for most people.

Herb Quality
One of the biggest problems with herbs is quality. That is why I use MediHerb when I can because their standards are the highest. That’s not practical for most people though for several reasons. You can buy national brands as a good second choice, but be sure to get a formula that is made from powdered herbs, lose or in capsules. Look for formulas that are designed for helping cope with stress.

Nevaton is probably the best relaxing herb that MediHerb has. I have seen it work well for almost everyone who uses it. One tablet two or three times a day works for most people. Increase to four a day if needed.

Calming Herbs
Here is a list of some common nervine herbs, a western classification for herbs that help to calm.
immature oat seeds
passion flower
lemon balm
hops
kava kava
lavender
lenden
motherwort
skullcap
verbena

A lot of people include St, Johns wort. That is fine if it has a good effect on you, but it is more for depression than anxiety or stress and may not help ease the issue the way other herbs do. Also, it’s best avoided if you are on most medications.

Valerian is also recommended by some herbalists. It is more of a tranquilizer, more for acute stress. Also, its effects tend to diminish if used too frequently.

Calming Herbal Formula Examples
Here are the ingredients of a formula that has helped a few people I know: chamomile, passion flower, fennel seeds, hops, freverfew and marshmallow

Another formula that has been helpful for a couple of people I know: passion flower, kava kava, Siberian ginseng, gotu kola, kola nut, schizandra, wood betony and lavender flower

Herbs are best taken on an empty stomach. However, many people find it more convenient to take supplements at meals.

If your dealing with adrenal fatigue, These herbs will help most people that are dealing with adrenal fatigue. Take them two or three times a day, more if you feel. Most are pretty benign, but be sure to head any warning labels, or find what the best dose for you. You are sure to notice the effect fairly soon.

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Fast Broken Bone Healing Protocol

Broken Hand Bone

With a little help broken bones can heal much faster than doctors say. I once told this to my boss over 30 years ago, long before I knew much about health at all. I did know something as I had the interest even then. I had read several health related books, mostly Adel Davis. Turns out my mentor was reading her at the same time. A lot has changed since then, but still my boss healed in half the time.

Actually, his doctor was flabbergasted. It was a clean break, but he has said that it would take ten weeks or so. Five weeks later Dave asked for an X-ray, but the doc said that would be impractical as they would have to take the cast off and there’s no way it was healed yet.

Dave went fishing a couple of days later and the cast got destroyed. On Monday he had to insist on an X-ray before being casted up again. The doc said that the only way he could find the bone fracture was because he knew where it was!

My arm had a multiple fracture that was supposed to take 16 weeks to heal, and 3 months before I could start exercising it more than just a little. It took 8 weeks, and two months after the break I was working with 20 pounds, a good amount for me in general.

I got started on the supplements a little late. Ideally one would take them before the break, but that’s pretty hard to plan. The earlier you can get started on them the better because a lot happens right after any serious injury.

The Right Form Of Calcium
One of the most important things is to have a good supply of bio-available calcium which means its been ionized. That happens in the presence of strong hydrochloric acid (HCl) in the stomach. Most people don’t produce enough HCl to do this, so you’ll need to take supplements. There’s a problem though.

Eliminating H. Pylori
One thing HCl does is sterilize the contents of the stomach — nature’s way of protecting us from pathogens. Without that a very common bacteria that causes ulcers takes hold. It is now very easy to eliminate H. Pylori by drinking two cups of Brassica Tea a day for 10 days. It’s really good for you, so get a little extra if you can.

Most people can work on getting rid of the bacteria and take the HCl at the same time, as long as there’s no history of an ulcer. But, it’s pretty uncomfortable for those who can’t though, so it might be worth drinking the tea first. If you do take the HCL and it burns the stomach then take some baking soda to neutralize and drink the tea for 10 days before trying again.

Eliminating H. Pylori was researched at Johns Hopkins University, they discovered the way to eliminate it with an antioxidant found in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and Brussels sprouts. Here’s where you can get the Brassica Tea that has that is rich in that antioxidant.

You can get the betaine HCl at most health food stores, or get the one from Standard Process.

Herbs For Pain And Healing
My experience with the recommended herbs is that they really helped with the pain. And, they aid in the healing process as well.

Most of the supplements are from Standard Process, some of the best supplements in the world. They distribute the MediHerb products too. Both can be found online, but they aren’t supposed to be. I can get them for 20 percent off if you like, better than online. I’ll send you an email for that discount if you like.

BONE HEALING PROTOCOL
Take supplements with food and herbs on an empty stomach — two hours after eating to an hour before eating. Both with food is much easier to remember and fine to do, but separate the herbs if you can.

Betaine HCl: 1200 mg when you eat (except very small snacks which are best skipped anyway.)
Biost: three twice a day
Calcifood: six wafers or one tablespoon power twice a day for two weeks then three wafers or one half tablespoon power twice a day.
CalMa Plus: three twice a day
Whole Dessicated Spleen: three twice a day
Vitamin D: 5000 units a day — make sure there is some fat in the meal you take vitamin D with.

The above are the main supplements. I thought I’d break if for those who may be on a budget. Get these if you can.

Ostrophin PMG: three twice a day — really cool stuff, tells the bone to rebuild on a DNA level.
Cataplex F: two am, one pm. This is especially important if you don’t eat fish or take fish oils regularly.

Herbs
Echinacea Premium: two tabs or 4mL am, one tab or 4mL pm
Ginko: two tabs or 2mL am, one tab or 1mL pm

I prefer the liquid herbs because they are more cost effective and because tasting the herbs increases the efficacy. If you get the tabs because you don’t like the taste, try to suck on them long enough to just taste before swallowing. Even a little can help a lot.

There’s the basics of how to heal a broken bone quickly. I hope you recover well with no after effects from your injury.

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Neck Pain, Woke Up With A Stiff Neck

A few days ago I woke up with a pretty good case of neck pain. Obviously I had slept some way that left me with a sore and stiff neck. I wasn’t concerned too much because that’s what I do, fix body issues like that. Well was I in for a surprise. Here’s what happened.

When I first woke up I noticed right away that my neck was really sore. It actually hurt to move in many directions. I knew that not only was the neck out of alignment, but that at least the top three or four ribs on that side were out of alignment as well. So, I quickly adjusted the neck and top ribs, only takes a minute or two for those areas.

Almost no change at all.

I was really surprised. So, I got up, took care of some things then worked on it again a little later. Then some more later. And some more.

Finally! After a couple of days of working on it and remembering a couple of simple therapies I got everything feeling right. Here’s what I learned, or at least relearned.

Healers of all types are their own worst diagnosticians. I knew this from earlier experience, just had to learn it again. If I had a client with the same issues that I had, they would have been completely out of pain within an hour, no problem.

The problem with working on myself is that somehow I forget the most simple things. Focusing on a client I can quickly and easily allow the answers to show themselves. I guess I get in my own way somehow. At least I was able to work on all the right things, it just took longer.

The particulars of what were needed to get rid of my neck pain are really the basics of what I would do for most any sore neck. They are not in any particular order at all. For example, the adjustment is almost always last, but there have been exceptions, at least in my experience. Normally I let the body tell me what to do and when.

Adjustment
Most of the time an adjustment will be needed. Not always, but often enough that I consider it essential as long as it can be tolerated. Also, the neck is usually very easy to gently self adjust. Sometimes there can be neck pain relief even if there are some minor misalignments.

Heat
This can be very important. Massage can give the same benefit, but at times there is nothing like a hot bath or a heat pack to really soften the muscles.

What happens is that the muscles can be so tight that they pull a joint right back out of alignment, even with a strong adjustment like you might get at the chiropractor. Heat can easily soften a neck enough to allow an adjustment to take as well as giving relief from the pain.

Caution: If the pain is sharp, or there is an injury that involved some kind of impact, then ice should be used for 24 to 48 hours before applying heat.

Massage
Massage is a great way to relieve almost any muscle pain. There is a style for just about any need. Here’s a good one for most neck pain.

Emotions
Emotional components are like a bit of an emotion, or the energy of an emotion. They can get stuck in different parts of the body. When they do, they usually cause some physical issue. For example, they can cause a muscle to tighten which can pull a joint out of alignment.

These emotions can be removed from the body with techniques like Neuro-Emotional Technique, or The Emotion Code — a fairly new technique that I really like. Once the emotion is cleared from the area the adjustment can usually be done with success, and usually with less effort.

There are many other possible treatments for neck pain, but this will help the most common stiff neck. Just don’t take two days to do them all like I did.

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Depression, Panic Attacks And Brain Chemistry

Depression

One of my favorite things to work with in the human body is brain chemistry because resolving it often resolves a lot of other issues because an imbalance can cause several issues. The most common are depression and panic states though other conditions can arise from it. This article will explore emotional stress and how it affects brain chemistry.

It Starts With Stress
The human body can be stressed by its environment, toxins, diet, thoughts, emotions, stress, relationships, the way we think of ourselves and more. When an animal body, including and especially humans, is exposed to stress an instinctual fight or flight reaction happens. This reaction causes a cascade of chemicals to release so the danger can be dealt with. The problem is that most people in today’s world experience more of this in a year than our ancestors did in 60 or more years. And, this impacts the brain and its chemistry.

Hypothalamus Degeneration
One of the things that happens is a degeneration of the hypothalamus, at the base of the brain near other important glands like the pituitary. In fact, it often shrinks. This leads to more serious conditions than a simple chemical imbalance. Many scientists are starting too suspect that there is a connection to Alzheimer’s. One of the biochemists I study with asserts that this is the case as well as causing other mental degenerative conditions.

How This Happens
The reason for this is that when emotions are experienced the impact on the body is through the hypothalamus. Emotions cause the hypothalamus to release of small signaling proteins, an amino acid peptide. These neuropeptides have a very strong affect on the body, especially when there is a steady stream of them. This and other factors affect the brain as well as other systems in the body in a negative way. Short term would be fine, we’re designed to deal with that, it’s the constant flood of stress that causes the eventual problems.

Causes
The specific issue that a person may experience is dependent of a lot of things. Genetics, toxicity, upbringing, culture, diet and other issues cause a particular path of dis-ease. This can be depression, dementia, panic attacks or a general feeling of panic, even basic behaviour.

The Adrenal Connection
This is all in addition to adrenal fatigue which happens because the adrenals produce hormones to help the body deal with stress. Eventually they grow weak and compensate by delivering fewer hormones and in less quantity. If it gets bad enough they stop producing the hormones that regulate sodium and potassium, the only tests that doctors typically have for adrenal fatigue. This is well beyond simple adrenal fatigue symptoms, heading quickly towards death.

The body’s reaction to stress is what leads to adrenal fatigue as well as other serious conditions. There’s even more to the story of neuropeptides and the problems excess amounts cause. Little is known by the medical community about the connection to stress, adrenal fatigue and brain chemistry though they are starting to figure it out. Fortunately there are holistic practitioners that have found solutions to some of these problems. I’ll cover those in later articles or perhaps a book.

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Natural Treatment For Depression

If you are looking for natural treatment for depression then this is for you. One simple addition to your life, an hour and a half a week, and you can have a 69 percent chance of eliminating depression. What is this simple formula?

Exercise. Yes, exercise. Studies show that brisk exercise three times a week brings long term relief to suffers of depression. The exercise used was walking or light jogging. You can see the report here.

How hard is that? You can always call a friend, go for a walk together. Companionship has also been shown to help alleviate depression.

And, if you were to add a few supplement and change your diet a little, the chances of rapid recovery are likely to greatly increase.

And, that’s not all.

Exercise is one of the most important things you can do for your health. It has been shown again and again to reduce the chances of a major illness like cancer and heart disease as well as to extend life. The human body is designed to walk for long periods of time. That is how our ancestors survived, so that is our heritage. Embrace it and live a long and healthy life.

Isn’t it worth it to live a long, healthy and happy life? Such a simple thing to bring so many benefits. This could never be put in a pill.

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Headache Question

Headache

Headaches are the most common pain complaint there is. One person who bought Self Adjusting Technique asked about this. She’s had a chronic headache for many, many years. One reason she bought the book is because she got some relief from the chiropractor. Also, her headaches get worse around her period. It seems it’s the muscle tension in the back that pulls on her head causing the problem. This article is to explore headaches, especially as they pertain to this situation.

The first thing I would suggest is to take magnesium. This may or may not help, but there are good reasons for this idea. Fist, most migraines are relieved by taking magnesium. And, it is one of the most common deficiencies there is.

The best time to take magnesium is at bed time. Magnesium and calcium compete for the same receptor sites on the cell, so it’s best to take calcium separately, at breakfast is a good time.

It is usually necessary to take large doses at first. The way to do that is to start slow and build up as too much will cause diarrhea.

Start with two grams at night, that’s 2000 mg. After two days if there’s no distress, then increase to three grams, wait a couple of days and increase to four grams. Most people won’t have a problem until they reach four or five grams. Whatever dose causes you problems, back off a gram and maintain that dose. Back off again if diarrhea shows up again later, you’re probably just finally getting enough. Avoid testing more that three grams if you are going to be busy the next day!

The second thing I would recommend is something to bring quick relief like I describe in this neck pain article.  This is mostly for mechanical issues — this situation is more likely to be caused by some chemical issue.

Since it gets worse around her period I suspect a liver connection as the liver clears hormones that can cause trouble if they stick around too long. This includes stress hormones — women often get more of those around their period. If her pain also increases around stress or eating junk food, then I would be strongly in favor of this approach. This article discusses liver detoxification, that is how the liver eliminates toxins.

Another supplement that may help is GABA. This is a brain chemical that puts the breaks on when we’re too amped up. A good indicator for her would be if the pain is less with vigorous exercise because that will produce GABA. Also, tight muscles often respond to GABA.

There are many other possibilities; allergies, kidney issues, toxicity especially heavy metals, stress, menopause, low blood sugar and more. Unless there is something really hidden, one of the above should help her with her chronic headache.

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Application for headache

Headaches

Headaches are the most common complaint of pain is not there. A person who bought the technical adjustment only asked about this. Had a chronic headache for many, many years. One reason you bought the book is because she got some relief from the chiropractor. Furthermore, his headaches worsen his whole period.It seems that both muscle tension in the back that pulls on the head, the cause of the problem. This article is to explore a headache, especially as they relate to this situation.

The first thing I would suggest is to take magnesium.This may or may not help, but there are good reasons for this idea. fist, most headaches are exempted from the intake of magnesium.And, is one of the most common shortcomings there is.

The best time to take magnesium is being read. magnesium and calcium compete for the same receptor sites on the cell, then it is better to take calcium separately, for breakfast is a good time.  

You typically need to take doses at first. The way to do this is to start slowly and build up as too causes diarrhea.

Start with two grams of night, that is 2000 mg. after two days, unless there is no danger, then increase to three grams, wait a few days and increase of four grams.Most people don't have a problem until they reach the four or five grams. Any dose causes you problems, back off a gram and keep the dose. Back out again if diarrhea again later, you're probably just finally getting enough. Avoid testing more than three ounces, if you are going to be busy the next day!

The second thing I would recommend is something bring relief fast as describe in this article of pain in the neck.This is mainly for mechanical problems — this situation is more likely to be caused by certain chemical substances.

Since it gets worse around his suspect period a connection fegata as liver Clears hormones that may cause problems if too long stick. This includes stress hormones — women often get more than those around their period.If his pain also increases around stress or eat junk food, then are strongly in favour of this approach.This article illustrates the liver detoxification, that is how the liver toxins.

Another supplement that may help you GABA. it's a brain chemical that puts breaks when we are too amped up. a good indicator for yourself would be if the pain is less vigorous exercise because that will produce GABA. Furthermore, tight muscles often respond to GABA.

There are many other possibilities; allergies, kidney problems, particularly heavy metal toxicity, stress, menopause, low blood sugar, and more. unless there is something really hidden, one must help her with her chronic headache.

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What is stress?

FaceWhat stress is stress? is the top question that was coming lately. Technically stress is a chemical reaction in the body. There are several causes of stress, but what matters is how the body responds. Let's examine some causes of stress, as well as the reaction that happens in the body.

Stress is a reply
Stress is the body's response to one or more extremes.The extreme can be almost anything; temperature, junk food, intense emotions, toxic exposure, injury, over-exercising, too little sleep, etc. the body of the Response is not the same no mater what the cause.

Combat flight response to stress
The body responds primarily with the release of powerful hormones that prepare the body to fight or flight. The heart beats faster, increases respiration, blood blisters fill open muscles with fuel, the mind and vision refine and focus on the threat. Every fiber screams to get the hell out of there, or attack of what you need. The body is generated in overdrive by hormones that affect deeply the body.

A few thousand years ago this worked great. most stress factors that we have today were absent then. Air, water and food were pure — OK, there were microbes, which was one of our biggest threats, not really talking about that one here.But, there was no junk food, traffic, or conflict with no release for these intense chemical changes.Basically our ancestors experienced as much stress in 40 years the typical Western not less than one year.

You must release
The fight or flight chemical changes that allow the body to survive intense situations are toxic or at least damaging to the system. Thus, need to be deleted from the system. Using chemicals while running away or fighting for dear life is Natures way of treating their dissipation.We don't have to do very often in the modern world.

Chronic fight Flight
Stuffing down the daily stress reaction brings the body in a constant state of fight or flight.The body becomes "hyper-vigilant" where there is a constant voltage, preparation, to run or fight. This is not normal and healthy, even though it is quite common.

Systems of the body are Shut Off
There are systems that are not needed when the body is preparing for battle, so that they are turned off.Digestion, reproduction, sex, cellular repair, the immune system, detoxification, also the absorption of nutrients are all turned off or seriously compromised. This is discussed in this article on how the hypothalamus Gets stuck "on".

How to reduce stress
There is a cycle of having more stress as a reaction to stress, a situation of self perpetuating. Herbs for stress and a long vacation of relaxation will end this cycle, in most cases has applied Kinesiology. techniques to change this quickly.

A very simple and quite new lately that I used can be found in the emotion code
by Bradley Nelson. is there a problem with finding emotions though. and there are different levels of the mechanism of fight or flight. I'll see about the presentation of this information if there is enough interest. Let me know in the comments below.

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Relaxing herbs to calm the HPA axis

Corpse pose-relax

I recently wrote about stress and depression. Since then I've gotten a few emails asking what kind of herbs are good to calm the hypothalamus.

Axis HPA
The hypothalamus is what tells the pituitary that there is a stressful situation. hypophysis tells adrenals that need help to deal with stress. adrenal glands produce stress hormones that, among other things, says the hypothalamus that there is a stressful situation. The cycle can continue even if you remove the stressor.

Herbs are Locates l
The best herbs for one person may not be the best for another.Fortunately, there are formulas that adopt a broad approach.This offers a synergistic effect that is often needed with herbs, and there's more variety so broad spectrum formulas are more likely to have something for most people.

Quality herbal
One of the biggest problems with herbs is quality.Here's why use MediHerb whenever possible because their standards are the highest. it is not practical for most people, though for different reasons. purchase national brands as second choice good, but be sure to get a formula that is made from powdered herbs, losing or capsules. search for formulas that are designed to help cope with stress.

Nevaton is probably the best relaxation grass that has MediHerb. I saw works well for almost everyone who uses it. a tablet of two or three times a day he works for most people. Increase to four a day, if necessary.

Calming Herbs
Here is a list of some common herbs nervine, classification, Western herbs that help calm.
immature seed oats
passion flower
Melissa officinalis
hops
Kava kava
Lavender
lenden
motherwort
Skullcap
Verbena

A lot of people includes St Johns wort., which is fine if you have a good effect on you, but is more for Depression anxiety or stress and cannot help facilitate the question how do other herbs. Furthermore, it is best to avoid if you're on most medications.

Valerian is also recommended by some herbalists. is more of a tranquilizer, more stress acute. Furthermore, the effects tend to decrease if too frequently.

Calming Herbal formula examples
Here are the ingredients of a formula that has helped a few people I know: Chamomile, passion flower, fennel seeds, hops, freverfew and marshmallows

Another formula that was useful for a couple of people I know: flower of passion, kava kava, Siberian ginseng, gotu kola, kola nut, schizandra berries, wood betony and lavender flowers

Herbs are taken on an empty stomach. However, many people find it more convenient to take supplements at meals.

If your dealing with adrenal fatigue, these herbs help most people involved in adrenal fatigue. Take two or three times a day, more if feels. most are fairly benign, but be sure to head any warning labels, or find the best deal for you: are you sure you note the effect soon enough.

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Back Pain surgery To Poor Choice

For a long time now I have been told that back pain can be considered more easily with most natural techniques by surgery, drugs, etc. New evidence shows that most people are much more likely to recover without surgery. In many cases surgery of back pain can go completely wrong, leaving the patient in pain more than ever.

Records from 1450 patients Office Ohio Workers ' Compensation with diagnosed herniated disk, disc degeneration or radiculopathy, a condition of nerves causing weakness and tingling in the arms and legs. approximately half had surgery to merge two or more vertebrae, the other half had no surgery.

Two years later only 26 percent of those who have had back surgery were able to return to work while 67 percent of those with surgery were not able to be productive again. not only this, but there was an increase of 41% in the use of opiates in those who have had surgery for merger.

Here's the article on surgery for back pain.

Those are pretty low probability, especially considering that the natural treatments have proven to be much more successful.

In 2007 the Agency for health research has reported that 27 million Americans reported pain.And have spent over $ 30 billion on various treatments for back pain.While some of this money goes for alternative treatments, a big part of it is spent for surgery.

Many people think that the aches and pains are part of growing older. disagree. older people may need a bit more careful with their health if they abused their body while younger, but also the pain, lower back pain, is not normal. mean that something is wrong. body wants to heal, all needs is the opportunity.

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Depression, panic attacks and brain chemistry

Depression

One of my favorite things work with the human body is brain chemistry, because the solution often solves a lot of other issues, because an imbalance can cause several problems.The most common are depression and panic States if other conditions may derive from it in this article. will Explore emotional stress and how it affects brain chemistry.

It starts with stress
The human body can be emphasized by its environment, toxins, diet, thoughts, emotions, stress, relationships, the way we think of ourselves and more.When an animal body, also and especially humans, is exposed to stress a fight or flight reaction happens instinctual. this reaction causes a cascade of chemicals to release so that the danger can be approached. the problem is that most people in the world today experience more of this in a year our ancestors in the 60 or more. And this affects the brain and its chemistry.

Hypothalamus Degeneration
One of the things that happens is a degeneration of the hypothalamus, at the base of the brain important as other glands near the hypophysis. actually, reduces often. This leads to a more serious than a simple chemical imbalance. Many scientists are starting too suspicious that there is a link to Alzheimer 's.One study with biochemists says that this is the case, as well as causing other neurodegenerative conditions mental.

How this happens
The reason for this is that, when emotions are experienced the impact on the body is through the hypothalamus.Emotions cause the hypothalamus to release small signaling proteins, a peptide amino. These neuropeptides have a very strong effect on the body, especially when there's a steady stream of their. this and other factors influence the brain, as well as other systems of the body in a negative way.In the short term it would be good, that we are designed to treat, that is the constant flood of stress that causes any problems.

Causes
The specific issue that a person may occur is dependent to a lot of things.Genetic toxicity, education, culture, diet and other issues are causing a particular path of disease.This can be depression, dementia, panic attacks or a general feeling of panic behavior, even basic.

Adrenal connection
This is all in addition to adrenal fatigue that happens because the adrenal glands produce hormones to help the body cope with stress. eventually grow weak and compensate by offering less hormones and in lower quantities. If it gets bad enough they stop producing hormones that regulate sodium and potassium, that physicians have typically only for adrenal fatigue tests. This is well beyond the simple adrenal fatigue symptoms, vocals quickly towards death.

Reaction of the body to stress is what leads to adrenal fatigue, as well as other serious conditions. There is still more to the story of neuropeptides and excess amounts are causing problems. little is known of the medical community about connecting adrenal stress, fatigue and brain chemistry if they are beginning to understand. Fortunately there are holistic practitioners who have found solutions for some of these problems. I'll cover those subsequent articles or maybe a book.

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Natural treatment for depression

If you're looking for a natural treatment for depression, then this is for you. A simple addition to your life, an hour and a half week and you can have a chance to 69 percent of eliminating depression. What is this simple formula?

Exercise. Yeah, practising. Studies show that the lively exercise three times a week brings relief to long-term suffering from depression.The exercise used was light jogging or walking. you can see here the report.

It is difficult that? you can always call a friend, go walk together. company has also proven to help alleviate depression.

And, if you were to add some supplement and change a little your diet, fast recovery opportunities are likely to increase significantly.

It's not all.

Exercise is one of the most important things you can do to your health.It has been demonstrated again to reduce the likelihood of a major illness such as cancer and heart disease, and to extend life.The human body is designed to walk for long periods of time. that's how our ancestors survived, so that our heritage.Embrace it and live a long and healthy life.

It is not worth to live a life long, healthy and happy? a simple thing bring many benefits. This could ever be put in a pill.

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Lower Back Pain Question

Lots of people send emails asking for help to a set of conditions. One question, I get a lot is on lower back pain. The root cause of most lumbar pain is the same, so I thought I would post this recent response to low back pain sufferers. Lower back pain

The main thing in almost all cases of back pain is to bring adrenals. Diet is essential, stop all processed food including any sugar "good."

There are herbs that can help the adrenals fast. I only use MediHerb for quality, but have heard good things about Kroeger brand.I saw the others who have no effect at all because their quality is so low.

The herbs listed are from MediHerb. This is my preferred Protocol adrenal fatigue but not necessarily the best for everyone! I like these herbs, because they usually work fast.

Licorice high liquid 4 ml
Ml liquid 11 Siberien Ginsing (Eleuthero)
Nevaton three tabs one day three doses

Mix the herbs, add a little water (I'm pretty strong without) and take the half in the morning and around noon. empty stomach is better, but not essential.

Other important supplements for long term healing.From standard process Better to divide. per day for two dosses (5 per day would be three in the morning and two with dinner). Take with food.
Drenamin 5 per day
Cataplex B 3 per day

You can get more information about how to help your adrenals adrenal fatigue from my book.

Can I have supplements and herbs sent to you for 20% off if you like.

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