About Health & Medicine

Fill the tub ankle-deep with cold water. Holding onto a firmly anchored rail, march in place for a few seconds or minutes (as long as you can comfortably tolerate). Then rub your feet briskly with a towel.

Done twice daily, this technique creates a remarkable sense of well-being…and is great for relieving exercise-related leg cramps. Some believe that it builds resistance to disease.

Done at night, cold-water treading promotes sound sleep— yet it has an eye-opening effect when done in the morning.

To prevent or relieve headache pain, fold a washcloth in half, dip it in ice water and wring it out. Place it on your head or neck. Rewet it every few minutes to keep it cold.

To relieve a sore throat or laryngitis, fold a cotton cloth in thirds, wet it with cold water and wring it out. Wind it once around the neck and fasten with a safety pin. Over the cloth, wrap a wool scarf.

Leave this wrap in place as long as you like. With the cold trapped against the skin by the wool, the body continues to divert more warming blood to the area—helping break up congestion.

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Most couples never experience sexual healing—because they’re too quick to give up on their relationship. It takes at least four years to achieve the intimacy needed for sexual healing. Most couples split after only three years. Why do so many couples split? Because of lack of intimacy. Intimacy doesn’t just happen. You make it happen by treating your partner with care and genuine affection…and by taking the time to really connect, both in casual conversation and via sex.

Three factors are central to a sexually healing relationship…

Commitment. Affairs and on-again-off-again sexual relationships are not healing because the two people never form a meaningful bond.

Consideration. The bond between a couple must extend beyond the bedroom. Each partner must continually express tenderness and caring toward the other—by smiling…touching…being polite…giving compliments…and showing respect.

Honesty. There must be no secrets within the relationship—only total connection and total confidence.

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dream: Your dream self has sex with someone you’re not attracted to in real life—perhaps even a member of a gender you’re not attracted to.

meaning: Despite the conventional wisdom, these dreams usually don’t mean that you’re secretly attracted to the person or that you’re unhappy with your current relationship. More often, they show that you’re attracted to a quality this person has. Perhaps your dream partner is the wittiest person you know, and you would like to get in touch with your funny side…or he’s very confident, and you would like to be more confident.

what you can do: Work on developing the qualities you admire. Think about how you would act if you had those qualities and then act that way, taking small, modest steps at first.

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dream: There are two distinct types of falling dreams. In one, you step off a sidewalk or some other small drop and feel yourself fall a short distance. In the other, you feel like you’re falling a great distance, such as over the edge of a cliff.

meaninc: The “short fall” dream is particularly common during the December holiday season. It might suggest that you’re feeling overwhelmed by a suddenly hectic schedule or a long list of commitments.

The “long fall” dream is common among successful people who are experiencing concerns about a temporary risk or loss of control. A businessman might have this dream after going into debt for the first time to expand his company. The dream indicates that the possibility of failure is weighing on you— even if you know rationally that the risk is worth taking.

what you can do: Reflect on situations that you can control, such as eating or spending habits. Adjust your expectations and pace where possible so that you can avoid heading for a “fall.”

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These three stretches—each done while standing—loosen the joints and ease muscular tension.

Arm roll. Hold your arms out to the side, elbows straight, hands held up as if stopping traffic. Rotate your arms forward in three large circles, then backward in three large circles. Then do three small circles in each direction.

Head roll. With arms at your sides, bend your head forward while relaxing the muscles in the back of your neck. Slowly tilt your head to one side, then back, then to the other side, then to the front.

Do this head rotation three times clockwise, then three times counterclockwise.

Side stretch. Keep your feet slightly more than shoulder-width apart, with arms held out to the side. Inhale deeply. Then exhale as you bend to the right. Slide your right hand down your right thigh toward the knee, and bring your left arm overhead. Breathe in, and return to an upright position.

Do the same stretch on your left side. Repeat three times on each side.

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Mix a teaspoon of honey with 20-30 drops of Echinaforce tincture and you will have a splendid healing salve for grazes, minor wounds and cuts, boils, and even scabs and crusts.

For wounds that are refusing to heal properly, mix some honey with 10 per cent horseradish; the horseradish can be finely grated, or use the fresh juice or tincture. Apply this reliable natural remedy to the affected part, and you will be surprised at the good result. This mixture is an excellent remedy for whitlows, nail mould and similar stubborn conditions that suppurate and take a long time to heal.

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For applying to tumours an infusion made from horsetail (shave grass) or oak bark produces good results when mixed with clay. Inflammation of the nerves is best treated with a mixture of lemon balm and clay; and for rheumatic problems, an infusion of eucalyptus leaves, needle-like juniper leaves, or wild thyme with clay is recommended. Never boil aromatic herbs and leaves; merely pour boiling water over them and allow them to steep in the hot liquid (infusion). Non-aromatic herbs can be boiled a little. When ready, strain and mix the liquid with clay to make a paste. If you infuse the herbs in a small cloth bag, this will be useful for laying on top of the clay-herb poultice when it is in position. As previously explained, this will help to retain the heat.

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The fact that ’spring fever’ is partly a result of a deficiency in vitamins and important minerals should impel us to include in our diet plenty of early spring and wild salad greens and fresh vegetables. Then there are certain flowers and leaves that make superb herbal teas. For example, the bright yellow flowers of coltsfoot are a means of eliminating any phlegm and catarrh that may still linger on after the winter has passed. An infusion of various new leaf shoots is a rich source of minerals; as soon as the raspberry plants, blackberry branches and blackthorn and hawthorn bushes put forth tender new shoots, busy yourself with gathering them to prepare a wonderful spring tea from these fresh leaves. Do the same with young strawberry leaves and the tender shoots of the birch tree. Not only does such an infusion supply you with certain nutritive salts, but it also stimulates the kidneys to function more efficiently – an important aspect of any spring-cleaning treatment.

When the stinging nettles have grown large enough, gather some young shoots every day and add them, finely chopped, to your salads. They are delicious when lightly steamed as a vegetable, tasting something like spinach – which, incidentally, can also be used – or make them into a salad if you prefer. A little finely chopped bear’s garlic (ramsons) will enrich any salad and a number of people enjoy bear’s garlic leaves lightly steamed as a vegetable.

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It is hardly believable that the poison of the hairy Cuban tarantula should possess such remarkable curative powers when homoeopa-thically diluted, but it does. Boils, felons (whitlows), or any other infection of the fingers or under the nails are cured by Tarentula cubensis as if by a miracle. In most cases the affected parts are characterised by a bluish colour and cause severe, burning pains, particularly during the night. For small abscesses on the hands and feet, as well as whitlows, there is no better medicine. Tarentula is without a par among homoeopathic medicines in the treatment of furunculosis (the recurrent appearance of furuncles and boils). To produce immediate results, use the injection method. As a word of caution, Tarentula cubensis should only be used in high potencies (8x-12x). It is also important not to confuse Tarentula cubensis with Tarentula bispanica (Spanish tarantula).

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Black Eagle’s ideas about illness and disease were of great interest to me, and in this respect we discussed the importance of medicinal herbs as well as nutrition, or proper diet. He believed that the white man’s customs and habits had overtaxed the regenerative powers our Creator, or nature, had implanted in us and that he often had only himself to blame for the resulting diseases.

It was from Black Eagle that I learned about the curative effects of various plants growing in South Dakota, the home of his tribe. One plant in particular enjoyed his special appreciation. Considered as sacred, this medicinal herb had been a life-saver on many occasions. His ancestors, he said, used it to cure cases of blood poisoning.

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