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| Natural Healing: Good Health without Destruction |
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| Written by Jeff Behar, MS, MBA | |
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Natural Healing Natural healing is healing using only wholesome things that support life. Natural healing addresses the causes wholistically without any side effects such as occur from drugs, X-rays, and unnecessary surgery. The techniques of natural healing were discovered thousands of years ago by observation of nature. Today natural healing is still guided studying how things work in nature. A strict definition of natural would be: “as found in nature and not altered very much by humans.” However, some natural healing practitioners sometimes use preparations such as alcohol tinctures which are not really natural because they are not found in nature. These unnatural things should be used sparingly if at all and are best avoided when better alternatives are available. For example, glycerin and apple cider tinctures and fresh raw juices and sprouts should be used instead of alcohol tinctures when possible. Benefits of Natural HealingNatural healing aims at healing the whole person, body, mind, and spirit. The potential benefits of natural healing include living healthy, preventing disease.
Natural healing has become a sound alternative to the conventional form of healing. In natural healing, the general method employed is the listening to the body’s processes in order for practicing experts to utilize the best healing process applicable for any given disease.
Here is an overview of some of the different natural healing techniques used today:
Vitamin and Mineral Therapy Vitamins and minerals—or rather, the foods containing these nutrients—have been used as therapy for thousands of years. The ancient Egyptians ate the livers of roosters and oxen to cure night blindness due to vitamin A deficiency and sea sponge, a natural source of iodine, to treat goiters. Growing evidence today suggests that high doses of certain nutrients can help slow the natural aging process and stave off many diseases and conditions such as stroke, coronary heart disease (CHD), cardiovascular disease, skin conditions, arthritis certain types of cancer and a number of other diseases. Because many nutrients (vitamins and minerals) are in small amounts in foods supplements are often used. There is overwhelming evidence that vitamins and supplements have beneficial effects on a person’s health, because they offer much higher doses of key nutrients than you find in food—sometimes amounts that you could never get from diet alone. Whether from food or supplements, vitamins and minerals play a role in cell building and in the health of every organ in your body as well as of your bones, immunity and nervous system. And while they don’t supply energy—you get that from carbohydrates, protein and fat—they do release energy from food so that your body can use it. Herbology Instead of the conventional medicines that are usually bought at drug stores, herbal medicines are promoted instead. It is the Chinese that started healing with the use of herbal medicines. These medicines can be ingested or may be topical in nature. Chiropractic Healing
This is the process of healing disorders of the muscular and the skeletal system. Chiropractic doctors realign the misalignments of the spinal cord without the use of surgery, mostly through touch alone. There are many types of massage therpy used for wellness, and natural healing. For example: Neuro-Muscular/Trigger Point Therapy is a specific area type of deep-tissue bodywork, designed to relieve sensitive tender and painful trigger points, relax connective tissue (fascia), realign and heal injured tissue, aid in lymph drainage and restore the natural balance and flow of the body’s bio-electro magnetic energy system. Shiatsu massage is a form of ancient Oriental acupressure, passive-active stretching exercise and bodywork. Shiatsu is based upon the premise that good health is dependent on the balanced flow of vitality in the body and in particular on the that flows through a specific system of channels and or meridians. Shiatsu is designed to release blocks in circulation and energy flow of healing nutrients to organs, glands, muscles and nerves. The restoration of good circulation to all the tissues helps support the immune system and stimulates the body’s natural inclination to heal. Reiki is a Japanese word meaning universal life energy. Reiki is a non-invasive method of hands on or off, healing athat taps into the Universal Life Force energy referred to as Wu Chi. Reiki is a gentle technique that addresses both acute and chronic conditions; gently and powerfully promoting balance among all of the body’s systems and the normal regenerative processes of one’s Spirit, Mind and Body.Crystal Healing
This is the process of drawing energy from crystals and using it to augment the natural healing process of therapeutic touch. It is believed that different crystals of different colors emit energy that is beneficial to the body. These crystals enhance the chakras of a person and that causes healing. Just like the crystal healing, magnets are also used to speed up the healing process of fractures and broken joints. These magnets are placed within the area of the fracture. The magnetic field produced by these magnets enhances healing. Magnetic therapy is also used to provide natural pain relief, arthritis pain relief and improves sleep without any adverse side effects. Some common examples include:
Aromatherapy
If you can heal through the power of touch, you can achieve the same through the power of scents. This healing process involves being submersed in a sea of scents and oils. The different varieties of scents have different effects on a person. Most of the scents used are extracted from grapefruit, rose oil, and eucalyptus oil. This is an alternative healing process that started in ancient China. It entails the use of acupuncture needles being inserted into the body’s pressure points. Different ailments have different body pressure points. Counseling Counseling, such as behavioral or cognitive therapy is commonly utilized to treat stress, anxiety, chronic pain, sleep disorders, depression and many other conditions. Reflexology Reflexology is the physical act of applying pressure to the feet and hand with specific thumb, finger and hand techniques without the use of oil or lotion. it is based on a system of zones and reflex areas that reflect an image of the body on the feet and hands with a premise that such work effects a physical change to the body. There is a school of thought that also applies it to the ear arguing it is also reflexology. The techniques, however, are modified from auricular therapy, an acupuncture technique. Reflexology has also been used for healing for thousands of years. Archeological evidence points to ancient reflexology medical systems (Egypt (2330 BCE), China (2704 BCE) and Japan (690 CE)). In the West the concept of reflexology began to emerge in the 19th century, Relexology works on pressure points. Reflexology taps into the bodies reflex network, providing an exercise of pressure sensors and thus the internal organs to which they are inextricably tied. Iridology Iridology is the study of the iris to diagnose disease. Iridology is based on the questionable assumption that every organ in the human body has a corresponding location within the iris and that one can determine whether an organ is healthy or diseased by examining the iris rather than the organ itself. Iridologists maintain that each organ has a counterpart in the eye and that you can determine the state of the organ's health by looking at a particular section of the eye. Ignatz von Péczely, a 19th-century Hungarian physician invented iridology. He got the idea for this novel diagnostic tool when he saw a a dark streak in the eyes of a man he was treating for a broken leg and it reminded him of a similar dark streak in the eyes of an owl whose leg he had broken years earlier. Von Péczely then went on to document similarities in eye markings and illnesses in his patients. Others completed the map of the eye. Vibrational-Energy Medicine Vibrational-Energy Medicine is a subtle-energy based therapy used to initiate a person’s own self-healing and well-being capabilities. Hydrotherapy Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy involves the use of water for soothing pains and treating diseases. Hydrotherapy has been around for thoudands of years. Its use has been recorded in ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilizations. Egyptian royalty bathed with essential oils and flowers, while Romans had communal public baths for their citizens. A Dominican monk, Sebastian Kneipp, again revived it during the 19th century. His book My Water Cure in 1886 was published and translated into many languages. The use of water to treat rheumatic diseases has a long history. Today, hydrotherapy is used to treat musculoskeletal disorders such as arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, or spinal cord injuries and in patients suffering burns, spasticity, stroke or paralysis. It is also used to treat orthopedic and neurological conditions in dogs and horses and to improve fitness.It has been long accepted that hot water springs can improve health by increasing circulation. Hippocrates prescribed bathing in spring water for sickness. Immersion in water - and doing exercises in water is also used for many aspects of physical therapy, as well as post surgery rehabilitation. Balneotherapy is a general term used for water-based treatments involving natural thermal springs, hot springs, mineral water or seawater. This treatment is widely used throughout Europe and Asia, and spas that feature balneotherapy are being introduced in the U.S. Sun Therapy Sunlight is a natural therapys that can help improve many diseases and conditions such as depression, psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis just to name a few. Climatotherapy Climatotherapy is a term used to describe the combination of natural sunlight and water, such as the ocean or other bodies of water, to treat psoriasis. In particular, climatotherapy refers to certain locations around the world, like the Dead Sea in Israel, where the environment and natural elements are said to be especially therapeutic for psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis. FREE Health Tools MMF.com is proud to bring to you for FREE a number of fantastic tools, calculators and other useful information that can help identify your risks to serious life threatening diseases and conditions . Identifying potential health conditions is the first step to addressing them and extending your life:
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