Self Improvement Tips & Resources

I’m interested in talking to other people who have the same beliefs or interests.. If you’re just going to be ignorant, keep your comments to yourself.
I’m interested in talking to other people who have the same beliefs or interests..my yahoo messager id is nickel5back85. If you’re just going to be ignorant, keep your comments to yourself.

Well , I was just passing through the boards. I am no scholar on chakra healing , but I have done a bit of Reiki to balance chakra levels.

My father is going on his FOURTH surgery to correct this inguinal hernia. Are there any holistic, alternative, change of eating habits, to heal this problem? since surgery is not working.

Unfortunately not.
This is obviously a weak point in your fathers body. Other than balancing the relationship between the hernia and pelvic floor so that the organs are not to compressed and keeping the core muscles strong
there is no substitute for surgery in this case.
The other options may help to prevent recurrence.

I am the type of person who gets bored with routine very quickly, so I would like to follow a career where I can do many different things. I have wanted to go into holistic/alternative healing for a very long time, but coming from a protestant family these things were considered "taboo".

Now I have finally changed my life around and would like to follow my dreams. With some fields I would like to study, like hypnotherapy and reiki, I know I have to attend classes at professional schools. That will come later. For now I would like to study something like aromatherapy which do not require me attending classes.

Where is the best place to study this online and what other alternative healing methods are there besides aromatherapy (which I can study online)?

Aromatherapy uses essential oils extracted from nature’s herbs and flowers. The aroma is inhaled, or applied to the skin, and each of the oils (or combination thereof) addresses a specific disorder. It appears that the body is able to utilize the healing properties of the oils through the olfactory system of the body, and so initiate the healing process. Aromatherapy practitioners would also have an understanding of the psychological and emotional factors of illness.

This website has some great information and articles about Aromatherapy.

Aromatherapy Blends - http://www.aromatherapy-blends.net

I was diagnosed with arthritis yesterday and cannot see myself taking pain pills for the rest of my life.I hate feeling out of control, sleepy, and sedated from the pain medications and muscle relaxers. I am also concered that I will end up with a toxic liver from the tylenol in the pain medications. So I am looking for an all natural, holistic, or alternative method of relieving arthritis pain please.
I forgot to mention that I am totally Vegan due to digestive problems and food allergies so please due not recommend anything non-Vegan like Codliver oil, fish oil, Omega 3 Fatty Acids or to eat more fish. Thanks a million!

Try flaxseed oil….it has omega 3, omega 6 and omega 9, vitamins A, C, E, B2, B6, pantothenic Acid, B12, biotin and minerals Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, and Zinc. My mother suffers from arthritis and the pain in her hip vanishes in around 20 minutes after taking the flaxseed oil. Product on second link below:

Flaxseed oil:
http://www.mfcd.net/depot/downloads/flax.pdf

Wagner flaxseed oil:
http://www.naturalhealthorganics.com.au/Maxflax-Flaxseed-Oil-1000mg-Capsules-pr-2251.html

Look and see if you can find the movie
"First Cause No Pain"
I think that’s it. Is about epilepsy. All the cast has "had" epilepsy and had received a treatment called the "Ketogenic diet" at Mayo Hospital. It was awesome.
My brother was epileptic and his meds killed his liver before he had to opportunity to make any arrangements.

involves ‘natural’ cures and less man-made chemicals. I have a friend who has recently gone to a doctor who took her off of many of the meds she was taking and prescribed these more ‘natural’ remedies. She went because she was turning into a ‘zombie’ like person due to all the pills that her other doctor had her on. SO MANY side effects and she was miserable. I just hope it is safe since she has a heart condition and all sorts of other major problems; health wise. YOur thoughts??

I’m studying that in school right now. The fact is that there are some surgical interventions that produce results no different than those obtained from having the check-out girl at Wal-Mart sprinkle faerie-dust on a patient. It is also utter nonsense to suggest that Complementary Alternative Therapies have no empirical support.

Just based on the facts that you’ve offered (and with the assumption that the "doctor" you refer to is in fact an allopathic physician), I’d say your friend is a pretty lucky person.

With all due respect to Mary Baker Eddy, I will continue to see my physician when I get ill.

Research is still in the early stages, but there is a growing body of scientific evidence that the following nutritional supplements may be helpful in prevention or early stage treatment of Alzheimer’s and/or cognitive decline:

1) Lipoic Acid

2) Acetyl-L-Carnitine

3) Vitamin E (use natural forms, not synthetic)

4) DHA (omega-3 essential fatty acids as found in fish oils)

5) Curcurmin (turmeric)

6) NAC - N-Acetyl-Cysteine

7) Vitamin C.

Here are a variety of scientific papers that support these nutrients and their potential role in Alzheimer’s Disease:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16448723?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_SingleItemSupl.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=4&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20127037

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16989905?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_SingleItemSupl.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=1&log$=relatedreviews&logdbfrom=pubmed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19185780

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20183830

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20016184

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19679659

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17982894

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17853088

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17853088

Best wishes and good luck.
p.s. There are a lot more scientific papers on these issues, but YA!s only lets me list 10 links in an answer.

p.p.s. I find it annoying that so many pseudo-intellectuals on this site routinely state that nutritional interventions have no scientific support. If you go to Pubmed (this is the Library of Medicine’s search engine that gives anyone access to the world’s medical research literature and enter "Alzheimer’s Antioxidants" you will find 2426 scientific papers listed. Obviously, the "nay sayers" either can’t read or don’t read the research.

Relativley affordable. Good atmosphere. any ideas?

look at each site for each , holistic medicine, CAM, homeopathic, naturopathic etc google

Do you know of an insurance that covers alt medicine like holistic healing? Thanks Much!

healthquotes.awardspace.info - here is my health insurance plan. As I remember they can provide such a service.