Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
Natural Healing Books - Some Good, Some Bad, Here's How to Find the Right One
Special Review Natural Healing Books - Some Good, Some Bad, Here's How to Find the Right One
Natural healing books are so abundant in supply. There are hundreds and thousands of books available for purchase that cover the extremely broad topic of natural healing and natural healing techniques. There are books that date back to well before any of us were born and there are books that just came out this year. It doesn't matter when the book was published, but how it was laid out.
There are two major flaws that I find with many natural health books. Firstly, books that are organized by the technique and or herbs, instead of the illness make it extremely difficult to find the cure you are looking for. Let's use the cure for stuffy nose/nasal congestion. One of the best all-natural cures for nasal congestion is Eucalyptus leaves. If you put a small handful of dried Eucalyptus leaf in the bottom of a pot or bowl and pour boiling water over it, the boiling water will extract the healing properties of the leaves. All you need to do now is get a towel and place it over your head AND the bowl with the Eucalyptus. You want to trap the steam and inhale it. Do this for 10 minutes and your stuffy nose will be gone. O.K. that is pretty simple, right? And if you were looking through a natural healing book and found a section titled Natural Cure for Nasal Congestion you would be half way to nasal relieve...BUT a lot of natural health books are not titled that way. Many books are only titled by the actual herb themselves which means if you know nothing about herbs you would have to read the whole book to find the cures you need. NOT very convenient, is it? If I'm sick and am looking for natural relief all I want to do is go straight to one page and find everything I need. If you are shopping for a natural health book, make sure it is searchable by illnesses and not by herbs themselves.
The other major flaw is when books don't give you all the information. For example, I'm looking at an all-natural health book right now and opened it up to the page for relieving backache. There advice is to apply Traumeal cream to the area and then apply ice. Not bad advice, in fact I would recommend Traumeal and ice to anyone suffering from a backache, but I would also recommend a bunch more. To me it seems that many natural health books are missing so much useful information. One of the best ways you can relieve a backache is by applying pressure to the insides of your feet. Those are the reflex points for your spin. Along with rubbing the insides of your feel, not the bottom or the top, but the sides of your feet on the inside, I would also take homeopathic medicine such as Arnica. By taking some dissolvable Arnica pills you will greatly relieve the back pain. Then there is also magnet therapy that I would use to help my back feel better. Magnets are amazing at healing our bodies. (Make sure to only use the negative magnetic field, the one that naturally points to the north). If you place a negative magnetic field over the area of pain you will begin to feel the pain go away. Have a friend tape it to your back and leave it there all night. Then there are Essential oils that you can use to relieve backache, such as wintergreen. Aspirin comes from Wintergreen, so it isn't hard to believe that wintergreen oil rubbed on your back would be a good source of natural pain relief.
There are a couple more things that I would do to cure a backache, like acupressure and acupuncture, but the point is that natural health books should have all that information available to you. I can only assume that the reason they don't have all the reflexology, acupressure, acupuncture, essential oils, aromatherapy, home remedies, homeopathic medicine...etc in one book is because they want you to buy 8 different books.
Friday, December 21, 2012
How To Create Natural Skeleton Leaves
Looking For How To Create Natural Skeleton Leaves
Ever tried your hands on making skeleton leaves craft? Haven't? Then you must because they make lovely gifts and apart from being beautiful, they are also inexpensive, light and easy to post. A skeleton leaf is a leaf in which you have removed the leaf part and only the skeleton remains.
You can buy artificial skeleton leaves in craft shops or online. They are convenient, sometimes economically priced, robust, and easy to preserve. You can also buy genuine skeleton leaves but they are costlier and frail. But, you can make your own skeleton leaves easily, and there are a couple of advantages in doing so. First, the price is right. It costs next to nothing to make your own skeleton leaf. Secondly, you can choose from a variety of leaves and color them any color you want.
I have always used the simplest method to obtain skeleton leaves. All you need is patience, leaves of your choice and a bucket of water. Place leaves in bucket and let them lye there for a few days. But you must remember to change the water daily and remove whatever pulp gets collected over the days otherwise the leaves may start decaying. After 10 days or so, when you get the leaves out, half of them will have the pulp removed already from them ( if you have been watchful). So clean them with care by washing with plain water and put them in sun for drying. See, it's as simple as that.
There are other methods to make skeleton leaves, which you can try:
Take long leaves and press them between old telephone books. They should remain here in a dry, undisturbed place for several weeks. Make a solution of washing soda, and carefully lay the pressed leaves into the solution. When the flesh becomes pulpy, take the leaves out of the washing solution and rinse them carefully in cold water. Gently brush away the pulp with a toothbrush Washing soda is caustic it is better to use proper protection when handling; the best thing to do is to wear gloves.
You can also use this method;
Place selected green leaves in a pot with 1 tsp Bicarbonate and 1 tsp Baking Powder and cover with water. Boil and reduce to a low heat. Stir gently from time to time. Once leaves have softened, rub off flesh gently. When complete, bleach the leaves and leave to dry on paper towels.
Another method involves using bleaching powder:
Select a fallen leaf. The sturdier the leaf, the better your results will be. Maple leaves are good bets for beginners, if any grow in your area. Clean the leaf, then soak it in a strong bleach solution until it turns white. Be careful not to get the bleach on your skin. Remove leaf from bleach. Rinse gently. Remove soft material by nudging carefully with a stiff paint brush. If desired, dip the skeleton leaf in food coloring or other colorings material. Allow it to dry before using it in an altered book or other craft project.
Skeleton leaves Craft, which you can make:
Make Invitations, greeting Cards from skeleton leaves. You can also make decorative wall hangings. I once painted different animals on leaves and then simply pasted them on the wall of my bathroom in a circular fashion. The assorted jungle looked nice besides the mirror. They can also be used to create matching gift wrap and tags, decorate frames, boxes, scrapbooks and much more!
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Natural Ways To Boost Your Sexual Potency
Special Review Natural Ways To Boost Your Sexual Potency
If your sexual potency is decreased after sunny summer days do not be anxious, it's quite normal! Keep reading, on the next lines you'll find out few recommendations and a special formula to overcome these hard days!
According to mythology, love goddess Aphrodite was known by her own formulated preparations and ointments that she makes for her lovers to increase their sexual power. This is why today we call all stimulating elixir as aphrodisiac, but nowadays men are not such lucky, and this article is highly recommended especially to people living in big cities.
Without doubt best aphrodisiac are the sun, a good sleep and fresh air. A good sleep is necessary for the body to pack itself up, to increase its energy and revitalize its hormones. The sun light and heat is a powerful doping for our body including sexual hormones. The main reason of men's vitality in holidays is being relaxed in fresh air. But in autumn's cloudy days some natural supplements may help a lot.
Magical power of foods:
Basil, clove, ginger, onion, tomato, radish, celery, egg, carrot, red pepper, oats, asparagus, fresh onion, chestnut, hazelnut, pistachio nut, coconut, cucumber, oyster, caviar are main foods to improve your sexual power. Having them in your weekly menu selections would be a wise choice. Specially, foods containing vitamin E like pistachio, almond, hazelnut and walnut are natural drugs for impotence and erectile disorders.
Red is good for men's vitality:
When we say aphrodisiac we generally mean supplements for men because they are required to be active in sexual relationships. In other words, for a successful lovemaking, men must be aroused, erected, and stay erected! For a man's vigor red color is vital. In astrology Mars represents man and its sexual potency, and Mars's symbol is red. For men's sexual vitality red colored foods and drinks are highly recommended, as red pepper, red ginseng...
Besides this is the reason of using red light, red underwear, red sheets... to create erotic environments. Also red coral or ruby stone may help to increase man's energy. Men wearing always pale, pastel and dark colored dresses will get less attraction and less excitement!
Red color and stones may also help to activate women's sexual feelings but the must strong aphrodisiac for a woman is love and affection added into careful lovemaking!
Besides vegetable aphrodisiac, vitamins are helpful for a successful sex life. Especially vitamin E is vital for men. You can get vitamin E in pills or through natural foods (especially hazelnut contains many minerals and essential fat acids). To overcome the fatigue syndrome due to modern life and high technology, vitamin B is strongly advised.
Avoid depression:
Behind many sexual troubles, some nutritional and hormonal disorders and depression may reside. After a serious depression or a disorder, along with natural supplements, help of a psychiatrist (sexologist) and a nutrition expert may be needed!
Heavy training may be harmful:
For healthy sexual life a light training program is as useful as aphrodisiac. A regular and continuous exercise program will balance your metabolism and hormonal system to keep your body sexually active. But beware of heavy and tiring training programs because an extra low fat texture may cause a performance decrease.
Yoga, meditation and many other positive energy techniques are recommended to purify your brain against stress. Right breathing is also important for powerful sexual potency. If you insist on heavy training you have to pay special attention for a proper and healthy nutrition program.
A Special Sexual Potency Booster Formula:
Put 1 kg. of a good quality flower honey into a (glass is better) pot, add 250 g. powdered ginger, 100 g. powdered Indian saffron, 50 g. peeled and pounded green cardamom, 1 g. saffron, 5 g. pounded coriander, 4 sweet spoons of pounded stinging nettle seeds, 2 sweet spoons of royal jelly, 4 sweet spoonful of pollen, 100 g. unshelled and pounded pistachio nut and 100 g. of pine nut. Stir and mix the whole with a wood spoon, and store the pot in a cool and gloomy place. If you don't have any allergy or illness against those ingredients, eat one tablespoon 2 times (morning and night) in a day.