Alternative Health News

A Healthy Body in the Summer Time

Posted under Healing Touch - Apr 22nd, 09 - 1 Comment

If you look at the elements of the different seasons and compare them to your body you will find they contribute to a person’s health and well being.
June twenty first is Solstice and summer begins. This is the longest day of the year.
The elements of summer are representing blood vessels, small intestine and the [...]

Aromatherapy Oils, Massage and You

Massage therapist are looking more to enhancing their abilities by taking a course on Aromatherapy oil and the different ways the oils can be used with massage as a healing treatment.
Professional massage therapists are always improving their knowledge to keep up with modern methods to pass the healing treatment on to their clients.
There are books [...]

Reflexology and You

Relexologists are good at bringing relief to the feet by massage. However reflexology or zone therapy as it is also known by affects different parts of a person’s body.
Most illnesses start off with a person being under stress. The first step to bringing relief is by calming mind and body.
Reflexologists will tell you that all [...]

Colon Cleansing the Healing Treatment

Colon cleansing is important in keeping cancer at bay. Toxins over time build up in the colon and that combined with the waste not being eliminated can bring trouble and pain to a person body.
Every organ in a person’s body is affected if the colon is blocked. The blockages are due to old faecal matter [...]

Ayurveda Healing Treatments for Cystitis

Posted under General Health, Healing Touch - Mar 14th, 09 - No Comments

One of the worst but common infections for women is cystitis which is a urinary infection.
This condition requires immediate attention as it could affect the kidneys.
I have listed some tips below of methods which can help with this condition:
• Avoid tea and coffee.
• Avoid hot spices and hot foods.
• Take baths without any perfumed toiletries.
If you are studying [...]

Citrus Oils the Healing Treatment

Posted under Aromatherapy, General Health, Healing Touch - Mar 12th, 09 - No Comments

Citrus fruits are full of the essential oil we use to give or receive healing treatments.
I have listed a few of the oils and their use:
Oranges such as the ones known as ‘bitter’ or Seville are a source of three different oils known as Neroli. They all have a mellow and warming result when used.
Neroli [...]

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Herbs

Herbs are part of Mother Nature’s store of natural healing ingredients which can be found growing in the hedgerows or woods.
Years ago there was herbal recipes passed down by family members from generation to generation.
Modern medicine came along with prescribed medication and herb and their unique properties were forgotten.
Chinese and Korean people have said the [...]

Tui – Na the Alternative Therapy

Chinese practitioners are known to use different healing methods to enhance a patients well being.
One of the treatments used in both Western and Chinese hostpitals is known as Tui –Na.
A qualified therapist is employed in the hostpitals to use both massage and manipulation to correct any imbalances in a person’s body.
Imbalances will stop the flow [...]

Hot Stone Therapy

Posted under General Health, Healing Touch, Practitioners - Feb 19th, 09 - No Comments

Hot Stone Therapy is becoming more popular as a full body massage treatment. The massage relaxes your body, calms the mind and lets you leave go of the stress and worries of the day.
Therapists are fully trained to use the stones which are a combination of water therapy, heat therapy and massage techniques which used [...]

The Life Force and The Metamorphic Technique

Alternative health treatments take many paths, all leading to the same conclusion which is there is an energy or life force which underlies all forms of life.
The metamorphic technique is one of many paths available for therapists to use to help a person who requires a simple healing treatment.
Sometimes through stress, lack of good food [...]