The Dr. Me Trend - Moving Away From Health Care To Self Care

Having been a consumer of alternative and complementary medicine for most of my life, I know that self care is no longer a trend but a reality for an ever growing part of the population. Even those who understand the benefits of what both Western and alternative medicine have to offer know that in either case, one must take responsibility for their own health.

Scientific breakthroughs in non-intrusive diagnostic tests are revolutionizing preventative and complementary medicine. Diagnostic tests are taking the guess work out of choosing vitamin supplements and are ushering in a whole new era of preventative medicine. These are exciting times for consumers and the health and wellness industry.

Until now, consumers of natural health products educated themselves about which vitamins to take. On my book shelf I have my mother’s first edition of Back To Eden (1939). My mother was part of a generation of self-help, self-care pioneers who educated themselves about using natural remedies and vitamin supplements. Edgar Cayce, and others that followed, explored ways to diagnose and treat people using natural methods.

The first non-invasive diagnostic technique I was exposed to was Applied Kinesiology. AK is a diagnostic technique using muscle testing as a feedback mechanism to determine how your body is functioning. Applied Kinesiology is unlimited in the way it can be used, but one application is testing for which vitamins supplements the body needs.

The EAV (electro-acupuncture according to Voll) machine is another non-invasive diagnostic tool. This machine tests the DC electrical current in the body’s “acupuncture” meridian system as mapped out in Chinese medicine. The interface is a simple probe applied to specific points on the hands, feet or teeth. Based on the strength of the electrical current the practitioner can pinpoint which vitamins your body needs.

As the early days of self treating evolved, muscle testing has given way to being able to scientifically diagnose the body’s biochemical and electrical balance.

A comprehensive look at your body’s overall health can be assessed by testing the urine and saliva. These two bodily fluids are indicators of cellular health and the functioning of your filtering system. Saliva is an intracellular fluid (providing a sample of what’s inside the cell), while urine shows what the body is excreting.

Breakthroughs in genetic research can now determine your predisposition for aging and disease. Nutrigenomics (the study of nutrition and genes) along with a simple DNA assessment can scientifically pinpoint which vitamins and nutrition you need.

The advances in preventative health care couldn’t have been more timely. Poor diet, stressful lifestyles and an aging baby boomer generation is challenging the overall health of Americans. Facing an uncertain health care system, people are taking personal responsibility for the health and wellness.

Perhaps we should take a step back and see how far we have come in the health and wellness field and focus on what is working. Dr. Me, who is always in the house, will always be your best advocate.

Acai Berry Supplements Review

The deep Amazon rain forest is the birth place of many rare herbs and plants that have proven to produce exceptional medicinal cures. Many of these plants and herbs are still unknown to the medical science, but local rain forest tribes know their value and are effectively using it for a number of ailments.

One of the fruits, growing in the Amazon rain forest is the amazing Acai berry. This fruit has a lot of medicinal and nutritional properties. This fruit is now luckily known to the western world and many scientists and researchers have done extensive tests and research to know all its properties and medicinal values. One of the properties of this fruit is its ability to increase the metabolic rate in the human body, and also reduces hunger. What this means is, the food that you eat will be processed more efficiently, and also there wont be a build-up of fat. As it reduces hunger, you will not feel the urge to snack between meals. Between your food intakes there will be a long gap. This fruit also is high in dietary fibre, which helps to remove the waste from the body at a faster rate, and prevents toxins from accumulating in the body. The berry also has anti aging properties, as it contains anti oxidants that remove free radicals, that cause damage to living cells.

So let us now look into the actual effects it will generate on the human body, with all these properties, that it is supposed to have. The most important effect is it will improve your digestive system and that will bring a lot of good changes in your body. There will be optimal absorption of the nutrients from the food you eat. You will have regular motions that will not only eliminate the waste but also wont let unwanted fats and cholesterol build up in the body. This physiological improvement will give you better stamina, relief from frequent bouts of fatigue, better concentration, improved skin texture and a stronger immune system which will keep all diseases at bay.

Fortunately these berries are now available in the form of pills which can be used as a good supplement or as a means to lose weight. For people who particularly want to lose weight there is the product called Maximum Weight Loss With Acai. Apart from Acai as the main ingredient, this product also has ingredients like Gracinia Cambogia, Gmnema Slvestre, Cromium Plynicotinate and Green Tea. This is a natural pill, free of any chemicals, that will decrease your hunger and also combat body stress and fatigue, by which you will be able to spend more time on your workouts and exercises.

If you are looking for a weight loss and an anti aging supplement, there is the Acai Nutraburst. Apart from Acai berry this pill also contains Resveratrol which is a compound normally found in red wine, which works against the process of aging.

The Acai Berry Blast is another product for detoxification and weight loss, that has been endorsed by Dr. Perricone (MD) of Michigan State University.

Asking Yourself “What Does Herpes Look Like?” Can Save Pain

Entering into sexual relationships with other adults will require a degree of responsibility. There are plenty of risks posed from sexually transmitted diseases in today’s culture and if you are going to protect yourself, you need to be prepared against them. While herpes is one of the more mild diseases, you still need to ask yourself, “What does herpes look like?” for this can help you protect yourself and prevent the spreading of this disease.

Herpes itself is a virus which will attack your body and present itself in the form of sores. You should consider yourself at risk for herpes if you have had exposure to someone who suffers from herpes. Getting tested will determine if this is something your body is actually going through.

About one-fifth of the population who is suffering from herpes never knows it because no symptoms will ever come up. Even when they do come up, they can easily be mistaken for symptoms belonging to another disease or illness. Proper testing for herpes will be important if you even half-suspect that you could be suffering.

There are many different symptoms for herpes itself. Any combination of these symptoms may present themselves and it is usually through multiple symptoms that you will be able to tell if it is in your body. Even a suspicion should be enough to make you get tested, though, and prevent the disease from spreading further.

Symptoms as varying as the flu, spider bites, rashes, canker sores, and muscle aches can all be signs of herpes. Open sores, skin redness, and swollen lymph nodes are often easier to diagnose as herpes. Of course, you may not ever have any symptoms at all and this can be very difficult.

Bumps may show up on the skin much like mosquito bites. Blisters will typically form around these bumps and they may then start to crust over. After the crusting, normal skin should start to appear once more. If this happens, it’s pretty much determined that you have been suffering from the herpes virus.

If you want to help stop this disease from spreading to others, you will learn to diagnose “what does herpes look like?” on your own. This can keep you alert to the presence of it in your partners and should you catch it yourself, it will aid you with stopping it from continuing to be a presence. Constant vigilance will be key toward protecting yourself and others.

The Secret Essence Of Healing

Reiki uses the premise that the physical body is kept alive because of the life energy force that flows in it. Reiki healing is centered to breaking down the negative energy and blockages in the path of the chakras. With modern society’s propensity to stress and pressure, it is a must to heal the self everyday and thereby bring healing to the world around us also.

What is Reiki healing? One of the ancient techniques of healing is that of Reiki. It takes its origin from Japanese ancient traditions. Reiki literally means “spiritually guided life force.” It is premised that the energy used in Reiki healing is a God-directed energy. It also is based on the notion that the life force energy that inherently flows in the body is the one that gives power to life to itself.

How is spiritual healing possible? Reiki healing may be performed by any Reiki master or practitioner. They know certain hand positions that directly points to several centers of energy we call chakras. The healing begins when the practitioner puts his/her hands on the body. The positive energy comes flowing through the channel of healing, i.e., the Reiki master. Now, this life force energy is said to have a mind of its own. This means that it goes to the part of the body where healing is exactly needed.

Maintaining a positive flow of life force from the centers of chakras is vital to human functioning. This flow is normally disrupted when we have negative thoughts and actions. When we constantly focus our thinking on negativities, the flow of our life force energy is interrupted thereby damaging the healthy functions of our body.

The effect of Reiki is to heal the disrupted parts of the body by countering them with positive energy. Energy healing means that the positive energy is charged on the areas where the negative energy thrives. Since there is an increased vibration in the “infected” energy field, the negativities and blockages break down. The channels of chakras are now cleared and cleaned up. The normal functioning of the physical body is back to its natural and healthy performance.

In order to maintain a healthy flow of energy in the chakras, one must be clear on what things are to be avoided and what things can be furthered nurtured and developed. One must be conscious on the kinds of thoughts that we harbor and nurture. What you think is often what you feel and say. You have to keep yourself attuned with positive thoughts instead of negative thoughts. This brings you positive and healthy results to your body and mind.

What’s with Reiki healing? Reiki healing works on the totality of your wellbeing. It brings positive benefits to both your physical and spiritual journey and growth. It also does not disrupt the natural way of healing one’s body. Energy healing promotes this instead. A few of the positive results of this technique are having a healthy flow of energy in the chakras, eliminating negative energy in the energy channels, increasing positive energy, raising chakra reserves, lessening the possibility of illness, boosting human functioning, and having a healthy wellbeing. You have every opportunity to heal your body. Also, Reiki healing means not only healing the physical body but also healing the lives that surround it. The kind of energy life force that you possess re-vibrates far in the horizon. You can actually bring healing to the world around you.

Where Did Western Medicine Fail?

We cannot deny worldwide that there is a general acceptance of the superiority of Western Medicine over all the healing arts that are now present in this planet. We cannot even deny the fact that Western Medicine has already advanced to such high degree and precision so as to explore the characteristics of life within the microscopic genes.

Modern medicine has meticulously studied virus and bacteria and how to counter disease. We cannot now open up the human body in complicated surgical procedures. We can now erase major diseases throughout the entire planet such as tuberculosis, leprosy, cholera. The truth of the matter is, modern medicine has increased the lifespan of the people all over the planet. Yet modern medicine is not without limits. It is in fact very limited in such a way that only alternative medicine can understand disease in its various aspects.

Yet there is also a downturn to this. Although we have already developed a lot of antibiotics to counter diseases, the bacteria and viruses have also mutated to actually create new and difficult strains. Right now the world is suffering from what is popularly known as swine virus where the exact origin of the virus still remains a mystery. Another backlash is that we have become so fixated in the physicality of health and disease that there are many types of diseases which are actually psychological and emotional that modern medicine cannot aptly diagnose. Western medicine has become so fixated in the physical to the point of neglecting the other aspects of disease which are equally important such as the spiritual aspects.

Now modern life has become so stressful. We move and act like robots and really work hard for the money. Soon stress will take its toll on our health, on our emotional wellbeing, on our emotional state. Yet modern medicine only has cures for the manifestations and symptoms of the disease but not the root cause—our lifestyle and the current societal structures that compel us to work like machines. Does modern medicine have a name for that? In fact, modern medicine doesn’t have a name for energy healing. Energy which central to everything we do is actually a basic premise of Eastern medicine but has no name in Western Medicine. Hindu, Chinese, and Japanese healing arts have a name for different types of energy such as chi, ki, shen, jing, and utilize this knowledge for healing. And although what we call alternative healing is not savvy about cells and organs and genes and microscopic elements, alternative healing has a more comprehensive and encompassing framework that considers the emotional, mental, psycological, social, and spiritual aspects of the disease. All these have their impact on the body’s energy centers called chakras. Meditation can actually work wonders on health and wellbeing.

Western medicine has not even factored the role of emotion in disease. In fact, everybody knows that emotion can be felt physically such as happiness, love, depression and others. Yet modern medicine cannot and will not analyze that. It is limited only to analyzing the physical aspects.

In Japan, a Reiki master can intuitively assess all the aspects of disease present in the person. He then applies energy coming from a mystically source to clean the body of disease and bring back health and wellbeing. Much to modern medicine’s surprise, some diseases considered as hopeless have been miraculously healed.

Feel Like Reborn with Reiki

The civilization that we have today is unlike any other. It is strong and valiant that it can be envied by the ancients as it continuous to grow and make more inventions and innovations. Yet amidst this progress and development, man grew weak and is now barely aware that he has lost a sense of spirit and a sense of self.

The spiritual man in each of us is strongly fighting for our attention. Every single day is we are filled with stress and pressure. The brain will never stop working, even at sleep. And even the ordinary man that more than stress from the office or at home, we have deeper concerns-that which we call LIFE.

To heal the inner soul, we need to strengthen the will of the heart. We need to develop a conscientious mind. And if modern Science could not heal certain illnesses, Reiki can. Reiki is a Japanese ancient secret of energy healing that reconnects the thread between man and the spiritual being in him. Through the energy of the universe, this thread is realigned to the energy around him to promote harmony between man and nature. We all have inherent energies and there is a great need to harness them in able to allow health and of wellbeing.

Reiki has always been an alternative medicine that channels man’s energy to the energy of the universe, or that which is beyond our thoughts. The steps to the promotion of happiness and contentment can be achieved through a Reiki master. The master must first pass on the healing symbols in the attunement process. Along with learning the proper techniques, the chakras or the body’s seven centers of energy are realigned to let the energies flow in the manner acceptable.

In order to realign the chakras, energy healing is involved. To do this, meditation and healing massage sessions are done. Meditation is needed to gain total control of the body and develop our connections and find inner peace. The healing massage must be given by a professional massage therapist who is adept with the correct ways of practicing Reiki. As you will come to know, Reiki, though centered on the spiritual self, promotes the total transformation of man.

This Japanese alternative medicine is proven safe for it is completely natural. Not only does it energize the spirit but it touches the innermost part of us that is not often recognized by modern healing strategies. By developing the self, there is a sense of happiness, contentment and fulfillment that comes with the clear intention to become a better person. It’s time to pause, think and feel. If you think you are not getting the most of life, then you need to receive the gifts of Reiki. Become a new you in the process of rebirth and realize that life can never be better after Reiki.

Energy Therapy Healing:Use This Power To Open Up Your Intuition

Spirituality, individualism and energy often combine with energy therapy healing in an effort to create a great experience unlike anything you have ever known. Combining alternative energy healing practices with conventional methods will produce a well-rounded therapy technique. This technique opens up your intuition and allows you direct access.

Healing with energy therapy is gentle but it can be powerfully effective as far as desired results go. Some people progress rapidly and will notice a difference in the first session. For others, results will come slower. Your life will completely turn around when you see the results that come from energy therapy.

Just as in any type of therapy, energy therapy is something that makes you feel secure and comfortable. You can feel free to talk about whatever is on your mind during a session. It is a time to open up emotionally, as well as, a time to open up spiritually. This opening removes blocks you have with your intuition.

The difference between conventional therapy and energy therapy shows in the actual energy healing process comes. If you make use of energy healing techniques, you should be working with the energy in and around your body. The BodyTalk System as well as other techniques are used for clearing your energy and returning it to its natural flow.

If you are aware of any blocks to your energy flow, it may cause problems to manifest both in your physical as well as your emotional self. As you heal with energy therapy, these blocks are removed and once again your bodys energy begins to flow naturally causing good things to happen for you. Your intuition begins to flow naturally when you are in alignment with your body and your mind.

You will notice that you feel more energized, awake and happier. You will start to look at the world around you differently. For many people, you will even start to realize your intuition becoming stronger. Energy therapy healing is an amazing way to open up your natural intuition.

If you begin to work with your natural gifts and endeavor to develop and harness them, then energy therapy healing will be right for you. When you allow your energy to open up it will start to flow with other energies that surround you. You will begin to feel energy eminating from other people. Your intuition will be free to work naturally and you will be able to tap into it at will.

You must free yourself from any excess emotional baggage through therapy. This will do a considerable amount for your intuition. Anything that causes negative or bad energy reduces your intuitive abilities. This lingering negative energy will be supplanted with positive energy through energy therapy. This will also give you the chance to become more connected with your spiritual being. Both of these things will lead to freeing and opening up your intuition.

This result is not immediate. It takes time for the therapy to work. In order for you to develop your intuition enough to be able to use it effectively, you will simply have to be patient because all of this takes time to happen. However, with time will come results. If you are able to stick with your energy therapy healing and will be able to work with your intuition, you will soon see that your natural abilities are well within your grasp. And the best part is the fun you have along this journey.

Alternative Healing Practices:Can They Overcome Chronic Pain?

Getting out of bed in the morning can be a painful process for some people. If you are someone who suffers from aches and pains, knees buckling or slight pain in the lower back as you shift your weight, you are not alone. You are also not alone in wanting to find a way to ease the discomfort so you can face each day more easily.

Most people who suffer from physical pain use the well-known, more common means of treating their discomfort. While these medically approved treatments have their value, it helpful to consider that there are other options available. In fact, there are many alternative healing practices that can significantly reduce physical pain, making it often more bearable and sometimes eliminated entirely. Many of these alternative healing options are also quite fun!

For example, did you know there are therapeutic forms of dance? Yes, you can engage in dance classes that are designed to help improve the overall function of the body. Any and all physical activity comes with the potential to improve strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility. Dance is, of course, a physical process and it would go without saying that it has the ability to empower the body with these attributes. That is why it is quickly becoming popular among those looking for alternative healing practices.

Similarly, Chinese medicine is growing in popularity due to its ability to deliver excellent results via its alternative healing practices. Tai Chi and Chi Kung (Qi Gong) training are available in many fitness and recreation centers and they are a tremendous means for boosting the bodys ability to heal itself. No, this is not a quasi-mystical method of healing. It is simply a logical form of exercise that has been developed over thousands of years. And it still remains popular for a very good reason: it works!

It is possible to benefit from healing exercise without attending classes. Doing simple stretches throughout the day in the comfort of your own home can have a significant impact on your level of pain. Stretching also helps the body heal and improves circulation which makes everything work better. Stretching eases tightness in the body by increasing ligament movement, and tightness is often a source of pain. This form of treatment is also very easy to do for anyone.

For those looking for something energy based there are many modalities the help alleviate chronic pain. Thousands of people have had physical challenges overcome through alternative healing practices like the BodyTalk System. Pain is an indicator of imbalance so by creating an environment of harmony between the mind and the body balance is restored and the pain is no longer needed.

Alternative healing practices are very complementary to traditional western medicine. By balancing out the bodys systems, the medical treatment can be boosted causing it to work more effectively. Many doctors are including alternative healing practices as part of their patients overall healing program.

It is also important to point out that this is not an either/or scenario. In other words, you can mix traditional medical therapy with alternative healing practices. Such a two-pronged approach often yields quicker and longer lasting results. That is why it remains a highly recommended strategy.

Energy Therapy Healing for Depression: Does It Work?

If you happen to be suffering from depression, it can have a detrimental effect on you. You may very well feel a sense of hopelessness. In order to treat a person with depression, modern medicine relies on medication to help treat this disorder. In many instances, medication may do the patient more harm than good. It would be better to look for alternative healing practices such as energy therapy healing which have a proven track record for treating people with depression.

Energy therapy healing happens to be a group of techniques that work with the energy both in and around the body. Your body is full of energy. Energy not only flows through the body but in and out of the body as well. When this energy flow is disrupted, it can cause spiritual, emotional and physical results. When a person uses energy therapy healing, energy disruptions are cleared and the energy flow is restored.

A major thing that energy flow can influence is your mood. Energy that gets blocked within your body can lead to unhappy feelings and can depress your mood. Your whole mood tends to sink and after a prolonged time period, along with other factors, can lead to depression.

When the energy in your body gets blocked and continues to build up in your body it can lead to emotional side effects. Your mood will tend to sink and lead to feelings of depression. When the bottled up energy is released and the flow has returned to normal, those feelings are relieved.

Of course, there is no immediate solution. Energy therapy healing does not give immediately results. This is due to a number of reasons. To begin with, your energy did not get all blocked at once. It happened over time. There is an underlying reason or reasons why your energy became blocked. It will take a while to discover what caused the blocking of the energy in the first place. That has to be resolved before the therapy can fully work.

You will not see the benefits of energy therapy immediately because this takes time, too. For many people they must attend numerous sessions for results to be apparent. Energy therapy is a process, but consistency will get you results you desire.

Additionally, energy therapy healing is not used alone to help you. Other more conventional methods, like whole life coaching, is used to help back up the energy therapy and give you a well rounded course of treatment.

A great way to work through your problems is by energy therapy healing. In this way, you will avoid having to take medications which may cause unwanted side effects, or the medications may not even help. With medication, you have to wait at least a couple of weeks to notice any mood change. Energy therapy healing together with more traditional therapy will give you well-rounded treatment that is necessary for those battling with depression.

This course of action is noninvasive and extremely safe. You should consider this alternative in case your healthcare provider suggests medications. Discuss the alternatives and then give energy therapy healing a try. You will see that this method will help you get your life back and you will lick depression forever.

Aloe Vera makes skin lotions, creams, treats wounds/burns. It is edible

Many grow the Aloe Vera plant as a house plant. It does not thrive in cold weather, but it will inside your home. Although, some enjoy the Aloe Vera plant as a decorative that is the very least of its usage.

For thousands of years, people around the globe have used the Aloe Vera plant as a supplier of a useful gel. This gel has been used to treat various conditions found in humans. This green, thick-leaved plant is a known medicinal.

Helping wounds to heal is reputed to be one condition for which the gel from the Aloe Vera plant is used. The reputation is that this gel cuts down on inflammation and eases the pain. But, its effect is not clear. Let us look at what scientific study tells us.

In the 1990’s a study was performed showing that healing time of a severe to moderate burn was reduced when it was treated with Aloe Vera gel on a regular basis. In this study the Aloe Vera healing time was compared to the healing time of a similar burn which was covered by a gauze bandage.

However, a different study reported that wounds treated with Aloe Vera gel were much slower to heal. So, whether or not this gel promotes faster healing is sitll unknown. But, it is said that there may be some promising results on the way. Thus you will, if you want to use this gel, have to make your own results study.

Are there any additional uses for the Aloe Vera plant?

A commercial Laboratory has extracted an immuostimulant from Aloe Vera sap which has not been approved for human use. However, it has been approved for use in treating a type of cancer (fibrosarcoma) in dogs and cats. Although it is not a drug, this product is controlled and can only be obtained from a veterinary doctor.

Companies that make cosmetics are always looking for a way to enhance their products. So, Aloe Vera gel has been seized on as an excellent addition to shampoos, lotions, makeup, tissues, moisturizers, soap and sun screen. How effective is the gel when used here? Well, as we all know about cosmetics, its certainly a commercial secret — or at least a mysterious unknown.

One of the common uses for Aloe Vera gel is to ease dry skin conditions. Additionally, eczema around the eyes and other sensitive facial skin is often treated with this gel.

An article suggesting that athletes foot may be treated with Aloe Vera has been published in the British Journal of General Practice.

But, Aloe Vera has other uses. That is, other than using it as a lotion which is applied topically. The gel has been consumed internally for a very long time in some places.

It is said that Aloe Vera juice may help some people with ulcerative colitis– an inflammatory bowel disease. Side effects can occur and consulting a doctor before ingesting any form of Aloe Vera, including Aloe Vera gel, is highly recommended.

Well, we now know a bit about Aloe Vera . . . but, how can the gel be extracted from the plant? The gel is not from the root or the fruit. Where, then, do we find it?

The lower leaf of the plant is what is used for medicinal and other purposes. These leaves are typically thick, green and bulky, If the Aloe Vera leaf is sliced open, a gel can be obtained which can be applied to the skin.

But, beware. There is something to watch out for if you want to extract the gel from the Aloe plant.

There is a yellow substance (Aloe Vera latex) which comes from the inner side of the plant’s skin. It can be highly irritating. Some who have reported bad effects from Aloe Vera may be applying or eating this yellow substance. You must carefully remove all skin and anything yellow before using the gel. The gel must be perfectly clear, odorless and tasteless.

This gel is also said to be used for clearing up eczema, according to some reports. It has also been used on herpes infections for possible instant symptomatic relief.

But, in addition to the medical uses, Aloe Vera gel is eaten as a food in many parts of the earth.

In Japan, Aloe Vera is often used as an ingredient in commercial yogurt. There are also many Japanese companies which use Aloe Vera in beverages.

In some of the parts of early India, now called Pakistan, the Aloe Vera plant has been used for centuries as a digestive aid. Seeds of various herbs are mixed with the dried gel and consumed after a meal. Sort of an early Asian Tums, huh?

Pashtuns in India have been using Aloe Vera for centuries to improve physical performance. This effect is due. probably, to the great nutrient content of the gel. People in Rajasthan, India, use Aloe Vera as a vegetable along with fenugreek seeds.

In another state of India, Tamil Nadu, a curry is made using Aloe Vera. It is usually eaten with Indian bread or a serving of rice.

Aloe Vera gel is contained in some popular beverages. SoBe’s Strawberry Drink is one. Smoothies served in Mexico commonly contain Aloe Vera. This gel is an ingredient in a South Korea popular soft drink.

Disclaimer - This information is not meant to diagnose, cure, treat or mitigate any disease or condition. Before using consult your doctor or medical advisor. This information is not approved by any government agency - it is for educational purposes only