To Sooth Toothache
Water 150 ml
Clove 1 drop
To Treat Mouth Ulcers
Water 150 ml
Tea Tree 2 drops
Stir the water as essential oils are non-soluble. Gargle the mixture in the mouth and do not swallow. Repeat twice daily after meals when the teeth have been cleaned.
24 December 2008
19 December 2008
Post-Event Sports Massage
by Boris Prilutsky, MA
For some reason, massage therapists that specialize in treatments of sport related injuries are calling this method sport massage. In my opinion, if someone sprains/strains the lower back, upper back, shoulder, knee, etc., by playing sport or working at home, or at the workplace, the pathology that will be developed due to kind of injury disturbing orthopedic status. Utilization of massage in cases of back and limb disorders we call orthopedic massage. There is no doubt that there is huge room for orthopedic massage available in sport rehabilitative medicine. It is proven that orthopedic massage therapy is a very effective tool in treating sport-related, industrial injuries, as well as helping people experience less pain in cases of degenerative diseases of the support and movement systems such as osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease and other types of spondylosis. Really sport massage that is utilized only in industry of sport is a pre-event sport massage and post-event rehabilitative sport massage. These two types of massage therapy are very important efforts in order to improve the athletes performances, to prevent to a maximum extent, sport related injuries, as well as to eliminate side effects of exercise stress/overtraining. 20 years ago, training in sport massage was limited to massage therapists who worked with professional teams, Olympian teams, etc. Nowadays, sport massage has value not only for professional athletes, but also for the modern fitness enthusiast. If you will pay attention to the behavior of today's gym members, you will see people who are working out as if they are preparing themselves for competition. It is obvious that most of them are pushing themselves to the limit. In most cases, people don't or forget to ask themselves, ?Why am I in the gym? If you will ask them this question, no doubt their answer will be ?to keep (themselves) in shape and to contribute to (their) health. But the manner of working out like a professional athlete in the long run causes more harm than good. What a lot of people do not realize is that professional sport-like training is not contributing to health. Professional sports actually is a tough rough show business and nothing else. I personally don't believe that we are capable of changing the minds of gym enthusiasts that vigorous exercise (which most gym enthusiasts are engaging in) is not a good idea. But there is no doubt that post-event rehabilitative sport massage can be of tremendous help to the health of these gym enthusiasts. The post-event rehabilitative sport massage that I offering to you today was initially developed and proposed by professor Alexander Dembo, MD, PhD, former Leningrad, now Peterburg School of Medicine in 1964.
It is important for us to understand the side effects of vigorous intense exercise. They are:
1. Accumulation of higher resting tonus in the muscular structures all over the body leads to disturbances of microcirculation that causes soreness and/or pain in muscles, and disturbances of biomechanics. Biomechanical imbalances lead to compensatory movement which starts a chain reaction of negative factors, building like a snowball and leading to higher susceptibility to sport-related injury, development of myofascial pain syndromes, and more.
2. Vigorous exercise always causes microtrauma that naturally leads to small scar formations which means adhesions of the soft tissues, etc. If these mini-scars will not be managed right, soft tissue loses elasticity accumulating deposits of calcium, functionally shortness of muscles happen, etc. As you can imagine, any attempt at fast movement in the presence of the above mentioned condition can cause significant tears in muscles, tendons, ligaments, herniation of discs, subluxations of the facet joints, etc.
3. At nighttime, over-tensed muscles, especially those of the lower and upper extremities cause a significant increase of peripheral vascular resistance. Peripheral vascular resistance is the main opposition to left atria cardiac work. The harder the cardiac work will be the more stress hormone production will be stimulated. Studies show (A. Dembo, 1962) that increase of peripheral vascular resistance occurs mostly between the hours of 1am-3am. As you understand, if this phenomenon will not be eliminated, it is hard to believe that people will rest at night as they are supposed to. Insufficient quality of rest causes development of chronic fatigue syndrome and can even initiate depression. Constant higher resting tonus of the muscular structures responsible for joint & spine stabilization and movement causes exhaustion of the joint cartilage, (fissuring of the cartilage, erosion), and can lead to significant arthritis development at an uncharacteristically young age of athlete. With time, an overworked heart can even exhaust the muscles and connective tissues of the cardiac structure.
The evidence of overtraining is that in the morning when the gym enthusiast is waking up he/she feels a kind of tension and aches all over the body and feels tired. It takes a while for this person to walk themselves out of this kind of condition, and they often need a warm shower, coffee or other energy boost drinks, etc. The next session of vigorous exercise for them is like medicine. They begin to warm up, stimulating circulation, ?loosening up? their tight muscles, and they start to feel better as the exercise stimulates endorphins production. They become psychologically and physiologically dependent upon maintaining this hard regimen in order to feel good. It is very important to incorporate stretching techniques in full-body post-event sport rehabilitative massage. Full-body stretching techniques play a very important role in maintenance of the results that we achieve by providing massage therapy. The importance of the role of fascia in our function is hard to overestimate. Stretching significantly helps to maintain normal tension in fascia and muscles, ultimately translating to stabilized metabolism, which is condition for good health.
Goals
1. Reduce the tension in muscles and connective tissue.
2. Accelerate the drainage of venous blood as well as lymphatic fluid.
3. Reduce peripheral vascular resistance.
4. Balance the activities of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system.
For some reason, massage therapists that specialize in treatments of sport related injuries are calling this method sport massage. In my opinion, if someone sprains/strains the lower back, upper back, shoulder, knee, etc., by playing sport or working at home, or at the workplace, the pathology that will be developed due to kind of injury disturbing orthopedic status. Utilization of massage in cases of back and limb disorders we call orthopedic massage. There is no doubt that there is huge room for orthopedic massage available in sport rehabilitative medicine. It is proven that orthopedic massage therapy is a very effective tool in treating sport-related, industrial injuries, as well as helping people experience less pain in cases of degenerative diseases of the support and movement systems such as osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease and other types of spondylosis. Really sport massage that is utilized only in industry of sport is a pre-event sport massage and post-event rehabilitative sport massage. These two types of massage therapy are very important efforts in order to improve the athletes performances, to prevent to a maximum extent, sport related injuries, as well as to eliminate side effects of exercise stress/overtraining. 20 years ago, training in sport massage was limited to massage therapists who worked with professional teams, Olympian teams, etc. Nowadays, sport massage has value not only for professional athletes, but also for the modern fitness enthusiast. If you will pay attention to the behavior of today's gym members, you will see people who are working out as if they are preparing themselves for competition. It is obvious that most of them are pushing themselves to the limit. In most cases, people don't or forget to ask themselves, ?Why am I in the gym? If you will ask them this question, no doubt their answer will be ?to keep (themselves) in shape and to contribute to (their) health. But the manner of working out like a professional athlete in the long run causes more harm than good. What a lot of people do not realize is that professional sport-like training is not contributing to health. Professional sports actually is a tough rough show business and nothing else. I personally don't believe that we are capable of changing the minds of gym enthusiasts that vigorous exercise (which most gym enthusiasts are engaging in) is not a good idea. But there is no doubt that post-event rehabilitative sport massage can be of tremendous help to the health of these gym enthusiasts. The post-event rehabilitative sport massage that I offering to you today was initially developed and proposed by professor Alexander Dembo, MD, PhD, former Leningrad, now Peterburg School of Medicine in 1964.
It is important for us to understand the side effects of vigorous intense exercise. They are:
1. Accumulation of higher resting tonus in the muscular structures all over the body leads to disturbances of microcirculation that causes soreness and/or pain in muscles, and disturbances of biomechanics. Biomechanical imbalances lead to compensatory movement which starts a chain reaction of negative factors, building like a snowball and leading to higher susceptibility to sport-related injury, development of myofascial pain syndromes, and more.
2. Vigorous exercise always causes microtrauma that naturally leads to small scar formations which means adhesions of the soft tissues, etc. If these mini-scars will not be managed right, soft tissue loses elasticity accumulating deposits of calcium, functionally shortness of muscles happen, etc. As you can imagine, any attempt at fast movement in the presence of the above mentioned condition can cause significant tears in muscles, tendons, ligaments, herniation of discs, subluxations of the facet joints, etc.
3. At nighttime, over-tensed muscles, especially those of the lower and upper extremities cause a significant increase of peripheral vascular resistance. Peripheral vascular resistance is the main opposition to left atria cardiac work. The harder the cardiac work will be the more stress hormone production will be stimulated. Studies show (A. Dembo, 1962) that increase of peripheral vascular resistance occurs mostly between the hours of 1am-3am. As you understand, if this phenomenon will not be eliminated, it is hard to believe that people will rest at night as they are supposed to. Insufficient quality of rest causes development of chronic fatigue syndrome and can even initiate depression. Constant higher resting tonus of the muscular structures responsible for joint & spine stabilization and movement causes exhaustion of the joint cartilage, (fissuring of the cartilage, erosion), and can lead to significant arthritis development at an uncharacteristically young age of athlete. With time, an overworked heart can even exhaust the muscles and connective tissues of the cardiac structure.
The evidence of overtraining is that in the morning when the gym enthusiast is waking up he/she feels a kind of tension and aches all over the body and feels tired. It takes a while for this person to walk themselves out of this kind of condition, and they often need a warm shower, coffee or other energy boost drinks, etc. The next session of vigorous exercise for them is like medicine. They begin to warm up, stimulating circulation, ?loosening up? their tight muscles, and they start to feel better as the exercise stimulates endorphins production. They become psychologically and physiologically dependent upon maintaining this hard regimen in order to feel good. It is very important to incorporate stretching techniques in full-body post-event sport rehabilitative massage. Full-body stretching techniques play a very important role in maintenance of the results that we achieve by providing massage therapy. The importance of the role of fascia in our function is hard to overestimate. Stretching significantly helps to maintain normal tension in fascia and muscles, ultimately translating to stabilized metabolism, which is condition for good health.
Goals
1. Reduce the tension in muscles and connective tissue.
2. Accelerate the drainage of venous blood as well as lymphatic fluid.
3. Reduce peripheral vascular resistance.
4. Balance the activities of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system.
11 December 2008
Beras Kencur (Javanese herbal decoction)
Ingredients:
Rice - 11/2 ounce
Kencur (galingale) - 11/2 ounce
Cardamoms - 6 pieces
Ginger - 1/2 ounce
Limes - 2 to 3
Tamarind - 1/2 ounce
Brown sugar - 1/2 kg
Salt to taste
Water - 4 litres
Directions:
Cook water along with brown sugar and tamarind. Cook until simmer while stirring well. Then add some salt and leave to cool and then filter.
Wash ginger and galingale, then peel and chop.
Wash the chopped ginger, galingale and cardamom with hot water, then blend with some fresh water. If they have been blended well, if not filter it and add directly into the tamarind-brown sugar mixture. Stir well.
You can serve it directly or you can store the mixture into a dry, clean bottle, then refrigerate.
Rice - 11/2 ounce
Kencur (galingale) - 11/2 ounce
Cardamoms - 6 pieces
Ginger - 1/2 ounce
Limes - 2 to 3
Tamarind - 1/2 ounce
Brown sugar - 1/2 kg
Salt to taste
Water - 4 litres
Directions:
Cook water along with brown sugar and tamarind. Cook until simmer while stirring well. Then add some salt and leave to cool and then filter.
Wash ginger and galingale, then peel and chop.
Wash the chopped ginger, galingale and cardamom with hot water, then blend with some fresh water. If they have been blended well, if not filter it and add directly into the tamarind-brown sugar mixture. Stir well.
You can serve it directly or you can store the mixture into a dry, clean bottle, then refrigerate.
02 December 2008
Lemongrass
Scientific Name: Cymbogon cutratus
Action: Antiemetic, anti-inflammatory, carminative, diaphoretic, digestive, diuretic, expectorant, stomachic and tonic
Taste: Hot and aromatic
Part used: Stem
Internal Application: The lower part of the lemongrass stalk (the rhizome) is white in colour and possesses the strongest flavour. This part is a common ingredient in many Asian soups and curries. Lemongrass tea is used as a therapy for colds, congestion, fever, cough, sore throat and laryngitis. As a hot herb, lemongrass is also used as a digestion stimulant in cases of flatulence, indigestion and constipation. Lemongrass is also used to counter stomach pains, nausea, vomitting, and back pain. It is also used by hill-tribes as a general tonic, for bone and joint pain, and typically for bruises and sore muscles.
Preparation: Finely chop or pound 3-4 fresh stalks; make tea. Take 3 times daily before meals.
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