Live in rooms full of light
Avoid heavy food
Be moderate in the drinking of wine
Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics
Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water
Change surroundings and take long journeys
Strictly avoid frightening ideas
Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements
Listen to music
A Cornelius Celsus
19 January 2009
Ginger
Scientific name: Zingiber officinale
Action: Advujent, Analgesic, Antiemetic, Anti-inflammatory, Antirheumetic, Antiseptic, Antitussive, Aphrodisiac, Carminative, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Expectorant, Stimulant, Tonic
Taste: Hot
Internal Application: Ginger is the quintessential panacea in many traditional medicine pharmacopoeia. As a hot herb, ginger is a powerful stimulant, especially for the digestive tract. It is the herb choice for stimulation of digestion, and is used to combat flatulence, indigestion, gastritis, peptic ulcer, diarrhea, sluggish digestion, nausea and vomitting. Ginger tea is also used in colds, congestion, sore throat, fevers, nausea, seasickness, mouth sores, hemorrhoids, and beri-beri (vitamin B1 deficiency), earning it the reputaion as a cure-all. Traditional healers give ginger tea to mothers immediately following birth to promote health and rapid recovery. Ginger also acts as galactogogue, encouraging production of breast milk. Ginger is used as an adjuvant in many herbal preparations in order to lessen side effects and increase potency of other herbs, and is the most frequently used herbs in this preparation.
Preparation: Decoction from one thumb-length (about 5g) fresh ginger, finely chopped, grated or mashed. Boil 10-15 minutes; drink after meals. For cough and cold, add lemon juice.
Topical application: Ginger has a powerful antiseptic action and may be used topically for bacterial and fungal skin infections, parasites and acne.
Preparation: Mash fresh ginger and make a paste. Apply topically to skin. For sores within the mouth, gargle with ginger tea and pinch of salt.
10 January 2009
The Law of Pure Potentiality
The source of all creation is pure consciousness. Pure potentiality seeking expression from the unmanifest to the manifest. And when we realize that our true Self is one of pure potentiality, we align with the power that manifests everything in nature.
I will put the Law of Pure Potentiality into effect by making a commitment to take the following steps:
1. I will get in touch with the field of pure potentiality by taking time each day to be silent, to just Be. I will also sit alone in silent meditation at least twice a day for approximately thirty minutes in the morning and thirty minutes in the evening.
2. I will take time each day to commune with nature and to silently witness the intelligence within every living thing. I will sit silently and watch a sunset, or listen to the sound of the ocean or a stream, or simply smell the scent of a flower. In the ecstasy of my own silence, and by communing with nature, I will enjoy the life throb of ages, the field of pure potentiality and unbounded creativity.
3. I will practice non-judgment. I will begin my day with the statement, "Today, I shall judge nothing that occurs", and throughout the day I will remind myself not to judge.
from chopra.com
08 January 2009
The Warrior Within
Awaken your inner wisdom, vision and spirit. These grounding blends will uplift and empower you as you grow in the process of awakening the warrior within. Known to nurture willpower and alleviate feelings of loss of self-esteem, they will bring you a positive and empowering energy, helping build the confidence to break out and embrace your own energy.
Warming
3 drops Clary Sage
3 drops Vetiver
Cooling
3 drops Pine
3 drops Cypress
by Judy Chapman
Warming
3 drops Clary Sage
3 drops Vetiver
Cooling
3 drops Pine
3 drops Cypress
by Judy Chapman
02 January 2009
Ayurvedic Eye Exercises
The following exercises will stregnthen your eyes:
First, blink the eyes rapidly several times. Then, with the eyes open, move your eyes in this pattern:
up and down
side to side
diagonally from top left to bottom right
diagonally from top right to bottom left
clockwise in a circle
counterclockwise in a circle
Hold your arm outstretched in front of you. Look at the tip of your index finger, and gradually bring the finger close to you, following it with your ryes, until it touches your "third eye", between the eyebrows.
Look at the tip of your nose, and then towards your "third eye".
Finally, close your eyes tightly, then release. These exercises are beneficial for improving the circulation of eccentric muscles of the eyeball.
After finishing the exercises, or anytime your eyes feel tired or strained, rub your palms vigorously together for a few seconds to generate some warmth, then place them lightly over your eyes. Feel how soothing the warmth is. Keep them there for a minute or two to strengthen and nourish your eyes.
by Vasant Lad, BAMS, MASc
24 December 2008
Aromatic Mouth Washes
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.
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.
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.
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