A close family friend of ours could not go to school today because she was overtaken by anxiety. The stimulus was college day and the PSAT for freshmen. I felt so sad about the pressure she and many others are feeling about their futures and felt hopeless as far as how to help.
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Allergies and The Elements: How Traditional Chinese Medicine Can help
Sometimes a different way of thinking of things can broaden our understanding of the way things work. In western medicine, we think of specific allergens that aggravate our allergies, such as pollens, grasses, cat dander. In Chinese medicine, we look at the elements. This can be more information for us to reduce our exposure to what aggravates our symptoms and help us make sure we minimize factors contributing to allergies.
How Do Essential Oils Work?
Using essential oils for their benefit to the body or mind is called aromatherapy. From essential oils for deep sleep and calming to essential oils for sinus and congestion, aromatherapy is a powerful way to promote wellness without using pharmaceuticals.
Treating Anxiety – the Natural Way
Anxiety is a very common issue; it is in fact the most common of all mental health disorders and as many as one in four of us will be affected by an anxiety disorder at some point during life. Medication isn’t necessarily the answer, and natural treatment methods like using essential oils for anxiety can be very powerful.
Some anxiety in life is a normal reaction to stress. It is when anxiety is unremitting, not attached to a specific self-limiting circumstance or challenge, or when it impinges on daily quality of life that is becomes a problem.
Microcosmic Orbit Breathing Meditation for Sinus Relief
This simple Taoist meditation can immediately alleviate sinus congestion, start to regulate blood pressure, and balance the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
In traditional practice, it is used for qi regulation, organ health, and syncing the body systems with the natural energy and rhythm of the macrocosmic orbit, for health and harmonious living.
Allergy Relief without Pharmaceuticals
It’s that time of year. For some of us it’s spring; others will suffer in other seasons and some poor souls suffer all year long…
Allergies. They can make you feel sick when you’re not, make you feel tired when you should be full of energy. They give you itchy eyes, runny, sneezy noses, irritated throats, and more. They, quite simply, make you feel miserable.
Helping Ease the Irritation of a Bug Bite
Summertime and bug bites seem to go hand in hand. I noticed that some people attract more mosquitoes than others and some react to bites more strongly than others. So while researching on Wikipedia, I found that most mosquitoes prefer type O blood, heavy breathers, those with a lot of skin bacteria, people with a lot of body heat and pregnant women. And sometimes it’s just a matter of how sweet your sweat is!
