When gripping power of the hand starts diminishing or there is feeling of muscle weakness then it is important that you ensure your intakes of healthy fats, vitamin D and vitamin B12.

Besides, you may revive your childhood exercise of ‘Writing few pages in good hand-writing’ for 25 minutes daily.

Neatly written words will need your brain’s concentration in coordinating all major components of conscious motor and sensory pathways, sensory receptors and peripheral nerves within the spinal chord and nerve tissues throughout the brain. This complete exercise needs lot of energy.

Optimal nutritional support for the nervous system and the habit of writing on paper on a regular basis - both of these actions can go a long way toward keeping your nervous system healthy in the years ahead.

Article adopted from: http://drbenkim.com/nervous-system-healthy.html

“The veins in the anal region get swollen and start to bleed” – we call it PILES.
The patient will suffer silently but will try to hide his/her problem. That results into further complications.

Normally, following factors give rise to PILES:
a) Consumption of fast food, no vegetarian food and sodas.
b) Sedentary routines and negligible exercises.
c) Alcoholics and persons having liver problems.
d) Chronic patients of constipation, consuming less water and avoiding going to toilet, as per their lazy nature. This practice makes the stool harder. And give rise to piles at a later date.

Constipation and abrasions give rise to internal piles. When the internal piles are forced out of the anus, it is considered as external piles. Internal piles rarely bleed but the external piles cause anguish and sufferings.

Irrespective of the situation, the patient is advised to take the following steps:

1. Increase intake of fruits and vegetables and consume lots of water. Go for easily digestible food. Avoid spices and chilies. Green vegetable, ginger, onion, garlic, radish, bitter gourd, papaya, apple, lime, cherry and figs should be preferred. It will help in reducing the constipation and make the stool soft.
2. The urge to go to toilet should never be suppressed. It will, help in easy defecation. Care should be taken that NO pressure is applied.
3. Once a day, Sitz bath should be undertaken. The patient sits in a warm water tub for 15 minutes. It will relax all anal spasms and pains.
4. Indian type toilets should be preferred. It helps to pass the stool easily. Full pressure could be exerted on the abdomen area.

The conventional solution for Piles is considered to be Surgery. Since the patient is scared of getting cancer, so he does not think of any other alternative except opting for surgery. Advanced Laser surgery is preferred as the duration of hospital stay and blood loss is reduced. Still the surgery does not stop the piles to re-appear.

It is very important to note that the piles are the result of internal circulatory system. It is certainly not a localized problem where its removal by surgery could offer a permanent solution.

It has been found that Homeopathy does not consider piles – a surgical disease.

The piles are considered as the outburst of an internal problem which has to be treated ONLY Internally. The blood vessels are strengthened and its resistance power is improved. Homeopathy medicines do not offer any side effects. Besides it ensures to erase the piles problem.

Article adopted with inputs from:http://archives.chennaionline.com/health/Homoeopathy/2005/08homoeo52.asp

The Chinese have been practicing simple healing techniques that have been passed down for generations. In this article you will learn 5 secret techniques that will help you keep focus and regulate the temperature of your body.

Ancient Chinese Healing Secret #1

Place your palm on your stomach. You will notice that after leaving your hand on your stomach for even less than a minute, you will feel the warmth of your hand radiating throughout your body to help keep you warm. What do I do in the summer to keep cool then? Ironically, the answer is the same, keeping your palm over your stomach tends to regulate the temperature of your body to the ideal temperature and keep you cool. Chinese people know that even if you are sleeping in the middle of summer heat, you still cover your stomach, or you might catch a cold. Interesting isn’t it?

Ancient Chinese Healing Secret #2

Drink plenty of hot liquids. Americans live a lifestyle of drinking water or juices as cold as they come, this quickly lowers your body’s core temperature. While it feels cool and refreshing, it is also making it easier to get sick. Chinese people have been drinking hot tea since Ancient Chinese Civilization. This has a double bonus, you get the vitamins from the tea, and you kill any bacteria inside your throat while keeping your body nice and warm. What is one the first signs of a cold, is it not the itchy feeling in your throat that makes you want to cough?

Ancient Chinese Healing Secret #3

Your body will heal itself, or you won’t get well. Think about it, unless you require surgery or have a broken limb, pretty much the main factor in how fast your body recovers from any sickness is how strong your immunity is. So what do you do if you get sick then? Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables to boost your immunity and get plenty of rest, apply the first technique to make sure your body temperature is regulated, also practice the second technique, but you already know this one right.

Ancient Chinese Healing Secret #4

Take long deep breaths while practicing the first technique. Yoga shows the benefits of deep breathing to help you stay focused and helps to align your body physically and mentally. The technique of covering the stomach and deep breathing really helps you relax, which makes it easier to fall asleep. The technique is to breath in slowly and deeply and breath out from the mouth, notice all the heat coming from your breath, a few breaths, and you will feel more relaxed.

Ancient Chinese Healing Secret #5

Don’t rely heavily on drugs. I am talking about OTC or prescription drugs. In general, relying heavily on any outside source from your body is only allowing your body’s natural resistance to use the boost as a crutch and will lower your body’s natural ability to fight off the sickness. Building a high immunity requires your body to fight off the sickness by itself, so that it gets stronger. If you keep assisting it along, it will have no need to generate the resistance needed, weakening your body’s defenses. Instead, try the above methods and get plenty of rest.

What does this all mean?

This means that unless you have some sort of cancer or require some kind of surgery, it is in your best interest to practice these techniques to help boost your body’s immunity naturally. With proper application of the techniques, it becomes easier to prevent yourself from getting sick in the first place. The best thing about these techniques is that you can use it on infants to adults with the same results.

Want to learn more?

To learn more secrets and logical reasons as to why it works, I highly suggest you check out the book Pei: Thermal Zone System It covers all these, as well as other techniques in detail, and is written in easy to understand language. I hope you all enjoyed this article, and I wish you all good health.

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Fruits are the easiest source for improving our body from inside and outside.

Well, everybody talks very high of eating fruits. Let us talk a little about unique qualities of fruits as Face-packs.

Apples: The Doctors can be kept at a distance if you consume ‘Apple a day’. You know why? Well it has minerals, vitamins, pectin and tannin. It all helps in improving blood circulation. It is equally effective in toning and tightening the skin.

Put apple in mixie and add a teaspoon of glycerin. Apply the mix on your face for 15 minutes. Wash it with cold water and gain relief from sun burnt skin.

Add two teaspoons of grated apple with two pieces of mashed papaya, one teaspoon of fresh cream and a spoon of china clay. Mix it properly and apply on the face. Wash it off after 15 minutes and relish healthy looking skin.

Bananas: Revitalize dry skin, tighten and clean the pores of your face by adding a teaspoon of honey into two ripe mashed bananas. Apply the mix on your face. Wash it with clean water after 15 minutes. It will reveal soft, supple and hydrated skin.

Oranges: Indian Beauty expert Shahnaz Husain recommends rubbing fresh orange peels on the skin to tighten it. It will also lighten the color of the skin. The citrus family is best known for its astringent properties.

Papayas: Papaya is an excellent cleanser. It has enzyme papain. It revives blemished and undernourished and oily skin. Mix papaya pulp with oatmeal and honey/curd and apply on face. Wash it after 15 minutes. Papaya pulp mixed with cucumber pulp and applied below eyes will help in minimizing the dark circles.

Pomegranates: Face scrubs of pomegranates remove excess oil from your face and make the skin look fresh. Pomegranates juice acts as an astringent and it is a natural toner.
Massage your face with pomegranate juice with a cotton wool. Leave it for 15 minutes and then wash it for an instant glow.

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The fashionable layered haircut called the shag hair style has been embraced by many stars and people have followed by the masses. The shag takes many forms and is basically a messy layered cut. Layers are more prominent towards and around the face with hair length ranging from short, medium and long. Shags can be curly, wavy or straight. The look is crisp, carefree yet still professional.

This hairstyle is so versatile that and potentially looks fantastic on anyone regardless of their age, hair length, texture or color. The short style gives elder women more flamboyancy and youthfulness in their appearance. Doesn’t Lisa Rinna always look exceptional? Her short multi layered cut gives her a sophisticated yet I’m ready to play persona. The chocolate brown with blond highlights admiringly complements her facial features and is suitable for any occasion.

Paula Deen’s Layered Shag

What about the beloved restauranteur Paula Deen? Paula’s layered shag haircut speaks for itself - she doesn’t even need to color her hair! Paula Deen has adopted a medium shag varying her layers from softly angled, straight and to beautiful waves always giving her that graceful radiant quality.

And of course who could forget the classic blond Meg Ryan shag, giving her that irresistible innocent charm. Other celebs with shags include Jodie Foster, Kate Micucci, Sharon Stone, Reese Witherspoon, HalleBerry, Jessica Biel and Sharon Osbourne.

Male celebrities

Famous men have also jumped on board the shag craze. Brad Pitt’s just got out of bed look makes any woman go wild. Other shagsters include chef Gordon Ramsay, David Duchovny and Owen Wilson.

Stars with a shag radiate youth and trendiness. But what more do these styles say about the celebrities or more importantly what are they trying to convey?

No matter whether she’s in the kitchen or the garden, Paula Deen always looks presentable. Being in an advisory position, if you will, Paula has gained our trust and our love for her. How did she do it? Not only through her priceless knowledge and charisma, but also with a hairstyle that says “with age comes wisdom and I still know how to be hip".

We know sadly David Duchovny has been trounced by his sex addiction but to his credit has sought rehabilitation assistance. His ever sexy shag haircut gives him a boyish innocent charm. Who would have guessed that such a stylish and poised Fox Moulder would encounter any such dilemma?

Ashlee Simpson-Wentz’s long burgundy cut with shaggy side bang has given her a boost of freshness, perhaps a Bittersweet edge.

Owen Wilson’s medium wavy layered cut is rather unique. It’s still suitable for professional outings and for his age yet no woman can resist the young blond surfy guy look he presents. He says he’s a trouble maker and his rugged sexy cut confirms that.

A celebrity that just exudes fun and enthusiasm, Lisa Rina’s multi layered cut says I’m wild and ready for action, quite appropriate for her Chicago musical.

As you can see, the shag hairstyle is so versatile in terms of both the look and the persona that it can portray. Stylists of the above celebrities are miracle makers, capturing each of their personalities and presenting them in sophisticated fun loving shag styles.

Hopefully we’ll see more and more celebrities take our breath away with their gorgeous shags.

Click below for some examples of shag hairstyles

Various Shag Layered Haircuts http://www.haircontent.com/shag-hair-style/

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Acupressure is a healing art that involves applying pressure to specific points on your body to produce health-promoting effects.
How can applying pressure to different areas of your body help your health? The answer lies in understanding your nervous system.
Having a healthy nervous system is an absolute must if you want to have a healthy body, as the activities of every cell in your body are governed by your nervous system.

An essential requirement for maintaining a healthy nervous system is to provide your largest nerves with optimal blood flow and stimulation, which promote optimal nerve tone - this is akin to regular resistance work and stretching promoting optimal muscle tone.
Applying direct pressure to specific nerves throughout your body on a regular basis is a simple and powerfully effective way to stimulate your nerves and bring them optimal blood flow. Put another way, applying pressure to specific nerves can promote healthy nerve tone, which in turn, promotes good overall health.

One of the best features of acupressure is that you don’t need to spend thousands of dollars and many months or years to learn how to use it to help your health.

During a 300-hour postgraduate medical acupuncture program I took several years ago, after spending a number of days reviewing dozens of key nerve and blood vessel points throughout the body and face, I distinctly remember the lead professor saying that even if we treated the same five most powerful points on every patient, irrespective of the health conditions being treated, we would likely get excellent results.

Over time, through my own experiences with providing acupuncture and acupressure treatments, I have found that most people can experience significant health benefits by regularly stimulating just three specific points on a regular basis. For specific health concerns, it’s best to have a clinician consider other points as well. But for the vast majority of people, applying pressure to just three points several times a week can provide a real boost to nervous system tone and overall health.

What follows are descriptions and links to pictures of the three acupressure points that I recommend most people stimulate on themselves to promote and maintain good overall health:

1. Large Intestine 4 (LI-4): located in the soft, fleshy web that sits between your thumb and forefinger.

LI-4 at Acuxo.com

Anatomy: this point corresponds with a muscular branch of the median nerve, the deep branch of the ulnar nerve, proper palmer digital nerves from the first common palmar digital nerve, and the superficial branch of the radial nerve. Tributary branches of the cephalic vein, the radial artery, and the first dorsal metacarpal artery and companion veins can also be found in this region.

2. Liver 3 (LR-3): located in the soft flesh that sits between your big and 2nd toes, the equivalent of LI-4 on your foot.

LR-3 at Acuxo.com

Anatomy: this point corresponds with the medial dorsal cutaneous nerve, the medial branch of the deep peroneal nerve, and a muscular branch from the deep branch of the lateral plantar nerve. The dorsal venous network of the foot , the first dorsal metatarsal artery, and a companion vein are also found in this region.

3. Spleen 6 (SP-6): located approximately three finger widths above the inner ankle bone, in a tender region of the lower calf muscle.

SP-6 at Acuxo.com

Anatomy: this point is found in between the medial margin of the tibia and the soleus muscle. As you go deeper, this point corresponds with the flexor digitorum longus and flexor hallucis longus muscles. This point also corresponds with a cutaneous branch of the saphenous nerve, motor branches of the tibial nerve, and the deeper trunk of the tibial nerve. A superficial branch of the great saphenous vein, the posterior tibial artery, and a companion vein to the posterior tibial artery are also in this region.

Use your fingers and/or thumbs to massage these points on one or both sides of your body for a few minutes, up to two times a day. For optimal results, massage these points on both sides of your body during each session.

When you correctly locate these points, you should feel some tenderness upon applying pressure to them. Apply enough pressure/massage to create a mild, dull, and possibly achy sensation.

Article by By Dr Ben Kim
http://drbenkim.com/acupressure-points.html

Stress is a part of the present life. There could be many reasons for the stress– Financial problems, family problems, and sickness of somebody in the house or your own temperament.

Stress can increase our energy and alertness, if it is in smaller doses. If STRESS exceeds our ability to cope with it then very slowly it starts affecting our complete body systems.

Initial symptoms could be reflected in the form of anxiousness, nervousness, distraction, excess worry or internal pressure. If these problems are not attended properly, it may soon turn into severe headache, depression, loose motions, High Blood pressure or Hypertension.

How about understanding the affects of Stress on our body?

We have certain established beliefs in our subconscious mind. Anything different may convince us to believe the circumstances as stressful. Such situation causes the movement of our body cells into protection mode. The result is ¡V increase in heart rate, blood getting diverted to muscles. The cells are unable to accept the supply of oxygen., The cells do not absorb nutrients, do not properly eliminate waste products, and do not function the way it normally should. They start getting weaker and open to disease. The immune power of the body also gets weaker.

Similar situation arises when we are shocked, worried or excessive anxiety is caused due to angry Boss or a shouting spouse. Stressful life could be another reason for such situation.

It is very important that we must try to come out of such situation. Stressful condition for a smaller period does not harm the body but if the situation persists for a longer period. Then it may cause a bigger harm which could not be avoided.

Way to avoid Stress:

# Try to identify the reason of stress
# Seek advice & help from your family and friends, to find a solution
# Maintain a positive outlook
# Go for regular exercises
# Spare time for events which you enjoy, on regular basis.
# Regular rest and sleep is very important for the body relaxation.

Meditation could be one of the dependable ways of achieving relaxation of complete body. Easier way could be: Select a peaceful place. Think of anything which you find interesting. It could be your girlfriend/boyfriend, your children or anything which you love to think about. Close your eyes and start thinking about it. Idea is to limit your thoughts within a smaller circuit. You may sit in that position for 15-25 minutes. When you get up, you will find it very relaxing.

Corpse posture is also very relaxing. You lie down on your back, on a mattress. Feel that toes of your feet are completely relaxed. Think of lower legs being relaxed. Think of your both legs which are completely relaxed. Think you body is completely relaxed. Think your both arms are relaxed. Finally let your head stay in complete relaxed posture. Lie in that position for 20 minutes. When you get up, you will find your body filled with new energies.