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Preventing Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy through Ayurveda Definition:
Benign prostatic hypertrophy is swelling of Prostate gland. The
prostate is a walnut sized gland that is only present in men. It is
located just below the bladder and top of the penis. This gland
surrounds the urethra ( the tube through which urine flows from the
bladder and out through the penis ).
A laxative is defined as, A substance that is used to promote a bowel movement when you are constipated.
Laxatives work by starting and stimulating peristaltic action.
Peristaltic action is a wave like movement that occurs throughout your
gastrointestinal tract – esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon –
that helps move your food into your stomach, through your intestines,
through your colon, and out your rectum.
A body that is overloaded with toxins cannot perform its normal
cleansing job that is required for optimal health. In addition to
naturally-occuring toxins, it is estimated that more than 400 man-made
chemicals as well as heavy metals permeate the body of a person today.
Naturally if these toxins are not removed from the body, they can cause
chronic health ailments. It is therefore very necessary to detox and
cleanse the body from these toxins and pollutants.
Foot massage or foot reflexology has a Chinese origin. It dates back to
more than 3,000 years ago and is used in the prevention and cure of
many health ailments. Some in fact say, foot massage dates back to ancient Eygyptian times due to archaeological findings in cave drawings in Egypt.
An interesting area of alternative medicine that is advancing rapidly
is mercury detox treatment. Mercury is toxic to humans. We can be
exposed to mercury in a number of ways, including the silver fillings
in our teeth, ammunition, artificial flowers and wood preservatives.
Without
essential fatty acids, life could not exist. These fatty acids produce
chemical activities that keep you alive. When you are deficient in
these acids, then you are less alive and suffer pain and disease.
Discover why essential fatty acids are critical for your well-being.
It is the bane of a person’s existence. Everybody gets it; everybody
hates it. And once you have it, prepare to be tormented, embarrassed
and humiliated. Such a small bump, so much at stake. So what is this
little bundle of horror? What else but the dreaded pimple!
Once upon a time, healing was considered an art. Healing was understood
by all to be a complex interaction between the patient, the healer, the
community of living people, the communities of the plants and animals
(and insects and rocks and fish), the communities of the non-living
people (such as ancestors, spirit guides, and archetypes) and that
mysterious movement known by so many names: Creator, God/dess, All High.
In
this article, I discuss which fruits, juices, you should be eating for
relieving hemorrhoids. In Part II, of this series I will discuss the
foods that are good to help you eliminate hemorrhoids.
Bacteria in your colon are referred to by many different names –
probiotics, good or bad bacteria, beneficial bacteria, acidophilus,
disbiosis, micro flora, proflora. friendly flora, and unfriendly
bacteria.
An
important differentiator between alternative medicine (acupuncture,
herbs, yoga, etc.) and Western medicine (drugs, surgery) is how the
practitioners view disease. In alternative medicine, disease is seen as
something to be avoided. In Western medicine, we see disease as
something we must wait for, then cure.
Alternative
medicine is a label that seems to apply to many practices from
acupuncture to yoga to vitamins to massage. How is alternative
medicine, or holistic health, different from what we in the United
States call “modern medicine?”
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