Looking for more healthy snack options? Seeds and nuts can be a great addition to a healthy diet. Pumpkin seeds can have a plethora of health benefits, such as:
- Anti inflammatory properties. Good for pain sufferers and those with arthritis.
- Lowering cholesterol
- Providing a great source of maganese, magnesium, and phosporous (plus many other nutrients)
- Promoting good oral, bladder, and prostate health
- Serving as a good natural mood booster, fighting depression.
- Containing phytosterols that can help fight Cancer
- Helping to relieve constipation
To roast pumpkin seeds, simply rinse and then dry. Then spread them on a baking sheet and season to taste and bake. Most recipes call for around 325 degrees for 30 minutes or less.
Here’s a great list of pumpkin seed recipes.
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Modern western medicine has finally recognized what the ancient Chinese have known for centuries – acupuncture is a viable treatment option for a variety of health conditions and illnesses. Of course, if you feel nauseous at just the thought of tiny stainless steel needles all over your body, you can look into a great alternative called magnetic wave therapy, also known as electronic acupuncture. One of the great benefits of this type of device is that it also has a detection mode.
How Electronic Acupuncture Works
While traditional acupuncture involves the placement of stainless steel needles inserted at various acupoints throughout the body, electronic acupuncture treats the acupoints in the hand, palm and even the wrist area. The device used is small and handheld, with a wand that delivers electromagnetic wave impulses to the acupoints. Thanks to a useful hand map that accompanies these devices, you can accurately pinpoint the area on the hand that corresponds to the body part or function you wish to treat.
The detection mode of these magnetic wave therapy devices works in a similar fashion, with one exception. You must establish a baseline before you can scan your hand with the handheld wand. Following the instructions, you would first touch the wand to the area known as Shao Shang, a spot found by the cuticle of your thumb. You should receive a buzzing sensation when the wand touches it. If it is too intense of a feeling, you can adjust the device until the buzzing reaches a tolerable level.
With the baseline established at the Shao Shang site, you can then scan the different acupoints of the hand, palm and other noted areas. If you feel a buzzing sensation that is a little more intense than your baseline, you should mark that area with a pen or marker. Once you have completed the scan, you can evaluate the results by comparing the marked areas to the hand map.
Interpreting Detection Results
For the ancient Chinese, balance of the body was important. They used acupuncture to ensure that the energy pathways found within the body stayed unblocked. With electronic acupuncture, if your body is in balance, the Shao Shang site should offer up the most intense buzzing sensation during your scans. However, if you experience intense buzzing elsewhere, then you know that something is not in balance within your body.
You can then take the results of your detection scan to your doctor, pinpointing the particular body parts or functions that are suspect. With a starting point, your doctor can order the appropriate medical tests for a definitive diagnosis. Keep in mind that while magnetic wave therapy is an excellent complement to western medicine, it should not be viewed as the sole tool for treatment and detection of illness.
N Strickland is a former cancer patient who is thankfully now in remission. He has a keen interest in pain management, most particularly using alternative therapies. To get more information on hand acupoints and Electro-Acupuncture visit http://www.getaculifenow.com. If you’d like more info about detection, visit: Acupoint Detection.
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This guest post is contributed by Kitty Holman, who writes on the topics of nursing schools. She welcomes your comments at her email Id: kitty.holman20@gmail.com.
The 2007 National Health Interview Survey revealed that 38 percent of adults use Complementary Alternative Medicine. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine defines CAM as diverse medical and health care practices, products and systems that are usually not considered to be conventional medicine, such as that practiced by medical doctors or doctors of osteopathy and other allied health professionals. It is often used to treat musculoskeletal problems such as back, neck and joint pain, headaches, allergies, anxiety or stress, and non threatening sicknesses like a chest cold. CAM can involve natural products, such as herbal medicines, probiotics, vitamins and minerals, or mind-body medicine that concentrates on how the brain, mind, body, and behavior interact in order to restore health and physical functioning. Another popular CAM is manipulative and body-based practices that attend to the body’s structures and systems like bones and joints, and circulatory and lymphatic systems. According to the survey some of the most popular CAM therapies include meditation, chiropractic, massage and yoga. Although you have likely heard of these practices for relaxation and fitness benefits, you may not be aware of their health benefits.
Meditation
The survey reported that 9.4 percent of adults used this type of CAM practice to help with stress, anxiety, pain, depression, and insomnia. The purpose of meditation is to help individuals gain focus and learn how to control their attention. To do this one uses specific techniques like body position and posture, controlled breathing, focused attention, and an open attitude. While this practice has its roots in ancient spiritual traditions, anyone can utilize it to encourage calmness and relaxation in the body, to improve psychological balance, and increase overall health.
Chiropractic
Approximately 8.6 percent of adults in the survey used chiropractic and osteopathic therapies for conditions like headaches, and back, neck, and joint pain, according to the survey. As a type of CAM manipulative and body-based practice, chiropractic is focused on how the body’s structure like the spine relates with its functioning. While it can involve a variety of approaches to treatment, most commonly chiropractors treat conditions by performing adjustments to the spine and other body parts in order to correct alignment. It is believed that if the body is properly aligned than it has a greater ability to naturally heal itself.
Massage
Not just a reason to escape to a spa for pampering purposes, 8.3 percent of adults used massage as a CAM therapy to relieve pain, decrease stress, aid in relaxation, rehabilitate injuries, and to help with anxiety and depression. Therapists use many different techniques during massage like pressing and rubbing on muscles and other soft tissues in order to manipulate them. They are specially trained to carry out these manipulations using their hands, fingers, forearms, or elbows. Many believe that the stimulation of massage therapy can block pain signals to the brain, release certain chemicals in the body like endorphins or serotonin, and aid in mechanical changes that are beneficial to the body.
Yoga
While many people use yoga as a way to stay fit, 6.1 percent of adults in the survey utilized it as a mind-body practice to help with stress management, body alignment, asthma, muscle relaxation, and circulation. Generally practiced in a class setting, the practice of yoga integrates physical postures and breathing techniques with meditation and relaxation. Based on the idea that the mind and body are one, it is believed that the practice of yoga helps the body to reach a place of tranquility so it can heal itself. Even though yoga origins are in ancient Indian philosophy, its current popularity arises from its physical and mental health benefits.
