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Massage For Meridian Health

Meridians and Massage for Health.

The science of Meridians and their pressure points dates back to ancient Tibetan medicine. The same science forms the basis of Japanese Shiatsu and Chinese Acupuncture.

Massaging the meridian lines can do much to improve the health of the body and the mind. Sometimes, when we are feeling poorly, we find that no medicine or herb or diet will make any difference to our health. This is usually because the meridian energies have become out of balance: a treatment of the appropriate acupressure points by a professional Shiatsu practitioner, or an Acupuncturist, can often work wonders in these cases, having the effect of restoring us to total health again.

However, much can be done to improve your health and sense of well-being by practicing Shiatsu, or ‘DoIn’ self massage and acupressure at home.

Shiatsu Leg Massage: Here is a very simple Shiatsu leg massage treatment which you can do in about the same time that it takes to brush your teeth. This leg massage has enormous benefits, as it energises several meridians which run along the legs. These are the Liver and Spleen meridians, and the Gall Bladder Meridian. The Stomach Meridian is also affected by this massage, and so this routine will benefit your digestion.

The Method for Stimulating the Meridians on the Legs:

With the knees slightly bent, lean forward a little and rub the base of the spine, including the kidney area, with the backs of the hands. Move about the lower back in a circular motion. Do this until you feel some warmth emanating from the back.
Now, still with the knees bent, put one hand on the knee. With the other hand, gently tap the same area of the lower back with your bent knuckles, covering the base of the spine, the kidney area, and hips and buttocks. This routine is very good for the kidneys and the kidney meridian, as it improves circulation to the area. It also helps to energize the nervous system.
With the legs slightly apart and the knees bent, lean forward and tap the backs of the legs with the fists. Begin at the top of the thigh at the base of the buttocks, and continue the tapping movement down the back of the legs to the heels. This helps the bladder meridian and encourages circulation of blood and lymph in the legs.
The next phase of the massage is to tap the inside of the legs, beginning from the ankles and tapping all the way up the inside of the legs to the groin. This energises the Liver and Spleen meridians.
Now the Gall Bladder meridian benefits by a tapping down the sides, from the lower hip area to the ankles.
Continue up the inside of the legs from the ankles to the top of the leg, stimulating the Liver and Spleen meridians again.
Now finish off the leg massage by tapping down the front of the legs, down to the ankles, and then up the inside of the legs again. The front of the legs takes care of the Stomach meridian.

General Tone-Up on ST36 – Shiatsu Treatment: The next step is to sit on the floor. Give some acupressure to the point ST36 which is four finger widths down from the knee cap. This is located on the stomach meridian which runs along the tibia bone. The point ST36 is a helpful point to use in cases of varicose veins, as it helps relieve aching and tired legs.

Foot Shiatsu Treatment: This treatment tones up all the meridians which run to the end of the toes. Your fingers, which are wound around the toes, exert pressure which massages all these meridians.

Method: Bend the right knee and bring the ankle up over the left knee and thigh area so that you can massage the foot. Support the right ankle with the right foot, thenusing the left hand over the sole of the foot, place a finger between each toe. Put the little finger of the left hand between the little toe and the next, and the other fingers between each of the other toes. Breathe in and gently move the foot around in a circular motion, breathing out in a long slow exhale through pursed lips, just as if you are whistling. Take a breath in, and then rotate the foot in the other direction, again, breathing out through pursed lips as if you are whistling.

Repeat three times in each direction, gently stretching the foot using these circular motions, whilst holding the foot with the fingers between the toes.

Now press the centre of the sole of the foot with the thumb, aiming at the KID1 point, or ‘Gushing Spring’ which is a vital kidney point. This is found down from the base of the second toe, about a third of the way down the foot from the toes, just by the big joint at the base of the big toe. It is almost at middle distance from each side of the foot. Three or four presses on this point will be enough.

Do the same routine with the left foot over the right thigh, left hand supporting the ankle, and the right hand fingers intertwined between the toes.

Vitamin C Cures Swine Flu Case

Natural Remedy: Vitamin C Saved A Dying Man

Massive doses of Vitamin C, administered intravenously, effected a cure of a dying man when drugs were having no effect.

This very exciting healing event was documented by TVNZ on Channel 3.

Go to ondemand.tv3.co.nz to read the documentary entitled: Vitamin C cures case of swine flu and hairy cell leukemia.

This is an amazing story, and it is wonderful for the man and his family that this treatment has succeeded. The event should represent a break-through in orthodox medicine which should bode well for future usage of Vitamin C in our hospitals. But as is

usually the case, it is four years since Vitamin C cured this man of swine flu, and no more has been heard about his story, or the wonders of Vitamin C. The hospitals are strangely silent, and doctors still do no more than before to promote Vitamin C in their treatments, at least in the town where I live.

This is because drug companies do not endorse the use of Vitamin C, and insist on using their pharmaceutical drugs, even when it is clear they are not working.

Why is this so? The answer is that Vitamin C is relatively cheap, as are homeopathic remedies, and is a safe remedy or cure for many ailments. If people were in the habit of using Vitamin C, or homeopathy, there would be very little need for doctors, their drugs, or hospitals, except for emergency situations such as accidents or surgery. Pharmaceutical companies would die a natural death.

The benefits of Vitamin C in treating disease have been well researched. There is a wealth of literature on the subject of Vitamin C and how it works as a powerful antioxidant and detoxifier of the body, and how it is an essential ingredient in treating cancer, degenerative disease, and so-called incurable infections such as swine flu.

High doses of Vitamin C are used in many alternative cancer treatment centres, in combination with other treatments. Therapists in Australia have successfully treated many people for swine flu, snake bites, and cancer with megadoses of Vitamin C. Vitamin C is really a wonderful nutrient.

But there is still much resistance to using Vitamin C in the medical profession. The man who survived swine flu was extremely lucky to have the support of a family who believed that the Vitamin C treatment could cure their brother. It was fortunate that they were present at the hospital at the time, to fight their brother’s case.

Doctors at this Auckland hospital were determined, in the beginning, not to administer Vitamin C. They said that Vitamin C would make no difference, and that it was against hospital policy anyway. Medically speaking, there was absolutely nothing else they could do, and the man was about to die. Yet they still denied the man Vitamin C. as a last resort.

But the family were adamant that Vitamin C treatment at least be tried. They had nothing to lose if the treatment did not work. Conventional medicine had failed. The medical staff were removing the life support system to leave the man to die, and the only hope left was that the Vitamin C treatment might work.

And so the family of the dying man threatened legal action if the medical authorities refused to administer Vitamin C.

The outcome of their efforts was that the authorities , under threat of being sued, finally relented and gave the intravenous Vitamin C as requested by the family. The quick result is what has been described as a ‘miracle cure’.

It is high time that some intelligent topics of research be chosen by so-called ‘research scientists’ – such as the REAL reason for cancer and how diseases such as swine flu can be treated with Vitamin C. But this is unlikely to happen because of the power and wealth of drug companies.

If allowed to pursue an honest line of enquiry, the majority of research scientists would find agreement with holistic medicine in recognising that cancer and other degenerative disease is a product of our toxic environment and the contaminated and devitalised foods which we eat.

They would acknowledge the healing effect of Vitamin C in healing cancer and so-called incurable diseases such as swine flu.

They might own up to the fact that there never will be a miracle pill to ‘cure’ cancer, but that cancer can be both prevented and reversed by positive strategies, mainly in adopting a remedial diet with detoxification techniques: That is, by eating good quantities of high fiber raw foods, and by purging toxic chemicals from the liver and intestines.

Using megadoses of Vitamin C in combination with other herbs and modalities encourages detoxification of a sick body, which gives it the chance, along with raw foods, to be revitalized and brought back to health. This is how you ‘cure’ cancer the natural way- by hard work and consistent effort.

Let’s hope that Vitamin C is always available to the general public. The drive for profit often results in valuable, inexpensive, healing therapies being declared ‘unsafe’ by governments who have the backing of the multinational, powerful drug companies. Natural medicines which were previously readily available, such as gentian violet, have been taken off the shelves, and the same medicine then can now be sought only on prescription at grossly inflated prices, after we have also paid for the visit to the doctor to get the prescription. This red-tape for a prescription is designed to discourage us from using such cheaper remedies as gentian violet, and to buy off the shelf pharmaceuticals instead, which are comparatively more expensive for very small amounts. Whereas gentian violet keeps indefinitely, commercial skin creams have an expiry date, which means more cream has to be purchased before long. This is how profit is increased for pharmaceutical companies.

Lives could be saved if Vitamin C was used in combination with homeopathic medicine to treat so-called ‘incurable’ illnesses. Let’s pray that the pharmaceutical companies loosen their strangulating hold on the medicine industry, and let Homeopaths prove the worth of their science, and the practitioners of Vitamin C therapy too.

Honey and Cinnamon Diet

The Benefits of Honey and Cinnamon: Honey and Cinnamon work well together. This combination has been used over centuries to help treat colds and flu and other minor health ailments. Note: Some people have an allergy to cinnamon: cinnamon does not necessarily work for everybody. Ask your doctor or naturopath or ayurvedic practitioner before you use cinnamon as a treatment.

Nowadays, many people are looking to the honey and cinnamon diet to help reduce weight, and to help lower cholesterol and blood sugar. In my experience, honey and cinnamon really do work together to help you lose weight; but of course, the amount of weight lost will depend on what and how much you are eating whilst you take this remedy.

Effects of Honey-Cinnamon-Ginger-Lemon Juice on Ear Infection and on Weight Loss:

I had reason to use a honey and cinnamon diet recently, with some added ginger powder and lemon juice, to treat an ear infection on the right side – the cell phone ear. Incidentally, using the cell phone over the past week whilst I had the infection increased the pain and the swelling dramatically. To my mind, cell phone usage is probably about 70% of the cause of this recent trouble. The other 30% would be liver and bowel toxins which need clearing, combined with the effects of using a toxic incense recently: smoke causes congestion in the sinuses, and this can cause ear infection.

The object of using the honey and cinnamon diet was specifically to treat the ear, and not to lose weight. Anyhow, I rested as much as I could, with spiritual healing; a hot-to-warm hot water bottle on the ear; tea tree combined with olive oil put in and massaged around the ear; and between four to six cups of ginger and cinnamon tea with lemon juice and honey each day for about three days. After the three day period, only one or two cups a day was taken for a few days longer.

Dose which I used: I used a small teaspoon of powder per cup of tea, from a jar which had one part cinnamon powder to two parts ginger powder in it. Four to six cups of cinnamon-ginger-honey-lemon juice tea were taken for the first three days, then I cut the tea down to one or two cups per day. However, I think this dosage was a bit too intense, as I shall explain.

I did lose quite a bit of weight over the past week, partly because the ear infection made me feel sick and took away my appetite. However, I am pretty sure the cinnamon powder itself, combined with ginger, also quelled my appetite, and caused me to lose weight: this was an unexpected, but rather pleasing side effect on its own, but for the side effect of nausea.

Cinnamon bark contains a compound called coumarin, which is toxic to the liver in large amounts. I felt that it was the coumarin in the cinnamon powder which made me feel slightly nauseous: I have since judged the dose I took – four to six cups a day, of cinnamon and ginger tea, to be on the high side, because of the side effects which I experienced.

Sensible Usage: Four to six cups of cinnamon ginger tea daily is rather excessive, as this equates to about two teaspoons of cinnamon for the day, far more than you would ever eat in a cookie, or a curry, or anything else. I think no more than one to two cups of this tea daily would have been a better dose for my body type.

Be careful not to overdose on cinnamon: There are many different recipes being passed about for using honey and cinnamon in various combinations and dosages, and for a wide range of health issues: a big list of remedies for using cinnamon with honey was given to me only two weeks ago. I think this source may have been the internet. However, the doses on this two page hand-out ranged from using just one teaspoon of cinnamon, which is still high, in my estimation, to using two tablespoons of cinnamon.

Two tablespoonsful of cinnamon is just ridiculously excessive and could be very damaging to your liver and your health if you are using the type of cinnamon known as cassia cinnamon.

Cassia cinnamon contains large amounts of coumarin. Ceylon cinnamon does not have such high amounts of coumarin in it, and so ceylon cinnamon is the type of cinnamon which should be used if you are going to use the honey and cinnamon diet, or cinnamon teas.

In my experience, the honey and cinnamon with ginger and lemon did help my ear infection, and did cause me to lose weight. However, I believe that whilst this combination effected a cure, it also made me feel sick. I would caution anyone intending to try this combination to ask a medical person, or an alternative practitioner first, especially if you are taking any medications, or even vitamin and mineral supplements.

And taking more than one teaspoonful at a time of a 3 to 1 mix of ginger and cinnamon will probably have the effect of harming your liver. You will definitely lose weight, because your liver will be put under strain, and so you will eat less, but using large doses of cinnamon in order to reduce weight is NOT a healthy way to lose weight. Your liver is vital to good health, and anything which might cause damage or strain to the liver must be avoided.

Cinnamon, therefore, because of its coumarin content which can affect the liver adversely, must be used in moderation.

Note for Denture Wearers: Cinnamon and dentures do not go well together. Anyone who has a plastic denture must be careful not to use cinnamon tea too often. If you do use the honey and cinnamon diet, under the guidance of a health practitioner, then you should really remove the dentures before drinking the tea. This is because cinnamon has the power to extract chemicals from plastic, which will cause an ongoing leaching of chemicals into your body.

Cinnamon and Blood Sugar Levels

Cinnamon Lowers High Blood Sugar

Cinnamon bark has been used for thousands of years for culinary and medicinal purposes in Sri Lanka, India, and the Middle East.

Recently, research has shown that Cinnamon bark can be helpful to lower blood sugar levels. It has been found to be effective in treating people who have type 2 diabetes. People with this condition do not need to take injections of insulin, but are often taking oral antidiabetic medications and/or are following special diets: this means that the test group in the research had a less severe type of diabetes than do those people who need to take daily insulin injections.

In the research cited by Dr Shaun Holt and Iona MacDonald, in the book entitled ‘ Natural Remedies That Really Work’, cinnamon bark was not given to people who had full blown diabetes.

Important note on Cinnamon Side Effects: Pregnant women should avoid using cinnamon in large amounts such as is indicated in the study discussed here. The active ingredient cinnamaldehyde, given in large doses to pregnant animals, has been found to cause damage to their offspring. If you have blood sugar problems, or are on any medication, then you should not try the cinnamon experiment to lower your blood sugar levels without consulting your doctor or health professional.

In the study done on Cinnamon and Blood Sugar Levels, people with diabetes type 2 were tested: part of the group was given a placebo, and the rest of the group were given aqueous cinnamon extract in a dose which equalled about 3g of cinnamon powder daily. This dosage was continued for a period of four months.

The results were quite startling, with the best results seen in those diabetics who had the highest blood glucose levels. At the end of the study, these people, who had taken the cinnamon daily and who had the highest blood sugar levels, had the most dramatic reduction in blood glucose levels, whilst the test group who had taken the placebo had no change: It was concluded that Cinnamon lowers blood sugar levels.

More on the possible side effects of Cinnamon: However, these authors warn about the side effects of cinnamon: Cinnamon bark contains a compound called coumarin which can cause damage to the liver. Whilst taking cinnamon as a condiment to food does not seem to cause any noticeable side effects, taking large amounts of cinnamon for long periods may be detrimental to the functioning of your liver.

There are two types of cinnamon available: the best one to look out for is the Ceylon cinnamon, as this is the one which has the least amount of coumarin in it. Cassia cinnamon is the type which contains large amounts of coumarin, and which is therefore best avoided in the use of home remedies of any kind.

Food Sources of Vitamin C

Natural Food Sources of Vitamin C:

All fruits and vegetables contain Vitamin C.

Vitamin C helps support the immune system and is a powerful antioxidant. It has been used for many years in alternative cancer treatments, but now it has been proven as a fact to be a cancer preventative. This finding was made public just two weeks ago, by research scientists in New Zealand.

So now we can be certain of the value of Vitamin C in maintaining a healthy immune system. Vitamin C is vital to good health.

Vitamin C is destroyed in cooking, so some raw fruits and vegetables must be eaten daily in order to get enough Vitamin C. Some Vitamin C remains in food which has not been cooked for too long. Broccoli, cabbage, potatoes and carrots are examples of food which retain some Vitamin C after cooking on a moderate heat.

Vitamin C is not stored in the body either, so you need to have a daily intake of fresh fruits and vegetables to maintain your Vitamin C levels. A daily supply of these foods will ensure that you get enough Vitamin C to keep your immune system ship shape to help you stay healthy: An adequate regular supply of Vitamin C will go a long way to helping protect you and your family from diseases like cancer.

Of course, you must make all efforts to get your fruit and vegetables from an organic source, otherwise the beneficial effect of the Vitamin C in these foods could very well be negated by the presence of agricultural poisons.

Natural Food Sources of Vitamin C:

Citrus fruits are very high. Lemons are especially good, which is why lemon drinks with honey, garlic, and ginger, are excellent remedies for the common cold. Honey, garlic, and fresh ginger all contain small amounts of Vitamin C, as well as other helpful compounds for treating the common cold.

Berries such as blackberry, raspberry, cranberry, boysenberry, strawberry, gooseberry, and grapes, are very high in vitamin C.

Kiwifruit are an extremely rich food source of Vitamin C.

Tamarillos and tomatoes are high natural food sources of Vitamin C, especially when they are eaten raw. Even cooked, some vitamin C will remain in these foods.

Apples, apricots, peaches, pears, nectarines, and plums are all good natural food sources of Vitamin C.

Dried fruits still retain high levels of Vitamin C: Dried plums, as in prunes, are high in Vitamin C; dried figs, dried apricots, dried dates, sultanas and raisins, have good amounts of Vitamin C.