Lymphedema
If you are studying the Dr. Vadder methods and techniques for
lymphedema management or if you suffer from lymphedema you can
go to their web site at:
Vodder
Certification is a Vodder Certification and is where you
can learn more about this great system.
Also to learn more about vascular disorders such as lymphedema
please click on:
http://www.highindex.com/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cardiovascular_Disorders/Vascular_Disorders/Lymphedema/
and
http://www.highindex.com/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cardiovascular_Disorders
/Vascular_Disorders/Lymphedema/.
Skin Brushing Success Clue
Figuring things out for yourself is a freedom everyone has.
Use that freedom to make up your own mind and do what's best
for you.
The Skin
The skin is the largest organ and covers the entire outside
of our body. Most people know to clean the outside of
their bodies and do it on a regular basis. But what they
do not consider or even take advantage of is cleaning their
entire body, outside and in. Let's take a look at the
stats. The outside of our bodies represents about 10%
of the entire body's cleaning area and the remaining 90% represents
the inside of our body. As you will learn cleaning the inside
of your body is far more important than cleaning the outside.
Mr. Edgar Cayce has this to say about the value of internal
cleaning. "It was more important to cleanse the inside
of the body than the outside". He continued by say, "What
you 'Think' combined with what you 'Eat' becomes who you are
(your body)."
In our self-help program back to natural health you will learn
and become responsible for your own health and share this information
and knowledge with your friends and love ones to be passed from
generation to generation. There are two ways in which
you can stimulate and clean your body, one is externally and
the other is internally. Skin brushing is a form of external
stimulation and cleaning. I will list and connect hyperlinks
to all of the forms of internal and external stimulation and
cleaning at the end of this chapter.
Skin brushing is a great method for cleaning both the inside
and outside of your body. It is highly recommended for
both preventing and recovering from sicknesses and injuries.
Skin Brushing
Skin brushing is one of the better self-help health care methods
available to us today. Skin brushing can be performed
on your self while the skin is dry or wet. Whether you
brush daily before getting dressed for the day, during showers
or while in the bath tub skin brushing is a great way to start
or end the day. Stimulation of the skin activates natural
healing pathways within your body. And the stimulation
of these natural healing abilities maintain normal health while
being extremely effective for improving the quality and shortening
the time in recovering from injuries. Skin stimulation
removes toxins and unwanted materials from pores and other external
surface areas. It also stimulates nerve beds within its
structure that in turn activate normal healing pathways and
healing processes throughout your body. It is a well established
fact that skin brushing paves the way to a better quality of
healing and health. It’s what makes natural health care
different from any other non-Wholistic program you might have
heard about, read, or tried. There are no drugs involved,
no toxic reactions or contraindications to be concerned about,
only the commitment to yourself to perform it on a regular basis.
Let's get deeper into skin brushing.
Skin brushing can be used over the entire body or just to special
local areas to stimulate the body’s normal inflammatory
healing response. This can be an excellent daily routine
for the "Prevention of sickness & disease".
Skin brushing is easily incorporated into your morning
or evening shower or bath. But remember skin brushing
can also be used very effectively for rehabbing new and old
injured areas on your body as well.
"Itching" Your Body's Automatic Healing Process
There are many automatic systems within your body including
your healing processes. Your heart beats automatically.
You breathe automatically. And your body's "Automatic
Healing Process" is another. It is activated when
your body produces an itching response to the needed and necessary
areas. You then will automatically scratch that area,
it in turn, turns red with a fresh blood supply and the automatic
healing process is under way.
Skin brushing activates your body's automatic healing and immune
processes. It is the sensation of itching that cues you
to your body’s desire to activate the healing process
to any one specific area or region. Itching occurs on
its own or during and sometimes following skin brushing and
is a reminder that scratching or brushing is necessary.
The "Itching Cue" is a vital part in the process for
toxic conditions and for tissue repair and recovery from injuries.
Itching will occur over a new injured site as well as old ones.
This automatic cue to the healing process helps the body provide
the best quality of tissue repair as well as helps prevents
unwanted fibrous tissue formations. So, both scratching
with your fingers or by skin brushing are excellent ways of
activating your body's natural healing inflammatory process.
This amazing healing mechanism is incredible to watch and to
be a part of as it helps maintain or accelerate the recovery
of sick and injured tissues in your body back to health.
Toxic Conditions
Your skin in one of four major intake and elimination systems
in your body. These systems are your:
1. Alimentary Canal & digestive system - for moving solid
materials
2. Skin - eliminates water and solid materials
3. Lungs and its respiratory system for moving air and very
little solid materials
4. Kidney - a water retrieval system and also remove excessive
or unwanted liquids
& solid materials.
Elimination Under Normal Conditions
When all four elimination systems are functioning properly the
alimentary canal (colon) is responsible for approximately 73%
of all elimination and the other three make up the remaining
27%. However, during times of increased physically active
your skin eliminates the majority of material in its cooling
process. So the colon, on a daily basis removes
the majority of solid materials when all four elimination systems
are functioning correctly. And the skin removes the majority
of solid materials during those times of increased daily activity.
But what happens to the elimination process when things are
not as they should be?
Predictably, the colon is the first system to slow down or stop.
Why? Eating outside of its live cell alkaline food digestive
processes. Eating the wrong foods and drinking the wrong liquids
are very harmful to you. When looking for the underlying causes
of sickness and disease processes the "Colon" has
been linked to 92% of them. So, when you "Change
your eating Habits" you "Change the quality of your
health" too.
When the alimentary canal system slows down, stops, or backs
up it directs its elimination materials to the other three eliminations
systems. When the skin, lungs, and kidney's pickup the
overflow and they themselves become overloaded and start to
malfunction. Since the skin can eliminate the most This
overloading onto the skin produces a skin toxic condition.
Your "Skin" is your first indicator of a internal
toxic body. When your internal body becomes toxic it will
overflow into your skin causing your skin to become irritated
and begin to itch. There are several main ports of elimination
of the skin including your face, mouth, arm pits, inside of
your upper thigh region, feet, and toe nails. Odor, another
internal toxic indicator, is also eliminated from these same
ports. Daily plaque build-ups on your tongue and teeth
is yet another indicator of the presence of a toxic internal
condition. These areas are among the first to start itching
indicating your body has become toxic. This itching response
is a indication that your internal body is dirty or toxic and
needs to be cleaned. Scratching of this area will produce
a healing process but if the internal body is dirty the itching
will continue. The immediate solution is colon hydrotherapy.
But the life style changes include thinking and attitude changes,
diet changes, body cleaning changes, an exercise program you
can easily maintain, and the responsibility of caring for your
body through natural health care providers such as; any form
of massage, chiropractic adjustments, colon hydrotherapy, breathing
lessons, and Yoga.
Premature Skin Wrinkling & Aging
Internal toxic conditions are the leading causative factors
for premature skin wrinkling and aging. And the internal
toxic condition accelerates tissue aging in all parts of the
body far greater than any other toxic condition including the
external skin. Most ladies concern themselves with caring
of their face, hair, neck, and hands. And this includes
many different types of skin care treatments including toxic
prescription drugs and radical surgical procedures. Had
they learned the importance of internal cleanliness all of their
radical treatments could have been avoided. Here is a
very interesting fact about facial care. Skin brushing
coupled with daily facial exercising eliminates almost all skin
wrinkles and unwanted skin lines. This process tightens
up the skin tissue and brings in needed blood circulations.
Individuals who do skin brushing and facial exercising routinely
look 10 to 20 years younger over those who do not. And
sometimes these individuals even look a lot younger. If
you want to look and stay younger looking also consider ear
candling and facial massage. Most ear candlers perform
a lymphatic facial massage during each treatment. And to learn
more about facial exercising consider “Facercise,
The Natural Face-Lift” (video), by Carole Maggio, ©1996
Maggio Facercise. Her program is simple, can be performed
anywhere, and only requires a few minutes a day.
For the body to achieve or maintain optimal health the body
systems must work effectively, coordinated, and in harmony with
the rest of your body. We sometimes say that your body
must be working on all eight cylinders. The skin provides the
easiest access to immediate stimulation that activates the coordination
and harmony necessary to these systems. The more important
of these systems are the nervous and the endocrine systems.
Immune & Endocrine Systems
One of the keys to good health comes through the proper functioning
of your immune system and the quality of its underlying endocrine
system. If the endocrine system functions properly, your chances
of growing sick become next to none. Properly functioning
immune and endocrine systems allow your body to grow old very
slowly. As you will learn the endocrine and central nervous
systems, together are responsible for keeping the body healthy
and vigorous through old age. So, you may ask, "What
are the underlying causative problems to premature tissue aging?
Let's take a look at them. Poor eating and nutritional
habits, inactive life style or living, and environmental (internal
& external) pollutions are very toxic to your body.
These three primary causes, cause your body's internal glands
to become toxic allowing the onset of dis-ease and sickness.
Did you know that most illnesses are directly related to internal
toxic malfunctioning glands? According to statistics I
have read they advise that amazingly approximately 92%
of all diseases have their origin in your colon. With
the colon slowed down and often times stopped the excessive
toxic loads are placed onto the kidneys, lungs, and skin and
create their sicknesses.
Skin Brushing Will Improve The Quality Of Your Health
alone will improve your health considerably. You may ask
"How is this possible?" It is because
skin is one of the best ways of reaching the endocrine system
and all the glands it reaches very quickly. And, at the
same time it gets them to respond successfully.
Also, did you know that skin brushing stimulates toxic and overworked
glands, promoting toxin elimination and, at the same time reinstates
these glands to return to a proper functioning state of health.
It has been my observation that skin brushing produces such
extraordinary results through the individual's own responsibility
of repetitious application. When individual's begin skin
brushing (dry, wet or both) on a regular daily basis they remark
that they feel more energized, vital, and full of life's energy.
I share with them that this is the first step in feeling better
and remind them that "Skin brushing is simple in its application,
easy to do, and it gets great results.
But skin brushing alone is not enough. You must also consider:
1. Changing your Thinking Process
and Behavior Patterns
2. Eating as close to nature (Alkaline
Diet) as possible
(live cell foods) remembering to be discreet
about what
you put into your mouth
3. Replace your inactivity with fun; do exercising activities
with friends
4. Take "Breathing Lessons" on how breathing controls
your emotions, thoughts, creations, life,
and health
Next, let's consider some more automatic beneficial aspects
experienced through skin brushing. These benefits are
build-in automatic processes within the body called "Crossover"
and "Over-flow".
Crossover & Over-Flow Stimulations
There are two unique neurological processes that the body uses
to communicate and heal itself at a faster rate. These
two processes are known as:
1. Crossover
2. And Over-flow
Crossover
Crossover is a bilateral stimulation influence that is produced
through skin brushing the uninvolved or good side of the body.
Through skin brushing of the good side, neck, low back, shoulder,
arm or leg, the nervous system produces an automatic 20%
cross over stimulation to the involved (opposite) or bad side.
Example Of Crossover
As an example let's use the 10 scale to demonstrate this naturally
occurring body experience. Let's allow 0 to equal
no pain at all and let 10 equal the worst pain you could possibly
imagine. If the individual rates his or her pain of the
involved side to an 8 then following the stimulation of the
good or uninvolved side of their body they would report that
the level of pain intensity will have decreased by approximately
20%. In this example the math looks like this 8 x 20% = 1.6.
Hence their pain value will have decreased by 1.6, which would
produce a new pain value of 6.4.
By working the good side first, in part or in a full range
of skin brushing, the body produces a 20% improved stimulation
to the opposite or involved side of your body. Next, let's
look at Over-flow.
Over-flow
Over Flow is the process of skin brushing above and below the
involved site of complaint. Skin brushing in the "Pain
Free Zone", also known as the "Green Zone" produces
a neurological normalizing overflow effect into the "Pain
Zone" or problem area, also known as the "Red Zone".
This normalizing neurological over-flowing stimulation effect
immediately improves the condition without actually working
in the red zone. The skin brushing action also improves
the restricted range of motion to the injured area, if any is
present. So, by skin brushing above and below the involved
site we send normalizing neurological stimulations into the
problem area as well as improving the range of motion.
The activation of the body's over-flow process improves the
involved site by a 30% value.
Crossover/Over-flow
When we combine the above two we get what is called the
crossover/over-flow effect. That is to say that
by working on the good side above and below the area in question,
the body responds with a additional stimulation to the bad side
above that stimulation value mentioned above.
Crossover, over-flow, and the combination of both are excellent
built-in automatic body stimulating responses for normalizing,
healing, and the tissue's re-educational process. Combined,
they improve the involved site by 50% above that of just skin
brushing the involved site by itself. I feel this is a
needed and necessary piece of information for those who want
to get better and stay better. Next, let’s consider
the skin.
The Skin - A Vital & Complex Organ
How many know a lot about the skin or even take the time to
consider it when we think about our sickness or health status?
Usually people think of skin in a purely cosmetic sense. They
apply creams, tonics, or lotions wanting to improve its quality
and appearance. Skin is not supposed to get wrinkled or
look old if you are willing to eat as close to nature as possible
and do some simple exercising, such as just walking three times
per week. This along with skin brushing and facial exercising
will all but completely eliminate skin wrinkles. You will
look many years younger and produce extra energy allowing you
to become more active. Now remember that skin looks good
suntanned but the high risk and dangers of skin diseases and
cancer are certainly not worth it, in my opinion. The skin has
many functions but some of the more recognizable are; a protective
covering that guards against infections and other unwanted invasions,
as well as being a solar photosynthesis collector for the necessary
electromagnetic energy (Orgone energy) that runs our body.
If we didn’t have it, we would die.
It Eliminates
The skin is the largest eliminative organ of the body and one
of the four major intake and eliminations systems. The digestive
tract, kidneys, and lungs are the other three. Over the
course of a regular inactive day the skin eliminates over a
pound of waste products mixed in with its sweat. In individuals
who are active or in athletes who are very active the skin eliminates
many times more. Sweat glands are located through out
the skin's surface and automatically eliminate unwanted metabolic
waste produced. However, after the individual becomes inactive
the skin slows down and performs much less. And when this
individual complicates this inactive matter with tight polyester
clothing and poor eating habits the skin is no longer able to
perform its elimination process.
It Breathes
Another need of the skin is fresh air. The skin needs
to breathe. It needs fresh air and stimulation to work correctly.
Remembering to expose your body to fresh air daily for about
ten to fifteen minutes is another excellent idea. Exposing
your entire body is even a better idea to optimize your health.
Remember that tight synthetic clothing, including polyester
materials, does not allow your skin to breath. Lose fitting
cotton clothing is a good choice for allowing both skin breathing
and elimination.
It Absorbs
The skin also functions as an absorptive organ. Its pores are
a major intake and elimination highway absorbing sun light,
oxygen, vitamins, minerals, and even unwanted material such
as environmental pollutions. So remember when you routinely
apply toxic facial cosmetic substances to your skin, they will
be absorbed into your body and internal organs. This is known
as "Self-Induced" toxic material build-ups. What are
some common self-Induced toxic substances? To start with let's
mention Aluminum Chlorhydrate (alum) found in antiperspirants.
Aluminum is very toxic to the body, let alone your skin.
Alum causes your skin pores to constrict and shutdown.
Those skin areas exposed to aluminum chlorhydrate then cease
to function. With proper diet, skin brushing, baking soda
baths, and cotton clothing you’ll no longer need antiperspirants.
Try this simple 30 day experiment and virtually eliminate all
odors from your mouth, under your arms, your feet, and your
body. Greatly reduce or completely stop eating animal
proteins (meat) and dairy products. It is a well known
fact that people who have already done this, especially vegetarians,
will tell you that they no longer have mouth, arm pit, or body
odors. And because of these simple diet changes they also have
little to no dental problems or body hygiene difficulties.
Our Civilized Environment
Civilized man and the environment he has created for himself
is very polluted and not healthy. In fact our civilized (artificial)
environment is a disease process all in itself. And those who
live there are living examples of that process. Getting
away from the big cities and in a more rural setting you can
find natural surroundings. Natural surrounding that allow
you to live a more natural life. Living with nature is how it
was and still is - intended. Life's natural processes,
including your body's functions, work automatically when placed
back into mother earth's natural settings. In this environmental
setting your skin breathes, absorbs and eliminates naturally
and automatically. But when you place yourself into our highly
unnatural crowded civilized environment, without exception,
your will need to pay careful attention to your skin and other
body functions. As you start to realize that the above
is very true you will begin to consider other options open to
you. Remember in this process to carefully consider:
1. Live cell alkaline diets
2. Shared fun exercising activity
3. And daily skin brushing.
Live Cell Foods
What are Live Cell Foods? Any naturally grown, preferably
organic, food that still has alive and living cells within it
that have not been destroyed by heat or through food processing
methods. Examples are vegetables, nuts, seeds, sprouts
and grasses, and fruits.
Harmful Foods
The foods to avoid are listed below including the Six processed
deadly whites:
1. Animal proteins (red meat, pork,
fowl, lamb, fish, &
wild game) They produce an irritating acid on the skin.
2. Cooked foods (over approximately 115 degrees F). No
live cell food values.
3. Processed and canned foods including TV dinners.
4. Artificial Sweeteners
(Nutra-sweet, Sugar Twins,
Sweet-N-Low) They cause caners
and tumors.
5. Sugar (candy, cakes, ice cream, pastries,
sodas).
6. Flour (bleached
flours, bread, cereals)
Note:100% Whole Wheat is OK.
7. Salts
8. Animal Fats (lard and fried foods)
9. Dairy (milk,
butter, cheese, ice cream, yogurt)
10. White Vinegar
11. Alcohol (distilled, beer, & wine)
12. Carbonated drinks (all)
13. Tap & unpurified chlorinated waters
14. Fluoridation
At this point you are probably ask, "Well now that you
have eliminated everything I like what can I eat?"
Edgar Cayce offers a Alkaline
Diet, which if followed is designed to automatically restore
your health. Let's continue with skin brushing and the
polluted "Civilized" man-made environments.
Like all polluted body systems and organs, when the skin becomes
seriously malfunctioned, it will bring down the whole structure
and create serious illnesses and diseases in its path. Yet,
like so many of us who take our health for granted, skin care
gets substituted with a quick cosmetic cover up. Remember that
the choices you make dictate the life you will live. If
you do not like the life you are living you have the power to
make a successful change. How? Change your thinking.
This action alone will change your life. You have the
power right now at this moment to decide to do something about
it. The real question is "Will you?" I
always find it amazing how alternative procrastinations and
circumstantial factors pop up to keep you in your same old boat.
And the rut just keeps getting deeper and deeper. When
you finally get placed in the midlife crisis situation you will
discover that it is at or near the to late point for change
and you are stuck. Health issues are what your mind uses
as leverage to get you off of the fence.
Good live cell nutrition, exercise, and skin brushing are absolutely
necessary for getting back on the road to health and keeping
us on it. However, if you choose to live in a man made civilized
polluted environment you need to be self-creative. When your
skin doesn't do the job it is supposed to do, you will need
to look for self-help alternative solutions. The
understanding knowledge is not enough. You will need to
act or to take action. Anything less will never be enough.
Applying the full benefit of skin brushing, live cell nutrition,
and a fun exercise activity speaks for itself. Skin brushing
is simple, easy, and pleasurable. Live cell diet changes only
require a change in your thinking. Most necessary life
style changes can be adapted to your present living situation.
All that is required of you is a creative and informed mind.
No matter how much knowledge you know it is no good unless you
apply it. You personal power is to apply creative solution to
your present situation to improve your quality of life.
Will you do that for yourself or another? But whatever
your answer remember there is a time coming when you will finally
get tired of your situation, your life style and its sabotaging
effects on your health and be mentally leveraged into making
a serious change. Then you will listen. But for
now let's discuss other benefits of skin brushing.
Skin Brushing Stimulates Acupuncture Points
Dry and wet skin brushing also stimulates acupuncture points
and meridians. The Chinese have long known about and
marked over three million acupuncture nerve points, which
spread throughout all of the skin's surface. Seven hundred
of these energy points are known as nodal. When these
acupuncture points known as nodals are stimulated, electromagnetic
energy (Orgone Energy) currents flow along energy highways
called meridians. This energy flow along these meridians
can stimulate or suppress the activity to any specific systems,
organs, and glands. As an example, the tip of your big
toe is connected to the pituitary gland located within the
brain. A point in the right hand thumb-forefinger web connects
to the liver. Brushing the skin in these specific body
areas will automatically stimulate both the pituitary gland
and liver. And skin brushing takes advantage of these
electromagnetic energy points. By applying skin brushing,
wet or dry, to acupuncture points, your entire body including
its nervous system are electromagnetically stimulated.
This action reinstates balance and health to all tissue levels
of your body. Systems, organs, glands, muscles, ligaments,
and everything within your body is stimulated by brushing
your skin. Skin brushing even stimulates the immune system
and the production of red and white blood cells.
This self-treatment tool is one of the most beneficial pieces
of individual or athletic equipment available today. I can't
say enough great things about skin brushing. It provides
advantages is athletic performance and competition.
It can be used before and after high stress activities including
athletic competition. It has a very proven performance
record of both shortening the healing times and improving
the quality of replacement tissues following injuries. Its
prevention and correction performance records and results
speaks for themselves. It has given that additional needed
edge in maximum physical performance both for output and endurance.
It can be successfully be used for any one or more of the
following:
1. Makes muscles instantly stronger
2. Improves both muscle and joint flexibility gaining both
mechanical
advantage and leverage
3. Reduction and/or the removal of muscle congestion, pump-up,
and
soreness that follows muscle activity
4. Reduces and/or removes muscle spasms, cramps, soreness
stiffness, tenderness, and pain
5. In injury rehabilitation to both improve and shorten the
healing time
6. Reduces pain, tenderness, soreness, stiffness to involved
areas
7. Improves muscle performance and endurance
The immediate result from a brushing session is a feeling
of improved physical well being. The quality and texture of
your skin also improves immediately. The skin has a warm reddish
glow, and you can feel the circulation increasing to those
areas brushed.
Individuals who's job requires them to sit at computer screens
all day long will especially enjoy the benefits of skin brushing.
Perhaps the most enjoyable and beneficial is combination of
skin brushing and the energy charging therapeutic Epsom salt-apple
cider vinegar bath (Epsom Salt
Bath).
Individuals with inactive life styles or jobs commonly experience
stiff and rigid necks and shoulders that extend into their
arms and down their spines into their low back. You
will also experience muscle spasms with these inactive life
style musculoskeleto conditions. Brushing instantly releases
the stress and tension found within these body areas.
A wonderful thing about skin brushing is that it can be performed
while you are at your work station, while you are driving,
or just inactive. Following the brushing you will immediately
feel better, muscular tensions decrease and your posture will
automatically improves. Increased blood flow starts
to those areas brushed and you will experience an increase
in electromagnetic energy that allows you to feel energized
and revitalized. That is why brushing leads to clearer thinking.
Brushing has also had great success in naturally relieving
chronic musculoskeleto problems including tension headaches
where drugs like painkillers were virtually ineffective.
Brushing the chest (front, sides, and back) stimulates your
lungs, increasing the oxygenation to your chest and many parts
of your body including your brain. By now you should
not be surprised to learn that brushing improves many body
functions including digestion and excessive calories.
Wow, did you also know that the way you breathe combined with
chest stimulation helps to burn up a good portion of
the food that you consume. If your breathing patterns and
lungs your lungs are restricted, an additional burden is placed
on your heart. This completely unnecessary burden
prevents your heart from functioning normally. Your blood
quality is also upgraded with skin brushing. Brushing enhances
both the quantity and quality of the red blood cells, white
blood cells, and your immune system which in turn benefits
your overall circulation.
For more information on Electromagnetic Therapies and Acupuncture
read:
1. Electromagnetic
Therapies
2. Acupuncture
Beauty Benefits Through Skin Brushing
Women who skin brush regularly, eat an Alkaline
Diet of live cell foods, and participate in a fun shared
exercising activity look years younger that those who do not.
When you do you discover your skin tones and tightens as the
unwanted wrinkles, body fat, and cellulite deposits go away.
If you commit to regular skin brushing, needed and necessary
diet changes and simple walking exercises you have a 99% chance
of being successful in eliminating the unwanted skin wrinkles
and fat and cellulite accumulations.
Cellulite is toxic. Cellulitic toxic materials are stored
in your body’s fat cells because they are unable to
be eliminated. So, when they can not be eliminated they
are stored. Combining skin brushing with a live cell alkaline
diet program and a fun shared exercising routine breaks down
these unwanted body toxic deposits and sends them out of your
body through elimination channels. For the impatient
individuals who are looking for a no life style change fast
way out - liposuction surgery is available. But be careful
to investigate the health consequences of its end-results.
You may find that its benefits are over shadowed by its harmful
effects. Skin brushing, on the other hand is simple to do,
very effective, and requires no surgery.
Skin brushing also stimulates hormonal and oil producing glands.
The benefits from this are a rosy, resilient, and youthful
skin look. Healthy skin says it all... Have you
ever noticed how so many notice a person with healthy skin?
You can not buy this look but you can have it by following
the big three: skin brushing, alkaline live cell diet, and
a fun shared exercising activity.
Cosmetic Health Hazards
Consider the health dangers in hormonal creams, oils, and
animal by product cosmetics. These products come from the
destruction of millions of animals. If you were to go
to one of these cosmetic plants and witnessed how cosmetics
were made you would stop using their products. Regular
brushing, on the other hand, makes their products unnecessary
in most cases. But, you know there are just to many who will
not change their thinking or their life styles so instead
look to superficial and temporary fixes to create a false
mask of self-identity.
Starting Tip
During your initial starting transition time, if your skin
is dry, a quick oil massage will work wonders. As a moisturizer,
use cold-pressed natural oil. Extra virgin olive oil, sesame,
avocado, almond, and castor oil works very well. Now
remember this, the best in skin care oils or moisturizers
should always be very inexpensive. One hundred percent plain
cocoa butter or coconut oil is an excellent choice skin care
and youthful look. It produces a luster glow of velvety-smooth
skin.
Choosing A Brush
Brush Size
The brush size should be about the size of your hand with
a moderately soft natural vegetable fiber bristle. Nylon or
synthetic fibers are not recommended because they are too
sharp and can hurt your skin.
Where To Purchase Skin Brushes
Skin brushes can be purchased in the Health and Beauty Aid
sections at K-Mart and Wal-Mart or other beauty aid stores
(The Body Shop) and in health food stores. If you want
to get the original skin brush look for the Tampico
Brush (stiffer bristles). They can be found only in health
food stores.
What Skin Brushes Look Like
The brushes usually are about 5" long and 3" wide.
They sometimes have a cloth strap attached to the brush so
you can use your hand for hand application. They also
have a 12" to 14" handle that attaches to the brush
for applications to those hard to reach spots.
Brush Cleaning
Your brush should be cleaned as often as you wash your hair.
You may use the your shampoo or bar of hand soap you keep
placed in your bathroom to clean your brush. But Dr.
Bronner's Castile Soap, purchased at any health food store,
makes your brush last a lot longer. After wet brushing
remember to hang or place your brush so that the bristles
may dry from the water exposure. May I suggest that you use
separate brushes for wet and dry brushing.
Skin Sensitivity& Brushing
Skin sensitivity varies a lot from person to person. But initially
start with a softer brush bristle. Remember to test
the brush on your skin to determine your skin's sensitivity
level. If the brush bristles are to hard they will feel
harsh on your skin surface. If this is the case look
for a brush that has softer ones. Some individuals may
be able to with stand a harder firmer brush but generally
most are not. So, generally speaking you will probably require
a softer finer at first until your skin firms up and can with
stand firmer brush bristles. Many have found that as they
continue brushing they can easily advance up to a firmer brush
in time. However, remember many parts of your body are
more sensitive than others and require lighter and softer
brushing strokes with finer softer brushes. You may choose,
like many others, to have a selection of various brushes.
Some of the more sensitive areas are your face, ears, inner
thighs, abdomen, and chest. May I suggest that you brush
gently to start with in order to test the area being brushed.
When your skin has become more acclimated and used to your
brushing, you may chose to advance up to a more coarser brush
bristle. Also you may chose to use a Loofah bathing
sponge to clean and stimulate your skin with (see below).
But, which ever the case may be always remember to first test
for your skin's comfort zone by rubbing the bristles of the
brush or loofah sponge over the back of your hand. The sensation
should be comfortable and pleasant. Avoid any unpleasant
or irritating feeling brushes or sponges. You should
know that your skin adapts and firms up very quickly and within
a few days to a week the initial tenderness leaves.
Acupuncture Stimulating Hair Brush
Hair brush with tips that function
like
acupuncture stimulating needles
The hair brush functions just like the skin brush with the
exception that the rounded tips on the end of the hair bristles
are shaped just like that of an acupuncture skin stimulator.
The benefits that this type of skin brushing adds includes:
1. Acupuncture skin stimulation
2. Activation of the skin's healing mechanism
3. Deeper skin massage and stimulation
4. Faster and better healing response by the body
Cellulitis
For those of you who have cellulite problems skin brushing
is an excellent method for its reduction and elimination.
Remember to double and triple the amount of skin brushing
to these affected areas (see below).
Brush Care
Every two weeks or so, wash your brush with soap and water
and dry it in the sun or in a warm place. Your brush will
rapidly fill with impurities and should be washed regularly.
For hygienic reasons, each member of the family should have
two separate brushes, one for dry skin brushing and the other
for wet skin brushing.
How To Brush
Single Location
Skin brushing can be performed to a single area such as your
hand or forearm, your neck or low back, or to your knee, ankle,
or foot just about anywhere and at anytime. Single areas
are commonly done throughout the day when job stress or injuries
have effected them.
Total Body
Complete body skin brushing is best done nude while in front
of a mirror during your wake up time in the morning.
If you are going to dry brush is should be done before you
shower. And remember that dry brushing must be dry to create
the correct skin-brush friction. If you are going to wet brush
it should be done while you are in the shower or during your
bath.
Athletic Warm Up
Many athletes have found out that skin brushing completely
warms up their body including hard to get to places and sore
and tight areas . They have found that after a few weeks of
brushing they perform a lot better and the process becomes
second nature. Soon you will be brushing your body as
regularly as you brush your teeth. In fact, many athletes
carry their own set of brushes in their gear bags and think
it unthinkable to even start their training workouts or competition
without brushing first, or during and even afterwards.
To The Men
All well designed programs will tell you that it takes about
30 days to see and feel the changes. This one is no
different. May I suggest you try this simple experiment
below. Change nothing in your behaviors or daily acts
except to add the below suggestion. If you have excessive
weight accumulation or cellulite build-up on some part of
your body such as your stomach, skin brush this area everytime
you bathe (shower or tub). Do a good job skin brushing
this area each time you bathe. If the area is your stomach
following the skin brushing your stomach will turn red from
increase blood flow - not from irritation. Do this for
four weeks and see if you don 't notice that the fatty tissue
and cellulite around your waist decreases and your pants fit
looser. Also you should notice a better digestive tract
flow and regularity. All of these benefits only require a
minutes at the end of your bath each day.
To The Ladies
May I suggest that you try the above suggested simple experiment
to those areas of your body that you would like to see changed.
And know this about men. Most men have not or are not
going to be reading about skin brushing. So it will
be up to you to tell them about this simple experiment and
have them try it. Good Luck. And Thank you.
Instructions & Cautions For Skin Brushing
The instructions below are laid out and follow the body's
lymphatic and blood vascular flow. You will get better
results if you follow the below sequence but any skin brushing
will most definitely help and improve the condition.
Before we get started let's mention some the conditions where
skin brushing is not recommended.
Cautions:
1. Do not skin brush on or over poison
ivy, poison oak, or poison sumacs.
2. Do not skin brush on or over skin rashes, wounds, cuts,
infections, or other skin
problems, including all inflammatory circulatory
problems such as phlebitis.
3. Do not "Over Brush" any area as it can produce
skin irritations.
4. Start gently with soft strokes.
Full Body Skin Brushing Suggested Procedure
Use the full body skin brush procedure as listed below. And
with time and experience the whole process should take less
more than ten minutes. You may ask later why do I need
to brush both "Back and Forth" and "Up and
Down". Well, it is because there is an automatic
built-in stretch reflex stimulation program located within
your skin. As you activate your skin's stretch reflexes
by brushing both back and forth and up and down your
body's automatic and natural healing responses start to work
. I hope this helps you to understand why we brush both ways.
1. Start With Your - Hands and Fingers
1. Holding your right hand with your fingers extended, brush
each finger back and forth 6 to 8 times.
2. Brush the entire surface of the palm side of the hand from
the wrist to the fingertips back and forth
6 to 8 times; then
do the same for the top of the hand.
3. With palm down, brush the web between the thumb and
forefinger back and forth 12 to 16 times.
4. With palm up, brush the web between the thumb and
forefinger back and forth 12 to 16 times.
5. Now do the left hand exactly the same way as outlined
above.
2. Advance Up To Your - Arms & To Your Neck
6. Brush the entire surface of the right arm from the wrist
to the elbow UP towards your neck and head.
Then
repeat this procedure from your left wrist
to your arm
and on up to your neck and head.
7. Now, start brushing your feet to your legs, knees, and
on up to your hips. As in above, start
with your right foot
and brush the entire surface of the bottom
of the right
foot back and forth 6 to 8 times.
Next go to your right
ankle and brush towards your knee and continue
brushing up to your hip. Repeat this
process to your
left feet and leg.
8. Number 8 has six parts. Part A, B, C, D, E,
& F.
A. Brush across the tops of the toes as
well as back
and forth
6 to 8 times. Then do the bottom of the toes.
B. Work upward from the toes, bringing
the brush back
and forth as well
as up and down across the top of
the foot 6 to 8
times in each area up to the point at
which the ankle
begins.
C. Brush around the ankles back and forth and
up and
down 6 to 8 times.
D. Brush from the ankle to the knee UP towards
the heart
6 to 8 times, gradually
work around the entire surface
of the leg. Don’t
neglect the knee area. Brushing will firm
up saggy skin around
the knee caps and free up
congested materials
by placing circulation back into the
knee regions.
E. Stand and brush from the top of the knee to
the hip, always
UP towards the
heart, 6 to 8 times. Gradually work around
the leg so that
every square inch of skin is brushed.
F. Now repeat the entire procedure for the left
foot and leg.
NOTE: For those of you who have cellulite problems double
or triple the amount of
skin brushing to those affected areas.
3. Do Your Neck & Base of Your Head - Next
9. Lock brush at the base of head. The brush should remain
in place. With two hands on the brush,
rock it 12 to 16 times
up and down and 12 to 16 times side to
side. This amazing
neck stimulation method helps to stimulate
your body's
master gland called the pituitary gland.
10. Number 10 has three parts. Part A. Part
B. And Part C.
A. Hold the brush with your right hand,
placing it under your
ear on your
jaw on the right side of your head. Slide it
GENTLY along
the jawbone, ending by pulling through
under the
chin. Do this 6 to 8 times.
B. Hold the brush in your right hand at
the nape of neck,
then slide
it GENTLY around to the right side and
forward to
the larynx. Do this 6 to 8 times. This helps to
stimulate
and activate both the thyroid and parathyroid
glands to
utilize calcium.
C. Hold the brush in your right hand at
the dowager’s hump’
on the top
of the spine and bring the brush GENTLY
around to
the right and slide through the hollow of sternal
notch on
top of breast bone, just below the Adam’s Apple.
(Women:
Do not brush breasts). Do this 6 to 8 times. This
stimulates
the thymus gland, and will help strengthen your
immune system.
Holding the brush with your left hand, do
the left
side of the head and neck in the same way.
Lymphatic System (Drainage & Sewage System)
11. Remember To Stand while your are performing this
brushing technique.
Hold the brush firmly in the
left armpit with the right hand.
With the brush locked firmly
in place, rotate it 6 to 8 times
to the left and 6 to 8 times
to the right. Then do the right
armpit, using your left hand
to hold the brush.
12. Hold the brush firmly in the right groin with both hands.
With the brush remaining
in place, rotate it 6 to 8 times
to the left and 6 to
8 times to the right. Then repeat the
technique on the left groin.
4. Next - Do The Front and Sides of Your Body
13. Holding the brush in your right hand, brush the right
side up
and down 12 to 16 times from
the upper thigh all the way to
under the arm. Women should
hold their breast clear with
the left hand out of the way
of the brush. Then do the left
side, using your left hand
to hold the brush.
14. Brush back and forth across and around the waistline
12 to 16 times
15. Brush in a circular motion at center between rib hollow
(solar plexus) 12 to 16 times
to the left and 12 to 16 times
to the right. Starting at the
top and working all the way
down, finish up the front of
the body in any direction
(6 to 8 times), but be sure
to exclude the breasts
(in women) and face since this
tissue is very sensitive.
5. Now - Do Your Back - Working Down From Your Neck
To Your Hips
16. Holding the brush with two hands, brush up and down 12
to 16 times along the
spine starting at the coccyx
(tailbone) and reaching
as high as you can.
17. Holding the brush with one hand, brush up and down 12
to 16 times along the spine,
starting at the base of neck
or dowager’s hump and
reaching down as far as you can.
Finish the back in any direction.
18. Brush the buttocks in any direction covering the entire
area 6 to 8 times. Give special
attention to the buttocks
and upper thighs. This will
help rid the body of cellulite.
After brushing, take a shower
to wash away dead skin
particles.
Surprisingly in a short time you will notice the benefits
of skin brushing. You should notice that your muscle tone
is better, the distribution and reduction of fat and cellulite
deposits is better, and a revitalization feeling of being
energized.
Water & Temperature Stimulation
You can effectively use water and temperature to assist in
any changes you would like to make in your body. In
learning physical therapy methods and techniques you study
the three states of tissue changes that occur and how to effectively
assist them with a therapeutic rehabilitation program.
These three states are:
1. Acute - new problems that range from 1 to 4 days old
2. Sub-Acute - problems that range from 4 to 10 days old
3. And Chronic - any problem over 10 days old
Cold water (above 32 degrees) is used for all acute conditions.
When bathing all that is necessary is the cold water that
runs out of your tap. Nothing colder is necessary. Alternating
cold and hot (never above 106 degrees F) water applications
are used on Sub-Acute and Chronic condition. And hot
water (not to exceed 106 degrees F) to be applied to all chronic
condition. The alternation cold and hot works very well
for both a temperature gradient pumping action and a temperature
gradient stimulating action. Try the alternating cold
and hot water treatment while skin brushing in the shower.
You will find it very stimulation. But remember to always
end this treatment with hot water.
For more information of the application of hot and cold stimulation
for acute, sub-acute, and chronic conditions read the chapter
Hot & Cold Applications.
Clothing Recommendations
To maintain the benefits of skin brushing, be sure that your
skin only comes into contact with natural fibers that will
allow it to effectively breathe. Cotton clothing is a good
solution. Cotton underwear, cotton shirts, and especially
cotton socks are excellent.
The pores on the bottom of the feet are twelve to fourteen
times larger than any other place on the body. This
is to allow for a better and more efficient natural drainage.
Synthetic socks are bad news here as they will block this
drainage process. Cotton, on the other hand is comfortable,
absorbent, entirely beneficial, and in many cases just as
cost effective as the unhealthy polyester.
I have never understood the many harmful side effects created
by clothing worn by fashion seekers. Cotton works with
your body to absorb and remove body water (sweat) and any
toxic material contained within it. Polyesters, on the other
hand do not. They allow this unwanted body elimination material
to be reabsorbed. But, as always it is your choice.
And it will be your benefits or consequences.
Health and Beauty Benefits of Skin Brushing
1. Stimulates and increases blood circulation and body
temperature in the capillaries near the
skin to all body
parts including extremities. This is very
effective for
those who experience cold hands and feet.
2. Skin brushing stimulates the skin's elimination process
and helps to rid your body of toxins, and
decreases
stress loads on your colon, kidneys, and
lungs.
3. Skin brushing stimulates nerve endings within the skin,
facilitating and rejuvenating the entire
nervous system
and all of the tissues, organs and systems
it reaches.
4. Effectively reduces and removes toxic cellulite deposits
without the use of other forms of treatment.
5. Detoxifies, tones and tightens your skin and makes you
look many years younger.
6. Improves your general overall health. Helps prevent
premature aging, skin wrinkles, while increasing
your
resistance to colds and infections.
7. Improves thought clarity, imagination, and focus. By skin
brushing your chest, neck, and head you
stimulates and
increases oxygenation to all parts of your
body including
your brain, which improves your mental
thinking and
creative powers.
8. Often relieves chronic musculoskeleto tension and
headaches without the need or use of drugs
such
as painkillers.
Taking Responsibility For Your Health
As mentioned above, dry brushing stimulates the endocrine
system as well as other glandular systems. When you understand
the technical formal relationships between dry brushing, exercising,
and alkaline diets and their beneficial effects on your body's
and its various glands and organs, you’ll be a lot more
inclined to practice these simple sickness preventive health
care methods because you’ll see and understand how effective
it performs with little to no out of pocket cost.
Bathing & Cleaning With a Loofah Sponge
First let's discuss the Loofah bathing sponge. A Loofah
is a natural bathing sponge made from the fibrous interior
of the loofah plant. The Loofah's natural fibers stimulate
circulation and removes dead skin cell, which leave the skin
healthy, soft, and vibrant. Loofahs can be used with soap,
creams, or lotions but these products are not necessary to
clean your skin and body. And interesting observation
is the fact that most spas and salons worldwide use Loofahs
for cleaning and cleansing of your body.
Direction For Loofah Usage
Wet the Loofah and squeeze out a few times to soften its fibers.
After this procedure you may then use the loofah to bathe
with. Also, if you wish, you may wish to add soap, cream,
or lotion to the Loofah and then gently massage and clean
your skin. Remember to pay careful attention not to
irritate those areas of your skin that are rough or dry.
It is recommended that after bathing you gently pat down those
rough and dry skin areas and follow that with an applying
your favorite skin moisturizer.
Do not use the loofah on broken skin, cuts, abrasions, or
wounds. When finished rinse, ring out, and store your
loofah in a well ventilated area to dry in between its usage.
Prevention And Correction Awareness
Skin care through skin brushing and loofah cleaning is one
of the best self-help tools that is available to everyone.
It not only allow the body to correct disease conditions within
your body but it also can prevent then from forming as well.
My mother always taught me that it is a far better idea to
employ the techniques and methods of 20-20 foresight as to
be required to experience the painful memories that come with
the rehabilitation from 20-20 hindsight.
I have found that when a person becomes aware of the progressive
outward symptomatologies and where they will advance to next
as they get worse they can take immediate corrective actions
long before the condition can become advanced enough to become
a diagnosable disorder or disease process.
Your outward physical symptoms will advance from simple to
an advanced disease condition in the following progressive
order
1. Tired & Weak are the initial stages of any disease
or sickness. If left uncared
for through the lack of any preventive
process they will advance to #2.
2. Stiff & Tight are the next two advancements in noticeable
outward symptomology.
If left uncared for at this stage
of preventive actions, it will advance to #3.
3. Soreness is the next level of advancement in symptomology.
If left uncared
for at this stage it will advance to #4.
4. Achiness is the next level of symptomology advancement.
If left uncared
for at this stage of preventive actions,
it will advance to #5.
5. Tenderness is the next level of advancement in symptomology.
If left uncared
for at this stage of preventive actions,
it will advance to #6.
6. Pain is the last level of symptomology advancement.
At this level everyone
takes an action to correct this self-created
disorder.
Also, when the outward symptoms first appear they will usually
only occur "Occasionally". But as they advance
they will go to "Intermittently". And if still
left uncared for they will advance to "Constantly".
The Getting Better Revitalization Symptomology Pathway
And as you begin to care for the condition it will regress
by retracing its progressive symptomology. That is to
say it will reduce from "Constantly" to "Intermittently"
to "Occasionally". And it will also regress
from Pain, to Tenderness. And from Tenderness it regresses
to Soreness. From Soreness it regresses to Stiff &
Tight. And from Stiff & Tight it regressive to Tired
& Weak. And finally from Tired & Weak it regresses
back to normal.
So, now that you know the progressively advancing and the
retracing or revitalizing pathways of symptomology the next
question is, "At what point do you intervene and take
a preventive or corrective action to stop and reverse the
disease process?"
The Endocrine System
The endocrine system is made up of many glands. These glands
generate as secretion of hormones that are placed directly
into the blood. The endocrine system includes the following
nine glands and their locations:
1. Pineal gland
2. Pituitary gland
3. Parathyroid gland
4. Thymus gland
5. Adrenal glands
6. Pancreas
7. Ovaries (female)
8. Testes (male)
9. Thyroid gland
The exact distinctions between organs and glands are still
not well known or understood yet. However, as a general rule
organs function directly and actively. For example organs
like the heart - pumps and the kidneys - filter and the liver
filters and stores, the lungs exchange gases during breathing
and the stomach in one of the initial organs which start the
digestive processes.
Glands, on the other hand secrete and regulate. As an example
the endocrine glands secrete and regulate hormones.
Hormones functions like traffic cops and are instantly dispatched
to various parts of your body's systems to control, regulate,
and direct many biological activities. This process
is very interesting because only tiny amounts are secreted
to target their destination and to performs their delicate
and complex tasks. We are still learning more about this great
mysteries system and the miracles of health it automatically
creates. Next, let's discuss each of the above listed
glands starting with the Pineal gland.
The Pineal Gland
Front
Side View
Back
The pineal gland is a tiny cone-shaped gland buried between
the lobes of the brain. Its precise function is not well understood,
but it is known to control or regulate the pituitary and adrenal
glands. In ancient esoteric and spiritual systems, the pineal
gland played a particularly important role: the seat of spiritual
experience. In the psychic understanding, the pineal gland
represents the "Third Eye" or "Psychic Eye".
Not enough is known about the pineal gland at t his time,
however, to be specific about what it does when functioning
properly and what it does not do when functioning improperly.
Improved Psychic Awareness
Did you know that there are many organs, glands, and systems
responsible for providing us with psychic perception and the
pineal gland is but one of them.
When I was younger I thought I knew what the term “Sixth
Sense” meant. I have heard it also called ESP
or extra sensory perception. But just what is the extra
all about? Is it something that you didn’t have
before? Or is it something that you now have?
Over many years of life’s experiences I have come to
know that this awareness is not the case. So, allow
me to ask you. “What is your Sixth Sense, your ESP?”
And how does it work?
The concept of the Sixth Sense has often times been very confusing
to many. But all explanations come from those who are
viewing it from only the physical realm. Those who view
it from the metaphysical (non-physical) realm see and call
it by different names. I have personally experienced several
forms of what others simply call the “Sixth Sense”.
Let me explain.
Your physical body has several awareness centers (glands,
organs, and systems) or senses to inform you of what is going
on around you. They are:
1. Seeing (your eyes)
2. Hearing (your ears)
3. Touching or Feeling (your skin)
4. Smelling (your nose)
5. Tasting (your tongue)
6. Knowing = Awareness through your conscious mind (learning
in present time)
7. Dreaming - asleep or awake.
What is your sixth sense? Well, your sixth sense can
exist in one or more of the following different psychic areas.
They are:
1. Seeing (clairvoyance)
2. Hearing (clairaudience)
3. Touching or Feeling (clairsentience)
4. Smelling (clairaromatic)
5. Tasting (clairsavoriness)
6. Knowing (claircognacence) = Awareness through the communication
to you
from your Inner.
7. Dreaming awareness is through the communication of your
Inner Self and you.
So, maybe you can begin to see why I say that your sixth sense
has been mislabeled and misleading. More correctly you
should be aware that what exists in the physical must have
started in the mental and spiritual forms. Your five
physical senses existed in your spiritual and mental states
first. And with your life‘s experiences and its
awakening processes you will start to develop one or more
of your existing five physical senses from your five physical
senses.
So, what have we learned? You have five physical and
mental senses that work in both the physical and psychic mental
planes or dimensions. Skin brushing increases your psychic
awareness abilities at all levels but especially in your skin.
But for now let's return to our discussion of the endocrine
gland system and the eight glands that make it up.
The Pituitary Gland
The pituitary gland is situated behind the bridge of your
nose and beneath the floor of the brain. This tiny gland (the
size of a pea) is the master gland controlling the rest of
the endocrine system. Among its many functions is the control
of those systems in the body that determine such things as
height and rate of body development. An under active pituitary
produces dwarfism and retarded mental and sexual development
in children. An overactive pituitary produces giantism. In
women dysfunction of the pituitary disrupts the menstrual
cycle. That’s how the Pill works. It confuses the pituitary,
fooling it into sending the wrong signals. The steroids that
athletes take to produce extra muscle affect the pituitary.
They decrease the flow of the hormone that triggers male testosterone.
This in turn reduces the amount of sperm produced and also
shrinks the testicles. The pituitary is particularly sensitive
to sugar. Too much sugar disturbs the delicate balance of
the pituitary, which in turn sends improper signals to all
the other glands under its control. The result is a general
rather than a specific malaise, affecting your energy level,
sense of well being, physical appearance, and overall identity.
The Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands
Front
Side View
Back
The thyroid gland, a butterfly-shaped organ in your throat,
stores iodine and regulates weight, energy, and endurance.
The four parathyroids (which are part of the thyroid) control
the calcium and phosphorus metabolism of the body. If the
thyroid secretes too much of the hormone thyroxine, the body’s
organs work at an accelerated pace, and this results in a
condition called hyperthyroidism. If too little thyroxine
is secreted, often due to a lack of iodine in the diet, hypothyroidism
(weight gain and loss of energy) is a result. White refined
sugar has an adverse effect on the thyroid gland. In fact,
it’s my opinion that too much sugar is one of the causes
of osteoporosis today, since one of the important functions
of the parathyroid, and also of the adrenal glands, is to
break down and assimilate calcium. You can take large amounts
of calcium and you won’t get much benefit from it without
reducing your intake of sugar.
If your thyroid gland is sluggish, you may experience physical
and mental sluggishness, problems losing weight, decreased
body temperature, puffiness in the hands and face, and (rarely)
goiter, an enlarged thyroid gland. When your thyroid is overactive,
you may experience extreme nervousness, weight loss and/or
difficulty gaining weight, rapid pulse, bulging eyes and eventually
heart failure as the body’s systems overwork trying
to handle all the accelerated organic functions.
Both hyperactivity and under activity of the thyroid often
stem from a deficiency of iodine and zinc. In my experience,
emotional stress has a very powerful adverse effect on the
thyroid. But both conditions successfully respond to this
natural self-help health care methods. Alkaline diets focus
on those foods rich in iodine and zinc. These two necessary
chemicals and many other forms of live cell food values are
found in sea vegetables as sea-dulse and kelp. Five
to ten shelled pumpkin seeds daily provide enough zinc to
maintain normal thyroid function. Five to ten
almonds and apricot seeds taken daily also provide great defenses
against any disease formation while providing a better quality
of health.
An under active parathyroid gland does not process calcium
and phosphorus efficiently, and mineral deposits build up
in the arteries, setting you up for a heart attack or stroke.
The solution is not increasing intake of calcium (either as
dairy products or calcium supplements), since the gland will
not process it. The causes of the disfunctioning parathyroid
are complex: lack of exercise, lack of sunshine (vitamin D),
generally poor selection of food and bad digestion and excessive
emotional overstress and tension. All of these problems must
be addressed to get the parathyroid working properly, plus
a alkaline dietary emphasizing live cell foods and mineral-rich
plant sea foods. Remember this as you begin to make wise and
beneficial life style changes - here is no quick solutions
or fixes.
In the case of an overactive parathyroid, it burns calcium
up before it can be absorbed and even takes it away from the
bones. This chemical process produces a condition known as
osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a bone condition marked
by brittle bones, bone deformities, bone cavities, spontaneous
fractures, and prolonged bone healing times. However,
both the overactive parathyroid and the underactive parathyroid
successfully responds to the same kind of treatment.
These natural treatment include changing to alkaline dietary
changes, skin brushing, and daily walking exercises .
The Thymus Gland
The thymus gland is the mastermind of the immune system and
is cylindrical-shaped and is located at the upper part of
the breastbone, or sternum. It controls and regulates
the spleen, lymph nodes, bone marrow, tonsils, adenoids, appendix,
and portions of the intestine. Until recently science thought
the thymus gland was regarded as an evolutionary leftover
useless, unproductive, and possibly even a source of trouble.
But it has been by observation that science has always lagged
behind in their explanations of how our body's work.
Now the thymus gland seems to be another medical research
project where they are looking for drug controlling influences.
Holistically we do know that the thymus gland is responsible
many health problems and solutions. These problems range
include allergies, arthritis, cancer ,and aging.
When the thymus gland is functioning holistically these diseases
are avoided.
As a defense system against infections the thymus gland instructs
specific white blood cells, known as T-cells, to attack and
when and where. T-cells then control other white blood
cells that make antibodies. When the thymus gland no longer
works efficiently, bacteria, viruses, and cancer cells are
not attacked but are left free to attack the body themselves.
Remember chemotherapies and prescriptions drugs are known
to slow and stop the functions of the thymus gland.
And when this occurs the onset of the above diseases are free
to run their courses.
The Thymus Thumper
The thymus is the mastermind of the immune system. Due
to a past abuse of prescriptions drugs and money making
individuals the thymus gland is under attack from all sorts
of infectious diseases. May we suggest that the simple technique
of thumping your thymus gland with your fist, be integrated
into your daily exercise routine, before or after skin brushing,
and throughout the day when you find it necessary or beneficial.
Here is the thumping technique.
Thymus Thumping Technique
Make a fist. With the flat of your fist, give yourself a firm
double thump on the top of the chest, about an inch below
the hollow of the throat. Don’t hit so hard that it
hurts. Repeat 30 times to the rhythm of a heartbeat.
The Adrenal Glands
The adrenal glands are two little cap-shaped glands that sit
on top of each kidney. They secrete a substance called adrenaline,
which determines your level of immediate energy and endurance.
The adrenals also regulate blood pressure; salt, protein,
carbohydrate, mineral, and pigment metabolism and, with the
parathyroids. calcium metabolism. The adrenal glands are extremely
sensitive to sugar. Foods such as chocolate, cola, and coffee
have an adverse effect on these sensitive glands. Why? Because
constant use of caffeine and such stimulates over regularly
stimulate the adrenal glands and gradually weaken them, ending
in malfunction. The adrenals manufacture cortisone, which
regulates calcium metabolism the way you assimilate and absorb
calcium.
The painful joints of arthritics are often the result of massive
deposits of calcium. Recognizing the role of cortisone in
calcium assimilation, the medical profession often prescribes
an animal derived course of cortisone. Though this relieves
the pain temporarily, the long-term effects are often catastrophic.
The secret is not to have calcium build up in the first place,
but if it occurs, to treat it nutritionally, gradually decreasing
dependency on painkillers and palliatives.
What happens when your adrenals are underactive or overactive?
Underactive adrenal glands tend to produce low blood pressure,
particularly in women. They also are now generally acknowledged
as a prime factor in skin, respiratory (asthma), and digestive
allergies. If not too far deteriorated, the adrenals respond
swiftly to proper nutrition. Overactive adrenals tend to produce
high blood pressure, more so in men. Doctors often prescribe
a diuretic, but this overworks the delicate kidneys, eventually
ending up in dysfunction. Moreover, the patient becomes totally
dependent upon the drug, which as in so many instances addresses
only the symptom, not the cause. Proper nutrition brings the
adrenals swiftly back into line.
The Pancreas and Islets of Langerhans
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The pancreas is about six inches long, weighs about three
ounces, and is located in front of the spine, below the stomach.
The pancreas produces enzymes that digest food and convert
it into assimilable nutrients. The islets of Langerhans (which
are part of the pancreas) produce insulin, which controls
the balance of sugar in the body.
What happens when the pancreas and islets of Langerhans work
improperly? When the pancreas cannot do its job, food is not
properly digested and, in effect, you suffer from malnutrition
no matter how much food you’re eating. Like most of
the other glands, the pancreas is extremely sensitive to sugars
and over-rich and over-refined foods of all sorts. A diseased
pancreas and sluggish liver amount to a kind of malnutrition
of the over-privileged. Given half a chance and depending
upon age, the pancreas responds swiftly to good treatment.
If the pancreas produces too much insulin, the result is low
blood sugar, or hypoglycemia. The insulin is burning the glucose
out of the blood, not leaving enough in the blood for metabolic
purposes. How would you know? You may experience dizziness,
nausea, anxiety, a feeling of faintness, and in extreme cases,
convulsions and coma. Since glucose is the primary food for
the brain, as well as for all the other cells in the body,
the nervous systems are particularly vulnerable once hypoglycemia
sets in.
If the pancreas secretes too little insulin, the body cannot
process carbohydrates into a usable form, resulting in diabetes.
Symptoms are insatiable thirst, fatigue, weakness, and emaciation.
If diabetic patients have not been taking large insulin doses
over a long period of time, they will respond to nutrition
therapy; otherwise, the damage is largely irreversible.
The Ovaries and the Testes
The ovaries and the testes are the reproductive glands. The
ovaries produce the seed
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(ovum) in women; the testes produce the sperm cells in men.
The male hormone testosterone is responsible for the male
sex-drive, and the continued efficient
production of testosterone is effectively the male fountain
of youth. In women, the reproductive glands not only control
the physical reproductive system but also are intimately connected
to emotional and psychological states. As with all other glands,
the ovaries and testes are highly sensitive and react adversely
to improper diet: In men the sperm count can drop dramatically.
and in both sexes the sex drive is seriously slowed down.
A diet rich in vitamin E, best attained from whole grains,
especially millet and brown rice, and also avocados, often
gradually regenerates the reproductive system.
The Lymphatic System
Almost everyone is already very familiar with the blood vascular
system and the approximately 6 pints of fluid material called
it circulates around the body, called blood. The Lymphatic
fluid system, on the other hand is mush less known.
It is, in fact over 3 1/2 times larger than the blood vascular
system carrying approximately 22 pints of fluid. And
everywhere you find the blood vascular system you will also
find the large removal fluid system with much smaller network
of capillary beds called the lymphatic system. The Lymphatic
System
The lymphatic system is referred to as the waste removal system
but it has many more very important functions other
than waste removal. Being only one of its primary functions,
the removal of unwanted materials and waste products usually
occurs in the form of undigested protein, debris, and no longer
needed cellular or tissue materials.
The lymphatic system consists of a very complex network of
much smaller capillary vessels that support and connect to
the blood vascular system. In comparison the blood vascular
and lymphatic systems work together much like the water and
sewer systems found in your home. The lymph fluid is
a clear and odorless liquid sometimes seen oozing out of a
cut, lacerations, or wounds. And research has found
that it is similar in composition to that of seawater.
The lymphatic system is also a major transporter of food materials.
It receives nutrients from the blood vascular system and carrying
them into areas that the blood vascular system cannot
reach. Also the lymphatic system is home of the white blood
cells. This makes the lymphatic system responsible for
the body's immune and defense mechanisms against sickness,
illness, disease and infection.
What happens when the lymphatic system doesn’t flow
properly? When the body is overloaded and congested with unwanted
debris and waste materials, it reacts just like any other
overloaded system - it backs up. And just like the sewer
system in your home the unwanted fluids and materials overflow
and spill over into areas where it is not suppose to be.
Large build ups of waste materials are them unable to pass
through the normal sized lymph vessels and nodes. Perhaps
the most noticeable areas of the body where this back up occurs
is in the joints. Unwanted meat crystals known as "uric
acid crystals" collect in the toes to create a condition
knows as gouty arthritis. Process sugar crystals also
collect in the toenail regions of the body creating a condition
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