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How acupuncture work?
The Chinese believe that good health depends on the proper flow of a vital energy called qi (chee) that moves through our bodies along invisible meridians, or pathways.
Inserting needles into particular points along these meridians, they say, can tweak this life force into proper balance. Western researchers have their own theories: One is that acupuncture triggers the release of endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers.
This idea hasn’t been proven, but a number of studies show that acupuncture does bring about real physiological changes, sometimes far from the point where needles are inserted.
In one study, for example, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center used advanced imaging equipment to view the brains of nine patients — four pain sufferers and five healthy people — while they underwent acupuncture.
In every case, the researchers saw blood flow increase in the thalamus, a kind of relay station for pain messages in the brain, along with other changes in the brain stem and cortex. Read the rest of this entry »
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Acupuncture Treatment
Your acupuncturist will probably get things started by asking a lot of questions about your personal and family medical history; recent events that might have contributed to your illness; and how you’re responding to various stimuli, such as heat and cold.
During the treatment itself, you’ll sit or lie on a padded table while he or she inserts very fine sterile needles into your skin.
You might feel a small pinprick sensation when the needle is first inserted; once it’s in, you may experience numbness or a tingling sensation that goes away after a few seconds.
Your acupuncturist might also manipulate the needles, apply light electricity to them, or heat them.
Depending on your response and your health problem, you might need just one session or many sessions. Keep in mind, too, that most acupuncturists see needle therapy as just one part of treatment; yours might also suggest herbs, vitamin or mineral supplements, and changes in diet and exercise.
If your acupuncturist recommends an herbal remedy, be sure to mention any other drugs or herbs you’re taking to avoid potentially harmful interactions. Read the rest of this entry »
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What is acupuncture?
The 5,000-year-old Chinese art of acupuncture involves the stimulation of specific points on the body by a variety of techniques-usually hair-thin metallic needles-to treat or prevent illness.
In 1997, after looking at thousands of studies and interviewing leading researchers, a panel of experts convened by the National Institutes of Health concluded that acupuncture is an effective treatment for nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy, surgery in adults and post-operative dental pain. Read the rest of this entry »
The woman’s face
The face is usually the part of the body that we put more attention women. As soon as each
day dawns, the first thing we do is we touched the face and feel the softness of women and immediately we’re going to look in the mirror closest we have to verify if dawned beautiful, or if one was born a small imperfection in which, throw to kill us, shouting at the sky:
“Oh no …” I woke up swollen face, “” What I have horrible dark circles “…” How pale I am … what gaunt “,” There are bumps and fed me “,” What greasy, or what is my skin dry “” Why do I get hair on his chin? “” I is coming out acne “,” How to strike me these little black dots on the nose “” I have cloth on the face, what I look ugly today “” I hate my long face, or flat, “” Why not me I got these blackheads yesterday? “… if the squashed me right now, I look very ugly, they will laugh at me”, etc..
Concern over his face. She usually never happy with your face and the conditions in which it is located, is always looking flawless and perfect look, and it was going most of the day or night carefully watching him … And even Moors seeing machete!. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tips for beautiful hair
Today we’ll talk about beauty as much as we can see and one that we can only intuit …
It is more beautiful than you expend much money on fine clothes or expensive creams, there are many more things influence.
It is logical that we would all have much money to be always in fashion but they give you a few tips, you’ll give me another, and together learn how to take advantage of our resources …
Let’s talk about our hair that is first to draw attention if a hair clean, shiny, and full of life because it makes us very attractive.
Now … how does one do that?
When you wash your hair, if you can not go to the salon, wash it with shampoo, which for me is the best (do not change by any living room), there for all hair types.
Once you wash it, dry it carefully, as if something very delicate. Our hair is brittle, and if not treated well end up with short hair and not feel sexy …
Another advice I give is that if we are sad not to go because our hair salon feel everything inside us, so it’s important to be very happy before doing this trick.
You’ll see that you will be very pretty and your hair will be very healthy.
Do not forget the most important: “The happiness and beauty comes from the inside out.”
Inner beauty reveals to us, we are positive this week, trying to be happy with how much and how little God gives us.
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Women smokers
The snuff or cigarette smoke, we know that not only hurts women consuming it, but to those around him, she smokes, now it looks pretty, but tomorrow? because somehow, parents, children, spouse, or other people who have their hand smoke), are those who absorb and breathe the quantities of carbon monoxide enters the atmosphere, hugging even the unpleasant odor, furniture, curtains, carpets, bedding and household goods, office, factory or industry where there is one, or thousands of “chimneys” in action.
Imagine what will be the delicate hands of a lady who used to smoke 20 or more cigarettes per day, uh … smell of a cigarette, Instead of smelling like roses. And what about your breath? Of course not be very pleasant for a gentleman, close to kiss his beloved, if it smells like pure snuff, and the worst teeth until it became yellow color … What unladylike! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Women's Health | Tags: blood pressure, cigarette smoke, health is life, physical-mental health, smoke, smokers, women | 9 Comments »
Pilates is good for hypertension
exercise to hypertension is a somewhat delicate issue, although very positive if done with proper prescription. Movements of force in certain positions and, above all, isometric contractions can trigger blood pressure to levels downright risky.
What is an isometric contraction? To understand, is when you perform without moving force (or shortening or muscle lengthening). For example, if you push a wall without moving, you’re doing strength and, unless you do get a lot and move the wall … you perform a static contraction. This is exactly an isometric contraction.
The aim was to assess diastolic function during and after the completion of exercise in patients with hypertension Read the rest of this entry »
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Seattle Health Blog
Ten years ago the famous ‘battle’ of Seattle, but no one seems to remember. There we were, eyes irritated by tear gas and the occasional scratch under a hail of broken glass …
We left in time the ‘bunker’ in the World Trade Organization. We from the street the siege of the Palace of Conventions. There were 600 detainees and wounded dozens. President Clinton declared a state of emergency and more than ‘robocops’ police state implemented the smoldering barricades between the masses of debris.
December 99 was a belated sequel to May 68. In Seattle, the spark of the movement sprang ‘anti-globalization’, which gave a lot to talk until the gavel fell the 11-S, and never spoke.
But the fire continued to burn. Climate change has now become the new glue of social and environmental activism, and Copenhagen dawns on the horizon as the necessary sequel of Seattle. Although to be seen whether the streets of the Danish capital fume or if it will all be at a series of vigils and peaceful demonstrations in bicycle
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