Archive for March, 2011

MANAGING ARTHRITIS: CHOOSING TREATMENT METHODS

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

The cost and lack of complete effectiveness of the widely employed, medically recognized arthritis-relief techniques are major reasons why so many people turn to self-remedies and informal folk medicine. Some folk remedies people have sworn by for years but which modern-day doctors abhor include drinking vinegar, eating honey, and using snake venom. Some arthritics say [...]

RELAXATION TRAINING FOR WAYWARD NERVES: THE SOLAR PLEXUS

Sunday, March 13th, 2011

In physical terms the solar plexus is a collection of nerves just below the diaphragm near the stomach and liver. We often react emotionally in this area, and sometimes it is called the seat of the emotions. Many of the expressions we use: ‘gut feelings’, ‘I can feel it in my gut’, ‘he dealt me [...]

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