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Natural Home Remedies For Diarrhea

Subodh Jain asked:




Some common food substances have proven remarkably useful against diarrhea.

Carob powder In a Canadian study of 230 infants with diarrhea only three were not cured by the addition of carob ‘powder to their formula. The treatment apparently worked because carob contains high levels of fibre which, as recent research has shown, can clear up digestive problems including diarrhea.

Apple cider vinegar For a preventive measure start taking a teaspoon of vinegar and a teaspoon of honey in a glass of water half an hour before each meal a few days before your trip. Continue this regimen during your trip.

Yogurt This seems to be beneficial in maintaining or restoring the health of the intestinal tract. ‘In many countries along the Mediterranean Sea and in the Balkans, yogurt has been used for years as a remedy for infantile diarrhea by both laymen and physicians,’ wrote Dr Molly Niv, Walter Levy and Nathan M. Greenstein in Clinical Pediatrics.

The three doctors fed yogurt to half of a group of children hospitalized with severe diarrhea. Those in the yogurt group ate a little less than 4 fl. oz three times daily, while the rest of the children received an anti-diarrhea drug. More children in the yogurt group than in the drug group recovered within three days.

Ginger – Ginger tea can stop cramps and pain. Or take Ginger in capsules.

Take a teaspoon of paste made from equal parts powdered ginger, powdered cumin, and powdered cinnamon mixed with honey three times a day.

Bran The normal functioning of the intestinal tract depends upon the presence of adequate fibre – the kind that absorbs water and forms soft bulk. Fibre like bran. Bran relieves both constipation and diarrhea. It is not a laxative; It is a normalizer of bowel functions. Transit times – the amount of time it takes for food to pass through the body – are lengthened in individuals with chronic diarrhea who eat bran, but they are shortened in those with constipation. Bran thickens the loose, watery stools of diarrhea and softens the hard, dry stools of constipation. A few tablespoons (less for a child) followed by a glass of water should do the trick in a few days. If diarrhea persists, see your doctor.

Lemon juice Drinking the juice of a freshly squeezed lemon in a large glass of water three to five times a day will kill off the pathogens causing the diarrhea. For prevention in case there is a stomach virus going around, take 1-2 tablespoons of juice before meals.

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What is Biofeedback and How Can it Benefit You?

Elizabeth Fisher asked:




So what is Biofeedback and how can it benefit you? Biofeedback is a computerized form of Energy Medicine. With the advent of the computer age biofeedback has evolved in leaps and bounds. Quantum Biofeedback, using the SCIO/Indigo, incorporates the Clasp 32 software as invented by Professor Nelson. It is the most comprehensive Stress Management software package available today.

This package includes a vast array of different healing modalities within its software. A skilled practitioner has a plethora of programs to choose from to assist their clients in their quest to return to their natural state of wellness or equilibrium.

The Indigo system utilizes five comfortable straps with sensors that measure the Electro-Dermal Response (EDR) on the wrists, ankles and forehead. It is accurate and sensitive enough to measure the EDR and electro-physiological reactivity of stress reactions to over 11,000 energetic signatures that we commonly interact with.

Essentially the Indigo is a frequency counter and generator. All aspects of our being have an ideal frequency. By interfacing with our ‘body electric’ the Indigo is able to compile a huge data bank of information relating to the state of our Energetic Health. This gives an energetic profile of us.

As the Indigo interfaces with our ‘body electric’ it also acts as a sophisticated wave-form generator. It works to re-train harmony to our physical and emotional bodies. It addresses aberrant stressful reactions to help us create more cohesive and coherent patterns.. When our behavioral patterns are more coherent we start feel better. When we feel better we begin to attract better people, circumstances and things to us. We start to experience more peace and harmony in our day to day life.

Biofeedback is about empowering people to take responsibility for their own health. Some of the benefits of Quantum Biofeedback include an improved ability to relax, improved sleep, reduction of stress, tension and nervousness, improved general health, reduction of anger, fear and gloominess, enhanced mental clarity and decreased pain, fatigue and headaches, to name a few.

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Alternative Treatments For Incontinence

Felipe Bazon asked:




Incontinence and other bladder problems don’t necessarily have to be treated with medications and there is no unique treatment strategy for incontinence. Leakages can be prevented temporarily with incontinence pads and bladder / pelvic muscles can be toned and strengthened by herbal remedies and simple exercises.

Combining natural medicine with Kegel exercise, biofeedback, acupuncture and so forth makes for a much more effective therapeutic strategy:

Biofeedback helps you become more aware of signals from your body. This may help you regain control over the muscles in your bladder and urethra. Biofeedback can be used to help teach pelvic muscle exercises.

Kegel exercises also known as pelvic floor exercises, involve the voluntary contraction and relaxation of the pelvic floor muscles. Kegel exercises strengthen the muscles that support the urethra, bladder, and uterus.

Acupuncture provids symptom relief for incontinence. It helps tone muscle and increase blood flow to the bladder. It can boost the immune system, soothe inflammation and restore balance to the hormones.

Yoga, more precisely the Aswini mudra exercise, is very similar the Kegel exercises.

Nutrition, eliminate foods and drinks that can irritate your bladder, including alcohol, caffeine, foods high in acid (such as tomato or grapefruit), spicy foods, sweetener substitutes and sugars. Keep a food diary to see if any correlation exists between what you consume and your incontinence.

Herbs are commonly used to improve incontinence symptoms. If Marijuana is the first herb that comes to your mind, we are sorry to inform that Marijuana is not used in any kind of incontinence treatment.

Herbs can used in a variety of ways, dried extracts (capsules, powders, teas), glycerites (glycerine extracts), or tinctures (alcohol extracts).

Horsetail: Plants from the Equisetaceae family, address the symptoms of urinary incontinence by helping to maintain the integrity of connective tissues.

Plantain: An astringent and demulcent, which will help tighten pelvic and bladders muscles. Plantains tend to be firmer and lower in sugar if compared to our every day bananas, although there is no formal botanical distinction between bananas and plantains.

Marshmallow Root: Is a urinary demulcent, best used alone in a cold infusion. Soak 1 heaping tbsp. of marshmallow root in 1 qt. of cold water overnight. Strain and drink during the day in addition to other teas.

It is important to highlight that the content of this article is aimed for informational purposes only and it is not intended to replace by any means your doctor’s recommendations.

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