LOWERING BLOOD PRESSURE USING SELF HELP.

Acupressure can be used as a self help technique for promoting health and balance and thus preventing disease and disorder. It is a way of providing pressure, gently at first and gradually increasing the pressure on various acupoints.

Acupoint K1 is a third of the way down the sole of the foot, in the depression below the ball of the foot, in line with the third toe in from the little toe.

Providing pressure here, twice a day for about 60 seconds on each occasion can regulate blood pressure, clear the mind and relieves hot flushes.

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My Father is Moving On

He is very ill and yet still shows his loving essence. It's been a terribly sad and a terribly sweet time. Does that make sense? Our thinking and emotions have such a clarity to them. Luckily we all have a quick and twisted sense of humor we can rely on to bring a smile to his face and a breath of clean air into the hospital room.

Looks like we're saying good-bye to him.

Thank you for your good thoughts - we need them.

I'm taking a bit of a break

My father is the hospital ICU. My husband, brother, and I are by his side. I'm going to take a hopefully short break from blogging. Send good thoughts our way. And thank you all for reading and for your wonderful, honest comments.

IS THERE NATURAL TREATMENT FOR LUNG CANCER

Deguelin is a natural plant extract and is used as an insecticide in Africa and South America. In studies it seems to prevent the growth of cancerous lung cells and it does this without harming normal cells.

Deguelin has been very effective to inhibit the growth of lung cancer. It is an inhibitor of AKT or protein kinase B, and this has been recognized as a molecule that spreads over the tumor cell, Deguelin contains a none toxic effect, However, if patients overdose it may cause nerve damage, lung and heart disease, so that a reasonable dose should be taken even if it is a natural substance.

HELP FOR ALZHEIMERS DISEASE

The Alzheimer's Association has developed a list of ten warning signs of Alzheimer's disease:

* Memory loss that affects job skills.
* Difficulty in performing familiar tasks.
* Problems with language.
* Confusion about time and place.
* Poor or diminished judgment.
* Problems with abstract thinking.
* Misplacing of things.
* Changes in mood or behavior.
* Changes in personality.
* Loss of initiative.

Natural help is available for Alzheimer's disease. Choline is a lipotropic B vitamin which emulsifies fats and helps to transport fat globules to cells. It is needed for nerve transmission. Choline reduces cholesterol and maintains a healthy liver,kidneys and nerves. It also reduces oestrogen thus decreasing breast lumps and menstrual cramps. It is also used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and to improve the memory.

Vitamin E can also be useful. A recent study has shown that a daily dose of 2000 i.u. of vitamin E can slow the deterioration of Alzheimer's.

Vitamin B12 is also known to help.

See my earlier post about how coffee has been reported as being helpful to treat Alzheimer's disease.

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USE THESE AMAZING SAYINGS TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch..
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life..
28. Forgive everyone for everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life.. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative — dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come….
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
    
    
    
    
    

A Pain Flare Up

This week I had what many pain communities call a "flare up." My father is very ill and that tipped me over the line.

But that phrase, flare up, is too polite for me. I think a spike in pain deserves a more militant, aggressive, even violent nom de guerre. Because it is a guerre (French for war), after all. A fight in which pain plays dirty.

This enemy, pain, sneaks across my threshold, disguised at first as a wee bit of pressure. Then once it has positioned itself deep inside my core, it digs in and brings out its weapons.

It has long spears and axes, clubs and tiny daggers. It pounds and stabs in an irregular beat, which makes it unpredictable and dangerous. Soon the intervals between beatings diminishes. The pain becomes constant. Nowhere to hide.

Pain's most foul weapon is fear. Fear is the guerrilla warrior. It hides inside the pain, like a stealth poison, and then slowly infiltrates. It fills all the spaces pain does not reach. It latches onto the breath and grows with each inhalation. It squeezes the heart into a tight ball and fills the minds with images of a dark, bleak forever.

I despise pain; yet it is part of me. I want to wake up one day and find a note on my pillow from pain. The note says, "So long and thanks for the ride." Then I get to go back to a life of blissful ignorance where pain is a dying dream that some alternate version of me once had.