July 10th, 2009, Friday, 08:45
1. Blackcurrants
Squeeze 4-5 punches of blackcurrant and drink the juice obtained. 1-2 glasses per day during 5-7 days will help you regain tone. If you cannot find fresh blackcurrants, you can buy from stores natural syrup ready prepared, recommended especially in exhausting periods.
2. Ginseng
It only can be found in the pharmacy in the form of tablets or tea. Ginseng is a remedy against the feeling of fatigue.
3. Mace
Consumed in the form of infusion or syrup mixed with honey, maces are revitalizing and very energetic. Prophylactic received treatment prevents the installation of physical and intellectual fatigue.
4. Catina
Prepare a tea from its grain daily and drink 2-3 mugs, sweetened with honey. For a quick, do a course of 2 weeks with catina oil from the pharmacy.
5. Basil
Administered in the form of tincture, one spoon 3-4 times daily, basil stimulates the immune system and banishes fatigue.
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July 7th, 2009, Tuesday, 10:18
Electrotherapy consist in using electric current to stimulate tissue, with the aim of healing various diseases or recovery of some lost functions of the body.
It was demonstrated that the bones cartilages, ligaments, tendons and other cells of the body are positively influenced by electricity. It is considered that by electrical stimulation of cells, affected tissues may be healed.
Electrotherapy has been used since the end of the 19th century to treat various diseases in most part associated with a localized pain in a certain part of your body. Theory that electricity has role in treatment of various diseases was born at the beginning of the 18 century, when Johann Gottlob Kruger suggested that electricity can make changes in the body, accelerating it recuperation. During this period, electricity was used in enhancing blood circulation.
Electrotherapy procedures used are different, the most known and used are nero stimulation, Trabert currents (currents of low frequency), and simple oned (currents of average frequency), microwaves and ultrasound (high frequency) and galvanic baths ionization (continue currents).
Procedures can treat a wide range of diseases: headache, postoperative pain, arthritis, hematomas, contusions, muscle tension, cellulite, chronic constipation, dismenoree. The list remains open, in terms of specialists.
Nero stimulation
A buffer is located on the problems zone and an electrical current is induced, through the dermal to nerves. The treatment is for pain annihilation.
Galvanic baths
Treatment consists in combining water with an easily electric current. Patient sits in a bath at a temperature of 34 degrees Celsius, while to whole body is transmitted an electrical current. Galvanic baths are used to treat degenerative arthritis and inflammatory diseases and for articulations.
Ionization
These procedures have the effect of allowing medicaments to enter the body by galvanic current. It is recommended in case if patient is suffering from arthritis or chronic diseases and inflammation of the column.
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July 3rd, 2009, Friday, 08:00
Hydrotherapy is among the branches of alternative medicine and its therapeutic effects are due to thermal and mechanical action of the water which has on the human body.
There are several forms of hydrotherapy, learn what they are and how you can enjoy them!
Beneficial effects of hydrotherapy are known since ancient times. Hippocrates recommend to stay in mineral water for therapeutic purposes, Egyptians believed that the water purifies the spirit; the Greeks arranged relaxation centers near rivers and Romans gained fame through thermal that spoiled with steam baths and massages.
According to the specialist among hydrotherapy benefits are:
• To stimulate digestion and blood circulation;
• Strengthening the immune system,
• Relieving the body
• Pain killers;
• Along with other therapies (packaging equipment, massage) helps reduce Cellulite.
Experts recommend 2-3 sessions per week in order to obtain visible results. Regarding Cellulite reduction, while with these therapies are recommended a balanced and healthy diet and making exercise in a regular way.
For certain categories of persons, hydrotherapy has contraindications, is not indicated those who have skin diseases, blood pressure or oscillating, cancer, infection and acute inflammation.
Therapy bath: benefits
Therapeutic benefits bathrooms are one of the forms of hydrotherapy and are only on the recommendation of the doctor. This will determine the duration of treatment or combination of these therapies with each other.
Depending on the water temperature you need to have, bathrooms can be therapeutic:
• Cold (water under 20 degrees Celsius) – should not take more than a minute, that becomes dangerous. It has a tonic effect on the body;
• Cool (water temperature between 20-30 degrees Celsius). As the cold, invigorates the body,
• Hot (the water is 35-38 degrees Celsius) – have sedative effects and improves sleep, being recommended to people who have insomnia,
• Hot (water over 38 degrees Celsius) – increase body temperature and are recommended to people who were exposed to cold or who has sensations specific to beginning of a cold: dizziness, pain throughout the body, persistent sensation of cold.
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