I’ve been watching the circus surrounding the health-care debate and thought to put my in my two cents. First things first, we are not having a discussion about health-care in America, we are having a discussion about disease-care.

If you want health-care, the question is how empowered are you to take matters in to [...]]]> I’ve been watching the circus surrounding the health-care debate and thought to put my in my two cents. First things first, we are not having a discussion about health-care in America, we are having a discussion about disease-care.

If you want health-care, the question is how empowered are you to take matters in to your own hands? The issue is health-care, not insurance, not bottom line, not how much it costs to have procedures done to you once you’ve gotten ill or had an accident.

What kind of insurance policy to you have in life to promote your own health-care?

These are the basic insurance policies you need for your health.

1. Education
Do you educate yourself about your body and its needs? Did you know that 75% of all Americans cannot name and locate their organs? Did you know that 43% of Americans suffer from common gastro-intestinal disorders? We are talking constipation, abdominal pain or discomfort and bloating. Did you know that most of these are easily rectified with simple dietary changes, yet are the beginning of many diseases?

2. Exercise
Do you actually take the time to exercise? You don’t need run marathons but you do need to move every day. Our bodies are built to move. We are not meant to be sedentary and automate every action. Throw away your remote controls America at least for turning on and off the TV and changing the channels. Don’t look for the closest spot, just park and walk. I know most of my readers are beyond the basics but this is the message we should be hearing about health-care, not about violence at town hall meetings.

3. Rest, Relaxation and Sleep
Did you know that sleep and sleep-related problems play a role in a large number of human disorders and affect almost every field of medicine? For example, problems like stroke and asthma attacks tend to occur more frequently during the night and early morning, perhaps due to changes in hormones, heart rate, and other characteristics associated with sleep. Sleep also affects some kinds of epilepsy in complex ways.

Overworking, over worrying and stressful lives help create sleep dis-functions. Create a practice during your day to dump, or download the problems and bring your mind to a still point.

4. Cleansing programs
You wash the outside of your body everyday but have you given thought to the insides?
How your body processes your food is more important than what you put into it. Yes it is important to provide your body with clean food, water and nutrients. But if your body is not processing the things you put in it, you might as well be adding clean water to mud. You still get mud.

These are the first 4 steps and there are many more.

Start with this type of insurance policy. This type of health-care will eliminate 75% of all diseases. Unfortunately this is not part of our political discussion. Demand of yourself that you will create your own health-care policy and stick to it. Perhaps if each of us as individuals maintain ourselves then we can say good bye to expensive treatments to treat simple issues. Our current disease-care system will shrink and become affordable.

BALTIMORE, May 5, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) — Children exposed to cigarette smoke have lower levels of anti-oxidants, which help the body defend against biological stresses, U.S. researchers said.

Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York looked at the levels of anti-oxidants vs. the amount of smoke exposure in [...]]]> BALTIMORE, May 5, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) — Children exposed to cigarette smoke have lower levels of anti-oxidants, which help the body defend against biological stresses, U.S. researchers said.

Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York looked at the levels of anti-oxidants vs. the amount of smoke exposure in more than 2,000 children and teens ages 6 and 18 in the 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

The study, presented at the Pediatric Academic Society Meeting in Baltimore, showed that secondhand smoke exposure is associated with lower levels of anti-oxidants in children.

“We don’t know enough yet to say that this group of children need supplements to make up for the anti-oxidants they’re losing, but it’s always wise to feed children an abundance of fruits and vegetables high in anti-oxidants and other healthy nutrients,” Dr. Karen Wilson said in a statement.

Anti-oxidants are believed to play an important role in protecting the body’s cells against free radicals, which can damage cells, Wilson said.

The higher the level of cotinine — a byproduct of metabolizing tobacco smoke — in a child’s blood, the lower the anti-oxidant level, after controlling for diet and supplements, the researchers said.

In my opinion Dr. Karen Wilson does not go far enough in her statement.  Feeding an abundance of fruits and vegetables high in anti-oxidants is wonderful but once a person’s system is already compromised supplementation is necessary.

Best Sources of High Antioxidants Foods

1. Fruits
   Cherry, blackberry, strawberry, raspberry, crowberry, blueberry, bilberry/wild blueberry, black currant, pomegranate, grape, orange, plum, pineapple, kiwi fruit, grapefruit. Blueberries, Blueberries, Blueberries!
2. Vegetables
   Kale, chili pepper, red cabbage, peppers, parsley, artichoke, brussels sprouts, spinach, lemon, ginger, red beets
3. Dry Fruits high in antioxidants
   Apricots, prunes, dates
4. Legumes
   Broad beans, pinto beans, soybeans
5. Nuts and seeds
   Pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts, ground nut, sunflower seeds, flax seeds
6. Cereals
   Barley, millet, oats, corn
7. Spices
   cloves, cinnamon, oregano, tumeric

Best Sources of High Antioxidants Suppliments

1. Vitamins vitamins A, Vitamin C and Vitamin E selenium, beta carotene, Vitamin B-6, Vitamin B-12, Folic acid,
2. Supplements ginkgo biloba, grape seed extract green tea extract Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) Glutathione

What to do?  Keep children away from second hand smoke, including rooms and cars that had been smoked in.  Fabrics and other materials tend to off gas anything that is embedded in them.  Eat plenty of fruits & vegetables and at minimum take a good Vitamin Supplement.

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I cannot stress how important meditation is for health and healing. I have worked with thousands of people in my career as a medical intuitive and healer. 9 out of 10 of those people don’t have a regular meditation practice. Yet they come to me not understanding why [...]]]> Why visualizations and affirmations don’t work!

I cannot stress how important meditation is for health and healing. I have worked with thousands of people in my career as a medical intuitive and healer. 9 out of 10 of those people don’t have a regular meditation practice. Yet they come to me not understanding why their visualizations and affirmations are not working. The first thing I do with every client and student is make a pact with them to meditate twice a day.

It is my opinion that if you don’t have a regular meditation practice when you are healthy you are setting yourself up for a harder path if you start meditating when something is wrong.

Most of us start meditating, praying, visualizing and affirming when times are hard and when we are in pain. We cannot seem to sit for even two minutes a day every day, practicing stilling the mind, watching our thoughts or paying attention to our breath. We find many excuses not to do it.

Some of us sit down for a few minutes and find that our minds are so chaotic that we give up. It is difficult enough to tame the mind when we are feeling well. We need to practice every day.

What makes us think that we can tame the mind and order it to focus on affirmations when we are in pain or up against a wall? We practice our meditation to get rid of the pain, but in essence the attention is on the pain. We are focused on what we want to get away from and not what we want to go towards.

When we are in pain, our mind will focus on the pain. We need to practice now while we are not in pain, while we have a choice. We practice meditation and visualization when we can lead our minds to where we want to lead it. We train our minds to go where we want now. Then when a crisis hits, when we are in pain we can guide the mind towards healing meditations and it will go there without too much of a fight.

The best reasons for meditation is to reduce stress, come to your “happy place” and to become best friends with yourself.

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So you say you can’t sit for 30 minutes? You don’t have time? Can’t sit still? Too many interuptions? I have created a 2.5 minute meditation will bring you to a place of stillness in 2.5 minutes. Can you spare 2.5 minutes out of your day to receive the benefits of meditation?

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My last blog post about the swine flu was about prevention through detoxification and immune system supportive actions.  The flu which broke out in Mexico and found in the US is now being found in many other countries.  Today’s  post will cover additional things you can do to prevent catching the disease.

The traditional media and [...]]]> My last blog post about the swine flu was about prevention through detoxification and immune system supportive actions.  The flu which broke out in Mexico and found in the US is now being found in many other countries.  Today’s  post will cover additional things you can do to prevent catching the disease.

The traditional media and sources have a few guidelines for prevention which I will site here and then I will add a few of my own.

Once again, there is no need to panic.  You are going to be seeing headlines spreading fear everywhere.  There is no need to panic.

What can you do to protect yourself? Experts offer a a few suggestions:

1. Sanitize — i.e. Wash Your Hands Frequently. It may sound obvious, but hand-washing with soap and water for around 20 seconds is the single best thing you can do (if you’re going to go out into the world and interact with other human beings). The CDC estimates that 80 percent of all infections are spread by hands. If you can’t wash your hands regularly, try hand-sanitizers with 60 percent alcohol content.

2. Avoid — i.e. Engage in Social Distancing.” That’s the fancy term for staying away from other people if you’re sick or if you’re concerned that they may be infected. It may not be especially practical when you have to go to, say, work, but experts believe it’s worth repeating: Isolation and avoidance reduce your chances of getting infected or infecting others.

3. Be Alert — i.e. Recognize the Symptoms and Get Help. Swine flu symptoms are similar to regular flu: Fever, body aches, sore throat, cough, runny nose, vomiting, diarrhea, and lethargy. If you don’t feel well, seek medical attention. So far, it’s important to note, this swine flu is treatable (and absolutely survivable). It’s resistant to two of four antiviral drugs approved for combating the flu: Symmetrel and Flumadine. But two newer antivirals – Tamiflu and Relenza – appear to work.

Again I would like to state that I am not a fan of flu vaccinations but in some cases they are necessary.

Now that you’ve got the “official” prevention information here are preventative holistic measures you can take.

Start monitoring yourself.  The flu has a 24-48 hour infection period.

• Start taking higher doses of vitamin C
• Take Zinc Lozenges
• Echinacea and Goldenseal
• Take 2 drops of Oregano essential oil in the AM and PM then take probiotics 2 hours after taking the oil. (the orgeano oil tastes nasty but it will kill most any virus)

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• Should you have a few symptoms you can begin to take a homeopathic remedy.

• Oscillococcinum, Gelsemium, Bryonia and Rhus Tox are over the counter homeopathics which you can take.

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I’ve included an excerpt from FLU: Alternative Treatments and Prevention by Randall Neustaedter OMD, North Atlantic Books, 2005 which describes research on homeopathy and past epidemics.  It also describes which homeopathic remedy is most useful for the symptoms you have.

“Finding the right homeopathic medicine for the flu is usually straightforward because the symptoms tend to be dramatic and easily characterized.

Most flu seasons and epidemics fit a common homeopathic picture, so that the majority of people with the flu will benefit from the epidemic medicine.

Homeopaths are singularly confident about treating viral illness, including flu. There is a long history of successful management of serious acute infections with homeopathy, particularly the flu. Homeopathic medicine proved extremely effective in the management of the 1918 flu epidemic, and it will prove itself in any future flu pandemic, just as it does every winter in the treatment of that year’s flu cases. … A report to the American Institute of Homeopathy in 1921 documented the dramatic success of homeopathy in the worst flu pandemic in history. The death rate of 24,000 flu cases under conventional medical care in that study was 28.2 percent, while the death rate of 26,000 cases treated with homeopathy was a nearly miraculous 1.05 percent. Similarly, many homeopathic physicians each reported treating thousands of patients with very few deaths.

Homeopathic Flu Prevention

Oscillococcinum

One specific homeopathic medicine used to treat the flu has been subjected to clinical trials. The medicine is a homeopathic preparation of the liver and heart of a Barbary duck (trade name Oscillococcinum). This medicine was first formulated in 1925. Its name arose from a spurious notion that the blood of flu victims in the 1918 pandemic contained bacteria composed of balls (cocci) that vibrated, or oscillated. Joseph Roy, a French physician at the time identified this supposed pathogen and found it in many animal species. He chose as the source of his homeopathic preparation a duck, possibly an extremely fortuitous accident because of the association between human flu epidemics and bird viruses.

Oscillococcinum was first studied in France during the 1987 flu epidemic caused by an H1N1 virus. This multi-center study examined the effect of Oscillococcinum (200C) on the early symptoms of flu. Results were published in the peer-reviewed British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. A group of 149 non-homeopathic physicians enlisted 487 patients in the study, each of whom had developed flu-like symptoms during the previous 24 hours. Symptoms met strict criteria for the level of fever and the presence of associated flu symptoms. This took place in the midst of a documented flu epidemic. A treatment group and control group were established and the medicine prescribed in 5 doses, once at the physician’s office and then twice a day for two days following. More patients in the treatment group recovered completely in the first 48 hours than the control group (17 percent of patients with active treatment compared to 10 percent of controls). This was deemed a statistically significant difference. More patients in the treatment group also judged the treatment as favorable compared to the placebo, 61 percent vs 49 percent (Ferley, 1989).

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In 1990 German physicians replicated the French study of Oscillococcinum. They used the same criteria as the previous study and enrolled 372 patients. After 48 hours of treatment with Oscillococcinum the treatment group had significantly milder symptoms than the control group, and the number of patients with no symptoms from day two onward was significantly greater in the treatment group (17.4 percent) compared to the control group (6.6 percent) (Papp, 1998).

Both of these studies show a significant curative effect of a homeopathic medicine in the treatment of flu in carefully conducted, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials. The two studies were done in different countries, each with many participating physicians, and during two different flu epidemics, presumably caused by different viruses. Conventional antiviral drugs reduce the duration of flu by about one day if taken within the first 48 hours of illness (Cooper, 2003). Comparing the results of these studies with the meager effect of conventional treatment shows that homeopathy carries the potential to make a dramatic difference in any flu epidemic without the risk of drug side effects.

Homeopathic Flu Medicines

The two most frequently indicated homeopathic flu medicines over the past 100 years have been Gelsemium and Bryonia. There are significant differences in the symptom pictures of these two medicines that make it easy to decide which is the better fit. They are not the only medicines used to treat the flu, but between them they will probably fit the majority of cases.

Bryonia and Gelsemium type flus both come on slowly over a 6-12 hour period. You begin to feel gradually worse over that time. By the second day you have aching muscles, feel pretty bad, and usually have a headache. Bryonia has more pain in the front of the head, which is definitely made worse by moving the head, or moving the eyes, and feels better from pressing the hand on the head. Gelsemium has pain in the back of the head with stiffness and aching in the neck and across the shoulders. Gelsemium does not want to move much either, and you may feel worse from moving around, but you avoid movement primarily because you are so tired. The characteristic state of Gelsemium is lethargy and fatigue. By contrast, Bryonia is tired but also restless. Bryonia discomfort is worse from motion, but at the same time you feel the urge to move about restlessly in the bed. No position seems comfortable. Bryonia is thirsty, Gelsemium is not. In fact Bryonia is generally warmer and drier. Bryonia wants air and cool temperatures to calm the heat. Gelsemium is chilly and sensitive to cold; cold shivers go down the spine. At the same time Gelsemium is clammy with the fever, and feelings of heat and cold may alternate. Bryonia has more coughing and chest symptoms, a painful cough that aggravates the sore throat. The Bryonia cough will also cause chest pains, and the inevitable reaction to this situation is to press the palm to the chest to minimize the movement caused by coughing.

Gelsemium does not have the energy to be emotional. Bryonia is irritable, worried, and fretful. Bryonia wants to be left alone, Gelsemium is too exhausted to respond.

Rhus toxicondendrom

The Rhus toxicodendron flu immediately distinguishes itself by its extreme restlessness. With all of the aching pains Rhus tox is better from moving. Constant motion, changing positions, and stretching provide the only relief. If you lie still with a Rhus tox flu you begin to ache, which forces you to move. Nighttime is the worst for Rhus tox because of the difficulty remaining in one position. You will toss and turn looking for relief. Mentally Rhus tox is anxious with a restless mind, and emotionally a sudden depression with crying is common. Like Gelsemium, Rhus tox is chilly and sweaty. Rhus tox is also sensitive to cold and better from warmth. The headache of both Rhus tox and Gelsemium has its focus in the back of the neck and head with aching across the shoulders. Rhus tox has a very dry mouth, but despite the dryness is not very thirsty.

Baptisia

Baptisia is a bad flu that comes on quickly with a high fever. Suddenly with a Baptisia flu you are very sick and going downhill fast. Mentally Baptisia is confused, stupidly dull, and even delirious, sleepy all the time and unable to even answer questions. The main characteristic is an offensive odor from the sweat, the mouth, and the stool, and Baptisia flus are accompanied by both diarrhea and vomiting. The tongue is coated yellow or brown, the throat intensely red, ulcers appear in the mouth, and the gums ooze blood.”

For more information about a Medical Intuitive approach to the flu visit Swine Flu – A Medical Intuitive Perspective.

Disclaimer: the herbs and remedies mentioned in this article enhance the body’s response to an acute infection; however, they are not a substitute for medical treatment.  You should not use the information contained herein for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing any medication. If you have or suspect that you have a medical problem, please contact your health care provider.

Added August 20th 2009:  Swine flu is still making the headlines, it is still preferable to take a holistic approach to any flu.  The fall is upon us and I would like to invite you to a Fall Detox/Cleansing.  Please visit Fall Detox – Holistic Protection for Flu for details

Chakras and auras that a Medical Intuitive can conceive

Medical intuitives, medical psychics, energy intuitives and their clients believe that your body communicates with them. More so, intuitives and mediums can hear, sense, see and dialogue with the body/mind/spirit complex. How can they do it? How does the body communicate with people who may not [...]]]>

Chakras and auras that a Medical Intuitive can conceive

Medical intuitives, medical psychics, energy intuitives and their clients believe that your body communicates with them. More so, intuitives and mediums can hear, sense, see and dialogue with the body/mind/spirit complex. How can they do it? How does the body communicate with people who may not even know us?

This is a question that has been asked, studied and debated over and over throughout the years. It has become highlighted in this day and age because we all are seeking scientific proof for things that we cannot explain yet. The body communicates with different qualities of energy.

The energy is not exactly the same type of energy that runs your refrigerator, it is a much more subtle form of energy.  The energy can and has been measured by scientific means.  Some call it vibrational energy others call it piezo-electric energy and others call it the electro-magnetic fields.  The energy your body emits is everywhere. Energy can be measured, felt, communicated and changed by interacting with other energy sources. So why has it been so hard for us to imagine that the body can communicate with us energetically as well?

Medical intuition is a field that is recognized and growing as a way to tune into the body’s wisdom. In all fields, it is important that we honor the founders of the work. The actual term “Medical Intuition” was coined in the late 1980’s ago by Dr. Norm Shealy, a renowned M.D. and advocate of holistic health while training a gifted intuitive, Caroline Myss. Both are pioneers in the field of what many of us now refer to as medical intuition. While this field of study is relatively new by way of public and professional use, many healing practitioners, intuitives, psychics, channelers, mediums and people in general have been intuiting in for ages. So how are they tuning in and what exactly are they tuning into?

If you asked 10 medical psychics how they do their work, you would likely get 12 answers. If you asked 10 energy intuitives what exactly kind of energy they are intuiting , you would likely get 20 different responses.  If you asked 10 medical intuitives what kind of “medical” reading they give you will receive an additional parts of the body Which makes it difficult to define exactly what a medical intuitive does.

Consider for a moment in simple terms, that the body is an electrical and magnetic system. Both the body itself and the energy field surrounding the body are electrically and magnetically charged. For that matter any physical item has an electrical and magnetic charge, simply because they are made up of atoms, which have neutrons and electrons. All information about the past and present and some believe its future probabilities are stored in the electro/magnetic field. The body remembers incidents, feelings, thoughts.   The body also stores information about outside influences.

People who are intuitive or have trained themselves to pay attention to energy may perceive what the body is communicating to them in a variety of ways. Some may hear, see or sense words, symbols, pictures, movies, see x-ray images or experience physical sensations within their own body.

Energy can be turned into images… which is happening as you read this article.  Energy can be turned into sound and many other things that are picked up by the senses.  We currently have machines that can interpret certain energy patterns which gives us meanings for the patterns.  All humans and I will also add pets have the same capability with the more subtle energy emissions.

Medical Intuitives or energy intuitives have created a language for themselves to understand what the subtle cues they are receiving from a physical body.  They are also practiced in understanding the difference between what is coming to them from an outside source or if it is a part of their filtration system.

From there it is truly a matter of training.  Picking up the information, putting a language to the information, giving the client the information in an appropriate manner and then guiding the client towards healing or resolution.

Ideally a medical intuitive is a part of your healing or coaching team.  They are able to interpret the subtle world around you making the invisible visible and assisting in empowering you to make good choices.

For more about Medical Intuitive Readings visit http://www.miritturley.com/faq.html