| If your prostate diagnosis leaves you free of cancer, | | | | opening you choose. Find your prostate and examine |
| you may still have Benign Prostate Hypertrophy | | | | it from every angle. Next, envision putting a thin |
| (prostate BPH). Rather than using hormonal or alpha | | | | golden net around the gland. This net has a |
| blockers, many men have opted for a natural | | | | drawstring that you can tighten. Cinch the drawstring |
| approach to avoid some of the unpleasant side | | | | so that the net is wrapped snugly around the |
| effects of the drug therapy. The two prescription | | | | prostate. As you do this, picture the prostate |
| drugs, inasteride (Proscar) and terazosin (Hytrin) | | | | shrinking to its normal size. Then imagine using your |
| make lots of money for drug companies because | | | | other hand to massage your prostate. Sense that |
| they are the only two approved by the FDA to | | | | urine can now flow evenly and smoothly. The |
| prevent prostatic proliferation (the growth of new | | | | recommendation for this exercise is to practice it |
| prostate cells that cause prostate BPH in men over | | | | twice a day, three to five minutes per session for six |
| 50).First we will look at 7 different therapy options | | | | cycles of 21 days on and 7 days off.HydrotherapyA |
| for prostate BPH. These options are Ayurveda, | | | | hot sitz bath comes highly recommended for the |
| Reflexology, Food Therapy, Imagery, Hydrotherapy, | | | | treatment of an inflammed prostate. Sit down in a |
| Vitamin and Mineral Therapy and Yoga. We present | | | | tub filled with comfortably hot water to a depth of |
| you with a brief synopsis of each therapy as it | | | | your navel. Soak for twenty to forty-five minutes |
| relates to prostate problems.AyurvedaThe Ayurvedic | | | | and follow with a cold bath or shower. This |
| approach to all disease is to first make certain that | | | | treatment should be done once a day for thirty days |
| you have received an appropriate diagnosis from a | | | | or until the symptoms are gone.Vitamin and Mineral |
| medical professional. If the prostate diagnosis is | | | | Therapy |
| benign the ''flowing'' approach can be used. Mix the | | | | The ideal vitamin and mineral treatment for prostate |
| following herbal powders: Punarnava, Gokshura and | | | | problems incorporates herbal medicine. The following |
| Shilajit. Ingest just 1/4 teaspoon a day either dry or | | | | regimen is recommended to help control symptoms:a) |
| added to warm water. An alternative is to drink any | | | | 400 international units of Vitamin E per day |
| one of horsetail, ginseng or hibiscus tea, consumign as | | | | b) 30 milligrams of zinc twice a day |
| much as you wish each day. All of these herbs should | | | | c) 1 milligram of copper twice a day |
| be available at your health food store or by mail | | | | d) One tablespoon of flaxseed oil a day |
| order.ReflexologyReflexology is the pratice of | | | | e) 160 milligrams of saw palmetto twice a |
| directing energy toward specific pressure points in | | | | day.Flaxseed oil and saw palmetto are easily |
| the body. Reflexology sessions begin with relaxing | | | | obtainable in any health food store.YogaCertain Yoga |
| the total body then shifting the focus of the reflex | | | | poses can increase blood flow to the groin, thereby |
| to those areas of greatest need. For our purposes | | | | relieving certain prostate problems. You can find |
| that would be the prostate, endocrine, pituitary, | | | | books on Yoga that include these poses, as well as |
| parathyroid, thyroid and adrenal glands as well as the | | | | many others, at any herbal or homeopathic store. |
| pancreas with the reflex in the hands or feet. You | | | | The two poses that will benefit prostate problems |
| can find reflexology charts that give you the reflex | | | | are the "knee squeeze" and the "seated sun" along |
| points at most health food stores or schedule a | | | | with the "stomach lock."To do the "stomach lock," lie |
| session with a professional reflexologist.Food | | | | on your back and take a deep breath. Breathe out |
| TherapyThe key to affecting positive change in the | | | | until all air is expelled from your lungs, then pull in hard |
| prostate by eating specific foods is including any | | | | on your buttocks, groin and stomach muscles. Hold |
| foods high in zinc. The properties in zinc have been | | | | this pose for a count of three then release the |
| proven beneficial in shrinking an enlarged prostate. | | | | muscles. It is recommended that this session is |
| Take a daily supplement of zinc. In addition to a | | | | repeated two or three times a day, three times a |
| low-fat diet, particularly avoiding saturated fats, | | | | session to help prevent prostate trouble. You should |
| consider adding one or two tablespoons per day of | | | | not use this yoga pose if you suffer from high blood |
| flaxseed oil to your diet as well as pumpkin and | | | | pressure, hiatal hernia, ulcers or heart disease.It must |
| sunflower seeds, both know for their high content of | | | | be perfectly understood that there is no substitute |
| zinc.ImageryImagery is closely associated to | | | | for your physician. These options are presented as |
| hypnosis, both practices incorporating positive | | | | just that. . .options and you should consult your |
| visualization techniques to effect positive changes. | | | | physician before undertaking any new treatment |
| Here is one exercise proven beneficial for our | | | | options prostate BPH whether medical or |
| purposes here:Close your eyes breathe out three | | | | homeopathic.Mihail Fortomas is a teacher of Biology in |
| times and imagine entering your body through any | | | | a High School of Athens Greece. |