| Having been involved in training Aromatherapists and | | | | stress and general tension... |
| Reflexology Practitioners over many years and also | | | | One of the simplest and best ways of easing stress |
| running the Scottish Group of the Guild of | | | | and tension and also eliminating toxins from the body |
| Complementary Practitioners, I became very aware | | | | is to simply "Breathe" properly. |
| of the power of what many people term Alternative | | | | Every breath we take fills our lungs with oxygen, |
| Medicine. | | | | which is then carried by the haemoglobin in the red |
| We much preferred the term - "Complementary | | | | blood cells to every cell in the body. |
| Medicine". The whole idea being that much of the | | | | Every cell must receive this life-giving oxygen to |
| powerful natural remedies would be used to | | | | remain alive and healthy and so you can see how |
| complement any effective contemporary drug | | | | very important proper breathing is for maintaining |
| treatments. | | | | health in general and not just for relieving stress and |
| However, the medical profession in general tend to | | | | eliminating toxins. |
| ignore the natural remedies that have proved | | | | Of course, it is essential that the air we breathe is as |
| effective over thousands of years and persist in | | | | fresh and pure as possible, which can be difficult in |
| poisoning our systems with Drug Therapy, which | | | | the highly polluted atmosphere of our inner cities and |
| often exacerbates many conditions or in fact triggers | | | | unfortunately, if we constantly breathe in toxic and |
| other conditions and at the very least creates nasty | | | | polluted air we can actually bring on toxic headache |
| side effects. | | | | pain. So first make sure that you breathe in "fresh |
| So it's entirely understandable that people are turning | | | | air". |
| away from traditional allopathic medicine and seeking | | | | Try this simple breathing exercise... Simply sit in a |
| "Alternative" forms of treatment and prevention | | | | relaxed position, preferably with the eyes closed and |
| methods. | | | | take a deep breath, drawing the air deep into the |
| Recently in Europe there's been a move against | | | | lungs as if trying to fill the stomach. Hold the breath |
| these "Natural" remedies by the regulating authorities, | | | | for a count of four and imagine the oxygen flowing |
| simply because, as the vast majority of these | | | | through your body and filling every cell with clean, |
| remedies are indeed natural products such as | | | | fresh, life-giving energy. |
| essential oils and herbs, which cannot be claimed as | | | | Next breathe out slowly through your mouth |
| "drugs", they are therefore out with the scope of | | | | imagining your whole body relaxing as if deflating, as |
| the drug regulating bodies. | | | | the toxins pour out. Just picture every cell in your |
| However, it is incredible that our highly trained medical | | | | body releasing all the toxins and impurities that cause |
| professionals lean towards the modern drug therapy | | | | the problems and exchanging them for that oxygen |
| (toxic chemicals) and completely ignore the more | | | | and feel the tension just flow from you whole body. |
| natural and effective remedies that have been tried | | | | Pause for a few seconds and repeat the process, |
| and tested over many thousands of years. | | | | each time trying to fill the lungs even more. Hold the |
| Many common and annoying ailments can be | | | | breath for four or five seconds once again and then |
| alleviated and often prevented by the use of these | | | | slowly allow the body to relax as you breathe out all |
| natural products. | | | | the toxins that are causing the problem. Repeat this |
| For example, probably the most common of type | | | | breathing exercise at least ten times and you'll find |
| headache is caused by tension or stress and a build | | | | that you are much more relaxed and less tense. |
| up of toxins in the brain, and is generally treated with | | | | This simple exercise is very powerful and not only |
| "over-the-counter" drugs from the pharmacy, like | | | | helps you relax and get rid of any stress and tension, |
| Paracetomol or Nurofen or similar pain killers, which | | | | but also rids the brain of the toxins, which can be the |
| can cause stomach problems and as mention, often | | | | chief cause of common headache pain. |
| cause further problems due to a build up of toxins in | | | | I hope this brings some relief without having to reach |
| the body. | | | | for the usual drugs. |
| Our modern day lifestyle tends to be very stressful | | | | However, for more severe headache pain there are |
| and so the stress / tension headache is extremely | | | | numerous natural remedies that have been used with |
| prevalent in modern society. Wouldn't it therefore be | | | | great effect for thousands of years and I'll try to |
| more sensible to alleviate the stress and thus | | | | bring you some tried and tested pain relief methods |
| prevent the headache pain, which in turn then does | | | | in a future article. |
| away with the need for pain killers. | | | | Meantime, there are more articles and advice on |
| Let's just take a look a few simple ideas for relieving | | | | Headache pain relief information at: Health-Vitality. |