James A. Duke, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  While I recommend kava for stress relief, I also like it as a sleep aid. For one thing, it reduces the anxiety and muscle tension that so often interfere with sleep. For another, it's a mild pain reliever, which is important because pain tends to be more intense at night. No wonder the Polynesians use kava as a sedative.
My good friend Mark Blumenthal, executive director of the American Botanical Council, also uses kava to help him sleep. "When I go to bed late and have to wake up early, I usually take 1 to 2 dropperfuls of a liquid kava tincture before retiring," he says. |
Gale Maleskey
See book keywords and concepts |  Welcome the B Family
The B-complex vitamins are a treasure trove of stress relief. They can give you more energy, strip away fatigue, make adrenal gland hormones, and manufacture brain chemicals responsible for keeping you alert and lifting your mood, says Dr. Sahelian. "The B vitamins work in concert with each other, and they play hundreds of biochemical roles in the body," he says.
The members of this close-knit family include thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, and vitamins B6 and B12. |
Judith J. Wurtman and Susan Suffes
See book keywords and concepts |  After you read about how fat affects your brain and emotional state, you will understand why you need to avoid high-fat foods when you want fast stress relief.
Many of you may either already be taking or may be considering treatment with serotonin-activating weight-loss medications, including the widely prescribed fen-fen combination and the newly approved drug dexfenfluramine, more commonly known by its brand name Redux. These drugs are successful in removing the desire to overeat by making you feel both physically and psychologically full. But they don't work in a vacuum. | | If your stomach was completely empty it might take less time, and if you eat the snack while still digesting food from a previous meal or snack, the effect may be delayed an additional ten to fifteen minutes. stress relief is gradual, sort of like taking pain medication for a headache. After all, you don't expect your headache to be gone seconds after swallowing pain medication. In fact, you often don't feel any change for fifteen minutes after taking the pill and may not even be aware that the headache is entirely gone for another fifteen minutes or even longer. |
Bradley J. Willcox, D. Craig Willcox, and Makoto Suzuki
See book keywords and concepts |  Try this self-massage, also called ashi jitsu, for instant stress relief.
1. Grasp the foot with one hand, so that the fingertips touch the sole near the base of the big toe, and the thumb is balanced on the top of the foot.
2. Press your fingers into the sole of your foot with a moderate amount of pressure for five seconds, then release.
3. Move along the sole of the foot, inch by inch from the base of the big toe to the outer side of the foot, pausing for five seconds of pressure and then releasing for five seconds.
4. | | Try two of our favorite self-massage techniques for one-minute stress relief.
Self-Shiatsu—Gokuku
Shiatsu is Japanese for finger (shi) pressure (atsu). It combines acupressure, (finger pressure) upon acupuncture points and other techniques, including pressing, hooking, sweeping, shaking, pinching, rolling, grasping, and in some schools, walking on the patient's back, legs, and feet. These techniques are employed to correct imbalances in hi, or energy flow in the body. Here's a quick stress reliever that you can perform on yourself. | | It's effective for relaxation, stress relief, and awareness expansion. Once you become accustomed to regular usage of reflective prayer you may want to try a healing prayer, which follows. We highly recommend healing prayer as an adjunct to any medical regimen.
First, choose a reflective prayer that conforms to your own beliefs, then set aside a quiet place and time to practice your prayer. The time should be convenient for you and fit easily into your schedule. Some find it easier to practice prayer at night before sleep, others upon rising in the morning. | | We have observed spirituality in Okinawa to have the following benefits.
1. stress relief. The most salient theme of Okinawan prayer is health. Okinawan people, particularly the women, pray to be healthy, and they pray for the health of others. We have already seen that what we believe can exert powerful influences on our health. Okinawan beliefs that the gods and ancestors are taking care of them and that their villages are naturally healthy places may be helpful in this regard.
2. Social connection. |
Larry Trivieri, Jr.
See book keywords and concepts |  Bach's only combination formula, Rescue Remedy®, is the world's best known natural stress relief formula. Composed of five flower essences (Cherry Plum, Clematis, Impatiens, Rock Rose, and Star of Bethlehem), Rescue Remedy is designed to help cope with emergencies and crises as well as everyday ups and downs.
The formula has a positive, calming effect in acute emergency situations including bereavement, anxiety, hysteria, a family upset, physical trauma, emotional shock, or accidents. (It should not take the place of emergency medical care, however. | | These include increased vitality, revitalized blood, detoxification and neutralization of toxins, pain and stress relief, faster recovery time from illness or injury, reduced inflammation, improved sleep, reduced fluid retention, improved endocrine and metabolic function, elimination of menstrual pain, dermal rejuvenation, and improved kidney and liver function. It is recommended that the BEFE unit be used only every other day and never for more than 35 minutes at a time, due to its powerful bio-recharging effects. |
Doug Dollemore, Mark Giuliucci and the Editors of Men's Health Magazine
See book keywords and concepts |  Try this four-way neck release recommended by former world-class track and field athlete Greg Herzog in his book The 15-Minute Executive stress relief Program (repeat each of the following exercises three times).
1. With your right hand, reach over your head and behind your left ear, grasping your neck with your fingers. Pull your head gently toward your right shoulder.
2. Do the same exercise, but this time use your left hand to pull your head toward your left shoulder.
3. Clasp your hands behind your head, with your elbows flared and your head bowed toward your chest. |
Robert S. McCaleb, Evelyn Leigh, and Krista Morien
See book keywords and concepts |  An Herbal Guide to stress relief.
Rochester, VT: Healing Arts Press, 1991.
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The Canadian Journal of Herbalism 11 Winthrop Place
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The Herb Companion Interweave Press, Inc. 201 East 4th Street Loveland, CO 80537 Phone: (970) 669-7672; (800) 272-2193
The Herb Quarterly Long Mountain Press PO Box 548
Boiling Springs, PA 17007 Phone: (717) 245-2764
Herbs for Health Interweave Press, Inc. |
Bill Gottlieb
See book keywords and concepts |  Flower Remedy/Essence Therapy
Try the emergency stress relief formula, sold under brand names such as Calming Essence, Rescue Remedy and Five-Flower Formula, says Leslie J. Kaslof, an herbalist and author of The Traditional Flower Remedies of Dr. Edward Bach. He suggests using the formula topically on minor insect bites to relieve pain, swelling and itching. Also, he says, the formula may be helpful in reheving mild allergic reactions to insect bites and stings. He recommends taking four drops under the tongue as needed to calm and relax. |
Earl L. Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  You can take supplemental iodine (no more than 1,000 meg a day should be used without a physician's prescription) if you think your thyroid gland needs extra help.
If stress relief and nutritional interventions don't work to relieve your symptoms or raise your basal temperature, see your physician. Thyroid hormone replacement may be necessary and can only be done by prescription. The closest thing you'll find to a natural thyroid is USP thyroid (Armour, for example) which is a combination of T3 and T4 from cows or pigs in the ratios naturally found in the body. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts |  In addition, a proper diet, especially if combined with a program of exercise and stress relief, can ease or prevent simple indigestion.
BELCHING
A belch is a regurgitation of swallowed air. If excess air is swallowed, belching is the body's way of reestablishing normal pressure in the stomach. If the air cannot be expelled, it accumulates in the stomach and causes sharp pain. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | In my opinion, ex-
More Wisdom from the
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For stress relief, Just Follow Your Nose
Aromatherapy, a popular offshoot of herbal medicine, uses plants' aromatic oils to enhance health. It's especially effective at inducing relaxation and short-circuiting stress.
At Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, researchers measured the anxiety levels of people about to undergo an MRI, a diagnostic procedure that requires lying still inside a cramped, noisy, cigar-shaped chamber. |
Berkeley Holistic Health Center and Shepherd Bliss
See book keywords and concepts | | Currently, he is clinical director of the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital's Pain and stress relief Clinic in Boston.
Besides being an adjunct faculty or guest lecturer at most acupuncture schools in the United States, Europe, and Australia, Ted is a thesis reader at Harvard University and a faculty member at Boston University.
He is a collaborator for various research projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine. Currently, he is writing a TV documentary on healing for the BBC. |
Nicola Reavley
See book keywords and concepts |  Regular aerobic exercise and good stress relief also help to maintain healthy skin.
In addition to its other health benefits, a diet high in fruits and vegetables helps to maintain healthy skin. These foods are high in fiber, which helps to keep the bowel functioning well and avoid a build-up of toxins, which can lead to skin problems. Foods rich in essential fatty acids are also important to prevent dry skin. Adequate but not excessive protein intake is also essential. Because of its rapid growth, the effect of nutrient deficiencies shows quickly in the skin. | | There are various devices such as joint splints, gloves and orthopedic shoes which can help to relieve symptoms and help patients to perform activities necessary for daily life. stress relief and pain management techniques may also be valuable in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. |
Jean Antonello
See book keywords and concepts |  Rather than representing an additional stress to the body, eating for the underfed is a stress relief, promising to solve at least the chronic, underlying problem of inadequate fuel intake. So emotional problems and other forms of stress provoke chronic undereaters to eat and often overeat. Their bodies are simply using the stress as an opportunity for catching up on their inadequate eating.
Food Addiction
Many people consider themselves food addicted, usually as a result of their affiliation with Overeaters Anonymous. |
Cynthia A. Foster, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  I've heard they were trying to get essential oils used during surgery for stress relief and to fight infection in the hospital. The oils may kill the infection, but the surgery may still kill the patient.
CHAPTER 13
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Life On The Line
1 woke up at 3 am in order to do my health program, as well as to get in early to the hospital to do rounds. To say I was exhausted would be putdng it mildly. As I turned off the alarm, it was still pitch black outside, and I would apologize profusely to Marco for having woken him up with the alarm. He didn't complain a single dme. |
Bill Gottlieb
See book keywords and concepts | | The emergency stress relief formula, sold under brand names such as Calming Essence, Rescue Remedy and Five-Flower Formula, is available in most health food stores and through mail order (refer to the resource list on page 635). For more information on preparing and administering the formula, see page 40.
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If possible, begin taking Arnica 30C three times a day a couple of days before your surgery to reduce swelling and soreness after the operation, says Stephen Messer, N.D. | | The emergency stress relief formula, sold under brand names such as Calming Essence, Rescue Remedy and Five-Flower Formula, is available in most health food stores and through mail order (refer to the resource list on page 635). For more information on preparing and administering the formula, see page 40.
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"There's nothing scientific about it, but I would recommend consuming more ginseng during times of grief," says Julian Whitaker, M.D., founder and president of the Whitaker Wellness Center in Newport Beach, California. "It helps deal with stresses. | | They're the best for stress relief, according to Scholes. "Aesthetically, most people find florals the most appealing." He suggests adding florals to unscented lotions and bath oils or mixing them with carrier oils for a soothing massage. While rare, precious floral oils such as rose and jasmine can be pricey—a tiny, VS-ounce bottle of rose oil imported from Turkey can cost over $175, for instance—the same quantity of geranium, which smells very much like rose, costs only $10.
Lavender. "If there is one oil no home should be without, it's lavender," says Scholes. |
Gale Maleskey
See book keywords and concepts | | If you don't feel any stress relief in two to three hours, you can take another capsule.
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Bill Gottlieb
See book keywords and concepts | | Sold under brand names such as Calming Essence, Rescue Remedy and Five-Flower Formula, the emergency stress relief formula is available in most health food stores and through mail order (see the resource list on page 635). For more information on preparing and administering the formula, see page 40. lilii
Homeopathy
Although treating asthma usually requires professional care, a few homeopathic remedies may temporarily relieve your symptoms while you wait to see your medical doctor or homeopath, according to Maesimund Panos, M. |
Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Control stress—Since stress can provide the spark that fuels symptoms, stress relief should be a high priority. That's easier said than done, especially since the pain and symptoms of the disease are, in themselves, stress-inducing. But remember that exercise, meditation, biofeedback, yoga, and psychological counseling can all aid in the relief of stress.
Avoid injury—Injury can also aggravate the condition. |
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