Chronic head, facial or neck pain that won’t go away… Could it be TMJ?

Written by Naweko San-Joyz


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TMJ can arise form trauma, whiplash, stress, teeth-grinding and clenching, misaligned teeth, missing or sore teeth, muscle abuse, infection, diseases ofrepparttar joints such as arthritis, and cancer.

Your family dentist should be able to recognize TMJ. Depending on your condition, she may treatrepparttar 113998 TMJ herself or refer you to a physician, orthodontist, chiropractor, psychologist or oral surgeon for more specialized treatment.

For more information on identifying and treating TMJ yourself, read TMJ Self-Help Program: How to recognize a TMJ problem: What to do to relieve pain and restore health: When to seek professional help by John Taddely, D.D.S. with Constance Schrader and James Dillon.



Health author and Stanford University graduate Naweko San-Joyz lovingly writes from her home in San Diego. Her works include “Acne Messages: Crack the code of your zits and say goodbye to acne” (ISBN: 0974912204) and the upcoming work “Skinny Fat Chicks, Why we’re still not getting this dieting thing” (ISBN: 0974912212) for release in June of 2005. For useful acne self-help articles visit http://www.Noixia.com.


Make Your Own Natural Herbal Healing Salve

Written by Loring A. Windblad


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Basic Recipe:

1 cup herbally infused oil 1 – 2 oz. Beeswax 10 capsules Vitamin E Oil ½ tsp. each tea tree and lavender essential oils

In a small pan, gently heatrepparttar herbally infused oil and beeswax until barely melted. Cut or pokerepparttar 113997 vitamin E capsules open, and squeezerepparttar 113998 vitamin E oil intorepparttar 113999 beeswax/oil mixture. Remove from heat, and addrepparttar 114000 essential oils. Pour a tiny amount ofrepparttar 114001 salve mixture onto waxed paper or into a container to cool. Test it for thickness – if you’d like it to be harder, add more beeswax. If you’d like it to have a thinner balm, add more oils.

When you’re satisfied withrepparttar 114002 consistency, pourrepparttar 114003 balm into clean, sanitized jars and let cool. This all-purpose salve can be used for cuts, scrapes, splinters, diaper rash, burns, rashes, or for dry skin.

To make a herbally infused oil:

In a saucepan, combine dry herbs and a vegetable oil (we like extra virgin olive oil, but just about any kind will do). Specific proportions are not important – use a few generous handfuls of herbs and use enough oil to cover them. Heat over lowest possible heat for several hours – three minimum, we usually try for 12 or 15.

Alternatively, use a crock-pot onrepparttar 114004 “low” setting. Strain outrepparttar 114005 herbs and use your herbally infused oil to make balms, or as a massage oil, bath oil, or as a great winter moisturizer.

Some Herbs to try: chamomile, comfrey, sheep sorrell, turkish rhubarb, St. John’s Wort, calendula.

Loring Windblad has studied nutrition and exercise for more than 40 years, is a published author and freelance writer. His latest business endeavor is at: http://www.organicgreens.us


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