Basic Womens Health

Written by Sherri Jones


The health problems of women are unique in camparison torepparttar male gender. The female body is more complex and requires much more care.

The habits you, as a woman, develop early in life may determine your health in your later years. I don't mean eating habits alone. I mean your personal habits and choices as well as your eating habits.

The 5 major causes of poor health and even death in women are as follows: Cancer, Heart Disease, Accidents, Sucide, and Homicide.

Preventing Cancer. Genetic based cancers like breast cancer are nearly unavoidable. However, catching it early on will greatly increase your chances of survival. Periodic examiniations will catch any cancers early on. QUIT SMOKING and your chances of getting lung cancer or other smoking associated illnesses are significantly decreased.

Preventing heart disease. Again, quit smoking. This also reduces your risk of having a stroke. Watch what you eat and excersize regularly. You needn't work out everyday. Just do something a few times a week that gets your heart going and warms uprepparttar 113707 muscles. Lose weight if you need to. You will know if you need to or not. If you are on medication, take it as directed. If you start feeling better that meansrepparttar 113708 medication is working and is allrepparttar 113709 more reason to continue taking it as prescribed. Never stop taking a medication without consulting your doctor. Some medications cannot be stopped suddenly.

The History of Reflexology

Written by D. Braun


It is important to be aware ofrepparttar great archetypal history manifested byrepparttar 113706 practitioners which dates back over 6,000 years.

Our study ofrepparttar 113707 ancient Egyptian doctors starts 4,500 years ago. They were amongrepparttar 113708 first to studyrepparttar 113709 human body scientifically. They became masters at setting bones, caring for wounds and successfully treating many illnesses. Egyptian artists preservedrepparttar 113710 history of surgery, anatomical observation and medical treatments through their meticulous record keeping.

Ed and Ellen Case of Los Angeles, while on tour of Egypt in l979, discovered a pictograph onrepparttar 113711 wall ofrepparttar 113712 tomb of Ankhmahar which is located in Saqqara. This is known asrepparttar 113713 tomb ofrepparttar 113714 physician and has been dated by Egyptologists at 2330 B.C.

This isrepparttar 113715 third oldest recorded history of pedis/manus-cure reflexology to date and givesrepparttar 113716 modern day practitioner a consciousness of its roots and a sense of connection with one ofrepparttar 113717 oldest health care professions inrepparttar 113718 world. Inrepparttar 113719 artist's painted illustration ofrepparttar 113720 original pictograph,repparttar 113721 physicians are pressuringrepparttar 113722 Great toe (spleen/pancreas and liver meridians) and thumb (lung meridian) of their respective patients; whilerepparttar 113723 patients themselves are putting pressure on a gallbladder meridian point under their arm.

Pain was an indicator of a problem according torepparttar 113724 hieroglyphic translation made byrepparttar 113725 Papyrus Institute in Cairo. The patient says torepparttar 113726 physician: “Don’t let it be painful.” The modern reflexologist has some patients withrepparttar 113727 same request; while others embracerepparttar 113728 pain; knowing thatrepparttar 113729 best results are due to a strong "current of injury".

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