Category: Health and Wellness

Aren’t oils the best?  If you haven’t gotten your hands on some, now is the time!  So many benefits.  They sure will bring you joy!  Here are some specific ways on how to use them.  🙂

For those of you that love baths…

Looking for more energy?  Add peppermint and lemon: Juice five lemons into the water, then add 5 to 10 drops of peppermint oil.  Inhale.  And, feel refreshed!

Got a bad cold?  Add eucalyptus and tea tree oils: Add 5 to 10 drops of each.  Now, watch those sinuses open!

Want softer skin?  Add powdered milk, honey and oatmeal: Combine 1 cup of finely ground oatmeal, 1/2 cup of honey and 1 cup of whole powdered milk, then pour into bath.  Ooh, la, la!

Have sore muscles?  Add lavender and epsom salt: Mix 1 cup of Epsom salt and 1/2 cup cup of dried lavender into a full bath: soak for 20 minutes.

Want a good night’s sleep?  Add chamomile and lavender: Put 1/2 cup of dried crushed lavender and five chamomile tea bags into the tub.  Steep for five minutes; remove tea bags before bathing.

Cleaning of the tub can be made easy when you use a mesh bath tea ball to keep your ingredients contained.  Also!  A quick wipe of the tub with a 50/50 mixture of white vinegar and water will leave your tub sparkly and clean!  🙂

Futhermore…

Maybe we ought to ‘sniff our way to a more motivated Monday, happier hump day, and fiercer Friday with aromatherapy‘!  Here’s how:

Monday

Put a drop of frankincense and peppermint on a tissue and take five long deep breaths.  Your mind will feel sharper and you’ll have an increase in alertness…a great way to start the work week!  🙂

Tuesday

Apply lavender behind your ears, the top of your shoulders and the back of your neck using a massaging rollerball.  This will decrease your stress and anxiety…great particularly for TUESDAYS.  :/, 😛

Wednesday

Mix two drops of eucalyptus into your shampoo and massage into your scalp, helping to clear your mind and leave you feeling inspired!…great for that ‘hump-day slump’!

Thursday

Apply flowery ylang-ylang to your pulse points (middle of chest, side of neck, inside of wrists) to bring about happiness and lower your blood pressure.

Friday

Add a few drops of sensual sandalwood and jasmine (aphrodisiacs) to your diffuser 30 minutes before entering the bedroom…ooh la, la!

Have fun with these suggestions and enjoy reaping the rewards!

Love,

Lisa

xoxo

 

This native South American herb, dating back to 1873, is healing and preventive of ‘arthritis, pain, inflammation of the prostate gland, fever, dysentery, boils and ulcers and various cancers.’

Because of the “gazillion” compounds found in this tree (see picture above), it’s able to work wonders on the body…

• quinoids, benzenoids and flavonoids – fight against harmful organisms
• lapachol (from the stem) – toxic and resistant to nearly all types of harmful organisms; fights metastasis – spread of a cancer or other disease from one organ to another
• beta-lapachone – fights toxicity to harmful organisms
• selenium – ‘extremely vital antioxidant/mineral which removes free radicals that damage cells and trigger disease; increases immunity, boosts metabolism; essential for successful male and female fertility and reproduction; reduces the risk of cancer, autoimmune and thyroid diseases

the list goes on and on…

Paul D’Arco

• reduces pain and swelling
• fights candida – common yeast infection (not to be left untreated)
• adjusts our Ph levels – when unbalanced, can lead to headaches, an inability to concentrate, hyperactivity, chronic fatigue syndrome, sugar addiction, stomach problems
• reduces inflammation, which can lead to an overactive immune system, which can lead to asthma, arthritis, Crohn’s disease, Alzheimers’s disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels and Parkinson’s disease

draxe.com/pau-darco-tea/

And, then there’s Graviola…

This prickly green fruit-producing plant with nutrients in the leaves and bark will have us feeling healthier, for sure, but, when really needed.

Places such as Peru, Amazon and the Caribbean have been using graviola for years…

Peru makes tea with the leaves which ‘treats inflammation of the mucus membrane in the nose, throat or lungs’.

Amazon uses the roots and leaves to help control blood sugar in diabetic patients.

The Caribbean makes tea which relieves coughs, flu symptoms and asthma.  Breastfeeding moms would benefit, for it ‘promotes milk production‘.

The people of South America have been known to drink graviola juice (made with the bark and roots) to treat dysentery and scurvy.  Creates a sedative effect.

How Graviola is Used Today

1. treats cancer

*the prickly-green fruit is loaded with acetogenins, which have been shown to have ‘anti-tumor effects on animals’

Coming from a study at Purdue University concludes that graviola has the ability to

• ‘target and destroy malignant cancer cells in twelve different types of cancer’.
• slow cell growth because the ‘compounds are many times more powerful than the commonly used chemotherapy drug, Adriamyan’.
• only target cancer cells and leaves healthy cells unharmed

2. supports our immune system

3. helps with diabetes

* the specific phytochemicals might prevent spikes in blood glucose and help regulate glucose levels.

* in 2008, a two-week study on diabetic rats showed to have near normal blood sugar levels, with no medication.

4. improves digestive system

5. has antioxidant properties

*’prevents and repairs cell damage and reverses some tell-tale signs of aging-wrinkles, skin blemishes

6. increases our energy

7. gout – reduces amount of antacid

*Please note: research has shown that perhaps after pro-longed use of graviola could lead to similar symptoms of those with Parkinson’s Disease.

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Cat’s Claw (Una De Gato in Spanish) is another “wonder” herb for our bodies!  🙂

This anti-viral herb…

• boosts our immune system and fights infections
• is anti-inflammatory
• is anti-mutagenic
• is an antioxidant

More specifically speaking…

Cat’s Claw provides natural treatment for

• arthritis
• allergies
• asthma
• diabetes
• chronic fatigue syndrome
• cancer
• viral infections
• ulcers
• hemorrhoids
• repairs DNA and improves our ‘disease-fighting’ white blood cells
• helps the body to rid of free radicals that cause cellular damage, which leads to wrinkles
• lowers high blood pressure
• may aid in HIV treatment
• combats herpes
• improves digestive problems like Crohn’s disease

 

www.indigo-herbs.co.uk/natural-healing

draxe.com/cats-claw

www.herbal-supplement-resource.com

www.herbwisdom.com

So, yes to stocking these in your medicine cabinet?  🙂

Love you!

Lisa

P.S.

Please do your own research, as well, on all of these herbs, and, speak with your doc prior.  Thanks!  🙂

Ever heard of the expression less is more?  Well, when it comes to food, it just may be the case…that less is more!  After reading an article in the April 2017 edition in Taste For Life magazine, I now feel compelled to give fasting a try.  Here’s what I got from it…

Taking the time to fast has shown to decrease inflammation and to prevent the occurrence or recurrence of some diseases, including some dreadful “C’s”.  One study, where over 2,400 women were followed in August 2016 and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), showed that women who fasted an average of 13 hours overnight, decreased the chance of breast C from recurring.  Researchers concluded that it was most likely due to more regulated glucose levels and sleep.

Apparently, Indian women have used fasting therapeutically for thousands of years, ‘echoing the disease-prevention benefits of intermittent fasting.’  Fasting showed to ‘starve tumors of the blood supply that they needed for growth’.  Interesting.

Fasting can have several other health benefits for the body:

• improves reproductive features – menstrual cycle, ovulation and fertility
• improves metabolism
• pain and stiffness relief from rheumatoid arthritis
• lowers high blood pressure and cholesterol levels – arteries become less inflamed

When we fast, our cells become mildly stressed, which forces our bodies to deal with the stress and ward off certain diseases.

Dr. Toledo, MD, medical director of the Buchinger Wilhelmi clinic in Germany and Valter Longo, PhD, of the University of Southern Californa both agree that when we fast for three days, our body can “reset” the immune system and ‘trigger the production of new white blood cells, helping to ward off disease’.  Some studies have even showed that fasting can help to ‘mitigate the toxicity of chemotherapies used to kill C’s.

So, what are the ways we can fast?  Here are three techniques:

• Every-other-day-fasting – limit ourselves to only 500 calories (600 for men); we have to be sure to eat nutrient-rich foods, such as lean proteins and fresh produce
• Half-day fasting – 12 hours on and 12 hours off; over time we may find that we can increase our fasting to 16 hours; health benefits can come when we limit our eating to eight hours per day.
• 5:2 fasting – eat normal for five days a week and, then limit our caloric intake to 500 calories the other two days.

*Please note:  Fasting is not recommended for people with diabetes, those whom struggle with eating disorders, women who are pregnant or nursing, the elderly, and children. Always check with your doctor before beginning any fasting regimen.

You think you want to fast?  I think I’ll try it!

Love,

Lisa