A Holy Herb for Women?

Today, many women are suffering from estrogen dominance syndrome, such as PMS (Premenstrual syndromes), and weight gain because our environment is loaded with environmental estrogens such as petroleum products, pesticides, fungicides, plastics, chemical solvents, perfumes, and other pollutants, they are labeled xenohormones or foreign estrogens that occupy the hormone receptors in our body and lead to estrogen dominance syndrome and also increase the risk of productive organ related cancers, such as breast cancer, cervical cancer, and ovarian cancer, etc. These toxins also saturate your liver and blog your lymphatic system, which leads to weight gain. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, weight gain is the result of waste and toxins being built up in your body especially your lymphatic system, so the fluids and Qi (energy) are not able to move freely in your body, this can cause a vicious cycle, the more toxins are built up in your body, the more weight you put on and the cycle goes on. In order to protect your reproductive system and prevent weight gain, DETOX through a clean diet is first and a must. Once you have detoxified your liver and your lymphatic system thoroughly, you can choose certain herbs to speed up the recovery.

Vitex is considered as a holy herb for women, it helps balance your hormones and relieve estrogen dominance syndrome, such as PMS, it also helps reduce post menopause symptoms, such as hot flushes and night sweat. In addition, it can help clear the annoying acne on your face, which is related to hormone imbalance for women.

The name Vitex ((Vitex agnus-castus) comes from the Romans, which means to weave or tie-up. Agnus-castus comes from the Greek agnos castus, chaste, because the plant has been associated with chastity. This small tree was considered to be sacred to the virginal goddess Hestia/Vesta. As you see, Vitex is truly an amazing and holy herb for women.

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Unlock the Healing Power of Mantras

God is the master of cosmic sound. Music is the divine vibration that raises one’s inner being to peace and bliss. The teaching of ancient Rishis (sages) of India suggested that the pronunciation of vowels corresponds to the vibration of five inner planets: Venus (O), Jupiter (A), Saturn (E), Mars (I), Mercury (U). The power of sound, music, vowels are creative forces of the universe.

Mantra has been used to harness this divine power for thousands of years. A mantra is a sacred sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words in Sanskrit with many layers of meanings. It is a language of human spiritual physiology. The practice of chanting mantras can activate the nervous system and cells in the body to reach a harmonious state by the vibration of divine sound.

Mantra chanting is a subtle process of influencing your consciousness. When you start to practice the chanting mantra, start with some simple pranayama breathing to calm your mind and spirit, we live in our breath and the breath is our life force. Too often we are stressed out in our lives with all kinds of challenges in life and we forget how to breathe.  Every mantra has its own properties, vibrations, and uses, it is important to select the right mantra and do it correctly with devotion. A simple mantra such as om chanting has the power to transform your life. The more you repeat the same mantra with devotion, the more it becomes potent. The mantra goes deeper in your consciousness when your mind is calm and free from random thoughts.

The Healing Benefits of chanting mantras are tremendous. These sacred vibrations have an overall therapeutic effect on the body. Not only do they help calm down the body and mind, but also help lower high blood pressure, regulate blood sugar, balance the heart rate, raise vibration, relieve depression and anxiety and release negative energy and emotions in our body and environment.

Here are a few examples of the tremendous healing power of chanting mantras.

·       Chanting mantras calms the body and mind and activates the body’s natural healing process.

·       Chanting of mantras helps in getting rid of addictions such as smoking, alcohol, and street drugs.

·       The sound vibration of chanting reduces stress levels, lowers high blood pressure, and relieves anxiety and depression.

·       Chanting helps strengthen our immune system.

·       The chanting of mantras produces specific chemicals in the brain and calms the nervous system.

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Why Should You Eat Ginger in Summer?

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Yang energy is rising in summer, this is the best time to release old health issues and energetic blockages in your body. Ginger helps boost Yang energy in your body and supports the body to release old health issues and promotes healing. If you follow the biological clock in the body throughout the day, the Yang energy is rising in the morning, peaks at noon, and starts to fall in the evening, then the Yan energy starts to rise in the evening and peaks at night. This is how Yin and Yang energy dance with each other and balance each other, so the best time to eat ginger is in the morning when the Yang energy is rising.

There is an old Chinese saying, “If you eat lobok in winter and ginger in summer, you will stay away from the prescriptions of your doctor.” From this, you can see the amazing healing power of ginger. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), ginger is called small ginseng. Have you ever noticed that your body starts to feel warm after eating ginger? Why is that? It is not just because ginger is spicy. This is because it speeds up the blood circulation in your body. There are many amazing healing benefits of ginger that you may not aware of, let’s explore some of them today.

1.     Treats mouth ulcers or canker sores

Rinse your mouth with hot ginger water two to three times a day. In general, the ulcer starts to heal in 2-3 days. Ginger can also treat periodontitis; you can gargle with warm ginger water in the morning and evening. If your throat is sore and itchy, you can add a pinch of sea salt in your warm ginger water and drink it two to three times a day.

2.     Relieves headaches/migraines

When a migraine attack occurs, you can soak your hands in hot ginger water for about fifteen minutes, and you can feel that your migraine is relieved or even disappeared after this.

3.     Reduces lower back pain and shoulder pain

Add a small amount of salt and vinegar to the hot ginger water, then soak a towel in the hot ginger water and wring it out. Apply the warm towel to the affected area until it is getting cold, apply this several times a day and it can greatly relieve shoulder/neck pain and lower back pain.

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The Hidden Secrets Behind Borax

Borax, also known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate, or disodium tetraborate, is an important boron compound, a mineral, and a salt of boric acid. It is a natural mineral that is found in arid regions such as the southwestern United States, the Atacama desert in Chile, Bolivia, Tibet, and Romania.  The mineral is made up of sodium, oxygen, and boron that create the compound called Sodium Tetraborate (Na2B4O7 • 10H2O). Borax gets its name from elements that make up the compound, which is boron and oxygen, it also contains sodium and water. Borax has been used as a remedy for over 4000 years. 

Borax is made of white crystals that dissolve in water. Borax helps alkalize the body, it also helps reduce pain. Some believe that borax helps lubricate the joints, which relieves arthritis. Borax also neutralizes the fluoride that is added to tap water. Fluoride not only causes bones to deteriorate but also causes the pineal gland to calcify and the thyroid to become underactive. Borax reacts with fluoride ions to form boron fluorides that are excreted in the urine.   

Boron is the key element in borax, it is a trace mineral that is essential for healthy bone and joint function. It regulates the absorption and metabolism of calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus through its influence on the parathyroid glands. Researches have shown that the soil depleted with boron is associated with increased arthritis. Places with limited boron in the soil include Brazil, Japan, and most of the United States in the world due to high levels of rainfall that leaches boron out of the soil.

Boron also affects the metabolism of steroid hormones especially sex hormones. It increases low testosterone levels in men and estrogen levels in menopausal women. It also has a role in converting vitamin D to its active form, which increases calcium absorption and deposition into bone and teeth and prevents soft tissue to calcify, including the pineal gland.  

Boron deficiency can cause the increased loss of calcium and magnesium in the urine. Researchers have suggested that boron deficiency may be one of the most important factors that contribute to osteoporosis and tooth decay. With boron deficiency too much calcium moves into the cell while magnesium cannot move inside to displace it.

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Hawthorn Berry - A Digestive Aid and A Heart Protector

Hawthorn berry (Crataegus oxyacantha) is a well-known herb in traditional Chinese medicine to improve digestion and strengthen heart function for thousands of years. Both the leaves and berries of hawthorn are edible. The young leaves are used in salads and the berries are made into jams and jellies. Hawthorn has been used in other countries since ancient times as well. In Iran, people enjoy this delicious sweet-sour fruit as a dessert or use it in fruit jellies. In Mexico, the berries are called “tejocotes” that are stuffed into pinatas during the pre-Christmas celebration. In the ancient Middle East, it is suggested that hawthorn was the source of Jesus’s crown of thorns.

Hawthorn berry has been commonly used as a digestive aid in the East to stimulate the production or activities of enzymes such as proteases and lipases and increase the production of bile, which especially assists the digestion of fats. It contains small amounts of lipase and crataegolic acid that increase the activity of digestive enzymes to enhance digestion. 

In Western herbal medicine, hawthorn fruit, leaf, and flower have all been used to treat a variety of cardiac issues, such as congestive heart failure, hypertension, chest pain, irregular heart rate, high or low blood pressure, atherosclerosis, high cholesterol, and poor blood circulation, etc. It is reported that this herb increases the amount of blood pumped out of the heart during contractions. It also widens the blood vessels and increases the transmission of nerve signals.

 

Hawthorn berries are packed with nutrients and antioxidants such as polyphenols that have anti-inflammatory properties, it also promotes weight loss and hair growth. Some main health benefits are highlighted in the post below. Most of all, they are very delicious, are you ready to enjoy them and give your health a boost?

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