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Case Study
Quite a few of us suffer from bad eyesight. Some developed that during their childhood, while reading too much with a flashlight at nights, others have been progressively losing their sight with age. Bad eyesight can have different manifestations - some can’t see well at a distance, others can’t see close objects unaided.
Whatever your problem is don’t rush to go and get a eyeglasses prescription, instead try to improve your eyesight by yourself. Getting glasses is like taking drugs, instead of taking care of the cause of the problem, glasses only help deal with manifestation of the problem.
The following techniques from Su Jok will help you improve your vision.
Self-Treatment Technique
Start with massage of points on your hand according to figure 1.
Using a little stick with a not too sharp edge (a toothpick with a broken sharp edge, ball pen without ink and will do). Press these points with a moderate effort and begin a slow rotation of the stick in two directions. Do this procedure 1-2 times a day.
Next using a red felt tip marker paint those points you’ve just massaged (figure 1). Do this procedure 3 times a week.
Do this treatment for a month then make a break for a few weeks and if your sight doesn’t improve repeat the treatment for another month.
Note: You can apply the treatment to either hand (or both), but Su Jok therapy recommends the right hand for women and the left one for men.
Case Study
A patient of mine, 45-year-old woman told to me that her daughter had a conjunctivitis virus and after a while my patient caught this illness as well. Hers eyes were very red, purulent and her eyesight drastically worsened. She was treated by her oculist and in two weeks the virus went away, but her sight gotten even worse. The patient complained that everything seems to be foggy to her. Her doctor told that process of sight restoration can take up to two years. She was in a shock because her specialty was pedicure and manicure and she couldn’t do her work without her good eye vision.
She was in despair and I suggested to treat her using Su Jok technique.
Diagnosis
According to Su Jok theory a decrease of a sharp sight is connected to an excess of Dryness or Coldness energy.
Conjunctiva of eye has to do with Heat energy in structure of Liver meridian. Therefore the aim of the treatment was to reduce of subbranch Dryness of Heat branch of the UM-Wind energy.
Treatment
According to my diagnosis I performed acupuncture on byol meridians and on points corresponding to eyes in the different corresponding systems ( figure 2 ).
In addition I told her to apply grains of black pepper on corresponding points at home.
I did three sessions of this treatment. After first session her sight improved by about 30%, after second session she could see almost normally and after the third one her sight was completely restored.
My patient was very surprised that the whole treatment took just a single week, whereas her doctor predicted a very long recovery period.
If you liked this self-healing technique, “Self Healing Series” has more self-empowering materials.
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Posted July 31st, 2008 by Admin
There are probably not many people who haven’t at least once in their lives “caught” an acute viral nasopharyngitis, also known as acute coryza, usually referred to as the common cold.
It’s probably safe to say that this is the most common disease. The cold, nasal congestion, sore throat, cough and accompanying problems such as headaches and discomfort are symptoms of this acute respiratory disease.
While it’s possible to treat this disease, the best is to avoid getting it in first place, in particular for children, who have the hardest time coping with it.
Su Jok therapy has some simple techniques one can use to prevent and to get rid of this disease.
Step 1
First you need to find necessary points for our treatment. These points are on our hands and they correspond to nose, throat and larynx. See figures 1 and 2.
Massage these areas using a little stick with a not too sharp edge (a toothpick with a broken sharp edge, ball pen without ink and will do). Find most painful points of these areas and press these points with a moderate effort and begin a slow rotation of the stick in two directions ( figure 3 ).
Do this procedure 2-3 times a day if you “caught” the common cold and once a day in order to prevent the disease.
Step 2
Heat up these areas as seen on figure 4
and also additional points using Moxa as seen on figure 5.
Do this procedure once a day both for treatment and for prevention of disease
Step 3
Apply grains of black pepper to areas corresponding to the nose, throat and larynx according to figure 6.
Use a band-aid or some other alternative to keep the grains of pepper in place. Change these grains once a day as long as the cold doesn’t go away.
If you liked this self-healing technique, “Self Healing Series” has more self-empowering materials.
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Posted July 31st, 2008 by Admin
There are those lucky women who experience no pain during their menstruation period, there are those that have slight pain and there are those unlucky ones for who get their private experience of a several-day hell, month after month. Women in the latter group often can’t even go to work or school and have to resort to anesthetic medicine to cope with pain. For some women the pain could last for two to three days after the period is over. The pain is typically accompanied by uterine cramps, also known as dysmenorrhea.
It is possible to get rid of pain during menstruation and uterine cramps or to at least considerably reduce it using Su Jok therapy, which each person can do on their own and requires no visits to doctors or medicine use.
Self-Treatment Technique
First you need to find the areas on your hands that correspond to the problematic areas in your body according to Su Jok. The areas to be treated are uterus, ovaries and hypophysis. The corresponding areas on your hands can be seen on figure 1.
Step 1
Now massage these areas using a little stick with a not too sharp edge (a toothpick with a broken sharp edge, ball pen without ink and will do). Find most painful points of these areas and press these points with a moderate effort and begin a slow rotation of the stick in two directions ( figure 2 ). Continue massaging those areas for several minutes and the pain should disappear.
If a discomfort is still felt, continue with the following steps:
Step 2
Do the following step only if you don’t have strong bleeding at this moment. If you do, skip to step 3. Heat up the same points using Moxa.
Step 3
Massage the proximal phalanx on each finger using a spring ring as shown on figure 3.
You can order the spring ring from Internet. If you can’t find one use an ordinary elastic band. Make a longitudinal movements along a phalanx.
Repeat this step a few times a day.
Step 4
Finally apply seeds to these points. You can use apples, pears or grape seeds. This is the same technique as explained in “How To Get Rid Of Neck Pain” step 3. Leave these grains in place for an hour or two.
If you liked this self-healing technique, “Self Healing Series” has more self-empowering materials.
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Posted July 31st, 2008 by C. Scott Miller
I am frequently asked why we should pursue the production of biofuels and biopower when we could substitute other seemingly simpler and "cleaner" alternatives - like wind and solar - that don't require such complicated biomass logistics. A recent article I found on the European-based Biopact Blog supplies a partial answer. Americans should heed the experience of the Europeans because they have
Posted July 30th, 2008 by Paul DeMaio
This morning Representatives Blumenauer, Oberstar, Petri, and Wamp hosted a news conference on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol announcing a "bike-partisan" challenge at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions in September. Humana Inc. and the not-for-profit Bikes Belong are bringing 1,000 free bikes to the political conventions as part of Freewheelin'.
The Congressmen challenged convention delegates and all convention-goers to get on a bike and collectively participate in 10,000 bicycle rides and tally-up 25,000 miles. The Representatives noted that the benefits of bike-sharing are the deficits it produced - and the only good deficits you're likely to hear about these days - a deficit in obesity and pollution.
Freewheelin' is normally an unattended bike-sharing technology, however, at the conventions it will be attended by volunteers who will introduce conventioneers to bike-sharing. After each convention, 70 bikes and seven stations will remain in the cities with the remainder of the bikes donated to social programs.
If SmartBike D.C. doesn't launch this August as is hoped, Freewheelin' in Denver after the Convention, when it becomes unattended, could be the U.S.'s first high-tech bike-sharing program. Stay tuned bike-sharing fans...
This morning Representatives Blumenauer, Oberstar, Petri, and Wamp hosted a news conference on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol announcing a "bike-partisan" challenge at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions in September. Humana Inc. and the not-for-profit Bikes Belong are bringing 1,000 free bikes to the political conventions as part of Freewheelin'.
The Congressmen challenged convention delegates and all convention-goers to get on a bike and collectively participate in 10,000 bicycle rides and tally-up 25,000 miles. The Representatives noted that the benefits of bike-sharing are the deficits it produced - and the only good deficits you're likely to hear about these days - a deficit in obesity and pollution.
Freewheelin' is normally an unattended bike-sharing technology, however, at the conventions it will be attended by volunteers who will introduce conventioneers to bike-sharing. After each convention, 70 bikes and seven stations will remain in the cities with the remainder of the bikes donated to social programs.
If SmartBike D.C. doesn't launch this August as is hoped, Freewheelin' in Denver after the Convention, when it becomes unattended, could be the U.S.'s first high-tech bike-sharing program. Stay tuned bike-sharing fans...
Posted July 30th, 2008 by Alternate Energy Sources Blog
The Gangotri glacier feeds hundreds of millions of people through the river it feeds. Now it's dying, but you can help.
Posted July 30th, 2008 by Paul Thurst
In one of the stranger press releases I have read in a while, Central Hudson Energy Group (NYSE:CHG) states:
Higher energy costs induced our customers to use less energy… the weakening economy has further induced our customers to use less energy… As a result, we believe it is necessary and prudent to take two actions. First, we are reducing our earnings guidance for 2008, and second, we are filing a utility rate case to bring our revenues into line with the costs to serve our customers. (emphasis mine)
Which is interesting in a way. The stock holders of a publicly traded company expect a certain payout over time, the utility company does everything in it’s power to provide that payout, including reducing line men and support staff, ect. However, when the economy really hits the floor and people begin conserving electricity so they can still pay for it, it is time to ask for a rate increase. Nice. By the way, I am already paying ¢16.8/kWh. How much higher can it go?
This is the problem with a publicly traded utility company. The most important thing is not the customer or the quality of service, its the bottom line on a P&L. It is more important to the CEO and the board of directors to keep the stock value high so they can get their yearly bonus and retire to Martha’s Vineyard than to provide good, reasonably priced electrical service to the community.
So, what is a homeowner to do? If you have read this blog, you already know the answer to that. Take control of the situation and be your own power company. Photovoltaics are looking more and more competitive these days especially with the state incentives available. As energy prices continue to rise and PV prices either stay relatively the same or drop, the utility companies will find themselves competing head to head with renewable energy products. They may find that they are pricing themselves out of a customer.
Update: It looks like they are filing for 3.5% increase on electricity and 10% on natural gas.
Posted July 29th, 2008 by Alternate Energy Sources Blog
There are many ways to be green; apparently, on the roof as well. When someone mentions a green roof, a range of different images can go through your
