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17 Jul, 2010

Stop your Hiccup with your Thumb!

Posted by: healthnut In: Miscellany|Other Treatments

(左手或右手都沒有關係,用一隻手的姆指使勁的去壓迫另一隻手的手掌中央,壓迫多次打嗝就會停止) It does not matter if you use either right or left hand. Use the thumb of one hand pressing against the center of the other palm. Several long hard presses and the hiccups will stop. 照書上說3分鐘內就會停止打嗝,但是我的經驗只要10幾秒打嗝就會自動停止,相當神奇. According to the Chinese accupunture book, 3 minutes will stop hiccups. But from most experience, 10 seconds will [...]

17 Mar, 2009

Wonders of Aloe Vera

Posted by: healthnut In: Herbs|Western Natural Remedies

I got a really nasty insect bite last week and because it itched so much (and I scratched) it unfortunately got seriously infected.  It started getting pus and all that and just wouldn’t dry up and heal.  Getting redder and bigger by the day, I considered going to the doctor to get it checked but [...]

Whether it is alcohol or drugs or bulimia, any form of substance abuse, the underlying cause needs to be treated.  But before we even get to the point of needing addiction treatment how about we look at preventing it in the first place because once addictive behaviour starts, it become chronic and can spillover into many areas [...]



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I started putting this together out of frustration with the amount of misinformation being peddled. Not wanting to be someone who further spreads the same misinformation, I do hope that you will write to let me know if something I have posted is not quite right.Lastly, I also believe that both Eastern and Western medicine have their good and bad points and everyone should try to look at things with an open mind and not blindly trust (any) authority as they have their own agenda and its not necessarily for your good.

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