How to Interpret Ion Detox Water Colors

How to Interpret Ion Detox Water Colors



Ion body detoxification is achieved by placing your feet in a container of warm water. The water generates positive and negative ions, which draw toxins out of your body. There are water color charts available to explain the water color changes that occur. The colors represent material or organ debris. They are known in Chinese medicine, but there is no scientific evidence to prove the claims.









1


Know that black or green water indicates toxins in your gallbladder or liver. If there are black particles floating the water, you have heavy metals in your body.





2


See brown water appear in the container if you're experiencing issues with your liver or spleen. Brown can also indicate tobacco use or cellular debris in your system.





3


Look for orange water if you're experiencing problems with your joints. People with arthritis or muscular diseases would likely see orange water color. If the water is red, that indicates the potential for blood clots.





4


Expect the water in the container to turn into a white cheese-like substance if you have a lot of yeast in your system. Particularly women with yeast infections will have white cheesy water.





5


Learn that the water will turn foamy if you're having issues with your lymph nodes.





6


Check out the water at your feet. If it's a bright yellow-green color, you likely have problems with your bladder, kidneys, prostate or urinary system.








Tips & Warnings










Talk to your doctor if you're considering an ion detox.








There may be certain contaminants or minerals in the water that affect the debris and color changes.








The water color chart is for your reference only.



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How to Insert Earplugs

How to Insert Earplugs



Are you tired of tossing and turning at night? Wouldn’t you love to get a full night of rest? The unfortunate thing is that many people are forced to sleep in noisy environments. Whether it’s a barking
dog
or a snoring partner, it’s impossible to sleep with all the noise. Thankfully, there’s a solution. Earplugs not only help block indoor noises, but they can also block most outdoor noises as well. Best of all, you can find earplugs that offer extreme comfort, but you must know how to insert them correctly.









1


Roll the earplug into a tight cylinder. In order for earplugs to fit into your ear canal, you must roll the foam so that it forms a tight cylinder. This makes it easy to slide earplugs into your ear so that you get a proper fit.





2


Lift the top of your ear to open the canal. It’s impossible to insert earplugs correctly without pulling on the top of your ear. Otherwise, the canal is too closed off to reach. You will need to grab the top part of your ear and lift slowly. If opened properly, you will feel air coming into the canal.





3


Insert earplug into the open canal. If you opened the ear canal properly, you should be able to slide the earplug in easily. If the canal isn’t open enough, you will find yourself trying to squish the earplug into place.





4


Hold earplug in place until the form expands. The foam will take a bit of time to expand. If you simply insert the earplug and then pull your hand away, the earplug will pop out. Instead, you need to gently hold the plug in place until the foam fully expands. This ensures that the earplug blocks out as much noise as possible.





5


Repeat Steps 1 – 4. It’s important to insert one earplug at a time. Otherwise, the foam will expand before you can begin work on the second ear.





6


Use wax earplugs for swimming. Foam earplugs are best suited for sleeping, but if you need earplugs that are waterproof, wax is your best bet. To insert wax earplugs, roll the wax into a fat cylinder. Press the wax into your ear canal so that a flat disc forms on the outside of the canal. This will help keep water from entering the ear canal.








Tips & Warnings










It may take a few tries before you’re able to insert earplugs properly.








If you have trouble getting the canal open, make sure to re-roll the earplug so that the foam is tight.








If earplugs don’t seem to be doing their job, even after several attempts, try buying a new brand.








Forcing earplugs into place can cause your ears to ache.








Wash your hands before you insert earplugs.








Once rolled, insert earplugs immediately or the foam will expand too much.



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How to Insert a Tube for Colon Cleansing

How to Insert a Tube for Colon Cleansing



Cleanse your colon of acid, undigested food, mucous and even parasites with a colon cleanse. The cleanse may detoxify your body and improve your health and energy. To clean you colon properly, you must know how to insert the tube.









1


Warm up your body. Walk around or do some mild exercises.





2


Hang the full enema bag from an IV pole or towel rack. You don't want it more than 2 feet higher than you or it will run too quickly.





3


Attach the end of the colon tube onto the tube of the enema bag. Medium-size colon tubes, like the size 24 or 26 French DAVOL, are preferable over a smaller size that can damage the colon.





4


Lubricate the colon tube with a pure natural vegetable oil or Vitamin E cream.





5


Lay down in a comfortable place on your left side. Take a deep breath and insert the tube into your colon. Start a small flow of the enema, which will create a channel. Move the tube inside slowly. The soft rubber-like tube will go in anywhere from 12 to 20 inches, however if it only goes in a few inches, don't force it. That will probably be enough.





6


Once the tube is partway in, turn onto your back. Lift your hips up onto a pillow to let gravity do some of the work.





7


Relax. Breathe evenly and let the water go in deep no matter how far the tube is in. Take the enema for 5 to 20 minutes. Let it sit for a while before getting up onto the toilet to expel.


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How to Induce Suspended Animation in Mice

How to Induce Suspended Animation in Mice



Many animals hibernate naturally: bears, for example, retreat to their cave and slow their metabolism for months at a time. Humans and other mammals do not share this trait. But scientific technology has uncovered a means of inducing hibernation in mice and even larger creatures, by means of hydrogen sulfide.









1


Place the mouse in a contained system, such that you can pump in and remove the air at will.





2


Fill the container with air that includes 80 parts per million of hydrogen sulfide.





3


Monitor the mouse's life signs. The mouse should seem to almost die, its metabolic rate dropping by 90 percent, and its core temperature from 37 degrees C to 15.





4


Infuse the mouse's surrounding with fresh air after an appropriate amount of time-6 hours is common, as it fits into a single work day.





5


Monitor the mouse's life signs as it awakens. It should revive, none the worse for wear.








Tips & Warnings










An excessive amount of hydrogen sulfide will kill you.



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How to Induce Sleep

How to Induce Sleep



In this article you will learn how to induce sleep with a mixture that you can make yourself at home.







Things You'll Need:





Chamomile




Skullcap




Goldenseal




Elder flower




Peppermint powder




Pennroyal




Water




Jar with lid




Sauce pan









1


Begin by mixing together 2 tablespoons chamomile, 1 teaspoon goldenseal, 2 tablespoons skullcap, 2 teaspoons elder flower, 1 tablespoon pennroyal, and 1/2 a teaspoon of peppermint powder.





2


In a small to medium size sauce pan or a small pot combine 2 cups of water and the herb mixture. Bring the ingredients to a boil and then reduce it to a simmer.





3


Simmer the mixture until the liquid is reduced by half of the original amount. Pour the mixture into a jar and cap it off with a lid.





4


Store the jar until you are ready to use the mixture. To use the mixture add 1 or 2 tablespoons to 1 cup of warm to hot water. Sweeten with honey to taste. Drink this just before bed to help induce sleep.








Tips & Warnings










Do not drink if you are allergic to any of the ingredients listed within this article.



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How to Induce Labor Through Acupuncture

How to Induce Labor Through Acupuncture



As you near your due
date
, you may start to worry that you're going to end up overdue and need to schedule a hospital induction. However, you can look into more natural ways to induce labor, like going for an acupuncture treatment.









1


Talk to your doctor about the timing of the acupuncture treatment. You should be at your due date or just past it to ensure the health of your unborn baby. Let your doctor know about the acupuncture treatment in order to get his approval.





2


Find an acupuncture practitioner who practices on pregnant women. Practitioners use a certain technique to induce labor. Call acupuncture clinics in your area to discuss scheduling a labor induction treatment. Locate an acupuncturist through the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture's website.





3


Go for the acupuncture treatment to induce labor. The acupuncturist will place the needles into your hands, lower leg and feet. The needles won't be placed anywhere near the abdomen. The needles stay inserted for a set period of time before the practitioner removes them from the pressure points.





4


Expect labor to start soon. Most women who go for a treatment to induce labor start to contract within two days of the treatment.








Tips & Warnings










Some acupuncturists use mild electro-stimulation in order to induce labor in a post-term woman. Electricity levels stay low and do not pose a threat to your unborn child.








Acupuncturists have also helped reduce the amount of pain a woman experiences during the labor process. Inquire about these types of treatments as well.



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How to Increase Will Power With Meditation

How to Increase Will Power With Meditation



Physical exercise can help you to strengthen you body and mental exercise can help you to strengthen you mind. Meditation is not only a great way to reduce stress and connect with your inner-self, it can also be a fantastic way to increase your will power. A few tips can help.









1


Set aside a time for meditation every day. First thing in the morning is often the best time, as you are rested, relaxed and can use the power created through meditation to start your day off right. Try to schedule at least 15 minutes for your session, although you can meditate as long as you like. Just setting aside this special time for yourself is a great way to improve your will power.





2


Create a sacred space for your meditation. This can be just about anything, but should be the same every day to create a habit and a comfort zone. You can simply sit up in bed and practice your meditation upon awakening, or roll out a special rug or mat, play gentle music and light candles and incense. Your sacred space can be as simple or elaborate as you like, as long as you are consistent.





3


Write down your goals for meditation before beginning as long as a duration of time that you promise to meditate, often called the sacred vow. Have these goals set in your mind when you begin your meditation and stick with it. If you set a goal to meditate nine days in a row, and you miss one day, start over again. By the time you reach the ninth day you will feel a strong surge of personal power and will.





4


Increase your goals and the number of days to complete them as you gain strength. If you originally vowed to not drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes for 3 days, increase the time to 6 and work through the stresses and difficulties created while in meditation. When you reach or even surpass your goals, you will have also increased your will power.





5


Continue setting new goals, challenge yourself and empower yourself. The only path to enlightenment and self-evolution is by overcoming hardship and becoming aware of our strengths and weaknesses. Do not beat yourself up if you struggle with a goal. Simply power forth with pride that you are working to overcome difficulty and when you are ready you will succeed.


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How to Increase Progesterone Naturally

How to Increase Progesterone Naturally



Progesterone is a steroid hormone of the class of hormones called progestogens. This hormone occurs naturally in the human body. It plays a role in the female menstrual cycle and gestation in
pregnancy
, as well as taking part in the fertilization of the egg and embryo development during pregnancy. Other roles of progesterone include acting as an anti inflammatory agent, regulating the immune response, normalizing blood clotting, and preventing endometrial cancer by regulating the effects of estrogen in the female body. If the human body does not produce enough progesterone in the female on its own, there are some effects. For example, progesterone helps to lower estrogen levels, so too low progesterone levels can lead to increased PMS symptoms and difficult periods for women. The woman may also experience mood swings and irritability. This article will explore how to increase progesterone levels naturally.









1


Realize that there are no known ways to
date
to stimulate the body to make its own progesterone beyond what it already is making. What this means is that you'll have to actually take some kind of supplement, natural or synthetic, to increase your level of progesterone.





2


Find out if your progesterone levels are actually too low. Make a trip to the doctor to determine this through testing of your hormone levels. You don't want to start taking natural progesterone supplements if you don't need to, because there are also negative effects for too high levels of progesterone in the body. Also, even natural supplements can have side effects.





3


Determine what your body needs. Your doctor will let you know how low your progesterone levels are, thus helping you decide what supplements you need. Natural supplements come generally from plant sources, such as soy and yam roots, and come in the form of injectable products, intravaginal, intradermal and oral formulas. The natural oral progesterone is only available by prescription from your doctor.





4


Find natural progesterone supplements to purchase. Natural progesterone supplements are available over the counter except for the oral formula. You can find these on the internet. One product available on the internet is Natural Progesterone cream, developed by a company called Source Naturals, site listed in the resources.





5


Use natural alternatives to progesterone that have the same or similar effects. One such natural alternative is pregnenolone, which is sold over the counter. Pregnenolone is found in the human body, and the body converts it to progesterone. So, taking pregnenolone can help increase your levels of progesterone.





6


Take a nonsteroidal supplement that helps deal with a specific issue caused by low progesterone levels instead of one that covers all areas. For example, if you take Mind Power Rx, it helps with mental sharpness (something that progesterone increases in the body on its own when in the correct levels.)





7


Continue to visit your doctor to monitor and check your progesterone levels. You don't want to let your progesterone levels get too high by taking nonprescription progesterone and allowing the levels to go unchecked!








Tips & Warnings










Progesterone replacement therapy can help maintain the levels of progesterone in the body.








Although synthetic progesterone is only available through a prescription, you can find alternatives like pregnenolone and natural progesterone over the counter.








By menopause, a woman's progesterone levels fall to nearly zero.








You don't want to increase your progesterone levels too high, as there are adverse effects felt with too high progesterone levels as well!








Synthetic progesterone, in the form of progestins, has many adverse side effects. This is what makes natural progesterone desirable.








Progesterone supplements are hard to absorb in the body. The supplement needs to be in an oil to help absorption, such as peanut oil.



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How to Increase Lifespan With Acupuncture

How to Increase Lifespan With Acupuncture



Acupuncture has many uses in human and animal medicine, many of which were nearly lost. Five Element acupuncture, one of the two branches of this ancient and tested medical discipline, has within it an easily applied method which, according to all reliable clinic data, increases lifespan. The so called "Aggressive Energy Test" (poorly translated from Chinese) drains from the body the death-promoting energy that ticks down time clock to death so that the patient has new lease on life and the transfer of energy between meridian systems takes place safely without decreasing lifespan at the expense of short-term healing. Read on to learn more about how to increase lifespan with acupuncture.







Things You'll Need:





Acupuncture needles (ideally No 3(0.2) x 50 mm J type Serien for cats, dogs and humans, larger sizes for horses.




Reasonably steady hands




Gentle and reasonably sensitive fingertips




A quiet place




Most any standard acupuncture meridian textbook or chart









1


Find an acupuncture textbook that outlines the Shu or Associated Effect Point meridian system, running down the dorsal ('back' side) of the back, parallel to midline (the UB, urinary bladder system). Find UB 13, 14, 15, 18, 20 and 23. These points should be along a line about 3 inches away from midline in human, and by scale, similar proportions of distance from midline in animals. They are depressions in the skin between the vertebral processes. You can locate these points by determining where the thoracic-lumbar junction is in the lower back and the thoraco-cervical junction is in the neck (C7 doesn't move when neck is flexed, then comes T1) or feel the line for the aforementioned points. The line should fan out a bit (then proceed backward toward tail/buttocks at UB 21). Remember that humans have 12 thoracic ribs,
cats and dogs
13,
horses
18 ribs (excluding Arabs, which have 17). If working on animals, consider the point between C7 and T1 as UB 11, and the points on lower back (UB 18, 20 and 23) two, zero and three depression points from the T-L junction. Proceed only if you can clearly identify these points. To position humans, have patient sit upright in chair with arms folded. For dogs, cats and horses, stand in straight line (don't curve back).





2


In humans, insert needles 1mm to 2 mm into skin, so they stick up. Do the same in cats and dogs, insuring that needles stand up on their own. Then turn needles 1/4 to 1/3 turn clockwise. Leave in for 10 to 15 minutes, and keep patient stationary. With the horse, you will probably have to insert needles in for a approximately 1 cm. In humans, insert one needle away from the UB points as a control, doing the same with it.





3


In humans, look for presence of a red blotch around the needles at the UB points. If you see them, keep needles in until it goes away (about 20 minutes). This is confirmation that you have drained the death-promoting chi. These are substances that have yet to be scientifically identified, but will be as research moves forward. Let the needles fall out.





4


Remove needles after 20 minutes. Repeat every three to four months in elderly patients. Consult acupuncturist with experience in Five Element theory and practice to do energy transfers according to pulse diagnosis to help the meridian systems transfer electrical impulses and chi (biological substrate only beginning to be identified) between themselves so that good health if promoted, or made maximally possible given age and other biological conditions. Be ready to deal with extended life...as this method does increase life span.








Tips & Warnings










Find any information you can get from the Worsley Institute, or from J.R. Worsley, a world-famous expert on this branch of seldom used acupuncture.








Keep in mind that this is a medical procedure.








Eight Principle acupuncturists don't believe in Five Element acupuncture, along with most non-acupuncturists.








Be sure that you do not push acupuncture into points.








Be sure you find and dispose of all acupuncture needles used.



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