Do Oil and Light Really Mix? Find out

Do you feel the benefits of the traditional practices are enhanced by modern technology? If anyone has any thoughts on this matter, please LET ME KNOW!!  Here is one scenario:  Will the benefits received from doing a castor oil pack be enhanced by using LED Light Therapy over the pack?  Here is the how, why and what:

  Castor oil, which is derived from the bean of the Palma Christi plant, has been used for centuries in the folk medicine of ancient India, China, Persia, Africa, Greece, Rome and the Americas.  As an external oil pack, it has been used to treat a variety of health conditions such as arthritis, liver and intestinal disorders, tumors, cysts and skin conditions.

Some of the numerous uses of castor oil include the treatment of breast cysts, fibroids, ovarian cysts, congestion of abdominal organs, skin conditions, small benign cysts and adhesions from surgery. You can buy castor oil almost anywhere.  If you read about how to make a castor oil pack, generally you will read that it must be heated in a pot then soaked with wool flannel, placed on the body then covered with plastic.  Yikes. That's a lot of steps if you ask me.  What I have done is apply the castor oil directly to the area in need, cover with a dry wash cloth and presto! You now have a castor oil pack on.  Depending on your geographic location and/or temperature, you will want to apply heat to enhance the effect.

Here is where the Light Shines In! Rather than using heat, why not use LED pads, which will create a thermal like affect in the body, but enhance the effectiveness of the castor oil ?  The theory is that by using LED's over the liver, it will promote the liver to function better and thereby receive greater benefits from the oil.  Using LED's over a layer of castor oil will drives the ricinoleic acid (the chemical within the castor bean which has been proven to increase lymphocyte production and the level of activity of T-cell lymphocytes) into the tissue more effectively than just heat alone.

According to Wes Burwell, international Light Educator with In Light Wellness, "Heat from a water bottle is in the far infrared spectrum.  This will allow for greater absorption and an increase in metabolism, but with the lights we would be activating it with near infrared which will increase the mitochondrial function as well as the absorption due to simple heating of the tissues as well.  The red and blue lights will also increase the uptake and usage in the soft tissue and the skin and allow for faster and greater absorption and transfer through the tissues.  The blue light will also help to activate the P450 enzyme groups in the liver as well which will help support detoxification.  Lights will amplify its already beneficial effects."

If you would like to try this combination, find a Light practitioner near you.  I can help you if no one jumps out.  Email me at: youarelight10@gmail.com or visit www.lifesourceacupuncture.com or  www.ilwsystems.com

"Welcome the Pain", first ever acupuncture medical memoir

Dear Friends,

I want to let you know that the reason I paused blogging for a spell was due to writing "Welcome the Pain: The Life and Work of Master Acupuncturist Zion Yu" with the revered Tori DeAngelis.  This is the first ever acupuncture medical memoir ever written and we are quite proud.  I will attach the cover if I can figure out how! Otherwise, visit www.welcomethepain.com for more information.

I will share with you images that could not be published in the book.  This is one of my most favorites!  Zion's famous 'Facial Rejuvenation' treatment.  This picture was published in Le Figaro Magazine, the NY Times of France.www.lefigaro.fr

Back By Popular Demand

Dear friends and followers of Happy Uterus,

After a short hiatus, we are back!  There is too much life changing information available to us
for  me to not want to share with all of you in a consolidated and concise, way!
I would like to thank everyone for your on-going interest and wonderful questions via email.
Questions help us all to think more deeply about our current situation and ways to improve it.

Please visit my website, www.lifesourceacupuncture.com for more information and contact info.
Cheers!

Uterine environment affects generational obstacles

There is a modern revival in gestational uterine health. No one should be surprised by this current interest but take some time to really notice what is going on around us. Have you noticed that often obese women will give birth to 5 lb. babies and 120 lb. women will give birth to 8 lb. babies?! We know for sure, it is not how much you eat but what you eat and how well it is digested. Birth weight is an indication of the mother’s gestational nutrition. If an obese women stays away from caffeine and alcohol during pregnancy but eats horribly processed foods so far removed from the soil it will never even decompose, what is the point of abstinence?

It just comes from ignorance. Each of us is working with our own limitations and varying degrees of ignorance. Nicholas Kristof impressively elucidates our current state of uterine affairs in his NY Times Opinion column from Oct. 3, 2010, “At Risk From the Womb”. He reveals to us that “our uterine environment before we’re even born” is just as important as genetics and environment. He goes on to say that a “stressful uterine environment may be a mechanism that allows poverty to replicate itself generation after generation.....kids facing stresses before birth appear to have lower educational attainment, lower incomes and worse health throughout their lives”. (www.nytimes.com)

The book that every couple trying to conceive must read is “Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives”. What it boils down to is that chemicals in our environment (everything from our hair and body products, to lawn sprays to toxic releases from factories, etc.), emotional stress and junk food have an impact on the future of your child. So please be aware of every movie you watch, every novel you read and everything you listen to, in addition to everything you eat, pray and love!

Thank you and may we honor our future generations of which we are responsible for!

PMS=Pretty Much Sane

Have you ever noticed how everything that surfaces during your PMS time of the month is actually buried truths you have not had the courage, or energy, to express??? I know it's shocking to the men out that receiving that truth, or anyone else who is on the receiving end of this lovely hormonal shift. Ladies, pay attention to every feeling you have during this time of PMS and one way or the other, express it! You can paint it, you can shout it or you can write it! How you get it out is not as important as getting it out! Based on my experience, it seems that breast cancer is linked to repressed anger. Anger is not actually that different from any other emotion. The concern is when it is chronically repressed and either expresses itself as rage or as disease. So please, please, please, improve your health by releasing all your feelings!

Treatment for IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)???

After I founded Happy Uterus Consulting, I began to focus mainly on abdominal, reproductive and digestive health! This specialization really allowed me to go more deeply into these areas of concern and attract people who needed help with these symptoms. What I found is that IBS is a very common diagnosis and there is not a lot of help out there.

First, the most comprehensive resource I have found is www.helpforibs.com. The founder of the company was diagnosed with IBS and as a result, created a wonderful product line to help eliminate the symptoms of IBS. I was introduced to them by a client who used just one product, the Acacia Fiber powder, and with that eliminated her symptoms 100%!

Second, learning the power of deep relaxation I think is very important. Since our gut is ruled by your enteric nervous system, which obviously is part of our nervous system, learning to eliminate anxiety is very important. I realize that this is not as easy as it sounds but it is well wort the effort. I recently was given the book, Yoga: the way to long life and happiness by Desmond Dunne which was printed in 1953. It is a little gem of ancient wisdom and he has entire chapter dedicated to Deep Relaxation. Desmond encourages us all to study these rules: 1. You must first want to relax, 2. You must realize that it is not a newfangled craze but an age-old and sensible practice, 3. You must practice it in regular intervals and lastly 4. you must understand that Deep relaxation can not be forced! Definitely worth finding this book and reading if only, this one chapter.

Thirdly, master knowing the difference between soluble and insoluble fiber and what you can eat when. From what I have gathered, it's not what you are eating that is the most essential, but what you are eating WHEN!! You have to prepare you gut for certain kinds of fiber.

Between the resources of Help for IBS, which includes fennel tea, peppermint oil capsules and the Acaia Fiber powder, anyone with this diagnosis of IBS, or even anyone who lives with these symptoms of IBS, will greatly benefit from these simple tools!

How to reduce sugar and flour cravings???

HU Consulting gets a lot of questions from women on the path to improving their health. IN my clinic, Life Source Acupuncture, I also get a lot of very good questions so I've decided to answer them in my blog so everyone can benefit. As an interviewer, I absolutely love questions and always pay attention to the good ones that come along! So thank you to everyone for asking.

This question about reducing sugar and flour cravings comes from a 48 year- old scorpio woman who takes medication for high blood pressure. Here is my response:

IN Chinese medicine, every organ/meridian is associated with a flavor. The flavor of sweet is the spleen. Our spleen is closely involved with our thinking, our exercise, everything that we eat and the production of blood. One can assume that if your blood pressure is high, chances are your mental energy is also high. In Chinese language, the character for heart and mind are the same: xin. Who is to say exactly which came first? A racing heart or a racing mind but chances are, it was the racing mind. So, in mind, body and energy medicine we have to begin strengthening our spleen, which will reduce our sugar cravings, by taming the mind. The best way to tame your mind is to begin a practice of meditation. Meditation is all about creating the awareness and space to watch your thoughts without really getting involved with them.

Secondly, what you eat will have a direct impact on your spleen. For a quick antedote to sugar cravings, try sour. Instead of eating a cookie, try squeezing lemon into water and watch your cravings for sugar dissolve. And let's remember, not all sugars are created equal. There is a huge difference between eating a naturally sweetened raw cacao (chocolate) bar and a hershey's kiss. The main difference being that it is very difficult to eat 5 raw chocolate bars in a row and very easy to eat any 5 hershey's bars in a row. When you eat processed sugar, it amps up your spleen and sets you up for the craving of more!

Thirdly, let yourself indulge in the good sweets and carbs instead of taking the complete deprivation approach! Living a deprived life will only set you up for failure. The world of raw desserts is endless and completely fulfilling.

Lastly, if you think you may be craving sweets and flour due to a systemic fungal or yeast infection, then your cravings are based on feeding the yeast. It is imperative to treat yourself for this and the best way that I know is the Body Ecology Diet. When you are on this diet, your cravings will naturally subside and your energy will return so quickly you will be amazed. www.bodyecologydiet.com