Evergreen Holistic Health
2144-B Hendersonville Road
Asheville(Arden), North Carolina
828/687-0506
evergreenrejuv@yahoo.com

How does one put into words an experience of a lifetime? My heartfelt gratitude goes to the founders of the Oneness University, Sri AmmaBhagavan. Every religion is welcome to be there. What they teach is that if you are a Christian then be a Christian if you are Jewish then be Jewish if you are a Buddhist then be a Buddhist. In my process we had Monks, Christians, Mormons and Jews.

 

THE HISTORY AND BENEFITS OF COLON HYDROTHERAPY 

In years past, knowledge and care of the bowel was more widespread and people were taught how to care for the bowel.  Somehow, bowel wisdom got lost and it became something that no one wanted to talk about anymore.  My goal is to provide each of you with the information you need to help throw off the taboo and mystery surrounding Colon

Hydrotherapy.

The therapy of the colon (large intestine) and its benefits have been known and practiced for hundreds of years.  Dating back to ancient times, enemas were recorded as early as 1500 BC in an Egyptian medical document entitled, “Eber Papyrus.”  Hippocrates, Pare and Galen also advanced the use of enema therapy.  At an early time in America, enemas were a commonly used procedure to help maintain health and stave off disease.  Our grandparents and great-grandparents grew up with the use of enemas as a widely accepted procedure for reversing the onset of illness.

In the early 1900’s in Battle Creek Michigan, John H. Kellogg, M.D., extensively used colon therapy on forty thousand of his patients.  In 1917 he reported in the Journal of American Medical Association that in all but 20 cases, he used no surgery for the treatment of gastrointestinal disease in his patients.

The popularity of colon therapy reached its apex in the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s.  At that time, colon irrigation machines were commonly seen and regularly used as a standard practice, in hospitals and Doctor’s offices.  But in the following 50 to 60 years, the public’s use and access to this valuable health treatment greatly decreased.  The public’s present lack of knowledge regarding this, and other personal health care treatments, together with the widely held belief by orthodox medicine that such treatments are no longer useful … may be the single most important factor in the current ill-health of our population.

A healthy colon is the key to living a healthy life.  The colon (large intestine) is the end portion of the human digestive tract.  The colon is approximately 5 to 5 ½ feet long and 2 ½ inches in diameter.  Its major functions are to conserve water in the body and to eliminate waste from the body.  There are friendly bacteria living in the healthy colon which synthesize valuable nutrients such as vitamin K and B complex.  The average person, who is at their normal weight for their height and age and isn’t noticeably allergic to things, may have 10 to 25 pounds of dried fecal matter in their colon. Unfortunately, the average American does not have a healthy colon.

The typical American diet, consisting of high-fat, low-fiber, refined junk foods, is the primary reason the colon becomes unhealthy.  The toxins generated from accumulated waste matter in the colon, are responsible for many body imbalances which can lead to very serious weight and health problems.  Also, the average American diet includes less than a fraction of the fiber foods necessary to promote elimination of toxins from the body.  Poor diet and lack of dietary fiber make maintenance of a healthy colon almost impossible.  Virtually all weight challenges can be traced to imbalances in the colon/digestive tract as either the main or secondary problem which leads to slowdowns in many critical body systems, like the endocrine and circulatory system. 

Proper bowel management and health will never be achieved through the use of drugs and/or surgery.  The answer lies in the time-proven and natural approach … Colon (Hydro)therapy!  In the last 10 years there has been a resurgence of interest in alternative medicine and personal health care responsibility.  Once again people are discovering the many health benefits of maintaining a strong and biologically sound colon.  This return to the use of colon hydrotherapy has been bolstered by the development of sophisticated colon therapy.  These new techniques make these therapies both safe and convenient. 

The usual colon hydrotherapy lasts approximately 45-60 minutes.  A small speculum is inserted into the client’s rectum.  This speculum is attached to a plastic hose which connects to the colon irrigation machine.  The colon hydrotherapist then adjusts the volume and temperature of the water coming out of the machine which runs through a plastic hose into the client’s rectum and through the entire colon.  This client is temporarily filled with water, based on individual tolerance.  This will induce peristaltic contractions in the colon, and the client will begin to expel fecal matter through a special hose which leads back to the colon irrigation machine and through a clear plastic viewing tube.  This procedure is much gentler than the enemas of years past.  It should be noted that most patients need a series of colon irrigations … not just one. The client may expel considerable gas during the first few treatments.  It usually takes a few treatments before one starts dislodging old encrusted feculent matter.  One should remember that it usually takes years for the colon to become clogged up with its own waste products.  Therefore, one should not be impatient when pursuing a therapeutic course of colon irrigations.

If you experience any of these health problems, you need to cleanse your body’s elimination system.  Colon Hydrotherapy is an excellent way to accomplish this!

v     Frequent mental confusion

v     Fatigue

v     Low energy and vitality

v     Frequent severe headaches

v     Constipation

v     Diarrhea

v     Abdominal gas and bloating

v     Foul body odor

v     Bad breathe (halitosis)

v     Chronic skin problems (acne)

v     Lower back pain

v     Sciatic pain

v     Low resistance to colds

v     Frequent infections

Colon Hydrotherapy is most beneficial in helping to restore good health.  Here are some of the ways it helps:

v     Clears the colon of old, hardened waste material and harmful toxins

v     Restores proper pH balance to the body

v     Stimulates the immune system

v     Allows for free passage of nutrients into the bloodstream

v     Helps prevent toxic absorption via healthy mucosa

v     Provides a favorable environment for bacteria and micro flora for digestion

v     Strengthens natural muscular contraction activity in the colon

v     Promotes return to normal, regular bowel movements

Colon hydrotherapy has helped many people to overcome difficult health problems and is helping many more to maintain good health.  It has been proven to be the key to living a healthier and more vibrant life!

"The Latest Buzz in Biofeedback Therapies," by Pat MacEnulty

Technologies in alterative health care are making "quantum" leaps.  One of the latest developments has occurred in biofeedback.  Now, according to some biofeedback practitioners, revolutionary software systems can not only help identify electrical patterns in your body; they can also replace negative vibrations with healthy ones, enhancing your well being and relieving stress.

Melissa Rogers, owner of Pathways Unlimited, explains it this way, "The system focuses on your energetic body and measures nutrition, vitamin levels, minerals, enzymes, health of internal organs and more through the electricity you generate.  It then sends back neutralizing or balancing frequencies to enhance or counteract the body’s own resonances."

Dr. Bill Nelson, who has a background in quantum physics, electrical engineering and energetic medicine, developed this technology.  The science seems complicated, but how it works is not nearly as important to most people as the results.

Rogers says that clients come with such issues as migraines, TMJ, other stress-related symptoms, aging, chronic pain, ADD, ADHD and more serious problems.  Sessions last approximately an hour and a half to two hours, during which the client is hooked up through wires attached to the head, ankles and wrists to a small box housing one of the software systems (known as QXCI, EPFS or SCIO) which is connected to a laptop computer.  The procedure is painless and non-invasive, and clients report that results have been anywhere from moderate improvement to "remarkable."

According to Rogers, the goal is to help clients achieve optimum health.  She noted that the therapies can also be used for skin rejuvenation and enhanced athletic performance.  She counts racecar driver and Daytona 500 Winner Derrick Cope as one of those who has found satisfying results in pain reduction with the method.

Mary Crowder, a Charlotte realtor who has been receiving treatments off and on for about a year, said, "I noticed a big difference in my energy level.  I felt better.  I left there after a facial, and the first comment I got was that I looked ten years younger."

"I think it’s pretty phenomenal.  I’ve even had results from a long distance session.  I was driving out of town and had a really stiff neck.  While I was on I-77, I called Melissa and she basically did an absentee healing by plugging my information into the machine.  By the time I got to Columbia, I had no pain."

Rogers and her colleague Marci Solomon also work with animals.  "Animals respond even better than people," she said, "because they don’t doubt the process."

Rogers’s points out that biofeedback is based on pure physics - the laws of energy and electricity.  However, some practitioners may use their intuition and experience to help clients identify lifestyle changes that can increase the benefits achieved through biofeedback.  There is also a metaphysical side to the practice.  Many metaphysicians believe that thoughts influence reality.  Biofeedback is complementary to that process, Rogers says, by showing how the body responds to various forms of energy.

"If you believe that thought becomes form then this is a tool to help you direct your thoughts and create a more healthy reality," Rogers said.

Biofeedback practitioners must take several levels of courses, including anatomy, and pass a test in order to be certified.  There are a number of practitioners now working in the Charlotte region with the equipment as well as established health-care practitioners who have added the biofeedback therapies to their practice.

Linda Day, a nurse who does colon hydrotherapy, recently purchased a SCIO machine and trained with Nelson.  She’s been pleased with the results that her clients have experienced.

"I’ve had one client who received all the injections she could have for a degenerative disc, and this is one of the therapies that she has used for pain reduction," Day said.  "She reported back that after the biofeedback session, she slept better than she had in months."

Day mentioned that one of her favorite biofeedback programs is one that "balances the hemisphere of the brain."  She says it is popular because it reduces the chatter in the brain and induces a state of calm.

"I think the system helps the body remember how to balance itself.  Our bodies have an innate intelligence, and this system helps utilize that intelligence," she said.

Another local practitioner, Kathryn Shearer is a hypnotherapist and has found that the biofeedback machine can enhance the results that her clients experience.  Now she has more options to offer - hypnosis alone, hypnosis in conjunction with biofeedback or biofeedback alone.

"I’ve been working with a client who with hypnosis only wasn’t able to bring her blood pressure down.  We added biofeedback and we brought her blood pressure down 34 points.  Then she used self-hypnosis to calm herself and bring it down even further.  When we link the biofeedback to self-hypnosis, we help to entrain the body to hold the blood pressure in an appropriate range."

Shearer believes that the biofeedback device is an effective tool to help people stop smoking, lose weight, and alleviate anxiety, depression and panic. 

"My associate Patricia Hawn works with kids who have learning disabilities and she’s getting amazing results," Shearer added.  In addition to Hawn, Shearer works with two other associates:  Karen Gross and Rae Lorenz, a practitioner and consultant for Quantum Alliance, the organization that provides sales and training for practitioners.

"The four of us are also training people to use the device here in the southeast," Shearer said.  "The word is getting out about biofeedback and we’re swamped.  People want to experience it."

Shearer stresses that in order for the therapies to work, the client must have the intention to heal and be open-minded.  "You still have to take responsibility for your behaviors," she said.  "It doesn’t take control away from the individual.  But I haven’t had experience with anyone who didn’t make some progress."

Prices for biofeedback therapy can range anywhere from $75 to $200 a session, depending on the practitioner and the length of session and ancillary therapies.

I welcome you to come in for a free consultation and demonstration of this exciting technology.  Mention this newsletter to receive 20% off you first one-hour session.

BIOTHERM TRILLION OZONE SAUNA

LLC 1-PIECE 100% FAR INFRARED OZONE COMPTIBLE DELUXE SOFTSIDE SAUNA

Weight and Toxic Fat Loss without Harmful Effects!
Burns 1,200 Calories Per Hour!!!

Collapsible, portable, 360º full wrap Carbon Heaters emit gentle 100% Far Infrared in 4 to 15µm range.

Features of the Trillion Sauna

• Includes bio-ceramic silica ball massage pad with pillow.  These passive FIR emitting silica balls are a natural deodorizer and are washable.
• Supine (lying on back) position is the body's preferred position for thermal therapy (fever), easier on the cardiovascular system to eject toxins, eliminate pain and stimulate the immune system
• Roomy cut-away design is non-claustrophobic or clingy. Regular size fits up to 6 ft.3"/ XL to 7 ft."
  Systemic and Localized Biological Effects

Increased core body temperature

• Increased immune cells
• Increased circulator perfusion
• Increased waste removal
• Reduction of Lactic Acid
• Increased circulation Pv02 levels
• Decreased circulating CO2 levels
• Increased antioxidants
• Reduced body mass (fat and water reduction)
• Reduced blood pressure
• Increased circulating ROS and LOIP’s (reaction oxygen species and lipid oxidation products)
• Up regulates growth hormones and other endocrine hormones
• Up regulates of liver
• Detoxification enzymes

HEALTH BENEFITS

• Feeling of euphoria and well-being
• Relaxation
• Increased energy levels
• Increased memory and focus
• Fat liquidation and reduction
• Accelerates wound healing
• Pain reduction
• Increased circulation
• Gastric and digestive improvement
• Adjunctive cancer therapies
• Fat/weight loss or cardio toning
• Reduces insomnia
• Balances endocrine system
• Organ detox

Thirteen Major Effects of Ozone on The Human Body

Dr. Frank Shallenberger, who is considered one of the leading authorities on medical ozone, has done important work to support the hypothesis that ozone can have long-term positive effects on AIDS.  He has also conducted workshops on the proper application of medical ozone at an International Ozone Symposium in Texas.  He successfully treats patients with medical ozone via Major Autohemotherapy.  Listed below are thirteen physiological effects he has identified along with a brief explanation of each.

1) Ozone stimulates the production of white blood cells.  These cells protect the body from viruses, bacteria, fungi and cancer.  Deprived of oxygen, these cells malfunction.  They fail to eliminate invaders and even turn against normal, healthy cells (allergic reactions).  Ozone significantly raises the oxygen levels in the blood for long periods after ozone administration.  As a result, allergies have a tendency to become desensitized.

2) Interferon levels are significantly increased.  Interferons are globular proteins.  Interferons orchestrate ever aspect of the immune system.  Cells infected by viruses produce some interferons.  These interferons warm adjacent, healthy cells of the likelihood of infection; in turn, they are rendered nonpermissive host cells.  In other words, they inhibit viral replication.  Other interferons are produced in the muscles, connective tissue and by white blood cells.  Levels of gamma interferon can be elevated 400-900% by ozone.  This interferon is involved in the control of phagocytic cells that engulf and kill pathogens and abnormal cells. Interferons are FDA approved for the treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B and C, Genital warts (caused by Papillomavirus), Hairy-cell Leukemia, Karposi’s Sarcoma, Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis and Chronic Granulomatous Disease.  Interferons are currently in clinical trials for Throat Warts (caused by Papillomavirus), HIV infection, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Colon tumors, Kidney tumors, Bladder Cancer, Malignant Melanoma, Basal Cell Carcinoma and Leishmaniasis.  While levels induced by ozone remain safe, interferon levels that are FDA approved (and in clinical trials) are extremely toxic.

3) Ozone stimulates the production of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF).  The body produces TNF when a tumor is growing.  The greater the mass of the tumor the more TNF is produced (up to a point).  When a tumor has turned metastatic, cancer cells are breaking off and being carried away by the blood and lymph.  This allows the tumor to take up residence elsewhere in the body; or in other words, divide its forces.  These lone cancer cells have little chance of growing due to the TNF produced to inhibit the original tumor.  When the tumor is removed surgically, TNF levels drop dramatically and new tumors emerge from seemingly healthy tissue.

4) Ozone stimulates the secretion of Interluekin-2 (IL-2).  IL-2 is one of the cornerstones of the immune system.  It is secreted by T-helpers.  In a process known as autostimulation, the IL-2 then binds to a receptor on the T-helper and causes it to produce more IL-2.  Its main duty is to induce lymphocytes to differentiate and proliferate, yielding more T-helpers, T-suppressors, cytotoxic T’s, T-delayeds and T-memory cells.

5) Ozone kills most bacteria at low concentrations.  The metabolism of most bacteria is on average one-seventeenth as efficient as our own.  Because of this, most cannot afford to produce disposable anti-oxidant enzymes such as catalase.   Very few types of bacteria can live in an environment composed of more than two percent ozone.

6) Ozone is effective against all types of fungi.  This includes systemic Candida albicans, athlete’s foot, molds, yeasts and even mushrooms.

7) Ozone fights viruses in a variety of ways.  As discussed above, ozone also goes after the viral particles directly.  The part of the virus most sensitive to oxidation is the "reproductive structure."  This is how the virions enter the cell.  With this structure inactivated, the virus is essentially "dead."  Cells already infected have a natural weakness to ozone.  Due to the metabolic burden of the infection, the cells can no longer produce the enzymes necessary to deal with the ozone and repair the cell.

8) Ozone is antineoplastic.  This means that ozone inhibits the growth of new tissue because rapidly dividing cells shift their priorities away from producing the enzymes needed to protect themselves from the ozone.  Cancer cells are rapidly dividing cells and are inhibited by ozone.

9) Ozone oxidizes arterial plaque.  It breaks down the plaque involved in both Arteriosclerosis and Arthrosclerosis.  This means ozone has a tendency to clear blockages of large and even smaller vessels.  This allows for better tissue oxygenation in deficient organs.

10) Ozone increases the flexibility and elasticity of red blood cells.  When one views a red blood cell under a microscope, it looks like a disc.  In the capillaries, where the pick-up (lungs) and release (tissue) oxygen, these discs stretch out into the shape of an oval or umbrella.  This aids their passage through the tiny vessels and makes the exchange of gas more efficient.  The increase in flexibility of the RBC’s allows oxygen levels to stay elevated for days, even weeks after treatment with ozone.

11) Ozone accelerates the Citric Acid Cycle.  Also known as the Kreb’s Cycle or TCA Cycle, this is a very important step in the glycolisis of carbohydrate for energy.  This takes place in the mitochonria of the cell.  Most of the energy stored in glucose (sugar) is converted in this pathway.

12) Ozone makes the anti-oxidant enzyme system more efficient.

13) Ozone degrades petrochemicals.  These chemicals have a potential to place a great burden on the immune system.  They also worsen and even cause allergies and are detrimental to your long-term health.

Lymph Dysfunction and Its Role in Breast Cancer

"Prevention of Conditions of the Breast through

Normal Function o the Axillary Lymph Nodes"

            Recent studies from the National Cancer Institute predict 2 out of 5 women will develop cancer; 1 out of 8 women will develop breast cancer; and some women may have even higher money invested in research, there doesn't seem to be anything a woman can do to reduce these odds, except early detection, some dieting and a surgical procedure. And then the woman's survival rate is unknown!

            At ELF Labs, we have researched breast cancer medical data to identify a common "physical" pattern for the disease. In our search, we identified a pathological environment which is present in all breast cancers and which provides the greatest opportunity for the development and growth of cancer cells. In this article, we propose a few steps, which we believe lowers breast cancer opportunities and should result in a lower breast cancer risk for women!

            Our research underscored the need to maintain a balance between the food we eat which contains so many pesticides, growth stimulants, hormones, preservative chemicals, artificial colorings, etc., and the need to eliminate both the excess food and excess chemicals from our body. This exchange, between the inflow and outflow of ingested material, is primary to maintaining an environment which facilities the nourishment and growth of healthy cells.

            One of the most important, little studied circulating system in the body, but critical to managing the elimination of toxins, is our Lymphatic System. This primary immune defense and waste eliminator system, contains over 600 "collection" sites called "lymph nodes." It has a network of collecting vessels comparable to our venous system and pervades every tissue of our body. The Lymphatic system is primarily responsible for carrying disease fighting material to cells attacked by germs, transporting the dead germs away and supplying protein-rich plasma fluid back to the heart.

            Medical research demonstrates the Lymphatic System as the primary circulatory system used by all immunological support elements (such as macrophages, T-cells, B-cells, Lymphocytes, etc.) which fight the virus, fungus, and bacteria attacking our body. Lymph fluid composed of over 50% plasma protein back to our blood. When the Lymph System is blocked, infection fighting material is prevented from destroying germs and cell nourishing elements are prevented from reaching our blood. As a result, germs continue to grow and our blood loses much needed protein.

            Our food contains many pesticides and growth stimulants which are chemically similar to natural chemicals found in the human body. Some of our pesticides contain chemicals called aromatic hydrocarbons, very similar in formulation to human sex hormones, and are called sex hormone mimickers. When these pesticides are sprayed on vegetables, they become absorbed into the food and when infested, they accumulate in specific organs which attract this class of chemicals. Because our body recognizes sex hormones as potent chemicals, as soon as they have completed their work, they are aromatized (broken down into simpler substances) by liver enzymes and the by-products are removed quickly from the body. This removal is managed by the lymph system and keeps human sex hormones in balance.

            When sex hormones are not removed quickly (i.e., there is a blockage in the lymph system), an imbalance occurs and the sex hormone by-products become destructive due to the high rate of lipid peroxidation they create  in tissue. In men, this can lead to prostate cancer. In women it can lead to breast cancer. In women, the mammary glands are the primary producers of the female hormone, once it has completed its job, it must be removed quickly from the body. A group of lymph glands (called the axillary lymph nodes) drain 85% of the fluid from the breast and are primary in removing estrogen from the breast area.

The Axillary Lymph Node Group is the largest mass of nodes in the upper body. In men and women, the axillary nodes are located in the arm pit and extend from the arm pit down towards the breast. If there is unusual lymph blockage, these nodes will swell. In men this area tends to be concave as there is less work for them to do. However, they are more critical in women as they are the primary channel for letting accumulated lymph (protein and fluid) pass from the breast, up to the Thoracic Duct, a vital termination point for the lymph system, is located behind the collar bone.

Women, especially during menses, may notice increases swelling and tenderness under the arms, the breast and or near the collarbone. This pain, a common occurrence during fertility, should be considered non-pathogenic as long as the pain is no chronic (i.e., prolonged). In women, special attention must be given to the Axillary Lymph Nodes as they are responsible for helping the mammary glands stay in balance. They prevent the accumulation of excess protein and hormone metabolic by-products in the breast. In many breast cancer situations, one finds the axillary lymph nodes well involved and greatly enlarged due to trapped lymphatic fluid.

This engorged condition in lymph nodes, according to Dr. Fauci, NIH Allergy & Infectious Disease Center, "results in providing a breeding ground (especially the HIV virus) for pathogenic material. The lymph system acts as a reservoir of infection churning our billions of HIV-infected immune-system cells that eventually spill into the blood stream, where they travel to other parts of the body. Much later, after enduring years of viral proliferation, the immune system beings to falter and infectious disease marches in." Studies by Dr. Fauci, using the sophisticated polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test reveal that "up to 10 times as much virus may reside in the lymph system as in the blood." This is due to the fact that HIV virus is cell specific to the T-4 Helper cells - an important group o T-Lymphocytes that communicate commands to the B-Lymphocytes in protecting the body.

When looking at the lymph system, most chronic problems occur at the junction of lymph vessels called "lymph nodes." One can feel lymph nodes, by pressing under the arms; just below the collar bone; or in the crease between the thigh and pelvic area. When touching these areas, most people will feel small bumps and pain. The bumps are symptomatic of blocked lymph nodes.

Lymph nodes can be moderately swollen (there is less pain) or seriously swollen (there is much pain). Lymph nodes, when they exhibit sever pathology, become hard and feel like small marbles or little bb's under the skin. Since we are dealing with the primary drainage and immune support system of the body, it is very important to see a medical practitioner and get help with these seriously swollen or hardened lymph nodes. However, once the lymph node is reduced to a less severe pain condition, self-administered self-help techniques can work very well.

For blocked lymph nodes, a light physical massage combined with new technology called the Light Bean Generator, facilitates opening lymph nodes. With over four years experience using light massage and the LBG, relief to the lymph node is well documented. Energy produced by the LBG creates a beneficial "energetic environment, that when combined with Manual Lymph Drainage, provides the lymph node support in releasing blocked material. "In my practice (Sky David), I have proven that with the use of LBG, I can accomplish in one therapy session, what it would normally take me an average of eight manual lymph drainage sessions (to accomplish)." Other Physical Therapists, who are also Vodder Trained Therapists, find the LBG an essential tool in lymph treatment, helping produce quicker results and improved client benefit. Several people reported great success in using the LBG to unblock a traumatized breast. One 50 year old women, with two teenaged children, had one breast develop two open sores, with each sore oozing a pale yellow liquid. Using the LBG twice a week, the oozing liquid flow was reduced within one week and the sores healed and all pain and tenderness were gone within 60 days. We have found, that once lymph node low has been reestablished (i.e., the immune cells can enter and clear out pathogenic material), the body can recover more quickly. Self administered manual techniques can be used also, o facilitates continual lymph flow, and a daily manual massage routine, vital to maintaining the health of the breast, should be followed. One recommended procedure follows:

•1.                          Raising the arms over the head for a few minutes a day will help open the Axillary group and facilitate lymph flow.

•2.                          With the arm raised, take the fingers or palm of the opposite hand, and gently but rhythmically create a pumping action in your arm pit. Direct slight pressure up and towards the collar bone. This procedure helps excite and move the Axillary lymph node contents towards Thoracic Duct. Pumping pressure must be gentle; never slide the fingers over the skin; and use a slight pumping action. Lymph fluid is thixotrophic4 by nature - it can assume a liquid or gel state. A strong or hard pumping action will cause the lymph fluid to gel and inhibit the flow! A gentle touch keeps the fluid in solution and optimizes manual benefits.

•3.                          These steps should provide relief for lymph nodes, with less pain within several days. Performing this procedure every day for 3-5 minutes under each arm should assist in preventing further lymph node congestion of dysfunction.

•4.                          If the lymph nodes are very sore and the swelling continues after a few days of self-treatment, contact your Doctor or Lymph Massage Therapist for specialized attention and treatment. By performing the simple exercise of raising the arms and gently pumping the axillary nodes towards the clavicle a few minutes a day, one can provide attention to an important are for health prevention and reduce any imbalance in the mammary tissue. This simple manual treatment should help reduce the opportunity for breast cancer occurring due to lymph dysfunction.

Additionally, to help keep axillary nodes open, refrain from using deodorants with antiperspirant agents. Antiperspirant agents cause sebaceous glands to close so you don't sweat. However, the antiperspirant (a blocking material) when absorbed into the under arm tissue, causes axially lymph nodes to close. This results in blocking the breast lymph drainage pathway. Regular deodorants do not adversely affect lymph node drainage.  Many women suffer postmastectomy lymphodema when a radical or modified surgical procedure is performed which removes all axillary lymph nodes - eliminating the lymph drain path for the arm and the breast. This procedure often times results in life-long complications of severe arm swelling and disfiguration. Lymph Drainage therapists are trained to assist in this area. So, if you are a likely candidate for breast cancer

•1.      Check your lymph nodes

•2.      If they are sore, your lymph is blocked and you have created a breeding ground for disease

•3.      Ask your health practitioner to help you find someone experienced in lymph drainage

•4.      And, if the soreness is moderate, use manual massage; and

•5.      Remember: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure - and just might save your breast!

In Europe, Lymphatic Therapy is the fourth most prescribed massage technique by medical doctors. It is primarily active in Germany, Austria, France, Scandinavian countries and Canada. In 1976, therapeutic lymph drainage was officially recognized by the German Society of Lymphology. However, in the United States, lymphatic therapy is still little understood and used. As more U.S. practitioners gain insight into the importance to lymphatic system and its role in maintaining a healthy "body" environment, Lymph Therapy will become standard prescription therapy.

Biofeedback, Colon Hydrotherapy, Lymphatic Massage, Infrared/Ozone Sauna, Medical Massage, Pregnancy Massage and Reconnective Healing in Asheville, North Carolina.