Natural, time-tested therapies

Medicinal clays

Bentonite clay

Bentonite clay mixed with small amount of echinacea powder (open some capsules) with water to make a paste works for venomous bites – especially spider bites

Bentonite works well removing outer tissue toxins

Therapeutic Bath

Effects of different temperature in baths

Warm Water (100°F) – For absorbing dissolved nutrients

A bath of warm (100°F ) water will draw blood into the skin surface creating the longest duration of dermal capillary circulation – Herbal and essential oil ingredients in the water are most easily absorbed into the capillaries when the blood is drawn into the surface of the skin. WARM/NEUTRAL baths can be up to 45 minutes duration. WARM baths of 98 – 100 °F are generally soothing, safe and effective.

COOL (below 85°F) /COLD (below 70°F) – Boost immune system

COOL and COLD water baths will act to stimulate an immune response – creating a strong heating reflex in the body. COOL baths below 85 °F should generally be no more than 5 minutes duration and should not be uncomfortable after the initial mild shock of temperature change to the skin.

COLD water baths below 70 °F are NOT recommended for home use.

HOT (110-112F) – Eliminate toxins / Soothing

Contraindications of HOT bath. Since baths stimulate circulation, the following people should not use HOT water (> 105 °F) treatments:

Persons with internal or external bleeding;
Infants and young children, pregnant women, the elderly and infirm.

Ideal for a hand, foot, arm, shoulder, etc.

Benefits of HOT bath

Several minutes of HOT (110-112 °F) immersion, wrapping or spray increases collagen extensibility and decreases joint pain and stiffness. A comfort for arthritis and rheumatism, stiff / sore muscles due to overexertion or strain, fatigue, sport or back injury
Unheated parts of the body balance the higher heating of a single part through blood flow.
Massage and manipulation after collagen softening will stretch the joint tissue resulting in “residual extension” of the connective tissue – allowing more comfort in movement with a decrease of pain.
A comfortable WARM to HOT bath, HOT compress, or HOT water bottle also brings relief to muscle spasms and cramps – by encouraging blood flow to eliminate lactic acid and toxin waste buildup from the muscle cells.
A WARM to HOT bath will calm nervousness, increase blood flow to nourish tissue and relax tension – Gentle massage with fingertips over cramping muscle areas will help stimulate blood circulation and release nervous blockage.
A “sitz” bath covering the lower abdomen up to the navel is good for abdominal organ and lower back complaints.
Local HOT compresses over skin eruptions, or full /local HOT baths resolve eruptions, exudates and edema – by drawing exudates and stimulate the resolution of infections, boils, and other eruptions through the skin. Swellings due to edema are reduced through blood flow activity which eliminates toxin and fluid buildup in the affected area. A hot bath will relax muscle tension which in turn releases the constrictions on the nerves and vessels which run through them. The released flow of energy and fluid brings relief to the body.
Elimination of toxins from cells. Local hot applications and partial and full baths stimulate the cells to eliminate toxins into the bloodstream and out of the system. Heat increases metabolism in the cells and also resolution blood flow through the tissue. This increase in cell metabolism encourages the elimination of toxins into the bloodstream. Toxins that are accumulated in the fatty layers under the skin are metabolized and released. The sweat glands of the skin become very active in hyperthermia and a great amount of toxins are eliminated through the skin. The blood flowing through the surface capillaries is able to discharge toxins from other parts of the body through the skin and out of the system. The body is also able to purge itself of invading virus, through a process called ‘viral shedding’as hyperthermia creates an artificial fever to eliminate pathogens from the system through the skin. The skin is the body’s first line of defense against invading organisms and harbors over fifty percent of the immune systems killer T-cells. The stimulation of the skin in the thermal bath calls these defenders into action which makes the bath a vital part of the fight against cold and flu germs.

Rest a while after therapeutic bath

Therapeutic bath should be followed by a half-hour bed rest period. Alllows the natural healing reflex of the body to continue.

Warming socks treatment

What is this extremely effective easy treatment used for?

congestion or infection in upper body / head. E.g. Colds, Headaches, Sore Throats, Ear Infections, Some Insomnia cases

General immune stimulation (when used on a regular basis).

Directions

You must warm your feet first before you begin this treatment –otherwise treatment will not be as effective and could be harmful. Soak in warm water for 5 minutes.
Take a pair of cotton socks and wet the portion covering the feet with cold water – wring the socks out so they are damp, but not dripping.
Place the cold socks on your feet – cover these with thick wool socks. Go to bed wrapped up well with a warm blanket. Avoid getting chilled.
DO NOT remove socks in the middle of the night – it will ruin the effectiveness of the treatment. Your socks will be dry in the morning. Many report that they sleep much better during this treatment.

Earth therapy

Earth’s natural EMFs

Magnetosphere. The Earth is surrounded by a complex electromagnetic field, the combined effect of the Earth’s Geomagnetic field, solar winds and the sun’s electromagnetic radiation.

Take advantage of the geomagnetic field by lying East-West as you sleep to kill microbes in the body. Geomagnetic field is strong enough to affect a compass. When blood moves perpendicular to this field, it causes a current to flow. Your bed should therefore lie E-W so that the blood passes through the earth’s magnetic field perpendicularly as it flows from head to toe and back, to produce the maximum possible electric current. Minute electric currents in blood have been proven to disable microbes.

U.S. Patent 5,188,738 Kaali, et. al. * Feb. 23, 1993

How Does blood flow from head to toe?

Ascending aorta –> Aortic arch –> Descending aorta –> Thoracic aorta
–> Abdominal aorta –>L. Common Iliac artery –> L. External Iliac artery
–> L. Femoral artery –> L. Popliteal artery –> L. Anterior Tibial artery
–> L. Medial Plantar artery –> BIG TOE –> L. Anterior Tibial vein
–> L. Great Saphenous vein OR L. Femoral vein –> L. External Iliac vein
–> L. Common Iliac vein –> Inferior vena cava

Schumann Field. The Earth has a background base frequency, which can be visualized as a standing wave in the cavity between the Earth’s surface and the lower ionosphere ~150 miles above. It is formed by electrical impulses, and in particular by the lightning strikes going on throughout the world. The fundamental Schumann resonance frequency varies by location and is in the range of 7 Hz. – 8.5 Hz., the same as the alpha brain waves produced when in a relaxed state.

Negative Oxygen Ions. Energy-carrying EMFs are produced by oxygen ions which become negatively charged in areas of natural activity (E.g. near waterfalls, oceans, mountains), from sunlight photons colliding with oxygen molecules, and from natural background radiation.

Nature’s Sounds. When you hear those birds chirping, or crashing waves – yes you guessed it – more natural EMFS.

For more information on these EMFs:

Natural EMFs

Natural EMFs have therapeutic effects that we inherently experience every day.

Provide Body’s Clock. Individual cells and entire organisms have the ability to sense daily cycles in the Earth’s natural electromagnetic radiation, and to use it to control the major biorhythms of the body. Our vertical, antenna-like spinal columns and cranial structures receive EMF signals, focuses them to the brain’s light-sensitive pineal gland, which then relays the environmental information via the hypothalamus as a direction to the pituitary gland (the brain’s main control center). E.g. By discerning between night and day, time-appropriate activities can be initiated, such as hormonal changes to induce sleep.

Earth-to-Body Connections. Earth’s electromagnetic energy is usually absorbed through the feet at a point on the sole near the upper center of the foot. Walking barefoot would seem to be a way to maximize the absorption of Earth’s energy. Lying on the ground is another way of recharging

Affect Cell Functions. Carl Blackman, Ph.D., a biophysicist at the U.S. EPA has shown that not only are cells sensitive to specific ELF frequencies, but the effects are modulated by the strength of the local geomagnetic field (which is ~0.5 Gauss).

Brain and Nerve Function. Nerve electromagnetism with frequencies from 0 to 25 Hz. activates muscles, brain, heart and breathing. The Schumann Field frequencies are “in tune” with the brain’s alpha and theta states.