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Arthritis Treated with Alternative Medicine

Arthritis Help, and How it can be Treated Successfully with Alternative Medicine

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Archive for August, 2006

Choose a healthy nutritious diet and you will learn to live without your disease, not with it.Have you ever wondered why you are told to learn to live with your disease? Would it be possible that you are being set up to become a lifetime consumer of pharmaceuticals? Why would you want to learn to live with your disease, surely you would be desperate to make every effort to live without it.You are being taught to take possession of your disease, its all yours to keep for the rest of your life.

So often you hear people talking about their arthritis, their diabetes, it’s as though they gain some unique place in the world by taking possession of their disease in this manner. You may say that by not owning your disease you are in denial, you may need some counselling so that you can learn to accept your disease.This circuitous mode of thinking assures the sufferer that they will continue to suffer, and relief to their disease may only be gained from pharmaceuticals. No thought will ever be given to an alternative mode of treatment, even such a simple one as a change to a healthy nutritious diet.

Discover the benefits to be gained from following a healthy nutritious diet. We appear to be conditioned to accept disease as though it was a natural part of life, whereas health is only available to those lucky enough to have it bestowed upon them. Learn to take responsibility for your present disease state, ask yourself, could your lifestyle have contributed to your disease in some way?

Your arthritis or gout did not just pay you a visit from outer space, your late- onset diabetes did not arrive without your contribution. You have put in years of solid work in order to arrive at your present disease state, it’s more than likely that you may have existed on a diet of dead and devitalized food for years, it’s just cause and effect, ” garbage in, garbage out”.The idea of following a healthy diet may have been too much of an effort for you, and yet a looming lifetime of pain and debilitation failed to trigger a change in your dietary indiscretions.

If you then subject your body to further insults by ingesting heavy duty prescription drugs for your condition, then yes, you may have to learn to live with your disease, for by then your condition may be extremely debilitated, and a return to health may pose too much of a challenge for you.

The simple act of changing your diet, may turn your life around, for the better. When you go shopping, buy fresh organic fruit and vegetables, forget the meat, saturated fats, fast foods, pizzas,packaged food with all of the chemical additives, diet sodas, other sodas, cigarettes,and alcohol. If you really want to live without your disease, take charge of your life and make an effort to eat a healthy diet, just this simple baby step may be all that is needed to return you to health.

Homeopathy treats holistically, it does not treat the symptoms of the disease, it targets the root cause of dis-ease in the sick person.

Not all people who suffer from gout will have the same symptoms, that’s why treating all individuals with the same prescription drug will produce so many varied responses. Some may experience instantaneous relief without any apparent side effects, while others receive no relief and may have many aggravations from the drug, all in accordance with individual susceptibilities and predispositions of the patient.

This is the argument for treating the patient holistically and individually, and this is the method classical homeopathy uses to treat all disease. Every disease has its particular package of symptoms attached to it, but exactly how they will manifest in the individual patient will depend on the their susceptibilities.

Homeopathy is interested in the emotional and environmental factors which may have triggered the dis-ease in the patient. The fact that the patient has gout in the toe, knee, ankle or wherever is of no importance, its how the patient reacts to their disease,and what other accompanying symptoms they may have.

Some patients may have a low pain threshold, become angry, and aggressive, abuse their carers, blame others for their problems and demand immediate relief to their suffering.Others may bear their gout with great fortitude and accept their disease as part of life, they may demand much of themselves and very little of others.

Here are two vastly different personalities who may have what is called gout, however, the homeopathic remedies chosen will be based on their individual personalities, not on the outward manifestations of their disease.

Homeopathy will treat your gout with a remedy which produces similar symptoms to what you have. If gout in your big toe wakes you at 3-00am on a bitterly cold morning and you hit the bathroom and plunge your toe into icy cold water to gain relief while at the same time you are shouting profanities and abuse to all, it is important to take note of this symptom, for this is an individual expression of your dis-ease.

It may appear strange to use a remedy which causes similar symptoms to what you may be experiencing, but this is the way of homeopathy. It does not treat superficially, it treats the whole person, and although the remedy does not have side effects, if the remedy has been well chosen it should cause an aggravation of your existing symptoms.

Although you may find this bit of news disturbing for we all like to have our symptoms palliated, but this is not cure, its a masking effect and symptoms will soon return with greater force. This aggravating effect of the remedy has matched your energy, and you will find that your symptoms will slowly fade. Symptoms which disappear in the reverse order of their coming are removed permanently.Gout treated with homeopathy will return you to health and vitality.

Mind and body medicine, holistic medicine, and alternative medicine: what does it all mean? It seems to be all the rage, but can mind and body treatments truly relieve some of the agony of arthritis? The short answer: yes. Mind and body treatments have been around for thousands of years. There are no side effects to this kind of treatment, and no costly prescription costs. The only cost is the time and dedication you must invest to make these treatments work for you. The more you dedicate yourself to these ideas and treatments, the more you will get from them.

Most mind and body treatments are buoyed by a simple philosophy: how we think about our health and how we choose to live has a strong impact on our health. Mind and body centered philosophies focus on living mindfully, taking into account how we treat our bodies, how we think about them, and what foods we choose to feed them. It is a holistic approach that takes into consideration the mind, the physicality of the body, and the spiritual essence at the core of our bodies. It can be helpful to discuss many of the aspects of mind and body treatments separately.

First, the mind: The mind is constantly racing, especially during times of anxiety. Arthritis, like many other chronic and painful conditions, can be the source of great anxiety and constant worry. Mind and body treatments seek to calm the mind and induce a profound sense of mindfulness. Rather than constantly worrying and anticipating, the goal is to still, quiet, and live fully in the present. One of the best ways to achieve this is to practice some kind of daily meditation. Many people who do not meditate have trouble getting started. This is largely because meditation is over intellectualized. Perhaps you wonder if you’re doing it “right.” This is too much pressure to put on yourself, when your goal after all is to relax. Simply sit in a quiet cool place and focus your mind on blankness. It’s perfectly OK if your mind wanders a bit. This is normal, especially if you are new to meditation. Simply acknowledge your thoughts, and return to your still meditation.

Food and Your Diet: What you put into your body has a great affect on your health and happiness. If you put foods that are over processed, difficult to digest, greasy, or fattening, chances are you will notice the effects of these foods at the core of your body. These types of foods are only temporarily satisfying. After indulging, we feel guilty and sick. Eating slowly, with mindfulness, can help counteract these dangerous effects of eating without thought or intention.

Physical movement (bodywork): How you move your body, and how much you choose to move it has a tremendous effect on your health and overall sense of well-being. Gentle yet effective exercises such as walking, bicycling, and yoga can restore your body’s sense of health, vigor, and well being. Exercise can help you release toxic stress and balance even the most out of whack emotions.