We are constantly exposed to a plethora of toxins in the modern world. There are pesticides, airborne toxins, processed ingredients, chemicals in personal hygiene products, and many other pollutants in the environment. While the liver and kidneys work to filter these toxins out of the body, they become overworked with the constant onslaught of these varying toxins.

Cleansing the body of toxins should be a normal practice. It is recommended to cleanse between one to four times during the year in order for the body to function at peak efficiency. To aid the body’s natural detoxification pathways, you can take part in different cleansing techniques. For instance, you can use a detoxifying foot bath to draw toxins out of your body.

According to reflexology, the feet are directly linked to different bodily systems and organs. It makes sense, then, that you can eliminate toxins through your feet. If you don’t believe us, try putting onion slices in your socks overnight! If you don’t want to do that, try using the following foot bath to eliminate toxins.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Epsom salt
• 1 cup sea salt
• 2 cups baking soda
• 1 cup raw apple cider vinegar
• essential oils (optional)

Instructions:

• Add one cup or so of boiling water to a quart-size glass jar. Pour the Epsom salt, sea salt, and baking soda in the jar and mix well so that everything dissolves.
• Once everything is dissolved, fill a tub or foot bath with enough warm water to go up to your ankles, and pour the apple cider vinegar in the water. Stir in the salt mixture and add a few drops of your favorite essential oil, if you so desire.
• Soak your feet for about 30 minutes.

This bath is a great way to cleanse the body of impurities and boost magnesium levels. It may also make you feel tired or exhausted, so make sure that you drink a couple cups of filtered water after the bath.

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If you have a stomachache or digestive discomfort, there is one trick that can help provide relief. Think of your hands and feet as maps to the inner workings of your body. Reflexology details that points on the hands and feet are directly connected to our organs, muscles, or our major systems. When pressure is applied to these points, you can experience relief.

When talking about the hands, there are many points that can be extremely helpful in relieving pain. Your heart and lungs are connected to the thumb, while your middle finger can influence your thin intestines, your blood, and respiratory system. This is why stretching your middle finger can be beneficial for those with insomnia or nausea.

Rubbing your ring finger can actually improve your mood. If you are feeling down or depressed, massage your ring finger to lift your spirits. Your pinky finger is connected to your kidneys, as well as your neck and shoulders. Massaging your little finger can help relieve headache pain too!

Now, we left the index finger for last. Why did we do this? The index finger connected to your stomach and colon. Given that a high amount of diseases can originate in the colon, it is important to keep it healthy. Massaging your index finger can motivate bowel movements, help get rid of constipation, and relieve abdominal pain. Hold pressure on your index finger for one minute and you should feel relief not too long after.

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It’s not necessary to run to the doctor every time you have an ache or pain in the body. Doctors may not help your symptoms, or they may just prescribe you some kind of medication that’ll put your mind at ease. This doesn’t have to happen. You can naturally heal your body with herbal remedies or via alternative practices.

Reflexology is a great way to naturally relieve aches, pain, and discomfort in the body. There are points all over the body that, after pressure is applied, can provide relief. Sitting in your chair at the office, standing on your feet for long hours, or doing manual labor can take a toll on the body. You may not be able to stretch at your job, but you there is something you can do when you get home.

There are 6 points, which are connected to pain and soreness in different parts of the body, on the ear. Applying pressure to each spot can provide relief. All you need is a clothespin to pinch the specific spots. Below is a little description of the location and what it does for the body.

#1: Back & Shoulders

The top of the ear is linked to your back and shoulders. If you clip a clothespin on the top of your ear for at least 1 minute a few times a day, you can help relieve soreness and tension.

#2: Organs

Having healthy organs helps your body function optimally. This spot is just below the top of the ear and is connected to your organs. If you have severe internal pain, you may need to see a medical practitioner, but clipping the clothespin to that point on the ear can relieve minor discomfort or tenderness.

#3: Joints

This point, which is located on the upper-middle part of the ear, can help relieve minor joint pain. Clip the clothespin on this point a couple times a day to help. Chronic problems like arthritis may need more attention and rehabilitation.

#4: Sinuses & Throat

Sinus or throat pain is no fun, but you don’t want to be downing medication all the time. Clipping a clothespin to the lower-middle part of the ear can help relieve sinus pressure or throat soreness when you have a cold. You can also use your thumb to apply pressure between your eyebrows to relieve sinus pressure.

#5: Digestion

Applying pressure to the spot just above the earlobe can help with digestive discomfort or stomach problems. If you have digestion issues, you can apply pressure for a minute before eating as a preventative action.

#6: Head & Heart

The earlobe is connected to the head and the heart. If you have a headache or want to promote heart health, clip a clothespin to the lobe and let reflexology happen. This helps greatly for headache relief.

This treatment is so easy to do and has amazing benefits. Try it out and let us know how it worked for you.

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Did you ever ponder why “a twinkle in your eye” and “a spring in your step” go together? Iridologists and natural health believers might say it’s because these are clear signs of vibrant health!

Since there are always two sides to every story, and a sparkle denotes health, can a lack of sparkle mean ill health? Some believe this is so and claim to be able to see: tendencies to heart problems, blood sugar imbalances, spinal misalignment, poor digestion, mineral deficiencies, constipation, high cholesterol and many other factors all by looking into your eyes!

The practice of looking into someone’s eyes, studying the lines, markings, and colors of the iris to detect states of health, is known as IRIDOLOGY “eye-rid-doll-oh-gee”. The iris is the colored part of the eye. Most iridologists only read the iris, although many iridologists take into account other parts of the eye; such as the white part of the eye called the sclera. Other areas surrounding the eyeball, such as the presence of bags under the eye or the condition of the eyelids reveals further information about a person’s condition.

Iridology is a science mostly practiced in Europe by medical doctors, although it has gained much popularity with holistically oriented practitioners in the United States.

Many iridologists use this practice along with their particular modality of natural healing–most commonly herbs or other nutritional supplements. Chiropractors, nurses, massage therapists, reflexologists, colonic therapists, physical therapists or nutritionists may also utilize iridology.

The eye reading does not diagnose, however, it does reveal genetically weak areas. The benefits gained by locating a person’s weaknesses are many. Iridologist’s know that any toxins taken into the body if not immediately eliminated will affect and sometimes settle into the weakest tissues in the body. This process, iridologists believe, can lead to degeneration, possible disease, and at the least, irritation.

Toxins are such things as air pollution, stress, polluted drinking water, household chemicals, preservatives, food additives, food colorings, pesticides and the general waste products the body makes on its own.

To briefly illustrate, lets say a person shows a weakened urinary system (urinary system includes the bladder, kidneys, urethra and ureter tubes). If this person becomes constipated, the toxins from the sluggish colon are backed up into the blood and are carried throughout the entire body in the bloodstream. When the toxins reach the urinary system that happens to be too weak to expel the poisons, the toxin may settle there and create irritation and a kidney or bladder infection may be the result. Knowing your weak areas, your iridologist can guide you to lifestyle changes, or supplemental additions to your diet that will help you strengthen these tissues and prevent future problems.

Whom does an iridology reading serve?

• Those suffering from mysterious symptoms which laboratory tests do not explain
• Basically healthy individuals who want to implement a personalized preventative lifestyle
• Sick persons whose medical treatments have failed, but are still determined to get well
• Parents of young children unable to determine their child’s problem
• Adult children of adoptive parents curious to know their own genetic traits
• Expecting parent’s who want to enhance a healthy pregnancy
• Those curious about the SOURCE of their illness
• Those interested in a natural approach to heal, balance or enhance their health

What do you see in your eyes?

Do you have a white, thick “ring” around the outside of your iris?
You should have your cholesterol checked by your local health care practitioner. This white ring is nicknamed by iridologists a cholesterol ring. It can also mean you have a calcium imbalance that may lead to hardening of the arteries. See your doctor or health practitioner to find out what you can do to correct this condition.

Does your pupil (black circle in the middle of the eye) have a flattened edge on one side?

You may already know that you suffer or have suffered from scoliosis, a very weak or sore back, muscle imbalance, other back problems or migraines. See your chiropractor for a consultation. Other symptoms of a flattened or irregular pupil can indicate stroke, central nervous disturbances, and sometimes liver insufficiencies.

Do you have an opaque “gray area” on the upper edge of your iris?

You are probably very mentally active, but you also need to get more blood supply to the brain area. Exercises and certain supplements can help. Ignoring this condition may lead to future memory loss or even Alzheimer’s.

No two irises are the same, and neither are two people identical, therefore, each of us will respond differently and require different methods to achieve health.

A good iridologist, therefore, will be able to customize a program based on the information that is received via the eye reading, discussion about lifestyle, diet and the clients personal goals. He/she should be able to locate your inherent weaknesses, and provide you with information or therapies that will enable you to reach or sustain the healthiest possible existence for you.

My goal is to help people regain and then maintain health with natural therapies and lifestyles, so that they will not require medical intervention. If my clients are dealing with a serious disease, many times we work in cooperation with a supportive physician and my natural program to help them regain and then maintain full health.

I believe that as a society we have lost or ignored natural solutions because of technology, chemicals, medicine, pollution, and living in times of information overload and quick fixes. I try to show my clients the answers that nature has for us…which is usually the simplest of solutions! I help my clients break their “conditioning” that medical doctors have so long trained us to believe–that the doctor cures you! I teach that the body cures itself–IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY. Through my books, the classes and consultations I teach how to create that OPPORTUNITY. I guide people to take back responsibility for their own health and empower them with the tools necessary to live as they were meant to live–robust, healthy, and happy!

Author of “The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Reflexology” “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Reflexology, 2nd Edition”, “The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Herbal Remedies” and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Being Vegetarian, 2nd Edition & The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Being Vegetarian, 3rd Edition including 92 recipes all published by Alpha Books/Macmillan Publishing.

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Pisces, the astrological sign of the Fish, is the 12th and final sign of the Western zodiac. Souls born between February 19 and March 19 are born under the zodiac sign or constellation of Pisces.

Background

Pisces astrological statement is “I Believe!” or “I Imagine!” Pisces is the Believer!

The Soul’s lesson when passing through Pisces is that of the desire to merge with the oneness from which it started – or to escape from the eternal round..

Pisces is a “Water” sign. In the language of astrology, this means Pisceans, as Water signs, are people who are silent, mysterious types whose magic hypnotizes even the most determined realist. They have uncanny perceptions about people and are as rich as the oceans when it comes to feeling, emotion, or imagination. These creatures are very sensitive, mystical creatures with memories that go back beyond time. Pisceans have the potential for the depths of darkness or the heights of mysticism and art.

Like all Water signs, Pisceans, are very emotional creatures. They help finish projects started by others. They are very supportive and passive creatures. They have a strong desire to please. Water signs live through their emotions, imaginations, and intuitions.

Mutable is one of three different modalities or qualities of the Zodiac with the other modalities or qualities being “Fixed” and “Mutable.”

The “Mutable” signs include: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces.

Pisces is also a feminine sign or polarity sign which mean Pisceans are passive and receptive. All feminine signs are this way.

Pisces element or triplicity or quality is “Water” meaning Pisces are again, very emotional, imaginative, intuitive, and mysterious just like the other “Water” signs of Cancer and Scorpio.

Water signs are typically emotional, imaginative, dreamy, idealistic, and romantic. More specifically, Pisceans are: sharing, cooperative, partner-oriented, refined, social, agreeable, easygoing, affable, gregarious, considerate, balanced, just, fair, harmonious, tactful, diplomatic, charming, impartial, aesthetic, artistic, pleasing, and well-proportioned. However, Pisceans are very dramatic and theatrical. Drama is a major theme of this sign.

Pisces corresponds to the 12th House of the Zodiac known as the Karma or Trouble House. The traits of this house include karma, troubles, illness, secret enemies, drama, addictions, and hidden agendas.

Pisces is a powerful sign because Pisces has to deal with all the drama that comes from the other 11 signs because Pisces is the last of the signs, so Pisces is the filter. Pisces processes the drama from the other signs and as such usually will deal with a lot of issues and dramas in life dealing with relating to other people.

Pisces is the most spiritual sign of the Zodiac.

Famous Pisces

Famous Sun sign Pisces include: Harry Belafonte, Nancy Wilson, Holly Hunter, Alexander Graham Bell, Irene Cara, Nina Simone, Chopin, Albert Einstein, Harriet Tubman, Golda Meir, Jackie Gleason, Edward M. Kennedy, Victor Hugo, Michelangelo, Liza Minelli, Linus Pauling, Diana Ross, Elizabeth Taylor, George Washington, Jasmine Guy, Kurt Cobain, George Harrison, Drew Barrymore, Glen Close, Sidney Poitier, Gloria Vanderbilt, Ron Howard, Catherine Bach, Rob Lowe, Aidan Quinn, Ursula Andress, Vanessa Williams, Jessica Biels, Freddy Prinze Jr., William H. Macy, Patricia Hearst, Kurt Russell, Desi Arnaz, Bruce Willis, Billy Crystal, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Edward James Olmos, Lou Reed, Bernadette Peters, Jon Bon Jovi, Lynn Redgrave, William Hurt, Carl Reiner, Jackie Gleason, Cindy Crawford, Tony Randall, Jerry Lewis, Tyne Daly, David Niven, Paula Prentiss, Michael Caine, Spike Lee, Rupert Murdoch, Ivana Trump, Victor Hugo, Rudolf Steiner, Sally Jessy Raphael, Peter Graves, Johnny Cash, Dorothy Stratten, and Tammy Faye Baker.

Astrological Health Profile

In medical astrology, Pisces governs the feet, toes, pituitary gland, fibrin of the blood, and lymphatic system. They are prone to diseases and disorders of these body parts. Some of the diseases include:

• Gout
• Eclampsia
• Lymphoma
• Swollen feet
• Acne
• Lymphedema
• Hodgkin’s Disease
• Lymphagitis
• Leukemia
• Dermatitis
• Sleepiness (an issue, not a disease)
• Painful feet
• Shoe sensitivities
• Weakness/Debility
• Edema
• Obesity
• Weak immunity
• Overeating
• Narcolepsy
• Depression
• Excessive sex drive
• Boils
• Itch
• Eruptions from corrupted blood
• Mucous discharges

They also respond well to gentle and diffusive holistic treatments that address the entire system, i.e. homeopathy, herbology, nutritives, reiki, foot reflexology, chakra balancing, hypnotherapy, etc.

This sign also tends to sleep more than any other sign. Most Pisceans take plenty of retreat time to diffuse their consciousness away from worldly stress and housework and sleeping may be a retreat for these creatures.

According to Judith Hill, “It is completely natural and healthful for natives of this sign to eschew hard labor and sleep late. Pisces need plenty of decompressions time.” I concur with this as I grew up with a Pisces-Aries cusp mother and lived with a Pisces woman for four years.

Dietary Considerations

Like Taurus the Bull, Pisces likes to indulge in luxury and enjoys eating.

“On account of their fondness for good food and easy life, Piscean people are subject to gout and the swelling of the feet.”

Of all signs, none is more prone to addictions than Pisces. “Pisceans must never drink or take drugs because unnatural substances impact them more profoundly than most signs, and may lead to death.” – Judith Hill

“The Piscean is prone to drift into the habit of drink and the use of narcotics, especially if we find an affliction of the moon and Neptune in the Horoscope.”

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Most bunions are the result of wearing tight fitting and thus uncomfortable shoes.

Causes and Risk Factors

According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, more than half of U.S. women have bunions. They go on to state that nine out of 10 bunions occur in women.

The main culprit for bunions is wearing tight, narrow shoes and high heels. Ill-fitting shoes also can cause corns, calluses, and hammer toes. These conditions can cost hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars. The sad part is the they are often completely avoidable.

A bunion is an abnormal enlargement of the joint at the base of the great toe. It is caused by inflammation of the bursa, usually as a result of chronic irritation and pressure from poorly fitted shoes. It is characterized by soreness, swelling, thickening of the skin, and lateral displacement of the great toe. The bursa is a fibrous sac between certain tendons and the bones beneath them.

Whatever may be the cause of the pressure to the big toe, it needs to end and fast. The health of your big toe (and all toes) depends on it.

Symptoms

When your feet hurt and there is pain, this means the shoes are too tight and you need to stop wearing the particular shoes causing the problem (pain). Change into shoes that properly fit and that are comfortable.

Healing Options

Bunions can be treated by simply switching to shoes that fit properly, are comfortable, and that don’t squash the toes. Surgery is really unnecessary in the majority of cases:

Feet should be soaked daily, especially after work, for a good 20-30 minutes. Soak the feet in warm water and 13 ounces of sea salt. You may add essential oil of Wintergreen, Eucalyptus, or Peppermint to the water if you like.

If you have corns and/or calluses, after soaking your feet gently remove the callus or corn with a pumice stone, Hindu stone, or emery board. But remember, calluses and corns will go away on their own if proper care is given, i.e. comfortable shoes are worn, the feet soaked periodically and oiled after wards, and/or massaged (reflexology).

Make sure you get your feet measured annually because as the older you become, the more your feet can grow and thus affecting the size of shoes you wear.

If you simply MUST wear high-heeled shoes with pointy toes, buy the shoes one-half size larger to make room for your feet as they swell. This little trick is used by fashion insiders, and allows them to wear high heels for hours pain free. Also buy high-heeled shoes at the end of the day when your feet are swollen. This simple strategy helps to keep bunions at bay.

To naturally reduce the swelling, redness, and inflammation of a bunion, oil the bunioned toe (actually, all the toes) with a good botanical oil such as olive, coconut, grape seed, or almond, and massage essential oil of Wintergreen, Peppermint, and/or Spearmint oil into the toes.

If you like, you can get your feet waxed periodically with paraffin wax. Hot wax treatment can greatly help with swelling of the feet and toes. Hot wax machines are pretty economical and can be purchased at department stores or stores such as Bed, Bath, and Beyond.

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Foot detoxing helps balance your energy. When combining reflexology with the science of ionics and osmosis, foot detoxing can be an incredibly powerful health management strategy with important therapeutic benefits.

Benefits

People who use foot detoxing, report feeling relief from:

• Joint and muscle pain
• Allergies
• Sleeplessness
• Poor concentration
• Skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis

The process

An ionic foot detox bath takes place in a foot tub capable of negatively charging ions, which attract toxins. Positive ions help assist the body’s natural detoxification process and help the body to detox more efficiently.

The ionic foot machine is a modern day energy device that safely and effectively helps balance the body’s natural energy system. More specifically, it also works in essence by introducing a high level of negative ions into water of a foot bath/soak, the feet, utilizing principles of reflexology and the science of ionization and osmosis, create a positive cellular environment and enable the body’s natural detoxification abilities and processes to function at their maximum.

Negative ions attract positive ions. For this reason, it’s recommended that you add a clear quartz crystal to the tub (water) to enhance the cleansing effect during an ionic foot detox bath session.

During the foot detox, you may see or witness in the water these things:

• When the water turns yellow, it’s a sign that the liver is toxic and most of the cleansing of the ionic foot detox bath session was focused on the liver.
• When the water turns yellow-greenish, it’s a sign of detoxification from the kidneys, bladder, urinary tract, and female uterus/male prostate area.
• When the water turns orange (light or dark orange), it’s a sign that the ionic foot detox bath session was primarily focused on the joints and the joints were detoxified.
• When the water turns red, it’s a sign that the ionic foot detox bath session was primarily focused on cleansing the joints and reproductive chamber of both males and females. Pretty much means the same thing as the color orange.
• When the color of the water turns brown, it denotes detoxifying from the liver, detoxing the liver of tobacco and/or cellular debris.
• When the water turns black, it’s a sign that the ionic foot detox bath session primarily concentrated on pulling toxins from the body – the tissues, from the entire body but especially from the liver.
• When the water turns green (or dark green), it’s a sign that the ionic foot detox bath session primarily concentrated on pulling toxins from the gallbladder, spleen, and pancreas, and also the liver. Yes, the liver is pretty much great positively affected by an ionic foot detox bath and the results of this powerful liver cleansing do manifest in various colors (changes to the color of the water). Remember, the liver is the body’s largest internal organ of elimination.
• When you see thick patches of white foam floating on top of the water, this denotes detoxing from the lymphatic system.
• When you see thick, white-colored cheese-like particles floating in the water, this denotes yeast (candida).
• When you see thick, yellow patches floating on the water, this denotes mucus.
• Black flecks in the water of an ionic foot detoxing session denote heavy metals.
• Red flecks in the water of an ionic foot detoxing session denote blood clot material.
• When you see bubbles forming (especially when the water is dark orange, dark red, and/or black), it’s a sign of extreme acidity. Your body is too acidic. When you see these bubbles forming in dark colored water alongside thick white and/or yellow patches, you’re really toxic and need several more sessions along with a good cleanse (e.g. Dherbs.com Full Body Detox, 10-Day Electric Greens Cleanse, etc.) complimented by some other forms of cleansing such as colonics and/or enemas, castor oil pack liver cleansing, and fasting.

When you’re dealing with energy, as the ionic foot detox bath does deal with, the cleansing effect is not just physical but also emotional and etheric. You are positively addressing toxicity on all levels of your existence. The water of an ionic foot detox session smells like rust not only because of the effect of metal array being in water, but because metals (toxins) are being released from the body. Our tissues are saturated with metals that get into our bodies from the things we eat and drink. So post-ionic foot detox bath water smells horrible (and also looks horrible), depending on the person and their level of toxicity. People who were vegan or raw foodist, especially raw foodist, always had the least polluted post-ionic foot detox bath water.

After the Foot Detox

To really enhance foot detoxing, after your session, at night, at bedtime, wear foot detox patches or pads on your feet. Foot detox patches or pads keep the foot detoxing process going. These products work (just as ionic foot detoxing works).

After you bathe your feet in an ionic detox session or wash your feet after removing foot detox patches or pads from overnight wear or usage, massage/rub your feet with a good feet-rubbing oil product such as Dherbs.com Healing and Rejuvenating Foot Oil, or, simply make your own foot rubbing oil using a good botanical oil (e.g. jojoba, olive oil, coconut oil) and add in a few drops of:

• Essential oil of Peppermint is cooling and refreshing. Makes the feet feel renewed and rejuvenated – a great feeling!
• Essential oil of Lavender is very calming. Rubbed on the feet at night before bedtime will help to enhance better quality sleep.
• Essential oil of Spikenard is very therapeutic and will work wonders for the feet and toenails.

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