Amethyst Crystal for Healing

 

Amethyst Crystal for Healing

Amethyst
Amethyst is a quartz crystal. It is in the same family of crystals as Clear Quartz crystal. Real amethyst crystals do not grow as big as clear quartz crystals therefore it is more difficult to find large crystals of these.

Chakras
The amethyst crystal resonates with the brow chakra and crown chakra. These chakras are centred in the middle of the forehead and the top of the head.

Chakras are centres of energy unseen by us. It is in these areas that energy comes in and goes out of our body. These areas may become unbalanced. We know that they are unbalanced when we have pains in our body.

Chakras are a bit like the wind. We cannot see the wind but we know it is there by what happens when it is present. The wind can be a soft gentle breeze or the powerful energy of a cyclone or hurricane. It can blow in one direction or seem to gust and swirl in many directions unable to make up its mind about which way to blow.

However, when we have a pain in an area of our body, the unbalanced area is not always directly there. It may be referred from another chakra centre.

For example cramps in the legs may be treated at the Solar Plexus, the energy in the centre of the body in the stomach or middle of the waist area. Headaches can also be treated in this area. It depends on each and every person which energy centre of their body is unbalanced at that time.

Crystal Healing
To give yourself a lovely crystal healing, put on some soft, beautiful, calming music, lie on your bed or the floor. Place an amethyst crystal on your forehead and a clear quartz crystal on the solar plexus, the centre of your waist. Close your eyes and drift off into Quiet Land for as long as you have time. This is a very soothing and healing experience.

To incorporate other healing modalities, you can put a drop of My Heartsong Survival Essence on your forehead before you place the crystal there. When you have finished your healing experience, place another couple of drops of this Survival Essence on your crystal. It is a great cleanser for your crystal.

Aromatherapy
You could also place some lavender oil on your forehead before placing the crystal there. Apply the lavender oil with your finger. Do not hold the bottle above your forehead to let a drop fall from it. You do not want lavender oil or any other aromatherapy oils getting in your eyes.

Amethyst crystals can vary in shade from light to dark purple. Amethyst is probably my favourite crystal. I love its purple colour.

Crystal Essences or Elixirs

 

Clear Quartz Crystals are like frozen water

What is an Elixir?

Crystal essences, in a way, are similar to flower essences, only they are made from crystals instead of flowers. 

Definition:

The definition of 'elixir' from the Oxford dictionary is 'a magical or medicinal potion' or 'a particular type of medicinal solution'.

Crystal elixirs work more closely with the physical level than the flower essences which work on the emotional level.

Clear quartz elixir is a great healer. It strengthens the body.

How to take Crystal Elixirs

A few drops can be taken under the tongue 3 or 4 times a day as it strengthens the body. Clear quartz elixir can be combined with flower essences as it magnifies the other essences.

The elixir can also be added to your washing machine when you put on a load of washing. It is absorbed by the clothing which then holds this extra strength in its fibres and protects us each time we wear it.

The energy of crystals is very delicate yet strong. It cannot be seen and most people cannot feel the energy of crystals. Just because you do not feel the energy does not mean it does not exist.

Can you see electricity? Does electricity not exist just because you cannot see it? Can you see the wind? No, we cannot see the wind but we kinow it exists because of its effects. I and many others know that crystal energy exists because of its effects.

I have had a lot of experience with crystals for 25 years or more. I can tell you that the things I have seen happen to people and the things I have felt myself during a crystal healing are incredible.

 I hope that one day you too may be able to enjoy the benefits of crystals.

Are You Worse for Windy Weather?

 

Even my feathered friends can be affected by the wind

Windy Weather Coming

Today we were warned by the Weather Bureau that strong winds were on their way. Winds were to be from 120-150kms per hour - very strong, the strongest we had had for many years. (75-90mph).

Prepare for Wind

Of course the first thing we do is make sure that anything outside is moves in or stabilized so that it won't blow away.

I had to make sure that my hens were locked in for the night so that they wouldn't get out the next day and be blown away by the wind.

Preparations for Health

Our health can be affected by the wind. To some people that can sound very strange. To others that are affected by the wind, it is very real.

When I was a teacher I came to dread windy days because I knew that the children would be very scatty - hard to control. Even my mother used to get very irritable when it was windy.
 

Allergies and Asthma

A windy day can cause some people to get asthma. Going into the cold icy wind after being in a warm room can cause asthma. Hot north wind in the southern hemisphere or hot southerly winds in the northern hemisphere can bring grief to many people in the form of asthma or hay fever. 

Homeopathy and the Wind

There are some remedies in Homeopathy that can help people who are affected by the wind.
Aconite
People who may benefit from this are affected by cold dry winds.
Belladonna
People are affected by drafts.
Calc phos
People are affected by the east wind.
Ruta and Nux vom
People are also affected by cold wind
Euphrasia
People are affected by the wind
Rhododendron
People are affected by the wind and stormy wet weather

If you are affected by the wind, I hope you can find a remedy that is right for you and take it before the wind comes so that you are not affected.

Why the Wind Affects Us

 

There are more negative ions near the sea

The Wind Is Made Up Of ....

Yes, the wind is made up of different things. How can this be, you ask? No I don't mean dusts and dirt particles, rain and anything else physical that we can see. 

The wind is made up of positive and negative ions

When there is more of one than another we are affected. We are adversely affected by positive ions in the air and positively affected by negative ions in the air.

Physical and Mental Symptoms Caused by Wind

The Swiss Meteorological Institute, in 1974 conducted a study that showed some winds could cause physical problems. Winds can actually cause physical problems, for example 'headaches, dizziness, eye twitching, nausea, fatigue, saline disorders, water retention, respiratory problems, asthma, slower reaction time' and many more serious problems.

Mental disorders are also caused by an increase of positive ions such as nervousness, emotional unbalance, irritation, apathy, listlessness, insecurity, anxiety and depression.
 
People who are affected by allergies are often affected by the wind.
 

The Chemistry of the Wind

Well who would have thought that so much that affects us can be accounted for by Chemistry? I always seem to be mentioning Physics or Chemistry.

Let's presume at the moment that we all have an idea of what an atom is, okay?

Now atoms can get unbalanced. Some lose their positive or negative charge. They are then called ions. The hot dry winds carry positive ions - they have lost their electrons. At the seaside where there is more moisture in the air we have more negative ions - the air has lost its protons. We can also experience negative ions in the air after a thunderstorm or near a lake.

I hope you experience negative ions in your air today

Hay Fever Relief

 

Nat mur Cell Salts

Natural Hay Fever Relief

Natrum muriaticum or Nat mur for short is a wonderful, simple and effective natural remedy that helps relieve hay fever.

Here in Australia we are about to go into Spring. This is the time many flowers bloom and there is lots of pollen in the air. Also around the time of the equinox there is more wind. The equinox is when we experience equal day and night. This happens twice a year - at the third week in March and September every year. Leading up to this time the weather can become very windy. This can cause lots of sneezing and watery eyes  too, especially on the days of hot dry winds from the north.

Nat mur is a Cell salt. These can also be called Tissue salts or Bio-chemic salt. Our body is made up of 12 different salts or minerals. This is one of them. Each of these salts affects a different system in our body.

Nat mur affects the water in our body. It seeks to stabilise the moisture in our body, stopping it from getting too wet or too dry.
Nat mur is good for when we experience excessive moisture from hay fever.

Symptoms of Hay Fever are:

• excessive sneezing

• runny nose

• watery eyes

• irritability (who wouldn't be irritable with all these uncomfortable symptoms)

Nat mur can also help with sinus problems when there is excess moisture.

Skin Symptoms

Nat mur can also relieve blister type rashes on our skin. Watery blisters, eczema, and shingles may be helped or very dry, itchy skin for example in the creases of knees and elbows. Remember, Nat  mur is about regulating the water in our body, to stop it from being too dry or too moist. Eczema and allergies are common. It also helps with heatstroke.

Emotions

People who need Nat mur may also hold a lot of grief. It is also good for people who cry a lot, or who cannot cry at all. These people also hold resentment and wish to be alone.

Nat mur can be purchased as tablets or spray for under the tongue, or as a Homeopathic remedy.

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Survival Remedy Flower Essence Cream

Survival Remedy Flower Essence Cream

 

Order your Survival Remedy Cream today. Great for aches and pains, eczema, acne, back pain, headaches. Has been proven to work in all these areas by customers for over 15 years.

My Heartsong Survival Remedy Cream contains Flower essences and crystal energy in a natural cream base.

My Heartsong contains a range of Essences and Elixirs containing the energy of flowers, crystals and marine plants, sand and shells.

My Heartsong also makes Synergy Essences where a range of flowers, crystals and marine plants, sand and shells are made into an essence together. Synergy is when two or more things made together produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects.

This means that when the essences are made all together, in the one bowl, the energy they create is greater than if each was made in a separate bowl then joined together at a later stage.

Survival Remedy Essence

 

Survival Remedy Essence Flower Essence Synergy

My Heartsong Survival Remedy Essence is a synergy of flower and crystal energy. When these tinctures of blue and orange flowers were mixed together they made an explosion of powerful energy available to us. These were mixed together with flower essences and Crystal elixir to create a power base of healing contained in a bottle. A real  genie in a bottle.

This energy is held in water and preserved with alcohol. It comes in a dropper bottle. 

How to Use

Shake the bottle. Take 5 drops of the essence ond drop them under the tongue. Preferable used them about 20 minutes away from food or drinks, except water.

This Survival Remedy is wonderful to take in times of stress. It can also help when our stress causes physical symptoms like headaches, exhaustion or sleeplessness.

My Heartsong Survival Remedy Cream is a natural based cream containing Survival Remedy Essence. It is good to apply for skin problems, arthritic and muscular aches and pains, acne and eczema. Rub into areas affected as needed.

The following Link will take you to email where you can ask me for these drops

How Flower Essences Work

 

The depth of a flower

Flower Remedies

'Flower essences provide support in maintaining or regaining physical health.' They also enhance awareness, support and assist personal growth and facilitate spiritual development.

They are completely different to aromatherapy, having no smell. They work on energy alone, however they are still from flowers as are aromatic or aromatherapy oils.

The Subtlety of Flower Essences

Flower essences work on a more subtle level than the aromatic oils and are more similar to homeopathy.

Flower essences do not block feelings but work to align us with our higher self so that we may respond  increasingly in the way that is best for us under the circumstances.
  Flower essences harmonise imbalances in the body - mind connection to mobilise our body’s own health-creating forces.
 

Flower Essences Help Healing

The mind, through the nervous system, is able to make physiological changes in the body’s immune system. Flower essences facilitate healing on a physical level by addressing the mental, emotional and spiritual  imbalances that leave us vulnerable to accident and illness.
  They do not act directly on the body’s biochemistry though some imbalances bear a more direct relationship to physical conditions and so some essences impact more on a cellular level.
 
Others operate more on the level of the chakras – energy centres in the body, -  meridians – the energy channels upon which the ancient practice of acupuncture is based, - and in the aura, our etheric energy field.

'It is by balancing and harmonising the vibrations of the body’s energy systems that the well established disciplines of acupuncture and homeopathy operate.'

Flower essences also work in this vibrational medicine working in the energy field where they operate.

The following links go to earlier posts about Flower Essences:

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Flower Essences for Healing

 

Flower Essences come in dropper bottles.

Vibrational Healing

 Essences are just vibrations of the flower captured in the water and preserved with alcohol. We vibrate constantly.
Everything vibrates. This is a rule of Physics. When you find the essence that resonates (vibrates on your level) with you, healing takes place. We resonate with friends and are aggravated by some people as though we were rubbed with sand paper. It is the same with flower essences.

Safety

 The essences are safe to use because there is nothing  of the flower in the water. The flowers sit in the water for 3-4 hours then they are taken out. Nothing physical is left behind. Plants used are non-poisonous. Some plants have very strong healing  properties eg foxglove, and must be used in the most minute quantities. As an  essence their healing power can be used and not the plant so that the essences are safe.

Rescue Remedy

Rescue Remedy is the name on most people’s lips if you mention flower essences. This remedy works so well in relieving people of everyday fright, exhaustion, sleeplessness and distress. Dr Edward Bach combined certain essences  to help people overcome distress. It also helps turn people’s attitude in the case of severe distress as in the case of despair.

Survival Remedy

Survival remedy is made by My Heartsong Essences. It is made of flowers, tinctures and crystals. It is a very powerful remedy. The flowers used are orange and blue giving a beautiful balance connecting the throat chakra with the sacral chakra the centres for expression and emotions.
Survival Remedy helps ease emotions, bringing calm when the mind is in turmoil. In this way it can help ease one into sleep, calm the emotions. It is a great help when one is experiencing a bout of sneezing or coughing and helps ease headaches.

Emergency Essence

This essence is made of the Australian Bush flowers. It works similarly to the Rescue Remedy.

Flower Essences - How to Use Them

 

Glass dropper bottles with black nitrile bulbs

Flower Essence Packaging

Because the energy of the flowers is held in water, traditionally flower essences have been packaged in little dark brown glass bottles with a glass dropper and a rubber bulb on top of the bottle.

Squeeze the bulb of the dropper, let it go, and liquid from in the bottle will go up into the glass section of the dropper. 

How to take Flower Essences

Tip your head back, open your mouth and lift up your tongue (no, not with your fingers). Now, holding the glass dropper by the rubber bulb, drip a few drops of liquid under your tongue.

Do not touch the glass dropper with your lips or tongue because then you will transfer germs into the liquid when it is reinserted back into the bottle of liquid.

The water holding the flower energy can gradually go murky and sometimes get floaties in it if you continually suck on the glass dropper. I have seen this happen, especially with elderly people. The same can happen if young children suck on the dropper. 

Rubber Dropper

If you are very allergic to rubber or latex, you may have difficulty with the rubber dropper. Red rubber tops are made from latex as far as I know. You will sometimes see black rubber droppers. These are not rubber but made from nitrile which is safe for people with a latex allergy to use. It all depends how sensitive you are.
Survival Remedy Essence
Survival Remedy Flower Essence Cream
Flower Essence Support for Emotions
Flower Essences for Emergencies

Flower Essences and Physics

 

Flower Essences are connected to Physics

The Relationship of Flower Essences to Physics

This is my explanation of how flower essences and physics are related.

Every physical thing in the world vibrates. The cells in all things move or vibrate. These vibrations are so minute that we do not see it happening. The cells in our body are moving and vibrating all the the time. When they cease, we stop being alive.

We cannot see this happening but nevertheless, it happens. Lots of things happen in life that we cannot see or feel or hear, yet they happen. Scientists have now proven that water can hold energy.

Another type of science that is only in its infancy is nanotechnology. This is a science of extremely minute objects, smaller than was ever thought possible until very recent times.

Flower Essences and Homeopathy come into this field of energy. They are such minute forms of energy that scientists are now only slowly beginning to develop the machines to be able to measure this.

Just because we don't know about something does not mean that it is not in existence.

Shake the bottle of Flower Essence Before taking

The energy of flowers is held in the water. On some level in our being we accept this. To stimulate this energy, shake the bottle vigorously a few times or bang it on the palm of your hand before you take the drops. This stimulates the energy and gets it moving again.

The same shaking, stimulating or succussion should also happen before we take Crystal Elixirs or Homepathy. The science behind all these medicines is the same. The substance the energy is in needs stimulation to make it work more effectively.
So try to remember to 'Shake, Rattle and Roll' your essences or elixirs or homeopathy pillules or liquid before you take it and you will get more benefit from it.

Have a great day!

Taking Flower Essences

 

How to take Flower Essences

Flower Essences are easy to take. As you know they come in water in a bottle. This bottle is a dropper bottle. There is usually some form of alcohol in the bottle as a preservative. 

Take 2 to 7 drops as directed on the bottle. This liquid is placed under the tongue in a clean mouth. This means that you have not had any food or coffee/strong flavour drink for about twenty minutes before or after the drops for optimal absorption.

Flower essences are sometimes taken 3 or four times a day, depending on need. Alternatively, the drops can be placed in water and sipped as needed. 
 

Preparing Your Mouth for Flower Essences

We understand that flower essences hold energy and  we absorb that energy through our mouth. We are used to taking physical things into our mouth. So, to clear it for it to be sensitive enough to absorb this fine energy, it is a good idea not to take food or drink for 20 minutes before we take flower essences. This way you will get the most benefit from them. To allow the flower essences to work their magic after you have taken them, wait another 20 minutes before eating or drinking again. 

Coffee

Many people suggest that coffee can stop flower essences or homeopathic remedies from working. So to be on the safe side, it's best not to drink coffee when you are taking a course of flower essences or homeopathic remedies.

Quinoa - Antioxidant, Super Food

 

Quinoa, a superfood, full of antioxidants, minerals and phytonutrients

Quinoa 

Quinoa is a super food. ‘Quinoa is close to one of the most
complete foods in nature because it contains amino acids, enzymes, vitamins and minerals, fiber, antioxidants, and phytonutrients.’

What is Quinoa?

Quinoa is a plant grown in Bolivia and Peru. It is related to spinach. The seeds
are used to make a delicious porridge or to add to salads. It can be made into
pasta too. Quinoa is gluten-free and easily digested so is a wonderful food for people with Coeliac disease.

What is a super food?

A super food is described as having 'high nutrient or phytochemical content that may confer health benefits, with few properties considered to be negative.'

Quinoa, pronounced keen-wa,  contains all nine of the essential amino acids required by the body. These amino acids are used by the body to build our muscles. 
Magnesium, the great relaxer is contained in high quantities in Quinoa. Magnesium helps relax the muscles and blood vessels and so affects blood pressure.

This wonderful superfood also contains fibre which helps in elimination from the body and tones the colon.

You might know that I think very highly of minerals. Without calcium our bones are weak, without iron we are tired and breathless, without magnesium our body is all tense. Quinoa is very high in manganese and copper, another two minerals. Quinoa is higher in calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus and potassium and zinc than wheat, barley or corn.

Quinoa acts like a prebiotic. It feeds the microflora or good bacteria in your intestines.

This complete food does not feed fungal or bacterial infections in the body. 

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Rhubarb Compote

 

Rhubarb Compote is full of antioxidants

Rhubarb Compote

Rhubarb compote is very easy to make. It contains a medley or mixture of fruit that is full of antioxidants. These antioxidants are very good for our health.

Ingredients

Rhubarb - 1 bunch - about 6 or 8 stalks, the redder the better.

Prunes -I cup, pitted or unpitted

Goji  berries - 1/2 cup

Raisins -1/2 cup

Ginger, crystallized - 1/4 cup, cut into small pieces

Grape juice, dark - 1/2 - 1 cup

This compote is naturally sweetened by the fruit and the sweetness of the grape juice.

Place all in a large saucepan and cook till soft. This is about 15-20 minutes on electric hotplate and shorter for gas cooking.

When cooled place in small containers. One can go in the fridge for immediate use and place the others in the freezer so that you always have a fresh supply of this lovely, healthy compote.

Compote - a slowly stewed fruit.

The pit is the stone or seed in the middle of fruit. Pitted means that the pit has been taken out. Unpitted means the pit or stone is still in the fruit. We do not eat the stone. It is too large and pointy.

 Cup size = 250ml = coffee mug

Sick Building Syndrome

 

Building can feel 'sick' with too many positive ions

Positive and Negative Ions can Affect our Health

Negative ions in the air can bring more oxygen to the brain. This makes us more alert and less tired.

It is also thought that negative ions can protect us from germs in the air.

More negative ions in the air sharpen our senses. This has been proven by many studies. It is known in schools that students make less errors when there are more negative ions in the air. 

Negative Ions can Bring Relief

Negative ions can give relief to some physical problems such as sinusitis, hay fever, bronchial asthma, migraines, allergies and even relieve post-operative pain. 

An Excess of Positive Ions in the Air is Bad for Us

Air conditioners and heaters create positive ions in the air. Computers and electrical equipment create positive ions in the air also. These build up in the air of closed homes and offices.

Knowing what you now do about the air quality, think about what your surroundings are like. Are they closed rooms, closed offices, offices full of electrical equipment that give off positive ions constantly or air conditioned offices?

Creating Good Air

 

Spider plants are good for people with allergies. They clear the air

How to Create Good Air Around Us

We can actually help the air around us to be of much better quality. This is by utilizing indoor plants in our environment.

 
Many plants that can be grown indoors actually clear and clean the air around us. The microbes around the roots of the plant eat up the chemicals in the air. Plants put out oxygen. They take in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. This is why forests are so refreshing. The air is more oxygenated. We always say the air is so fresh. Well this is why. We breathe in oxygen in the air and breathe out carbon dioxide.

We can create our own little forest indoors

Scientist have done a wonderful job at deciphering the role of indoor plants. They first worked this out at NASA where they were trying to determine the air quality for astronauts. Bill Wolverton became fascinated with this and worked on a list of many plants that would improve our air quality. 
 

Plants for good air quality

Among these was the Spider plant. Now this plant is familiar to us. It is hardy and happily grows almost anywhere. It is a great plant to have around your computer area or office to gobble up all the chemicals put out by printers and photocopiers. It is also a hardy and attractive plant for the home. It is very attractive in a hanging pot where its leaves and baby plants can hang down. One of my all time favourites.

The Snake plant and Golden pothos are recommended plants to use.

Sick Building Syndrome

Familiar objects around us can be emitting chemicals in the air. You will be shocked to know that facial tissues, paper towel, carpets, gas stoves and the upholstery of your lounge suite all give off formaldehyde.

Symptoms of Sick Building Syndrome are burning eyes and respiratiory problems.

Photocopiers give off xylene and toluene, benzene, TCE and ammonia. Cosmetics contain alcohols and acetone and paints for the walls of your home give off formaldehyde, xylene, toluene, benzene and alcohols.

What a creepy concoction of chemicals is in the air we breathe.

Glutathione - Major Antioxidant

 

Free radicals float around our body 

stealing electrons from other cells

What do Antioxidants Do?

Glutathione is known to be a MAJOR antioxidant in our body. We need antioxidants in our body to get rid of the free radicals, the little unbalanced guys that roam our body trying to get other cells to join them.

Free radicals are not good for us. They make our body composition unbalanced. These little itty bitty things that float around in our body should have a pair of electrons in them.

Because of the polluted air we breathe, and the chemicals we use, these radicals lose one of their pairs and go around to steal a pair from other cells - thus they are free. This damages our good cells which then become a free radical and do the same thing to the next cell. Wicked little creatures.

Glutathione is a product or antioxidant we make in our body to destroy these free radicals and stop them doing all the damage they do.

Glutathione is needed in our body in the blood, brain and cells. There should be a lot of it in the brain but when the necessary building blocks are not there for it, it can become deficient.

Diseases that can be helped by glutathione are Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease plus many, many more.

A Great Detoxifyer

Glutathione can also help the body detoxify all those bad chemicals and toxins that build up in it.

Anti Aging

It is thought that a lack of glutathione may also be the cause of aging - not the fact that we get older every day, but the fact that out body gets worn out and shows symptoms of getting old.

Boosting our Glutathione Levels

 

NAC helps boost glutathione

How to boost Glutathione in our Body

The best way to improve the Glutathione levels in our body is is to take a pre-cursor. What on earth is that? Well if we could take glutathione, it doesn't have much effect on our body. It does not blend into our system. We need to take something that is the food for our body to make the glutathione for ourselves. This works well and improves the glutathione levels in our body.

N-acetyl-cysteine

This fancy chemical sounding word is the name for the substance needed by our body to enable it to make all the glutathione it wants. However we do not have to remember the big word. It is generally referred to as NAC. It's much easier to remember.
Our body is like a chemical factory making chemicals here and there depending on what it has to use and what the body needs.

 

What is NAC?

NAC is an amino acid that contains sulfur or sulphur. Same word, different spelling. N-acetyl-cysteine is more readily absorbed and is a powerful antioxidant and anti-viral.
Glutathione is important in the brain and blood and cells. 

What is NAC used for?

Many scientific studies have shown that NAC is beneficial for 

• Depression

• Bi-polar

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

It boosts the immune system. It is an anti-mucolytic which means it deters excess mucous in the body, especially the lungs. Therefore it has been used by patients with Cystic Fibrosis.

 

So How do I Take NAC?

So, to boost your glutathione levels it is important to take NAC or N-acetyl-cysteiene. 

NAC comes in powder or capsules. Be aware that it does have a strange smell but if it is doing you good then get used to the smell. If you take the powder, mix it in water.

Take 600mg - 3000mg daily depending on what is wrong with you and how much you need to boost your system. Take this in divided doses, that is, morning and night. It can have a remarkable effect.

Where do I Get it?

NAC is not well known and can be a bit difficult to find. Click the link below or try your local health food store or the internet for supplies

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Renewable Fuel for Cars

 

What sort of fuel will cars of the future use? Will it be better for our health? Will it be sustainable?

Sustainable Energy

One of our sons is doing a Masters degree in Sustainable Energy where he is looking at ways we can make energy that is renewable so that we will not run out of supplies. People have come from all over the world to do this course. 

These energy supplies can come from the sun, the wind or waves. Oil can also be extracted from a special variety of algae - the green stuff that grows in water. Other forms of fuel can be made out of crops eg corn. These sort of fuels are called bio-fuels.

Diminishing Oil Reserves

Oil reserves on our planet have taken millions of years to build up. In the last 100 years we have been guzzling these reserves for our very thirsty motor cars.

We have been warned by scientists over recent years that the oil reserves are getting lower. Imagine that. What has taken millions of years to get there can do a big disappearing act in just 100 years. 

Energy for the Future

What sort of fuel will our grandchildren and great grandchildren be using in the 100 years time if there is no oil left for them? Are we being greedy?

Some engineers have been seriously thinking about this problem and trying to do something about it.

 

Fuel with less Chemicals

We now have electric cars coming onto the market but there are not many of them and electricity has to be made somewhere. Also the batteries that they use to store the energy will have to be disposed of very carefully or they will become another health hazard for future generations.

Other clever people are trying to make fuel out of plant products and algae. They are succeeding though these things take time to make the fuels in large quantities and arrange for them to be readily available at fuel stations.

We need a fuel supply that is less reliant on chemicals and better for our health.

QR Codes, New Technology

 

Have you seen these new marks on products?They are called QR codes.
Hidden in this code is a lot of information. it looks as though someone has been scribbling with a texta pen while on the phone, doesn't it?

Well, this code is especially for my website, 

www.allergiesandcfs.com 

This website is all about getting healthy using natural modalities, supplements and products.

Here's how to use it. If you have a QR code reader installed on your iphone or android then you are off and running and know just what to do. 

Otherwise,

• go to the App store and search for Free QR code reader. There are a few available. I selected the first one that came up.

• Install the App. Tap Install.

• Tap open

• point your camera at any QR code and in a flash it has read the code.

• Your phone will take you to my website.

I have seen these codes on the Post Office bags and in store catalogs. Scanning the codes will give you more information about the article or whatever the owner of the code wants you to see.

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Popular Natural Toothpastes

 

Natural Toothpaste

The most popular natural toothpastes I sell in my online stores are Propolis, Vicco, and Olive Leaf toothpastes.Today people are becoming increasingly aware of food they eat and the cleaning products they use on their body. With chemicals in the environment abounding since the 1950s, we are constantly surrounded by them. Today, more than ever before, cancer takes its toll on the community. It was a rarity in the 1930s to 1950s.
Commercial toothpaste is a product that has also been invaded by chemicals. It must make your teeth look whiter, It must kill the bacteria in your mouth and it must have plenty of froth and bubble. Then, of course it must come in attractive containers and sometimes the paste itself is even coloured, and be peppermint flavoured.
Well, I for one am prepared to go without most of this. I definitely don't want the chemicals, especially the dangerous ones. I don't need the froth and bubble. When was the last time that the air in a bubble of froth cleaned anything? 

 

What I Look for in a Toothpaste

My preferences in a toothpaste are

• It must help clean my teeth

• It must not have chemicals

• I prefer pastes without essential oils as many of them don't agree with me

• I prefer the ingredients to be of a natural origin so I know what they are when I read their names.

• I prefer to like the taste

How I found Out There was a Need for Natural Toothpaste

I sell a variety of things on Ebay. I started out selling plants, cutting and seeds from my garden. I have been into Natural Health products all my life and make my own Flower Essences, Creams, Herbal Tinctures and Homeopathic remedies.
After a few years with severe allergies and chemical sensitivities, I was buying Natural toothpaste from my supplier. I put some on my Ebay site along with my bottles and vials and suddenly the toothpaste became popular. As I say, I didn't set out to supply toothpaste. However if people need it I am happy to supply it.

Propolis Toothpaste Vicco Toothpaste Olive Leaf Toothpaste Maharaja Ayurvedic Toothpaste Salt Toothpaste Calendula Oral Care Dental Paste

Chromium and Diabetes

 

Chromium has been shown to benefit people with Diabetes

Link between Chromium and Diabetes

A study has been done of children with Type 1 Diabetes and measuring their Chromium levels.

What is Chromium?

Chromium is a mineral. There are Major minerals we need in our body and Trace minerals or Trace elements as they are also called. A trace mineral     means that we only need traces of it, that is, small quantities of it. We need larger quantities of the major minerals.

Now although we only need small quantities of Chromium, it does not mean that we do not need it.

A Study of Children with Type 1 Diabetes

In this study, young people from 2 years old to 16 years who had recently been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes had their chromium levels tested. Their levels were significantly lower than a control group, that is, children of the same ages who did not have diabetes.

In the US alone, there are 250,000, (yes, that's a quarter of a million) children with Type 1 Diabetes.

What Works?

Does this say to us that we have to look at alternatives for our children to make sure we leave them healthy when we leave this planet? Obviously, what we have been doing in the past is NOT working.

What we can do about it

The most obvious thing we can do to increase our levels of Chromium is to eat foods that contain chromium. These are brewer's yeast, whole wheat, wheat bran and wheat germ, green bell peppers, apples and spinach.

The other thing we can do to ensure we have enough chromium is to take a supplement. Check on the ingredients of you daily vitamin and mineral supplement. There may be chromium in it, but often, for people with diabetes, the amount is too small. You may also need to take a larger Chromium mineral supplement.

 

 

The Food We Eat

 

Fresh apricots still on the tree

Why is food Important?

It stops our hunger
It gives us energy

Food - The Supplier of Nutrients

Do we ever think of food as the supplier of the Nutrients we need? I would think this was rarely on our mind.

I am suggesting that we should carefully select the food to eat because it supplies our main nutrients to keep our body going. Without food, we die.

In our Western society, we are very lucky that we have a vast array of foods to eat. However we do not often choose GOOD food.

Food Renews our Cells

Good food supplies good nutrients to our body. If we need some minerals to strengthen our body we do not go out and find a rock to lick for the minerals. Even if we did, we could not process the mineral in that form.

Plants are the great 'in between' processor for us. Rocks that contain minerals have worn down into soil over thousands of years. Plants then grow in the soil and their fine little root systems absorb micro quantities of these minerals from the earth.

We absorb Mineral from Plants

When we eat these plants - usually green, leafy vegetable plants - we absorb the minerals. Our body can absorb the mineral in this form.

When the soils we grow our crops in are depleted of these minerals then we need to take the minerals as supplements because we NEED minerals.

Therefore, it is just not good enough to eat, we have to select what we eat. We should select the food we eat that is good for us. We should not just choose food because it looks nice or tastes nice or it is easy to pick up and satisfy our hunger or emotional need. It should also be good for us.

We are what we eat

Keep snack food to a minimum and use it only as a rare treat. Do we want the cells of our body made from fried food, pizza, chocolate, sugar or ice cream? Do we want to be forever tired?

Or do we want the cells of our body to be made of fresh, nutrient rich food that will give us energy? Your choice!

Supplements Do NOT Replace Food

 

Eat fresh fruit and vegetables daily for good health

Eat Fresh Food

I just read an advertisement by a large, world wide company - suggesting that if you take two of their tablets you woud get the nutrients of 10 pieces of fruit and vegetables for the day.

Now, I would prefer to get my fruit and vegetables the natural way. I would still be pretty hungry after eating two tablets for the day.

I do hope that people who take these realise that they are only supplements and just because you take them does not mean that you do not have to eat any more fruit of vegetables for the day.

I hope they realise that it does not give them carte blanche to go out and eat fatty fried foods, pizza and chips, lollies and sweets instead of good wholesome fruit and vegetables.

Good Food, Fresh Food

Eating good food, fresh food, helps to build up our body's immune system. It helps make us stronger so that we are healthy. When we are healthy we suffer from less allergies.
I have friends who have a two Chinese restaurants. One of their most important rules is that the food has to be fresh and it has to be of good quality. If it is not cooked properly they will not serve it to their customers. With these rules, they have built up a good business with many loyal customers.