* 1 cup Nettles
* 3/4 cup Oatstraw
* 3/4 cup chamomile
* 1/4 cup St. John’s Wort
* 1/4 Scullcap
* 1/4 cup Passion Flower

Mix dried herbs together and store in a glass jar in a cool, dark place. Use 1 tsp – 1 tbls. per cup of tea.

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There are certain unassailable characteristics of existence and among them there are two that are fairly common for all. The fact that change is inevitable and that change is likely to cause stress is almost a ��given�� in life today. Events, circumstances and people that make us happy at a certain specific time stop having that magical affect on us after some time. Even the happiness that we receive from accomplishing goals, acquiring material possessions and attaining status in life is temporary. All these aspects are bound to change with time and events that provided relaxation and happiness themselves become the source of stress.

Continuous emotional stress can be caused by the manner in which we think and the decisions that we choose to make. Constant stress can incapacitate you, sometimes permanently. It can cause physical and mental disorders including anxiety, gastric problems, back pain, depression, fatigue, tension headaches, weight gain/loss and cardiovascular diseases.

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You may not be able to cure your headaches, but you sure can control them. There are many medications on the market today that can stop the pain of headaches or stop the symptoms, such as nausea, that often accompany headaches.

The treatment for headaches involve many levels and pain medication is only one part of the treatment.

Other treatment levels include making life-style changes such as avoiding known triggers for your headaches, receiving personal or family counseling, stress management techniques, relaxation therapy are all different levels of treatment that can accompany the pain medication that your doctor prescribes for you.

Pain medications can be taken as a prophylactic (you take them everyday in order to reduce the severity or frequency of headaches), or you take the pain medication when the headache symptoms begin.

Prophylactic Pain Treatment:

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Digestive Disorders

Digestive Disorders can be confusing! Here are some definitions.

Remember that it is always best to consult your doctor for advice on chronic digestive problems that do not respond to changes in diet and lifestyle.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) – also known as ‘spastic colon’ is one of the most common chronic health disorders in the world and affects up to 20% of the population. It is a dysfunction of the bowel and large intestine, causing lower abdominal pain, cramping, constipation and diarrhea. Causes have not been conclusively identified, but are thought to involve problems in communication between the bowel and the brain.

Crohn’s Disease – is one of the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. It causes inflammation in the digestive tract (usually the small intestine), resulting in chronic pain and diarrhea. There may also be rectal bleeding, weight loss and even fever. There are different theories about what causes Crohn’s Disease, but many doctors believe that the immune system reacts to a virus or a bacterium, causing chronic inflammation in the intestine. Crohn’s Disease tends to run in families.

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What causes airborne allergies, hayfever and allergic rhinitis?

With every breath we take, we breathe in millions of microscopic particles such as dust, pollen, plant spores, viruses, bacteria and even pollutants in the form of chemicals in the air.

Many of these particles are filtered and removed by the nose and respiratory system, while others enter the body. If the immune system is strong and healthy, it can ward off infection against pollutants, viruses and other harmful airborne substances that may enter the body.

Normally the immune system will ignore harmless airborne particles entering the body such as pollen, house dust, animal dander, etc. In some people, however, the immune system misinterprets these harmless particles and identifies them as being dangerous to the system.

This triggers a release of a substance called histamine, as well as other inflammatory compounds in the body, which cause a condition called ‘allergic rhinitis’ and hayfever.

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