About Andrew Pacholyk

Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac. has been in the alternative health field for over 15 years. His knowledge, expertise and clinical training has offered him the ability to experience and continually learn about the body and its energy system in health as well as in disease. Visit Andrew's site, Peaceful Mind for more information!

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The Weakest Part Of A Man (Physically)

I was at the beach recently and was astonished, when I started noticing a pattern in men (of ALL ages) and that was the lack of control and amount of fat many men have, starting from their navel to their pubic bone! It is not unusual as a man ages that this starts becoming more [...]

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Stretching for Pain Relief

Stretching for Pain Relief

Next to breathing and breath work, stretching is the most beneficial exercises we can do for better health. Done in tandem, breath work and stretching are the best support for easing aches, pain, tension, headaches, tight muscles and unexplained pain elsewhere in the body. The different types of stretching Just as there are different types [...]

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Nutritional Therapy for Depression

Nutritional Therapy For Depression Depression is the most prevalent of all the emotional disorders. Symptoms may vary from feelings of minor sadness to sheer misery and dejection. When sadness persists and impairs daily life, it maybe an indication of a depressive disorder. Depression brings together a variety of physical and psychological symptoms, which together constitute [...]

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Crystals for Heartbreak and Healing

Crystals Associated With Heartbreak, Healing

Heart Break is the realization of our greatness. Heartbreak is one of the most trying, difficult and hurtful processes we can go through. Heartbreak is not just an emotional state but can induce real patho-physiologic feelings of pain in the heart. It has been said that the “most sexual organ is the brain and the [...]

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natural antibacterial herbs

Natural AntiBacterial Herbs

There are hundreds of plants used all over the world, which are used in herbal medicine as treatments for bacterial infections. Here are some of the most accessible and reliable natural antibacterial herbs: Bayberry (Myrica cerifera): stimulating the flow of bile, and also exhibits antibacterial activity. Use this herb externally as a poultice. Cinnamon (Cinnamomum [...]

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The Healing Power of the Sea

Every summer I take my long awaited trip to the sea. This powerful source of nature yields some of the most essential healing tools and additional benefits that are hard to compare with anything else. We already know the necessary and soothing abilities water offers. The mysterious and amazing healing power of water has been [...]

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Alternative Treatment for Hypothyroidism

Hypothyroid Alternative Treatments

What Is Hypothyroidism? Primary Hypothyroidism, or under active thyroid gland, may cause a wide variety of symptoms and can affect all bodily functions. The body’s normal rate of functioning slows, causing mental and physical sluggishness. The symptoms may vary from mild to severe, with the most severe form called myxedema, which is a medical emergency. [...]

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Foods to Boost Immunity

Foods to Boost Your Immunity

Food used as a preventative to disease, to boost immunity and as an essential part of medicine has been established for over 4000 years by physicians of natural medicine. Food is a major determinant of health that is directly under our control. We cannot always control pollution, hereditary factors, noise, environment, and the social and [...]

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Seasonal Healing and the Winter Solstice

Winter: Rest and Replenish In the northern hemisphere, the Winter solstice is the day of the year (this year it is December 21) when the Sun is farthest south. The winter solstice marks the first day of the winter season. The declination of the Sun on the (northern) winter solstice is known as the tropic [...]

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Pain Management and Alternative Medicine

Acute and chronic pain effects over 100 million people in the United States each year. While pain is best known and characterized as subjective, meaning only the person who is experiencing it can explain what it feels like, pain is often called the Universal equalizer. Pain affects people differently. What may be perceived as only [...]

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