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Natural Deep Treatments for Beautiful Hair

[12 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 36 views]

Hot Oil Treatment

Ingredients:

* 1/2 cup Almond Oil
* 1/4 cup jojoba Oil
* 1/2 tsp. rosemary EO
* 1/4 cup wheat germ Oil
* 1 tsp. lavender EO

Directions
Mix well. I put this on my wet hair, wrap in a towel on my head, wear it for 20 minutes & shampoo! Awesome!

Another Hot Oil Treatment

Ingredients:

* 1 teaspoon soy bean oil
* 2 teaspoons castor oil

Directions:

Combine ingredients then warm on low heat. massage mixture into the scalp and hair. Wrap hair in a hot towel for 15 minutes. Shampoo & rinse out.

RUSSIAN HAIR TREATMENT PACK

This is better than a simple hot oil treatment. It leaves the hair looking stunning-thick, luxuriant, and shiny. The effects last a long time, even the light scent of the essential oil will linger through several shampoos.

2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1 tablespoon oil (safflower, almond, coconut, or walnut
1 drop essential oil (lemon, tangerine, jasmine, rose, sandalwood, rosemary) Read more...

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The Importance of Home Colon Cleansing

[12 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 13 views]

A great many physical ailments have been attributed to a colon in need of home colon cleansing. While home colon cleansing is not a cure-all, it does have a valid place in a healthy lifestyle. Here are some reasons why, and some suggestions for how to do a home colon cleanse.

What does the colon do?

In short, the colon eliminates solid waste from the body. After the nutrients from the food you eat are absorbed through the small intestine and distributed via the liver into the bloodstream, the “leftovers” move into the large intestine, or colon, where they are eliminated when you go to the bathroom.

Problems arise when wastes accumulate in rather than exit the colon, causing constipation, bloating, and/or a condition known as systemic intoxication or poisoning. Systemic intoxication can lead to cognitive difficulties such as confusion, and even emotional problems such as depression and irritability. Some sources suggest that allergic “attacks” of hives, sneezing, and coughing are due to systemic intoxication. Accumulated waste in the colon has been implicated in cancer, diverticulitis, and nutrient deficiencies. It’s easy to see how home colon cleansing can be an important part of a healthy lifestyle Read more...

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Understanding Gallbladder Problems

[2 Mar 2010 | One Comment | 150 views]

Underneath the liver is a pear shaped organ that is 3 to 4 inches long, it is called the gallbladder. The function of the gallbladder is to hold the bile that is excreted by the liver. The gallbladder holds the bile until food arrives into the small intestine.

Then after the food arrives into the small intestine, the gallbladder releases the bile. The bile than passes through cystic and bile ducts into the small intestine. The toxins in the bile are eventually passed out of the body in the feces.

Gallstones can form in the gallbladder by an abnormal concentration of bile acids, cholesterol and phospholipids that are in the bile. Doctors call the presence of gallstones, “cholelithiasis”. Approximately 20 million Americans suffer from gallstones and some don’t even know they have them.

They will notice it though if a gallstone is pushed up out of the gallbladder and gets lodged in a bile duct. This occurrence can cause nausea, vomiting, and pain in the upper right abdominal region. This will typically occur after the individual has eaten fried or fatty foods. Read more...

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How to Make Suppositories

[1 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 683 views]

Take a jar of coconut oil and place the jar in a bowl of hot water if it is solid and if it is not in a liquid state already.

Pour the coconut oil into a bowl and begin adding powdered herbs to the oil until a dry pie dough consistency is reached. Do not pour all of the powder into a bowl and then pour your whole jar of coconut oil in because you could either have too much or too little oil and have to order more powder or go back to the store for another jar of coconut oil. Neither use all of your oil or all of your powder, so you can always add more of either. Read more...

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Herbal Cigarettes

[28 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 45 views]

Alternative cigarettes have become a booming business, both online and off-line. Over the past decade an increasing amount of media attention has been given to the negative health effects, which happens to people when they continued to smoke tobacco. In response to this others have developed alternative cigarettes which can contain anything from a mixture of herbs, to some tobacco with cloves or dried leaves or any other unusual ingredient that may help individuals to gain satisfaction while quitting smoking.

If anything can be rolled up and smoked it is a high probability that it has been tried. Most of these “experiments” don’t get very far but if you have managed to catch on. The biggest selling point is that they’re supposed to be a healthier alternative. They often look exotic and also come in appealing flavors. In fact, some of the advertising implies that smoking alternative cigarettes is smarter and healthier. Read more...

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Learning Disorders

[26 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 4 views]

Featured Learning Disorders:

Learning Disabilities: From Identification to Intervention
Diagnosing Learning Disorders, Second Edition: A Neuropsychological Framework
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, & Distress Tolerance (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
Rediscover the Joy of Learning–Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD)
Elevate: Supplement for Learning, Memory, Focus & Attention Deficit Disorder Support. Contains 21 Key Amino Acids, Herbs, Minerals & Vitamins. Patent Pending. Results Guaranteed.
Yoga for Sleep Disorders and Insomnia
In the Home Flashcard Question Set
The Sound of Learning: Why Self-Amplification Matters

Learning Disabilities: From Identification to Intervention

Evidence based and comprehensive, this important work offers a new approach to understanding and intervening with students with learning disabilities. The authors–leading experts in neuropsychology and special education–present a unique model of learning disabilities that integrates the cognitive, neural, genetic, and contextual factors associated with these disorders. The volume addresses classification, assessment, and intervention for a range of disabilities involved in reading, mathematics, and written expression. With a focus on exploring the evolving scientific base of the field, as well as establishing effective educational practices, this book will serve as an essential text and an indispensable resource for school psychologists, neuropsychologists, special educators, and others who work with struggling learners.