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10 Ayurvedic Suggestions to Benefit Your Clients’ Health by Prana Gogia
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1. Cook meals with turmeric and fresh ginger to improve digestion.
2. Eat wisely (more cooked food) and dine in mindfully, in a happy and peaceful environment.
3. Meditate regularly.
4. Wake up early and go to sleep early. The best times to sleep are 10pm to 6am.
5. Take a drop of clove oil for temporarily relief of toothache.
6. Use a neti pot for sinus congestion (filtered or boiled water only).
7. Avoid drinking ice-cold water before or after the meal.
8. Avoid greasy foods, particularly in winter; prefer more soups in winter.
9. Restful sleep: use essential oils, like rose and lavender to massage your feet before sleep along with slow, deep mindful breathing.
10. Get regular massages with warm organic oils such as almond, sesame, and apricot kernel. Self-massage your face, neck, belly, and especially ears every day.
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Prana Gogia is a practitioner and teacher of Siddha Ayurveda, Craniosacral Work and Chinese Medicine, with over thirty years studying and practicing healing work in the lineage of the Siddha tradition. Prana traveled extensively through the Himalayan regions to learn Tantric meditative and healing practices. Prana works to seamlessly integrate Siddha Ayurveda, craniosacral work and Chinese Medicine to offer teaching and healing services for wellness and transformation of your whole being.
While there are many Western medications to treat the symptoms of seasonal allergies, these treatments can cause unwanted side effects, such as drowsiness and immune system suppression as well as an over-reliance on medications.
These side effects have drawn many people to search for an alternative approach, such as acupuncture and Oriental medicine to manage their allergies.
One study recently published in the American Journal of Epidemiology showed that acupuncture can significantly relieve allergic rhinitis symptoms.
Florence Nightingale was born nearly two hundred years ago, and her nursing insights are still in use today. In addition to her contribution of “environmental nursing”, in which she drove significant hygienic reform in hospitals, Nightingale was ahead of her time in her connection of the mind and body. One of the founders of what’s known today as a holistic approach to medicine, Nightingale recognized the importance of caring for the whole person. She was one of the first in Western medicine to encourage a patient’s preventative and self-care.
Ayurveda is an ancient healing tradition that views a person’s physical and emotional well-being as based on the proper balance of vital energies. Ayurveda and Oriental medicine share this fundamental belief in the importance of balanced energies. Both traditions view weight fluctuations in terms of how balanced a person’s mind, emotions, diet, digestion, metabolism and appetite are.
Shonishin—more commonly known as pediatric acupuncture, though typically no needles are used and nothing actually penetrates the skin—was developed specifically for infants and children up to the age of seven, and can counter conditions from colic to indigestion.
Congrats to PCOM - San Diego alumna Eleonora Bowers on the Pike County Courier article about her second Zen for Life Wellness location, in Milford, PA! The new location opened in mid-July; her first is in Secaucus, NJ. Eleonora also studied in China at the Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Eleonora treats pain, digestive problems, stress, obesity, addiction, headaches, insomnia, gynecological problems, anxiety and depression, while working to uncover the root problem causing the troublesome symptoms.
Eleonora’s website:
www.zenforlifewellness.com
Eleonora’s Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/zenforlifewellness
Pike County Courier article:
http://goo.gl/kEtmZd
Tai Chi, a centuries-old Chinese exercise system, is making its way into the Western mainstream. In ancient China, Tai Chi was a closely guarded secret passed down from family to family. In the 19th century it was revealed to the masses and quickly became the national exercise of China. Today, Tai Chi is practiced as a therapy and preventative remedy for almost every ailment. Together with Qigong, Tai Chi holds a prominent place in Chinese medicine to relieve stress and clarify the mind.
Insomnia is more than tossing and turning; it’s more serious than an inability to fall asleep early, and has more debilitating effects than are commonly recognized. An estimated 32 million people suffer from insomnia in the US. Oriental medicine, with its focus on healing whole syndromes rather than individual symptoms, is widely used as an insomnia remedy and has shown great success treating those who experience insomnia.
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Did you know that Pacific College’s New York campus offers a special Herbal Consultation shift on Wednesday mornings in our brand new clinic location in the Financial District? In keeping up with the growing national popularity of Chinese Herbs, patients who are interested in herbs for a wide variety of complaints can now access herbal treatments in Downtown NYC.
Chinese Herbs have been in the news recently, with Time Magazine and The Wall Street Journal both reporting on the growing trend of major medical institutions like The Cleveland Clinic incorporating Herbal Medicine into their offerings. You don’t have to travel to Cleveland to get a customized Chinese herbal formula though. While Chinese Herbal Medicine has always been available at the New York clinic, it’s only recently that patients have had an option to visit the clinic for Herbs as a stand-alone treatment (without acupuncture).
“Patients come for everything from dermatology to gynecology and from chronic fatigue to chronic headaches and stress,” reports Pacific College-NY Campus Director Malcolm Youngren.
“They appreciate having a natural and gentle healthcare option which has less side effects than many other healthcare options, when practiced under the supervision of a Licensed Oriental Medicine practitioner.”
Pacific College’s
experienced East Asian medicine practitioners can work with you to determine the root causes of your medical complaints, and can develop an herbal treatment plan just for you. Effective, all natural, and highly personalized, Chinese herbal formulas are also affordable. Herbal shift appointments cost $26 plus the cost of the herbs.
So, what are you waiting for?
Call our clinic today
to set up your appointment for an ancient remedy tailored to your modern needs.