We define and explain therapies like aromatherapy, Bach flower remedies, homoeopathy, homeopathy, iridology, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Fundamental Healing Technique.

We define and explain therapies: Bach flower remedies, homoeopathy, homeopathy, iridology, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Feng Shui

Dr Edward Bach (1886-1936) discovered the power of flower remedies for healing in his research between 1928 and 1935. His medical researches had led him to the understanding that much of our ill health is due to our emotional and mental state, which causes dis-ease in the physical body.

Dr Bach was a homeopath as well as a doctor of medicine and his flower remedies are homeopathically prepared plant and flower based remedies, each one specially devised to treat a different feeling or emotion.

Since Dr Bach discovered Flower Remedies several other practitioners have enlarged upon the Flower Remedy repertoire. Among some of the more well known are Australian Bush and Bailey’s Flower Essences.

Flower remedies work by stimulating the body’s own capacity for healing, by balancing negative feelings or emotions, helping you to take control, feel good about yourself and get more out of life. They are suitable for all the family and are simple to use.

Flower remedies help us to cope with the stresses and strains of life from impending exams, driving test or a visit to the dentist, through break up of relationships, even trouble with sleeping. There are prescriptions, which can help those giving up smoking or aiming to lose weight. (However the remedy will not make you give up smoking or lose weight on its own!)

The Remedies are suitable for women, men, children and pets, they help with anxieties, fears, grief and many other emotional states. They can be taken alongside any prescribed medication you are already taking without side effects

Remedies are prepared as a prescription designed for you individually; they may be taken alongside any medication prescribed by your doctor without side effects. They are completely natural and safe to use at any time. There is no limit on how many times you can take them or for how long.

Homeopathy is a highly effective and scientific system of medicine which assists the natural tendency of the body to heal itself. It achieves this by using specially prepared medicines which are deep acting and lasting, but are without side effects. It is therefore suitable for people of all ages from newborn to elderly and is safe for pregnant and breast feeding mothers. Each person is given an individual medicine as we all express our disease in a unique way. Symptoms are regarded as the results of the dis-ease rather than the disease itself. To use an analogy, it is not the snow that causes the winter but the winter that causes the snow. In the same way it is not the symptoms which are the cause of the disease but the disease which causes the symptoms. Homeopathy treats the internal imbalance which causes the disease.

How does it work? Homeopathy is based on a law of nature called the Law of Similars. What a substance can cause it can cure. For example when we cut an onion we may experience stinging runny eyes and nose, and a particular soreness in the throat. The homeopathic medicine made from the onion can cure someone with these specific symptoms in e.g. hayfever.

What conditions can it treat? Homeopathy is able to treat people with a wide range of illnesses ranging from anxiety to arthritis, headaches, irritable bowel, respiratory disorders, hormonal problems, behavioural and learning difficulties in children, ME, cancer, skin problems, sleeplessness, depression etc. People who have had successful homeopathic treatment find that their general state of health and well-being improves. They are better able to resist infection and have a greater sense of stability and individual purpose.

In order to perform an iridology session, the practitioner will have to look closely into your eyes for quite a long time, using a small light and a magnifying glass. A photograph of the eye may be taken and used for study later.

By mapping various tiny signs in the eye, it is possible to tell you what sort of diseases you are genetically susceptible to and also how your lifestyle to date has contributed to your current symptoms.

Following this, lifestyle and nutritional advice may be given in order to prevent any further degeneration and to correct imbalances that have already occurred.

Iridology can be performed at any stage of life, but is most useful before any major changes have occurred.

Traditional Chinese Medicine is based on the identification of patterns of energetic disharmony, which affect the normal functioning of the body’s key organs (Heart, Lungs, Liver, Spleen, Kidneys and other organs).
To diagnose the problems involved, the qualified practitioner will ask questions about all aspects of the client’s health - physical, emotional, dietary and lifestyle factors in addition to appropriate physical examination including pulse and tongue.

Some illnesses are superficial, or acute conditions, relating mostly to pain, or invasions of pathogens such as a virus.
Internal disharmonies are chronic long-term illnesses where the internal energy patterns have altered.

Traditional Chinese Medicine has five strands, Chinese herbs, Acupuncture and acupressure, exercise – Qi Gong and Tai Chi, Massage and dietary therapy. The therapist uses combinations of these strands to rebalance the body’s energy flow to restore and promote health.

Feng shui (pronounced "fung shway") is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space to achieve harmony with the environment. The literal translation is "wind and water".

The goal of feng shui guidelines is to locate and orient dwellings, possessions, land and landscaping, etc., so as to be attuned with the flow of qi.

Qi (or Chi) Underlying the practical guidelines of feng shui is a general theory of Nature. Nature is generally held to be a discrete entity that breathes qi (a kind of life force or spiritual energy). The details about the metaphysics of what Nature is, what qi is and does, and what breath consists of vary and conflict. It is not generally understood as physical, but it is neither meant to be metaphorical nor fictionalistic (the latter being the view that even though an entity is fictional, it is useful to talk as if it really exists). It is the virtual energy and force that flows all around.

Feng shui translates into English as Wind and Water. These are the two containers for Qi. Since life exists within either air or water, qi is said to be the life energy that flows within these two environments.
Summary taken from Wikipedia. See the original article here.

Magnets have been used for thousands of years, in the form of the naturally occurring magnetite which was ground down and used as a poultice. Magnets improve blood circulation, so that blood vessels dilate and a greater volume of blood flow is brought to an injured area. Tissue healing is stimulated, the body's natural healers are set in motion and toxic by-products are removed.

Proof that exposure to the earth's magnetic field plays an essential role in our health is clearly demonstrated when the first astronauts returned to earth ill. It was soon discovered that this was due to a lack of magnetism in outer space and NASA now routinely place magnets in space suits and spacecraft.

It has recently been discovered that the brain contains magnetite and that the use of magnetic therapy is helpful for stress reduction. However, the most common use of magnets is for the treatment of pain. A magnetic field slows down the ability of a nerve to send pain, which is transmitted as an electrical signal along nerve cells. Pain relief can be enhanced when negative pole magnets are placed over acupuncture meridians, the magnets also increasing the qi along these points.