Home Remedies and Alternative Therapies

Apr - 19th

Scalp massage for healthy hair growth

Posted at 7:57 am | Filed Under Benefits of Massage

You can make your hair grow healthy and long by adopting self-help scalp massage techniques. Scalp massage increases the blood flow thus preventing further hair loss and promoting healthy hair growth.
Use an essential oil suitable for your hair type for massaging purpose. For hair loss, use peppermint oil or rosemary oil. As you keep massaging, [...]

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Apr - 17th

Massage for back pain

Posted at 7:12 am | Filed Under Backache, Benefits of Massage, back pain

Massage therapy is considered to be very helpful in reducing back pain. It is also a common alternative remedy popular among millions of people for back pain and other diseases related to the spine. Massage relaxes your mind, improves blood circulation, increases the supply of oxygen and removes waste products. It relieves muscle tension, inflammation, [...]

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Apr - 11th

Massage for Stomach Cramps

Posted at 7:23 am | Filed Under Benefits of Massage, Health tips, Home Remedies, digestive system

Massage therapy is very effective and provides great relief from abdominal cramps, menstrual cramps, cramps due to digestive problems and PMS.
The Qi Gong Abdominal Massage
The Chinese word “Qi” means “energy” and “Gong” means “practice”. Qi Gong is a Chinese exercise system that focuses on curing the disease by regulating the life-force energy.  There are several self-massage [...]

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Apr - 10th

Do-it-yourself-at-home massage techniques for arthritis

Posted at 7:59 am | Filed Under Benefits of Massage, arthritis

With these simple massage techniques you could get great relief from muscle and joints pain. Massage improves the circulation, removes stiffness and relaxes your muscles and joints. These are massage techniques that you can use on yourself at home. You could use your hand or also buy an electric massager for the purpose.

Knead the muscle [...]

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Apr - 9th

Massage for Migraine

Posted at 8:05 am | Filed Under Benefits of Massage

Massage is one of the do it yourself techniques to get instant relief from migraine related headaches. Here are few tips to massage migraine headaches.
There are migraine pressure points in your body which when pressed will reduce the pain. While massaging, the migraine pressure points are gently pressed and released in a rhythmic fashion which [...]

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Feb - 2nd

10 massage techniques

Posted at 3:19 am | Filed Under Benefits of Massage

SWEDISH MASSAGE uses soothing, tapping and kneading strokes to work the entire body, relieving muscle tension and loosening sore joints. Swedish massage therapists use five basic strokes, which anyone can learn and use on themselves and others. They are effleurage (stroking); petrissage(muscles are lightly grabbed and lifted); friction (thumbs and fingertips work in deep circles [...]

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Feb - 2nd

Ayurvedic massage

Posted at 3:11 am | Filed Under Benefits of Massage

The essence of understanding Ayurvedic massage is to understand prana. There is nothing more subtle in the body than prana. Even a subtle mental process like thinking can be grasped, reasoned with, or utilized. Not so with prana. It empowers the body/mind and is closely linked with the soul. Prana manifests as the three humors, [...]

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Jan - 15th

Self-massage for head and face

Posted at 5:38 am | Filed Under Benefits of Massage

Self-massages not only save time but also helps in exercising one’s body in particular hands and fingers. To temporarily improve your mental clarity and concentration, and to reduce tension or anxiety, try massaging your head and face.
1.Placing one index finger directly over the other, begin pressing and releasing, “walking” rhythmically from the hairline down the [...]

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Jan - 9th

Various massage therapies

Posted at 5:28 am | Filed Under Benefits of Massage

Acupressure is similar to acupuncture except the hands are used instead of needles to stimulate flow of energy. Touching specific points along the meridians will activate nerves which send electrical impulses to the spinal cord, the lower centers of the brain and the areas of dysfunction.
Aura and chakra therapy / therapeutic touch and energetic hands [...]

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Jan - 9th

The therapeutic use of pets

Posted at 5:19 am | Filed Under Benefits of Massage

Benefits of Pets
Research has shown that heart attack victims who have pets live longer. Even watching a tank full of tropical fish may lower blood pressure, at least temporarily. A study of 92 patients hospitalized in coronary care units for angina or heart attack found that those who owned pets were more likely to be [...]

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Jan - 9th

Massage and health

Posted at 4:48 am | Filed Under Benefits of Massage, Health News, Health tips

Massage is a holistic therapy. It has effect on both body and mind.Massage increases the circulation of blood and flow of lymph. The direct mechanical effect of rhythmically applied manual pressure and movement used in massage can dramatically increase the rate of blood flow. Also, the stimulation of nerve receptors causes the blood vessels (by [...]

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Dec - 29th

Self-massaging hands and legs

Posted at 5:56 am | Filed Under Benefits of Massage

Self massages would help in saving time and money.Self massages would also help exercising various body parts. Here a few methods of self massaging.
It may seem surprising that people carry a lot of tension around in their hands. But it’s actually quite obvious when you think about how much you use your hands. Most of [...]

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