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[T991]To Clear My Head

by Chester Ku-lea, Che

Do you live with a traffic jam in your head? Need some open highway to cruise on for awhile? It is more of recent phenomenon that we are subject to stress, depression and anxiety disorders, and many adults and unfortunately youngsters are prescribed heavy medication to deal with these disorders. Even the great Stephen Hawking says we are living in the "age of anxiety".

We have busy lives, and when we get down time we tend to turn on the TV instead of playing. According to the Nielsen Reports, more then half of Americans watch at least four hours of TV per day. Liz Newby-Fraser, the academic dean at the California Institute for Human Science explains, "With TV, you're adding input rather than clearing out or cleansing. In a way, your mind is going to be even more tired when you're done. She goes on to explain this in more physiological terms. "Watching two hours of television is not relaxation. With TV, there are stimuli that activate the sympathetic nervous system, rather than the parasympathetic, which is associated with real rest."

Keep this advice in mind next time you need to relax and clear the mind. If you are stressed, depressed or have anxiety for any reason, here are some better ways to clear the mind:

Stress Management Programs - Find some stress management programs that are specific to your needs that you can use throughout the day to step out of "work" mode and relax. This may be as simple as take some deep breathes, or standing up and twisting after sitting at your computer for an hour. Whatever you find works for you, take up a daily practice of it.

Stay in the Present Moment - Anyone who has ever gone through anxiety attacks or hit rock bottom with stress or depression, will tell you that party of the recovery is breathing techniques and not worry some much about future and past. Stay in the moment, enjoy the moment and you will live more of a stress free life. A great book on moment to moment living is The Power of Now , by Eckhart Tolle.

Yoga and Meditation - Try doing some yoga and meditation. These practices are very popular now, because they work and they are needed to todays world. Yoga and meditation are all about staying to the moment and slowing down over active mind activity.

What we may not realize sometimes, is that if we slow down enough to clear our heads, we not only improve our health, we actually become more effective in work and parenting roles. One breath at a time.

Allergies have been tormenting people forever. While the unhealthy filth that progress brings compounds the problem, it plays a trifling part in the whole allergy deal. Western medicine has done its job and has come up with chemical products that can treat symptoms, but before this happened, old cultures had already come up with natural allergy cures, which worked for them.

It is worth digging deeper into natural allergy relief. The more you learn about them, the more you'll see how they are generally just better than modern medication. They are less expensive, less addictive, and less dangerous. If you take the road to relief by way of natural allergy cures, your entire person will be revived.

Most natural allergy cures are herb-based and are great at getting rid of symptoms or even the possibility of an attack.

1. Quercetin. This is a grape seed extract that is a natural antihistamine.
2. Stinging Nettle. It treats respiratory ailments and congestion troubles from allergies.
3. Echinacea. It wards of allergic reactions and builds up your immune system.
4. Lemon Balm. This deals with stomach problems from food allergies.
5. Turmeric. It gives natural allergy relief by treating inflammation and preventing allergic reactions.
6. Aloe Vera. This is a good agent against skin allergies.
7. Eyebright. It treats hay fever symptoms such as congestion and post-nasal drip.

Flushing allergens out of your nose can be another form of natural allergy relief. Neti pots, which have been used in India for ages, are the tool for this process. You mix water with non-iodized salt and then pour this into your nose. You wait for a bit and then you pour the water back out. To flush internal and external allergens out, use neti pots with other natural allergy cures.

Natural allergy relief is also promoted by the presence of purifying plants around you. They work as air filters do, so you can save yourself the trouble and expense of purchasing one. Some of these plants are the spider, the ant, and the snake plants. While not natural allergy cures themselves, they do purify the air of allergens.

There are more steps you can take to fight off allergies naturally. Learn enough about them and you may never have to take drugs for your allergies ever again. Natural allergy cures do their job without the usual harmful side effects of conventional medication.

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