The complications of type 2 diabetes (T2D) include cardiovascular disease (CVD) and damage to the kidneys, eyes, and nerves. Oxidative stress, inflammation, and altered blood lipids are characteris […]
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La’au Lapa’au | A Miracle Herb for Face, Skin and Hair; Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera Gel and Aloe Vera Juice are extracted from the leaves of the Aloe Vera plant, a botanical that the ancient Egyptians often referred to as “The Plant of Immortality” or “The Plant of Eternity.” It was believed that the “blood” of the Aloe Vera plant would not only address symptoms of fevers, soothe burns and wounds, and enhance daily cosmetic applications, but that it would also magnify beauty and promote imperishability. Known for having anti-bacterial properties, the contents of the Aloe Vera plant were used in embalming rituals, as it was believed that the deceased could achieve everlasting life, both physically and spiritually, if their bodies could be prevented from decomposing. […]
Health & Wellness | 7 ways to reduce stress and keep blood pressure down – Harvard Health
When it comes to preventing and treating high blood pressure, one often-overlooked strategy is managing stress. If you often find yourself tense and on-edge, try these seven ways to reduce stress.
Source: 7 ways to reduce stress and keep blood pressure down – Harvard Health
Big Pharma & Allopathic Medicine | FDA quietly bans powerful life-saving intravenous Vitamin C
It would be naive to think that the FDA endeavors to protect the public’s health as its primary focus. Indeed, that would be a conflict of interest, as it serves its master, the pharmaceutical industry.
Source: FDA quietly bans powerful life-saving intravenous Vitamin C
La’au Lapa’au | Clinical Efficacy of Propolis for Treating Dysmenorrhea
Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is a condition that causes abdominal cramping during menstruation. PD affects 60-93% of women in their reproductive years and typically occurs in adolescents and young wom…
Source: Clinical Efficacy of Propolis for Treating Dysmenorrhea
La’au Lapa’au | Can Complementary and Alternative Medicine Contribute to Reduce the Use of Antibiotics?
Antibiotic (AB) microbial resistance (AMR), a growing international public health problem, demands global strategies for its control and mitigation. AMR’s impacts include greater mortality, m […]
Source: Can Complementary and Alternative Medicine Contribute to Reduce the Use of Antibiotics?
La’au Lapa’au | Herbal MediaWatch: Cannabidiol Products Are Everywhere, but Should People Be Using Them?
Cannabidiol Products Are Everywhere, but Should People Be Using Them? Nov. 20, 2019 – JAMA Network Citation Rubin R. Cannabidiol Products Are Everywhere, but Should People Be Using Them? JAMA. Publ […]
Source: Herbal MediaWatch: Cannabidiol Products Are Everywhere, but Should People Be Using Them?
Energy Update | December 6, 2019
Sufi Meditation | Kalaam/Mantra to Remove Ego/Mecca Gayan/Bulleh Shah
One of the most simple yet profound poems by legendary Sufi Saint – Baba Bulleh Shah. This Sufi Meditation Kalaam is about removing ego from our hearts. Get MP3 of this Mantra : https://gum.co/UxLTo
Harvard University uncovers DNA switch that controls genes for whole-body regeneration
Humans may one day have the ability to regrow limbs after scientists at Harvard University uncovered the DNA switch that controls genes for whole-body regeneration. […]
Source: Harvard University uncovers DNA switch that controls genes for whole-body regeneration
Wellness | Feeling loved in everyday life linked with improved well-being
Poets and songwriters may tend to focus their artistry on passion and romance, but it may be those unsung, brief feelings of love throughout the day that are connected with psychological well-being, according to a team of researchers led by two Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) researchers. They added that the findings could one day lead to interventions aimed at boosting well-being. […]
Source: Feeling loved in everyday life linked with improved well-being
Entheogens | FDA Calls Psychedelic Psilocybin a ‘Breakthrough Therapy’ for Severe Depression
The FDA is helping to speed up the process of developing and approving a drug based on psilocybin, a hallucinogenic substance in magic mushrooms, to treat depression.
Source: FDA Calls Psychedelic Psilocybin a ‘Breakthrough Therapy’ for Severe Depression
La’au Lapa’au | Herbs and Spices of Thanksgiving!
Without the herbs and spices, we associate with our traditional Thanksgiving spread the food would be rather dull. What would the turkey be without incorporating sage (Salvia officinalis) in our stuffing? Cinnamon is a must-have for apple pie. For pumpkin pie, we need cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. And I’d rather not drink my eggnog without a dash of freshly ground nutmeg. Many of us use the familiar Old Bay Poultry seasoning and often, along with sage, this herb and spice mix also includes nutmeg, thyme, marjoram, rosemary, and black pepper. […]
La’au Lapa’au | HerbalGram Special Sustainability and Conservation Issue Highlights Threat of Climate Crisis on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
AUSTIN, Texas (November 25, 2019) — Rapidly warming temperatures, fluctuating precipitation patterns, and changing landscapes are having measurable negative effects on global flora, including medic […]
Homeopathy | Hydrogen Peroxide – Simple Trick to Treat the Cold or Flu, from Dr. Mercola
La’au Lapa’au | Nutmeg – The Rest of the Story
Nutmeg is that spice we use in pumpkin and apple pie and sprinkle on our lattes and eggnog during the holidays. […]
Source: Nutmeg – The Rest of the Story
Reiki | Congratulations to our Fall Semester 2019 Reiki Program Graduates
Aloha e komo mai i Mark, Melissa, Tina, Jennifer and Keidra! Greetings and Welcome to the Halau!
Reflections on Loneliness, with Matt Khan
“Loneliness is a bridge between feeling left out in the world and being one with all that is. When loneliness arises, it invites you to slow down and deeply experience exactly how it feels, without an interest in imagining what is missing from your life. While it may first seem like the heartbreak of personal despair, such feelings equally have the power to reveal an unsuspecting communion with your true eternal nature. It is here where nothing is actually needed for you to be happy, peaceful, and free. This is by far the most threatening realization any personal boundary may encounter, but the most liberating insight you were born to explore.”
“Loneliness isn’t a matter of feeling ignored or unsupported by others. It is noticing how infrequently you love yourself along the way. When loving yourself becomes a primary response to whatever transpires, the pain, despair and isolation of feeling alone blossoms into the grace and solitude of heartfelt relief.”
- Matt Kahn
Mental Health | Stressed to the max? Deep sleep can rewire the anxious brain
A sleepless night can trigger up to a 30% rise in emotional stress levels, new study shows […]
Source: Stressed to the max? Deep sleep can rewire the anxious brain
Mushrooms, Mycology of Consciousness – Paul Stamets, EcoFarm Conference Keynote 2017
“Mycodiversity is our biosecurity. Let’s celebrate decomposition. Let’s let it rot.”
Paul Stamets, speaker, author, mycologist, medical researcher and entrepreneur, is considered an intellectual and industry leader in fungi habitat, medicinal use, and production. He lectures extensively to deepen your understanding and respect for the organisms that literally exist under every footstep you take on this path of life. His presentations cover a range of mushroom species and research showing how mushrooms can help the health of people and planet. His central premise is that habitats have immune systems, just like people, and mushrooms are cellular bridges between the two. Our close evolutionary relationship to fungi can be the basis for novel pairings in the microbiome that lead to greater sustainability and immune enhancement.
9 Fulvic Acid Benefits And One Weird Thing
Fulvic acid is actually an umbrella term used to talk about a group of natural acids that are found alongside humic acids in healthy soils, rocks, coal and large bodies of water. […]
The Gluten Free Rice That Detoxes Your Body & Improves Digestion
Black rice is a highly beneficial ancient grain, used to improve liver, stomach, and kidney function. Also known as forbidden rice, it was reserved only for Chinese royalty for hundreds of years. Nowadays, it is popular in Europe, Australia, and the United States, where it was only recently introduced. Black rice has a dark purplish-black […]
Source: The Gluten Free Rice That Detoxes Your Body & Improves Digestion – Healthy Food House
La’au Lapa’au | Roselle Hibiscus– An Herb with Many Names
By Maryann Readal
With its bright red calyces, green leaves, and okra-like flowers, Hibiscus sabdariffa, also
known as red zinger, red sorrel, sour tea, Florida cranberry, and roselle, makes an unusual and striking accent plant in the garden. […]
SOUND MEDITATION | ISOCHRONIC TONES AND BINAURAL BEATS (1.5 hrs.)
– this meditation does what a daily microdose of ORME (white powdered gold) can do for your brain, with the obvious exception that, when ingesting the ORME, your beneficial results are permanent and cumulative.
– Headphones are recommended, but not required.
UNDERSTANDING BRAIN PHYSIOLOGY
Brain hemisphere synchronization may result in increased cognitive performance.
There are many potential benefits, but the primary intentions for this video is to:
– Build new neural pathways and strengthen existing ones
– Stimulate, synchronize and synergize both brain hemispheres for increased cognitive capabilities and capacity
– Aid in the development of concentration, learning, and memory
– Balance moods by reducing stress hormones and increasing production of “feel-good” neurotransmitters and hormones
The cerebral hemispheres are divided into a right hemisphere and a left hemisphere.
These hemispheres communicate with each other through a thick band of 200-250 million nerve fibers called the corpus callosum. Each hemisphere of the brain is dominant for other behaviors. Most people use one hemisphere more than the other, creating an imbalance.
During meditation, the corpus callosum becomes deeply stimulated. New foundations of neural pathways are built which allows both hemispheres to communicate in sync and to a higher degree.
The right side of the brain controls muscles on the left side of the body and the left side of the brain controls muscles on the right side of the body. Also, in general, sensory information from the left side of the body crosses over to the right side of the brain and information from the right side of the body crosses over to the left side of the brain.
The brain consists of three main parts: the cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem.
The cerebrum: composes most of the brain, in simplified terms it is involved in thinking, problem solving, memory, feeling and movement.
The cerebellum: located at the back of the brain, under the cerebrum. In simplified terms, it controls coordination and balance.
The brain stem: sits below the cerebrum and in front of the cerebellum. In simplified terms, it connects the brain to the spinal cord and controls automatic functions such as heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and digestion.
The brain is separated into four lobes: the frontal, temporal, occipital, and parietal lobes.
The frontal lobe: involved in problem solving, discernment, memory, language, personality, empathy, concentration, motor function, social and carnal behavior.
The temporal lobe: involved in creative insight, memory acquisition and skills, organization of sensory input such as auditory, visual perception, language comprehension, verbal organization, long-term memory, and personality.
The occipital lobe: the center of our visual perception system. It is involved in visuospatial processing, hallucinations, illusions, discrimination of movement and color.
The parietal lobe: One region involves sensation and perception. The other region involves integrating sensory input. It is involved in writing, mathematics, language, visual perception, spacial navigation, memory, personality.
The right hemisphere is considered the feminine or chaotic side of the brain and is generally responsible for: creativity, intuition, visualization, musical abilities, spacial abilities, non-linear thought, facial recognition and is dominant in the control of emotional processing and expression.
The left hemisphere is considered the masculine or orderly side of the brain and is generally responsible for: organization, logic, analytical, scientific, calculatory, linguistic, and mathematical thought, in addition to practical, linear, and time-oriented thinking strategies.
Cortisone Injections For Hip And Knee Pain Are More Dangerous Than Was Thought
People commonly receive cortisone injections to treat joint pain and osteoarthritis. But a study has found that these shots may have dangerous side effects.
Source: Cortisone Injections For Hip And Knee Pain Are More Dangerous Than Was Thought
La’au Lapa’au | Emulsions Containing Echinacea Extract Reduce Body and Scalp Pruritis
Pruritis (itching) is a common symptom of inflammatory skin diseases and is strongly associated with dry skin. Topical emollients to replenish lipids and moisturizers to hydrate the skin are first-line treatments; however, the effects are often unsatisfactory. Treatment for three months with a water-in-oil (w/o) emulsion containing a proprietary echinacea (Echinacea purpurea, Asteraceae) root extract was found to significantly alleviate pruritis associated with subacute or chronic atopic eczema (AE) in one clinical study; however, the effectiveness of the echinacea w/o emulsion in the treatment of acute or chronic pruritis not associated with AE has not been clinically assessed. Although w/o emulsions are usually more effective than oil-in-water (o/w) emulsions for the treatment of pruritis, w/o emulsions are not cosmetically acceptable therapeutics for dry, itchy scalp. Therefore, a novel o/w emulsion containing echinacea extract and a shampoo containing echinacea extract were developed. The purpose of this three-part open-label, non-randomized, uncontrolled…
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USC Researchers Discover How to Regenerate Entire Immune System in 72 Hours – Healthy Food House
While most of us resort to things like medicines and synthetic vitamins to boost immunity and fight colds, researchers believe there is a free and all-natural way to strengthen and recharge the immune system. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that the act of fasting for as little as three days can regenerate […]
Source: USC Researchers Discover How to Regenerate Entire Immune System in 72 Hours – Healthy Food House
La’au Lapa’au | Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle
Botanical Name: Lonicera caprifolium
Family:Caprifoliaceae
Also Known As: Woodbine, Hall’s Honeysuckle, Lonicera, Goat’s Leaf, Fairy Trumpets
TCM Name:Jin Yin Hua
Meridians: Lung, Heart, Stomach
Key TCM Actions & Medicinal Uses: Clears Wind Heat /Relieves Toxicity: often used in pus forming infections, skin sores, bloody dysentery, colds and flu, acute infectious diseases of the lung, head and digestive tracts, fever and inflammation. antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, hypotensive, mild diuretic
Description:The honeysuckle plant is deciduous and native to southern Europe and the Caucasus. L. japonica is semi evergreen and native to China and Japan. A perennial climber, the honeysuckle is commonly found growing along walls or forming hedges which, if given suitable support, can reach heights of twenty feet. The shrub has light green oval leaves, which sometimes merge across the stem rather than growing in pairs one on each side. The pink-tinged creamy-white flowers grow in pairs and…
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La’au Lapa’au | Top Treatments and Natural Remedies for COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a major health concern in the U.S. This disease of the respiratory system causes restricted airflow and an abnormal inflammatory response, which can make something as simple as breathing extremely difficult.
Source: Top Treatments and Natural Remedies for COPD – Healthversed
Cymatics | How DNA Is Reprogrammed By Words and Frequencies
There is evidence for a whole new type of medicine in which DNA can be influenced and reprogrammed by words and frequencies. […]
October Herb of the Month, Safflower
Safflower, Carthamus tinctorius
Did You Know?
• Safflower produces a thistle-like flower ranging in color from yellow to dark red.
• It is one of the oldest cultivated plants, originally grown to use the flowers as coloring agents for food,
cosmetics, and textiles.
• Safflower garlands were found in Tutankhamun’s tomb (around 1323 BCE).
• The pigment from the flower petals is known as carthamin and was used to dye Egyptian textiles dating back to the 12th dynasty.
• As a food additive, carthamin is known as Natural Red 26.
• The flower petals have been substituted for saffron since they do produce a similar color and flavor.
• Commercial production of safflower is primarily for oil pressed from the seeds. By-products of this process create livestock meal and are used in making soap.
• A small amount of commercially grown safflower is for birdseed.
• There are two types of safflower…
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Pohaku La’au | Largest Specimen of Tanzanite in the World!
Tanzanite is the blue/violet variety of the mineral zoisite (a calcium aluminium hydroxyl Sorosilicate) belonging to the epidote group. It was discovered by a Tanzanian Jumanne Mhero Ngoma in the Mererani Hills of Manyara Region in Northern Tanzania in 1967, near the city of Arusha and Mount Kilimanjaro. […]
Read more at https://www.geologyin.com/2015/12/the-largest-tanzanite-crystal-ever.html#TJldIQh3eLzmbfHX.99
“Poor People Don’t Have To Know About It” | The 528 Hz Frequency
528 Hz: It Will Transform Your Entire DNA. This is a must-listen, folks!
Health & Food | 10 Reasons Why You Should Eat An Entire Avocado Every Day
If there is one thing we can all agree on when it comes to fruits, is that avocado is somewhere on top of the list thanks to its incredible taste.
Source: 10 Reasons Why You Should Eat An Entire Avocado Every Day
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