If your anus is
• itching,
• there is a painful swelling that hangs like grapes
• there is blood
• and if its painful when expelling a hard stool
than you may be experiencing haemorrhoids (piles). The most common type develops inside the anus; these can sometimes bleed but not be painful. The external ones are painful. They can sometimes become prolapsed and protrude from the anus – looking like a soft lump.
It is said that long sitting, ageing and pregnancy can all contribute to haemorrhoids. When straining to perform a bowel movement you can make the haemorrhoids worse.
If you are looking for comfort and relief try these top tips:
Add a good handful of Epsom salts into your bath, stir, dissolving the salts well. Immerse the area into the bath – this should help to constrict the haemorrhoid. You may want to try a sitz bath. You can have a sitz bath with any part of the body, i.e. hips, hands, feet. For the purpose of this article we are concentrating on the lower part of the anatomy.
If you have a bidet than use it by placing your bottom in a full bowl of arm water, sit for 10 minutes in the warm water, drain the bidet, refill with cold water and sit for 5 minutes. When you’ve finished alternating between hot and cold (do this for half and hour) than completely dry the area.
What you’re trying to achieve is shrinkage of swollen vessels, providing enormous relief.
Remember
Please dab the area – do not scratch
You can also try sitting on ice. Read more on Haemorrhoids…
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The body is really no different from a car. Like any machine, if you want it to last and give you years of trouble-free service for the maximum duration, it requires regular and routine maintenance.
If you want to get the most miles out of your car then you have to follow a routine and preventative maintenance programme, like regular change of oil and oil filter every 5,000 miles, change of air filter every 10,000 miles, a tuning and service every 25,000 miles and so on. Any mechanic will tell you that if you want your car to last for a long time and remain in good condition you must take care of it.
Likewise, it is the law of Nature that if you do not follow a routine maintenance program using the proper fuels and fluids, if you do not follow a routine preventative maintenance programme … the machine that is your body will break down.
Your body, like your car, uses fuel to run and as it runs it creates Read more on The benefits of cleansing regularly/seasonally…
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The liver synthesizes glucose from the sugars and carbohydrates that we eat. Glucose is the most important substance in our metabolism. It could be called ‘pure energy’ and is used by the cells of our body for just that purpose: energy, as it is absorbed directly into the cells. Excess glucose is stored in the liver as glycogen and is readily converted back into glucose if and when needed by the body. Our liver also stores super energy nutrients like Vitamin B12 and Iron, which are essential to the life processes of the body.
What else does the liver do?
The liver also manufactures vitamins, clotting agents and amino acids. It makes cholesterol which is necessary for the production of hormones and other metabolic chemicals. It also produces lipoproteins which allow fat to be transported through the blood stream. (High cholesterol in the blood is usually caused by excessive intake of animal fats and rarely due to liver malfunction). The liver also stores other vitamins like vitamins A, D, E and K as well.
© Merlee Harris 2009
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Poor liver function can exacerbate some allergic conditions, asthma, skin eruptions, hay fever etc.
Middle age people have more digestive problems because their enzyme activity is less and they are usually eating foods that are enzyme less. They eating more bread, cooked foods, in some cases more alcohol and more sweet foods. When these dead foods are removed from the diet thereby taking the overload away from the liver, then the problems gradually improve.
In auto-immune disease e.g. poly-arthritis and systemic lupus, if the diet is high in foods containing synthetic chemicals, colours, preservatives, in fact all artificial sweeteners and flavours, snacks and crisps, colas, soft drinks, and packaged foods. These foods (it is questionable if they can be called food).
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