Attention Alternative Health Web Site Owners!      Here is yet, another golden opportunity to have your alternative health web site seen on the world wide web. You are ALL cordially invited to come an submit your web site to the Balance Point Center’s NEW Alternative Healing Links Search Directory. If your site is of an Alternative health, Holistic health, Natural healing, Mind / Body / Spirit, Energy work, or similar themed nature, then by all means … please take time to submit your web site’s name, web address, banner URL, email address, and optional brief site summary to this directory. After all, the more places your web site is listed on the internet, the more link popularity is assigned to you when the major search engines spider your web site. Visit http://www.hypnosis-reiki.com and click on the ‘Submit Your Site’ link within the site menu. Let’s all work together to get the GOOD NEWS out about Alternative Health. Warmest Regards, Lois Wentworth — Balance Point Center http://www.hypnosis-reiki.com 526 Appian Way, Union City, CA 94587 Before you buy.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Attention Alternative Health Web Site Owners! >     Here is yet, another golden opportunity to have your alternative >health web site seen on the world wide web. You are ALL cordially >invited to come an submit your web site to the Balance Point Center’s >NEW Alternative Healing Links Search Directory. If your site is of an >Alternative health, Holistic health, Natural healing, Mind / Body / >Spirit, Energy work, or similar themed nature, then by all means … >please take time to submit your web site’s name, web address, banner >URL, email address, and optional brief site summary to this directory. >After all, the more places your web site is listed on the internet, the >more link popularity is assigned to you when the major search engines >spider your web site. Visit http://www.hypnosis-reiki.com and click on >the ‘Submit Your Site’ link within the site menu. Let’s all work >together to get the GOOD NEWS out about Alternative Health. >Warmest Regards, >Lois Wentworth

Warning Will Robinson Warning.. Another acolyte of the con-man Gary Young. See http://www.fragrant.demon.co.uk/ylfiles.html for info on Gary Young and Young Living Essential Oils. — Graham Sorenson  Now with an updated books page. The Guide to Aromatherapy  http://www.fragrant.demon.co.uk Thousands of links to alternative health sites 600 ++ UK Aromatherapy Suppliers and Practitioners listed. NEW  Australia, Rest of the World and USA Suppliers and Practitioners lists

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Said >"The quack of today is the professor of tomorrow. > Sir Arthur also believed in the Cottingley fairies and that Harry > Houdini used actual magic to perform his escapes. > The creator of Sherlock Holmes was, in real life, one of the most > credulous persons to come down the pike. >   — David Wright :: wright at ibnets.com :: Not a Spokesman for Anyone >      These are my opinions only, but they’re almost always correct. >              The Millenium actually begins on January 1, 2001

He spun a good yarn, though. k

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Said "The quack of today is the professor of tomorrow. — Graham Sorenson The Guide to Aromatherapy  http://www.fragrant.demon.co.uk Hundreds of links to alternative health sites Over 500 UK aromatherapy suppliers and practitioners listed.

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>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Said >"The quack of today is the professor of tomorrow.

Sir Arthur also believed in the Cottingley fairies and that Harry Houdini used actual magic to perform his escapes.   The creator of Sherlock Holmes was, in real life, one of the most credulous persons to come down the pike.   — David Wright :: wright at ibnets.com :: Not a Spokesman for Anyone      These are my opinions only, but they’re almost always correct.              The Millenium actually begins on January 1, 2001

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This one IS advertising. and – emu oil is made from "emus"  - the birds themselves. ….(in case you’re a vego, Trace) aloe vera straight from the plant …. k.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> The best thing we have found for burns, abrasions and scrapes to prevent > scarring is straight emu oil.  We like to mix it with neem oil to act as an > antibacterial agent. > Best of Health, > Autumn Blum > Organix Natural Health > http://organix.net > I second the aloe. It is a great for skin problems and will make the wound > heal faster. There are gel forms available also. > > Aloe is wonderful…..I’ve used it immediately after getting the burn, > and > it > > helped with the pain and healing as well.  In some cases there was no > > blistering. > > Marlynn > > > I would like to know what the best oil for a 2nd degree burn would be. > > > Would I use lavender or chamomile. Roman or German? Diluted or > undiluted?Use > > > it or don’t use it? I’m a little mixed up. Help. What about aloe? I > don’t > > > want a scar from it. Also, I have been putting on an antibiotic cream > the > > > doctor gave me and covering it with a bandage. It’s 2 days old. > > > Can anyone  recommend something? > > > ~~Tracy > > > The Aromatherapy Exchange > > > Friendly and Peaceful Mailing List > > > www.onelist.com/community/aromatherapyexchange

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i was also gonna vote for aloe….LOVE IT….. buy yourself a couple and plant them. (or pot them if you are in one of those horrible cold environments) i have two big plants that keep sproutin up little babies….and they take NO ATTENTION or any sort of a green thumb whatsoever to cultivate…… karuna, i am glad you mentioned that about the emu….i have seen that oil touted left and right lately…..yet another fad? and i kept trying to sift thru the commercial sites and posts to see exactly where this "oil" comes from……no go. so i figured it must be a matter of those cute animals getting killed.  for human "beauty" purposes no less. does anyone have any lowdown info (websites, books, etc) on this whole "emu oil" deal (as far as exactly how they get the oil?) i think this is something people should know before buyin it for their soap or lotions or whatever……. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > This one IS advertising. > and – emu oil is made from "emus"  - the birds themselves. > ….(in case you’re a vego, Trace) > aloe vera straight from the plant …. > k. > The best thing we have found for burns, abrasions and scrapes to prevent > scarring is straight emu oil.  We like to mix it with neem oil to act as > an > antibacterial agent. > Best of Health, > Autumn Blum > Organix Natural Health > http://organix.net

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Darn it – we have not been able to get them to grow and now you say it’s a no-talent no-brainer thing!! <G> Cute animals?   Hmmmm – I never thought of them as cute, interesting but not cute. Jim – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> i was also gonna vote for aloe….LOVE IT….. > i have two big plants that keep sproutin up little babies….and they take NO > ATTENTION or any sort of a green thumb whatsoever to cultivate…… > so i figured it must be a matter of those cute animals getting killed. for > human "beauty" purposes no less.

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i think it (my thinking that emus are cute) dates back to me seeing some guy with an emu puppet…….cant remember for the life of me who that was……. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Darn it – we have not been able to get them to grow and now you say it’s a > no-talent no-brainer thing!! <G> > Cute animals?   Hmmmm – I never thought of them as cute, interesting but not > cute. > Jim > i was also gonna vote for aloe….LOVE IT….. > i have two big plants that keep sproutin up little babies….and they take > NO > ATTENTION or any sort of a green thumb whatsoever to cultivate…… > so i figured it must be a matter of those cute animals getting killed. > for > human "beauty" purposes no less.

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>i think it (my thinking that emus are cute) dates back to me seeing some guy >with an emu puppet…….cant remember for the life of me who that was…….

Probably Rod Hull & Emu, which didn’t talk, just attacked everyone who came within reach.   I worked on his TV series for a few years.   He died recently in the UK. Best wishes — John Bain UK TV Sound Director, magnotherapy user & distributor http://members.aol.com/JBainSI/Magnotherapy.html Surround Sound for Television

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yes! that was it…..i remember it being a very funny bit……and i thought the emu was cute….attacking everyone within reach….hmmmm……. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->i think it (my thinking that emus are cute) dates back to me seeing some guy >with an emu puppet…….cant remember for the life of me who that was……. > Probably Rod Hull & Emu, which didn’t talk, just attacked everyone who came > within reach.   I worked on his TV series for a few years.   He died recently > in the UK. > Best wishes > — > John Bain > UK TV Sound Director, magnotherapy user & distributor > http://members.aol.com/JBainSI/Magnotherapy.html > Surround Sound for Television

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I used the aloe combined with comfrey on a friends second degree grease burn.  She was so relieved to have the pain start to go away almost at once.  Within two days it started to heal.  She has no scars to show for the burn.  This was a six inch burn going across her chest so she was very happy to have no scar. J9 – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I second the aloe. It is a great for skin problems and will make the wound > heal faster. There are gel forms available also. > Aloe is wonderful…..I’ve used it immediately after getting the burn, and > it > helped with the pain and healing as well.  In some cases there was no > blistering. > Marlynn > > I would like to know what the best oil for a 2nd degree burn would be. > > Would I use lavender or chamomile. Roman or German? Diluted or > undiluted?Use > > it or don’t use it? I’m a little mixed up. Help. What about aloe? I > don’t > > want a scar from it. Also, I have been putting on an antibiotic cream > the > > doctor gave me and covering it with a bandage. It’s 2 days old. > > Can anyone  recommend something? > > ~~Tracy > > The Aromatherapy Exchange > > Friendly and Peaceful Mailing List > > www.onelist.com/community/aromatherapyexchange

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I would like to know what the best oil for a 2nd degree burn would be. Would I use lavender or chamomile. Roman or German? Diluted or undiluted?Use it or don’t use it? I’m a little mixed up. Help. What about aloe? I don’t want a scar from it. Also, I have been putting on an antibiotic cream the doctor gave me and covering it with a bandage. It’s 2 days old. Can anyone  recommend something? ~~Tracy The Aromatherapy Exchange Friendly and Peaceful Mailing List www.onelist.com/community/aromatherapyexchange

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Aloe is wonderful…..I’ve used it immediately after getting the burn, and it helped with the pain and healing as well.  In some cases there was no blistering. Marlynn – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I would like to know what the best oil for a 2nd degree burn would be. > Would I use lavender or chamomile. Roman or German? Diluted or undiluted?Use > it or don’t use it? I’m a little mixed up. Help. What about aloe? I don’t > want a scar from it. Also, I have been putting on an antibiotic cream the > doctor gave me and covering it with a bandage. It’s 2 days old. > Can anyone  recommend something? > ~~Tracy > The Aromatherapy Exchange > Friendly and Peaceful Mailing List > www.onelist.com/community/aromatherapyexchange

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I second the aloe. It is a great for skin problems and will make the wound heal faster. There are gel forms available also.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Aloe is wonderful…..I’ve used it immediately after getting the burn, and it > helped with the pain and healing as well.  In some cases there was no > blistering. > Marlynn > I would like to know what the best oil for a 2nd degree burn would be. > Would I use lavender or chamomile. Roman or German? Diluted or undiluted?Use > it or don’t use it? I’m a little mixed up. Help. What about aloe? I don’t > want a scar from it. Also, I have been putting on an antibiotic cream the > doctor gave me and covering it with a bandage. It’s 2 days old. > Can anyone  recommend something? > ~~Tracy > The Aromatherapy Exchange > Friendly and Peaceful Mailing List > www.onelist.com/community/aromatherapyexchange

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The best thing we have found for burns, abrasions and scrapes to prevent scarring is straight emu oil.  We like to mix it with neem oil to act as an antibacterial agent. Best of Health, Autumn Blum Organix Natural Health http://organix.net

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I second the aloe. It is a great for skin problems and will make the wound > heal faster. There are gel forms available also. > Aloe is wonderful…..I’ve used it immediately after getting the burn, and > it > helped with the pain and healing as well.  In some cases there was no > blistering. > Marlynn > > I would like to know what the best oil for a 2nd degree burn would be. > > Would I use lavender or chamomile. Roman or German? Diluted or > undiluted?Use > > it or don’t use it? I’m a little mixed up. Help. What about aloe? I > don’t > > want a scar from it. Also, I have been putting on an antibiotic cream > the > > doctor gave me and covering it with a bandage. It’s 2 days old. > > Can anyone  recommend something? > > ~~Tracy > > The Aromatherapy Exchange > > Friendly and Peaceful Mailing List > > www.onelist.com/community/aromatherapyexchange

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whatever you do use- try to monitor carefully for infection. Some oils are bacteriostatic, but other preparations may not be.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Aloe is wonderful…..I’ve used it immediately after getting the burn, and it > helped with the pain and healing as well.  In some cases there was no > blistering. > Marlynn > I would like to know what the best oil for a 2nd degree burn would be. > Would I use lavender or chamomile. Roman or German? Diluted or undiluted?Use > it or don’t use it? I’m a little mixed up. Help. What about aloe? I don’t > want a scar from it. Also, I have been putting on an antibiotic cream the > doctor gave me and covering it with a bandage. It’s 2 days old. > Can anyone  recommend something? > ~~Tracy > The Aromatherapy Exchange > Friendly and Peaceful Mailing List > www.onelist.com/community/aromatherapyexchange

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K, I agree, the aloe vera straight from the plant is wonderful, and probably absolutely the best way to apply it.  When my children were home, now they’re older and have flown the coop, I use to keep a bottle of aloe that I purchased from the healthfood store, in the fridge.  In the summer, when they didn’t listen to me and caught too much sun, it was a blessing to be able to take the cool aloe and apply it to their sunburned skin.  It would take the stink away immediately and they didn’t blister. I am a potter, and at one time burned my hand on my kiln (talk about a burn, whew!)  Anyway, I took a leaf from my aloe vera plant and used that…..it was really quite wonderful.  I had no blister, which really surprised me, and the healing was fairly rapid, considering the severity of the burn.  You do have to keep applying it though. Marlynn – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > This one IS advertising. > and – emu oil is made from "emus"  - the birds themselves. > ….(in case you’re a vego, Trace) > aloe vera straight from the plant …. > k. > The best thing we have found for burns, abrasions and scrapes to prevent > scarring is straight emu oil.  We like to mix it with neem oil to act as > an > antibacterial agent. > Best of Health, > Autumn Blum > Organix Natural Health > http://organix.net > > I second the aloe. It is a great for skin problems and will make the > wound > > heal faster. There are gel forms available also. > > > Aloe is wonderful…..I’ve used it immediately after getting the burn, > and > > it > > > helped with the pain and healing as well.  In some cases there was no > > > blistering. > > > Marlynn > > > > I would like to know what the best oil for a 2nd degree burn would > be. > > > > Would I use lavender or chamomile. Roman or German? Diluted or > > undiluted?Use > > > > it or don’t use it? I’m a little mixed up. Help. What about aloe? I > > don’t > > > > want a scar from it. Also, I have been putting on an antibiotic > cream > > the > > > > doctor gave me and covering it with a bandage. It’s 2 days old. > > > > Can anyone  recommend something? > > > > ~~Tracy > > > > The Aromatherapy Exchange > > > > Friendly and Peaceful Mailing List > > > > www.onelist.com/community/aromatherapyexchange

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Hello, Due to the number of people who contacted us about quility Diastance Learning Courses, Nature’s Apothecary is now offering them to the international public.  Courses are great for the lay person and the practitioner of holistic and main-stream mdicine. If you are interested in studying Native American Herbology, Aromatherapy & Essential Oil Blending, etc. log onto: http://www.angelfire.com/nj/nativetraditions/course.html We think you will really like what you see!

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misc.health.alternative is not an advertising medium.  Ads are forbidden by its charter.  Please do not post ads in the future. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Hello, >Due to the number of people who contacted us about quility Diastance >Learning Courses, Nature’s Apothecary is now offering them to the >international public.  Courses are great for the lay person and the >practitioner of holistic and main-stream mdicine. >If you are interested in studying Native American Herbology, Aromatherapy & >Essential Oil Blending, etc. log onto: >http://www.angelfire.com/nj/nativetraditions/course.html >We think you will really like what you see!

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Please Help If You Have Suggestions For My Receding Molar Gums, Wrist Ganglion, Hernia – Including Natural Healing Suggestions. Mail them to me. Thank you…

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>Please Help >If You Have Suggestions For My Receding Molar Gums, Wrist Ganglion, >Hernia – Including Natural Healing Suggestions.

For the gums I suggest you get some myrrh essential oil and putting one drop in a cup of warm water and swishing it around the mouth, twice a day. >Mail them to me. >Thank you…

– Graham Sorenson The Guide to Aromatherapy and nearly 600 links to other Aromatherapy sites Hundreds of links to alternative health sites http://www.fragrant.demon.co.uk

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: If you want to quit smoking using aromatherapy (worked great for me and some of : my friends) check out: : http://www.galaxymall.com/health/smokeaway Or visit these URLs:     http://www.hcrc.org/faqs/a/aroma.html     http://www.csicop.org/si/9605/aroma.html     http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/aroma.html -Dan

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                                           Project COCOON Cocoon is a "by invitation only" mailing list you can join that will give you access to "Ask Jim," a unique question & answer service designed soley for Cocoon list members who are interested in learning more about essential oils and their therapeutic values.  Best of all… 1.  You can join Coccon in complete Privacy, without anyone ever knowing      your name or Email address.  And… 2.  You may unsubscribe instantly…WITHOUT ANY OBLIGATION. Interest in essential oils is at an all-time high and growing.  As more and more people hear about them, essential oils will explode on the American scene like nothing before them.  You can now learn about the very best essential oils available through Young Living Essential Oils, Inc.   Young Living is used as a model, by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for evaluating other NWM nutritional companies.  Why? Because the FDA was so impressed when they inspected Young Living’s operation.  To learn more about Young Living and it’s product line… Subscribe to COCOON by sending an Email request to: Write "Subscribe Cocoon" in the Subject line of your mailer, and enclose the following information: YOUR NAME, YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, and this number:   Cocoon Referral # 69515 You’ll receive a Welcome Letter that explains Cocoon.  Remember, your privacy is guaranteed, and you may unsubscribe instantly!!!  :) Thank you, and have a WONDERFUL DAY!!!  :) BAYBeeDOVE’s MISSION STATEMENT: Seek Wholeness; Seek Simplicity; Seek Purity; Be Driven By Truth to Help Others; Understand the Power of  EssentiaL oiLZZ http://www.organicessentialoils.com/members/baybeedove/

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If you want to quit smoking using aromatherapy (worked great for me and some of my friends) check out: http://www.galaxymall.com/health/smokeaway you will get a free gift just for visiting (worth $395) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Interest in essential oils is at an all-time high and growing.  As more >and<BR> >more people hear about them, essential oils will explode on the American >scene<BR> >like nothing before them.  You can now learn about the very best essential >oils<BR> >available through Young Living Essential Oils, Inc.   Young Living is used as >a<BR> >model, by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for evaluating other >NWM<BR> >nutritional companies.  Why? Because the FDA was so impressed when they<BR> >inspected Young Living’s operation.  To learn more about

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I am also thinking of enrolling in CCNH. I have researched a lot of colleges and theirs appeals to me the most. Please keep in touch – maybe we will be classmates! I’m probably going to enroll soon. adrastia

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I am looking into going back to school to study holistic nutrition, to be a nutrition counselor.  Does anyone know of a school that has a good masters program in holistic nutrition?  What are requirements for certification as a nutrition counselor in California?  Has anyone had any experience with a home study degree program in this field? Suzanne

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Hi Suzanne, I’ve heard good things about this college. Clayton College of Natural Health. http://www.ccnh.edu/ I just received their catalog and am considering the ND program. Best to you, Jackie —         —>Essential Oils Online—>     Online Ezine dedicated to Aromatherapy        ’subscribe eoo’ in the subject

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>I would like to hear from women with personal >experience in using aromatherapy for menopausal >symptoms such as hot flushes, palpitations >insomnia etc.

There’s an aromatherapy mailing list. To become a member, send mail to and in the body of the message put         join aromatherapy

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I would like to hear from women with personal experience in using aromatherapy for menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes, palpitations insomnia etc. Please E-mail me directly. I am attempting to create an up-to-date list of what works and what doesn’t. T I A! Ruth RN Internet Resource Nurse Women’s Reproductive Health Consultant http://www.lifelinesinst.com/comptabout.html

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I’ve read the both ginko biloba and feverfew, two nutritional supplements, are good for short term memory. Both are supposed to bring additional oxygen to the brain. You can find a good deal of information on both. Good luck. b

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>Are there any supplements and/or drugs that aid short term memory loss. >This is not Alzheimer’s related but age is a factor. Any information would >you prefer.   >Thanks much, >Steve Freeman

Along with the Herbal Remedies suggested, you may want to consider the role that stress may be playing (or a low grade depression) with regards to short term memory loss.  Stress can be a "little monster" that carts off thoughts … things you need to remember.  I know you requested "drugs"specifically, but you may want to consider some alternatives ie. Aromatherapy.  For example, Pure Essential Oil of Rosemary, Peppermint, and several other oils do play a significant role in providing mental stimulation and memory enhancement.  The role of our sense of smell and memory has been clearly and scientifically documented.   Another alternative that you might want to consider would be REGULAR practicing of meditation, specifically with the intent of paying attention to your thoughts, just letting them happen in the "silence" of your mind, noting them, and then letting them go.  Later, after your meditation, noting what thoughts came into your mind as you were trying "not to think of anything, clearing your mind of all thoughts". This may be beneficial in finding out what the mind is being preoccupied with.  If you have any questions, please email.  Wishing you Health, Hope, and Peace of Mind Susan

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The supplements which really helped me with short term memory and memory in general were to combine Brain III formula (vegetarian) pills that you can get at any health food store.  It seems to provide the base of amino acids and etc for the proper functioning that synergistically interacts with piracetam whi9ch I have taken for over five years now.  I must say, I do notice the improvement since then and definitely notice a slowing down when I stop taking it. I get my piracetam from Mexico, but I am sure that you probably can get it from one of the smart drug www. sites, as well. If you really need more blood supply to the neuronal pathways then I suggest that you add in Hydergine, but, I tend to get headaches from too much blood flow if I  use it daily.  So, I confine my usage of HGydregine just to when I give major public speeches and need definite quick thinking between the hemispheres. Good Luck with your memory! Barbara

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Are there any supplements and/or drugs that aid short term memory loss. This is not Alzheimer’s related but age is a factor. Any information would you prefer.   Thanks much, Steve Freeman

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Does anybody know of any schools in the UK where one can study Herbalism. They can be full-time or part-time or even correspondance courses. Also, if you know of any ‘body’ that accredits these courses it would be a great help. Thanks, Andrew.

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writes: > Does anybody know of any schools in the UK where one can study Herbalism. > They can be full-time or part-time or even correspondance courses. Also, > if you know of any ‘body’ that accredits these courses it would be a great > help. Thanks, Andrew.

Look at http://www.demon.co.uk/murderon/fragrant/society.html Or in the magazine "Here’s Health" — Graham Sorenson — The Guide to Aromatherapy http://www.demon.co.uk/murderon/fragrant/ This Way.> http://www.demon.co.uk/murderon/fragrant/bahai1.html

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