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Do You Like The Idea Of Being Able to Lucid Dream?

By yogaguid on 30th May, 2009 | No Comments

For those unfamiliar with the term, I have good news; lucid dreaming is actually a pretty simple concept. A Lucid Dream is a dram in which you are aware that you are dreaming. The degree to which your Lucid Dream is lucid is dependent on how much of the dream you can remember once you awaken, how stable the dream experience is and how much control you have over the dream.

It is this last factor which is the most remarkable and amazing thing about experiencing a Lucid Dream. Being able to identify the fact that you are having a dream is astounding. You can decide which direction you want the dream to go in and there really are no limits to what experiences you can have!

Just imagine that for an instant. It looks feels and sounds exactly the same as ‘normal’ reality, except that you know that it isn’t. You know that you are perfectly safe; you cannot die or get injured in a Lucid Dream. There are no normal rules and regulations about what you get up to! It is truly your own ‘Individual Virtual Reality’, with a depth of realism far beyond the most sophisticated computer imitation.

More people than ever before are trying Lucid Dreaming for themselves. While most people experience a Lucid Dream at some point in their lives, just imagine how exciting it would be if you could have Lucid Dreams any time you want!

Lucid Dreaming gives you the opportunity to do anything you’ve ever wanted to do; to experience anything you’ve ever wanted to experience. You can meet your favorite celebrities of the present and the past, visit other planets, have wild erotic experiences; anything which is within the power of your imagination is possible in Lucid Dreaming.

Being able to experience Lucid Dreaming on a regular basis is something which it used to take a long time to be able to do. Some spent months before they could have a Lucid Dream – and some were never able to master the technique.

So are there any simple ways of experiencing a Lucid Dream?

There are those who maintain that certain foods can foster Lucid Dreaming if eaten before bed; among these are mustard, dairy products and orange juice.

Others will tell you to try pickles, ice cream, fish and popcorn. While they swear by the ability of these foods to produce the right conditions for Lucid Dreaming to occur, these foods also have a high salt and fat content, as well as fatty acids; making them not so likely to produce restful sleep.

Can Technology Assist You?

There are new technologies which can assist you in having Lucid Dreams. There are sleep masks and eyeshades which turn on LEDs when REM sleep is detected; the idea is that the red light of the LED will let dreamers know that they are dreaming; this is the first step to taking control of the dream.

But exciting new developments in sound technology have opened up the world of Lucid Dreams to anybody! A process has been developed by scientists where different sound frequency waves are played in each ear. This is known as binaural beats.

What this process does is to synchronize the two hemispheres of the brain. And almost instantly, just by listening to these special frequencies, puts the brainwaves into a state known as REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep which is the state needed to achieve a lucid dream.

If you have always wanted to try Lucid Dreaming for yourself, binaural sound presents the quickest and easiest way to begin.

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Should I Run Indoors or Outdoors

By yogaguid on 30th May, 2009 | No Comments

One question I get asked all the time is whether running outdoors is better than running indoors. It’s true that a treadmill is great for running inside on chilly days, but is it more beneficial to your body than running out in the sunshine? The answer to this is actually pretty interesting.

No, running outside isn’t massively better for you than running inside on your elliptical machine. That said, there are small differences that you might want to keep in mind.

 

  1. Running in Nature Can Help Your Balance – running outside makes your body adjust to the world around it, meaning that your muscles are going to be making minor adjustments to keep you upright. You may be running through a park or up and down a hilly area. All of these little movements are working smaller muscle fibers used for balance that are rarely used.The other benefit of this uneven terrain is that you are generally going to burn more calories as you adjust your intensity to your environment.
  2. Fresh Air – I know it might seem a little corny, but running outside means you’re going to be getting more fresh air. Is it a life changing thing? No, but it is a nice added benefit. You get to be out in a natural environment away from the TV and the air conditioning and clear you head.
  3. You’ll Get More Vitamin D – Vitamin D plays a significant role in preventing cancer and cardiovascular disease and you’re going to be getting a big dose of it every time you go running in direct sunlight. Exposing yourself to direct sunshine has also been shown to lighten depression and increase your mood.

There are, I’m sure, some people reading this (no you of course) who are just bound and determined never to leave their treadmill behind.I know I love being able to point my treadmill at the TV and run while watching Oprah, but there is something so much better about being in nature and not couped up in the house running on the same strip of rolling rubber. When the weather is crappy, it’s difficult to convince yourself to go out and run, but if you can opt for the great outdoors over the treadmill every once in a while, you’ll see your cardiovascular fitness grow by huge leaps.

For more information on running for weight loss, I recommend taking a look at The Ultimate Guide for Running to Lose Weight from Home Fitness Challenge.

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What is Telepathic Communication?

By yogaguid on 27th May, 2009 | No Comments

Some telepathic experiments have produced intriguing results. But nothing is accepted as ‘scientific’ unless it’s shown to be measurable, consistent, and repeatable. Unfortunately, telepathy experiment results usually fall short on the consistent or repeatable parts, so that many doubt the truth of telepathy. Then there are researchers who argue that this is merely like Edison ‘s experiments to create the light bulb-he failed 10,000 times before he finally got it right, but that never meant that electric lights were ‘not real’. They say we just have to design better experiments around this phenomenon.

How is it possible there are individuals who are Telepathic? How do they communicate with only their minds without using all their other senses? Obviously it is by a means not understood completely. One that doesn’t involve hearing, taste, smell or touch, but nevertheless exists. But, can this be done using artificial means (communication technology). You can’t see, feel, smell or touch radio waves, but we all know they exist.And then again, the human brain cannot be considered a radio tower.

For the scientific community there is one very important reason why studies into Telepathy continue. The fact that thought waves can be defined as electrical and magnetic fields caused by the brain and this has been proven. Although things might become a little difficult to follow, we are going to attempt to explain all of this more simply.

The conventional wisdom in science is that human thought is ‘merely ‘ the result of a mass of biochemical neurons transferring electro-chemical impulses between different synapses-indeed; this has led some to conclude that consciousness is merely an ‘illusion’. But, there is that electrical current that gets generated—and as small as it is, it ‘s consistently and repeatedly measurable. Like all electrical currents, there is a proportional magnetic field that goes along with it. And the brain has tens of thousands of synapses activated at any given second.

So, now we are talking bio-electric and bio-magnetic fields-and we know very well that electrical and magnetic fields enable ‘mystical ‘ communications. But, within these electrical and magnetic waves, is there content or mere static? Is it possible to be trained to control these waves? Does something like meditation actually operate by shaping thought waves into meaningful communication?

There is also trouble with the weakness of the brain ‘s electromagnetic field. The common, ubiquitous electromagnetic fields of modern devices like televisions, computers, stereo systems, refrigerators, microwave ovens are all larger than the brain’s; therefore likely interfere with the brains.

With the magnetic or electrical fields there are problems and these fields can easily be drowned out by the technology of everyday items like televisions, microwaves, refrigerators, stereos produce much bigger electrical and magnetic fields. Can there possibly be a way to the magnetic and electrical fields of the human brain? For example during an emotionally heightened state, such as shock, fear, pain, or the feeling of danger. A temporary spike in bio-magnetic and bio-electrical is created by the neural synapses firing in the brain.

Parapsychology researchers documented brief periods of Telepathic communication. Instances such as a parent (usually a mother) when her child has been hurt when miles from each other. Is there a connection between the spiking of such brain activity and communication telepathically? Do two individuals, related to each other, play a part in telepathy? Or coincidence?

As you have no doubt become aware as you have read this, no scientific research has provided evidence that telepathy is an absolute fact. But that is the science of today and it is beginning to change. With an increase in studies we are seeing that telepathy does actually exist. And anyone can learn how to be telepathic if they receive the proper training.

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This recording focuses on an exact frequency that will lower you to a relaxation state and allow your brain to become blind to predetermined notions. When a person forgets what they learned previously, can they develop Telepathic Abilities.

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Astral Travel Secrets Revealed

By yogaguid on 26th May, 2009 | No Comments

Have you ever had a dream you were flying high above the trees? Have you ever been in such an intense daydream that you thought you were rising out of your body, then up through the ceiling of your house, only to be suddenly jolted awake? You’ve reached a state called astral travel, where you can travel outside of your body to anywhere you want to go. It is your mind having fun while your body sleeps!

Astral traveland dreaming may get confusing for some individuals they are not the same. This of course, does not mean that every dream is an astral travel experience. Just after you fall asleep and you start to dream, this is when your mind begins sifting through those issues that are not resolved while you are awake. This nightly process of dreaming saves your sanity. Most often, many of these dreams go unremembered; unless you remember small fragments or pieces of your dreams once, you are awake.

Whenever you can vividly remember a dream, rest assured you were likely experiencing some form of astral projection. No matter what you intend to do with the information, it is a good idea to recall these dreams as best you can and put them down on paper in a journal. While one or two of these dreams will not make sense to you, there will be time when you can go through several of your recalled dreams and they will make complete sense.

Similar to the dreams that allow you to work out the problems and frustrations of the day, so astral travel has some benefits as well. The benefits will be unique to you, as they are to each person who experiences astral projection, and that is why it is so important that you write them down.

The primary benefits of writing down your astral projection experiences stem from an expansion of your spirituality. Through astral projection, you will become more aware of your surroundings and the inner workings of your soul. Once you truly know yourself, you will have an overall sense of well-being and peace. And because astral projection causes us to use parts of our brains that are seldom used, it will make you a sharper person enhancing memory and mental awareness.

Your senses, which pertain to your natural psychic abilities, are another benefit of astral travel. Scores of people who do practice astral travel report an increase of such abilities as precognition, telepathy as well as being able to sense spiritual being from beyond the veil of this world.

Astral travel can do this for you because it makes use of previously untapped spiritual energies which you had not made an effort to develop.

There are just about as many skeptics and non-believers of astral projection and astral travel who report that they, themselves have developed an ability to see the aura of other people and the ability to read auras, when they never could do this before practicing astral projection.

Aside from those benefits, one has to admit that it is fun to travel outside your body, to visit places you haven’t been before and to find that inner peace everyone craves.

With the variety of benefits to be gained by practicing astral travel, it’s surprising that everyone doesn’t take advantage of this ability. The problem is that a lot of people assume that only a few special people have this ability – they’re wrong. Every one of us has the ability to astral project; it’s only a matter of practice.

You have almost certainly astral traveled before, whether you know it or not. All of us have had those dreams of flying – these are astral travels.

The way to gain all of the benefits of astral travel is to do it consciously; you have to know that you are astral traveling, since this will grant you full control of the experience.

There are many methods which you can learn using books and videos made by astral travel experts. It’s not hard at all to learn, despite what many may suppose. This is an ability you already possess – it’s up to you to develop it and make the most of it.

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Do many people suffer from hemorrhoids?

By yogaguid on 26th May, 2009 | No Comments

Most living adults will feel the wrath of hemorrhoids at some stage of their lives, hemorrhoids attack at will, which poses the question, how common hemorrhoids really are. If it sunk in that almost every living adult around the globe will at some stage of their lives come across hemorrhoid pain, does this make it clearer to how common hemorrhoids are?”

Some hemorrhoids you may not even notice through to larger hemorrhoids that do cause sufferers severe and excruciating pain and even tender sore bleeding around the anus, to think that most people will indeed suffer this horrible illness at some stage within their lives is food for thought. Please review the enclosed snippet to see how common hemorrhoids are, which begs the question, why are hemorrhoids so common? What can be done for you to eliminate the odds of catching the horrendous hemorrhoid pain?

Although we understand that ninety percent of our population will at some stage feel this terrible hemorrhoid monster, this being the case we must also understand that hemorrhoids are extremely common. As we have seen, most of the population will feel the pain of hemorrhoids at some stage of their lives. This is irrelevant of race, income location, nor anything with hygeine. Hemorrhoids can strike you at any time regardless of class, many famous sufferers such as Jimmy Carter experienced the ruthless pain of hemorrhoids?

Of course it makes no difference who you are of where you are or indeed how much money you earn. If napoleon and Jimmy Carter have both suffered with painful hemorrhoids, surely this answers the question to how common hemorrhoids really are? Extremely common.

Your everyday eating habits are the main factors that decided if you are due a visit from the hemorrhoids monster, yes your every day diet. When you thinking about “How common are hemorrhoids”, think about how you could prevent hemorrhoids by living a balanced lifestyle with regards to toping yourself up with regular water and fiber, if you can keep pushing on remembering to stay in touch with these two basic ingredients you won’t go far wrong.

This article is just a tiny summary of hemorrhoid information that you need to know, if you want every detail and all the fast ways to cure hemorrhoids fast and naturally please visit how common are hemorrhoids www.hemorrhoidsmagiccure.com

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Resveratrol Helps With Anti-Aging

By yogaguid on 25th May, 2009 | No Comments

Resveratrol is the latest health craze related to anti-aging. For several years now more and more studies are demonstrating conclusively that resveratrol supplements can slow down the aging process. Aging is what happens to the body as we get older and deteriorate. Metabolic processes and physiological functions slow. The rate of slowing can be changed with the antioxidants like resveratrol.

Studies on resveratrol continue to uncover the very tangible benefits of this element of red wine, which include anti-cancer, anti-aging properties. In short, resveratrol brings back to life a gene within all living cells that provides that cell with more time to fix itself.

From Oprah to 60 Minuets to Barbara Walter, major television shows are highlighting the studies on resveratrol that point to the anti-aging benefits. All these shows have interviewed the people behind the research. that has proven the effects of resveratrol in living cells. These shows have profiled the companies that are producing the resveratrol supplements. Resveratrol is the next antioxidant that has the potential to make longer, healthier lives more possible.

The research into resveratrol suggests that it is a powerful antioxidant that helps to mitigate the damaging effects of free radicals in the body, and likewise may induce a process by which extended life will be more a possibility. One effect of the antioxidant resveratrol is on arteries. The research suggests that resveratrol reduces blood pressure through increasing blood flow.

Antioxidants mediates the damage that free radicals inflict on cells. Diseases like diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, cancer and Parkinson’s can be slowed down by the introduction of antioxidants.

Resveratrol is found in several natural items, such as peanuts, red wine, grapes and blueberries other items. Grapes, particularly the Muscadine, have the highest concentration of resveratrol. Though nothing comes close to the amount of resveratrol in supplements. These capsules have been filled with resveratrol. In order to get similar amounts of resveratrol one would need to consumer hundreds of bottles of red wine per day. Of course, this is not a feasible option.

There are many resveratrol supplements that contain this newly discovered antioxidant, resveratrol, which some are calling “The Fountain of Youth” that also includes other important anti-oxidants. The amount of these nutritional supplements is growing all the time and more people are looking to introduce them into their daily intake. While there are quite a few companies that don’t put enough resveratrol or the resveratrol they do create has a low bioavailability. This means that not enough resveratrol actually gets used by the body.

There are very few elements such as resveratrol. The growing number of positive studies and increasing amount of fundung for product development means that resveratrol has not yet reached its full potential.

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Acai Berry Nourishment – How The Açaí Berry Can Increase Health & Vitality

By yogaguid on 25th May, 2009 | No Comments

Today’s popular super food, the acai berry, has been a major healing factor since the earliest days of herbal medicine in the Rainforests of Brazil. First harvested there from a variety of palm tree, the small dark purple berry with the scientific name of Euterpe Oleracea, has been used to treat and cure a multitude of varied diseases and health conditions. In Brazil, the pulp of the acai berry is still ingested directly by consumers as a powerful bodily energizer, detoxifier, and healing agent. As an effective component of various health foods and supplements, in organic berry, juice or pulp states, the health-oriented western population has embraced acai berry consumption. The acai berry is often found in such popular health-enhancing products as organic ice cream, energy drinks, energy bars and granola. In their added use of the naturally common and effective states of pulp, powder, and juice from the whole berries, health-oriented international consumers have also made the use of acai berries very popular.

Promoted as a highly effective organic mega-vitamin in the natural health products marketplace, the acai berry in its various forms and products has even been proclaimed by many medical doctors to be, “the most perfect food on the planet.” With its rich content of antioxidants, the acai berry is an incorrigible and highly successful combatant of free radical damage in the body. Its high content of lipids serve as strong energy boosters for overall improvement in physical and mental functioning. With its high levels of natural fiber, the acai berry serves as the very best complete body cleansing and detoxifying agent available, even promoting increased bodily energy levels as it purifies.

Astoundingly, more protein than is contained by one egg can be found in a single normal serving of acai fruit. In addition, the Amazon acai is an all-in-one multi-vitamin product. Extremely rich in vitamins B1 (Thiamin), B2 (Riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), E (Tocopheral), and Vitamin C, the acai berry also possesses the essential minerals of iron, potassium, phosphorus and calcium. Acai contains twice the amount of antioxidants counted in blueberries due to its astounding amounts of more than 30 times the levels of anthocyanins (potent antioxidants) found in red wine grapes. These antioxidants are vital for promoting and stabilizing a healthy cardiovascular system which supports excellent blood circulation. With their abundance of amino acids and important trace minerals, acai berry products are immensely helpful in orchestrating normal muscle contraction, flexibility and rejuvenation. As an unchallenged super food with the composition of an extremely powerful multi-vitamin, the acai berry’s abilities as a bodily healer, energizer, cleanser and detoxifier have proven its immense value in today’s health products market.

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3 Different types of hemorrhoids

By yogaguid on 25th May, 2009 | No Comments


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Hemorrhoids are terribly painful and itchy swollen tissue masses that affect the anus canal entry. Swollen hemorrhoids can be easily cured naturally within 48 hours. Hemorrhoids are frightfully painful, even small hemorrhoids can cause tremendous grief and pain to sufferers, especially when bleeding occurs after wiping. Around ninety percent of the population experience the misfortune of hemorrhoids at some stage of their lives, they are very common.

Various types of haemorrhoids exist and of course each type can be slightly different, as of this many people think ‘’What are hemorrhoids’’ See our brief outline of what different types of hemorrhoids exist.

Hemorrhoids are basically internal and or external. Internal hemorrhoids obviously are inside your anus typically where they cannot be seen with the human eye. Obviously they are much harder to find as these symptoms are much less noticable as they are not seen by the human eye.e. as hemorrhoids bleed they will become more obvious.

When your thinking ‘’What are these hemorrhoids’’, please remember to note that each type is different. As external hemorrhoids means that these swollen masses of tissue gather around the outside of the anus and can be seen by the human eye. The more common hemorrhoid is the external hemorrhoids problem, these are groups of veins that have swelled like small golf balls, these hemorrhoids cause the most pain.

Nothing of course is set in stone; there are internal hemorrhoids that will be visible to the human eye. Doctors like to call these form of hemorrhoids “prolapsed internal hemorrhoids” these are the hemorrhoids that become known to a sufferer when attempting to strain to had whilst passing a stool. It is more or less impossible to replace the hemorrhoids back inside the anus, and surgery is the worst case scenario in order to remove this common yet painful problem.

The other main type of hemorrhoid to cover is the thrombosed external hemorrhoids. These are small hemorrhoids that have been developed by blood clots. These hemorrhoids are extremely small, solid volumes that generally result in severe pain and discomfort. These painful hemorrhoids may well require surgery if you cannot treat them at home.

Why do I get hemorrhoids? Well, there are a number of reasons why, including diseases like Crohn’s Disease and IBS, but in general it is very simple, mainly as of excessive straining when trying to make bowel movements during periods of possible constipation. An easy treatment for hemorrhoids can found in every day fibre to which you can come across in cereals, bread etc.

Using Fibre can keep you regular and your stool soft which in turn will reduce the amount of pressure and strain been made to make bowel movements, also include fruit, whole grain breads etc. Hemorrhoid prevention is fairly easy and straight forward, once you understand “what hemorrhoids are about” which can be explained, the most important issue is how to clean them out at home in privacy, this is so easy it is unbelievable.

This is just a quick summary of what you need to know about hemorrhoids, if you want the full details of what hemorrhoids are all about and how to quickly and easily cure hemorrhoids visit


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What is Acupuncture? You Ought to Know

By yogaguid on 24th May, 2009 | No Comments

The lifestyle that most people have today can at times be described as unhealthy and with it comes the inevitable health problems. Medical breakthroughs have been steady through the years, but most Westerners are now opening their minds and bodies to what is traditionally a non-Western health or therapy idea. One popular alternative medicine is acupuncture therapy.

Acupuncture therapy, what exactly is it? The disturbing image that usually pops in our minds when we speak of acupuncture is that of the Chinese poking needles into their skins. Acupuncture originated in ancient China and is usually clumped under traditional Chinese medicine.

Acupuncture Therapy 101

Acupuncture therapy is often times considered by some people as an ineffective healing method simply because it does not make sense to them. So, to shed light on the perennial question of what is acupuncture to the uninformed, here are a few basics to know about acupuncture:

  1. Acupuncture therapy utilizes fine filiform needles being inserted into specific points in the body, either for general healing purposes or specific for pain relief. These specific points, also known as meridians, in the body are where life energy (qi) flows are situated.
  2. Acupuncture points, most of the times, are located in the twelve main meridians that correspond to vital body organs like the kidney, liver or lungs. Acupuncture can be useful in treating a range of health conditions.
  3. Because acupuncture therapy hails from the Chinese and lacks anatomical or histological basis for its medical claims, it has undeniably received mounting criticism from Western scientists and doctors. Some people still think of it as a simple myth but several studies show that it is truly an effective treatment of some health conditions.
  4. Acupuncture therapy places an emphasis on the free flow of blood and qi. Qi is difficult to translate in the English language but it can be viewed as a form of life energy. When certain body parts experience excessive or deficient levels of qi, sometimes there is stagnation of qi in the body. Acupuncture therapy is used as a technique to balance the qi excess or deficiency by promoting its free flow and either draining it if there is an excess or replenishing it if there is a deficiency.

Traditional Chinese medicine looks at health as a symbiosis of yin and yang in the body. Yin and yang, which are contrasting forces that work together, can be compared to dark and light, male and female, or high and low. Acupuncture therapy in the Western world then becomes a blending of the East and the West, yin and yang, thus making it an intriguing healing art. At the start of its popularity in the West, some people considered it as a mere myth but, through the years, it has been scientifically researched. In fact, acupuncture therapy has been efficient in the treatment of several health conditions in the Western world.

 

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Acpuncture treatment doesn’t work for everyone, but it did for me here’s why

By yogaguid on 24th May, 2009 | No Comments

How can acupuncture treatment work for you, if it works at all? A lot of my close personal friends want to know this but they deem acupuncture as one of those holistic remedies for hippies because their insurance plans don’t cover it fully. I understand this concern of theirs and at one point I kind of agreed with the sentiment that If it’s not covered it’s not a legitimate medical treatment.

However, there was a time when I was on vacation and nowhere near my hometown doctor and I had some severe back pain.  The concierge at the hotel we were staying at saw me in pain and recommended me to her fiance who was an acpuncturist, and had an office half a mile away.

I called him up right away, and made an appointment for the next morning at 8:30 in the morning.  As I walked into his office hunched over with pain, and my son following me with a fistful of toys, we got down to business.  He did some probing of muscle areas, and frankly, I felt better just by lying down on a properly cushioned, ergonomic table.

He started the acupuncture treatment with probing of muscle tissue to ascertain where the muscle inflammation was, and where the pain was coming from.Pain spreads to different areas of your body and can make you think that the wrong area is hurting.

So his probing found out where the pain was coming from and he started the real acupuncture treatment with these tiny little needles.  As he was inserting these tiny needles, he had some soft music playing and I almost fell asleep.  That right there sohuld prove to anyone that these needles are going to be felt when they’re inserted and the whole treatment has a very relaxing element to it.

Donnie Boots is a big fan of alternative medical treatments such as acupuncture and aromatherapy. His acupuncture treatment blog has some more interesting articles on acpuncture and the benefits of acupuncture treatment

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