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NATURE

Complete Guide

Nature presentsus eight remedies

to preserve our health.

Nature presentsus eight remedies

to preserve our health.

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Complete Guide

Natural Medicine

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The eight cures of nature

Throughout this work you will discover the most powerful natural agents toprotect our health. When incorporating these remedies to our habits a wholeeffective plan of preservation of our health by natural means will start to work.As well as preventing from diseases, natural remedies contribute to heal, thatis, to bring us back the health we have lost.

The sun

RestThe air

Physical exercise

Diet Avoiding toxicsubstances

A positive mentalattitude

Water and earth

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HYDROTHERAPY - Health through water

Water, something as cheap and simple, and in principleaccesible to all, is the main element for hydrotherapy(from the Greek ‘hidor’/’hydro’, water and ‘therapeía’,

therapy).

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Health through water

THE GENERAL EFFECTSOF HYDROTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS

● Cardiovascular SystemIt is useful for cardiovasculardisorders of a functional originand slow cutaneous irrigation.

● BloodIt activates the blood flow.

● During convalescenceIt favors the recovery duringpostoperatory convalescenceperiods.

● MetabolismIt regulates the hormonalsystem.

● Muskulo-skeletalSystemIt tons up the muscles andstops the inflammatorystages.

● Nervous SystemIt tons up the nervous system.

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AEROTHERAPY - Health through the air

A human being can last more than one month without eating, up to aweek without drinking, but a mere few minutes without breathing.

We never stop breathing from the moment we are born to the momentwe die, and we breathe in a completely natural, automatic way.

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Learning to breathe deeply

More diseases than we can imagine could be avoided by breathingcorrectly. Through this wonderful natural remedy

we can improve our lifestyle.

Initially these exercises should be carried out lying on a bed or on top of a carpet.Take three small books and place:• The first on the abdomen, • The second on the lower part

of the chest and • The third on the upper part of the chest.

INSPIRATION (breathing in) in three phases:

1.Breathe in and try to move the book placed onyour abdomen, by doing this we are getting thediaphragm to work and ventilating the lowerpart of the lungs. You should not breathe in asdeeply as possible, as some reserve is neededfor the next two phases.

2. In the following step try to get the next book placed on the lower partof the chest to move, and this means that the intercostal muscles(the muscles found between the ribs) are at work, which boosts ven-tilation of the middle area of the lungs.

3. In the last part try to move the third book, working the auxiliary mus-cles of respiration that are found at neck height, which help improvethe ventilation of the upper part of the lungs.

EXHALING is carried out in reverse order but taking twice as long for each step.These exercises deeply ventilate both the lungs and their anatomic regions (known asthe pulmonary lobes).Once you have learnt to use the respiratory muscles lying down, these movementscan be easily carried out standing up.

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HELIOTHERAPY - Health through the sun

People who live in cities have little exposure to sun, air and natural changesin temperature most of the year, and tend to spend their summer holidaystrying to make up for the benefits they have missed by spending far too longout in intense sunlight. However, over-exposure during the summer is just asharmful for our health as the deprivation of sunlight during the rest of the year.

The importance of the healing power of the sun was well knownin ancient times by the Egyptians, Assyrians, Greeks and

Romans who deified it as a source of light and health.

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Health through the sun

Parts of the body and recommended exposure times to the sun

1st day 5 min.

2nd day 5 min. 10 min.

3rd day 5 min. 10 min. 15 min.

4th day 5 min. 10 min. 15 min. 20 min.

5th day 5 min. 10 min. 15 min. 20 min. 25 min.

6th day – 10 min. 15 min. 20 min. 25 min. 30 min.

7th day – 15 min. 20 min. 25 min. 30 min. 25 min.

8th day – 20 min. 25 min. 30 min. 35 min. 40 min.

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A walk from time to time, do-it-yourself, or a sporadicallypracticed sport is not sufficient to keep the parts of our bodiesdevoted to movement—muscles, bones, tendons and joints—ingood shape. To do this, we should follow a constant exerciseprogram that involves the entire body.

Nowadays, it is essential we rediscover the therapeutic value ofmovement as a remedy for many diseases, and not forget that this isthe real “engine of life”.

(physical exercise)

Underneath is a list of diseases thatmay appear or worsen as a result of alack of physical exercise:

• Migraines and other types ofheadache.

• Exhaustion and apathy.

• Constipation.

• Insomnia.

• Thrombosis, embolism and heartattacks.

• Hyperlipemia (excess fat in theblood).

• Degenerative osteoporosis of theextremities and the spine.

• Premature disability.

The harm caused by inactivity

If an organ of the body is not exercised it will atrophy; the best way topractise physical exercise is to do it every day.

PHYSIOTHERAPY - Health through movement

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Rest

Rest is as necessary as activity. In nature there are fixedactivity-rest cycles, and neglecting these will lead to adverseconsequences for all aspects of our health.

There is nothing like a good rest, aptly known as arefreshing rest.

● It reinforces the healing processes of the body.● It allows the immune system to activate its defenses against

infectious agents.

Life is developed following a rhythm. In nature, thisrhythm is marked by day and night, and by the

seasons. Even the movement of heavenly bodies follows a precise pattern.

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DIETOTHERAPY - Health through nutrition

COMPLETE NUTRITION: TOTAL HEALTH

● CarbohydratesPreferably whole-grain:cereals (rice, millet, corn,wheat, rye), which make youfeel full and provide energy.

● FatsWe should ideally consumeoils as unsaturated aspossible.

● ProteinsMeat protein does not havethe highest biological value,but its level is similar to that ofvegetable protein.

● Fruits and vegetablesThey supply vitamins, minerals,enzymes, phytochemicalelements and fiber.

«May your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food.»

(Hippocrates, Greek physician, 5th century B.C.)

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What we eat in the 21st century

• Refined flour and potatoes havereplaced whole-grain flour.

• Our consumption of fast food orindustrially processed food isexcessive, while the amount raw andfresh vegetables and fruit in our diethas decreased.

• We prefer soft fare avoiding toughfood that makes us chew well andincreases the amount of salivaproduced.

• Day after day, theconsumption ofindustriallyprocessed—and therefore un-natural—productsincreases. These includeseveral artificial elements that areof no nutritional value.

• We eat an excessive amount ofanimal protein.

• In many places, animal fat is overusedto the detriment of vegetable fat (oil).

• Too much common table salt isconsumed.

• There is a growingtendency to usespices, and“enhancing”chemical products

and preservativeswhile the use of herbs and

natural aromatic seasoning is on thewane.

• In general, the supply of vitamins,enzymes, minerals, phytochemicalelements and chlorophyll isinsufficient.

• The average diet is lacking in fiber.In the view of these nutritional habitsit can be said that, in general, we eattoo much food that is not good for usand too little food that is.

So, in the industrialized world, most people follow poor diets and consequently their nutrition is consistently deficient, as will beexplained in detail in this chapter.

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TOXIC SUBSTANCES

Drugs: Prevention at homeand at school

HEALTH THROUGH ABSTINENCE

Drugs: a serious problem for the public and social health.As the saying goes, “prevention is better than cure”, this isthe best treatment to this problem, and the best prevention

is INFORMATION.

• It is important todevelop and promotethe talents of eachchild from very earlyinfancy.

• We should make the mostof the educational value of television and othermeans of communicationand information.

• Educating childrenabout values suchas solidarity, livingwith and respectingall cultures andsocial classes is essential.

• Young people must beencouraged to take part in attractive, educationalactivities.

• Pay careful attention tolow-quality preventiveprograms that may actuallyhave the contrary result ofpromoting drug addiction.

• It is essential that the family mem-bers communicate well with each other and that the family as a groupcommunicate with the school.

• Adolescents and young people shouldbe offered a meeting place andattractive activities that do not includealcohol, cigarettes, or any other type

of toxic stimulant.

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Socially tolerated drugs

The consequences of a bad habit

5 DAY PLAN to give up smoking

Inhibition of the ciliastaticfunction The irritants intobacco end upparalyzing theciliated cellswhich areconstantly“sweeping” thebronquial treeclean.

Chronicbronchitis Microbes or dustsettles on thebronchi leading toinflammation andpurulence: andafter a few years,a cough becomesmore and morefrequent andexhausting.

Emphysema Tar damages the pulmonary alveoli, they lose theirelasticity and when subjected to the pressure ofventilation, they tear open and form blebs (blisters).

CancerToday there can be no doubt, as tobacco has beencategorically proved responsible for between 95%and 98% of the cases of primary lung cancer.

SOLUTION:

The cancerous lung of a smoker.

Swelling of the front

of the leg and ankle

Peripheralnervoussystem:Neuropathy,and loss ofbalance

Digestivesystem:

Pancreatitis,intestinal

malabsorption

Stomach:Esophagitis,gastritis

Blood:Anemia

Muscles:Loss of

muscle mass and strength

Shaking, lack ofmuscle coordination

High bloodpressure

Heart:Myocardiopathy

Respiratory system:Bronchitis, emphysema

Liver:Hepatitis,cirrhosis

Central NervousSystem:

Emotional and BehavioralDisorders,

Cerebral Atrophy

Skin:Thread veins

The effects of alcohol on the body

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Every day we shouldinclude asalad and five pieces or portions of fruit.

Onawakening,take one ortwo glassesof water andtake ten deepbreaths.

Breakfasthas to benatural andabundantand must bechewed well.

Get sufficientsleep.

Do at least 30 minutes of physicalexercise every day.

Have a verylight supper atleast twohours beforeyou go to bed.

It is a goodidea to fastone day aweek or to eatonly fruit anddextrinatedbread.

It is essentialyou abstainfrom all typesof addictivedrugs.

In order toget a restfulsleep, it is agood idea to take ahipbath or afootbathbefore goingto bed.

HEALTH PROGRAMSimple, practical advice for both the healthy

and the sick -the foundations for following a new,healthy way of life.

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