Tai chi may ease fibromyalgia pain (纖維肌痛, 全身肌肉無力)...an article from USA Today August 19, 2010

 Tai chi may ease fibromyalgia pain

 

By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY

Tai chi, an ancient Chinese practice of exercise and meditation, may relieve symptoms of a painful chronic condition called fibromyalgia, a small new study shows.

Tai chi involves gentle, flowing movements in which students shift their weight and breathe deeply, cycling through a series of stances with poetic names, such as "white crane spreads its wings." The philosophy of tai chi involves moving a person's vital energy, or qi ("chee"), through the body.

In the study, doctors randomly assigned 66 fibromyalgia patients to take either a 12-week tai chi class or attend a "wellness education" class that included stretching exercises, according to a study in today'sNew England Journal of Medicine. Fibromyalgia patients experience pain, stiffness, fatigue and other problems.

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All participants attended two hour-long classes a week and had instructions to practice at home 20 minutes a day. Most were women with an average age of 50, and most were overweight.

After finishing the course, 79% of tai chi participants said their symptoms had improved, compared with 39% of those in the educational class, the study shows. It was financed by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a branch of the National Institutes of Health.

Tai chi students reported improvements in mood, sleep, quality of life and their ability to exercise.

Even three months after the classes ended, 82% of tai chi students still felt better, compared with 53% of the comparison group, the study says.

A study in 2007 from the National Institutes of Health found that 2.3 million American adults had used tai chi in the past year.

In an accompanying editorial, Harvard Medical School's Gloria Yeh and others note that the study had limitations. Yeh notes that researchers don't know which aspects of tai chi were most helpful: the exercise, deep breathing, relaxation exercise, meeting new friends or learning from a charismatic teacher.

Because all students knew which type of class they were taking, it's possible that tai chi could act like a placebo, so patients improved simply because they expected to.

Yeh suggests conducting a larger, longer study — with multiple teachers, at different locations, perhaps comparing it with yoga and other therapies — to really understand tai chi's benefits.

But Callahan notes that tai chi has few drawbacks. Even the cost of a class, which can top $50 a month, is modest compared with the cost of many medications. And unlike drugs, tai chi had no harmful side effects, she says.

 

Foreign language learning resources 好用喔! 滑鼠點到哪裡, 就會用你揀的國家語言唸字給你聽 !!!

精彩！好用喔! 滑鼠點到哪裡 就會用你揀的國家語言唸字給你聽!  輕鬆接觸學習各國語言 - English, Spanish, Putonghua, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew.........etc!

 http://www.languageguide.org/tw/ <http://www.languageguide.org/tw/> 

 

食肉菌偏方 / 不要再同時將烤肉跟汽水一起食了 (供參考)

食肉菌偏方 / 不要再同時將烤肉跟汽水一起食了

1.食肉菌偏方，大家抄低，以防萬一！ 

話說狄波拉的飛機師老公阿江之哥哥，在馬來西亞被食肉菌侵蝕，由小腿爛上大腿，醫生鋸完小腿，又鋸大腿，然後另一條腿又跟住潰爛，向上蔓延；正當群醫束手無策之際，一位奇醫獻了一方，看似平平無奇，但出現奇績，數劑之後，竟將惡菌殺清，埋口痊愈。這次在香港相遇，阿江已將奇方交了給筆者（即亞樂），狄波拉好心腸，囑亞樂將之公開，希望幫到人，現將這條奇方再轉給大家：－

杜仲五錢 
紅棗十枚 
黨參八錢 
熟地五錢 
杞子五錢
 
這五味並非煎藥，而係煲湯，即係與排骨或雞同煲。
 
注意:如煲雞必須先除雞皮，份量隨意，煲好兩大碗湯，於飯前飲下，每日一劑，直至潰爛埋口！
 
食肉菌近年已在世界各地出現，美、加、香港也有，這類細菌包括海水中之弧菌、A型鏈球菌和B型鏈球菌．．．．等，其中B型鏈球菌普遍存在於人體腸內，向來平安相處，但由於濫用抗生素，導致細菌突變，如人體免疫力降低，便被侵蝕。
 
在香港，此類球菌逐年上升，單是瑪麗醫院，去年便有五百多宗個案，兩年來已有五人被食肉菌吃掉，又有數十人被惡菌入血、上腦。
 
2.不要再同時將烤肉跟汽水一起

根據一項最新的科學研究顯示，烤肉時如果搭配可樂一同飲食的話，會有導致骨癌的危險喔！烤肉是許多人的最愛，即使烤肉的美味程度可能依照負責烤肉的人的手藝而有很大的落差，可是烤肉仍舊是團體活動的熱門首選。不單是青年學子們的團體活動喜歡舉辦烤肉，烤肉現在在台灣已經被許多家庭當成家族團聚時的活動形式之一了，中秋烤肉最初只是中南部盛行，後來這股風潮逐漸蔓延，現在已儼然是全台灣的習俗了！

可是您知道嗎？由於烤肉在薰燒的過程裡，並非只是單純的以火加熱讓肉變熟，肉在加熱的過程中也受到木炭及燃料所產生的煙薰，而這些因為煙薰而變熟的肉跟經由加熱變熟的肉在分子結構上是不同的，而這種分子結構上的不同，在進入人體被消化分解之後，將在我們的體內產生截然不同的影響！

如果只是喝可樂或者吃烤肉倒不會有太大的關係，只要不過量都不至於影響我們的健康，但是如果這兩樣食物搭配在一起同時進食的話,可樂當中所含有的咖啡因會加速薰燒食物分解後的碳離子活動，並且進而使得體內氨基酸的鍵不按照應有的方式鏈結，這被稱為JAJ現象。但是JAJ現象究竟如何導致骨癌仍是尚未完全清楚的謎，目前已經獲得證實的是JAJ現象將連帶導致體內的G.WHAHULANNO反應，體內的鈣離子將無法結合而連帶使得體內的鈣質嚴重流失。糟糕的是，由於人體有自行修復的機制，因此當鈣質嚴重流失的時候，我們人體會自動產生DNB反應，而極可能是DNB反應遇上JAJ現象的時候，極容易使骨細胞產生病變，導致骨癌。

這是一項極新的報導，請千萬不要忽視這件事情！如果你還在以可樂搭配烤肉的話，請別再這麼做了！如果兩者皆是您熱愛的食物，那麼至少請不要同時吃它們吧

夫妻相处之道 ... (值得�!)

我唔���marriage counsellor, 但��得非常有趣而且好�(由其是�中�人)!    

http://v.ku6.com/show/WtQe11TnL4B4NjwZ.html    

(Cantonese)

   

 

 

一滴麻油可防蚊!

只要用一滴麻油滴在手上, 管用嗎？不妨試試!

今天下午去幫兒子買一雙鞋子, 老闆看了兒子的腳說, 怎這麼多紅豆冰呀, 我只好無奈說蚊子真的好多哦, 市面上賣的防蚊液每家都說很天然,  但裡頭還是參了一些化學成份, 雖然我有買了一瓶但最後還是沒在用。

老闆就報我一個最天然最安全最古老的方法,  他說，他們常常去爬山, 什麼的山上蚊子都很多，但是只要用一滴麻油滴在手上, 兩隻手抹一下，拍打在寶寶手上和腳上，最後手上沒油了，但還有麻油的味道， 就輕輕拍一下寶寶的臉上。 爬一個山下來, 蚊子都躲的遠遠的哦!

我聽了這個方法後很高興的回家試驗看看，把麻油弄在兒子手腳和臉上，就帶去公園試試看。

哇! 天阿! 居然發現有3隻蚊子一直想咬兒子, 但卻只敢在旁邊飛來飛去，兒子身邊突然好像多了一層防護罩, 蚊子僵持了5分鐘還在飛，但就是不敢靠近最後居然跑來咬我這在旁邊試驗的媽咪因為我沒擦 , 真的有效耶~

好高興哦，現在弄了一個小瓶子，隨身帶著且只要一滴麻油哦，弄上身體一點都不油，且有香香的麻油味, 才發現原來最天然最安全的防蚊方法是隨身可得的, 且不用花錢去買哦！



 
    

夫妻對話 and many other funny jokes!

夫妻對話（ 1） 妻：「對於性，你有什麼看法？」 夫：「看法是沒有，做法倒很多。」    夫妻對話（ 2） 妻︰「這次的海邊聚會我穿比基尼去，你說好不好？」 夫︰「不行！這樣別人會以 為我是看上妳的錢財而結婚的。」   夫妻對話（ 3 ） 妻：「老公 ！我這頭髮會不會很醜？」 夫：「不會。妳的醜跟頭髮沒關係。」   夫妻對話（ 4） 妻：「來看看我有沒有斷掌？」 夫：「不用看了，鐵有的。」 妻：「為什麼？」 夫：「不然我的一生怎麼會斷送在你的手裡。」   夫妻對話（ 5） 妻：「老闆 ，一瓶米酒，給我老公的。」 老板：「一 瓶就夠嗎？你老公的酒量是有名的喔！」 妻：「用喝可能不夠，不過用砸的一瓶應該夠了。」   警犬 王太太在報紙上看到有優良品種的警犬出售，於是寄出支票購買。 數日後，發現送來的竟是瘦弱的雜種犬，不禁生氣的打電話去罵登廣告的人。 王太太：「這是那門子的警犬ㄚ，一點都不像。」 對方辯解道：「你也看不出來，對不對？坦白跟你說好了，其實他是一隻便衣警犬， 很善於偽裝身份！』   本是同根生 今早，小芬 和小文在吵架…… 小芬：「你 這隻豬！」 小文：「哼 ！你才是豬咧！」 看不下去的老師說話了：「 既然都是豬，就該和平相 處。」   賣書 大學 BBS佈告欄的一則佈告： 「經濟、統計、勞工法規等教科書出售． 九成新．幾乎沒有用過， 附成績單以茲證明。」   錯怪 小豐與小玉夫妻倆今天大吵 一頓。 小玉一把鼻涕一把眼淚的說：「早知道就聽我媽媽的，不要嫁給你！」 小豐楞了一下，緩緩的問：「妳是說……妳媽曾阻止妳嫁給我？」 小玉點了點頭。 小豐用力捶了一下桌子說：「啊！這些年來我真是錯怪她了！」   喜歡我哪一點 女友：「你到底喜歡我哪一點 嘛？！」 男友：「我 ............. 」 女友：「討厭，快說嘛！」 男友：「我 .......我喜歡妳離我遠一點。」 一針見血 一隻大象問駱駝：「你的ㄋㄟㄋㄟ 怎麼會長在你的背上啊？」 駱駝瞪了大象一眼，回大象說：「我想這個問題，由一個老二長在臉上的人來問我實 在是很奇怪ㄟ .......！」   笑 話 : 斑馬深愛著小鹿，表達愛意時卻遭到拒絕。 斑馬大吼：為什麼？這一切都是為什麼？ 小鹿膽怯地說：我媽說了，紋身的都是不良少年。 熊貓深愛著小象，表達愛意時卻遭到拒絕。 熊貓大吼：為什麼？這一切都是為什麼？ 小象膽怯地說：我媽說了，戴墨鏡的都是不良少年 小雞深愛著小鴨，表達愛意時卻遭到拒絕。 小雞大吼：為什麼？這一切都是為什麼？ 小鴨膽怯地說：我媽說了，叫「雞」的都不是好人。 蜘蛛深愛著螞蟻，表達愛意時卻遭到拒絕。 蜘蛛大吼：為什麼？這一切都是為什麼？ .............. ............... .............. 螞蟻膽怯地說： 我媽說了，成天在網上呆著的都不是好人。 轉發一段祝福語因為覺得蠻有意思的：   “感悟：       好好活，慢慢動，一年還有幾萬多；                不要攀，不要比，不要自己氣自己；               少吃鹽，多吃醋，少打麻將多散步；                按時睡，按時起，瑜珈跑步健身体；               只要能吃飯，錢就不怕斷；                不怕賺錢少，就怕走得早；               官再大錢再多，閻王照樣土裡拖；                能牽手的時候，請勿只是肩并肩，                能擁抱的時候，請勿只是手牽手；                祝福您　平安喜樂！

Interview with a renowned heart surgeon

This a very informative email, ......simple answers to everything we already know........................and some we don't know as well !

Dr. Devi Shetty - One of the best & most renowned Heart surgeons in India today.

A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty (Heart Specialist), Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees .  The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone.  Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart?  Ans: 1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil 2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week; avoid lifts and avoid sitting for a longtime 3. Quit smoking 4. Control weight 5. Control blood pressure and sugar  Qn: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart?  Ans: No  Qn: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective?  Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.  Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary?  Ans: Yes  Qn: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What practices do you suggest to de-stress?  Ans: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection in everything in life.  Qn: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise required to keep a healthy heart?  Ans: Walking is better than jogging since jogging leads to early fatigue and injury to joints  Qn: You have done so much for the poor and needy. What has inspired you to do so?  Ans: Mother Theresa , who was my patient  Qn: Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases?  Ans: Extremely rare  Qn: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age (I'm currently only 22) or do you have to worry about it only after you are above 30 years of age?  Ans: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood.  Qn: How do irregular eating habits affect the heart ?  Ans: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and your body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused.  Qn: How can I control cholesterol content without using medicines?  Ans: Control diet, walk and eat walnut.  Qn: Can yoga prevent heart ailments?  Ans: Yoga helps.  Qn: Which is the best and worst food for the heart?  Ans: Fruits and vegetables are the best and the worst is oil.  Qn: Which oil is better - groundnut, sunflower, olive?  Ans: All oils are bad .  Qn: What is the routine checkup one should go through? Is there any specific test?  Ans: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok. Check BP, Treadmill test after an echo.  Qn: What are the first aid steps to be taken on a heart attack?  Ans: Help the person into a sleeping position , place an aspirin tablet under the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available, and rush  him to a coronary care unit since the maximum casualty takes place within the first hour.  Qn: How do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart attack and that caused due to gastric trouble?  Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG.  Qn: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart problems amongst youngsters? I see people of about 30-40 yrs of age having heart attacks and serious heart problems.  Ans: Increased awareness has increased incidents.. Also, sedentary lifestyles, smoking, junk food, lack of exercise in a country where people are genetically three times more vulnerable for heart attacks than Europeans and Americans.  Qn: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy?  Ans: Yes.  Qn: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart problems for the child. Is it true?  Ans : Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and you may not have a software engineer as a child  Qn: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many a times we have to stay late nights in office. Does this affect our heart ? What precautions would you recommend?  Ans : When you are young, nature protects you against all these irregularities. However, as you grow older, respect the biological clock.  Qn: Will taking anti-hypertensive drugs cause some other complications (short / long term)?  Ans : Yes, most drugs have some side effects. However, modern anti- hypertensive drugs are extremely safe.  Qn: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks?  Ans : No.  Qn: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease?  Ans : No.  Qn: How would you define junk food?  Ans : Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds , samosas, and even masala dosas..  Qn: You mentioned that Indians are three times more vulnerable. What is the reason for this, as Europeans and Americans also eat a lot of junk food?  Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately, Indians are vulnerable for the most expensive disease.  Qn: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension?  Ans : No.  Qn: Can a person help himself during a heart attack (Because we see a lot of forwarded emails on this)?  Ans : Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet of any description under the tongue and ask someone to take you to the nearest coronary care unit without any delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of the time, the ambulance does not turn up.  Qn: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin count lead to heart problems?  Ans : No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase your exercise capacity.  Qn: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not able to exercise. So, does walking while doing daily chores at home or climbing the stairs in the house, work as a substitute for exercise?  Ans : Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an hour and even the act of getting out of the chair and going to another chair and sitting helps a lot.  Qn: Is there a relation between heart problems and blood sugar?  Ans: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics are more vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics.  Qn: What are the things one needs to take care of after a heart operation?  Ans : Diet, exercise, drugs on time , Control cholesterol, BP, weight.  Qn: Are people working on night shifts more vulnerable to heart disease when compared to day shift workers?  i  Ans : No.  Qn: What are the modern anti- hypertensive drugs?  Ans : There are hundreds of drugs and your doctor will chose the right combination for your problem, but my suggestion is to avoid the drugs and go for natural ways of controlling blood pressure by walk, diet to reduce weight and changing attitudes towards lifestyles.  Qn: Does dispirin or similar headache pills increase the risk of heart  attacks?  Ans : No.  Qn: Why is the rate of heart attacks more in men than in women?  Ans : Nature protects women till the age of 45.  Qn: How can one keep the heart in a good condition?  Ans : Eat a healthy diet, avoid junk food, exercise everyday, do not smoke and, go forhealth checkups if you are past the age of 30 (once in six months recommended) ..  Send it to all your friends whom u care about …..

 

Listen Up: Music Affects Longevity (for your reference)

Listen Up: Music Affects Longevity By Dr. Maoshing Ni Jun 29, 2010   Music has a long history of therapeutic use -- from playing a traditional role in healing rituals around the world to its recent use as an integrative Alzheimer's disease treatment. Find out how music to your ears can add on years. Music as therapy For thousands of years, music has been used in medicine. Ancient Greek philosophers believed that music had healing effects on the body and soul. Singing and chanting have been a part of Native American healing ceremonies for millennia. In the Ottoman Empire, mental illnesses were often treated with music. A more formal approach to music therapy began after World War II when the positive effect of music on emotionally disturbed veterans was observed. To date, there is evidence that music therapy can reduce high blood pressure, depression, and sleeplessness. In Alzheimer's patients, music therapy was shown to significantly reduce anxiety and aggression. While there are no claims that music therapy can directly cure diseases like cancer, medical professionals do believe that music can reduce certain symptoms, help with healing, improve physical movement, and enrich a patient's overall quality of life. Music therapy is often used in combination with meditation and visualizations. (If you are interested in relieving stress and increasing vitality with guided meditations, try Meditations to Live to be 100 and Meditations for Stress Release.) Live longer with soothing tunes In the past few decades, research has found that slow, soothing music is generally beneficial to one's health, whereas fast, jarring music is not. Listening to calming music enhances cognitive functions such as memory, concentration, and reasoning skills; even better, it boosts the immune system, lowers blood pressure, relaxes muscle tension, regulates stress hormones, elevates mood, and increases endurance. Classical music and meditation music were found to have the most benefit on health. On the other hand, irritating sound can cause stress, with all its negative consequences for your health. The composers that have been suggested to most effectively improve the quality of life are Bach, Mozart and Italian composers, such as Vivaldi and Scarlatti. Not convinced? Consider this: Classical musicians -- orchestra conductors, in particular -- are among the longest-lived professionals. Play music to boost your brain When you learn new things, you give your brain a workout; why not learn a new instrument? Studies have found that students who take music lessons have increased IQ levels, even showing improvement in nonmusical abilities. Also, when you play a wind instrument, such as the saxophone, flute, trumpet, trombone, clarinet -- even a pennywhistle, you get the added benefit of improving your lung capacity. Music is for all ages! There is increasing evidence that regular mental and physical exercise maximizes overall health and functioning in older adults; for aging individuals who are prevented by disability from participating in active physical exercise, music bridges the gap -- providing the significant benefits of both mental and physical stimulation to even frail older adults. Whether enjoying the social experience of singing in a choir or reflecting on a musical recording, music can serve as an effective healing art for older adults. Healing sounds bring balance If your home or office is consistently overrun by disturbing sounds, such as traffic and construction, consider counteracting the noise with a subtle sound source. Try an indoor fountain with bubbling water to calm your nerves. Wind chimes made from natural materials, like bamboo or seashells also provide peace. For some, even the sound of a grandfather clock brings serenity. Find your personal tranquilizing sound, and make it the background to your day. You can also use music to soothe yourself to sleep. Our bodies run on biological rhythms and function best with consistent routines; sleep is no exception, and forming healthy rituals before bedtime can help you fall asleep and sleep more soundly. Playing tranquil music an hour before sleep is just one way to induce an automatic sleep response. Some other helpful techniques include journaling, meditating, and drinking a cup of soothing herbal tea before bed. A specially blended tea for sleep and calm is Emotional tranquility tea. I hope this article inspires you to get healing benefits from music! I invite you to visit often and share your own personal health and longevity tips with me. May you live long, live strong, and live happy! --Dr. Mao   http://www.askdrmao.com/index.php

老花? 防疲勞? 白內障? 好睡眠?

老花及近視有救了?    NO harm trying!

明眼穴 - 重要又好用

防疲勞? 白內障? 好睡眠? –別忘告訴朋友哦！

這是一位60多歲的師兄和我分享他原有老花及近視，做這個穴道按壓半年後去驗視力已達1.2，現在他已不帶眼鏡有空就按明眼穴。工作離不開電腦的人需要這個妙方！祝您健康！
 

 
明眼穴、鳳眼穴、大空骨穴

上了年紀，容易老花眼，試試看明眼穴的按摩，保證您會耳聰目明。
 
作離不開電腦的人，需要這個妙方！假如我們常常會感到眼睛會疲勞，但又不是睡眠的時間，這時我們可以利用穴道的按摩法，來舒緩眼睛疲勞的症狀。
 
在我們的姆指上有三個相鄰接的穴道分別是明眼、鳳眼、大空骨（如上圖）， 明眼、鳳眼能夠改善眼睛疲勞和急性結膜炎，大空骨則可改善一切有關於眼睛的症狀。 

平時眼睛容易疲勞的人，每天要刺激這三個穴道兩次。 刺激的方法是，用另一手的拇指和食指夾住，以拇指的指甲分別對這三個穴道施予刺激，只要以稍微感覺到疼痛程度的力氣來指壓即可。 

這是項簡單的按摩方法，當工作的休息時間、或是通車的空檔，均可自行操作。 

眼睛疲勞往往不容易入睡的人，如果施予上述的刺激來消除眼睛的疲勞，便可輕易地入睡, 以上的方法還可以抑制老人性的白內障。

 希望大家天天健康!