• Antioxidants are beneficial for heart: A study shows that consuming small amount of dark chocolate can reduce the chances of heart diseases caused. Dark chocolates contain antioxidants known as flavanols, these flavanols help control formation of cholesterol. This further helps to avoid blood pressure problems and heart attacks.
• Cocoa is helpful: A study shows that men who consume cocoa have less chances of heart failures compare to men who ate lesser amount of cocoa. Chocolates or any cocoa products can help reduce the chances of heart diseases.
• Reduces blood clots: The main reason for the formation of blood clots is platelet. When these platelets accumulate around the arteries blood clots and plaques are formed. Cocoa beverages are advised by doctors to avoid such health problems in easy and tastier way.

So now you don’t have to kill you craving for chocolates, just open your refrigerator and pull out a piece of chocolate and enjoy it; it’s good for  health!

1. Chives contain a healing compound called allicin; it is the same compounds responsible for the healing effects of onions and garlic. Allicin can effectively reduce blood pressure levels of hypertension patients; the agent is also useful in lowering the levels of LDL cholesterol and increasing the levels of HDL cholesterol. As a result of these features of allicin, chives are excellent remedies for people suffering from cardiovascular disorders.
2. Chives can also be helpful in fighting cancer. This feature of the herb is attributed to its antioxidant content. The antioxidants work by destroying the free radicals, which in turn discourages the spreading of cancer. Consumption of chives also promotes glutathione production in human body. Glutathione is an agent, which allows our body to recognize the cancer-causing elements and toxins and eventually eliminate them.
3. Intake of chives is also known to improve our digestive functions. This herb helps us to digest the food more efficiently and use up more essential nutrients from them. Chives rid our intestinal tract from the harmful viruses, fungi and bacteria, as a result of which we experience healthy digestion. A clinical study on chives suggests that the herb is capable of killing a minimum of thirty strains of the bacteria salmonella, a family of bacteria known to cause severe digestive disorders.

Hence, chives should indeed be included as part of our meals on a regular basis to improve our health.

• Chair technique: A client treated with this technique needs to sit on the chair located across another empty chair. The therapist will ask the client to imagine that a person who has caused conflicts in his life is sitting in the empty chair. The counselor will encourage his client to speak to the individual sitting in the other chair and inform him about the feelings he had when being wronged. Next, the client will be asked to switch chairs and respond on behalf of the other person i.e. the person responsible for creating conflicts in his life. This will help in developing emotional interactions between the two of them. Chair technique helps in clarifying personal feelings and thoughts and allows the client to understand the motives of the other individual.

• Exaggeration: During this technique, the client will be asked to exaggerate some specific movements; this will help him in identifying his actual feelings. For example: if the client is speaking about his wife, the therapist will ask him to move and speak exactly the way his wife does. The exaggeration technique will help in intensifying the awareness and feeling of the client regarding the individual he is imitating.
• Guided fantasy: Visualizing an experience might help in allowing a person to identify the exact cause of his conflict. During this procedure, the client will have to close the eyes and fantasize that he is experiencing a triggering event. He will be asked to share all his feelings while experiencing that moment. This sharing with make him aware of the factors leading to the conflicts in his life.

These therapies are effective and have a great contribution to the healing process of the patient.

• A liposuction procedure known as lipoliquidation used for removal of cellulites involve use of oxygen and ozone. The solution is also known for being useful in treating other health conditions like neurological disorders, circulatory problems and hepatitis.
• This oxygen and ozone based solution helps in transforming the lipids stored underneath our skin in form of cellulites into compounds that are soluble in water. As a result of this conversion, the fat (cellulites) can get eliminated from our body through urine.
• The other benefit offered by the ozone solution used during lipoliquidation is improvement of skin texture. Application of the solution enhances the elasticity of our skin, which is often spoiled due to the cellulite deposits. The therapist might also ask you to use ozonized oils and creams while undergoing ozone therapy for cellulite removal.
• Generally a person needs to undergo 10-20 sessions of ozone therapy for getting rid of the cellulites. These sessions are carried out 2 times every week. So, on an average, you will need close to 1 to 3 months for getting a body free from cellulites.
• The results usually start appearing from the second week of the treatment. The results obtained from this therapy will be permanent if you follow it up with regular exercises and intake of the right kinds of foods.

1. As mentioned above goat weed is famous for its excellent aphrodisiac effects. The herb contains a flavonoid called icariin. Icariin offers the same pharmacological actions as the ones provided by the medicinal drugs used for treating erectile dysfunction. According to a medical study conducted in the year 2006, icariin acts like the PDE5 inhibitors; this means it works by blocking the enzyme responsible for degrading cyclic GMP, an important constituent of the cells forming the lining of corpus cavernosum. Another medical study carried out in the same year suggested that goat weed extracts can reverse erectile dysfunction as it helps in increasing the levels of nitric oxide in or body. Nitric oxide triggers secretion of the enzymes responsible for production of cyclic GMP.
2. Icariin also makes goat weed a beneficial herb for patients with cardiovascular disorders. This flavonoid helps in enhancing production of nitric oxide in our endothelial cells and as a result also increases the levels of activated NF-kappaB, the protein complex required for responding to the oxidative stress caused by free radicals and increased LDL cholesterol levels and DNA transcription.
3. Icariin is also beneficial for preventing the onset of osteoporosis. This flavonoid causes an increase in production of the bone morphogenetic protein-2, which plays the role of the growth factor of osteoblasts (osteoblasts are cells responsible for bone formation). This effect of icariin makes goat weed an effective herb for preventing bone loss in the postmenopausal women.

Almonds: Munching 1/3 cup shelled almonds is known to offer excellent stress relieving effects by reducing the levels of stress hormones. Almond is rich in essential nutrients like magnesium, zinc, vitamin B2 and vitamin E. Being and antioxidant vitamin E fights with and destroys the free radicals responsible for causing stress. This vitamin is also beneficial in preventing heart disease.  Each serving of almonds offer only 306 calories; the polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat content of this food type is quite high and has low levels of saturated fats. You can serve chopped almonds with salads, raw almonds or toasted almonds. Products like almond butter and almond milk can also act as rich sources of almonds.

Blueberries: This fruit is a well known stress buster. A single serving of the blueberries i.e. 2/3 cup of the berries offers only 30 calories. Blueberries are rich in vitamin C and fiber. The antioxidants present in vitamin C can effectively fight and destroy the stress causing hormone Cortisol. You can use blueberries in various ways; this delicious fruit can be served both fresh and cooked. Eat the berries alone or mix them with yogurt, omelets or salads.

Asparagus: This is the thin green colored stalk of a plant rich in folic acid. Asparagus is widely known for its mood stabilizing properties. The levels of serotonin, a hormone responsible for our mood changes are affected significantly by intake of folic acid. 1 serving of this herb includes 7 stalks and offer a little as 25 calories. You can cook asparagus with a pan-frying, through grilling or steaming.

1. Patients with these types of lung disorders often experience dyspnea, a condition resulting in a feeling as if you are failing to catch the breath. If you have this symptom without being a patient of asthma, then you are likely to be suffering from interstitial lung disease. A patient is more at risk of having dyspnea while performing physical activities.
2. The next most common symptom of interstitial lung disease is cough; however, a patient might not experience this symptom during the initial days of the disease. Cough related to interstitial lung disease is generally dry i.e. it does not cause phlegm production.
3. Patients suffering from interstitial lung disease often experience a high pitched, whistling noise while breathing. This condition is medically termed as wheezing. Wheezing occurs mainly when one exhales. This sign tends to become worse with progression of the disease. As the disease moves to its advanced stage, the wheezing becomes louder and cannot be subsided easily.
4. A chest pain that resembles pains caused by heart problems can be a symptom indicating occurrence of interstitial lung disease. However, instead of arising from the heart, chest pain in an interstitial lung disease patient will begin from his lungs. Another frequently occurring symptom of the condition is nail clubbing, which results in curving and coming down of the patient’s fingernails over his fingertips.

These symptoms should immediately be referred to a physician to avoid further deterioration to the patient’s health.

You can use comfrey creams for healing burns and reducing the scarring. Comfrey’s tissue repairing abilities make it a potent remedy for devitalized skins, which are weakened by sores and resist majority of the prescribed medical treatments.

The mucilage (a gelatin like substance) present in comfrey makes the herb an excellent skin softening agent; topical application of comfrey cream is also known to generate soothing effect on the ailing skin. The cream promotes skin regeneration helping to reduce the wrinkles and fine lines.

Both rosmarinic acid and allantoin are known for their abilities of reducing swelling and pain; thus comfrey creams are used widely for treatment of dislocations, joint pain, bursitis, sprains and bruises. If you rub the cream on new injuries, you will successfully prevent the discoloration that is common with bruising.

The burning and itching sensation caused by insect bites can be controlled effectively with comfrey cream. Application of the comfrey cream on hemorrhoids can help in reducing the pain, itching and swelling associated with the condition. Regular application of this cream can heal hemorrhoids quickly.

Although comfrey is an extremely beneficial healing agent while applied externally, it should never be taken internally. The toxic compounds and pyrrolizidine alkaloids present in comfrey can result in liver failure if ingested.

Cough: A person with asthma mostly develops a dry cough, which is intermittent in nature. This cough bothers the patients mostly during the acute asthma attacks. In case of individuals suffering from cough variant asthma, dry cough is usually a constant symptom. Coughs experienced by COPD patients are productive and chronic. COPD patients often cough up phlegm. According to medical experts, COPD is marked by chronic irritation in the airways, which results in increased production of mucus in the patients’ lungs.

Wheezing: Asthma attacks are often accompanied by this symptom resulting from narrowing of our airways. Wheezing is also common in patients suffering from COPD. The airways of COPD patients get narrowed as a result of persistent inflammation.

Breathing difficulties: Breathing difficulties are observed in both COPD and asthma patients. Asthma patients experience breathlessness only during asthma attacks. The COPD patients, on the other hand, have breathing difficulties as a more persistent symptom.

Chronic fatigue: Individuals suffering from COPD often become victims of chronic fatigue. Persistent obstruction in the airways leaves the body of the COPD patients in a state of chronic deprivation of relative oxygen, which eventually results in reduced energy levels and fatigue.

Headaches during the morning: Many patients suffering from severe COPD experience headache when they wake up in the morning. This symptom however, is not commonly observed among patients with asthma.

Sudden weight loss: Progressive and chronic obstruction of the airways make breathing an exhausting experience for patients with COPD. They need to utilise more energy for maintaining adequate breathing, which can eventually cause weight loss in them.

1. Consume horsetail extracts either in the form of pills or liquid solution. The scientific name of this herb is Equisetum arvense. Horsetail has been used as a wound healing herb by the Native Americans since the ancient times. The herb is rich in silica, a mineral essential for increasing bone strength. For preparing the liquid solution using horsetail brew a stalk of the herb in a cup of boiling hot water; allow the herb to steep in water for 3 hours. Take this tea once every day for having stronger bones.
2. Alfalfa is a herb rich in essential nutrients like vitamins C and K, iron, phosphorus and calcium. Vitamin K is known for its ability of promoting bone growth and maintaining healthy calcium levels in bones. You can use this herb both in form of tea as well as in the form of pills. To prepare the tea purchase sprouts of the herb from the grocery store of your locality. Now, add 1-2 teaspoons of those sprouts into 8 ounce of boiling hot water. Wait for 15 minutes and then drink the alfalfa tea. If you are taking the pills, consult a physician about the correct dosage quantity.
3. Another effective herb for increasing bone strength is barley grass. The scientific name of this herb is Hordeum distichon. This remedy is mostly used by people of Middle East and Asia. Barley grass is a rich source of minerals like phosphorus, magnesium and calcium and contains B vitamin in high quantity. The herb is also known for its alkalizing effects, which make it a beneficial herb for preventing bone damages. Majority of the health food stores sell juices made from barley grass. Following these simple remedies will surely make your bones more stronger and resistant to injuries.