Stress Management

Shingles (Herpes Zoster)

Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Shingles

Hydrotherapy for Shingles

For the first three or four days, try ice for 10 minutes on, five minutes off, every few hours. Later, apply cool, wet compresses soaked in aluminum acetate. (available over the counter in the form of astringent solution, powder packets, or effervescent tablets.)

Take a neutral bath (body temperature). Soak for thirty to sixty minutes. (Add hot water occasionally to keep heat at blood temperature.) This is very calming to the nervous system and reduces stress.

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Hydrotherapy for Stress Management

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Juice Therapy for Shingles

Carrot and celery juice with one tablespoon parsley juice

Spinach, beet

Kinesiology for Shingles

Treatment will consist of:

Checking the endocrine and immune systems for nutritional deficiencies 
Providing adrenal and endocrine support, and nutrition for stress 
Offering counseling for stress reduction
Checking for vitamin A deficiency
Checking for food sensitivities 
Checking grain and dairy consumption 
Checking dural torque 
Checking the ileo-caecal valve 
Checking atlas and sacrum for lesions 
Suggesting bowel cleansing
Regular kinesiology balancing.

Reflexology for Shingles

Try working the diaphragm, spine, ovary/testicle, pancreas and pituitary, parathyroid, thyroid and adrenal gland reflex points on your hands or feet.

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