By Gene Marcotte

Headaches are one of the most common ailments of our time. There are a multitude of causes of headaches, many associated with external or environmental issues endemic to our stressed, fast paced life styles. These external triggers cause the muscles in the neck, shoulder and scalp to constrict which irritates the nerve endings and causes the pain associated with headaches. These external triggers include food allergies, pollutants, chemical intolerances, overindulgence and stress.

Headaches can range in severity from mildly annoying to completely incapacitating. Anyone who regularly suffers from even moderate headaches can bear witness to how disruptive and demoralising headaches can be. Most sufferers need relief quickly and usually turn to standard medication solutions such as ibuprofen, aspirin, codeine and paracetemol for that relief. Although one or more of these will usually be pretty effective in relieving the pain of headaches, the relief often comes at an unacceptably high cost. Long term use of these medicines can lead to drug resistance and increased headache frequency or severity. Analgesic cocktails containing codeine can also become highly addictive.

Fortunately for those interested in combating headaches naturally there are many proven herbal remedies for headache relief. These include:

Feverfew and Ginkgo: These offer relief from migraines and vascular headaches. Feverfew leaves contain parthenolide which is a naturally occurring anti-inflammatory.

Ginger: Ginger is a true all rounder of natural cures. It causes the production of natural opiates in the brain and relaxes blood vessels in the head and reduces swelling.

Chamomile: Calming and soothing properties

Cinnamon: Relaxes tight muscles and is a great stress reducer.

Lavender: Sublime relaxation inducer and natural pain reliever.

Lime essence: Anxiety reduction.

Marjoram: Muscle relaxer.

Peppermint: Pain and tension reduction

Valerian: Pain and tension reduction

Rosemary: Rosemary tea is a good pain reliever.

In addition to these natural remedies headache sufferers should also try and reduce or eliminate a couple of well known catalysts for headaches to try and alleviate the problem. These include dairy products, chocolate, chicken, liver, alcohol and strong chesses. Other common causes to investigate are eye strain, high blood pressure and low blood sugar levels.

Although not generally considered to be life threatening conditions, headaches should never be taken lightly, particularly when they are recurring or last for more than a day or so. If these conditions are present, a doctor should be consulted immediately.

Effective headache relief has become one of our times most sought after cures. Although conventional medicine will always have an important role to play, it is reassuring to know that there are also natural remedies that can offer relief from the scourge of headache pain.

About The Author

Gene Marcotte owner of M.A.S.S. Enterprise teaching alternative methods of treating common health problems.
www.massenterprise.com

By Andrew McCombe

Do you ever feel tired for no logical reason?
Do you ever feel like you never have enough time for the things that are important to you?
You may feel constantly tired and always out of time because you are carrying a lot of unfinished business.

Unfinished business, what that you ask?
Unfinished business is simply all of the energy that you have put into many different goals in the past and even with all your good intentions you never actually saw the goal through to its completion.

Does this sound familiar?
When you start to perform anything put energy in motion) and then don'’t complete it, the energy actually remains trapped in the past, which means it is not 100% available in the now, or present moment.

The key to allowing your emotions to flow freely on a day to day basis, giving you more energy and freeing up your time is to establish a system of elimination.

By establishing a system of elimination you are effectively providing an outlet to remove unnecessary clutter in your life. This can be mental, emotional, spiritual or physical clutter and often comes in the form of unfinished business. That is, tasks you have started but not finished which can often lead to toxicity, in your environment, in your living space, in your relationships, in your direction and of course, in your physical body.

Be aware that if you start something and do not finish it you are trapping energy in the past. If you do not have 100% of your energy available in the present you will not be as productive as you can possibly be and you may feel tired for no logical reason. Therefore it is highly important to create a system to eliminate any unfinished business or toxins in your life.

Failure to establish a system of elimination can lead to the symptoms of emotional dis ease in your life. Such symptoms include; toxicity, anxiety, stress, sadness, melancholy and depression.

How to eliminate your unfinished business and instantly free up your energy and time.
Use the following guidelines to provide you with an excellent system to assist you to eliminate any energy you may still be storing in your past.

1. Close off all unfinished business or incomplete cycles of action including your work, finances, family, partner, friends, health and well being etc.
2. Remove toxic thoughts, feelings, beliefs and behaviours from your mind simply by focusing on what you want, not on what you don'’t want.
3. Declutter and simplify your life, your house, car, garage, wardrobe, office etc. Eliminate any old energy that no longer serves you.
4. Make your life leaner and more purposeful.
5. Give every situation or coincidence its due attention, every day regardless of how small it may seem, always address every situation with the respect it deserves and at the time it arises.
6. If feeling frustrated, impatient or annoyed then ask what needs to be addressed at present. Ask your self; What is it that is causing my progression to be halted? Then ask what do I need to do in order to get my life flowing smoothly again?

By eliminating the unfinished business in your life you will allow your emotions to become more positive which will make you feel a lot fresher and provide you with the necessary energy and time to manifest your life of ease.

About The Author

The author Andrew McCombe (BPhEd) is a Personal Trainer, Life and Business Coach and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Practitioner, Author and Speaker. For more information download the Free 10 Steps to a Life of EASE E-Book at http://www.activateyourlife.com.au