GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Chest percussion involves the creation of deliberate vibrations, as a type of calculated hitting over the chest that can effectively break up thick secretions commonly associated with respiratory infections. An adaptation of the Hitting Method of the Tao System of Traditional Chinese Medicine, chest percussion involves striking the palm side of a cupped hand along the center of the upper rib cage downward until the bottom of the rib cage, tapping 10 to 12 times every 4 or so inches apart. Continue reading…

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Until the time of the Industrial Revolution, strenuous physical activity was an integral part of daily life-in work as well as in religious, social, and cultural expression. When the Agricultural Revolution diminished workrelated physical activity, the healers, and philosophers of the time questioned whether long life and health could be maintained with a decreased level of exercise. Continue reading…

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Although we take water for granted, the fact is that water is a nutrient essential to life. Your body typically loses two to three quarts of water each day through perspiring, sneezing, breathing, urinating, defecating and, for some women, nursing a baby. Depending on how much physical work or exercise you do and how hot or cold the temperature is, you may lose more. Continue reading…

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Sleep is a necessary and integral state that permits mental and physical restoration. Adequate restful sleep, like diet and exercise, is critical to good health. Insufficient restful sleep can result in mental and physical health problems. Nearly two out of three Americans get less than the recommended eight to nine hours of sleep a night. Continue reading…

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Happy people are far less likely to get sick. Many surveys of self-perceived wellness that are correlated to quality and satisfaction of life show that happy people are less selffocused, less hostile, and less abusive: all of these characteristics, for presumably a range of biological reasons, make them less vulnerable to disease. Continue reading…

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Bathe away the bad stuff by treating yourself to a bath containing Epsom salts, which contain magnesium that Continue reading…