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Honey and Acne Honey contains natural antibacterial qualities and is often used as a facemask in spas and home treatments. These masks are inexpensive and can be purchased from your local drug store. Honey and Acne – How to Use? Apply the mask once or twice a week, and enjoy the [...]
Written on July 24, 2009 | Posted in
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Fenugreek and Acne – Methods to Apply Rather than cure acne, fenugreek leaves help prevent acne from returning once you have it under control. You simply crush the leaves into a small bowl, and add water to form a paste. Apply this to your face, as a mask, and leave it on [...]
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One simple yet effective strategy is to use natural fruit juices as a way to alleviate the presence of external cysts and painful blackheads. Fruit Juice Acne – Best Juices You use these juices as a topical application, stirring a bit of cucumber or citric fruit juice with a bit of almond oil. [...]
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Hot Compress For Acne This is one of the most popular home based remedies and a very simple one to try. All you do is wet a towel and press it up against the area of your body that has acne, whether it’s your face, chest or back. This will reduce swelling and [...]
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Natural, holistic or at-home remedies can be an inexpensive way to combat acne. Natural and herbal remedies are derived from living plant life. If you every have taken a vitamin supplement you might have noticed the taste just before swallowing, it tastes like ground plants, leaves etc, that is because it is. There are no [...]
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Unlike the other 4 types of popular massage, Shiatsu looks to the East for its origins and traditions. Shiatsu is Japanese. It is often called a form of Chinese Acupressure. Its name, in fact, means “finger Pressure.” While considering some aspects of modern Asian medicine, it is principally traditional in its approach to human physiology. [...]
Written on July 21, 2009 | Posted in
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Swedish Massage or Classic Massage is the oldest of the western traditions. It dates back to the early attempts by Per Henrik Ling (1176-1839) to introduce a method of massage into sports education. In doing so, he integrated a number of different existent Eastern healing techniques into a Western system of anatomy, physiology and blood [...]
Written on July 21, 2009 | Posted in
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Sports Massage is also a variation of Swedish Massage. It includes some aspects of Trigger Point Therapy. Sports Massage is a method of treating athletes. It is usually injury or athlete specific in its application. Sports Massage emerged as a means to address the needs of athletes. This includes equine athletes. The techniques of Sports [...]
Written on July 21, 2009 | Posted in
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Deep Tissue Massage Therapy is a direct descendent of Swedish Massage. In some instances, Deep Tissue Massage is a technique and not a specific type of therapy. In fact, it is utilized in various different kinds of massage therapy. In Deep Tissue Massage, a practitioner can utilize a number of techniques to free the body [...]
Written on July 21, 2009 | Posted in
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Trigger Point Massage is the creation of Janet Travell M.D. (1901-1997). A former White House physician, she explored and, with David Simons, is responsible for the Bible on this variation of massage therapy. Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual came out in 1983. It contains the basic techniques, purpose and philosophy behind Trigger [...]
Written on July 21, 2009 | Posted in
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