Body Language

To understand is to be understood, to listen is to be heard. When we communicate to each other it is a highway of information being shared back and forth. Not only through words, but of course our facial features and our body positions. Most of the communication is done by our face, it has less to do with the words we speak. Furthermore, the tone and pitch you have is less significant from the body language you carry around. Body language is often overlooked, however we take notice to it everyday. In order to be an effective communicator, you must master the art of body language.

Mastering body language takes time. It takes time because people usually do not think how their body is positioned while talking. They are more focused with what they want to say rather than the position they are in. To be an effective communicator you must notice the position of your body each time before you talk. If you are having a conversation with a good friend, you will not try to close yourself up, meaning crossing your arms, no direct eye contact, and not the slightest bit of facial features. No, when you talk to a good friend, you open up, you look at them directly, and you smile. As an emotionally driven creature, we communicate emotionally to others through our body. Taking notice to all the minute details of the body is to understand yourself and the other person. You must have understood yourself, before you can understand other people. Body language makes people understand you better and it makes them want to listen to you. Having a good body language is something we should all strive for, regardless of what job you may have. Communication knows no boundaries. 

Natural Herbs For Symptoms

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse over 52 million Americans over the age of twelve have used prescription drugs non-medical in their life. In 2010, there were over 8 million drug abusers of pain medication. It is a health issue for many Americans and people around the globe. The Federal Drug Association in 2015 approved over 63 new drugs that have many unwanted volatile side effects to them. It is all a vicious cycle, you pay for drugs hoping it will help you, but it you end up straight back to the hospital. In fact, some people even take more medication to counteract some of the side effects, which in turn can cause even more severe side effects. The pharmaceutical companies are raking in cash of the lives of many innocent people wanting to live to see another day. One way to stick it to the big pharma is to practice herbal healing. Nature provides many miracle plants to treat symptoms in way that is better for your health.

Herbalism exists right in front of our faces from the mustard on the table, to the spices in the pantry. Herb is defined as a non woody plant that dies down to the ground after flowering. However, the term herb is more general including some parts of the plant or all that has been practiced for medical treatment, nutritional value, food seasoning, lotions, or dying substance. Plant remedies represent the natural occurring cycle of the universal form treatment. It has a long history of being therapeutic products. In 3000 BCE, the Sumerians documented various uses who described well-established medicinal uses for plants such as, laurel, caraway, and thyme. Following the Sumerians, a well number of documented Ancient cultures used plants for various types of purposes. It seems the practice of herbalism is a lost art in the average household. Not a lot of people are familiar with the types of benefits each plant have to naturally cure ourselves.

Herbs should be used when it is fresh to maximize effectiveness. However, some are required to be dried first. Preparation is different for each herb. Some only release the natural healing properties when prepared in certain ways. One process of extraction is infusion, combing boiling hot water to the herbs. Decoction is the process of extracting mineral salts, rather than the vitamins by bathing the plant in boiling water. Cold Extraction is the process of using cold water to extract the salt minerals and only bitter principles. When using the cold extraction technique, the amount of plant material should be just under the water level. You must let it sit for 8-10 hours to let the drink be ready. You may also use a powder to mix with water, milk, or soup; sprinkled on food; or swallowed in capsules. The powder can also be used to make ointments for skin areas. Poultice is used to to soothe, to irritate, or to draw impurities from the body, depending on which plant or plants you use. You may also take hot or cold baths with plants to induce certain properties around your body. Of course you are not going to have a one shot miracle drink. Practicing herbalism requires daily use of the herbs to naturally balance your body back to perfection.

It is never too late to look back at history and finding out perhaps there is something worth being knowledgeable about all those "out-dated" ideas afterall. In this day and age we have the perspective and resources to plant our own herbs to cure ourselves naturally.  We become addicted to pain medication, prescription medication, and over the counter medication. It is time to put a stop to the cycle of death that the FDA and other drug companies prop up and instead turn to the cycle of natural healing; the practice of connecting back to our roots (literally).