It is a traditional Chinese medical technique which applies suction to diseased parts of the body using ceramic glass or bamboo cups in order to increase the regional circulation and thereby promote healing. In very ancient times the horns of animals were used for this purpose.

Cupping refers to an ancient Chinese practice in which a cup is applied to the skin and the pressure in the cup is reduced (by using change in heat or by suctioning out air), so that the skin and superficial muscle layer is drawn into and held in the cup. In some cases, the cup may be moved while the suction of skin is active, causing a regional pulling of the skin and muscle (the technique is called gliding cupping).

This treatment has some relation to certain massage techniques, such as the rapid skin pinching along the back that is an important aspect of tuina (12). In that practice, the skin is pinched, sometimes at specific points (e.g., bladder meridian points), until a redness is generated. Cupping is applied by acupuncturists to certain acupuncture points, as well as to regions of the body that are affected by pain (where the pain is deeper than the tissues to be pulled). When the cups are moved along the surface of the skin, the treatment is somewhat like guasha (literally, sand scraping), a folk remedy of southeast Asia which is often carried out by scraping the skin with a coin or other object with the intention of breaking up stagnation. Movement of the cups is a gentler technique than guasha, as a lubricant allows the cup to slide without causing as much of the subcutaneous bruising that is an objective of guasha. Still, a certain amount of bruising is expected both from fixed position cupping (especially at the site of the cup rim) and with movement of the cups.

Traditional cupping, with use of heated cups, also has some similarity to moxibustion therapy. Heating of the cups was the method used to obtain suction: the hot air in the cups has a low density and, as the cups cool with the opening sealed by the skin, the pressure within the cups declines, sucking the skin into it. In this case, the cups are hot and have a stimulating effect something like that of burning moxa wool.

In some cases, a small amount of blood letting (luoci; vein pricking) is done first, using a pricking needle, and then the cup is applied over the site. The pricking is usually done with a three-edged needle, applied to a vein, and it typically draws 3–4 drops of blood (sometimes the skin on either side is squeezed to aid release of blood). A standard thick-gauge acupuncture needle or plum blossom needle may be used instead. This technique is said to promote blood circulation, remove stasis, and alleviate swelling and pain. It is employed especially when there is a toxic heat syndrome and for a variety of acute ailments.

During the 20th century, new glass cups were developed (see Figure 1). Common drinking glasses have been used for this purpose, but thick glass cupping devices have also been produced and are preferred. The introduction of glass cups helped greatly, since the pottery cups broke very easily and the bamboo cups would deteriorate with repeated heating. Glass cups were easier to make than the brass or iron cups that were sometimes used as sturdy substitutes for the others; further, one could see the skin within the cup and evaluate the degree of response.

The glass cups are depressurized by providing some fire in the cup to heat up the air within just prior to placement. For example, hold a cotton ball dipped in alcohol with a pincer, ignite it, hold it in the cup, then rapidly apply to the skin; this is called shanhuofa (flash-fire cupping; see Figure 2). Sometimes, a small amount alcohol is put in the cup and lit; this method is called dijiufa (alcohol-fire cupping).

At the end of the 20th century, another method of suction was developed in which a valve was constructed at the top of the jar and a small hand-operated pump is attached so that the practitioner could suction out air without relying on fire (thus avoiding some hazards and having greater control over the amount of suction). Both glass and plastic cups were developed, though the plastic ones are not very well suited to moving along the skin once in place, as the edges are not entirely smooth and the strength of the cups is limited. The modern name for cupping is baguanfa (suction cup therapy).

In order to allow easy movement of the glass cups along the skin, some oil is applied. Medicated massage oils (with extracts of herbs) are particularly useful for this purpose. Since the cups are applied at room temperature, the indication of removing cold from the channels is no longer as applicable, at least to stationary cups. There is some friction generated with moving cups, so that there is a small but significant amount of heat applied by that method, especially if a warming oil is used as lubricant.

Generally, the cup is left in place for about 10 minutes (typical range is 5–15 minutes). The skin becomes reddened due to the congestion of blood flow. The cup is removed by pressing the skin along side it to allow some outside air to leak into it, thus equalizing the pressure and releasing it. Some bruising along the site of the rim of the cup is expected.

Today, cupping is mainly recommended for the treatment of pain, gastro-intestinal disorders, lung diseases (especially chronic cough and asthma), and paralysis, though it can be used for other disorders as well. The areas of the body that are fleshy are preferred sites for cupping. Contraindications for cupping include: areas of skin that are inflamed; cases of high fever, convulsions or cramping, or easy bleeding (i.e., pathological level of low platelets); or the abdominal area or lower back during pregnancy. Movement of the cups is limited to fleshy areas: the movement should not cross bony ridges, such as the spine. Following are some of the recommended treatment sites for various disorders.

Stage One
This is the stage of the programme when you alter the diet and introduce the herbal, homoeopathic and  other natural formulas as recommended. Usually there is wonderful progress.
Each day you feel better and stronger and each day feel less pain and disability. Every day is a progress  day.

Stage Two
This stage is marked by apparent setbacks. Suddenly for no apparent reason symptoms return or you  have a “healing crisis” of some description.
There may be mucus or what appears to be a cold or flu. Pain may be experienced in the body as toxins  are on the move. These toxins do not just miraculously disappear. They have to go somewhere and as  the eliminative channels are working better due to the programme, the body uses these channels to get  rid of stored toxins and mucus waste.
Often healing occurs from inside out, from above down, and in the reverse order in which they first  appeared. This is a time to be kind to yourself and support your body’s attempt to heal things that were  mismanaged in the past.
Drink lots of water and try not to suppress the healing process by denying feelings or by using drugs to  suppress. If there were joint pains before you started the programme and after an initial improvement  you may feel these again as toxins move ­ these are called “liberation pains” and can last from 1 to 3  weeks and sometimes longer. Skin symptoms can become worse or return for a time.
Stage Three
This is the stage of final recovery. This stage in itself is a series of smaller stages, sometimes with minor  setbacks, but eventually should lead to complete restoration of health.

Things to Remember
It takesfive to seven times the normal amount of nutrition to build and repair than it does to maintain.
Complete mineral saturation is important both to build new tissue and maintain the new changes. I  recommend New Zealand Herbals Mineral Max as the best complete source of minerals, vitamins and  trace elements.
Eat 3 good meals per day. Sugar and junk food, coffee and tea deplete the body’s mineral reserves and  will set back or halt your progress.
Nothing chronic heals in the body in less than three months. Even though symptoms may disappear, to  achieve a longer lasting healing it is best to continue the programme for at least three months.

This primitive dialectic materialistic theory is in which the old ones were based to explain the phenomena of the nature, that said that everything in her was formed by 5 elements and that these had relation of creation and dominion. WOOD – FIRE – EARTH – METAL – WATER

Considering this principle, from the power point of view, the man is a synthesis between the Water and the Fire.

As it will be mentioned in the second part of the course, the health is a balance between the ancestral and adaptive axis.

Let us see a correlation of these elements:
· The Wood and the Metal are the elements of Support and Transition
· The Earth is the element of Transmutation and passage that represents the interstations of 18 days each one [1]. Next we will see a progressive enumeration of the things that we must know each uo of the elements, also like a correlation to include/understand it.

1. Each element corresponds with a station of the year that dominates

Wood ———————————————————–Spring
Fire ————————————————————-Summer
Earth ————————————————————-Dog days [2]
Metal ————————————————————-Autumn
Water ————————————————————–Winter

2. Each station of the year corresponds with an exogenous factor

Wood ——————– Spring —————————-Wind
Fire ———————- Summer —————————— Heat
Earth ———————- Dog days —————————– Humidity
Metal ———————- Autumn ——————————– Dryness
Water ———————– Winter —————————— Cold

3. Each exogenous factor corresponds with an organ that can be affected:

Wood ———–Spring ————-Wind ——————Liver
Fire ————-Summer —————-Heat ——————Heart
Earth ————-Dog days —————Humidity ——-Spleen_ pancreas_stomach
Metal ————-Autumn —————–Dryness —————Lung
Water ————–Winter —————Cold ———————Kidney

4. Each organ is related as well to a group of viscera

Wood ——Spring ——-Wind ——-Liver ———-Muscles and ligaments
Fire ——Summer ——–Heat ——-Heart —-Heart, arteries, veins and blood
Earth —Dog days —Humidity —Spleen_ pancreas_stomach —Subcutaneous cellular weave
Metal ——-Autumn ——-Dryness ———Lung ————-Skin
Water ——Winter ——–Cold ————–Kidney ——–Bones, bony marrow, teeth

5. Each group of viscera is related to a sense.

Wood —Spring —Wind —Liver —Muscles and ligaments —Vista
Fire —Summer —Heat —Heart —Heart, arteries, veins and blood —Taste
Earth–Dog days–Humidity–Spleen _ pancreas_ stomach–Subcutaneous cellular weave–Tact
Metal —Autumn —Dryness —Lung —Skin —Sense of smell
Water —Winter —Cold —Kidney —Bones, bony marrow, teeth —Ear

6. Each element corresponds as well with some of the emotions:

Wood —Spring —Wind —Liver —Muscles and ligaments —Vista —Rage
Fire —Summer —Heat —Heart —Heart, arteries, veins and blood —Taste —Hatred
Earth —Dog days —-Humidity —Spleen_pancreas_stomach —Subcutaneous cellular weave– – Tact —-Reflection
Metal —Autumn —Dryness —Lung —Skin —Sense of smell —Sadness
Water —Winter —Cold —Kidney —Bones, bony marrow, teeth —Ear —Fear

7. In order to finalize, we analyze how to recognize the tension of each element and as they are its tendencies, that is to say, that an abuse or tension exists and we relate it to which would have to appear.

Wood (tendency: to call) —-Spring —-Wind —-Liver —-Muscles and ligaments —Vista —Rage —Abuse in the eyes
Fire (tendency: to laugh) —Summer —Heat —Heart —Heart, arteries, veins and blood —Taste —Hatred —Abuse to walk
Earth (tendency: to sing) —Dog days —Humidity —Spleen – pancreas – stomach —Subcutaneous cellular weave —Tact —Reflection —Abuse to seat
Metal (tendency: to shout) —-Autumn —Dryness —Lung —Skin —-Sense of smell —-Sadness —-Abuse to lie down
Water (tendency: to moan) —Winter —Cold —Kidney —Bones, bony marrow, teeth —Ear – Fear —Abuse to remain standing up

[1] the stations of the year, for old China, lasted of 72 days, for that reason the stations are 5

[2] Dog days is the summer end, and an independent station is considered according to the Chinese.

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· Tonsillitis: To knead with lemon juice and to apply cold directly on the area of the tonsils, covering it with wool cloth, two or three up-to-date cataplasms can be placed with a duration of one hour or when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to clean with temperate water, to apply three drops of essential oil of thyme and to carry out soft rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with the right thumb until their absorption.

· Dysfunctions in general of the stomach: To knead with angelica cooking and to apply cold directly on the stomach area, covering it with wool cloth, two or three up-to-date cataplasms can be placed with a duration of one hour or when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to clean with lemon juice, to apply three drops of essential oil of bitter camomile and to carry out soft rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with all the fingers of the right hand until their absorption.

· sharp Inflammation of the bowels: To knead with cooking of thyme and to apply cold directly on the intestinal area, covering it with wool cloth, two or three up-to-date cataplasms can be placed with a duration of one hour or when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to clean with lemon juice, to apply three drops of essential oil of thyme and to carry out soft rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with the fingers of the right until their absorption.

· sharp Dysfunctions of the liver: To knead with cooking of thistle mariano and to apply tibia directly on the hepatic area, covering it with wool cloth, to place when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to clean with lemon juice, to apply three drops of essential oil of rosemary and to carry out soft rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with the fingers of the right until their absorption.

· Inflammation prostatic in sharp cases: To knead with huckleberry cooking and to apply cold directly on the inferior part of the abdomen, covering it with wool cloth, they can be placed from three to five up-to-date cataplasms with a duration of one hour or when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to humidify with lemon juice to apply three drops of essential oil of thyme and to carry out soft rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with all the fingers of the right until their absorption.
"The healing power of the clay, their economy and their inoffensive character locate it in one of the first positions of the natural remedies"

· Inflammation of the bladder urinary: to knead with cooking of stick of gold and to apply cold directly on the area of the bladder, covering it with wool cloth, two or three up-to-date cataplasms can be placed with a duration of one hour or when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to humidify with lemon juice to apply three drops of essential oil of thyme and to carry out soft rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with all the fingers of the right until their absorption.

· rectal Irritation: to knead with cooking of chestnut tree of Indians and to apply cold with gauze on the anal area, covering it with cloth of natural fiber, to place when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to wash the area with fresh water to apply three drops of lavender essential oil and to carry out soft rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with the right middle finger until their absorption.

· lung Congestion: to knead with cooking of eucalyptus leaves and to apply cold directly on the chest, covering it with wool cloth, to place when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to humidify with lemon juice to apply three drops of essential oil of mint and to carry out soft rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with all the fingers of the right until their absorption

· varicose Ulcers: it is kneaded with juice of very mature tomato without skin and without seeds, the cataplasm is placed he/she fries with a gauze on the affected area, covering it with cloth of natural fiber, to renovate more or less every hour. Before to place and to move away the cataplasm he/she will become moist the area with oil virgin of almonds.

· Chilblains: to knead with onion juice and to apply cold directly on the chilblain, covering it with cloth of natural fiber, to place when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to wash the area with lemon juice to apply three drops of essential oil of camomile and to carry out soft rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with the right thumb until their absorption.

· humid Eczema or I dry off: to knead with onion juice adding some powdered sulfur and to apply cold directly on the affected area, covering it with cloth of natural fiber, to place when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to wash the area with lemon juice to apply three drops of essential oil of thyme and to carry out soft
rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with the thumb or right middle finger until their absorption.

· Varixes: to knead with onion juice and to apply cold directly on the skin, covering it with cloth of natural fiber, to place when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to wash the area with
lemon juice to apply three drops of essential oil of rosemary and to carry out soft rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with the right thumb until their absorption.

· Tripe and hardness of the feet: to carry out two kneadings: one with lemon juice and another with onion juice, to place one on other and to apply them directly colds on the affected area, covering it with wool cloth, two or three up-to-date cataplasms can be placed with a duration of one hour or when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to wash the area with lemon juice and to rub the callous area subsequently with sandpaper paper to apply three drops of essential oil of thyme and to carry out soft rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with the right thumb until their absorption.

" In view of all these advantages, the medicine natural modern esteem the Geoterapia like one of their powerful defense weapons against the illness and to it it owes himself the increment of their use in the last 50 years"

· Tendinitis: To knead with cooking of root of Harpagofito and to apply cold directly on the affected area, covering it with wool cloth, to place when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to wash the area with lemon juice to apply three drops of lavender essential oil and to carry out soft rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with the right thumb until their absorption.

· stomach Ulcer: To knead with juice of green cabbage and to apply cold directly on the stomach area, covering it with wool cloth, two or three up-to-date cataplasms can be placed with a duration of one hour or when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to clean with lemon juice, to apply three drops of essential oil of bitter camomile and to carry out soft rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with all the fingers of the right hand until their absorption.

· Cancer in stomach or bowels: To knead with juice of red beet and to apply cold directly on the affected area, covering it with wool cloth, they can be placed when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to clean with lemon juice, to apply three drops of essential oil of red thyme and to carry out soft rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with all the fingers of the right hand until their absorption.

· inflamed Lymph nodes: To knead with cooking of horse line and to apply cold directly on the affected area, covering it with wool cloth, two or three up-to-date cataplasms can be placed with a duration of one hour or when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to clean with lemon juice to apply three drops of essential oil of thyme and to carry out soft rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with the right thumb until their absorption.

· Cellulitis: To knead with cooking of horse line and alga fucus, to apply cold directly on the affected area, covering it with wool cloth, they can be placed one to three up-to-date cataplasms with a duration of one hour. When moving away it to clean with lemon juice to apply gel hipotérmico and to carry out strong rubs (always in address to the heart) with the right hand until their absorption.

· Pain to articulate, arthritis or artrosis: To knead with juice of green cabbage and to apply cold directly on the affected area, covering it with wool cloth, two or three up-to-date cataplasms can be placed with a duration of one hour or when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to clean with lemon juice, to apply three drops of essential oil of rosemary and to carry out soft rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with all the thumb and heart of the right hand until their absorption.

· Inflammation to articulate for virus: To knead with cress juice and to apply cold directly on the affected area, covering it with wool cloth, two or three up-to-date cataplasms can be placed with a duration of one hour or when going to bed maintaining it the whole night. When moving away it to clean with lemon juice, to apply three drops of essential oil of thyme and to carry out soft rubs (rotating in the sense of the needles of the clock) with all the thumb and heart of the right hand until their absorption.

· renal Inadequacy: To knead with cooking of horse line and to apply hot directly on the (low dorsal area in prone position), covering it with wool cloth, they can be placed one to three up-to-date cataplasms with a duration of one hour. When moving away it to clean with lemon juice to apply three drops of essential oil of thyme and to carry out soft rubs (always in address to the heart) with the right hand until their absorption.

Introduction

  The practices of curing by means of the earth, clay, mud, etc., they are as old as the same man. Hippocrates, the great father of the modern natural medicine, already recommended the geotherapy, and after him they have continued him other many that have seconded and practiced his teachings. The use of the clay to modify the bodies was very extended in Egypt. The doctor Greek Dioscorides, attributed him "an extraordinary force." The "the doctors’ prince", the Arab Avicena, as well as the celebrated anatomist Greek Physician, eulogized her in her writings, and previously, the Roman naturist Plinio the Old one, dedicated him a whole chapter in her Natural History.

Already transporting us to the modern time, they have been the German and Austrian naturopaths those that have impelled and up-to-date the therapies with the help of clay the same as they made it with the Hydrotherapy. It was the German Just who based the principles of the Geotherapy.

Preparation

To prepare it an enamelled concave recipient it is used, of earth, wooden, of glass, but never of metal neither of plastic material. He/she is gone adding water (or the components that we indicate below for each ailment), but it is always better than the mass it is a little soft, because it is but easy to add clay to thicken that dilutes to relent.

Leave you to rest without manipulating; it should not be played until the moment of their use. Whenever it is possible, expose you the recipient in the sun and cover with a gauze to protect it of the sludges.

It is necessary to subtract the clay to the direct contact with a too alive source of heat. The Steamed is the method but suitable to maintain intact its estates. If he/she gets ready in advance for several cataplasms, he/she should not warm but that the part that is needed. To prepare the cataplasm places on a table a cloth piece or a cellulose balleta, without colors, folding in two or four cuffs. By means of a spatula or a wooden tablespoon expands a regular layer of clay on the fabric. The thickness can vary of 2 mm, to 2 or 3 cm.

All clays are not alike.

  There are a wide range of varieties of clay. Some clays are naturally very toxic for therapeutic applications but are excellent for industrial applications. When other clays are highly beneficial for health and beauty applications. All the clays sold on this website belong to the last category.

First of all, clay is a living substance. Like Humans, clay nourishes itself from the energy of the natural sunlight, the outside air and rainwater. The more the clay is exposed to those natural elements, the more powerful its action becomes.

In the other hand, the action of clay is negated by any kind of additives or un-natural manipulations, even some natural ones, but most of all by any synthetic/artificial substances, fragrances, fillers, coloring, washing, artificial heat, ionization/irradiation, etc.

The reason why we chose Argiletz clays is because it is the only company that fulfills all the criteria that make a clay alive without compromise (Argiletz Quality Charts). Argiletz company have extracted their own clays for over 50 years with heart and passion. Argiletz is the oldest clay company in the world that owns the rarest quarries in France and Italy, allowing them to offer one of the most exceptional quality of healing and cosmetic clays.

We invite you to Read the guide lines for a quick and easy choice as each color responds to a specific need regarding your skin type or the purpose of the use. Here again, self observation and experimentation on yourself will help you to determine more precisely which clay is the best for you depending on your skin and body reaction.

Experiment and enjoy the exceptional healing and beauty properties of our clays today, for your facials, external body treatments and internal use with a living and colorful line of clay products.

The present article has been realized with the Dr. Hugo Golberg’s collaboration
, Vice-president of the Association Argentina of Phytomedicine.
achegol@hotmail.com

What is the Mate Herb?

The dull Herb is a tree that grows in the basins of the rivers Paraná, Uruguay and Paraguay, in a South American region that embraces the area of the opposite triple among Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. The natives of that area, the Guarani, used this vegetable from old for their nutritious and healing estates. Today, the dull Herb is not only used in very extended form in those countries, but in others as the Uruguay and Chile, and in lathe of her a strong cultural tradition has been forged. At the moment their use differs in the old way of consuming it of the Guarani who macerated its leaves per days and then they drank that preparation like a healing one for diverse illnesses (rheumatic, intestinal, etc.) and as an elixir comforting that offered them force and energy.

The diffused consumption form is the infusion, which is carried out in two predominant ways: in form of tea, for that which the dull Herb is strained or the commercial packaging is used in form of the typical sacks in that he/she gets ready the tea. In South America it is very extended the ritual of the "it kills barley" like a social way of consumption of the infusion: in this ritual onlooker a small vessel is needed (call kills) made of natural, wooden fruits or metal; the bulb, a metal tube or cane with perforations in its inferior part that, when submerging it in the mate with herb, he/she makes the times of sherbet and strainer at the same time. The mate you "it feeds" (it is served) with hot water, but the version cold call exists "terere."

This habit, very widespread in an entire vast region of South America, he/she has very strong cultural connotations. The dull herb wastes away more for that tradition (there is a popular expression that he/she says: “we take some mates”) that for their many nutritious and healing estates.

Their estates

The scientists study the estates of the dull Herb to reduce fatty, especially the call bad cholesterol. In this case, the active principles are in the leaves, for what is carried out a crop in pruning form that doesn’t harm to the tree. Their therapeutic and nutritious estates don’t only depend on an active principle, but of the whole complex.
Wide and rigorous scientific investigations point out that the dull Herb is a very good anti-oxidant, diuretic and natural laxative. He/she also has a powerful stimulating activity as tonic and until it is preventive of the dental cavity.

Another of the organic stocks of their active principles is very appropriate to combat one of the pathologies of more growth in the last decades: the overweight and the obesity.

They are studying their estates scientifically to burn calories and fatty, in a study on two groups of people in Argentina and Chile. The investigators are attracted by the relationship among high consumption of herb dull and low percentage of obesity, reason why they are studying the estates lipogenic and thermogenic of the mate.

Creams and gels are manufactured on the American extract base for treatments anticellulite. It is also marketed in form of capsules to lose weight, and he/she is attributed the property of diminishing the rate of cholesterol, especially the call “bad cholesterol” (LDL).

In cases of drowsiness, physical decline or smaller depressions the mateína, a present alkaloid in the herb, acts on the central nervous system, stimulating it.

The techniques

The dull Herb in their use medicinal debit side to be processed by means of diverse technical. The products are manufactured starting from the dry extract elaboration, the American extract and liquid dye of the vegetable.

Dry extract: he/she is carried out for cooking of the dye until only reaching 5% of humidity. It is used for tablets or capsules that are prescribed to get the effect thermogenic and the loss of fatty.

American extract: it is obtained by cooking from that dye to Steamed, until achieving the consistency of the evaporative honey. This cold extract is achieved this way that he/she has between 15% and 20% of humidity and it is used to elaborate the creams and gels.

Obtaining of the dye: to macerate the dry leaves in a hydro-alcoholic substance (alcohol to 70%) allowing it to rest during 15 days in a flask that not him of light neither sun. It is strained and it is pressed to extract the dye that is used to administer it as tonic and diuretic, in form of drops.

Active components

The mateína is a stimulant of the central nervous system, similar to the caffeine and the caffeine. The dull Herb has principles active called catechins that are also in the tea, the coffee and the cocoa (mateína, caffeine, caffeine and theobromine respectively, you substantiate all stimulants). The mateína is it he/she makes of the dull Herb a tonic, a stimulant that the mental and physical fatigue combats, and it favors the intellectual work. On the other hand, the saponins are substances that have activity like anti-rust, also present in the Herb.

He/she was also discovered that the plant possesses tannins that act as healing and astringent.

It also possesses Vitamin C; vitamins of the complex B and minerals: calcium, potassium and magnesium.

Yerba Mate is known to botanists as Ilex paraguariensis.  This Latin name literally means "Paraguayan holly." That’s right, yerba mate is a type of holly.  It naturally grows as a spindly tree in the intermediate layer of the forest.  Imagine a tree as tall as a flowering dogwood, with large waxy leaves like a rhododendron’s.  Farmers generally prune their yerba mate trees to keep them short and bushy, so they are easier to harvest.

The Bright Red Berry

Yerba Mate produces clusters of white flowers that mature into bright red berries.  For years, botanists tried and failed to get the berries to sprout in other lands.  One of the reasons that yerba mate never grew popular in Europe during the colonial era was that yerba mate was difficult to cultivate beyond its native range.  Eventually, local Guarani people showed the botanists how the berries sprouted once they were eaten by toucans.  It turned out that the toucans had acids in their digestive tracts that broke down the seeds’ hard outer coatings, making them ready to sprout.

The Matto Grosso

Yerba Mate is a major component of the endangered Matto Grosso, or Interior Atlantic Forest type.  The Matto Grosso is home to the toucan, the jaguar, and the coati, among a thousand lesser-known but no less wonderful endemic creatures.  Sustainable yerba mate cultivation represents the last best chance to preserve this unique biological treasure trove.
to learn more about how shade-grown yerba mate helps bird diversity.
learn more about how organic yerba mate cultivation can rehabilitate degraded lands.

The human brain consumes 25% of glucose and oxygen needed by the body
Hence to investigate the role of certain nutrients and plants such as Gingko biloba or ginseng on brain function at the growing desire to keep the intellect, memory, concentration and learning ability, or despite, the age. Seen the need for glucose as a preferred nutrient neurons (specialized cells of the brain), phospholipids and some antioxidants (vitamins and polyphenols) are the most studied dietary components to optimize performance and cognitive brain. This follows from the large number of patents by these compounds used in functional products that purpose. Science continues to monitor the neural response to other substances such as choline, complex vitamins (folic acid, B6, B12), omega-3 (DHA), gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and other more innovative as acetyl-L-carnitine or alpha-lipoic acid. The investigation has just begun.
But not only interested in enhancing brain function and cognitive processes that diminish with age, mild memory disturbances, care, slow implementation and solution of problems associated with normal aging or as a result of the stressful pace of life and that hamper the functioning in many activities. An important line of research is directed at examining the impact of further nutrient-deficiency-in infant brain development.

Specific nutrition from pregnancy

The most critical stages in the formation of the human brain takes place during the last trimester of pregnancy and continues until two years after birth. The adequate intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids of long chain (LCPUFA), particularly omega-3 fatty acids is decisive in this period for the creation of nerve tissue and the generation and transmission of information across neurons that henceforth , a greater impact on learning ability and concentration.
The adequate intake of foods rich in these nutrients (fatty fish, nuts, seed oils) by the mother will support the proper nutrition of breastfed baby. Later the child must be fed with these foods to achieve that end. Supplements of omega-3 (or of other micronutrients such as iodine, folic acid, vitamin B12) may be useful in specific moments of the lives of women, including pregnancy and lactation, and to improve infant brain development when born.

More and less healthy diet supplements

A diet high in fat, low in fiber and low in fruits and vegetables is not appropriate to ensure the good health of the brain. The latest scientific findings linking the Mediterranean diet with better cognitive function, neural and cognitive decline slowed, and a lower risk of suffering Alzheimer’s adults.
Cereals and pulses, food reference in this diet, serve as energy substrate (glucose) to the human brain, despite its small size (from 2% to 3% of body weight) consumes 20% -25% ofoxygen and glucose needed by the body to function normally. Besides these elementary substances, is shown the role of other nutrients in the maintenance of everyday cognitive functions like memory, concentration and quick thinking.
The intake of olive oil (monounsaturated fatty acids), oily fish and nuts (polyunsaturated omega 3 and omega 6) and moderate consumption of meat (vitamin B12), acting together as protective mechanisms. The daily habit of eating fresh fruits, vegetables and a handful of nuts provides natural vitamins B1, B6 and B9, and antioxidants (vitamins E, A and C), whose deficiency is associated with a decline in capacity cognitive.
Taken together, the support of a proper diet keeps blood glucose levels necessary for learning and memory processes, ensures neurotrophin levels (a type of proteins that promote survival of neurons) and the development and maintenance of the system nervous cell reduces inflammation and oxidative damage and cares for the state of cerebral blood vessels that enable the delivery of essential nutrients and energy to the brain. In short, a good diet provides an environment that supports the cognitive processes and decreases the likelihood of developing dementia associated with neurodegenerative or vascular origin because it facilitates effective transmission of neuronal signals.
Aware that the diet takes preventive value and helps to slow or prevent the deterioration of cognitive abilities associated with age, the question arises: is enough good food? The combination of a balanced diet rich in micronutrients and antioxidants and anti-inflammatory substances, along with specific supplements, can act synergistically, so that new possibilities of intervention for cognitive impairment. But there are many unresolved issues: what are the most appropriate compounds and how they work? What time is indicated intake? Have you identified contraindications to its use?

There are no magic formulas

Environmental factors and lifestyle affect retention and cognitive functions: quality of diet, regular exercise, healthy social relationships and early mental stimulation and maintained with age.These are all indicators of improved brain plasticity: increasing the role of neurons, their connections are stabilized, it promotes the birth of new neurons and assists in their development and maturation. Therefore, the special contribution of a single nutrient is unlikely to have an impact as to compensate for a diet of low nutritional quality: There are no magic.Moreover, for the use of certain supplements to be effective in improving the nutrition and brain health should be addressed in early stages and not during adult life of the individual.

KAPHA KAPHA

1. 1. My activities are conducted slowly.

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2. 2. I tend to rise in weight and easy for me to download it work.

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3. 3. I have a good and placid disposition, hardly lose the stirrups.

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4. I do not feel bad if you do not like one of the three daily food.

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5. I tend to have chronic sinusitis, asthma or excessive phlegm.

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6. 6 I sleep 8 hours or more and yet I can start work tomorrow.

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7. 7. My dream is deep.

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8. I am a quiet person and I do not anger easily.

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9. I will a bit of effort to learn something new, but now that I do, very well withhold information.

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10. I tend to retain fat in the body.

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11. The cold, wet or cloudy bothers me.

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12. My hair tends to be thick, dark and wavy.

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13. My skin is pale and smooth.

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1 4. My complexion is solid and robust.

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15. The following describes me very well: calm, sweet, loving and forgive easily.

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16. My digestion is slow and I feel heavy after eating.

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17. My energy level is constant, I have good level of strength and a lot of physical endurance.

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18. Generally way slowly and cheerful.

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19. I tend to sleep more, to wake up a little dizzy and laziness to start the day.

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20. As I slowly and methodically.

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Total points Kapha ________

Final Score: Vata Pitta _______ _______ Kapha _________

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1. I consider myself very efficient.

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2. Development my activities with order and precision.

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3. I am of firm character and energetic attitude.

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4. Me incomoda the heat more than to another people.

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4. Me incomoda the heat more than to another people.

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6. Although sometimes I do not demonstrate it I am irritated and anger easily.

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7. If like a my hours I do not anger to me.

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8. My hair shows premature grey hairs, is thin or tends to be reddish.

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9. I have good appetite and I can eat much if it desire.

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10. Many people me consider obstinate.

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11. I am very regular in my evacuations.

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12. When they press to me I am impatient and I irritate to me easily.

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13. I tend to be perfeccionista and I do not tolerate the errors.

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14. I tend to get angry easily but easily forgetfulness.

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15. I like much the drinks and the cold food, specially the ice creams.

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16. I feel more heat than she fried.

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17. I do not tolerate the very condimentada nor sharp food.

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18. I am not so tolerant to the discords as she would have to be.

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19. I enjoy the challenges and when I want something I have a determining attitude in my efforts to obtain it.

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20. My thought is critical, is good to debate and discusses a point with force.

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VATA

1. My actions and my thoughts are fast.

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2. It is difficult to me to memorizar and also to remember the things later.

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3. I am glad and enthusiastic by nature.

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4. I tend to be of thin complexión and I almost do not raise of weight.

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5. I do not have a routine established as far as my schedules to eat and to sleep.

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6. My to walk he is light and fast.

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7. It is difficult to me to make decisions.

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8. My digestion is irregular, with gases and inflammation of the stomach.

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9. My feet and hands tend to be cold.

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10. If I am under stress I tend to worry and to feel anxiety.

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11. I do not tolerate fried.

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12. I speak fast and I am very platicador.

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13. Change of humor easily and I am very sensible and emotional.

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14. I tend to have difficulty to remain slept and wide-awake easily.

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15. My skin and my hair tend to be dry.

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16. Tengo an active mind with tendency to be anxious.

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17. My movements are fast and my energy comes to me in bursts.

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18. I am excited easily.

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19. As fast and I finish before the others and my habits of food are irregular.

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20. I learn express but fast forgetfulness.

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