Greasy or Shiny Stools

Greasy or shiny stools are an indication of hepato-biliary dysfunction. Fats in the diet require adequate bile production from the liver and adequate bile release from the the gallbladder to be properly emulsified and digested. Decreased output of bile from the gallbladder will cause fat to remain undigested in the small intestine, leading to steatthorea or greasy / shiny stools, There is a strong need for bile salts to help with the emulsification of fats.

Another possible cause is pancreatic insufficiency. The pancreas produces lipase, which aids in the digestion of emulsified fats.

Reference: Weatherby, D. (2004). Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective. Jacksonville, OR: Bear Mountain Publishing

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Joints Pop or Click

Joints that pop or click are associated with a general need for connective tissue support. Balancing the overall structure of the body is essential and a general protocol for supporting the connective tissue is important.

The following is a list of nutrients that are useful for healing connective tissue:

1. Vitamin B12
2. Glucosamine hydrochloride
3. MSM
4. Vitamin B6
5. Vitamin C complex
6. Calcium and magnesium
7. Essential fatty acids
8. Chondroitin sulfate

Reference: Weatherby, D. (2004). Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective. Jacksonville, OR: Bear Mountain Publishing

Bach Flower: Impatiens

Impatiens And Slowing Down

The Bach flower remedy Impatiens, is, as its name indicates, a great remedy for impatience. This could be the remedy for someone for whom the words ‘Slow down, you move too fast’ were written. This is the person who loves to speed things up at home, at work, at play because he feels everyone and everything around him is too slow. He must be up
and doing – at a faster pace than everyone else and he just has no time to stop and smell the roses.

Physical

You can see the impatience on his face as he strides ahead of everyone, then stops and turns with a frown on his face, willing the others to hurry and catch up. You’ll find him trying to push ahead in a queue, impatient because the bus or train or plane is a couple of minutes late and once inside and seated, impatient because he wants the ride to end so he can
reach his destination as quickly as possible. As  though being in a tizzy will make Time go a second faster! Very often, he hurries things along only to find he has made a mistake or has forgotten something. This is a fidgety person, drumming his fingers against anything if he has to wait
or pacing up and down like a caged tiger. He suffers very often from headaches and indigestion. Impatiens calms him down and eases the stress out. He learns to walk in step with others and enjoy life as he does so.

Mental

They are usually a step or more ahead in their mind of everyone else. They just cannot fathom how other people can be so slow. They are speed-readers and great multi-taskers and are best working on their own. They tend to have a superiority complex because they equate speed in their mind with being better. Impatiens stops the mad whirl that goes on in his mind and makes him more patient with everyone around.

Emotional

They get upset and angry very fast but this passes quickly. They rarely stay angry for too long – they probably feel it’s a waste of time when they should be busy doing something else. They are usually extroverts but can be a bit annoying because they tend to put everyone down and interfere a lot in others’ affairs.

Spiritual

They are just too impatient to sit back and bask in the wonder of nature and the universe. Organised religion could irritate them because they will be looking at their watch all the time, willing any get-together or religious function to get over fast. They also cannot take to instruction, feeling they
know best and that means better than everyone else. With Impatiens, they learn to sit back and feel at one with the universe, not wanting to make the world turn faster.


Reference: Bach Flower Remedies by Shalini Kagal (2012)
Website: http://ohmtalk.com
e-mail: shalini.kagal@gmail.com

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Bach Flower: Olive

Olive and Exhaustion

The Bach flower remedy Olive stands for refreshment and strength. In its negative state, a person who needs Olive is totally exhausted, both
physically and mentally. This isn’t about just feeling exhausted, it is genuine exhaustion that is brought on by overwork. The person just feels drained of all strength and this is because he has been working
ceaselessly, not bothering about his health as he is so involved in what he is doing. It’s like he has reached the last straw and his body just cannot
move another muscle.

Physical

This usually happens when a person has been working or looking after someone without sleep for hours. It could be a result of working on two
or more jobs, working and looking after someone ill or small children, or even just being ill for a long time and not having eaten much. All that remains is extreme exhaustion and a feeling of being totally tired and drained. Olive brings in a bit of vitality so the person feels he can move again. It reaches down deep inside to give the person his second wind.

Mental

Mentally, too, a person who needs Olive is at the end of his tether. This could be due to a prolonged period of mental stress – work, study or home related. What a few doses of Olive do is to make the mind tick again so the person can change his lifestyle and take better care of his mental self. Olive is of special benefit when a person is in training for an event – like an athlete. Olive helps relieve the mental stress that is built up inside of them and makes them cope with the final event better.

Emotional

Emotionally, too, these people feel that they have nothing left to give. It could be that they have been through great emotional turmoil and get to a state when they are just too tired to feel anymore. Olive energizes them emotionally and gives them back the ability to love and laugh again. It also makes them aware of how to avoid getting into that state of exhaustion again.

Spiritual

From feeling drained, the spirit becomes dynamic and energetic with Olive. Like that branch the dove brought back to Noah, Olive rejuvenates hope in the soul. It draws on inner reserves that you would never suspect existed and brings inspiration to the spirit.


Reference: Bach Flower Remedies by Shalini Kagal (2012)
Website: http://ohmtalk.com
e-mail: shalini.kagal@gmail.com

Bach Flower: Aspen

Aspen And Panic Attacks

The Bach flower remedy Aspen is for those who
suffer from groundless fears. It is the remedy to stop a person from quaking like an aspen leaf, scared of he knows not what and knows not why. It brings in courage and takes away the vulnerability that these people feel, being as they are caught up in this nameless, negative dread. This is also a great remedy for people who have been through some kind of frightening experience that they do not
remember but which leaves them with fears that are inexplicable.

Physical

You can see it on a person’s face. This is not the depression that strikes certain people – this is sheer fear. You’ll find that when someone is in the grip of this fear, their pupils are dilated, their whole body trembles, they could be bathed in a sweat and they have a fluttery nervous sensation in the stomach. It is as though their whole body is geared up to face a threat – and yet, there’s nothing really there. This is also a great remedy for panic attacks
or anxiety attacks when the person suffers from palpitation and sweating besides the fear.

Mental

Aspen is a gentle remedy, bringing in love but its action can be swift and sure. It is a great remedy to rid people of the fear that engulfs them when they have been abused or raped. People who go through these nameless fears are also too imaginative and prone to delusions. Some tend to be fascinated with the occult and the paranormal and this is turn makes them even more fearful of supernatural forces and causes nightmares. Children are afraid of the dark and imagine there is someone out there waiting to get them as soon as the light is turned off. Aspen brings in calm and soothes the mind. It slowly takes away the fear and banishes it.

Emotional

A person who needs Aspen is usually hypersensitive and tends to jump at the least noise. This fear makes him a bit of a loner and he feels a bit embarrassed to confide in people, fearing he will become a subject of ridicule. Inside, he feels vulnerable all the time and wishes he could be strong – and Aspen does just that. He soon stops feeling that he is unprotected and all alone.

Spiritual

What Aspen does is to take a person beyond the negative state of fearfulness into a state of light. Suddenly, beyond that valley of death and dread, there comes up the land of love stretching before them and they realize that there was no cause to think that they would drown in that fear. They learn to accept and enjoy love at its best.



Reference: Bach Flower Remedies by Shalini Kagal (2012)
Website: http://ohmtalk.com
e-mail: shalini.kagal@gmail.com

Tendency to Sprain Ankles or "Shin Splints"

People with a tendency towards spraining ankles and shin splints are often suffering from poor adrenal function.  Adrenal dysfunction causes increased weakness in the ligaments of the body. For some people the ankles are the area of the body that is most affected.  For others it is the sacroiliac joint.  It is important to not overlook other causes, especially the structural component.


Reference: Weatherby, D. (2004). Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective. Jacksonville, OR: Bear Mountain Publishing

Bach Flower: Rock Water

Rock Water and Rigidity

The Bach flower remedy Rock Water is the only one that is not plant based. It comes from the spring water that is found deep under rocks, with
the power of healing flowing through it. This stands for adaptability and freedom but in its negative state, you just cannot find anyone who is more
rigid. These people are fixed in their views and they like to feel that they are on a moral high ground, upholding ideals and principles that they believe are best. They worship at the altar of austerity and look down their noses at people who they believe are not strong enough to follow this idealistic path.

Physical

Their beliefs very often carry them to areas where their health can be compromised. For example, they could be strict vegans and they could refuse to take medication that could contain animal products, like a gelatin capsule for example. Or he could be  fasting for a religious cause and even if he were very weak, nothing would make him break it. Rock Water helps him see how nothing is gained by holding onto rigid beliefs at times of crises.

Mental

These people have tremendous will power and they are always ethical and true to their beliefs. However, thanks to being too rigid in their way of thinking, they tend to be impractical very often. In their mind, they set a perfect life as the goal and anything that falls short is not satisfactory.
Rock Water makes them realize that no-one and nothing is perfect and it is all right to be so.

Emotional

He expects everyone else in his life to also follow this strict lifestyle and this makes him very unpopular in relationships. He might be rigid but he cannot live and let live – he wants the ones he loves to also toe the line. Rock Water makes him more human, letting reality flow through his
emotional self and making him relax and love himself as well as others as is.

Spiritual

They need to be perfect spiritually as well. So they leave no stone unturned in their spiritual journey. They firmly believe that they should live a life of self-denial in order to attain everlasting bliss. Rock Water eases them out of this rigid mode and helps them enjoy the journey as much as the destination. They learn that love and acceptance is the key to spiritual happiness.


Reference: Bach Flower Remedies by Shalini Kagal (2012)
Website: http://ohmtalk.com
e-mail: shalini.kagal@gmail.com