Natural Sunburn Relief

What I find works best is this:
1. Purchase an Aloe tree from your local health food store. Try to find one with big leaves.
2. Cut a leave off
3. Slice the leave down the middle so you have two halves
4. Start wiping each half over the burn

It is very cooling, but healing at the same time!

Joshua Rubin

www.eastwesthealing.com

Yin Chiao: “cold and flu-like symptoms

There are many schools of thought on how to eliminate “cold and flu like” symptoms. Unfortunately most western MD’s are recommending antibiotics more and more. The downfall of this, is that we are seeing more young Americans becoming resistant to most antibiotics.Well, here is an alternative! The Chinese have been using herbs for over 2000 yrs. with great success. Even today, Chinese acupuncture and herbs are integrated in every hospital in China. Here is a recommendation that is widely used in China, as well as in the United States for your typical “cold and flu-like symptoms.Functions: Dispels Wind, Clears Heat, Expels Toxins   Indications: Early stages of a wind heat invasion possibly accompanied by heat-toxins, presenting with low grade fever, mild chills or no chills, aversion to wind, scratchy or sore throat, sudden fatigue, swollen lymph glands, headache, thirst, nasal congestion, sneezing, red irritated eyes, slight dry cough or with a small amount of yellow phlegm. Also for acute itchy red skin lesions due to wind heat that appear suddenly and move around quickly, especially in the upper body. Tongue: normal, may have a red tip or a thin yellow coat Pulse: floating, rapid   Biomedical Applications: common cold, influenza, acute bronchitis, pneumonia, pharyngitis, laryngitis, strep throat, tonsillitis, conjunctivitis, otitis media, parotitis, measles, rubella, early stage encephalitis, early stage meningitis, dermatitis, eczema, idiopathic pruritus, urticaria, acute suppurative infections   Standard Dosage: 4 tablets, 3 x day.   Clinical Dosage: Administer half an hour before or one hour after eating. 4 tablets twice a day for prevention. In acute conditions 4-8 tablets may be administered every 2-4 hours. For children the sugar-coated tablets are recommended, or crush tablets and mix with honey: 2-5 years old 1/3 adult dose, 5-10 years old half adult dose, 11 years old and up 2/3 to full adult dose. May be used short-term for few days to a few weeks. Although Yin Qiao is most effective when taken at the early stages of a cold or flu, it can be taken all the way through a cold to speed recovery.   Ingredients: Lonicera japonica flower, Forsythia suspensa fruit, Arctium lappa fruit, Platycodon grandiflorum root, Mentha haplocalyx herb, Glycine max bean-prep, Glycyrrhiza uralensis root, Schizonepeta tenuifolia herb, Lophatherum gracile herb. – Jin yin hua, Lian qiao, Niu bang zi, Jie geng, Bo he, Dan dou chi, Gan cao, Jing jie, Dan zhu ye.   Cautions & Contraindications: Contraindicated for conditions due to wind-cold. Use with caution in breast-feeding women as Bo he/mint may reduce the production of breast milk in some cases. Reduce dosage if diarrhea or stomach upset occurs. Not recommended for long term use. Joshua Rubin www.eastwesthealing.com