HOMOEOPATHY – FEB / MARCH 07

ich hoffe, Ihr/Sie sind nun alle gut im neuen Jahr gelandet.
Ana Heinen und ich bieten auch 2007 die Gespräche im HeilRaum an. Die
ersten drei Veranstaltungen im letzten Jahr sind interessiert und
zahlreich aufgenommen werden, und ich möchte Euch/Ihnen heute die
Termine und Themen mitteilen:

Das erste Gespräch findet schon nächsten Montag statt:

*Montag, 15.1.2007 Keine Panik! – oder doch?? – Angst- und
Panikattacken*

Manche Menschen leiden an Angstzuständen und Panikattacken, die keinen
erkennbaren Grund haben. Häufig vergeht einige Zeit, bit die Diagnose
gestellt und eine wirkungsvolle Therapie gefunden wird. Wir wollen uns
darüber austauschen, wie sich Panikattacken anfühlen können, welche
Gründe/Ursachen sie haben können und welche Möglichkeiten der Hilfe und
Behandlung es gibt.

Im Februar geht’s mit den Träumen weiter….

*Montag, 26. Februar 2007 Träume – Symbolsprache der Nacht

*… und im März beschäftigen wir uns mit der Figur:

*Montag, 12. März Tabuthema Dicksein*

Wie immer
- geht es um 19.30 Uhr los
- gibt es Tee
- ist die Teilnahme kostenlos, aber bestimmt nicht umsonst

Ich hoffe, möglichst viele von Euch/Ihnen an dem einen oder anderen
Montag begrüßen zu dürfen. Für jetzt
herzliche Grüße

Petra Brockmann
Heilpraktikerin
Klassische Homöopathie
Kessenicher Str. 112
53129 Bonn
Tel.: 0228 – 932 99 456
E-mail: brockmann-p@web.de

Homeoepathy at Home -First Steps

Classiscal Homoeopathy is a system of healing which supports the body in its natural ability to cure itself. Symptoms of ill health are recognized as an expression of imbalance in the whole person. The homoeopathic remedy is chosen according to the indidvidual picture the patient presents („like cures like“) and aims to restore this balance. People increasingly turn to Homoeopathy because they are worried about the side-effects of conventional medicine (especially during pregnacy or for the treatment of babies and children), because they have not received satisfactory help from conventional medicine or because they prefer to be treated holistically. Classical Homoeopathy is suitable for all ages, from babies to the elderly. It offers a range of possibilities from the treatment of severe and chronic illnesses to being used safely at home for first aid and to treat acute complaints such as flu, sore throats and stomach upsets.

In this course, you will learn how to deal with acute states which may occur, be it as the result of an accident (bruises, cuts, scrapes) or in the context of an illness such as a cold or food poisoning.

I will introduce several important remedies from the homoeopathic first-aid-kit and explain how and when to use which one of them.

The course will also cover the laws of cure that Classical Homoeopathy follows and the limitations of self-treatment. In addition, you will get to know practical alternatives (for treating headaches, sleeplessness, sore throats and the like)  such as herbal teas and compresses that can be used even before homoeopathic remedies come into play.

All of that will enable you to react more calmly when the next accident or acute infection comes along.

Pilates

I would like to introduce our classes to BEN. We
have a new, great pilates teacher. She speaks fluent english and that’s
THE trend in 2006/2007!
I saw you yoga and wellnesslinks and wonder if you want to put pilates
in? We can teach Thursdays at 6pm or Fridays any time in the late
afternoon or evening.

Our classes are ok for all English speaking people also in water fitness
Tuesdays 7.30 pm.

Claudia Paine
Power-Balance Lounge
Inhaberin: C. Paine
<http://www.power-balance.com> http://www.power-balance.com
info@power-balance.com

Clemens-August-Strasse 100
53115 Bonn

Tel. 0228/ 280 46 12
Fax.0228/ 280 46 13

English Yoga Class in Bad Godesberg

Are you interested in joining an English Yoga Class? We meet on Saturdays, 10.00 h to 11.30 h. All levels are welcome. Style: from take-it-easy to vinyasa flow. Currently just 3 openings available.

For further information, please visit 

phone: 02 28 / 391 81 60, or 0177-6428418

email:  yoga-with-anja@hotmail.com

www.yoga-with-anja.de

HOMOEOPATHY COURSE IN SEPTEMBER

PETRA’S CORNER

Homoeopathy at Home

- first steps –

Classiscal Homoeopathy is a system of healing which supports the body in its natural ability to cure itself. Symptoms of ill health are recognized as an expression of imbalance in the whole person. The homoeopathic remedy is chosen according to the indidvidual picture the patient presents („like cures like“) and aims to restore this balance. People increasingly turn to Homoeopathy because they are worried about the side-effects of conventional medicine (especially during pregnacy or for the treatment of babies and children), because they have not received satisfactory help from conventional medicine or because they prefer to be treated holistically. Classical Homoeopathy is suitable for all ages, from babies to the elderly. It offers a range of possibilities from the treatment of severe and chronic illnesses to being used safely at home for first aid and to treat acute complaints such as flu, sore throats and stomach upsets.

In this course, you will learn how to deal with acute states which may occur, be it as the result of an accident (bruises, cuts, scrapes) or in the context of an illness such as acold or food poisoning.

I will introduce several important remedies from the homoeopathic first-aid-kit and explain how and when to use which one of them.

 

The course will also cover the laws of cure that Classical Homoeopathy follows and the limitations of self-treatment. In addition, you will get to know practical alternatives (for treating headaches, sleeplessness, sore throats and the like)  such as herbal teas and compresses that can be used even before homoeopathic remedies come into play.

 

All of that will enable you to react more calmly when the next accident or acute infection comes along.

 

The course will take place on three Thursday evenings in September:

 

14^th September 2006 at 8.00 p.m.

21^th September 2006 at 8.00 p.m.

28^th September 2006 at 8.00 p.m.

 

The duration is approximately two hours each evening, and the

course fee is € 50, to be paid on the first evening.

 

 

The course will take place at

 

Kessenicher Str. 112

53129 Bonn

 

Please book your place either by phone: 0228.932 99 456

or by e-mail: brockmann-p@web.de

 

In order to allow space for individual questions/concerns, the number of participants will be limited to eight persons. If you are interested in the course but cannot make Thursdays, or if evenings are inconvenient, please let me know and we can discuss alternatives.

 

Petra Brockmann, Heilpraktikerin

Classical Homoeopathy

SPECIAL INTRO SESSION FOR BEN LADIES!!

FRIDAY 18 NOVEMBER

Claudia Paine, sports therapist and gymnastics teacher would like to invite you into her “Power-Balance Lounge”. Here we teach classes based on back workouts and weight management.

From the 21st of November on we will offer classes in English language. Here you can choose between “Move-Stretch-Relax”, “Back in Balance”, “Yoga” and “Nordic Walking”. A new, and successful  class is the “Weight Management and Movement” class, starts  January 2006.

If you are interested come along to a little intro on Friday November 18th in the “Power-Balance Lounge”, Clemens-August-Strasse 100, Bonn – Poppelsdorf.    We will set aside two hours in the lounge from 5.30 -7.30 pm  and depending on numbers of people run one or two classes or have just an intro, a few drinks etc etc. .

60 Minutes of weight loosing and body movements makes you a new person! Please send us an email if you would like to see how we work and how different ‘The Lounge’ is to any other regular Fitness Studio before end of Wednesday, November 16th .  www.power-balance.com

More Food For Thought

You are what you eat, so don’t be a hamburger all your life:  Read what Petra Brockmann has to say about healthy eating and start benefitting from what’s NOT in your meals as much as from what is…

Dear readers,

Still on the subject of "food for thought", I would like to write a few lines about a thing which is all the rage at present, and it goes by the German name of – nice little tongue-twister –: "Nahrungsergänzungsmittel" better known by Brits, and easier to pronounce too, as “food supplements”.  The aim is to convince us that the food we eat is not enough, and that it needs to be supplemented with certain substances. These substances are usually a varying mix of vitamins, minerals, and trace elements, produced artificially and to be purchased for quite a bit of money in pharmacies, over the internet and through other outlets.

The bad news is that it is probably true that the food we buy in the local supermarket nowadays is not sufficient to provide our system with all it needs in terms of nourishment. Conventionally grown fruit and veg and industrially processed foods are often stripped of valuable components. If you think of rice, for example, or of grains, that which is valuable – the minerals and vitamins, enzymes and other micro-nutrients – is contained in the skin of the grain. And it is exactly that which is stripped off before the rice, or wheat, or any other grain reaches our table. The minerals we miss out on because we eat white rice, or white – or whitish – bread need to be replaced in the form of tablets or powders – food supplements – which we pay extra to buy.

Would it not make more sense to buy the entire product – the rice or wheat corn including the skin – in the first place and eat that?

Industrially processed food presents another problem, too. The various treatments that cheese and meat, vegetables and fruit – or indeed herbs and spices – have undergone by the time we put them in our shopping trolley at the supermarket have resulted in the food being contaminated by a cocktail of chemicals: preservatives, food colouring, a host of "E"s, anti-biotics and other medicines (in the case of meat) and – most recently – possibly genetically modified elements.

 

It is not surprising, then, that the number of people who develop food intolerances or are allergic to certain foods is rising steadily. What you get is not simply what you see – it is what you don’t see that gets to you. In reality, it is not the food that people react to – it is the multitude of artificial substances that are added. Common sense lets one arrive at the conclusion, I believe, that simply adding more artificial substances – namely food supplements – is not going to solve the problem.

In my opinion, a step towards solving the problem lies in buying organic produce. Visit your local heath food shop and see what they stock – you might be surprised. The range is vast – fresh fruit and veg, meat, breads, grains, sweets, bread spreads, cheeses, even fast-food … you name it. Many people shy away from health food shops because they fear the costs. For one thing, the health food shops and supermarkets nowadays have special offers of the week – just like any other supermarket. If you buy the fruit and vegetable of the season, very often you pay hardly more than what you would pay for conventionally grown/produced stuff. And if you think of what you save because you don’t have to buy the food supplements, and because you don’t have to pay for treatment for the food intolerances or other conditions induced by chemical food additives, things look much different already. Plus the organically grown and produced products taste so much better – that you may not believe until you have tried it. Even if you replace only part of your weekly shopping at the supermarket with food you buy at your local health food shop, the first step is made.

I think it is a step well worth taking. Think: When you buy a new DVD player, or oil for the engine of your car, or a new mobile, you go for quality, too. Why act differently when what you eat is concerned. After all, you are what you eat

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Natural Chelation Therapy

Food for thought

Do you eat what you should?  or do you eat what you want?
Can you combine the two?
Petra Brockmann offers some ‘food for thought’ in her latest ‘Health Corner’

Dear readers,

In this and the next couple of articles, I would like to share with you some thoughts on food and thus provide you with some food for thought.

Most of us have heard or read somewhere that it is good for us if we don’t eat after six p.m., especially if we strive to lose some weight. The background is this: All organs in our body have certain times when they are at the height of their activity, while their activitiy decreases in the hours after this peak. These times are the same for every body and they are reflected in the so-called "organ clock". The three main organs involved in digestion – stomach, small and large intestine – also work according to this clock, and their timing is the following:

The peak of activity for our stomach lies between seven and nine in the morning, the peak for our small intestine between one and three p.m., and the peak for our large intestine between five and seven in the morning.

The least active period is always exactly twelve hours after the peak, meaning that our stomach and small intestines do not really work much anymore in the evening and at night.

Hence it is good to have eaten most, ideally all, of what we eat in a day before the evening.

We have to keep in mind, of course, that different foods take different periods of time to pass through the digestive system. As a general rule, fatty foods take longer than carbohydrates, for example. Potatoes, pasta and brown bread remain in the stomach for two to three hours before they pass into the small intestine, while white bread, boiled fish and rice take one to two hours. Pulses and fatty meat stay in the stomach the longest, around six hours, while boiled vegetables only stay there for two to three hours. Fried beefsteak and green beans take around four to six hours, boiled chicken and whole-meal bread ("Vollkornbrot") take around three to four hours to be processed in the stomach before being passed on to the small intestine.

Throughout the process of digestion our system extracts the nutritive elements from the food that we eat. If we eat a complete hot meal between six and seven in the evening, our digestive system processeses what we have eaten only very slowly. Most of the food will simply remain in our digestive tract until the next morning and in the meantime starts to decompose rather than being digested. So, instead of getting the full benefit from what we have eaten, we get a typical feeling of "Oh dear, I think I have eaten too much too late".

I realize that a "proper breakfast" (and I leave the definition of "proper" up to you) is not everyone’s cup of tea, so to speak. Some people cannot face any food at all until around lunchtime. Equally, it is often difficult nowadays – for a variety of reasons – to have a warm meal in the middle of the day.

Nonetheless, if you suffer from digestive problems, from lack of energy or from loss of sleep, it might be worth investigating whether your eating habits might be in any way connected to that problem.

Personally, I am not a great believer in diets and strict rules as far as what we eat is concerned. I think that certain given circumstances should be taken into consideration – the "organ clock", for example, is the same for every organism. Also, it is important to have a balanced diet – carbohdydrates, fat, vegetables, meat, pulses, rice, fish, fruit, sweets – the lot. It is certainly of great help to find a balance, too, between personal preferences (some people simply don’t like meat, or fish, or fresh fruit) and what is "sensible" to eat. Individuality, here, too, is of paramount importance – finding a diet that suits the individual and their needs best. Food and eating should be one of the enjoyable things in life, not a routine that someone subjects themselves to in order to be reasonable and sensible. From my experience and that of many of my clients, the fact that we enjoy what we eat is at least as important as the fact that we eat sensibly.

 

Petra’s Health Corner

Dear Readers,

Today I would like to write few lines on the subject of vomiting and diarrhoea. Neither is appreciated very much when it does occur, but we should not forget that both are quite healthy reactions by our body in that it uses vomiting and diarrhoea to eliminate substances which are harmful. It is important to keep that in mind before using medicines at an early stage which block off these healthy reactions.

Generally speaking, it is always toxins which cause vomiting and diarrhoea.

Usually, there are two different situations where our system is exposed to toxins:

Either we eat something that is “off” or – accidentally maybe – something that is poisonous. The body will react with pain, either in the stomach or in the intestines, and it will react by trying to get rid of the toxins: We start to vomit or we need to run to the toilet – in some unfortunate cases, both.

The other situation where toxins have entered the body and the body will try and eliminate them is when we have caught some infection, by eating unwashed fruit or drunk unclean water. That is the classic, of course, when we go to places where the general standard of hygiene is lower than we are used to and our system is confronted with unfamiliar pathogenic agents.

Keeping in mind then that the body is trying to clear out what is harmful, it is not a good idea to use substances that stop the elimination process at an early stage. Rather, the patient should rest and not have any solid food. Drink, however, is imperative, as otherwise there is the danger of dehydration. The body has no means of discriminating: together with getting rid of that which is harmful, it also needs to eliminate that which is beneficial: liquid, vitamins and minerals, and it is important to replace these. The simplest method is to drink mineral water, preferably with some salt in it, and eat sugar (cubes or by the spoonful).

A drink which is a bit more sophisticated is this: Mix 1 litre of water, ¾ tsp. salt, 1 tsp. baking soda, 1 cup orange juice or two squashed bananas, and four tbsp cane sugar. This can be drunk in large amounts until after the vomiting or diarrhoea has subsided. It is not important to eat – anyone can cope without food for a few days, especially when the digestive tract is affected. Nobody should be forced to eat anything unless that person asks for some food of their own accord. When that is the case, start with light food: toast, plain biscuits, steamed vegetables. Especially good in cases of diarrhoea – and often forgotten nowadays – is grated apple – WITH the skin. Apples contain almost no protein, so that the pathogenic bacteria have no "food", as it were. In addition, the sugar that is contained in the apples is absorbed by the system very quickly so that the bacteria cannot ferment it.

It can also be helpful to make some chamomile or peppermint tea, either from tea bags or from the herbs directly. Apart from the preference expressed by the patient, the determining factor which tea to make is this: Chamomile is generally better when there has been cramping pain in connection with a stomach infection, Peppermint is the choice when there is a stomach ache and nausea from eating something that was off.

Another thing which may come in helpful is a hot water bottle on the abdomen. That may calm and relax the muscles and generally calm the patient down, provided something warm agrees with them.

Before I leave you for today, I would like to draw your attention to the following points:

Don’t panic – in most cases a day or night of vomiting and/or diarrhoea is annoying and weakening, but it is not threatening. The fact that the body reacts in such a way is a positive sign of it being able to "help itself". Please also don’t be afraid if the body develops fever. If there is an infection of the intestines, the fever, too, is a strategy of the body to cope with the toxins. More information on fever will follow in one of the next columns.

However, please see a doctor

-          when you suspect poisoning, e.g. when children have eaten bits of obscure plants

-          when blood is vomited resp. the stool shows traces of blood

-          when that part of your eyes which is usually white looks yellowish

-          when you have hit your head before the complaints started (might be a concussion)

-          when the complaints have been going on unchanged for more than 24 hours or recur

Bye for now

Petra

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