Posted by Gracie2 on October 9, 2001, at 12:01:19
In reply to Chinese medicine, posted by charlie99 on October 9, 2001, at 1:35:32
When I was in Hawaii I started having panic attacks, I don't know why, maybe because I was so far outside my "comfort zone". It was ruining my vacation that I had saved up so long for. My sister, who lives there in Oahu, said that the natives are very spiritual and maybe I should go to a holistic practitioner for a massage. IT WAS WONDERFUL. Granted any massage is wonderful but it was somewhat different than your Western-type massage. He concentrated on pressure points in the hands and feet, and you can practically feel the tension and depression leaving your body. Then he waved his hands over me to "balance my chakra". I asked him if he had any advice for me to stay relaxed and he said drink a lot of water and take milk thistle to cleanse the body, and also to practice breathing correctly because shallow breathing will mess you right up.
I don't know if this is the kind of advice you were looking for but it sure helped me and I would have a holistic massage every week if I could afford one.
-Gracie
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