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By Renee Pullman

Since I write about health issues, including hemorrhoids, people come to my website asking about some of the worst hemorrhoid symptoms. Recently this included anal leakage and bleeding.

These symptoms can happen even with relatively mild hemorrhoids. An external hemorrhoid swollen a little and right on the anus can distort things just enough to produce anal leakage. The wetness and rubbing can inflame things more and soon you will begin to have leakage and blood. All of this produces a challenge for the hemorrhoid sufferer who must engage in business, with family, and with friends. There is the ick and the smell to deal with and this can lead to self consciousness and withdrawal.

There is no worse thing than having your clothes soiled by such a condition. You may not be aware that it is happening. Sitting for long periods can inflame the issue and when you get up it may take a bit to become aware of what has happened. Likewise if your work is standing and walking then things can get out of hand before you know it.

One sufferer described taking feminine hygiene pads, cutting them into smaller pieces and placing them against the anus. He held them in place by wearing a g-string under boxers. Changing the pads several times a day got him by, controlled anal leakage, avoided smell and soiled clothes..

What all of this means is that many people don’t have an effective way to deal with hemorrhoids. It is one thing to have a little itching, pain is pretty awful, but the embarrassment of having hemorrhoids can be beyond comprehension. It means that the hemorrhoid cremes and expensive treatments either aren’t available because of cost or they haven’t worked.

These problems need no longer stand in your way of solving your hemorrhoid problem. Inexpensive natural hemorrhoid treatments can resolve almost any hemorrhoid problem, even those not responding to traditional medicine.

The solution involves nutrition and topical treatments. Did you know that a lot can be done by adding more vegetables and fruits to your diet while avoiding processed foods: think green, think colorful fruit. Think about dumping bread, products laced with high fructose corn syrup, sugar, and additives. Think about the micro nutrients in good raw foods and how these will strengthen the veins all over your body, including those that have been stressed and pressured until they balloon out to form hemorrhoids.

Then there are the immediate steps to attack the symptoms. Topical treatment of inexpensive, readily available, natural medicines like Witch Hazel. This will shrink hemorrhoids and reduce inflammation. Learn about sitz bath and cold packs, even a bar of soap held against the anus will help. This treatment can burn but it will help heal.

Hemorrhoids symptoms are often embarrassing as well as painful. I invite you to visit http://www.NaturalHemorrhoidTreatments.org and discover all of the best natural hemorrhoid treatment and cures.

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By Renee Pullman

For many years the prescription for stomach pain has been antacids to fight too much acid in the stomach. Antacid pills, lozenges, and even liquids. These are of great help for an occasional upset stomach. But if you use them overtime you will find your stomach problems increasing as your body compensates for the reduction of acid.

However as time goes on we find more and more, that less intuitive means help. Many find that red apples and apple cider vinegar (acetic acid) are of great help in eliminating stomach pain caused by GERD. It makes no sense that an acid based food would help acid reflux and yet the proof is there. A big part of the reason is you are not fighting against your bodies natural means of operating. With antacids you try to neutralize stomach acid. In effect, you are fighting against yourself and not working in harmony with your body.

Getting in harmony with your bodies natural processes is in fact the key to solving stomach pain, acid reflux, and other stomach and digestive disorders. Doctors tell us that most people go around in a state of semi-dehydration — we don’t drink enough water. The problem with that is water is what our body uses to flush toxins. Drinking a cup for every waking our will give your body a tune-up all by itself. It will help digestion.

Reducing processed foods is another good step. Most processing removes nutrients and fiber from food. Our bodies need all of these good things to keep in proper operation. Can you learn to add in more vegetables, fruits, and nuts instead? The good you will do yourself will begin to show up as you maintain these better nutrition habits.

As you improve your diet you will find that your overall health will begin to improve. Your body will pay you the dividends of improving your stomach problems, increasing your energy, and your since of well being. Many digestive and stomach problems are diseases of civilization. Conditions that are caused by modern living, convenience and processed foods. As we bring our diet and habits closer to nature we begin to fix the conditions that we have created.

There are also natural combinations for food. Foods that go together and those that don’t. This again is part of the natural balance that modern life has brought. The sad thing is that for many years we have been conditioned to believe that it can all be handled by a few pills. Yet we create huge problems and great sufferings for ourselves by breaking the natural balance.

I invite you to learn more about restoring the natural balance in your diet and resolving your stomach pain permanently.

If you suffer from stomach pain due to acid reflux disease, ulcer, or other digestive problems please visit http://www.stomachpaincauses.com/ and find a solution.

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Wouldn’t it be great if an herb could help you handle stress better and stimulate your body’s own ability to bring itself back into balance (instead of “forcing” it to do something the herb “makes” it do)?

Well, there IS an entire category of herbs that do just that – Adaptogens!

Adaptogens have been known in Chinese and Ayurvedic healing systems for thousands of years. But it was not until the second half of the 20th Century that adaptogenic herbs underwent major scientific scrutiny and began to become better-known in the Western World.

Do you remember the dominance of the Russian Olympic athletes in the 70′s and 80′s? Many believe that this was due, at least in part, to the application of a major research project led by a Russian scientist named Dr. Israel Brekhman. In a series of major experiments, adaptogenic herbs were shown to increase worker productivity, improve athletic performance, and normalize many body processes.

Russian athletes benefited from the use of these herbs, and went on to dominate many Olympic sports for a period of time.

Adaptogens have been shown to reduce the release of stress-related cortisol in humans. An excess release of cortisol has been associated with weight gain, hypertension, depression, many degenerative diseases, as well as accelerated aging.

Adaptogens help people:

• “adapt” to stress
• sleep deeply and more soundly
• balance body systems
• improve immune resistance
• focus and concentrate
• improve recovery time
• improve athletic performance
• decrease anxiety
• improve muscle tone
• increase strength
• increase energy and stamina
• improve feeling of overall well-being

An excellent adaptogenic formula I use in my private practice includes the following nine adaptogenic herbs: Ashwaganda, Schizandra, Tribulis terrestris, Siberian Golden Root, Siberian Ginseng, Rhododendron caucasicum, Shilajit, Maca, and Wolfberry.

Due to their balancing effect, adaptogens are usually very safe to take, even on a long-term basis. I have personally taken the formula mentioned above six days per week for the last 2 1/2 years. I wouldn’t leave home without it!

If you’d like to learn more about the health benefits of adaptogens, a highly-rated book for a general audience is Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief, by David Winston and Steven Maimes.

[Ed Note: David Kamnitzer, D.C. is an expert at helping people achieve high levels of health and well-being -- far beyond what is available simply through drugs and surgery alone. He combines his 20-year clinical experience and extensive knowledge in structural, nutritional, and energetic balancing to offer individuals cutting-edge approaches to healing. To learn more, click here.]

This article appears courtesy of Early to Rise’s Total Health Breakthroughs which offers alternative health solutions for mind, body and soul.