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 • Traditional Anatomy and Physiology for healers course now offered to all
Our
college level Traditional Anatomy and Physiology for alternative health
care professionals is now offered to all interested individuals as a
stand-alone course.
Beginning in September 2012, applicants may take this course alone, or as a precursor to their full Rukha program.
This
is an outstanding opportunity for individuals currently working in the
alternative health care field to gain the knowledge of normal human
anatomy and physiology, a component critical in delivering high-quality
treatment to their clients.
Instead
of the intensity of a typical college setting where students attend
class either daily or one night weekly in a short period of time, our
program is taught one Saturday morning every other month during the
academic year.
The pace is slow, the class size small and there’s no required lab.
50 hours of classroom instruction. Visit the Rukha Academy website to see full details and register now.
• Rukha Academy to be featured in the news
Rukha
Academy has been selected to be featured in the column “Open
for Business” in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
You can see our one-page story on the back of the business section on Sunday, December 11, 2011.
The column features new non-franchised businesses in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.
Photographers were on site during our November on-campus instruction period to capture the images of the Rukha experience.
Please
take time to check out the article, either in E-form or at the
newsstand. . And be sure to share it on-line on your social media
network to let people know about our unique and valuable licensed
learning institution.
•
Rukha has been receiving applications to the 2012-13 academic year. If
you are considering attendance beginning next September, be sure to fill
out your application early. Our students are selected at the discretion
of the admission committee’s approval on a first-come basis.
Each cohort is limited to 16 students.
Click here to complete your on-line registration.
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Nine effective, Natural Cold and Flu Preventers
By Shelli Stanger Nelson, Founder and President
As
both a practicing Registered Nurse and an advanced bio-energy
professional, I receive inquiries several times weekly about cold and
flu prevention. While there are some companies out there who are simply
hoping to profit from the public’s lack of good information
about how to prevent colds and flu without taking a vaccine, there are
scientificly proven effective means of preventing these
illnesses.
Colds
and flu are typically associated with the winter season. To be sure,
the incidence of these communicable illnesses rises sharply in cold
weather months, it should be firstly understood that the cold weather
does not create the outbreak of the illnesses. Rather, it’s
the recirculating of contaminated air caused by the need to be indoors
that’s the main culprit. This contaminated air is inhaled by
the host and then spread via two main avenues; surface contact or
airborne droplets. Prevention, therefore, needs to focus on these two
pathways to curb the spread of these and other communicable illnesses.
There
are two types of infectious processes; bacterial infections and viral
infections. Vaccines primarily target infections caused by a virus and
do virtually very little to abate the possibility of a bacterial
infection. Additionally, if a person is ill with a cold or flu caused by
a virus, antibiotics offer essentially zero potency in combating the
ailment. Bacteria must be present for antibiotics to have any value in
helping someone regain their health.
Always
be sure to have a culture of the throat or nose performed before taking
antibiotics to be sure the drug is even worthwhile. Unnecessary
prescribing of antibiotics can be dangerous in that their use builds
resistance in the body. This resistance to antibiotics does two things;
it makes their use less effective at times when they are really needed
and it makes the bacteria in the world actually stronger.
Before
I discuss effective options for preventing colds and flu, it should be
noted that there are cases where using a vaccine may be in the best
interest of a highly at-risk individual. Specifically, individuals who
have a compromised immune system and in whom, if a viral or bacterial
infection were to take up lodging, could result in serious illness
including the need for a respirator and even death. If you are a
practitioner, be sure to act responsibly and refer your clients with
immune dysfunction to their primary medical provider in order to discuss
the best options.
The
following is a list of what I consider to be some of the most effective
and legitimate methods for cold and flu prevention. If you’re
a practitioner, consider copying the list and handing it out in your
professional practice. And if not, well then also consider copying the
list or forwarding this E-mail on to friends and family so they can
learn how to keep themselves (and you) healthy!
1. Use immune boosting supplements in combination daily.
Andrographis,
Olive leaf extract, Grapefruit seed extract and Elderberry are some
whose efficacy as antibacterial properties have been studied.
2. Wash your hands at least every 2 hours and every time after you exit a public place.
This
is the single most effective method of stopping communicable diseases
that are spread by surface contact. Nothing works better-nothing. And
forget that anti-bacterial soap-they’re only adding to what
are now called “super” viruses and bacteria.
Besides, they decrease the effectiveness of your own natural immune
defenses.
Wash every time you get home before doing anything else.
Wash every time before eating, even if you did it an hour ago.
3. Gargle at least twice daily with warm salt water.
This
great old remedy really works. Remember that viruses and bacteria are
spread either via airborne droplets that are inhaled or by your hand
touching a contaminated surface. Once your hand touches the coffee pot
at work and then you pick up your toast and pop it in your mouth,
oops-you’re contaminated!
Viruses
and bacteria have a difficult time replicating in the high sodium
concentration of the salt. If you can’t tolerate the salt or
find the portability challenging, use Listerine. Remember the old ads
stating, “fights germs”? Well, it really does. I
have to say anecdotally, my husband gargles twice a day or more with
Listerine and I’ve not seen him ill one single day in 15
years.
4. Use either a neti pot, swab nostrils with saline cotton swabs, or use saline nasal spray twice daily.
The
same principle applies here as the gargling. The viruses or bacteria
you may have inhaled cannot proliferate in a highly concentrated saline
environment.
5. Use oregano oil twice daily to inhale as a steam or to gargle.
This
is a hot one! Oregano oil should not be used with pre-adolescent
children. Put about 10 drops in a glass of water to gargle. Or heat the
water solution and inhale the steam. This is a great treatment in case a
cold bug should sneak in.
6. Take Vitamin D-3 daily
Vitamin D-3 is absolutely critical to a healthy immune system. A normal daily dose is 2,000-5,000 IU daily.
According
to John Cannell,MD, founder of the Vitamin D Council, vitamin
D-3 can be used therapeutically to treat colds and flu if taken at the
onset of symptoms. He reports success using the following dose: 2,000 IU
of vitamin D-3 for every Kg of body weight. To calculate your weight in
Kg, multiply your weight in pounds by .45.
This dose should be taken for three days only. Then return to normal daily dosing.
*Have your vitamin D level checked. It ought to be between 40-70 mils to ensure optimal immune system function.
7. Take up to 2 GM of vitamin C daily in divided doses
8. Ingest greens in high doses daily
Eating
greens that are raw is the best way to benefit from their natural
immune-boosting properties. Juicing them also works. I advocate using
whole-juicing that conserves the essential fiber of the greens. Good
quality powdered greens are a good option if all else fails.
9. Keep your intestinal tract healthy
The
intestinal tract is one of the greatest storehouses in the body for
immune properties. Keep the immune system of the gut healthy by using a
high quality probiotic. 20-30 billion (yes billion) microbes daily is a
therapeutic dose. Kefir milk is another excellent source of probiotics.
Drinking eight ounces daily is a good plan.
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