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Art-58 WINTER BLUES by Peter Rose FSI Many of the people I have seen around me, family, friends and patients, have been very down and depressed. The change of the seasons may have something to do with this. In ancient times mankind would be slowing down now the harvest is gathered. It was a time to rest and shorten the working day, even the most humble of peasant was not expected to work in the dark. Horses certainly do not like to work through darkness. Our modern world ignores the changes of seasons and the shortening of daylight periods but may be the continuous evolution of humankind, whilst still progressing, has not yet caught up to the reality. The physical aspects of depression include a reduction in motivation to do anything about the "problem". Just when we need to be proactive to overcome the emotional feelings, we get negative and find it hard to do those things we know we should be doing. A depressed person tends to metaphorically curl up in a ball and wait for things to "go away". REDUCTION OF OXYGEN Activity slows, breathing slows, oxygen intake is reduced and this leads to a spiral of reduced motivation and reduced activity. Problems become the only game in town. Solutions do not get a look in. Turning this downward spiral into an upward one takes effort; magnetic therapy can help but effort is needed. Exercise, walking, yoga, just being active; will help. Physical activity requires more breathing; more oxygen is fed to the brain, solutions start to be acceptable. In the on line, (distant learning), course I am completing at the moment; there is a section on the relationship between emotional and physical health. Depression can also follow or lead to circulation/heart disorders and so it follows that if we treat the points used for circulation and heart we will also be treating the depression or at least the effects of depression in the physical body. Use magnetic bracelets, which act on heart 7 and lung 8 and a spot magnet on ren 17. (This is also called Conception vessel 17 and is on the sternum level with nipples)
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