“I will apply for the benefit of the sick all measures that are required avoiding overtreatment” – yeah, right Doc.
This is a pill popping generation however our bodies build a resistance to drugs once we’ve taken them for a period of time. Doors then open to holistic and alternative medicine. Some methods you’ll recognize as ancient methods of cures. Other methods are the marvels of living in the 21st century.
Mental illness is simply defined as “various disorders in which a person’s thoughts, emotions, or behaviors that are so abnormal as to cause suffering to himself, herself, or other people.” Drugs usually mute the abnormal signals from the brain to the body with those suffering with mental illnesses, however when anxieties or depression overwhelms then off to the un-doctors they go.
It really doesn’t pay to get sick!
1. Smoking Therapy
Nicotine improves ADHD and appears to effect the brain similar to stimulants. Smoking also lowers the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson disease by 50%. If you’ve had angioplasty you require less frequent repeated revascularization compared to nonsmokers. Your lungs however won’t like this voodoo treatment.
2. Urine Therapy
“One-hundred bottles of pee on the wall, one hundred bottles of pee, take one down, pass it around, 99 bottles of pee on the wall.” Urine is 95% water, it’s not toxic. Helps energize those with Chronic Fatigue Disorder and found effective in treating multiple sclerosis, colitis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, hepatitis, pancreatic insufficiency, psoriasis, eczema, diabetes and herpes. Yes, all that from pee!
1. Fire Cupping
This is an inverted deep-tissue massage going in as far as four-inches deep from the external skin. The suction and negative pressure can loosen muscles, encourage blood flow and sedate the nervous system. The heat sucks out the depression and anxieties through relaxation. Does it hurt? You tell us.
4. Magic Mushrooms
Fungus high to relieve depression. Yes it’s a hallucinogenic but studies prove that patients reported a dramatic reduction in depression and anxiety after a shroom dose. If you hate mushrooms, you probably won’t mind a taste of these.
5. Psychedelic Drugs
Take a trip back to the 60s. LSD helps with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, depression and schizophrenia. These classical drugs alter nerve cell signaling mediated by the transmitters to the brain thus alleviate the clinical symptoms of mood disorders. It’s a way to mute what’s not transmitting properly in the brain.
6. Trepanation
“Hey Doc, there’s a whole in my head.” An ancient medical treatment that dates back to 6,500 B.C. unearth skulls with holes in them. Boring a hole in the skull increases the volume of blood in the brain which improves both physical and emotional health.
7. Cryogenic Chamber
Freeze your depression and anxieties at -256 ºF for 2-3 minutes. Brrrrr. Is her smile frozen? Freezing causes a hormonal response, which increases body metabolism and boosts adrenaline flow in the body. Do note this is a positive short term treatment with reducing mood disorders.
8. Electro Acupuncture
Charge the acupuncture needles with micro current which immediately transfers energy into the body. This stimulates muscle contractions and cell repair as the entire body, targeted through the interconnecting pathways of the meridian system, recharges. Healing begins on a deeper level, which helps depression and anxiety created from a chronic pain condition. You won’t feel a thing.
9. Bloodletting
The Egyptians, Greeks, Mayans and Aztecs used this method of healing. A loss of blood reduces blood pressure causing a sedative effect beneficial for patients who suffer from anxieties. How much blood is drawn depends on the patient. Don’t worry, blood does regenerate.
10. Cold Water Dousing
Water temperature at 68 degrees for 2 to 3 minutes once or twice a day may cure or even prevent a debilitating mood disorder. There’s an antidepressant effect with the mild electroshock delivered to the brain by cold water. Another plus side is you’ll be refreshingly clean after.
Great list! I thought I would find lobotomy on the list though. The idea of drilling into somebody’s brain through the eye is disturbing. It’s even more disturbing that at a fairly recent point in time, this was accepted by the general public!
On another note, this is actually my first time to visit the site and have found it just as interesting as some other site I frequently visit but will not mention. I’ll keep you guys bookmarked.
Lobotomy is not made thru eyes:D