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NATURAL MENS HEALTH: DIGESTION-G O U T - TREATMENT & PREVENTION PROGRAM Gout, an inflammation of the joints of the feet and hands, particularly affecting the big toe, can be extremely painful. It can come on suddenly, even without a family history of the disease. It is caused by a build-up of uric acid in the system, and many men think that they have just injured their toe until the problem is properly diagnosed. (A blood test can be taken to check uric acid levels.) Gout often appears after men have binged on rich foods, alcohol - especially red and white wine, cheese and rich sauces. Christmas time or party time can often bring about an attack, especially when accompanied by low water intake. Treatment & prevention program Drink a large glass of water every hour. Place your foot or hand into a bucket of warm water with a cup of Epsom salts and soak for 20 minutes three times a day. The salts draw out uric acid from the affected area. Take a teaspoon of fluid extract or tincture of nettle three to four times a day until better. This herb has a great history of assisting gout, going back to the kings and queens of the Middle Ages after they had wined and dined on rich meats and wines. Continue with one teaspoon of nettle in a glass of water once a day as a preventative. *21\258\8* Mens health
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BIRTH CONTROL: ABSTINENCE The dictionary definition of abstinence is "self-denial; an abstaining from the gratification of appetite." Obviously, sexual abstinence in marriage should be mutually agreeable; otherwise, it becomes merely "spouse-denial." Since human beings are equipped with intricate and complex mechanisms for the purpose both of experiencing and gratifying sexual appetites, abstinence would seem to be in opposition to human nature. Indeed, the practice of abstinence in marriage as a method of birth control might very well cause people to question the advisability of marriage itself. There are those advocates of abstinence who base their arguments on Freud's theory of sublimation. They go only so far as to point out that sexual urges may be sublimated and expressed in socially acceptable and beneficial ways. They do not explain that sublimation is an unconscious process, and that, even then, total sublimation cannot be achieved. There is no empirical evidence, furthermore, that sublimation of biological drives can really be accomplished. As a matter of fact, a conscious attempt to sublimate sexual urges can result in such psychological malfunctions as frigidity, impotence, inability to concentrate, irritability, and insomnia; or in such physical problems as premature ejaculation, difficulty in achieving erection, prostatitis, ovarian and vulval congestion, and decreased sex drive. Voluntary abstinence is less damaging to the normal functioning of the organism than is involuntary abstinence. In any event, normal sexual urges can find relatively harmless outlets, such as nocturnal emissions for men and nocturnal orgasms for women. There are, of course, occasions when abstinence becomes a matter of consideration of one's spouse or oneselffor example, during an illness, during late pregnancy, immediately after childbirth, and to avoid contracting or spreading venereal disease. Even in these cases, the partner not physically involved may wish to have some sexual outlet, whether by engaging in such acts as oral or manual stimulation with the spouse, or by self-stimulation. Abstinence before marriage is, in general, highly esteemed by our society. This sanction is founded in biblical proscriptions against premarital sexual relations, and on the romantic notion that it is good for marriage partners to have their first sexual experience together. Some sociological studies would seem to indicate that sexual adjustment in marriage may actually be more successful when husband or wife, or both, have had previous sexual experience, but other studies do not support these findings. *20\300\2* Men's Health Erectile Dysfunction |
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