Supporting women in their abdominal,
reproductive and sexual health.
“Whenever I see a woman with a uterine problem such as fibroid tumors, I ask her to meditate upon her relationships, creativity, and sense of security. What is her fibroid telling her about these areas?”
40 percent of American women are diagnosed with uterine fibroids every year and are not sure exactly what to do. Included here are some suggestions, based on years of experience working with women and talking with healers about their experience healing the body.
The following are some suggestions for self -care protocols that you can do if you are diagnosed with fibroids.
1. Maya Abdominal Massage with Female Tonic and Hortence’s Female Formula
2. Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine
3. Detoxifying Herbal Clay packs
4. Castor oil packs
5. Vagi-Steaming
6. Emotional release work related to your uterus
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If you happen to have been diagnosed with fibroids, the best thing you can do for yourself is to connect very deeply with your uterus. Often, if we feel some sort of pain “down there”, then we disconnect, hoping it will just go away. This is generally not what happens. I am going to encourage you feel your symptoms, breath into abdomen, feel your uterus, palpate yourself and get in touch. Really get to know your fibroid, talk to them. Many times, you will get an answer. Your inner voice often has all the answers and can point you to the imbalance in your life that may have led you to this condition.
1. Maya Abdominal Massage (MAM)
Find a practitioner in your area (www.arvigomassage.com) who will treat you with this hands on technique addressing hemodynamics and homeostasis in your abdomen. We who practice the MAM see the advantage of using these techniques to improve circulation and normal flow around a fibroid. Your MAM practitioner will teach you a self-care technique that will assist you in removing obstructions in your uterus.
Two herbal formulas are indicated to help you in treating fibroids: Female Tonic and Hortence’s Female Formula.
2. Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine
Find an acupuncturist in your area (www.lifesourceacupuncture.com or www.google.com) who also practices Chinese Herbal Medicine. Acupuncture has been shown to shrink fibroids and the combination with Chinese herbal medicine (very different from the two herbal formulas listed above) has shown to be very powerful in shrinking fibroids.
3. Detoxifying Herbal Clay Packs
Clay has been used for hundreds of years all around the world to help detoxify and mineralize the body. This specially formulated Herbal Clay is designed to pull toxins, remove blockages and normalize energetic flow in your body. When used on your abdomen, it can help remove obstructions to your own natural healing.
4. Castor Oil Packs
Castor oil is the oil from the bean of the Palma Christ plant (Ricinus communis). As an external oil pack, it has been used to treat a variety of health condition such as arthritis, liver and intestinal disorders, tumors, cysts, and fibroids.
5. Herbal Vaginal Steam
Vaginal steam baths, or “bajo” as they are known in Spanish, are used to assist in the cleansing of the uterus in conjunction with Maya Abdominal Massage and Herbal remedies for the treatment of numerous female symptoms.
Plants to be used for steaming: Most commonly used are marigold, oregano, basil, and rosemary. Other herbs that are useful are: motherwort, St. John’s wort, chamomile, red clover, dandelion, or yellow dock. Collect your plants using prayer and intention of healing. If using fresh plant, use about 1 quart, if using dried plants, use about a cup.
Essential Oils can also be used at 1-3 drops per steam.
Directions:
• In a large pot of hot water place the above plants. Crush the herbs, or drop the oils, into the water thanking them for helping with your healing. Bring this to a soft boil for 10 minutes, steep for 5 minutes with the lid on if using fresh plants. If using oils, bring to a low boil and immediately turn off and place the pot under a slatted chair, lawn chair, etc, which you will sit on without underwear.
• Offer prayers nine times, these prayers can be whatever spirit offers you guidance (God, Jesus, Mother Earth, Tara, etc.). Wear socks to keep your feet warm, drape fully with a blanket around your waist to the floor. Be careful not to allow any draft underneath you. Be sure you are enclosed by the blankets form the waist down, and warm from the waist up.
• Sit quietly over your pot of herbal steam for 20 minutes (more if needed), meditate, read, enjoy and pleasure in the herbal healing. Be careful not to burn yourself. The heat should feel pleasant. If it is too warm, remove the post for a few minutes.
•Be careful over the next 24 hours to protect your entire body from cold drafts, keep warm and avoid any sudden temperature changes.
Expect changes in your vaginal discharge & menstruation; these are normal cleansing reactions. Inform your practitioner of you have any unusual discharge or response to this treatment.
“A woman’s uterus is a woman’s center and if it is out of balance, she will be physically, emotionally, and spiritually out of balance.” –Don Eliijo, founder of the MAM tradition
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