I subscribe to WDDTY (What Doctor’s Don’t Tell You) and in addition to the magazine they send out a weekly email newsletter which invites readers to suggest remedies for specific readers’ complaints.
Now, I’ve never felt completely convinced by this approach, that is not until today. In this week’s issue was the following story of someone suffering from tinnitus and some readers’ recommendations.
‘Tinnitus: A 56-year-old male is suffering from mild tinnitus and feels it is getting worse. He’s tried ear candling, acupuncture and Ginkgo biloba, but has seen no improvement. What do readers recommend?'....
This week, a couple of readers have high praise for reflexology as a cure for tinnitus. According to Avril, the treatment should work in about eight to ten sessions, but you can speed up the process by practising the technique on yourself at home. Ask your therapist to show you some self-help hand reflexology, she advises.
Another idea is to try Noni Juice, which comes from the Morinda citrifolia plant. Anne’s 59-year-old husband tried almost every natural remedy he could think of to no avail. After drinking Noni Juice for four weeks, however, he noticed an improvement of about 75 per cent.
Something else to consider is the possibility you may have a temporomandibular joint (TMJ) condition. Chris notes that this can often lead to tinnitus, by affecting nerves leading to and from the ear. He suggests visiting a dentist specialising in bite correction to address the problem.
Terri, on the other hand, reckons the artificial sweetener aspartame – found in virtually everything labelled as “diet” – could be to blame. He strongly advises doing some serious label checking and eliminating the substance from your diet completely.’
But what convinced me about the efficacy of having a pool of therapists and people interested in health at your disposal is that between us we do seem to have an enormous amount of information.
On reading about the gentleman suffering from tinnitus, I immediately remembered two separate TV programmes I had seen that used sound as a cure for tinnitus. What was really interesting is that although one had a completely western approach and the other a totally eastern approach – the cure was in fact identical! They had just arrived at it from completely different angles.
The western approach involved using computer technology to establish the exact tone of the sound heard by the sufferer and then replicating the sound and playing it back to the tinnitus sufferer with very excellent results.
The eastern approach as practiced by Barefoot Doctors for centuries involves humming the sound you hear!
Like white noise machines, the sounds effectively cancel one another out!
Interestingly and quite by chance I have seen this principle at work. When I teach meditation I often play my crystal bowl which is tuned to the note ‘B’. If you’ve never come across a crystal bowl then just imagine the sound a crystal glass makes when you dip your finger in the liquid and run it around the rim. The larger the crystal bowl the deeper the resonance.
One of my students was suffering from tinnitus and found the sound of the bowl quite unpleasant. I explained that this often happened when healing was taking place and that if she wanted to persevere she may well benefit. I didn’t know about the tinnitus at this time.
She decided to persevere and within a couple of weeks (just 2 sessions with the bowl) she was already noticing the difference and shared her experience with the class, within a couple more sessions the tinnitus had completely disappeared. A year later she was still free from the tinnitus! What an amazing and unexpected benefit from the meditation class.
If you get a chance to hear a crystal bowl, jump at it. I heard mine at a conference for Healing With Sound and was so impressed I just had to have one. When I played it for my nephew in a Sekhem session he told me it was as though every cell in his body was vibrating. He even asked the price and when I told him it was £200, he said it was worth every penny!
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