What Is Lupus?
Lupus is a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body. Research estimates that at least 1.5 million Americans have lupus. Autoimmune diseases, like lupus, means that the immune system is not functioning properly. The fighting, killing off, and sweeping away foreign invaders like viruses, bacteria, germs, etc. is not quite doing its job and as with many autoimmune diseases, there is no definite answer as to why. It appears that genes may play a role, as well as possibly being triggered by things such as illness, injury, or a long period of stress. Normally our bodies create antibodies (anti-foreign body) that attacks whatever may come along that doesn’t belong there. Unfortunately, with autoimmune, the body has trouble deciphering what belongs and what doesn’t and proceeds to attack healthy tissue in its confusion using auto-antibodies resulting in inflammation, pain, and damage to various parts of the body.
Signs and Symptoms of Lupus
“Flare” ups of lupus are unpredictable and seem to just appear out of nowhere. Some days flares are more intense than others, often triggered by stress and exposure to ultraviolet light. Symptoms vary and may include:
Skin rashes (both on the face and body)
Joint and muscle pain
Hair loss
Fatigue
Mouth and nose ulcers
Chest pain (as a result of inflammation of the lining of the heart or lungs)
Anemia (a deficiency in the number or quality of red blood cells)
Poor kidney function
Seizures or visual disturbances (resulting from inflammation of the nervous system)
Fever
What is Reiki?
All around us is what is known as universal life energy. This energy can have a positive or negative effect on a person’s body and emotions. The Japanese technique of Reiki healing works with this energy force to improve a person’s life through the “laying on of hands.” For more information on Reiki, you can click over to our Reiki page:)
Why Reiki Healing?
Pain from lupus can be excruciating. Reiki healing does not require that the therapist touch the patient, avoiding additional pain. Reiki has been shown to help relieve pain, improve sleep, and alleviate accompanying depression and anxiety that are common with this condition.
Reiki can help with:
Physical pain – Those with lupus say that the pain can be quite severe at times. Aching, swelling of the joints, muscle pain, cramping, burning
Skin rashes, itching, burning
Helps with fatigue, anxiety, and depression which are common for those dealing with lupus.
Improve daily life
Many of these symptoms are those that people with lupus have to deal with on a daily basis. In One’s Element does not claim that Reiki will cure or even alleviate symptoms for every lupus sufferer. Clinical studies are rare, we can really, for most illness/disease, only go off of the many testimonials. We do believe that this treatment can work very well in conjunction with other medical or therapeutic techniques to help relieve side effects and promote recovery.
In One’s Element offers a 25% discount for new clients so that those with different chronic conditions can to give Reiki healing a try. Reiki and/or hypnotherapy sessions are available distantly or in-person in our private space in Prescott, Arizona. We highly encourage those with chronic physical issues or those who live with people who are struggling physically,(emotionally, mentally) to learn Reiki. Learn to work with your frequency rather than pay someone else to do it. Energy healing is innate. We can ALL do it. We offer multiple Reiki certifications a year as well as work and certify people one-on-one. Contact us today to schedule a personal session or to inquire about our certification programs.
Tincture for Lupus
We looked at the most common symptoms of lupus and put together a tincture to accommodate fatigue, fever, hair loss, mouth sores, muscle and joint pain, skin rashes, sun sensitivity, poor circulation to the fingers and toes, shortness of breath, chest pain, dry eyes, brain fog and headaches.
Ingredients: (all herbs are organically grown) ginger, nettles, sage, turmeric, mullein, milk thistle, white willow bark. Base made from organic MCT oil.
Ginger for: fatigue, fever, muscle and joint pain, circulation, chest pain
Sage for: fatigue, headaches and brain fog, mouth sores
Nettles for: hair loss, rashes
Turmeric for: muscle and joint pain, sensitivity to sunlight and skin lesions that appear or worsen with sun exposure, chest pain, dry eyes, headaches and brain fog, confusion and memory loss
Mullein for shortness of breath
Milk thistle may improve liver function and can provide protection against the potential damage of pharmaceutical medications.
White willow bark may provide pain relief for lupus via its analgesic properties.
To place an order for our Tincture for Lupus click here.