SUGGESTED REFLEXES FOR EMPHASIS IN SPECIFIC DISORDERS

SUGGESTED REFLEXES FOR EMPHASIS IN SPECIFIC DISORDERS Anemia : Spleen/Lymph nodes and drain. Angina pectoris : Heart/Chest?Shoulder/Adrenals/Top of Left Foot. Arthritis : Top and bottom of Whole foot/Kidney/Adrenals/Pituitary/Solar. Asthma : Adrenals/solar/Lungs/Ileocecal Valve/Diaphragm/Bronchial area. Colitis : Colon/Solar/Adrenals. Cough and Cold : Sinus/Ileocecal Valve/Colon/Bronchial area.

Diabetes : Pancreas/Pituitary/Thyroid/Liver/Adrenals. Fainting : Pituitary/Whole Big toe. Female Disorders : Uterus/Ovary/Fallopian Tubes. Fever : Pituitary/Lymph nodes/Lymph drain. Flatulence (Gas in stomach or intestine) : Sigmoid/Solar/Intestines/Stomach. Heart troubles: Heart/Lungs/Adrenals/Sigmoid/Kidney/Stomach/Parathyroid. High Blood Pressure : Solar/Adrenals/Kidneys. Numbness in Fingers: 6th, 7th Cervicals/Solar/Shoulder/1st and 2nd Thoracic in Spine reflex. Paralysis: Top of toes and Fingers/shoulders/Knee and Hips/Total length of spine reflex. Phlebitis (Inflammation due to blocked vein) : Liver/Adrenals/Treat Part of Arm Corresponding to affected part of leg. Psoriasis: Thyroid/Adrenals/Pituitary/Kidney/Lymph nodes and drain. Sciatica: Sciatic/Lymph/Lower back/Knee-Hip/Sacral part of Spine reflex. Swellings:Top surface of whole foot/Lymph/Kidney/Ureter/Bladder/Pituitary. Varicose Veins: Liver/Colon/All Glands/Lymphatic System. Vertigo: Eyes/Ears/Lymph/Head/Cervical part of Spine reflex/Top and Bottom of webs between last 3 fingers. Ulcer: Stomach/Solar/Diaphragm/Adrenals/Liver. Urinary trouble: Kidneys/Ureter/Bladder/prostate.

ACUPRESSURE THERAPY

ACUPRESSURE THERAPY It is a way to health by a technique of applying direct pressure with fingers, thumb or palms of hand, over certain key-points over the body. Proper circulation of blood to even the remotest part of body is essential to keep body free from congestion and ailments. Circulation is life, stagnation is death. This therapy stimulates blood circulation by relieving congestion n nerve ending and muscles. Four different systems of treatment can be included under acupressure therapy : (1) Zone therapy (2) Foot reflexology (3) Shiatsu therapy (4) Meridian Points therapy. Zone Therapy In this Therapy, our body is assumed to be longitudinally divided into 5 zones on the right and 5 zones on the left side of the central line of the body, vertically. All parts of the body in the same zone are inter-related in such a way that any problem somewhere in a particular zone could be treated by pressure massage at some other area in that same zone. Foot Reflexology In this method, blood circulation in a particular organ in the body can be stimulated by pressure-massage at certain areas on the bottom, top or sides of the foot. Feet are a sort of switchboards, with different switches connected with the various organs of the body. A type of remote control. Due to excess acid condition in our blood stream, frost-like acid crystals are formed in the nerve endings in the feet. They obstruct the normal blood circulation to the related organ. Pressure massage over certain areas (called Reflexes) on the feet, breaks and loosens, as well as clears these crystals, thereby restoring the normal blood circulation to the organ involved. The dislodged crystals are carried away by the blood gradually and the acid is thrown out of the body through kidneys. Pain felt at reflexes on foot during the massage is due to these crystals getting crushed there. Identical reflexes as on the foot, are located on the hands also. But it is found more effective to treat the foot reflexes because the foot has a larger area and generally it is more protected than the hand, therefore tenderness (pain) of the reflexes is more noticeable in the foot than in the hands. Shiatsu Therapy This is a type of local points pressure treatment. Pressure points spread over the affected region of the body are to be treated for cure. Movement of body is caused by contraction of muscles. Energy for contraction of muscles is produced by a substance called Glycogen (a product from liver). When it combines with oxygen from lungs, combustion generates energy for muscular contraction. This produces a residue, called lactic acid. When sufficient quantity of lactic acid accumulates in the muscles, the contraction becomes difficult or impossible. By applying digital pressure over such muscles, 80% of the acid is reconverted into glycogen, thus relieving the muscle of the acid. This eleminates fatigue, improper muscular contraction and illness. Meridian Points Therapy According to a concept, human body has an internal network of about 14 channels (called meridians) located deep in the body, through which the energy flows. There are about 365 points over the body where these channels surface into the skin. Different ailments are caused when the balance of energy flowing through different meridians is upset or disturbed due to blockage of flow at some points. By treating with pressure massage these meridian points surfacing on skin, the blockage is removed resulting in the normal flow of energy again. This restores the balance of flow in all meridians and thereby, the ailment is cured. The point to be treated may not be necessarily over the affected region, it can be very far from the affected region. In this booklet, we have not discussed Meridian Points in details. Acupressure therapy is a harmless way of treatment, but very often producing miraculous results. It has been recognized by many Governments abroad and is being practiced in countries like China, Japan, America, Europe, Russia etc. There the Acupressure therapists and the Physicians work in co-operation.

Foot Reflexology Shiatsu Therapy Hand Reflexology Specific foot reflex points Important glands Urinary and Respiratory System Digestive System Circulatory and Lymphatic System Nervous System Some useful hints Dis-location of abdominal nerve center Suggested reflexes for emphasis in specific disorders

Why Apple is Doomed

The Motorola Xoom has more memory than the iPad 2. It has a larger and higher-resolution display. And it runs flash. Venerable tech blog Engadget reportedthat "it outclasses the iPad in many ways."

Before launch, Motorola unleashed a heavy media campaign, making obvious their intent to attack the market leader. In a $5 million spot during last year's Super Bowl, Motorola mimicked Apple's famous "1984" commercial by depicting a lone Xoom-toting yuppie surrounded by white-robed Apple acolytes.

In a way, the ad was right: Nobody uses a Xoom.

Motorola's optimistic estimate put sales around 200,000 units in two months. Apple's iPad 2, meanwhile, sold a million in its first weekend.

It was a remarkably easy outcome to predict. The Xoom was typical of Apple's competition: feature-packed but unpolished. Noted gadget pundit Jon Geller wrote that "It's almost as if Google decided to try and pack as much in as possible to advance the tablet category forward... I'm not sure it has succeeded." The iPad didn't have quite the feature set, but it didn't matter. As usual, Apple won through design.

While they do make superior hardware, their secret sauce is interface design. Apple consistently develops interfaces so intuitive that instructions would seem silly. Even toddlers can navigate the iPhone effectively. Their products simply make sense, in a way their competitors seem unable to match. Because of this unique advantage, Apple has achieved their greatest success creating mobile devices, where the interface is psychologicallycloser to the user.

Since releasing the iPod, Apple has dispatched challengers with Jedi-like ease, brushing aside giants and upstarts alike to become the most valuable tech company in the world. In the meantime, they've built a giant fanbase whose love for the company borders on the religious. The Apple advantage is good taste, and the originator of that taste is CEO Steve Jobs.

"Apple is the most design-savvy company in the world, and it's because of Steve," says Ray Riley, a former Apple designer. Jobs is a brilliant marketer and the company's visionary. But his most important role is as tastemaker.

Longtime Apple engineer Mike Evangelist was once tasked with heading the design of a DVD burning program for the Mac. His team developed dozens of sophisticated mock-ups and gathered to present them to Jobs. "He picks up a marker and goes over to the whiteboard," remembers Evangelist, "He draws a rectangle. 'Here's the new application,' he says. 'It's got one window. You drag your video into the window. Then you click the button that says BURN. That's it. That's what were going to make.'"

According to Inside Apple, Jobs holds court every Monday, reviewing each product under development at the time. The company's image is also under his constant scrutiny: he once demanded that a slab of Italian marble for Apple's SoHo store be shipped to him first for inspection. He is Apple's filter, personally ensuring that his stringent design standards are met across the board.

But Jobs is suffering from pancreatic cancer and is currently on his third leave of absence since 2004. Ever secretive, he keeps his condition tightly guarded. But he admitted in 2009 that "my health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought."

While Apple has fared well during his leaves, they are not a proper indicator of what the company would be like without him. While off-campus, he continues to exert a huge influence (he remained CEO during his most recent absence), and his legacy is fresh.

His management, even his vision, is replaceable. But that brilliant sense of taste, to which Apple owes their success, will not be matched by the next regime. His death would leave Apple closer to the pack than ever.

When that edge is gone, Apple will no longer be able to operate as they have become accustomed. Without vastly superior products, their arrogant marketing will fall on deaf ears. Consumers will consider alternatives more readily. Their prickly policies towards developers will take a toll.

The company is keenly aware of this weakness, and preparations are well underway. They have even commissioned an all-star team of business professors to write a series of case studies chronicling critical decisions in the life of Apple, hoping to groom young executives who can seamlessly step in were the worst to happen. But in Jobs, they posses the most valuable creative mind in the world. Apple is not just the latest great tech company, it is historically great, and to maintain that level without the irreplaceable taste of Steve Jobs will be impossible.

Ty Fujimura

Creative Director at Designer Pages, Design Entrepreneur