#Alternative Treatments

[healinggateacup]

Headaches and migraines can be debilitating, affecting your quality of life. Thankfully, traditional oriental medicine in Fullerton, Orange County offers a natural approach to finding relief. By addressing the root cause of pain rather than just the symptoms, acupuncture provides a holistic alternative to conventional treatments. This ancient practice has been used for centuries to treat various ailments, including chronic headaches and migraines.

[healthmonastery]

Natural Home Remedies for Migraine Relief

Migraines are more than just headaches; they can be debilitating, affecting your daily life and productivity. While medications are available to help manage the pain, many people seek natural alternatives to avoid potential side effects. In this blog post, we’ll explore some effective home remedies for migraine relief, helping you find comfort and alleviate your migraine symptoms. Home Remedies…

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Research Highlight: Herbal Medicine's Potential in Treating Cancer-Related Insomnia

Discover the potential of herbal medicine in addressing cancer-related insomnia. Explore the study examining Cheonwangbosimdan, a traditional Korean remedy, and its effects on insomnia among cancer patients. Learn how alternative treatments like herbal m

Research Highlight: Herbal Medicine’s Potential in Treating Cancer-Related Insomnia Cancer patients often grapple with a significant challenge beyond their illness itself – insomnia. The prevalence of insomnia among cancer patients is notably higher than in the general population, affecting both their physical and psychological well-being. While treatments like cognitive-behavioral therapy for…

[author-mandi-bean]

PSA: On Internet Trolls on Reddit

I want to begin this post with a disclaimer. I know that it is so easy to forget that not everything is about you. More and more, I’m realizing that next to nothing is actually about me, especially when people are treating me less than kind. Our behaviors are responses to stressors and lately, life has been incredibly stressful. It’s been stressful for so long and we’re all anxious for a victory,…

[goodnidra1]

Alternative Treatments to Reduce Sleep Apnea Symptoms 

Are you looking for alternative ways to reduce sleep apnea symptoms? You have certainly landed on the right page. We are here to help you understand all the alternative sleep apnea treatments that can assist you in recovering from the problems in the most proficient manner.

Before moving ahead with the alternative sleep apnea treatments, it is important that you understand what it is and then proceeds ahead with the alternative procedures. Let’s get started with the same.

Sleep Apnea: Overview

When it comes to sleep apnea, it is a condition that leads to breathing shortage for a specific time period. There are several sleep apnea treatments that can help you deal with the issue a lot more hassle-free. This means that the ones who are suffering from sleep disordered breathing are unable to consume enough oxygen. This makes them wake up unexpectedly and even causes bigger trouble.

In fact, if you are not getting it treated at the earliest, this might lead to the following:

Mental health issues

Poor immune function

Memory loss

Heart failure

And more.

There are several ways in which you can recover from this type of health complication. This is why we are here. Below segment, we are going to discuss the alternative remedies that can help you recover from this trouble without any hassle whatsoever. Let’s get started.

Alternative Remedies For Sleep Apnea

Below are the mentioned pointers that show how you can recover from this major issue a lot more effectively:

The first and most important step that needs to be taken in maintaining a healthy weight.

The next thing that you can consider trying is going for yoga. This can help you enhance your energy level and improve sleep apnea.

Another important step that you can consider taking is altering your sleep position. It can certainly reduce sleep apnea symptoms.

Lastly, using a humidifier can also help you with recovery.

These are the alternative remedies for sleep apnea. But, it is important that you consider connecting with the experts to know more. If you are looking for experts to help you with the same, then you can always consider connecting with the experts at Good nidra Pending. Good luck!

[mcollawn]

intuitiveness and self-alignment

MC Anime Podcast Intuitiveness and Self Alignment S3 EP122 Jennifer Takagi is discussing the uses of body and emotional charts to find imbalances and negative conditions. She does a session with me and we ser first hand.

They say trust your intuition and see where it goes. Also, finding the right balance can be success or obstacles in life. I speak with Jennifer Takagi in a session of body and emotional chart reading. Join as I have her go over my finger and the server knife injury I had. Jennifer found that my finger lymph nodes, circulatory system, and then the stomach. We discuss how she operates Takagi…

[starsintheendlessnight]

ClosureAU! (Zeus and Eurylochus)

The AU finally has a name, it's called Closure for the lyrics of "keep your friends close" when Aeolus says: 'Now they wanna get the bag open so they can have closure' 🙏

context of the "I will kill Odysseus"

Basically Zeus made a "deal" with Eurylochus, in which Zeus would take Odysseus from Calypso's island and taking him back to his home in exchange for Eurylochus staying with him on Olympus

Zeus often manipulates Eurylochus by telling him that if he thinks of leaving Odysseus would have to go back to Calypso, Eurylochus doesn't want that to happen, he made the deal bc he thought that for once in his life he could do something good for his captain/brother in law and Zeus takes advantage of his weakness for Odysseus

[grimmbunniee]

A little bit of me dies everytime I see y’all hc Hobie as this mean toxic punk rockstar boyfriend. Like tell me where in the fucking flim was he rude once. He literally helped Miles despite barely know him, he’s friends with Pavitr they even have a handshake, he let Gwen crash in his universe because she was homeless. Also to the people who say he is stinky and wouldn’t take care of his hair. Y’all are so fucking annoying and clearly don’t know how black hair works, especially wicks or any form of locs. Like hobie is the most kind and caring person around. He definitely wouldn’t abuse you, lay hands on you or cheat on you. Also his whole “I don’t believe in labels or I don’t believe in consistency” was a quip, a fucking joke all spider variants make stupid quip’s underneath the mask😭. Stop making that his whole fucking personality and stop using that to undermine his punk values. It’s like with Pavitr’s “chai tea” joke y’all made it that kids whole personality trait 😭.

Maybe I’m reaching with this but a lot y’all’s hc are starting to be Anti-black

To the next person who hcs him as toxic mean person I’m in your walls and I’m stealing your favorite things.

[waterlinkedgirl]

Musical Touken Ranbu: Michinooku ~ Hitotsu Hachisu (Michinooku ~ A Single Lotus)

Here we go! Only a few days after the archive release and toumyu's ninth anniversary (congratulations!)

Michioku, or Michihasu, is a myu I have many conflicting feelings about, both positive and negative. However, I do believe that with the right amount of care in the next Mika-related story myu, the negative can still be cleared. Plus, I'm glad about a lot of things being re-established. The writer does need to step up her game a little on the plot-writing side of things, as well as the understanding-and-respecting-past-myu side of things, but as long as she does, this can still be given a proper place within what was already established.

Keep in mind that these are only the subtitle files, timed and tled to the DMM senshuuraku and the bluray respectively. The archive version will have a talk at the start, so the starting times of the subs will have to be delayed accordingly.

You can find the subtitles and my TL notes document here!

[piratecaptainscaptainpirates]

The thing that still absolutely baffles me about that corner of the fandom that are utterly convinced Izzy is not just the main character but also a character he just never was in the show is, like...why Izzy?

Like, I actually like Izzy. I love Con O'Neill as an actor and the things this man says are so fucked up. He compells me. I like Izzy, I even enjoy his s2 arc overall (especially knowing how it ends).

But fanon Izzy over there is not my Izzy. It's just straight-up not the same guy.

So why did Izzy, of all characters, get this huge fan reaction? I literally can't think of many traits that Izzy actually has in canon that are unique to him.

Queer realization story? That's Stede's whole s1 plot.

Disabled? Izzy isn't even the only character with a wooden body part.

Initially reluctant to Stede's way of doing piracy but comes around due to the power of queer community? My man Black Pete is right there.

Even when I'm trying to be charitable, the only thing I can think of for why a portion latched onto Izzy and became so determined to create a whole new character there is because Izzy doesn't commit any of the "crimes" our actual main characters or the other characters he shares traits with do. He's White, he's comfortably masc in a way Stede and Lucius just aren't, he doesn't have a lisp like Pete. Even his queerness is honestly subtextual. So he becomes a very easy slate to fans to add traumatic backstories and sympathetic motivations that weren't in the show onto.

It's just...weird, but in a really predictable way, I think, that a portion of fandom imprinted on this guy.

[clown-eating-pig]

Have we yet discussed the possibility that the reason that Gerry’s hair color isn’t mentioned in tmagp is not because he has a good dye job now, nor because he does not have one at all, but because Happy Gerard Keay is actually just Bald As Hell?

[cienie-isengardu]

Khaos Reigns and the matter of Lin Kuei

Warning: rant not spoiler free!

I said it before and I will say it again: Netherrealm Studio does not utilize the plot of Lin Kuei brothers to its fullest potential. And by brothers I don’t just mean Bi-Han and Kuai Liang. Mind you, their Khaos Reigns’ strained relationship comes back to Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) mess, so it’s not that there is no sense in how they interact. I’m frustrated by it but my frustration is not directed at characters itself but at NRS that does all in their power to *not* give us the heartbreaking story of shattered brotherhood - and it says a lot that we have much more wholesome relationship between Bi-Han/Noob and Sektor or Kuai Liang and Cyrax than we have with brothers themselves.

This is however not the most frustrating thing about the Lin Kuei brothers plot for me but how the previous game established Smoke and Kuai Liang as the “true brothers” and then Khaos Reigns ignores Tomas even more than the last time. And let’s be honest here: last time Tomas already was shoved hardy to the background.

The thing about Khaos Reigns that killed the most my enthusiasm is not actually Bi-Han/Noob & Kuai Liang subplot (as frankly, I did except the worst), nor even how NRS handled Noob after “mending his mind”. I’m fully disappointed and absolutely frustrated how the new part of Liu Kang’s timeline is heavily centered at Lin Kuei and TOMAS IS NOT THERE AT ALL. Everyone, including Scorpion, totally ignore his existence during the meeting before the mission to Chaosrealm.

The scene I’m talking about went like this:

Kitana: Which is why you believe we need Sektor. Liu Kang: As Lin Kuei, she and Cyrax are trained for this type of mission. And they have the benefit of being with us, here. I can send them immediately, under Scorpion’s command -- Scorpion: I want neither’s help. I will go alone.  Liu Kang: That would be unwise.

See? Not for the first time we hear that Lin Kuei were trained since childhood for that kind of mission, so Kuai Liang and Sektor are natural choice, sure, but no one even for a moment thought about including Tomas - whose BIO specifically said he “chose to make the Lin Kuei’s mission his own. But as he lacked his brothers' innate supernatural abilities, he set out to master practical magic. Having done so, he now joins them in Earthrealm's defense."

There is a reasonable excuse or two to leave him behind I can make out of my head within seconds. For example, as a backup plan if the mission has failed, so there is someone to command Shirai Ryu  during battle. Or leaving Smoke behind to keep Harumi and/or their clan safe, as Scorpion can’t trust there won’t be another attack of Lin Kuei. But apparently even for a second it did not cross Kuai Liang’s mind to take Tomas - his trusted, loyal brother -  with himself, as counterargument to taking Cyrax and Sektor on a deadly mission. That Kuai Liang did not trust his former comrades makes absolutely sense, but this is why Smoke’s presence could be a good preventive measure. Scorpion did not ever utter any wish to have Tomas there at his side. Instead, Kuai Liang wanted to go alone (a mindset actually shared with Bi-Han!) and we got the Lin Kuei storyline with Tomas BEING THE ONLY ONE (EX)LIN KUEI NOT INCLUDED AT ALL.

Remember when the fandom was so angry at Bi-Han for not considering Tomas to be true Lin Kuei ("Mind your place, Tomas. Father may have taken you in, made you one of us... but your blood will never be Lin Kuei.”)? One year later, this exact scene on one hand actually backs up Sub-Zero’s claim, as even Kuai Liang does not consider Tomas to have at his side in a dire situation and opting to go alone. Which is why NRS should in my opinion allow *any* character to excuse the lack of Smoke at Mileena’s palace or why Liu Kang couldn’t teleport him there to aid Scorpion in his mission.

On another hand, the Khaos Reigns is about Lin Kuei more than ever while Tomas has barely few speaking lines and is totally removed from Lin Kuei brotherhood storyline. This was the perfect opportunity to add Smoke into the main group and expand our understanding of the relationship and history of characters. And hey, Bi-Han and Tomas too were once brothers and it would be really nice, if their brotherhood got some focus too, instead of excluding Smoke from it completely. Which again, adds a new layer to how hypocritical Kuai Liang was in the first game, with all the declaration how he and Tomas may not share a blood but they were brothers, when Scorpion A) has never once(?) mention Smoke through the new storyline nor B) even for a moment considered how Bi-Han’s death - his choice to not save their brother - could affect Tomas who, as intro dialogues imply, wished Scorpion and Sub-Zero could reconcile.  I understand why NRS put the focus on blood brothers, but it is the studio’s own choice to add Tomas to said brotherhood in the first place and by excluding him, they paint Scorpion as very self-centered and selfish man that is so focused on himself and his anger at Bi-Han, he literally gives no fucks about Tomas’ feelings on the matter. Which is… a surprising choice to say at least. 

We literally could have all Lin Kuei main heroes interacting on the same mission. A chance that most likely won’t happen too soon, if ever again.

So, yeah, I’m disappointed in that regard, as Tomas and Bi-Han once again got the short end of the stick from all the available Lin Kuei characters. With the one difference that Bi-Han, whatever presented as a good or bad person, brings some weight and impact on the storyline and other heroes. Tomas though? He could be cut away and his absence would change literally nothing.

[agalychnisspranneusroseus]

Imagine you're Mr. Wu and your weird gay daughter runs away in tears after destroying some unespecified object while yelling about you ruining her life. Because you told her you'd be moving to another state. This is the last time you see your daughter in half a year, and when she comes back, she comes back... wrong. She's wearing a light leather armor, a fur-lined cape, and a green flower crown. She has two long scars, one alongside her spine and the other along her chest, the tissue around them covered in burn scars. Doctors say she shouldn't have survived. Doctors say she didn't. Yet she's right here, in front of you, hospital gown clinging to her small, fragile, trembling frame. She fidgets with her hands. Getting her to stay still has always been difficult, but now it seems impossible. She won't let go of her phone. She's always texting her two friends. When you take it away, she gets anxious. You always knew those damn phones cause kids to act weird, but your kid having a panic attack seems too extreme, even for her. Then again, she's always been odd. Nowadays, she wakes up crying and screaming almost every night, and you realize she's been stealing her phone from your bedside drawer every night to text her friends, returning it before you wake up. You catch her once and decide to give her that damn phone back. It's the only thing that calms her down, as if she were a baby with a pacifier. She spends her last weeks in LA clinging to her friends, having sleepovers and playing her weird board games with them. Everytime they drop her back at her house, there's an excessive amount of hugs and tears. But the moments when they call her, or when she leaves to meet with them, or when they show up at their door to pick her up... those are the only moments in which you see her happy. One of her friends, the rude and disobedient one, came back with a big scar on her face. She's been acting a lot nicer, though. The other one too. She acts a great deal more adult now. You doesn't know what happened or where your daughter went. She won't tell you. But you can tell this friendship is the only thing keeping her afloat right now. Maybe you know, deep down, that no one else would understand.

And then you decide to move anyway because fuck her amirite

[polysyndetonaddictsupportgroup]

Okay now I'm curious about your TMA/Gravity Falls crossover. Is it like the cast of TMA get a cartoony summer adventure or is it like the cast of Gravity Falls have to deal with The Horrors? Or is it something else?

See this fic enchants me because it’s sort of both. One of the Rules of the fic is that the characters absolutely must maintain the conventions of their genre. So it’s the TMA universe and all of its grimdark cosmic horror grappling with the metaphysically displaced Mystery Twins, who operate on cartoon logic.

So it’s a lot of:

Elias: As you can see, you are all quite trapped. Under the contract, you cannot quit and you cannot kill me, so I suggest you all--

Mabel and Dipper: *exchange a look*

Dipper, stonefaced: *shrinks him with the size changing gem*

Mabel: *picks him up by his blazer and puts him in a jar*

The TMA crew: *staring*

Dipper, clapping once: so that's him handled.

Tim, completely broken, having to sit down: what

Dipper: I mean he can't do his evil machinations when he's like two inches tall in a jar and he's not going to die either so--oh uh Mabel? You put holes in that jar right?

Mabel, already going through Elias’s wallet and pocketing the cash: I can't be expected to think of everything Dipper

Dipper: I'm sure he's fine there, there was some air to start with and--we'll add holes. We'll add some holes

[raina-clipse423]

PONY DOKI!!

Finally able to share this one after days of losing motivation to finish it cuz I'm not used to drawing on PC! I always had an mlp au for the doki's for years now but never really got to draw them so here we are with Yuri! And I got lazy with the cutie marks skakaka not doing those

I have my own headcanons for mlp/fantasy horses in general and a some lore for the doki's in mlp universe so if you're interested in that 👇🏽

I headcanon that pegasi are a little smaller and have small "prey" bird wings (small birds like swallows, parrots, doves, etc.) and it's very rare for one to be born with big "raptor" wings (eagles, hawks) as those are usually reserved for the alicorns. The raptor winged are very strong flyers and generate very strong winds when they fly that they have to learn to control at a young age.

Yuri is a raptor winged. As a filly she was carefully taught and trained to control the air her wings generate. So careful in fact that she's known to be one of the most elegant flyers of clouds dale. Unlike Fluttershy, Yuri actually uses her wings a lot, mostly for flying high to reach bookshelves in libraries. Many ponies would quietly praise her for not stirring up the books everytime, and that her wings would actually dust off the books occasionally so she's a very welcome pony in the library.

She's also pretty tall for a pegasus, close to a unicorn build, because of that, even while walking, she's considered a very elegant mare.