(16-02-11) New study shows meditation reduces depression, fatigue and anxiety in MS patients

by Richard Stossel, citizen journalist

(NaturalNews) A new study conducted by the Swiss has demonstrated that certain
forms of meditation may help patients with MS. The particular type of
meditation known as "mindfulness" is where patients simply train their mind to
focus more on the moment rather than the past or future. It is precisely
described as "nonjudgmental awareness of moment-to-moment experience."

The 8 week study conducted at the University Hospital Basel in Switzerland
randomly assigned 150 patients to either take part in the 8 week study or
continue on standard medical care. Those who performed the meditation reported
lower levels of fatigue and depression for upwards of 6 months as opposed to
those who received the standard medical treatments. Fatigue is often a major
problem for MS sufferers with up to 50% saying that it is their most disabling
symptom.

Those who took part in the meditation program reported improvement in
virtually all areas including lower levels of anxiety, depression and overall
improvement in quality of life. This is in contrast to those participants who
continued on the standard medical treatments and who actually saw their
symptoms get slightly worse over the same time period.

Study author Paul Grossman stated that the attendance rate for the meditation
program was very high at over 90% with some patients driving for hours to
attend the weekly classes, something that MS patients normally have a lot of
trouble doing.

To those who practice natural and alternative health practice, chi-gung or
other forms of meditation these results probably come as no surprise. It's been
known in eastern countries, especially in China, for millennia that meditation
is a major key to health, healing, strength and longevity.

Since the brain is the source of the body's EMF or Electro Motive Force, the
more you calm and strengthen the mind through meditation and visualization
techniques the greater the energy flow. It's a known scientific fact that the
body does have electrical charges and impulses that travel along the nerves,
and the more energy is allowed to flow through a calm relaxed mind, the more
energy will travel through the nerves to the muscles and organs resulting in
greater health, strength and immunity.

Meditation in China is practiced by all levels of society. In advanced martial
arts and chi-gung (energy work) it is known to help "sustain energy" by
preventing the mind from wasting it through unnecessary worrying and excessive
thinking. This wastes energy in the same way as a car's engine idling for hours
wastes fuel since you are going nowhere and getting 0 miles per gallon. The
same thing occurs in the mind, but instead of wasting gas it's your chi or life
force that is wasted.

An idling engine builds up tremendous heat and the same thing happens in the
mind through excessive worry. Western studies have estimated that 85% of all
cancers are stress related. Stress is known to heat up the body and in Chinese
medicine cancer is considered a disease of excess fire (yang) energy.

See these related articles for more on fire energy and meditation

"Prevent Cancer by Letting Go of Excess Fire Energy (Acidity)"
http://www.naturalnews.com/022428_b...

"Use the Power of the Mind to Improve Your Health and Well Being"
http://www.naturalnews.com/023048_C...

Learning to calm the mind down not only helps to eliminate stress, but also
cools the body and prevents countless diseases and health conditions. Cooling
the body will also increase energy and longevity by slowing down the aging
process of the cells and organs since premature aging and many diseases,
including cancer, are strongly linked with excessive heat and fire energies.

Sources;
http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/mi...

"Harnessing The Power of the Universe" by Daniel Reid
"The Root of Chinese Qigong" By Dr. Yang Jwing Ming

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