Featured Tonic of the Month for November: Male Tonic

Male Tonic is an herbal formula that helps to prevent swelling of the prostate.   Man vine, its main ingredient, is a muscle relaxant that improves the flow of fluid to the prostate muscle.   This particular tonic can help with many issues seen in males including erectile dysfunction, impotency, benign prostatic hyperplasia, kidney or bladder infection, dysuria, prostatitis (not acute or infectious), and peyronie’s disease.

The tonic is anti-septic to the urinary tract and removes mucous from the kidney and bladder and reduces chronic urinary tract infections.  It also helps to clear the prostate of accumulated debris and relieve prostate swelling.

The few contraindications with this tonic include that it may react with cortisone or Cortisol products, erectile dysfunction medications and anti-depressants.  In some cases of hyperacidity, the urine may become darker and have a stronger odor.  This is showing that detoxification is working and this will disappear within days.

Male Tonic is our featured tonic and is 10% off during the month of November.  Please feel free to contact any Maya Abdominal Therapy practitioner at any of our CNY Healing Arts locations for further information. Click here to contact us.

Featured Tonic of the Month for October: Female Tonic

Female Tonic has a number of uses but overall it is a great hormone enhancer.  Some of its uses include fertility enhancing, painful or irregular periods, PCOS, and menopausal symptoms.  This tonic contains herbs that help to warm the reproductive organs and has a mild anti-spasmodic action on uterine muscles.   It also acts as a uterine cleanser which helps to remove incompletely flushed menstrual fluids from month to month.  One of the herbs contained in this tonic, Mexican Wild Yam, is one of the best herbs to help regulate the menstrual cycle because it contains the steroid diosgenin.  This steroid is 75% similar to the hormone molecules of estrogen and progesterone.  These in turn work to supply the ovaries with required hormones.  Additionally, the Mexican Wild Yam helps to alleviate severe hormonal fluctuations of menopause and PMS.

There are a number of contraindications with this tonic so it is very important that you speak with a Maya Abdominal Therapy practitioner so they can review each of these with you.  The Female Tonic should not be used in conjunction with any Chinese herbs, birth control, IVF related hormones, hormone replacement therapy, pregnancy or breast feeding.

Female Tonic is our featured tonic and is 10% off during the month of October. Please feel free to contact any Maya Abdominal Therapy practitioners at any of our CNY Healing Arts locations for further information.  Click here for contact information at our Syracuse, Rochester and Latham locations.

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Featured Tonic of the Month for September: Sweet Blood

Sweet Blood is a tonic used for PCOS, fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, borderline or Type 2 diabetes, low appetite and fatigue. Research has been conducted on this bark at Kew Gardens in London, England with positive results with Type 2 diabetes.  Many anti-diabetic medications are used with PCOS clients as well.

In rare cases, individuals with diabetes feel upset for a period of 24 hours while taking this tonic.  Experience has shown that those with this side effect benefit the most from this tonic and should be encouraged to continue.  Sweet Blood is ineffective for Type 1 diabetes.  Blood sugar testing is mandatory and should be used in conjunction with
your health care provider’s recommendations.

This tonic is contraindicated for pregnancy and breast feeding.

There are other specific instructions on the dosage of this tonic so please speak to a Maya Abdominal Therapy practitioner before using this tonic.

Sweet Blood Tonic is 10% off for the month of September. Please contact a Maya Abdominal Therapy practitioner at any of our CNY Healing Arts locations for further information.

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Erika Lutwin, LMT
CNY Healing Arts Center, Syracuse
191 Intrepid Lane, Syracuse, NY 13205
315.671.5755
elutwin@cnyhealingarts.com

Featured Tonic of the Month for August: Nerve Tonic

Nerve Tonic is used for insomnia, anxiety, stress, mild Post Partum Depression, mild Seasonal Affective Disorder and menopause.

The only herb contained in this tonic is Man Vine.  This particular herb includes anti-anxiety, anti-depressant, and anti-spasmodic properties.

There are no side effects to this tonic and it has been found to be safe in pregnancy and breast feeding.  Nerve Tonic should not be used in conjunction with anti-depressants, mood enhancing, anti-psychotic, or antiolytic medications.

Nerve Tonic is 10% off for the month of August.  Please contact a Maya Abdominal Therapy practitioner at any of our CNY Healing Arts locations for further information.

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Erika Lutwin, LMT
CNY Healing Arts Center, Syracuse
191 Intrepid Lane, Syracuse, NY 13205
315.671.5755
elutwin@cnyhealingarts.com

Featured Tonic of the Month for July: Kidney Tonic

Kidney Tonic is used for decreased polyuria (excessive urination), dysuria (burning in the urine), and to prevent kidney stone formation.

The herbs included in this tonic include Balsam Bark, Cornsilk and Mexican Wild Yam.  Combined, these herbs work as a gentle detoxification of the liver, are anti-inflammatory, and lymphatic cleansing.  Corn silk has a high concentration of potassium and a powerful diuretic.  It has also been found to lower blood pressure in Chinese research.

A possible side effect of this tonic is that the urine may appear darker or cloudier for a few days.  You should not use this tonic if you have advanced kidney disease, kidney failure, cancer of the kidney or bladder or during pregnancy.

Kidney Tonic is 10% off for the month of July.  Please contact a Maya Abdominal Therapy practitioner at any of our CNY Healing Arts locations for further information. Click here for contact information.

Video: Maya Abdominal Massage-Uterine Position & Infertility

Hello, my name is Erika Lutwin, Licensed Massage Therapist and a certified Maya Abdominal Practitioner here at CNY Healing Arts in Syracuse.  I’m talking just a few minutes today more about the Maya Abdominal Therapy.  Maya Abdominal Therapy has been practiced here in the Syracuse location for two years; we’ve had a great deal of success with this.  The idea behind the Maya Abdominal Therapy is that we’re dealing with the uterus and guiding the uterus back into position.  The uterus is held into place by ten ligaments.  Those ligaments attach back on the sacral area.  It’s very easy for the uterus to become displaced.  It could be from a bad fall on the tailbone, or sacral area, it could be from a past pregnancy.  What this is doing, it leads to the uterus becoming displaced.  When the uterus becomes displaced, sometimes fertility is an issue, sometimes menstrual cycles are very irregular or they don’t happen at all.  So, what we’re doing is trying to guide the uterus back into its optimum place.

We need a little bit of time when we’re doing this.  Many times when people are setting up an IUI or IVF cycle, they’re coming in the day before or the week before.  We like to have people come in a few times, spread out over a number of weeks so that we can get things kind of going and make those changes happen.   We also teach you self-care.  That’s where we notice the biggest changes come from is the actual self-care.  That only takes us about 5 minutes a day.  At a typical session, we have you come in and fill out a very-detailed intake form where we’re going to ask you certain questions; we do the treatment, and then teach you the self-care.  Then what we do is we like to have you come back every two or three weeks, again spread out over a few months.  Then, we just kind of go with it.  We just see if the changes are going to happen and adjust as needed.  One of the things that we really do encourage people if you’re coming in and if you’re doing a consult is to come over next door; or if you’re in the Albany or Rochester area location, talking to the Maya Abdominal practitioner, and setting up a meeting or a consult.  We can go over a little bit further your health history and we can talk to you a little bit further about what we can do to help you.

If you have any questions, feel free to call us or email us at any time.  Thank you for your time.

Erika Lutwin, LMT
CNY Healing Arts Center, Syracuse
191 Intrepid Lane, Syracuse, NY 13205
315.671.5755
elutwin@cnyhealingarts.com

 

 

Featured Tonic of the Month for June: Hortense Female Formula

The Hortence Female Formula is used for uterine fibroids, ovarian fibroids, uterine polyps, and endometriosis.

The astringency of this herbal formula has the effect of pinching off the blood supply to the fibroids, polyps, and errant uterine tissue (endometriosis).  Without a blood supply, the fibroids or polyps loosen and fall away from their connection to the lining of the uterus or ovary.  Other herbs in this formula work as a uterine flush to assist the body in eliminating the fibroids and polyps vaginally. The herbs used in this tonic also have high levels of anti-oxidants and are anti-inflammatory.

Side effects of this tonic include an increase of menstrual flow and the number of days of a menstrual cycle.

Contraindications include all forms of birth control, hormone replacement therapy, and IVF related hormones, pregnancy and breast feeding.  Women with heavy periods should always be treated with caution and start with a lighter dosage.

Miss Hortence Robinson was an herbalist/midwife for over 60 years in Belize.  She developed this formula and was a respected and founding member of the Traditional Healers Foundation.

Hortence’s Female Formula is 10% off for the month of June.  Please contact a Maya Abdominal Therapy practitioner at any of our CNY Healing Arts locations for further information. Click here to contact us.

Featured Tonic of the Month for May: Blood Tonic

Blood Tonic is used for rheumatism, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, anemia, fatigue, gout, toxic blood, inflammation, allergic reactions, and fibromyalgia.

China Root is an herb that is a blood purifier and helps to decrease inflammation.  Mexican Wild Yam is an herb that contains pain reducing and antispasmodic properties and has shown to be soothing for nerves.

Blood Tonic provides iron, aids the kidney in blood detoxification, assists to eliminate harmful acids from the system, eases painful effects of inflammation of rheumatism and arthritis, and is inflammatory.

Side effects for this tonic include hyperacidity with the urine becoming darker.  This is a sign of detoxification and will disappear in a few days.  Increased water is necessary until the symptoms pass.  The tonic may react with cortisone products, hormone replacement therapy, birth control pills, hormonal products and blood thinners.  Blood Tonic is safe in pregnancy after 20 weeks.  A special note for all pet owners, this tonic is safe for aging pets with arthritis (one dropper full in water once a day).

Blood Tonic is our featured tonic of the month and is 10% off for the month of May.  Please contact a Maya Abdominal Therapy practitioner at any of the CNY Healing Arts for more information on this tonic.

Featured Tonic of the Month for April: Belly Be Good

Belly Be Good is our most popular tonic and one that many clients have had a great deal of success using. This tonic is used for temporary or chronic indigestion, gastritis, constipation, lack of appetite, intestinal gas, colitis, acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, heartburn, and stomach cramps.  The herbs used in this tonic increase the digestive juices by warming and relaxing the diaphragm and stomach muscles to improve production of the digestive enzymes from the stomach, liver, pancreas and gall bladder.

The tonic can be used by babies, children, adults, pregnancy, and during breastfeeding.  The dosage is different for each age group so please speak to a Maya Abdominal practitioner before using for the correct dosage.

There are no known side effects or contraindications for Belly Be Good.

Belly Be Good is our featured tonic of the month and is 10% off for the month of April.  Please feel free to contact a Maya Abdominal Therapy practitioner at any of our CNY Healing Arts for further information. Contact us here.

Featured Tonic of the Month for March: Strong Back

Strong Back tonic is used for muscular spasms, pain, muscle strain, sports injuries, over-use injuries, stress, anxiety, back, neck, shoulder and joint aches.

The herbs used for this tonic include Strong Back (Desmodium abscendens), Wild Yam (Dioscorea belizensis) and Man Vine (Agonandra)  Strong back reduces inflammation, pain, spasms, and relaxes muscles.  Wild Yam also helps to reduce inflammation and relax muscles.  The herb Man Vine is antispasmodic.

The dosage for this tonic is one dropper full in a half-glass of tepid water, three to six times daily as needed.  In severe cases of acute muscle spasm or back ache, take a dropper full every 20 minutes until the pain subsides.  Then continue on a dosage of three times daily as needed.  You can also take this tonic as a preventive measure against activities that may cause backaches.

Side effects include a temporary increase of urine.  If there are herniated discs, then you should seek help from a doctor.  Also, avoid this tonic if taking anti-depressants.  Do not take this tonic if pregnant or breastfeeding.

Strong Back is our featured tonic for the month and is 10% off for the month of March. Please feel free to contact a Maya Abdominal Therapy practitoner at any of our CNY Healing Arts locations for further information. Contact us here.