The eyes burn and it feels like you have a speck of dust in them. Usually, the eyes are too dry and do not produce enough tears.

What is the best way to treat dry eyes?
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A cold must be treated properly from the beginning so that the bacteria do not spread and cause sinusitis.

This way you quickly get a clear nose again:
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Our ancestors did not have a heated home or warm clothing. The human body therefore has automatic mechanisms that protect the organs from the cold. These mechanisms include goose bumps, muscle tremors and reduced blood flow.

What exactly do these mechanisms do, how do goose bumps work?
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It's not always as easy as it sounds. Some people try to gain weight for sporting or personal reasons and have little success.
A change in diet usually helps. If you want to gain weight in the long term, you should follow these rules of thumb.
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If you ask 100 people whether their glass is half full or half empty, 99 of them will answer in the affirmative. It's part of our instinct, part of our original programming.
Decades of research have shown that our language, our memory and our thinking are selectively positive.
In written and spoken language, we use three times as many positive, optimistic words as negative, pessimistic ones.
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Dry mouth (xerostomia) is annoying and often painful. A healthy person produces around one and a half litres of saliva per day. If you eat predominantly dry food, the saliva becomes thinner, with watery food it becomes thicker. If saliva production is inhibited and the mouth is dry, it is difficult to speak, pronunciation becomes slurred, the tongue and oral cavity burn and the sense of taste is impaired. In other words: the quality of life is severely restricted. This does not have to be the case, there are simple remedies that help in most cases.
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What is commonly known as intermittent claudication is actually a very serious and painful condition. The term "intermittent claudication" was coined due to the behaviour of those affected, which is reminiscent of a shopping spree; the sufferer feels a sharp pain in their legs when walking and intuitively stops. They wait until the pain has passed and continue walking until the next attack.
In medical terms, this disease is called peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAD).
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Some people's lungs and bronchial tubes are hypersensitive and react extremely to environmental influences.
The body reacts to harmless stimuli with strong defences, which can even be life-threatening. Bronchi and alveoli become inflamed and constricted, leading to acute respiratory distress.
This is bronchial asthma.
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Pneumonia is not to be trifled with. Anyone who catches a cold and suffers from a runny nose, hoarseness and a sore throat usually has bronchitis and is therefore at risk of developing pneumonia.
If pneumonia is carried over, the lungs are permanently damaged.
The most important thing with pneumonia is therefore a timely diagnosis.
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The term moxibustion comes from the science of acupuncture. The word "moxa" comes from the Japanese and is translated as "burning". The Chinese equivalent is "Jiu".

Treatment with so-called moxa beads is also intended to stimulate the flow of energy during acupuncture.

How is moxibustion done?
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