Your heart is miraculous. It started to beat before you were born and will continue to beat about once a second throughout your life. Each contraction sends life-giving blood throughout your body, supplying oxygen and nutrients to every cell. Your heart is more than a simple pump, it is intimately connected with your nervous and glandular system, responding dynamically to your environment, emotional moods, and your thoughts.
The heart is so intimately connected with life, that for most of human history death was defined by the cessation of the heart beat. And, because problems with the heart are still the leading cause of death in Western society, it’s important to care for the health of your heart.
The most common heart problem is coronary artery disease, caused by plaque forming on the artery walls, inhibiting blood flow to the heart muscle. This also increases the risk of cardiac arrest (heart attack), where a blood clot or other obstruction lodges in one of the arteries supplying the heart with blood.
In addition to these common problems, the heart can suffer from diseases that affect its function. These include problems with the heart beat, like tachycardia (rapid heart beat), and arrhythmia (irregular heart beat) fibrillation, and palpations; and heart valve problems like cardiomyopathy, and congestive heart failure. In this Sunshine Sharing we’ll explore natural ways to keep your heart healthy and how to help prevent these heart problems and help heal your heart.
Additional Resources
Strategies for Health by Steven Horne
Top Natural Remedies for Coronary Heart Disease by Jillian Levy, CHHC
Stress as Cause of Heart Attacks by Carlos Monteiro
Traditional herbs: A remedy for cardiovascular disorders by Subha Rastogi, Madan Mohan Pandey, and A K S Rawat
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