ADD HEAD-TO-TOE SPRING IN YOUR STEP: FROM THE INSIDE OUT!
It feels like Spring in Seattle. A time for renewal, on the cellular and the spiritual levels. Are you feeling sluggish, bogged down, empty? While the world around us is blooming and unfolding, does it make you want to turn over a new leaf, too? Perhaps you are in need of a detox. Spring-back-to-Life with our Spring cleaning Metabolic Detoxification Program and add clarity and insight to your new year. Just 30 days and $649, gets you feeling brand new! You’d spend it on your car maintenance, why not yourself? A referral for weekly acupuncture visits is also given to further enhance your detoxification and cleanse. Happy Spring inside and out!

Yours in fantastic health,
Dr. Tolle Murphy

SUFFERLESS ALLERGIES
PROBLEM: If there is an allergy season in Seattle, Washington, this would be it! Spring time brings lots of new growth and reproductive efforts in the plant world. This means the air is swirling with pollen grains. Add pollen to the pool of pre-existing dust and mold in the air, and many people end up suffering from severe seasonal allergies.  The word allergies has Greek roots, the word coming from a combination of “allos” a changed state and “ergon” specifying that the altered state is a reaction or reactivity. So, you’re well aware of the changed state, and maybe even aware of what you’re reacting to. But do you often wonder, “why me?” Why are you getting allergies in the first place? Or maybe it’s later in life and you’ve never suffered from symptoms of allergies before. Why all of a sudden?

EXPLANATION: The immune system is our own innate homeland security department. The immune system is always on the prowl and can identify new allergens at any time. Like a fictitious key factory for burglars, the immune system is always making new keys in the hopes that it will crack the lock to the big heist. Then it runs around with its new keys looking for any locks it is able to fit into and open. The “key” is the immune complex and the “lock” is the antigen or foreign body. When the immune complex or “key” finds a “lock” or foreign substance that it fits into, the key turns and, that cell line is proliferated creating many antibodies and an immune system cascade effect.  When that antigen is no longer present, the cell line or “key factory” stops making that “key”. It’s a waste of time and energy for the body to continue using up valuable resources if the owner changed the locks or moved to another country. And the body is very energy conscious, as anyone who has tried very hard to loose weight will attest to!

SOLUTION: Increase hygiene vigilance in 3 simple steps.
Keep a clean home. Especially the bedroom. We spend at least a third of the day here. Use it as an opportunity to be breathing clean air. Purchase a simple HEPA filter and place it in your bedroom. Dust, vacuum, wash bedding often. Have cotton around your pillows. Replace pillows and mattress if they are more than 3-5 years old. Dust mite feces starts to make up an alarming percentage of the weight of these items! Any extra inhaled irritants just decrease your threshold to tolerate seasonal insults of pollen grains.
Keep a clean respiratory intake. Rinse the sinuses using a Neti Pot for good hygiene. Add warm water with dissolved ¼ teaspoon sea salt to the little genie-lamp-looking teapot that is the Net Pot, and rinse one side, tipping your head and letting the salt water drain out the other side. Refill and repeat on the other nostril. Do this every morning upon rising and, evenings too when you get in from your day. This rinsing will dramatically decrease the amount of inhaled irritants which are allowed passage into your temple. The convection of the warm water, passing by your sinuses and heating the air inside, also facilitates drainage, giving much-needed relief to stuffiness.
Keep a clean body. Limit additional sources of histamine and inflammation in the body. Get tested for food sensitivities to eliminate a common source of chronic inflammation in the body. Call Dr. Murphy to set up your appointment for the simple blood test. Meanwhile, eat plenty of garlic, onions and shallots for their inflammation quenching quercetin. Choose local organic produce which is richest in Vitamin C. Fresh or freeze dried nettles are the star for allergies. Substitute nettles for basil in a fresh twist on pesto that will really soothe!

FOLLOWING YOUR DREAMS ENSURES A MEANINGFUL LIFE.
PROBLEM: Are you living life with ardor and enthusiasm, (or with stress and frustration)?
As you may know from my business name, I love derivation and meaning of words.

SPAhT \spot\ noun: 1. healing through water. 2. homeopathic medical spa located in Wallingford, Seattle; as "I called for an appointment at the SPAhT and got cured by Dr. Murphy!" slang the place to be or go. L. Sanatum Para Aqua hydroTherapy

EXPLANATION: Well, I recently learned that the word enthusiasm means to be “with God” so enthusiasm is the passion and energy that comes from living in alignment with God and your spiritual self. Enjoy the wise words from one of the world’s great teachers, Buddha.
“Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate. Live in joy, in health, even among the afflicted. Live in joy, in peace, even among the troubled. Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment. Know the sweet joy” of enthusiastic living (and of getting beautiful from the inside out!)  This practice of mindfulness can be powerful in easing stress from our lives. To come into alignment with God means to surrender any antagonism or separateness you may feel towards an opponent (boss, spouse, teenager, car mechanic, doctor, medical establishment…) The list could go on, and in most of our everyday lives it does.

SOLUTION: Take 5 minutes each day to ground yourself as a spiritual being. Sit comfortably and quietly, Feel your breath as you inspire (in Spiritus), filling your body with goodness. Relax and let go as you release excess air, toxins and any antagonism toward the “other”. Get centered on your opportunity to live with enthusiasm in this moment, during this day. Ask daily of God and the universe: please help me follow my dreams and manifest my purpose. Miracles will occur.