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A common and popular way to stop smoking is the one we have all heard of, and the one some of us fear, the dreaded “cold turkey”.
The phrase cold turkey means to stop a bad habit immediately and usually to go through withdrawals, mood swings, nasty cravings and a touch of the sweats. Some doctor or other coined the phrase while observing drug addicts going through withdrawal symptoms, when in this state of stress the body diverts blood to the internal organs and the skin becomes white with goose bumps, making it look like turkey skin.

Luckily for the person quitting smoking this withdrawal phase does not last forever, usually between one and two weeks, sometimes three for a heavy smoker. It is one of the most common ways to quit but is it a good way? It definitely has a lower success rate than other methods, hypnosis for example, but I believe it is a very good way to quit.

Are you a Mom who wants to know more about how you can use herbs internally to improve your own health or that of your children and families? If so, you are my kind of Mom, so pull up a chair. First of all, let me explain how herbs work: Herbs contain “active constituents” that create physiological changes within our body. These active constituents are called all kinds of standoffish-sounding names, like tannins, alkaloids, saponins, glycosides, bitter principles, etc. Let’s ignore all the scientific jargon for now. For now, let’s call these active constituents, “goodies,” and all a Holistic Mom needs to know is that in order to take advantage of the health benefits of herbs, these “goodies” have to be extracted and taken into the body somehow. So how do we do that?

Compression socks are designed to facilitate circulation in veins. Daily training of sportsmen leads to exertion and may harm the optimal performance. Regardless of the type of sport you indulge in or pursue at professional or amateur level, your legs experience fatigue, pain and muscle cramps. Though the sports that focus specifically on the legs would benefit more from the usage of compression socks, every sportsperson, who uses legs only as part of the routine, would benefit from it. The advantages are as follows:

Circulation:
This is the primary area of advantage. Compression socks improve circulation in feet, ankles and calves. The compression created by these socks promotes the blood flow through the narrower veins in the feet. Due to this, the blood flows through all the parts of your legs and also stabilizes your legs by efficient performance of your feet, ankle and calves. More importantly, the use of compression socks allows more amount of blood flow to the heart. Under normal circumstances the blood that could have clotted, or settled in the legs returns to heart for superior blood and oxygen flow through out the body.