Mindbody medicine contends that chronic pain is not caused by any physical trauma such as a tear, inflammation, nerve damage, etc. but by unconscious emotional factors. Dr. John Sarno, author of The Divided Mind, has named this condition Tension Myositis Syndrome or TMS. Tension refers to the emotional tension that causes the syndrome; myositis refers to the involvement of the skeletal muscles; syndrome refers to the multitude of symptoms present. So how exactly does TMS work?

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Under normal circumstances, the lungs are a sterile environment; however, if dust, dirt, or germs get into the lungs, the result could be bronchitis--infection of the breathing tubes leading to the lungs. Conventional treatment offers little in the way helping ease those bronchitis symptoms. That doesn’t mean, however, that you need to suffer while you slowly wait for the cough to pass and the mucus to clear.

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There are three hallmarks to the treatment of bronchitis–rest, extra liquids, and nonprescription cough medicine. Since the usual cause of bronchitis is a viral infection, antibiotics aren’t effective in treating this respiratory problem. Antibiotics can only defeat bacterial infections. So, most cases of bronchitis don’t require this form of treatment.

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