In recent years, the anecdotal and sometimes exaggerated evidence for the effectiveness of hypnosis to decrease sensitivity to pain - known as hypno-analgesia - has been supplemented by well-controlled experiments.
Hay fever sufferers could benefit from using self-hypnosis, researchers say. A Swiss team at Basle University taught 66 people with hay-fever the art of hypnosis and found it helped them alleviate symptoms such as runny nose.
Hypnosis is a very powerful ally in the battle against allergies and can easily become an effective and integral part of a treatment program. Hypnotic techniques help in three principal ways:
Psoriasis is an unpleasant skin condition which can make your life really miserable. Whether you have the commonest 'plaque' type or a less common form, you can be driven wild by itching, disabled by cracking and bleeding
Hypnosis has been shown to be an effective treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in a number of clinical studies. Hypnotherapy for IBS involves progressive relaxation, and then suggestions of soothing imagery
OK how do we do that? Well not to put too fine a point on it, gents do it all the time, only when they were teenagers they very often could not control the rush of blood to a certain part of their anatomy, we also usually see young girls