1.     Never introduce perfume, talc, cosmetics, flowers, mothballs, insect sprays, tar paper, or camphor into the bedroom or its closets.

2.     Never store anything under the beds.

3.     Enclose any woolen clothes which are kept in the bedroom in a plastic zipper bag.

4.     Keep the bed away from a central air-heating outlet (if [...]

A diagnosis of psychosomatic illness should not be made lightly. Firstly, the possibility of any organic illness must be ruled out. (Organic in this sense means ‘of the body’, and organic illness includes infections, autoimmune disorders, allergies and other problems with an identifiable cause.) Even if all organic diseases have been ruled out, there are [...]