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Remember that your CSQ is based on colour and sensuality through a woman’s eyes not a man’s. To calculate your CSQ, give yourself a score out of 10 for each of the three factors: colour, fabric and style. Arrive at your score out of a possible 30, having scored out of 10 for each of the three categories. Then divide by 3. This will be your CSQ score out of 10.

For example:

* A man who wears red cotton knit hipsters will score: 10+5+9 = 24. Then divide 24 by 3 to reach a CSQ of 8.

* A man who wears deep blue polyester satin boxers, scores 3+9+5 = 17 which divided by 3 gives him a CSQ of 5.6.

* A man who wears black cotton knit fitted boxers, scores 8+5+8 = 21 which divided by 3 gives him a CSQ of 7.

* A man who wears navy cotton knit Y-front briefs, scores 3+5+2 = 10 which divided by 3 gives him a CSQ of 3.3.

CSQ on a daily basis, it will strongly influence your underwear purchases forever. * Have fun shopping for sensual underwear.

A CSQ score of 7 or more means you are wearing sensual underpants.

Colour Rating out of lO

true/tomato red l0

burgundy red 10

black 8

various purples 7

turquoise 6

light blue 5

white 4

dark green, deep blue and navy 3

brights, and orange, gold, hot pink, lime 3

beige 2

mustard 1

grey 1

Remember that brights represent surprise elements and are fun. Patterned underpants should be rated according to the predominant colour. If there are two major colours, for example red and white, score 10 for red and 4 for white and average that out to 7 as your colour rating. Patterns are not as sensual as plain unless they have erotic elements in the pattern.

Fabric Rating out of 10

shiny lycra 10

polyester satin 9

silk 9

matte lycra (stretchy) 8

cotton and lycra (slightly stretchy) 6

cotton knit 5

woven cotton (like shirt material) 3

Style Rating out of 10

g-string l0

narrow sided hipster (string bikini) l0

hipster 9

cotton knit, fitted boxer 8

boxer 5

support brief 2

y-front brief 2

‘tent’ boxer 1

How did you score?

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Impotence can be quite a devastating symptom for any man just as loss of libido is devastating for women, but particularly for one who is young or in his middle years. In these men, impotence does not usually result from a hormone deficiency. It is commonly psychological in origin. It is important to emphasise that this is frequently a psychological problem, because if this is appreciated it makes for a better understanding between partners; after all, women, following menopause, may experience similar psychological problems.

How do these problems arise? There are several possible factors involved. The work environment of the middle-aged man often involves increased pressures, particularly from younger men who are eager to fill their shoes. The prospect of retirement is often another factor – having to face a change in life style, with a reorganisation of interests and finances. Finally, the realisation that time is coming to be a most precious commodity and there is so little of it left – and has it all been worth while? Any or all of these factors can lead to depression, which can be compounded by children leaving home and developing their own life style, which often involves a completely different set of values. The couple is, in many instances, left alone for the first time in years, and, like the woman, the man suddenly becomes aware of this.

Any of these stresses may cause depression, tiredness and, ultimately, impotence. Impotence is also particularly aggravated by drinking alcohol to excess.

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Does the look of my bedroom relate to the state of my sex life at the moment?

Your answers to the last questions will open your eyes to your relationship and challenge you too. The style of decoration in your bedroom may relate a little or a lot to the overall decoration, or to the architectural style of your home. Old houses and apartments lend themselves to an old world look. If your home has Victorian era detail, it is appropriate to repeat some of those details with the interior. You may, for example, be influenced by Romantic and/or Classic styles since that time period in social history reflected them strongly. If your home is very modern, then you could decorate with a more Contemporary feel than in another home.

Having pointed out the merits of consistency with the history of your home and your decoration, we also want to suggest you don’t have to follow the architectural style at all. We’ve seen lots of homes with the outward appearance or a particular style but the moment the front door is opened, wow! 1 he interior is so different. 1 he key is to be consistent whether you are being sensitive to the architecture or whether you completely change it. Also be authentic about who you are – you don’t have to adopt someone else’s style.

Now is the time to create a feel, a style that is just you. If you surround yourself with a neutral, bland style, you tend to be neutral and bland in your behaviours, just to keep the peace and avoid risks. Don’t you think it is time to become the authentic you?

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Only essential accessories are in evidence in this style bedroom, as they all need to be dusted. Intricate ornaments are put away in a cupboard to be viewed during nostalgic family occasions.

Colours chosen in a Practical bedroom are usually variations of those found in nature, such as green, blue, brown, gold and autumn shades. White or very pastel colours are not considered appropriate because they are not practical enough. These orderly people put time and effort into coordinating their decorating scheme so everything will match. It is never a hotchpotch of mismatched items. Price and value for money are the prime reasons they choose particular furnishing items. They do like good quality, just not the most expensive.

Some young people start out as Practicals, as accepting hand-me-downs in furniture is the only way they can set up their own homes with their limited finances. Many find their own style when they can afford to buy what they really like, while others remain Practicals for life. Since Practicals are very easy-going people, they won’t fight you if you want to add some softer touches to the bedroom. In fact, although they may not admit it, deep down they will probably love it. Just don’t go overboard with the changes.

Accessories in a Practical bedroom are usually very functional, minimalist and necessary. They include lamps which are easy to clean, without any decorative elements to catch dust, and a book they may be reading on the bedside table or the floor. A notebook is often beside the bed to write down ideas and thoughts which may come to them during the night and prevent them from sleeping. They are prolific list writers. Family photos may be displayed because family is very important to Practicals.

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Now we are getting really personal. Some of you have already answered, nothing. So perhaps we can rephrase the question. What do you wear as or before you get into bed?

• What is the style of your nightwear?

• What colours do you feel best in?

Let’s take a look at the popular meanings behind your choice as you prepare for bed.

Wo m e n

•Do you prefer to wear short and sexy pyjamas? You probably need to feel secure in your relationship, as you did as a child. You want a partner who is strong and protective.

• Are you the sexy, mysterious black lace type? You are in control and ready to seduce your man into a web of love and sensuality by wearing black suspender belt and black stockings before bed. At other times the black nightgown will more than suffice. Not only are you seductive and sexual, you also love to be seduced in a dramatic way.

•Are you the fashion-conscious type who must wear designer or trendy clothes? It will be the same with nightwear for you – only the best and the latest styles will do.

You are ambitious, strong-willed and determined, with a lot of energy. This is reflected in your intimate life as well.

•If long silk or satin nightgowns in white or pastels, with perhaps lace added, are your favourite, you are a tactile, sensitive person who loves to be appreciated. You enjoy thoughtful and romantic foreplay.

•You adore your pretty, floral, somewhat sheer nightgown. It tells your partner you want a loving, sensual relationship, including tender caresses and lots of cuddling.

• Love the comfy pyjamas or nightshirt? You are so practical and down-to-earth, and security is important. You are not very spontaneous although there is a sexual plan to follow when you choose.

•If you prefer to wear a T-shirt, you are a sporty and practical person who likes freedom of movement in clothing. You are ussually fairly confident sexually. You know what you want!

•Perhaps you prefer to wear his pygamas! You really want intimacy don’t you? This move is fine for a surprise, just don’t do it too often. You will be giving away your own personality too much.

• You prefer to wear nothing. You have a confident and strong personality, are competitive and positive in life and in your relationships. Adventure and spontaneity are important to you, and you like wandering around the house naked.

• Those who deliberately dab on their favourite perfume and wear nothing but perfume before bed are strong and confident and feminine. Romance is important to you.

Our research indicates most men prefer a woman to wear sexy nightwear to bed rather than nothing woman at all. They prefer to have something left to their imagination. It increases rather than arousal. Once in bed, undressing each nothing other is part of the sensual pleasure.

Choose colours for nightwear to enhance your own colouring. The most seductive and sensual colours for women to wear to bed are:

• black – mysterious and seductive

? red – very sexual

? pink – gentle, loving and sensual (for those with cool colour skin undertones)

? peach – gentle, communicative and sensual (good for those with warm colour skin undertones)

• white – pure and chaste

Research has found that men respond favourably to peach and apricot colours in particular on women, and they love red!

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You will now be giving yourself silent suggestions. Stay relaxed and realize you are not giving yourself orders. So avoid any intense or compulsive feeling. Just place your awareness on the limb you wish to relax. Silently say the suggested phrases to yourself and create a mental picture of the limb deeply relaxed. You might also try to visualize your limb as made of cotton or strands of wool. In any case, let everything just happen. Don’t try to force or hurry the process. If a daydream intrudes, slide the unwanted thought aside and return to your imagery. Place your awareness on the right shoulder. Slowly repeat the words, “Relax, relax, relax.” Keep repeating this phrase as you let your awareness move steadily down your arm to your elbow and on down to the wrist, hand and fingers. As you mentally relax your arm, visualize it deflating as though you were letting air out of an inner tube. Relax your entire arm from shoulder to fingertips. As you repeat the phrase, “Relax, relax, relax,” visualize your arm becoming heavy, limp and quiet.

Then, muscle by muscle, go over your entire body. Mentally relax the left arm, right leg, left leg, buttocks, abdomen and neck muscles. After your neck is relaxed, keep your awareness moving up over the scalp to the forehead. Tell yourself, “My forehead feels smooth and unwrinkled. My eyes are quiet. My face is soft and relaxed. My tongue is limp: My jaw is slack” Place your awareness on the respective area as you repeat each phrase several times.

As you make a mental picture of each limb totally relaxed, you are also giving a strong suggestion to the limb to relax. As this technique drains away all leftover tension, you will enter a wonderfully satisfying state of relaxed peace and calm.

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Assuming you do not have a fever, take a long relaxing soak in a hot tub bath. If only a shower is available, run the water as hot as possible over each part of your body but especially the back and shoulders and the back of the neck. Pour a teaspoon of lemon juice into a cup of black tea or, if you prefer, a herb tea such as chamomile or peppermint. Then rest in a warm bed, sip the tea and read a good book. Continue to drink plenty of fluids.

If your infection turns out to be flu you should remain in bed for as long as your temperature stays above normal. Resting in bed allows the body to focus its energy on the healing process while getting up might lead to a complication. You can safely take a sponge bath while in bed. But don’t get up to bathe or shower. After your temperature returns to normal, you should remain at home for an extra day and resume normal activities gradually.

If you feel the need to reduce fever, you can do so by taking an alcohol bath. However, fever is usually part of the healing process.

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Lozenges can keep the throat moist but so can chewing hard candy. Throat sprays, or lozenges containing pain relievers, can provide temporary relief for the distress of a sore throat. But lozenges containing a mix of pain relievers, decongestants and cough suppressants are seldom effective as the ingredients often nullify each other.

Because sprays and lozenges containing pain relievers may mask a serious throat infection such as strep throat, you are advised to limit their use to a maximum of forty eight hours.

Children should never be given the full adult dosage of any OTC medication. Children aged six to eleven require only half the adult dose while those two to five may be given one-Fourth the recommended adult dose. Infants Under two should be given medication only on a physician’s advice.

Similar caveats apply to almost all OTC medications for dysfunctions with symptoms that may be confused with those of the common cold.

Antihistamines reduce swollen membranes, congestion, running nose, sneezing, postnasal drip and itchy, watery eyes due to allergic rhinitis by blocking the effects of prostaglandins produced by histamine. Antihistamines are available in tablets, capsules or liquid OTC remedies and may be included in anti-sneezing preparations. While antihistamines are effective in relieving hayfever and similar types of allergic rhinitis, they are most effective in single-ingredient medications that contain only antihistamine. Multi-ingredient products can compound side effects while ingredients other than antihistamine have no benefits for allergic rhinitis.

The most common side effect of antihistamines is drowsiness. Some antihistamines, in fact, are used to induce sleep. Worth knowing is that products using brompheniramine maleate or chlorpheniramine maleate seem to cause least drowsiness. Less common side effects include low blood pressure, headaches, loss of coordination, nausea, dizziness, blurred vision, constriction of small blood vessels, anxiety, loss of appetite and dryness of nose, throat and mouth. This dryness may extend to bronchial tissue, making it difficult to raise mucus from the chest without severe coughing.

Since antihistamines dry up secretions which may block airways and increase breathing difficulties, antihistamines should not be used by those with asthma. Nor should antihistamines be used by anyone with glaucoma or an enlarged prostate unless prescribed by a physician; and antihistamines may cause nervousness, restlessness and insomnia in children.

Although antihistamines prevent the discomfort of hayfever, in doing so they may retard the healing process.

Antihistamines used in anti-sneezing preparations may, in the process of inhibiting sneezing, actually thicken mucus and worsen cold symptoms. OTC cold remedies which include antihistamines also carry an unsuspected hazard: they may suppress certain cold or flu symptoms, giving the impression that one has recovered. A person may then decide to get up and return to work, which could increase the risk of complications.

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But such a massive build-up is possible only when sufficient amounts of zinc and other nutrients are on hand and when immunocompetence is high. The competence of our immune system in destroying invaders is a reflection of our own physical and mental health. When we exercise regularly, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, and have a positive, upbeat and hopeful attitude, our immunocompetence is enhanced.

Had human’s lifestyle been built around such factors, his immune system might have conquered the cold in just a day or two. Unfortunately, human had been recently divorced. He seldom exercised any more. He lived largely on hamburgers, coffee and fast foods. And he often experienced bouts of lingering depression. As a result, his immunocompetence was so suppressed that his cold lingered on for twelve misery-filled days before his immune system was finally able to erase it.

Regardless of how competent is one’s immune system, however, the same step-by-step conflict occurs as in human’s case. The only difference is the speed at which the body girds itself and fights back. A person with really high immunocompetence may be able to throw off a cold by the second day.

But no matter how high one’s immunocompetence, in the beginning the immune system is largely unprepared and helpless to stop the tidal wave of beseiging viruses. Millions of rhinoviruses were now in contact with the cells lining human’s nasal passages. Most were able to bind on to receptors in the host cell’s wall.

In response to the pressure on its surface, each cell puckered up around the virus and—possibly believing it to be a nutrient—innocently absorbed the micro-organism into its cytoplasm. In the process, each host cell released enzyme that removed the virus’s protein coat. This left the virus core exposed, a tiny piece of translucent RNA (ribonucleic acid) containing its genetic code for reproduction.

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Having a digital thermometer or a GSR device enables you to observe subtle increases in temperature or relaxation far smaller than you could unaided. But even without these devices, the fact that your fingers are beginning to tingle is proof positive that you do have mastery over your body. With continued practice, all normal body functions can eventually be brought under your control.

It usually takes 20 minutes to warm your hands on the first attempt. Avoid trying to force anything to happen. Just stay relaxed and continue making the pictures and suggestions.

With continued practice, you can warm your hands in just three or four minutes. After a few weeks, both deep relaxation and biofeedback techniques can be completed in under five minutes. And eventually, many people reach a point at which they can simply close their eyes and imagine that their hands are hot.

If you feel a migraine approaching, lie or sit down, use Technique #13, and continue right on into biofeedback. To assure that the migraine does not return, you may want to repeat it every 30 minutes for two or three hours. Biofeedback is also surprisingly effective in relieving the pain of a migraine that has already begun. And it will enhance the benefits of deep relaxation in relieving and ending muscular contraction headaches.

As a prophylactic against both tension and migraine headaches, biofeedback should be practiced two or three times daily with a gradual reduction to twice and then to only once each day.

Whenever you’re ready to return to normal consciousness, open your eyes and move them around, wrinkle your face, roll your neck, and sit up and move around. Then stand up slowly. Your state of deep relaxation and blood vessel dilation should last for at least several hours. Eventually, this condition should become permanent.

If you prefer, you can continue lying relaxed on the floor and go on without a break into creative imagery.

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