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Alternative Medicine Using Herbal Remedies
Alternative Medicine (also known as "complementary medicine" because people often use it alongside traditional Western medicine) is becoming more and more popular, as people have begun rejecting the idea that they need to take particular drugs or medications for the rest of their lives (particularly synthetic ones). Instead, the focus has turned to ancient remedies and those which have been passed from generation to generation.One form of alternative medicine which is increasing in popularity involves the use of herbal remedies.Read more…Acupuncture And Chinese Medicine
Chinese medicine, often known as Oriental medicine or traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), encompasses a vast array of folk medical practices based on mysticism. It holds the belief that the body’s vital energy (Qi) circulates in the body through channels known as meridians, with branches connected to bodily organs and functions. A disruption or imbalance of the Qi leads to illness.Read more…Oriental Medicine and Women's Health
Women's health, and the problems that affect it, has been well understood by Oriental medicine for millennia. This holistic approach to health and well-being is exceptionally effective today in treating women's health problems, such as:All kinds of menstrual-related problems like cramping, headaches, mood swings, and depression. Childbirth-related problems.Read more…5 Element Theory & Oriental Medicine
People have always been looking for ways to understand what's happening with their health. Ancient Chinese philosophers called Taoists, put together a framework for doing this that's still used today in Oriental medicine. It's called Five Element Theory.Read more…Oriental Medicine: How It Works
Interviewer: In a recent talk you gave, you said that “pain and discomfort are not isolated things.” Would you explain why that’s true?Kitty: Sure.Read more…Natural Medicine for ADHD
As ADHD becomes more widely diagnosed, the necessity to find a safe natural medicine for this condition has become a top priority for natural health advocates. Natural cures for ADHD offer a safe and reliable treatment alternative to such common prescription drugs as Ritalin, Concerta and Adderall while still providing the necessary calming capabilities of these conventional medications.Some of the most promising natural alternatives include: gingko biloba, skullcap, chamomile, gotu kola, and avena sativa.Read more…The New Medicine: Integrative, Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) - Medical Intuition & Distan
In the Bravewell Collaborative's PBS special on the New Medicine Dana Reeves expressed that traditional medicine is now examining and addressing the entire mind body connection. One of the physicians interviewed stated "It is dumb" to not look at the entire person in order to determine the complete patient diagnosis.PBS previews state:"A burgeoning movement is taking place in hospitals and clinics across this country - integrating the best of high-tech medicine with a new attitude that recognizes that treating the patient as a whole person is essential to the healing process.Read more…Oriental Medicine Health Tips for Spring
It’s mid-Spring and according to Five Element Theory, the 'Wood' energy is coming to its lowest ebb.If you've been reading BIOM's Seasonal Health Tips, you've recognized that the effect Spring has on your body has been quite strong this year, based on whichever of the common Spring health problems you may be experiencing.Self Checkup Just as Five Element Theory indicates that the characteristic energy of Spring is "Wood," it also says the color is 'green,' which is the color associated with your Liver and Gallbladder.Read more…Oriental Medicine and Your Retirement
Are you saving and investing your precious assets today, so that you’ll have what you'll need when you try to retire tomorrow? Probably not, warn experts who say, "Americans need to save more for retirement." A dicey situation that's drastically compounded when you factor in that Social Security and Medicare are disintegrating at the same time tens of millions of people are expecting to use these funds to help maintain their health and well-being.Read more…Introduction to Ayurvedic Medicine
If you're familiar with the terms "pitta" and "vata", then chances are you've been acquainted with one of the most ancient medical practices of Asia. Ayurveda (pronounced eye-your-VAY-da) has just began to break through mainstream Western medical consciousness as more and more people have began to look for drug-free and natural remedies to cure their ailments and spirits.Ayurveda is the natural system of medicine that has been traditionally practiced in India for more than 5,000 years.Read more…Alternative Medicine and Disease Prevention
Alternative MedicineAcupuncture, Chiropractic Care, and Massage Therapy are available to every member of our society. Each of these therapies have been proven to improve our life and our health. Yet, very few of us have ever undertaken a serious course of Alternative Medicine, let alone a regular course of each.Read more…Alternative Medicine - Homeopathy
The founder and developer of homeopathy was Samuel Hahnemann, (1755-1843). He was a German physician and some of his concepts seem to appear early in medical history. He developed homeopathy after becoming dissatisfied with the medicine of the time.Read more…Why Alternative Medicine? My Story
I was very slow and stubborn about alternative medicine back in the mid 1960’s. Armed with abundant arrogance and a newly-minted college degree, I knew it all, including everything about medicine and health.However, my chronic nosebleeds couldn’t be eradicated permanently.Read more…Chess - Natural Medicine
If the title seems a little odd and you're thinking that there is some snake oil being sold here, you might want to read what comes next before you make any judgments. Chess can actually help slow such terrible diseases as MS and Alzheimer's. What follows will try to explain why, in simple terms that even non medical people can understand.Read more…A Bit About Herbal Medicine
Herbal remedies are a hot topic throughout magazines and other advertisements. We see St. John's Wort as a depression remedy, Echinacea to help ward off colds and chamomile to calm us down after a long, stressful day.Read more…The Science Of Complementary Medicine
Recent TrendsFour out of ten Americans were using alternative-medicine and not telling their doctors(1). Chinese herbal medicine helped people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome(2). A ketogenic diet decreased intractable seizures in children(3) But according to other researches, Echinacea extracts did not prevent upper respiratory infections(4) and chiropractic manipulations did not improve episodic-tension-type headaches.Read more…What Mind-Body Medicine Leaves Out
The philosophy when I was a family doctor was that over 80% of one's patients were suffering from some form of psychosomatic illnessWhen I later began practicing psychiatry I naturally became very interested in the impact that one's beliefs and emotions had on one's physical health.During that time I began to employ hypnosis to plumb the depths of the unconscious mind and found like many of my colleagues that one could very easily and quickly have profound effects on normal physiological mechanisms. For instance one could easily begin to influence such things as pain thresholds, blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate, blood flow to various parts of the body and so on.Read more…Improving Health and through Kinesiology and Alternative Medicine
People sometimes say to me: "Kinesiology? That's muscle testing isn't it?"I often laugh and say "It is, and it isn't.Read more…How Should Alternative Medicine Be Defined
There is still no strict definition on what alternative medicine really is. But presently, it borders on the broadness of description covered by what we know of as conventional or orthodox medicine. However, to define alternative medicine as we believe it to be, it may be a knowledge that is considered as unaccepted, untested and unscientific.Read more…Natures Medicine
Since the fall of 2005 aromatherapist Geraldine Zelinsky, the Assistant Director of United Aromatherapy Effort (UAE) and Manager of its Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, has been involved in ongoing medical research with a couple of pediatric physicians who work in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at a Louisiana hospital."We are in the process of setting protocols for the responsible use of essential oils at the hospital," says Zelinsky who often uses aromatherapy as a stand alone treatment, as well as in conjunction with massage or allopathic treatment. The increasing respect that aromatherapy commands from the general public, hospitals, and medical centers around the world speaks for itself, as more and more people benefit from this gentle and subtle, yet highly effective therapy.Read more…
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