Alternative Health

251. Ganoderma the Miracle Herb - Can It Help You? By Terry Dunn
     Let us see if Ganoderma which has been discribed as the "miracle herb" can help you with your health regime.Ganoderma is a type of mushroom that has been know to the far east for thousands of years for its meraculous medicinal properties.These mushrooms are regarded as "Spirit Medicine" by the Chinese as they are among the most powerful herbs in Asia.Chinese medicine has used Ganoderma for over 4000 years and was highly prized as an elixir of immortality.Research has been done by both Chinese…



252. Health in the Self By Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD
     What is health?Is health the absence of disease? Is health a birth right or simply luck? According to Ayuveda, India's ancient art of healing, the meaning of health is a single word: Swastha. Swa = self + Stha = established. Thus a person is healthy when '"established in the self." Immunity is much more than T-cells, B-cells and antibodies. Health depends upon a well-integrated core of identity. Thus, health is a birth right.The Self as defined by Ayuveda is not identical to the western concep…



253. Plantar Warts Treatment - Is There A Natural Medication Which Gets Rid Of Plantar Warts? By John B.
     Plantar Warts are growths which occur on the bottom of your feet and are very common. They are caused by the Human Papillomavirus which allows some skin cells to grow faster than others, thus causing a growth, called a wart. Plantar warts normally occur in children aged 12- 16, but anyone can get plantar warts.The HPV virus is normally contracted through a cut or scratch in the skin. It is therefore not advisable to pick or scratch a wart because the virus can reside under the fingernails and …



254. An Easy Guide to a Healthy Aura By Jeffry Palmer
     Most of us are unaware of the health of our auras or life energy. We go about our daily business without ever giving a second thought to a very vital part of our lives. For the majority of people auras are intangible, invisible the notion of life energy is purely an idea or abstract concept, not a thing that can be monitored and measured easily like blood pressure or insulin levels. Yet life energy or auras are just as real and important as any other measurement of our health and well being.Ju…



255. How To Use Cascara Sagrada as a Constipation Remedy By Rudy Silva
     Cascara Sagrada comes from the bark of the buckthorn tree. It stimulates your colon to produce stronger contraction than normal. When it does this, it can work on the most difficult and chronic cases of constipation.It is one of the herbal constipation remedies with a strong laxative effect. It will be found in many herbal combinations that are mixed for constipation. Cascara has Chrysophanic acid, which stimulates your colon wall to produce peristaltic action. Cascara also contains a chem…



256. Sinus Infection Symptoms, Antibiotics, and Alternative Medicine By Brian Carter
     Modern Living, Complex Health ProblemsIn our post-modern industrial polluted stress-filled bad-diet culture, no one's health is simple. We are plagued by complex long-term illnesses like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, AIDS, even sinus problems... it may seem weird to you that I include sinus infections, but the root causes of sinus trouble can be quite complicated... Especially if they are long-term.Antibiotic Overuse ProblemsI hate to say it (because antibiotics a…



257. Herbe Fraiche Essential Oil : A Combination of Forest Essences By Nur Syahid
     Herb Fraiche essential oil is derived from essential oils complex blended from plant substances such as pine, thyme and mint. The refreshing plant fragrance induces a calming effect and relieves fatigue after a long day. To over-stressed urbanites who suffer from deteriorating body functions and sleep quality, Herb Fraiche provides a soothing remedy.The scent of Phytoncidere reminds us of our connection with Mother Nature. Urbanites who make a trip to the countryside or forest just need to tak…



258. Tai Chi Breathing Reduces Residual Air in Ineffective Retention Space By C Guan Soo
     Breathing is the source of life: if breathing stops, do does life. On average, an adult breathe 16-18 times per minutes, each time about 500ml of air exchanged in the lungs. When breathing in from the outside air, oxygen content is about 21% while carbon dioxide is 0.03%. On the other hand, breathing out produces about 16.5% oxygen and 4.5% carbon dioxide.Based on the average of 16-18 breath per minutes, it can be estimated that the volume of air exchanged in the lungs is about 8000-9000ml. Fr…



259. Facts About Social Phobia By Jay Villaverde
     Social phobia, also called social anxiety, is a disorder characterized by overwhelming anxiety and excessive self-consciousness in everyday social situations. People with social phobia have a persistent, intense, and chronic fear of being watched and judged by others and of being embarrassed or humiliated by their own actions.Their fear may be so severe that it interferes with work or school—and other ordinary activities. While many people with social phobia recognize that their fear of being …



260. Is Shiatsu Massage the Ultimate Stress Relief Treatment? By Terry Andrew Dunn
     My first shiatsu massageI opened my eyes suddenly. He was smiling at me. Then I realised I must have fallen asleep. It was a strange feeling. Energised, refreshed and relaxed, all at the same time. And it was so enjoyable. If that is a full body shaitsu massage, I want another.Shiatsu massage is done fully clothed, but nothing restrictive must be worn, I was told. I lay on a futon on the floor. He started by placing his hands on my stomach and closed his eyes, just sensing my energy. Then he s…



261. Focus Your Light : Earning Money From Home When You Have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Or Fibromyalgia By Claire Williams
     Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia can make you extremely ill, exhausted and weak. It means you only have a fraction of the waking hours that most people enjoy - and even those waking hours are often spent feeling ill, exhausted and with brain fog.But you **can** do something in your day - it just may not be much...... so all you have to do is 'focus your light' - focus your energy!Most healthy people have oodles of energy - but many don't focus on anything in particular and so they do…



262. Just The Tea FAQs: Health Benefits (Part I) By Gary Griffin
     Hands up all those who can't get through the day without their shots of coffee... ah, that's most of us then! Call it an espresso, cappuccino or a regular coffee, if it's not decaffeinated then the caffeine will have our central nervous system jumping to its own coffee beat, that much we know. But, while the jury may still be out as to whether long-term coffee consumption is detrimental to our health, there is an altogether more wholesome alternative readily available in shops, cafes and resta…



263. Health Benefits of Noni Juice By Cori Young
     Noni Juice, Morinda CitrifoliaMorinda Citrifolia , a deciduos creeping vine with twining stems and white flowers which is native to Malaysia, Austrailia, and Polynesia, is gaining popularity in the west due to it’s apparently wide ranging health benefits. Part of the Madder family, Morinda’s thick, intertwined purple roots are harvested in the spring and fall for use in herbal medicine and to make the increasingly popular noni juice.The Polynesian culture has long used morinda to treat a wide …



264. Evolution of Aromatherapy By Nur Syahid
     The Origin of AromatherapySince the beginning – from the time of the ancient civilisations, the knowledge of the effectiveness and use of aromatic essential oils has handed down from generation to generation, and across different communities. Aromatherapy is a manifestation of humanity's profound wisdom.As early as 18000 B.C., as attested to in the wall paintings found in French caves, people of the Stone Age era had depicted, in illustrative splendour, their use of aromatherapy for the cure o…



265. What Is Herbal Medicine? Is It Safe? By Charlene Nuble
     Herbal medicine is the use of plant and herb extracts for their therapeutic value. Most plants contain and produce chemical substances that aid in healing and other physical treatments.Herbal medicine is the oldest form of healthcare and constitutes a key role in the development of modern medicine as we know it today. Back when technology was still unheard of, primitive men utilised the vast flora around them to the fullest extent, observing both plant and animal life and their components, eve…



266. Home Remedies - Your Natural First Aid Kit By Rona Hamilton
     Lavender Oil - A very versatile and popular essential oil. Apply pure lavender essential oil to spots, cuts, grazes and minor burns. The antiseptic properties of lavender make it invaluable in skin care. Use in massage to help treat stiff joints, aches and pains, headaches and period pains. It can help to induce sleep, produce a calming effect and help reduce stress. Add a few drops to a warm bath or sprinkle a few drops on your pillow last thing at night.Arnica - Apply arnica cream to bruises…



267. A Lifestyle Approach to Remedy Snoring By Kevin Meates
     If you want to remedy snoring, you have to find the underlying cause. Snoring is not an affliction like the common cold, where you wake up one morning and you’ve just got it. It is something that normally arrives slowly over time. Most people can’t remember the day and date that their snoring started. It was sometime in my mid 30’s or some such vague description is the normal response to a question on its arrival.The lifestyle approach to remedy your snoring, doesn’t treat it as a condition or…



268. Lowering the Blood Pressure with the Help of Acupuncture By Groshan Fabiola
     Doctors and scientists from the Irvine university of California have recently discovered a new method of lowering blood pressure. This method is based on electroacupuncture, which seems to have a significant effect in lowering blood pressure. The method has been tested on rats, by inducing low electric stimulation at the front of their legs, and their blood's pressure after the treatment was 40 percent lower than before(their blood pressure had been artificially increased before). This opens n…



269. The Basics of Hypnosis By Joseph Then
     You’ve seen the stage acts where a hypnotist selects someone out of the audience and when he claps his hands, the unwilling participant struts around the stage clucking like a chicken. You’ve also seen movies where the hypnotist waves the pocket watch in front of the subject as he utters, “you’re getting sleepy … very sleepy.” Hypnosis is a little more than what Hollywood or Vegas make it out to be. Below is a brief overview.Hypnosis is a naturally occurring altered state of consciousness in w…



270. Hypnosis CD's vs One-to-One Treatment By Michael Hadfield
     What's best?Whenever we are about to invest money, whether it be a tin of baked beans, or a complete new hi-fi, we ask ourselves the question what's best? Where will we get the best value for our money? Where will we get the best return for our investment? Now where we all differ is in what we consider best. For some of us, value is the most important so we go for the lowest price that does the job (covers the toast, or plays CD's). For others it's quality so we go for the best we can afford (…



271. Arthritis and Aromatherapy By Mireille Gautschi
     Arthritis is an inflammation of the joints and is characterized by pain, stiffness, swelling, decreased range of movement and at a more serious stage deformity. Aromatherapy is a holistic approach to health and wellness by means of aromatic, plant derived scents. It is very much a traditonal method as well as a science that encompasses the intuitive and creative aspects of preparing special purpose blends.Aromatherapy blends for the treatment of arthritis are usually made from pure essent…



272. Breathing Your Way To Health By Gerard Bulger
     Breathing, yes of course we do it, if not we'd be dead, obvious isn't it. But in the far east Breathing techniques have been used for thousands of years. Not only as a means of improving the health and vitality of both the body and mind, but also as a means of connecting to the Higher Spiritual Realms. In the far east the practice is called Pranayama and is an integral part of Hatha Yoga.There must be a word of warning, to the uninitiated, using Pranayama techniques too vigorously or forcibly …



273. Alternative Medicine is Organic; Western Medicine is Machine-Oriented By Daryl Kulak
     Is your body a type of machine, like a car or a cell phone, or is it a living thing?I know that's seems like a weird question, but your answer to it determines whether you agree with the Western medical model or alternative medicine.Western medicine increasingly sees our bodies as machines with interchangeable parts.Heart isn't working right?Okay, we'll get that damn thing replaced for you and rotate your tires while we're at it.Does that sound like a human body?Here's the problem, as I see it…



274. How Toxic Is Your Home? By Debra Lynn Dadd
     We like to think of our homes as being a safe place to be--a refuge from a dangerous world. Yet some of the exposures that you have day-to-day that are most hazardous to your health and the health of your family happen right at home.The good news is that for every toxic product you'll find in your home, there is a safer alternative. You just need to know where to look for those toxic exposures and what safe solutions are available.Here are ten common toxic exposures most Americans have in…



275. Top 10 Trends in Healthcare By Daryl Kulak
     America is undergoing a dramatic shift in healthcare. Actually, ten distinctly different shifts. Although the changes are unsettling, and will cause dislocations in our economy, the overall trends are positive and will help us all be healthier and wealthier when it all shakes out.Western Medicine Costs Continue to RiseIt's hard to imagine, but the cost of going to a regular MD or hospital is going to get more and more expensive. This is not because doctors or hospitals are getting greedy, bu…



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