Archive for September, 2007

The world of conventional medicine has opened its door over the past twenty-five years.

At that time it accepts a number of things that would have been unthinkable in 1975.

Those things stand for a radical shift in the role of the medical provider in today’s medical paradigm.

The medical paradigm includes some of the concepts as informed approval, patient directed treatment, involvement of family and patient in decision making and the acceptance that there exist many systems of medicine which may offer treatment and relief.

In recent days most of the doctors accept and believe that you also have a right to choose the therapy that you want to use.

Since the claims and beliefs of conventional medicine have been attacked and upturned and research has often proven that traditional remedies are traditional remedies only.

Most of the doctors will offer information on alternative cure and medical systems along with their own medical advice.

Now a day most of the medical schools are now teaching courses in alternative cure interventions both to future medical students and as continuing med units for practicing doctors.

Chinese herbs are used to build and strengthen your body.

Chinese herbs have low risks of adverse reactions or side effects.

Chinese herbs give natural and healthy response to overcome depression.

Depression is caused with feelings such as sadness, discouragement and hopelessness.

The emotional problems are treated with these herbs just like other health problems. Chinese medicine acts as the fundamental part of diagnosis and treatment. With the help of biomedical community, these herbs treat depression. [Depression Treatment with Herbs]

These herbs are the various parts of plant such as roots, leaves, flower stems, seed and other plant products which help to regulate your body, balance your metabolism and help your body’s natural healing process.

You can get these herbs in different formats such as bulk, cut, sifted, ground, whole, tea pills, granules and flakes.

Chinese herbs oppose the side effects caused by chemotherapy, cravings and withdraw the symptoms of drug addicts and variety of chronic conditions.

Chinese herbs helps you feel better in sexual, vital and to live longer. You can use these herbs for treating different illnesses and restoring the normal body functions.

Do have cancer or know someone who has?

You may already know that sometimes the treatments can be as overwhelming as the disease.

Conventional treatment methods can have many side effects such as nausea, loss of appetite, hair loss and etc.

That’s why most of the cancer victims look for alternative forms of treatment and alternative cancer medicine.

They come up with some options that are meant to be complementary to the more modern forms of treatments.

The alternative cancer medicine community is blamed of exaggerating the validity of alternative medicine, while the conventional treatment providers tend to understand the effects of alternative therapies for cancer sufferers.

You may already know that there is no cure for cancer. NCCAM is the national center for complementary and alternative medicine has conducted studies and proved that acupuncture relieves the pain, nausea and fatigue associated with both colon and breast cancer.

The study also proved that acupuncture also help to control the neck pain and headaches associated with surgery for brain tumors or throat cancer.

Ginger is a good tasting treatment and acts as alternative cancer medicine to help with nausea and vomiting which are the side effects of chemotherapy.

Ayurvedic massage provides relaxation, blood circulation and elimination of toxins.

Ayurvedic massage helps to rejuvenate (restore) energy. Ayurvedic oils are important for ayurvedic massage.

Ayurvedic massage oils are dhanvataram tailam, ksheerabal tailam, and maha narayana tailam.

Auromere and Esutras massage oils are used for ayurvedic massage.

Massage is like a passive exercise. Ayurvedic massage is important for the people who are weak and unable to do exercise.

Massage oil is selected according to season. Mustard oil and olive should be chosen in winter and you should not use in summer. Coconut oil and sun flower oil should be used in hot climate.

Individual massage oils such as babuna oil is used for giving relief over muscular pains. Coriander oil removes excess heat from your body.

Method of Ayurvedic massage:

If you are doing massage for your partner, you can start either from feet or head. First you apply the oil where you have to do massage. Then massage that part with palms till the oil is absorbed by the body.

Your massage motion should be uniform and you must employ only upward strokes. Ayurvedic massage is applied only to the muscles but not bones.

Menopause is not a disease or disorder. It is a natural life process.

Menopause occurs as the ovaries prevent the production of estrogen hormone, causing the reproductive system gradually shut down.

This usually happens after the age of 45. The symptoms that accompany with menopause are often uncomfortable and debilitating.

Some disorders like night sweats, hot flashes, and mood swings can make your life hell for several months or years. Hence, it takes the body to shift from reproductive state to post-menopause.

Conventional therapy for menopause includes estrogen replacement therapy. Most often the side effects of this therapy are worsen than the symptoms of menopause.

The other option is alternative treatment that can help to reduce the symptoms that make the months leading up to menopause uncomfortable for you.

Alternative treatment helps you to relieve from the discomfort during the transitional years of menopause. It helps to get most favorable health during menopause and into your later years of life.

The main focus of alternative treatment is on strengthening your body by encouraging it to balance, regulate, and normalize itself during the transition to menopause.

Foot Reflexology is a type of foot massage. This massage involves special strokes on the foot by which you can feel good.

Foot Reflexology not only relaxes foot but also provide relaxed feeling for the whole body. This will improve your health and wellbeing.

Reflexology is used alongside conventional medical care but not as a replacement.

Practicing this therapy will stimulate the nerves of hands, feet, ears and has beneficial effect on other parts and it will help in improving your health condition.

When this practice is applied on your feet, then it is called as Foot Reflexology.

Foot reflexology is performed on the parts of the body where you suffer from general fractures.

Foot Reflexology will not support diagnosis and medicinal drugs, but this therapy mainly focuses on the imbalances of the life energy. This is safe and efficient treatment.

Foot Reflexology is performed in the following way:

When you apply pressure on the feet, then signal is sent through peripheral nervous system. From this, the signal is sent to central nervous system. Then the signal is transmitted to the internal organs to adjust energy and oxygen to the applied pressure.

Want to be healthy without any medications? Then follow the nutrition and diet therapy for your healthier life.

Nutrition and diet therapy is the most commonly used form of complementary and alternative medicine in the United States.

Most of the US population has been at least taken vitamins at some point in their life.

Your body must need nutritional and diet therapy in order to function properly. Because of the diet, lifestyle and changes in the environment, you can get all the nutrients that you need in proper balance, making nutritional supplements a very important part of maintaining health.

In some conditions, nutrition and diet therapy is often integrated into conventional medical treatment. For instance, pregnant women are prescribed with vitamin B and folates to help prevent neural tube defects in their unborn child.

In most of the conditions if you encounter a deficiency of a particular nutrient, the treatment includes supplementation with that nutrient.

Many practitioners said that, you must follow proper nutrition and diet therapy for optimum health. It is impossible for you to consume a diet that provides all the necessary nutrients.

This case is due to environmental contaminants, soil depletion, pollution, and modern processing methods.

Shiatsu is also called as acupressure (finger pressure technique). Shiatsu massage is done by applying pressure using thumbs, finger and palms.

Shiatsu massage is applied on the spots which are determined during the evaluation period before the Shiatsu massage is started.

Shiatsu massage will not use any needle pokes. The techniques involved in Shiatsu massage are tapping, squeezing, rubbing and applied pressure.

These techniques are applied along the meridians (which unblock the energy) for restoring the energy.

Shiatsu massage will provide the following benefits:

Shiatsu massage is used for physical, emotional and mental disorders.

• This will provide the deep muscle and tissue relaxation.
• This helps in managing and reducing your stress.
• If Shiatsu massage is done on the muscle, then the toxins which are secreted by muscles are removed.
• This massage will help you in increasing your body’s flexibility.
• This will help in improving your blood circulations.
• Doing this massage will reduce the blood pressure.
• This massage will help in reducing mental anxieties.
• This massage will improve your mental and spiritual awareness.
• This will help in maintaining your nerves calm.
• This is used for correcting your body imbalances.