Naturopathic medicine is an alternative approach to treating different ailments in the body. Just as same as with the conventional medicinal methods, the naturopathic medicine still includes the processes of diagnosis, treatment and therapies.
Furthermore, this kind of medicine also has a set of different preventive methods which people can exercise to protect themselves from future illnesses.
Basically, when you consult with a naturopathic doctor, you will not be only briefed about your health condition and how it can affect your body, but also you will be able to learn about the different methods that you can opt for in order to treat your illness or further save yourself from one.
Process of naturopathic medicine
The same with other types of medicine, the goal of naturopathic medicine is to suppress the symptoms of a patient’s illness and successfully eliminate its causes.
When a person is being diagnosed, his body is treated as one which can be broken down into components such as the physical, mental, emotional and psychological sides. Moreover, naturopathic medicine also includes factors like genetics, environment and social aspects.
After understanding the condition, the doctor can develop a treatment for it. This means that for every patient, there is a different and unique way of treating him or her. Individual differences are being considered in this form of medicine.
Common types of naturopathic medicine
There are different therapies which are included under the naturopathic medicine and the most common of them are the clinical nutrition, traditional Chinese medicine and Acupuncture treatment.
Clinical nutrition revolves around the idea that whatever a patient is undergoing through is caused by his or her nutrition. In this type of naturopathic medicine, the doctor will then try to diagnose the relationship between his or her diet and health. The doctor can suggest treatment plans and nutritional supplements which the patient can take in order to help him regain his health and eliminate the sickness. These supplements include natural ingredients such as vitamins, minerals and enzymes.
The second type of naturopathic medicine is the traditional Chinese medicine which revolves around the presence of energy within the body to keep it healthy. It stimulates the flow of energy within the body to help it regain its fullness.
The Acupuncture therapy is a well-known type of naturopathic medicine that eliminates pain from the body. The process of acupuncture makes use of tiny needles to be inserted on the body’s surface in order to reduce the pain the person may be feeling. This type of naturopathic medicine may seem as an ancient way of healing, however, it has proven to be very effective for its patients as long as the practitioner is a qualified one.
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Eschew Conventional Therapies To Beat Breast Cancer
Many alternative therapists actually hold conventional therapy to be responsible to causing or at any rate exacerbating existing cancers.
Mammograms, which is a common mode of breast cancer detection and which traditional medicine prescribes should be taken periodically, is thought to actually contribute to the problem by alternative practitioners. There are several reasons for this:
Mammograms are performed using the same radiation techniques that x rays use; the same radiation that this thought to cause cancerous cells to grow in the first place.
Mammograms can sometimes yield false positive results; or show the presence of a potentially dangerous tumor that is later revealed by a biopsy not to be so. Unnecessary biopsies could be unnecessarily invasive and could also mean heightened levels of anxiety and stress which could again exacerbate the problem.
Aggressive forms of treatment may not alleviate the problem but rather cause greater pain and suffering.
The holistic view for avoiding breast cancer and keeping its possibility at bay, is to decrease and limit the risk factors which may be psychological, lifestyle related or due to certain medications.
For instance, certain hormone imbalances or one hormone found in excess could be to the detriment of the body and is thought to be responsible for certain cancers originating.
Synthetic hormones in the form of birth control pills and hormone replacement therapies could be examples of the kind of synthetic hormones that could be detrimental to health.
Medications themselves are often toxic to the system and many have so many side effects that they may actually be counterproductive in that more harm than good results from their use.
Lifestyle habits could sometimes be the reason for the cancers occurring. Obesity is known to increase risk as is the intake of certain food that has either been hormonally enhanced or genetically altered. Livestock is routinely treated with growth hormones that ultimately get passed on to the consumer.
Alternative therapists sometimes claim that the single most powerful weapon against breast cancer could be the psychological one.
Overcoming stress, or a long standing or deep-seated psychological trauma and coming to terms with it, may be a large part of combating a physically and mentally debilitating illness.
The very fear and apprehension associated with cancer and cancer sufferers is what can worsen the problem; conversely a positive outlook and self belief can counter it.
Mammograms, which is a common mode of breast cancer detection and which traditional medicine prescribes should be taken periodically, is thought to actually contribute to the problem by alternative practitioners. There are several reasons for this:
Mammograms are performed using the same radiation techniques that x rays use; the same radiation that this thought to cause cancerous cells to grow in the first place.
Mammograms can sometimes yield false positive results; or show the presence of a potentially dangerous tumor that is later revealed by a biopsy not to be so. Unnecessary biopsies could be unnecessarily invasive and could also mean heightened levels of anxiety and stress which could again exacerbate the problem.
Aggressive forms of treatment may not alleviate the problem but rather cause greater pain and suffering.
The holistic view for avoiding breast cancer and keeping its possibility at bay, is to decrease and limit the risk factors which may be psychological, lifestyle related or due to certain medications.
For instance, certain hormone imbalances or one hormone found in excess could be to the detriment of the body and is thought to be responsible for certain cancers originating.
Synthetic hormones in the form of birth control pills and hormone replacement therapies could be examples of the kind of synthetic hormones that could be detrimental to health.
Medications themselves are often toxic to the system and many have so many side effects that they may actually be counterproductive in that more harm than good results from their use.
Lifestyle habits could sometimes be the reason for the cancers occurring. Obesity is known to increase risk as is the intake of certain food that has either been hormonally enhanced or genetically altered. Livestock is routinely treated with growth hormones that ultimately get passed on to the consumer.
Alternative therapists sometimes claim that the single most powerful weapon against breast cancer could be the psychological one.
Overcoming stress, or a long standing or deep-seated psychological trauma and coming to terms with it, may be a large part of combating a physically and mentally debilitating illness.
The very fear and apprehension associated with cancer and cancer sufferers is what can worsen the problem; conversely a positive outlook and self belief can counter it.
Medicinal Mushrooms – What Are Those?
When old bread grows fungus on it, many of us have laughingly said that a bit of penicillin isn’t going to harm us; and chopping off the offending portion we have proceeded to make toast and eat it! Now we hear a lot about medicinal mushrooms and their curative properties that can assist in a lot of different ailments.
Medicinal mushrooms are those mushrooms that are used for medical practice as, or in a number of different palliatives. While in traditional forms of medicine, different varieties of mushrooms have long held pride of place, medical researchers and ethnobotanists have now an increased interest it the curative properties of mushrooms.
In fact the properties that make mushrooms inhibit growth of certain tumors and enhance immunity have fascinated researchers for the past 50 years now.
Enoki, King Oyster mushrooms, and Shiitake are just some of the varieties of mushrooms that are said to have medicinal properties. Chaga mushrooms have long been used in places such as Russia for their therapeutic properties.
In fact it is thought that as many as 200 varieties of mushrooms could have their anti tumor properties, though their direct effect on humans is not fully understood particularly with regard to toxic aspects of certain mushrooms and the dosage in which they should be administered for optimum medical use.
What specific variety will cure what specific ailment is not yet established, however medicinal mushrooms and their possible use in pharmaceuticals is significant for the following reasons:
Apart from penicillin, research with fungi of different kinds has led to the development of pharmaceuticals such as cyclosporin, griseofulvin, cephalosporin, and ergometrine.
Statins, which are a class of drugs that lower cholesterol levels in people, were developed due to research that was done in the field of fungi and mushrooms. Lovastatin, which is one kind of drug from this group of statin drugs, is something that occurs naturally in Oyster mushrooms.
It is also known that mushrooms, when exposed to sunlight are able to produce significant amounts of Vitamin D.
Some types of mushrooms could possibly a source of taxol, which is a mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy.
Certain compounds found in medicinal mushrooms are seen to improve the immune system.
Mushrooms have also been seen to help in the production of certain human hormones.
Certain mushrooms are also seen to have anti fungal, anti bacterial and anti viral properties.
Medicinal mushrooms are those mushrooms that are used for medical practice as, or in a number of different palliatives. While in traditional forms of medicine, different varieties of mushrooms have long held pride of place, medical researchers and ethnobotanists have now an increased interest it the curative properties of mushrooms.
In fact the properties that make mushrooms inhibit growth of certain tumors and enhance immunity have fascinated researchers for the past 50 years now.
Enoki, King Oyster mushrooms, and Shiitake are just some of the varieties of mushrooms that are said to have medicinal properties. Chaga mushrooms have long been used in places such as Russia for their therapeutic properties.
In fact it is thought that as many as 200 varieties of mushrooms could have their anti tumor properties, though their direct effect on humans is not fully understood particularly with regard to toxic aspects of certain mushrooms and the dosage in which they should be administered for optimum medical use.
What specific variety will cure what specific ailment is not yet established, however medicinal mushrooms and their possible use in pharmaceuticals is significant for the following reasons:
Apart from penicillin, research with fungi of different kinds has led to the development of pharmaceuticals such as cyclosporin, griseofulvin, cephalosporin, and ergometrine.
Statins, which are a class of drugs that lower cholesterol levels in people, were developed due to research that was done in the field of fungi and mushrooms. Lovastatin, which is one kind of drug from this group of statin drugs, is something that occurs naturally in Oyster mushrooms.
It is also known that mushrooms, when exposed to sunlight are able to produce significant amounts of Vitamin D.
Some types of mushrooms could possibly a source of taxol, which is a mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy.
Certain compounds found in medicinal mushrooms are seen to improve the immune system.
Mushrooms have also been seen to help in the production of certain human hormones.
Certain mushrooms are also seen to have anti fungal, anti bacterial and anti viral properties.
sâmbătă, 23 ianuarie 2010
The Benefits Of Using Su Jok Therapy
Su Jok Therapy is considered to be advancement in the therapy world of acupuncture. This South Korean therapy involves acupressure as well.
Su Jok Therapy is so effective that most often the use of needles isn’t required in order to bring the relief from pain.
The health problem is taken care of, by just simply applying pressure to corresponding points on the hands and feet.
The object of Su Jok Therapy is to balance the imbalanced energy in the body, the tissue, the cells and the organs.
This therapy was developed by a South Korean professor named Park Jae Woo. He is a scientist and philosopher in Korea and graduated in 1968 from Seoul National University.
Besides Su Jok Therapy, Park Jae Woo also is the originator of Twist Therapy and Smile Meditation. His ideas have been obtained by a very long period of clinical practice and his scientific knowledge. He has developed a variety of different systems of treatments that have been accepted all over the world.
Su Jok Therapy is a relatively easy method to learn how to do to yourself. You do not need to learn where each pressure point is located, once you learn the corresponding basic points on your body.
This is a highly and preventive method of healing to use. It also does not have any side effects. Su Jok Therapy can also be used on both a physical and emotional level.
The corresponding nerve points and the actual infected or injured area should match up every time you use this method. After you practice, your fingers will automatically move to the point of injury, and you can immediately start to apply pressure.
Su Jok Therapy is able to give you instant relief. If you are trying to heal a spinal cord injury or other chronic problem, and this therapy is done on a regular basis, you will definitely feel the relief.
Su Jok Therapy can be an important method to use in regards to heal disorders, nervous system and psychological disorders, as well as cardio vascular diseases and lung problems. It can also be very useful in managing cancer and other malignant illnesses.
This procedure is great because it is so available. Once you have learned it, it stays with you, allowing you to get amazing results.
You won’t have to spend additional money, or to buy expensive remedies. It is like following a chart drawn on your body to a perfect state of mind and a valuable state of health.
A few easy steps could have you on your way to being pain free.
Su Jok Therapy is so effective that most often the use of needles isn’t required in order to bring the relief from pain.
The health problem is taken care of, by just simply applying pressure to corresponding points on the hands and feet.
The object of Su Jok Therapy is to balance the imbalanced energy in the body, the tissue, the cells and the organs.
This therapy was developed by a South Korean professor named Park Jae Woo. He is a scientist and philosopher in Korea and graduated in 1968 from Seoul National University.
Besides Su Jok Therapy, Park Jae Woo also is the originator of Twist Therapy and Smile Meditation. His ideas have been obtained by a very long period of clinical practice and his scientific knowledge. He has developed a variety of different systems of treatments that have been accepted all over the world.
Su Jok Therapy is a relatively easy method to learn how to do to yourself. You do not need to learn where each pressure point is located, once you learn the corresponding basic points on your body.
This is a highly and preventive method of healing to use. It also does not have any side effects. Su Jok Therapy can also be used on both a physical and emotional level.
The corresponding nerve points and the actual infected or injured area should match up every time you use this method. After you practice, your fingers will automatically move to the point of injury, and you can immediately start to apply pressure.
Su Jok Therapy is able to give you instant relief. If you are trying to heal a spinal cord injury or other chronic problem, and this therapy is done on a regular basis, you will definitely feel the relief.
Su Jok Therapy can be an important method to use in regards to heal disorders, nervous system and psychological disorders, as well as cardio vascular diseases and lung problems. It can also be very useful in managing cancer and other malignant illnesses.
This procedure is great because it is so available. Once you have learned it, it stays with you, allowing you to get amazing results.
You won’t have to spend additional money, or to buy expensive remedies. It is like following a chart drawn on your body to a perfect state of mind and a valuable state of health.
A few easy steps could have you on your way to being pain free.
Scratch the previous entry: I am existing in hell
When I said living I was exagerating, existing would be more accurate and as for the compensation well that has gone. Its official I am in hell. A hell that consists of a day of disorganised chaos, just when I believe I've got the size of what I am dealing with another layer of chaos appears to disrupt that view. It's like peeling an infinitely big onion from within. Each layer I peel back reveals a bigger layer. The nights generally consist of spending time with people that are starting to make me believe I am a misanthropist as I dislike them so much. I am too far from home during the week, when I return home at the weekend the life force is sapped from me to such a great degree that it barely recovers before I am forced to return. Imagine an infinite recurring bungee jump without the adrenaline rush but with all the fear that is my reward at present.
luni, 19 octombrie 2009
12 Wonderful Therapeutic Benefits Of Peppermint Essential Oil!
Peppermint is an herb that is being in use for many years for holistic and traditional medicinal purposes. Most of the studies proved that peppermint greatly helps to alleviate from irritable bowel syndrome.
Peppermint essential oil is extracted from Mentha piperita of the Labiatae family and is also known as balm mint or brandy mint.
This refreshing and cooling peppermint essential oil is used in aromatherapy in order to stimulate your mind, improve the mental ability and to improve your focus, while reducing the redness, cooling the skin, and reducing itchiness and irritation.
This essential oil is also used to ease migraine, sinus, colon, headaches, and chest congestion and also improves your digestive system.
Peppermint essential oil has a fresh, sharp, menthol smell and is clear pale yellow in color and watery in viscosity. There are various health benefits of peppermint essential oil. They include:
1. Proper dental care: Peppermint essential oil has powerful antiseptic properties and is effectively used for dental care. This oil helps to relieve from bad breathe and keeps your teeth and gums free of germs. Peppermint oil is added in most of the tooth pastes. Toothaches are also effectively treated with it.
2. Headaches and nausea: Peppermint essential oil is a wonderful home remedy for headaches and nausea. Apply much diluted portions of peppermint oil on your forehead to get relief from headaches.
3. Indigestion: This oil is very helpful in indigestion. Add few drops of peppermint essential oil in a glass of water and drink it after your meal to get relief from indigestive properties. This oil acts as carminative and helps effectively in removing the gas.
This is a best tonic for those who are suffering with low appetite. Also it helps you in relieving from upset stomach and motion sickness. Peppermint oil along with caraway oil acts as a good remedy for treating heat burn.
4. Stress: Similar to various other essential oils, peppermint essential oil is also proved to give relief from stress, mental exhaustion and depression because of its refreshing nature. Also, this is proved as effective remedy in reducing anxiety and restlessness.
5. Pain relief: External usage of peppermint oil gives you relief from pain. The existence of calcium antagonism in peppermint oil helps in removing the pain. It has wonderful cooling properties and reduces the fever also.
6. Skin care: Menthol in peppermint oil is good for skin care. It has cooling properties that help to nourish your dull skin and improves your oily skin.
7. Respiratory problems: Menthol in this oil helps to clear your respiratory tract. This is an efficient expectorant that gives you instantaneous or temporary relief from various respiratory problems such as sinusitis, nasal congestion, cold, asthma, cough and bronchitis. Due to these effects, this oil is used in various cold rubs. When you rub with this oil on your chest, you will get great relief from nasal and respiratory problems.
8. Irritable bowel syndrome: Peppermint oil has effective muscle relaxing properties that help in treating irritable bowel syndrome.
9. Urinary tract infection: This oil is effectively used to treat urinary tract infection.
10. Hair care: The oil gives cooling effect on your head and helps in removing the dandruff and lice.
11. Immune system: The oil boosts your immunity to various diseases and helps you in alleviating various diseases.
12. Blood circulation: Peppermint oil improves blood circulation.
Peppermint essential oil is extracted from Mentha piperita of the Labiatae family and is also known as balm mint or brandy mint.
This refreshing and cooling peppermint essential oil is used in aromatherapy in order to stimulate your mind, improve the mental ability and to improve your focus, while reducing the redness, cooling the skin, and reducing itchiness and irritation.
This essential oil is also used to ease migraine, sinus, colon, headaches, and chest congestion and also improves your digestive system.
Peppermint essential oil has a fresh, sharp, menthol smell and is clear pale yellow in color and watery in viscosity. There are various health benefits of peppermint essential oil. They include:
1. Proper dental care: Peppermint essential oil has powerful antiseptic properties and is effectively used for dental care. This oil helps to relieve from bad breathe and keeps your teeth and gums free of germs. Peppermint oil is added in most of the tooth pastes. Toothaches are also effectively treated with it.
2. Headaches and nausea: Peppermint essential oil is a wonderful home remedy for headaches and nausea. Apply much diluted portions of peppermint oil on your forehead to get relief from headaches.
3. Indigestion: This oil is very helpful in indigestion. Add few drops of peppermint essential oil in a glass of water and drink it after your meal to get relief from indigestive properties. This oil acts as carminative and helps effectively in removing the gas.
This is a best tonic for those who are suffering with low appetite. Also it helps you in relieving from upset stomach and motion sickness. Peppermint oil along with caraway oil acts as a good remedy for treating heat burn.
4. Stress: Similar to various other essential oils, peppermint essential oil is also proved to give relief from stress, mental exhaustion and depression because of its refreshing nature. Also, this is proved as effective remedy in reducing anxiety and restlessness.
5. Pain relief: External usage of peppermint oil gives you relief from pain. The existence of calcium antagonism in peppermint oil helps in removing the pain. It has wonderful cooling properties and reduces the fever also.
6. Skin care: Menthol in peppermint oil is good for skin care. It has cooling properties that help to nourish your dull skin and improves your oily skin.
7. Respiratory problems: Menthol in this oil helps to clear your respiratory tract. This is an efficient expectorant that gives you instantaneous or temporary relief from various respiratory problems such as sinusitis, nasal congestion, cold, asthma, cough and bronchitis. Due to these effects, this oil is used in various cold rubs. When you rub with this oil on your chest, you will get great relief from nasal and respiratory problems.
8. Irritable bowel syndrome: Peppermint oil has effective muscle relaxing properties that help in treating irritable bowel syndrome.
9. Urinary tract infection: This oil is effectively used to treat urinary tract infection.
10. Hair care: The oil gives cooling effect on your head and helps in removing the dandruff and lice.
11. Immune system: The oil boosts your immunity to various diseases and helps you in alleviating various diseases.
12. Blood circulation: Peppermint oil improves blood circulation.
Various Alternative Therapies For Infertility
With vast advancement in medical sciences, various methods evolved to treat infertility couples, providing a chance to have children in their lives.
But, on the other hand there are few complementary alternative methods which can help you to improve your chances of getting pregnant very well.
Acupuncture
This is an ancient technique used to heal stress and other ailments including infertility through the use of sterilized needles.
Infertility treatment using acupuncture has proved to be beneficial, particularly for those who have various functional disorders in body like irregular ovulation etc. Even it can increase sperm count in men by increasing blood flow and balancing hormones.
Herbal therapy
Herbs are used from centuries to treat various health problems including infertility. Some of the herbs extracted naturally from plants like chasteberry, red clover, liferoot show immense possibilities of fertility. But, seek suggestions from professionals before using herbs.
Reflexology
The main principle of reflexology is that there are certain points in feet that are connected to different organs of our body. When these particular points are stimulated, they in turn stimulate the points linked with problematic points in your body.
Apart from relaxation, reflexology helps in the treatment of infertility and alleviates hormonal imbalances and poly cystic ovarian syndrome in women.
Other than these you can also go for diet changes, regular exercises and stress management techniques to improve chances of fertility.
But, on the other hand there are few complementary alternative methods which can help you to improve your chances of getting pregnant very well.
Acupuncture
This is an ancient technique used to heal stress and other ailments including infertility through the use of sterilized needles.
Infertility treatment using acupuncture has proved to be beneficial, particularly for those who have various functional disorders in body like irregular ovulation etc. Even it can increase sperm count in men by increasing blood flow and balancing hormones.
Herbal therapy
Herbs are used from centuries to treat various health problems including infertility. Some of the herbs extracted naturally from plants like chasteberry, red clover, liferoot show immense possibilities of fertility. But, seek suggestions from professionals before using herbs.
Reflexology
The main principle of reflexology is that there are certain points in feet that are connected to different organs of our body. When these particular points are stimulated, they in turn stimulate the points linked with problematic points in your body.
Apart from relaxation, reflexology helps in the treatment of infertility and alleviates hormonal imbalances and poly cystic ovarian syndrome in women.
Other than these you can also go for diet changes, regular exercises and stress management techniques to improve chances of fertility.
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