Alternative Health News

Arthritis the Chronic disease

Arthritis is a chronic disease that can affect anyone. The cause as far as western medicine is concerned is unknown. However the Chinese practitioners believe it is a form of stagnation in the blood that they call Qi (vital energy).
The disease can vary for each person and how much it can hurt each individual. Joints [...]

Chinese Herbal Therapy

Posted under General, Herbalism, Practitioners - Nov 14th, 08 - No Comments

Traditional medicine is usually known simply as TCM and has existed over four thousand years. It is a comprehensive medical system with its own principles, diagnostic methods and therapies.
Traditional Chinese practitioners view a person’s body as an organic network of meridians which connect and co-ordinate with person’s internal organs, muscles, bones, tendons and skin.
Chinese herbs [...]

Comforting the Soul

Posted under Herbalism - Oct 25th, 08 - No Comments

In Hawaii at John A Burns’s school of medicine it has been confirmed by Dr. Marjorie Mau that the common cold is the one ailment that eludes doctors in finding a cure.
Thousands of years ago when there was no central heating and modern doctors had barely started prescribing tablets, families were using old fashioned herbal [...]

Ladies, Menopause and alternative therapies

Posted under Herbalism - Oct 16th, 08 - No Comments

Women can have mild or severe symptoms of the menopause and some sail through this time in their life, unfortunately some don’t.
If you are one of the people suffering then help is at hand with menopause treatments in the form of herbal remedies and diet.
The body is a wonderful thing but we have the responsibility [...]

Celadrin the Herbal Remedy

Posted under Herbalism - Oct 15th, 08 - No Comments

Celadrin is an anti-inflammatory compound that can be of assistance in many ailments from the basic sport injury to arthritis. It has fatty acids which lubricate the body’s cell membranes.
Research has been done in Connecticut at their university with permission of the patients involved. Some of the patients were given the Celadrin in capsule form [...]

Alternative Acne Remedies

Posted under Herbalism - Oct 6th, 08 - No Comments

Acne is associated as a teenager’s problem when starting to go through puberty. However it can be a problem for adults as well which can be a problem all through their entire lives.
Rumours are that if you eat too much chocolate or if you touch your face with dirty hands it will bring you out [...]

Bangladesh and their Herbal Remedies

Posted under Herbalism - Sep 26th, 08 - No Comments

Bangladesh and South Asia have holistic healers preparing herbal remedies from their local herbal plants, making them available for their people in the clinics. The largest amount of the population of these countries only have faith in the medicine that is part of their tradition, although there are prescribed products available to them.
The people in [...]

The magic of Herbal Remedies as anointing oils

Posted under Herbalism - Sep 24th, 08 - No Comments

It is known that generations of families have passed on their favourite recipes for healing people, or to use in a blissful state of mind which can have a good effect on the mind and body. Herbs are said to increase psychic visions or help in meditation by having the herbal plants sending out their [...]

The Secret Garden of Herbs

Posted under Herbalism - Sep 5th, 08 - No Comments

Herbal plants and healing join hand in hand dating back to generations of Indian families whose ancestors will be looking down and smiling as they can see a new garden growing in love and smelling of the most gorgeous scents that only herbal plants can infuse.
A garden has been created by the citizens of ’Prune’ [...]

Herbalists, Practitioners and sweaty palms (Palmer Hyperhydrosis)

Posted under Herbalism - Sep 2nd, 08 - No Comments

Herbalists come in contact with customers that have the problem of sweaty hands or Palmer Hyperhydrosis, wanting to try and find any herbal remedies that may save them from being embarrassed when having to shake hands or greet a person.
When you are in position that you have to meet and greet a person even at [...]