Alternative Medicine
61 Articles & Excerpts
All about Sinusitis
The Sinus Cure: 7 Simple Steps to Relieve Sinusitis and Other Ear, Nose, and Throat Conditions by Debra Fulghum Bruce It's not unusual for those around you to think your sinus symptoms are in your head. After all, chances are that you look perfectly healthy. Outwardly no one around you can see the misery you feel. But you know differently.
Your Ideal Bedroom
Spirit of the Bedroom by Jane Alexander Spirit of the Bedroom helps you turn your bedroom into a perfect haven of peace and tranquillity. The bedroom, with its links to sleep and dreams, intimacy and solitude, is one of the most beguiling and mysterious rooms in the house.
Nutrient Robbery
The Side Effects Bible: The Dietary Solution to Unwanted Side Effects of Common Medications by Frederic J. Vagnini, M.D., Barry Fox, Ph.D. Sixty-five-year-old Hannah had been struggling with stiff and painful fingers for some time before she went to see her physician. The disturbing diagnosis was rheumatoid arthritis (RA), for which Hannah was given a drug named Naprosyn.
Mind Body Spirit
The Detox Plan: For Body, Mind, and Spirit by Jane Alexander Life is for living - so why aren't you living life to the full? In today's crazy, stress-filled frenetic world, it's all too easy to let life pass you by. Most of us feel life is a struggle: a battle to get fit and healthy; a fight to meet deadlines
Introduction to the Stages of Recovery
My Recovery: A Personal Plan for Healing by Charles L. Whitfield, M.D. If you or someone you love is battling an addiction to alcohol, drugs, food, gambling or the like, struggling with a mental illness or a harmful lifestyle habit, this book can help.
Health Is a Choice . . .
Never Be Sick Again: Health is a Choice, Learn How to Choose It by Raymond Francis, M.Sc. A life-threatening medical condition led Ray Francis, a chemist and graduate of MIT, to formulate a revolutionary theory of health and disease: there is only one disease, only two causes of disease, and six pathways to health and disease.
Wellness: The Missing Dimension in Recovery
The Wellness-Recovery Connection: Charting Your Pathway to Optimal Health While Recovering from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction by John Newport, Ph.D As you may be aware you are not the only one who has ever hidden empty wine bottles from your spouse missed out on a good job due to failing a drug screening or fallen into a pattern of constantly covering up for the irresponsible behavior of an alcoholic
Your Beauty-Wellness Test
Are You Primarily Yin, Yang, or Yin/Yang? Now that I've provided you with a wealth of new information about health and beauty in the Chinese tradition, it's time to discover how to put these principles to use.
The Massage Techniques
Mother Massage by Elaine Stillerman Much has been written and scientifically validated about the beneficial effects of massage on almost every major body system. It is also a well-documented fact that massage is a powerful tool in reducing stress and its deleterious effects.
Introduction
Salt in Your Sock: and Other Tried-and-True Home Remedies by Lillian Beard, M.D., Linda Lee Small MANY YEARS AGO, while I was advising a young mother on how to manage her baby's facial rash, I was surprised by a question from the baby's great-grandmother, who was in the exam room with us: "Ma 'dear," as she was called, piped up
The World of Caffeine
The Caffeine Advantage by Bennett Alan Weinberg, Ph.D., Bonnie Bealer Is there a substance that enables you to run farther and faster, think more cogently and fluently, feel happier, more self-confident, and more relaxed, eat less, and that even acts as a powerful antioxidant?
Touch: Help, Hype, or Hoax?
Miracle Touch: A Complete Guide to Hands-On Therapies That Have the Amazing Ability to Heal by Debra Fulghum Bruce Can a deep-tissue massage really end the chronic pain of migraine headache, arthritis or fibromyalgia syndrome? Will energy-based therapeutic touch help you heal from surgery faster, or ease your anxiety before dental work or other invasive procedures?
The Macrobiotic Way of Eating
The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health: A Complete Guide to Naturally Preventing and Relieving More Than 200 Chronic Conditions and Disorders by Michio Kushi, Alex Jack As the 21st century begins, the world faces an unprecedented health and environmental crisis. New diseases and epidemics have emerged, family and social conflicts have increased, and ecological threats have multiplied and spread, imperiling humanity's
Awaking the Mind in the Gut
Gut Reactions: A Radical New 4-Step Program for Treating Chronic Stomach Distress and Unlocking the Secret to Total Body Wellness by Raphael Kellman, M.D., Carol Colman You don't have to be in pain! You don't have to be held hostage by an angry, unpredictable stomach. You don't have to pop a Pepcid before every meal, take a Tagamet to eat like a kid again, endure endless Maalox moments, or devour a roll or two of Tums
The Attitude of Radiant Health
The Ancient Wisdom of the Chinese Tonic Herbs by Ron Teeguarden One of the great secrets of a long, satisfying, and happy life, according to Eastern wisdom, is to focus on health instead of disease. This is the psychological basis of the art of radiant health. Develop the attitude of radiant health, and radiant health
The Mysterious Mix of Science and Spirit
The Chemistry of Joy : A Three-Step Program for Overcoming Depression Through Western Science and Eastern Wisdom by Henry Emmons, M.D. Depression is a holistic illness that affects every aspect of who we are as human beings. It only makes sense to address it from every available angle, both with regard to our bodies and brain chemistry and vis-à-vis our psyches and spirits.
Supplements: What Works and What Does Not Work, Part 2
The Best Alternative Medicine by Kenneth R. Pelletier Overall, SOD research is intriguing, but there is no form of SOD available to the public that will raise levels of SOD in the cells. It is much too early to recommend any use of SOD as an oral supplement, although it may have applications in specific
My Problems with Drug Therapy
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Anxiety, Phobias, and Panic Attacks: The All-Natural Program That Can Help You Conquer Your Fears by Douglas Hunt, M.D. So, if you are diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, you simply pop a pill to alleviate it, right? Wrong! While some anxiety disorders respond to pharmaceuticals, there are short- and long-term adverse effects to be considered that can often be more
Preface
The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain by John E. Sarno, M.D. Pain, disability, misinformation, fear-that quartet has plagued the Western world for decades and the plague shows no sign of abating. Back, neck and limb pain are rampant, and statistics indicate that the epidemic is spreading.
Oriental Medicine the Basic Concepts
Acupressure For Common Ailments by Chris Jarmey Understanding why acupressure works requires an appreciation of tile Chinese system of diagnosis and treatment, where the fundamental approach to medicine bears little resemblance to that in the West.
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| Advice & Discussions | My lips peel Well, when I workout I tend to lick my lips a lot since they get dry and I don't like them dry, then I look in the mirror, and I see white on my mouth(not what you think), I believe is dry saliaba, or maybey my skin turns that color after being moist a long time. | I take anti-depresants and im worried ive been taking anti-depressants for a while now and they dont seem to be doing me any good. but recently ive heard about people putting on weight bcoz of them. i was worrying then because im taking fat pills basically bcoz they hav no other effect. should i just stop taking them? | Confusing dream - have any thoughts? Little background info:
I've been married for 6 years. My husband and I went through some hard times a few months back when I had discovered that he had an affair. We are still together and are getting along fine now.
Anyway, about a week ago I had a heated dream about my husband's best friend. | Surgery Scar Fears and Trying To Date Again I'm trying to date again (tonight was my first date after my break-up in July) but I'm having a set-back.
I had major tumor removal surgery last February (when I was still with my now-ex-bf) and it left me with a large 5 inch scar up to my belly button which became hypotrophic and even larger and puffier. |
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