ashu's Articles in Alternative Medicine

  • Acupuncture - Knee Surgery
    Acupuncture is often the sole treatment for many health problems. In some cases, such as acupuncture and knee surgery, it can be a supplemental help to the primary treatment.
  • Asthma - Home Remedies for Asthma Cure
    Asthma is an ancient Greek word which means “panting or short drawn breath.” It is the most troublesome of all the respiratory diseases. It affects twice as many boys as girls in childhood; more girls than boys in teenage and in adulthood, the ratio become 1:1 males to females.
  • Home and Herbal Remedies for Arthritis cure
    The word ‘arthritis’ means ‘inflammation of joints.’ It comes from two Greek words, ‘athron’ meaning joints and ‘itis’ meaning inflammation.
  • Herbal Home Remedies for Anemia Treatment
    Anaemia means the condition that means lack of blood. It is the common blood disorder that occurs when the quantity of red blood cells decreases in the body.
  • Acne Causes - Home Remedies for Acne Treatment
    Acne is a common skin disorder which results from the action of hormones on the skins sebaceous glands that leads to plugged pores (blackheads and whiteheads), and outbreaks of cysts or nodules commonly known as pimples.
  • Acidity home remedy and other natural treatments
    Acidity means the excess secretion of acid by the gastric glands of the stomach. The stomach secrets hydrochloric acid and that acid is responsible for proper functioning of the digestive system. A normal level of acid is required in the stomach for proper digestion of foods.
  • Acupuncture for Tennis Elbow Relief
    Next to a baseball pitcher, tennis players are the next group of athletes that often tweak their elbows. Acupuncture for tennis elbow relief is a no brainer.
  • Acupuncture – Athletes
    The fact acupuncture has become such an accepted practice is exemplified by the number of athletes that use it in modern time. Acupuncture and athletes have been synonymous for years.
  • Spinal Stenosis and Acupuncture
    Any spinal problem is a serious health issue and spinal stenosis is no different. Acupuncture can provide relief to spinal stenosis patients.
  • Acupuncture Facial Synkinesis
    Acupuncture is a unique treatment in that it can treat many different problems. Acupuncture for facial synkinesis is covered here.
  • Acupuncture and Spinal Manipulation
    Anatomically, our backs take a pounding. Acupuncture and spinal manipulation are ways to fight back against the wear and tear that can lead to chronic pain.
  • Aromatherapy - History of Aromatherapy
    The history of Aromatherapy dates back at least to 2000 BC, although the term “aromatherapy” was first used in the 1920s by the French chemist René Maurice Gattefossé who accidentally discovered in laboratory that lavender oil relives pain and assists to slight burns healing. The word “Aromatherapy” is a compound Greek word made up by the word fragrance (aroma) and the word treatment (therapy).
  • Acupuncture Points for Neck Pain
    Neck pain can flat out ruin your day. Manipulation of acupuncture points for neck pain is a common way to give you back range of motion and eliminate the pain.
  • Acupuncture Alarm Points
    Acupuncture is about the manipulation of energy points. Acupuncture alarm points are the most powerful areas that can be addressed.
  • Scalp Acupuncture
    Acupuncture is about manipulating appropriate parts of the body to facilitate flow. Scalp acupuncture is one approach to such treatment.
  • Acupuncture and Fibromyalgia
    Pain and fatigue in your muscles is normal after exercise to a point, but what if you get it without exercise? This is known as Fibromyalgia and acupuncture may be a treatment to consider.
  • Tinnitus and Acupuncture
    We take our ears and hearing for granted until something goes a miss. Ringing in the ears is known as tinnitus and acupuncture takes a treatment approach of looking for the underlying cause.
  • Acupuncture for Vertigo
    Vertigo presents with many different symptoms and Western medicine tries to treat each. Acupuncture for vertigo is about finding the underlying cause and providing a solution to it.
  • Autism and Acupuncture
    Autism is a diagnosis that makes parents cringe. Western medicine has failed to come up with a good treatment for autism, but a form of acupuncture has show positive results.
  • Acupuncture for Migraines
    A pounding headache can pretty much disable you. If it occurs again and again as with migraines, it can ruin your life. Acupuncture for migraines is very effective.
  • Acupuncture for Pregnancy
    Pregnancy is, of course, not a health problem but a glorious thing. Acupuncture for pregnancy is available and effective throughout the entire process.
  • Microcurrent Acupuncture
    Acupuncture is ostensibly the manipulation of energy within the body. Many have surmised that microcurrent acupuncture is what is really going on.
  • Menopause - Herbal remedies for Menopause
    Menopause is defined as absence of menstrual periods for 12 months. The menopausal transition starts with varying menstrual cycle length and ends with the final menstrual period.
  • Fibroid Tumors - Herbal remedies for Fibroid tumors
    Fibroid tumors are usually benign (non-cancerous) tumors found, most often, in the uterus of women in their 30's and 40's, although they occasionally develop on other organs which contain smooth muscle cells. Fibroid tumors are solid tumors which are made of fibrous tissue, hence the name 'fibroid' tumor. Fibroid tumors vary in size and number, are most often slow-growing and usually cause no symptoms.
  • Woman-Health - Home remedies for women
    The diseases of female organs are very unpleasant. They creep imperceptibly, and even the simplest ones can bring a great deal of trouble. Among them the first place belongs to inflammatory processes. Usually they become noticeable only during an exacerbation. Not all women seek help of a doctor, and from those who have, many do not go through with the treatment.
  • Herbal remedies for cystitis
    Cystitis is an inflammation of the bladder. This disease is characterized by frequent urination with only a small amount of urine, burning sensation during urination and pain in the area of the kidneys.
  • Urinary Tract - Herbal remedies for urinary tract disorders
    Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common infection that usually occurs when bacteria enter the opening of the urethra and multiply in the urinary tract. The urinary tract includes the kidneys, the tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder (ureters), bladder, and the tube that carries urine from the bladder (urethra).
  • Psoriasis Treatment - Herbal remedies for Psoriasis
    Psoriasis (say "sor-eye-ah-sus") is a condition that affects your skin and causes thick red marks that look like scales to form. The thick scaling is due to an increase in the number of skin cells.
  • Eczema - Herbal remedies for Eczema
    Eczema is a general term for rash-like skin conditions. The most common type of eczema is called atopic dermatitis, which is an allergic reaction. Eczema is often very itchy and when you scratch it, the skin becomes red and inflamed. Eczema is not contagious, so there's no need to keep a baby or child who has it away from siblings, other children, or anyone else.
  • Eye-Care - Herbal remedies for Eyes
    Most people tend to neglect simple eye-care,taking a gift of vision as something that will always stay with them.In order to preserve normal eyesight a body must receive all the necessary nutrients. So it is important to pay attention to what we eat. However, except foods, necessary for eye care, there are also some herbs and easy exercises that are beneficial to the eyesight and can fight eye diseases.
  • Digestive System - Herbal remedies for Digestive System
    It is practically impossible to distinguish which system or organ in our body is more important. They all play their specific roles in keeping us alive. However we are not satisfied with just being alive. More and more people these days realize how important it is to stay young and healthy as long as possible.
  • Diabetes - Herbal remedies for diabetes
    Diabetes is known for thousands of years. The description of the disease can be traced far back to times of Avicenna. At that time treatment consisted of diet reach in vegetables and milk, fish and meat products. It also included use of extracts and decoctions of walnuts, laurel, and nettle as well as pomegranate juice.
  • Cold and Flu - Home and herbal remedies
    The cold-flu season is here. An Indian summer long gone and all that is left is unstable weather, piercing wind and an atmospheric pressure that jumps up and down. All those factors reek havoc on our immune system and make us prone to all kinds of viruses. Many people mistakenly think that this is not a big deal-just a minor set back in their everyday life. It is not so simple.
  • Atherosclerosis, Stroke and Heart Disease Herbal Treatment
    Atherosclerosis, stroke and heart attack, among other diseases of cardiovascular system, are very serious health issues. The importance of prevention of cardiovascular diseases can’t be stressed enough. Prevention means keeping blood and blood vessels clean.
  • Herbal Remedies in Cancer Treatment
    There is no need to say much about cancer. We are all familiar with this awful disease. Successful treatment of cancer, like no other, depends on combination of different methods that include both conventional and unconventional medicine.
  • Bronchitis Symptoms - Bronchitis Herbal Remedies
    Bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchi (medium-size airways) in the lungs. Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchial (pronounced “brawn-kee-ull”) tubes, or bronchi. Bronchial tubes are the air passages that extend from the windpipe into the lungs.
  • Arthritis and Exercise - Arthritis Herbal Remedies
    Your bones hang out in a lot of joints. There are knee joints and hip joints. The joints in your fingers and the joints in your toes.
  • Asthma Medicines - Home remedies for asthma.
    For some people asthma might not seem too serious of a disease. Although rarely fatal, it can be a very serious condition, especially in small children. Periods of acute breathlessness may occur at any time and last anywhere from less then an hour to days.
  • Home Remedies For Respiratory System Cleansing
    Respiratory-system-cleansing is the final step in body purification. Breathing is a simple but most important process that keeps us alive. Blood delivers oxygen to each and every cell in our body. If, for any reason, oxygen supply to a body decreases, it affects first the heart and brain and then the rest of the body.
  • Home Remedies For Liver-Cleansing
    Our liver is responsible for many important functions in the body. The liver produces bile and because bile helps in breaking down fats it is important for normal digestion and for the delivery of nutrients from intestines into the blood. The liver regulates the structure of blood and the basic biochemical processes of the body and is also responsible for the regulation of the metabolism and for the manufacture and storage of protein in the body.
  • Home Remedies For Joint-Cleansing
    Joint cleansing with the help of home and herbal remedies.
  • Home Remedies For Kidney-Cleansing
    Kidney cleanse should be done only after the cleansing of the digestive system and liver. Otherwise there is a strong possibility that serious health complications may arise. The mechanism of kidney-cleansing is based on extensive urinary excretion. That is why all remedies used for this process are strong diuretics.
  • Acupuncture to Quit Smoking
    Quit smoking. Two simple words that are very difficult to follow through on. Undergoing acupuncture to quit smoking is a new tack being tried by many.
  • Acupuncture Treatment for Drug Addiction
    To say that drug addiction is an issue in modern society is to make an understatement. Acupuncture treatment for drug addiction is part of the solution.
  • Listlessness - Acupuncture
    Do you find yourself just dragging around, to wit, suffering from listlessness? Acupuncture may be the answer as your meridians may be out of whack.
  • Acupuncture and Sleep Apnea
    Sleep apnea is a disorder that can seriously impact your health and quality of life given the fact you need peaceful sleep. Acupuncture for sleep apnea is one treatment.
  • Acupuncture Treatment for Depression
    Over the last twenty years or so, the problem of population wide depression has come out of the closet. Acupuncture treatment for depression is also gaining new notoriety.
  • Acupuncture and Generalized Anxiety Disorder
    The world is fast paced and highly competitive, which makes stress and anxiety a part of all of our lives. Acupuncture for generalized anxiety disorder can really help.
  • Acupuncture for Labor Induction
    Labor induction is a touchy health subject as hospitals prefer to administer drugs to bring it on. Acupuncture for labor induction is much safer to the mother and child.
  • Acupuncture in the Treatment of Infertility
    Child bearing is a wondrous thing. Unfortunately, some couples suffer through infertility issues. Acupuncture in the treatment of infertility may offer non-drug solutions.

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