Crutial Health Issue – The Use Of Natural Medicine
June 22nd, 2010 | 
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Natural medicine dates back to ancient civilizations when people always turned to nature for natural therapies that helped their physical and emotional body obtain balance and order, relieve pain, improve health and treat illnesses. Since time immemorial, man has recognized that nature has countless elements just waiting to be discovered as helpful remedies in mans health maladies.
In fact, Hippocrates, considered to be the father of medicine, used countless botanical extracts and solutions available in nature to cure diseases as well as improve health and overall well being. Aside from herbal sources, natural medicine also uses therapies such as homeopathy, traditional Chinese and Oriental methods and other natural essences from the earth. They have been proven to be safe and have no side effects to say the least. Even modern medicine is slowly gaining interest in incorporating natural medicine with conventional medical practice.
One famous practice in natural medicine is aromatherapy where essences from plants such as flowers, leaves, seeds, twigs and bark are extracted to create essential oils whose scents are believed to help change moods, relax the mind and body, and treat certain ailments especially when coupled with other natural medications. Proofs that natural medicine is safe and that their efficacy is there is the fact that for centuries up to now, traditional Chinese and other Oriental methods of medicine are still widely practiced and some modern medical practitioners even in conventional medicine have adopted these methods. Of course the most common among natural remedies is the use of herbal plants.
Herbal medicine is common in almost all cultures around the world and its use dates back to thousands of years ago. Although plants and plant parts such as flowers, leaves, twigs and barks, are solely used, some cultures mix with these herbal extracts some animal or mineral products. The medicine may be in the form of tea, tablets, capsules, or any other forms of extracts.
A lot of food supplements and vitamins also incorporate plants essences as important ingredients. Natural medicine also includes other non-medicinal based healing and treatment such as mere exposure to sunlight or a get away to a place where there is fresh air and tranquil environment. Along with these other methods are forms of mind and body relaxation techniques that are primarily helpful in combating stress are meditation, massage, hypnosis, and mind and body exercises such as yoga and tai chi.
There are many proven benefits that natural medicine can bring about and with the rising costs of synthetically manufactured drugs and medicines; you might just find the perfect remedy that has always been in nature. Of course there should always be the intervention of a doctor and an expert in alternative medicine to make sure that the best possible ways of incorporating alternative medicines with conventional drugs will be of best benefits for you. Also, there is no better practice in preventing illnesses and promoting and maintaining a healthy body and well-being than to live the right life: proper and balanced nutrition, adequate rest, exercise, and a healthy disposition in life.
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Number 6 actually works. It’s similar to swimming in the ocean everyday. It’s a bit uncomfortable, but it really does help.
Binding, electric chages, magnetic therapy,depravation chambers, pressure chambers, oxygen therapy,
I believe in the natural therapies as they do not have the negitive side effects that the pharmacutical drugs do. I also know that the natural remedies actually correct the problems not just mask or cover up an inlaying problem or symptom. I also know that many pharmatical medicines are derived from the synthenical reproduction of a chemical structure of a natural remedie example= valarian root is a seditive herb and it is used to calm ones system with no addictive properties then the pharmatical companies take this knowledge and syntheticlly reproduce the chemical structure of this plant and create vallium a nerve prescribed drug which is addictive and also has side effects. So for me i choose to use the natural remedies that have verry little if any side effects and actually address the symptoms rather than as in the past have taken pharacutical drugs with many side effects and addictive properties. I sincerely think this is a personal choice and also this said believe people need to be educated in both to make a personal decision.
If you find a cure for anxiety your nausea may go away.
Couldn't find an herbal for anxiety. If it is an ongoing neurophysiological problem, then I suggest your doctor. They may refer you to a Psychiatrist or Neurologist who can better diagnose and prescribe the necessary medication. Or they may send you to a Psychologist who will better diagnose you and suggest to your doctor which meds may work best. Or your doctor has had enough experience in this to diagnose and medicate you him/herself. Or you can try an alternative physician.
If it is not the way your brain normally functions then try a balanced diet. Once you get the proper nutrients in your body (try a health food store for supplements) through good foods, the anxiety will be reduced or go away completely.
Now, if you have something that you are anxious about, that is not anxiety, that is stress. And it can also stress out your stomach.
Ginger and peppermint are also very good to calm your stomach. My son's gastroenterologist recommended ginger capsules.
Forms:
—capsules
—tea
—gingerale
—ginger candy
Celestial Seasonings makes teas that MAY be good to calm the anxiety. They also make "Grandma's TummyMint Tea" (yum).
lmao!
I don't think you should put anything in your eye that has not been through proper clinical trials, so that efficacy and more importantly side effects and safety has been established.
See your doctor.
Good video Good info
Well, I am a Homeopath, this is the first time I have come to know about this Global College of Natural Medicine, I asked around and did some search this seems like an authentic site :- http://www.gcnm.com/
Sorry I could'nt be of much help, you can search and look for more results.
Take Care and God Bless.
Best of luck in your studies .
The ONLY thing that can work is medical drugs and good doctor. People need mass-medication in order to get better health and better quality of live.
I? have seen that alternative therapy is crap and have no evident. How can people still relive on then ??
Most people are dumb and don´t doctors when they need help, instead they try out different herb,vitamin..bla..bla and get more sick.
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ok i am currently doing cupping and it works. downside once the doctor did it to hard and it cut me.
If you want a real doctor that switched try researching doctors who lost their licenses due to gross malpractice. If that doesn't help, then see if you can get a listing of all the fraud convictions in the local court system and try searching for those names on the internet, there are bound to be a few alternative medicine "doctors" in there. If all else fails you could just ask a friend to lie to you once a week and then take a vitamin and flush a hundred bucks down the toilet.
“Although the treatment is a lie, the? mind/body connection can be very powerful and can sometimes produce miraculous results.”
placebo [pl??si?b??]
n pl -bos, -boes
1. (Medicine) Med an inactive substance or other sham form of therapy administered to a patient usually to compare its effects with those of a real drug or treatment, but sometimes for the psychological benefit to the patient through his believing he is receiving treatment
Same thing
as soon as you got to five, it just got stupidly ridiculous. until then, it could at least have been considered therapeutic…
This doctor has NOT cured HIV, AIDS or cancer, he is lying to you.
Your stomach does not need cleaning, it cleans itself naturally. I'm afraid this doctor is not really a doctor.
Well basically you just have to let it take its course. If you leave it alone and stay optimistic (stress doesn't help when your sick), I guarentee it will go away in no time. You can however eat oranges – natural vitamin c. Bananas too (natural potassium). Also, cold showers have been proven to have health benefits because they improve circulation and have been said to boost immunity to colds and other illnesses. Or if its too chilly you can start with a warm shower and turn the water cold at the last minute. Make sure you are drinking plenty of water too.
I still say the best way to lower high blood pressure and to maintain healthy arteries is by taking ALISTROL.
Also, if you are suffering from Depression/Anxiety, take all natural DEPRESSIONFIGHTERS natural supplements.
No side effects! Doctor recommended. Clinically tested! Google it!
What you have to remember is that you're dealing with a bunch of people who have a very distorted view of reality. Why is it more logical to do something natural than unnatural? It's not natural for us to brush our teeth but we do so to prevent decay. Now nature does not care whether you live or die, so it often means we have to do something unnatural in order to save or prolong life. Natural does not necessarily equate to better and safer. This is the appeal to nature fallacy. All the alties use it, ad nauseam.
This comment always pisses me off, “conventional medicine treats symptoms and not the underlying cause of disease”
Couple of problems with that statement. First, it's a lie. In many cases we do treat the underlying cause, but curing the underlying cause of disease is far from the only aim of medicine. We also aim to provide symptom management, relieve pain and prolong life as much as possible when a cure cannot be found. This of course doesn't mean that we don't keep looking for a cure or don't wish to find one.
Now regardless of the limitations conventional medicine has, this still does not demonstrate efficacy of AltMed, which in most cases, ironically does nothing but treat symptoms.
Example: Despite the homoeopaths' claims to be holistic, and "treat the underlying cause of disease". They treat symptomatology by checking a vague lists of symptoms (remember they have no real diagnostic testing) and then go on to find a sugar or starch pill in there "cookbook".
If it works it isn't alternative, if it doesn't, it isn't medicine. When these people have some evidence to prove at least one of their core philosophies as being plausible and true, then we'll have a look. Until then, their claims are best ridiculed at every opportunity.
Dr Schuessler tissue salts are excellent for animals too……you could get it in the combination J they are inexpensive and my animals take them when they need them……..there is a book you can buy that will help guide you too.