| What is Acupuncture |
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Acupuncture is the art of inserting very thin needles just under the skin to stimulate specific points on the body in order to bring about relief of pain and wellness to the body. This is accomplished by restoring the balance of qi to the body.
Qi is the life force which is found in every thin |
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| Alternative Treatments For Men's Health |
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There are many alternative methods of treatment in the world today, and many are directed towards men directly. For men, you want to ensure that you are using the best alternative method for you. There are three great alternative methods that work well for men and only men. Alternative treatments |
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| Alternative Medicine & Today's Society |
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Do you know what alternative medicine is? If you think that you do not, you are wrong. Alternative medicine has become something of a niche in today's world. The healing treatments that used to be thought of as ineffective to certain people of the world, are now being used more and more frequen |
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| Alternative Medicine: Is It Worth The Risk? |
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There has been a surge in recent years of people looking to alternative medicine for treatment of illness. It is a practice that generates a great deal of controversy both inside and outside of the traditional world of medicine, and an issue that some experts say does not receive enough attentio |
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| Kinesiology |
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Stressed muscles cause a lot of pain, and taking pain medications either leave us sleepy or don't work for any length of time. The bottom line is that pain killers only mask the symptomatic pain; they do not relieve the injuries that cause the pain in the first place.
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| Alternative Treatment Sessions |
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Going to the doctor's office is not something anyone enjoys. You have the hours of waiting in the waiting room before you get to see the doctor and then you have the additional wait in their office, still waiting to be treated. This visit can be a long, tense and frustrating event for most peop |
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| Alternative Treatments For Children |
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There are many diseases and illnesses that children have which are difficult to treat. They are difficult to treat because it may be harder to administer the conventional treatments to a child or they may refuse to take their medication. This is where alternative medications and treatments come i |
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| Alternative Medicine for Cancer Treatment |
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If you have cancer or know someone who does, then you know that sometimes the treatment can be as disheartening as the disease. The effects of chemotherapy can reduce cancerous cells, but the side effects are nausea, loss of appetite, and hair loss, just to name a few.
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| On Becoming an Alternative Medical Practitioner |
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Healing through alternative medicine is a broad subject, traditionally referred to as practices and applications not usually taught by conventional or western medical schools as treatment for illnesses. Alternative medicine is typically not covered by health insurance, although acupuncture, massa |
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| Ayurvedic Medicine |
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The legend of the beginning of ayurvedic medicine is that the one creator, Brahma, taught the theories and practices to one of the animal lords, who taught it to the Asvins-the divine twins. They taught this to the chief of the shining ones, called Indra. These were the deities of ancient verdict |
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| Apitherapy |
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Bee Therapy is the treatment of ailments with the use of products made from the common honeybee's venom and honey. These medicines include bee pollen, raw honey, propolis and royal jelly. Although scientific studies have not proved the theories that apitherapy works, products like royal jelly hav |
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| Biofeedback |
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Biofeedback is a fancy machine used basically the same way a thermometer or scale is used. When we are sick, we use a thermometer to determine if we have a fever. Depending on how high the fever is, we decide how we want to handle it. (Take over the counter fever reducers or get to the emergency |
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| Traditional Chinese Medicine |
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Traditional Chinese medicine is gaining popularity in the U.S., as more and more people are learning the benefits of acupuncture, acupressure, deep massage, Qigong, and the herbal medicines. Westerners are the new kids on the block when it comes to receiving these treatments, as over a quarter of |
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| Chiropractics And Alternative Medicine |
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With so many different alternative methods of treatment in the world today, you may not know that one of these treatments includes chiropractics. This is a form of treatment that has been in our society for years and not even acknowledged anymore as an alternative method of treatment. There are m |
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| Choosing The Perfect Practitioner |
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When you set out to find a great practitioner, there are many barriers that you will find. You will instantly see how hard it becomes to find a good practitioner who suits all your needs and who you feel comfortable with. You may also run into many practitioners who may fool you with the qualific |
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| Color Therapy |
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Both Egyptians and Greeks built temples of healing and specific colors. Color therapy is a big part of Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic practices, and much research has been done in the area of light and color therapy as an addition to traditional therapies and treatments.
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| Conventional Treatments VS Alternative Treatments |
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There are not as many differences between these two types of treatments as you may think. There are however, quite a few large differences that may change your mind regarding whichever form of treatment you normally use.
Conventional methods of treatments are treatments that everyone has used |
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| Craniosacral Therapy |
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Based in osteopathy, CST was originally developed by physician John E. Upledger at Michigan State University after an eight year study as a professor of biomechanics. Dr. William Sutherland had pioneered the idea through his work in cranial osteopathy. Dr. Upledger was assisting with a neck surge |
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| Five Tips for Bringing Body, Mind, and Soul Together |
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What are you passionate about? What brings your mind, body, and soul together? Whether it's a daily meditation or prayer, a rigid diet system, or just a good book, the outcome of being able to combined these three aspects of yourself can bring about the balance that most people wish they had in t |
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| Learning About Hatha Yoga |
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Yoga is one of the most popular types of alternative medical treatments and is growing rapidly every year. Yoga is more commonly known as a mere physical therapy treatment. Hath a yoga is only one of the many types of yoga that exists in the world today. Yoga was originally meant to be a spiritua |
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| Healing with Crystals |
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A crystal is made up of minerals which become crystalline through atoms and ions arraigned in geometrically precise patterns. The most common crystal is the quartz, or clear, pointed crystal which became popular in the mid-late eighties, when crystal and metaphysics shops sprang up all over the U |
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| Herbal Remedies |
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There are as many different kinds of herbal remedies as there are regions, reason being is simple. Nature provided different herbs for use in healing for every region, so a curry based remedy in India will work just as well as say, a chamomile based remedy in England.
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| Herbal Teas |
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Herbal teas have been used through out the centuries for relieving pain and soothing away stress. They are also used for entertainment and social functions as well, but we are going to focus on the use of herbal teas for the relief of various ailments.
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| Homeopathy Treatments |
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Homeopathy may be a new term for you, if so, please continue reading through this definition of homeopathy. This is an organic system of medicine that is based on three great principles.
Like Cures Like
Minimal Dose
One Time Remedy
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| What Is Hot Yoga? |
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Yoga is a common phrase around many households, but very few people are completely knowledgeable in the field of yoga. Yoga has many different types and practices, one being "Hot Yoga". This is the nickname for Birkram yoga. This type of yoga was named after its creator, Bikram Choudury. The reas |
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| Introduction to Feng Shui |
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Feng Shui is a philosophy that we create and bring what we need into our lives by following the patterns of nature, and that our homes are an extension of ourselves which when in harmony can bring a peaceful alignment with the earth and wind.
While just about every other culture has four eleme |
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| Iridology |
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In 1950, a chiropractor from America named Bernard Jensen began teaching students about the necessity of using natural foods to detoxify the body. He developed a method by which the color of the iris was used to indicate the presence of different toxins. American iridology was born.
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| Kama-Sutra |
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According to the web encyclopedia, the Kama Sutra... "is an ancient Indian text on human sexual behavior, widely considered to be the standard work on love in Sanskrit literature."
The text is believed to have been written sometime between the 1st and 6th century, A.D. Sanskrit literature is I |
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| Learning About Karma Yoga |
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If you are not familiar with the art of yoga, there are many different forms of yoga that can be practiced. Karma yoga is the one type of yoga that brings together the physical and the spiritual worlds together. Other types of yoga focus on one or the other. With karma yoga, if practiced properly |
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| Magnetic Therapy |
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Perhaps you know someone who wears a copper bracelet to help with arthritis or tendonitis pain. Magnetic therapy works along the exact same lines and is a centuries old form of alternative medicine. Rulers as far back as Cleopatra were known to have worn metallic bracelets and bands around the |
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| Massage Therapy |
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I originally thought that massage therapy would be a gentle, soothing massage that would lessen the ever present tightness in my shoulders and lower back. Boy was I wrong.
I made an appointment at the insistence of my boss because the neck pain I had experienced since adolescence was becoming |
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| Meditation Techniques for Beginners |
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Meditation sounds simple enough, and it actually is, but many things in life that are simple are not easy, and meditation is a perfect example.
How hard can it be to just sit? Well, if you've ever tried meditation before now, you're probably a lot like me. I would unplug the phone, turn off the |
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| Native American Medicine |
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The gathered information passed down from Grandmother to medicine man or woman over thousands of years by the many North American tribes is now called collectively "Native American Medicine." Some of the practices and remedies are from specific tribes, but more often these are all gathered togeth |
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| Neuro Linguistic Programming |
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NLP is a very unique and effective use of alternative healing methods. This technique is becoming more and more popular and more and more understood as the years pass. NLP uses images and attitudes towards illness to effect it and encourage the healing process. NLP uses a number of presupposition |
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| Paying For Alternative Medical Treatments |
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Alternative medical treatments are becoming more and more popular as the years go on. People are becoming more aware of the results that alternative medical treatments can bring to their lives. After relying on conventional medicine for so long, alternative treatments are found to be a refreshing |
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| Self Healing Art Of Qigong |
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Chinese medicine is becoming more and more popular in the western world with each passing year. Chinese medicine is expanding into the alternative treatments used in North America even more with qigong. This is one of the more popular forms of Chinese medicines besides acupuncture of course. Qigo |
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| Healing With Reflexology |
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The art of healing with reflexology has been around for centuries. Reflexology is one of the many forms of alternative treatments that are successful with treating everyday stresses as well as life threatening diseases in a natural way. Reflexology is the art of using your feet to heal not only y |
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| Reiki |
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Reiki is an ancient Japanese word which means "including all" and is a healing energy which works by transference of energy through the hands of the healer to the afflicted. It is believed by practitioners that Reiki energy changes the frequency of ones aura, or body energy, and promotes healing |
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| Rolfing |
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The definition of Rolfing is to use physical pressure to stretch and guide the connective tissue in the body to allow for a better, more flexible movement in the body. Moving and breathing techniques are taught to the patient in order to help facilitate the process.
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| Tai Chi |
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My earliest memories of Tai Chi were when the show "Kung Fu" hit the television scene in the 70's. My father was mesmerized by David Carridines fluid movements and quiet ways, and several weeks later I found him out in the back yard practicing the lessons he'd learned at his first Tai Chi class. |
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| The Art Of Meditation |
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Meditation is something that many have taken part in for years. It is an art, a skill even. Meditation to those who have spent time doing it know the greatness it can bring to your health, mind and soul. These benefits include more energy and positive state of mind. Studies have also recently sho |
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| The History of Alternative Medicine |
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Alternative or holistic medicine was the beginning of the idea of medicine thousands of years ago. In these times, people would take into consideration many different factors before initiating a cure. They would consider not only the physical state, but the emotional and intellectual state as wel |
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| CHAKRAS |
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The Vedas, which is the oldest written tradition in India, were written by the people called Aryans, who entered India on chariots. The word Chakra means "wheel" and the term refers to the wheels of the Aryans' chariots - these were the first healers and writers. The story goes that the God Vishn |
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| TIBETAN MEDICINE |
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Tibetans have been in exile since 1959; most of them live in India and have Indian papers. Their religion is Tibetan Buddhism, and their traditional system of medicine is rather like traditional Chinese Medicine - but Tibetan of course. It has been practiced for around 2,500 years. The headquart |
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| Treating Neck And Back Injuries |
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Many people experience neck and back injuries on a frequent basis. Either from work related injuries or from just moving the wrong way. Your neck and back are easy to injure. There are many pills that you will be prescribed to relieve the pain. But these pills do not fix the problem, they only |
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| Vitamins |
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Why bother taking vitamins at all? Our forefathers survived just fine without multi vitamin packs, why can't we? The answer to that question is easy, go look in your cupboards. Our forefathers ate a lot better than we do. High processed, homogenized, pasteurized, canned and prepackaged fast food |
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| Losing Weight with Alternative Medicine |
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Weight loss is one of the big topics-no pun intended-on the late night television circuit. While flipping through the channels after 11p.m., you are apt to come across several advertisements for weight loss pills and diet supplements, each promising to help you drop those unwanted pounds and remo |
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| What is Alternative Medicine? |
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Did it ever happen to you that you had a terrible headache and the best medicine you could think of was for someone wear boxing gloves to a big bang on your head, or you just feel like pulling your hair out? If yes, you have already thought of some alternative medicine!
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| Alternative Medicine for Women's Health |
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Since women's health is such a huge topic, I have chosen to concentrate on one aspect of women's health which continues to be an issue.
There are over a hundred symptoms associated with PMS. Unfortunately, because each woman is different, there is no agreed upon cause or treatment for the effe |
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| Yoga Made Easy |
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Yoga is not something that has to be difficult or only works with certain types of people. It is something that you have to want to take part in, something that you have a desire to learn. Without this desire to learn and the desire to change and heal in the most holistic way possible, yoga will |
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