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Folk Medicine - The Natural Solution
Long before orthodox medicine took center stage in the health care practices around the world people who were sick used to visit different kind of doctors. These doctors were not the steth-wielding, tech-savvy, white-coated medical geniuses of today. Mostly, they were bearded, wizened and gnarled humans looking less like physicians and more like witches or wizards. But they were revered, loved and even feared because of one particular skill they possessed the healing touch....
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The Origins Of Alternative Medicine
The origins of alternative medicine, also known as holistic medicine, can be traced back thousands of years to the very roots of medicine. Many millennia ago, physicians or healers would assess the sick persons emotional condition in addition to their physical symptoms before beginning treatment. The roots of alternative medicine deal with the symptoms of the whole person, not merely the physical signs of illness. This is radically different from traditional medicine today...
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The Definition of Alternative Medicine
Have you ever suffered from a horrible headache when you thought the best remedy might be for someone to bash you over the head, or to pull your hair out? Then you might have some experience with alternative medicine!
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Rose Oil - A Gift From The Flowers Of Love
Ah, Wonderful Rose Oil. If there's an aroma that more individuals find deeply moving than any other, it is the oil of rose. The scent is divinely sweet, rich, and deeply floral - exclusive to the extract of history's most revered flower. Though the rose is renown for it's fragrance, the flower actually contains very little aromatic oil by weight. Some 60,000 roses are needed to distill a single ounce of oil, or about 60 roses PER DROP, a fact which brings the seemly high co...
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Role of Alternative Medicine in modern society
Typically, alternative medicine differs from traditional medicine in that alternative medicine is older and what we might call unconventional or non-Western medicine.
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Reiki as an Alternative Healing Process
Maybe you are not familiar with Reiki, don't worry, you are not alone.To start with, Reiki is associated with natural holistic healing or a healing where pharmaceutical drugs and medical surgeries are just an alternative in case the system of holistic healing fails.
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Openly Gay Male Massage Therapist Trend
Gay male massage therapist have started to bust out of their closet doors as more massage therapist are not afraid to be openly gay in the massage industry.
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Migraine Pain Relief: Causes, Treatments and Alternatives
This article is about migraine headaches, its causes and effects, and some treatments including alternative medications. This article will also prove that alternative medicines for migraine headache pain sufferers are available without the risks or adverse effects that are usually present in regular pain relief medications.
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How Alternative Medicine Fits into Todays Society
Think you dont know what alternative medicine is? Its more common than you think, and now has a firm place in the world today. Certain therapies not formerly thought of as legitimate medical treatments are now being used on a more frequent basis to treat a variety of ailments, quite often with endorsement from the medical community.
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Everything You Need To Know About Kinesiology
The word Kinesis in Greek means movement and Kinesiology studies the relationship between the quality of muscular movement and overall health. Kinesiology deals with methods of maintaining good health through proper functioning and movement of all the muscles in the body.This system operates under the belief that each part of the body is connected to a corresponding muscle. If a muscle is not working properly, associated parts will be affected and this manifests as a di...
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Choosing Natural Alternative Medicine Over Chemically Produced Medicine
Natural alternative medicines now are receiving a lot of build-up and hype and regular medicine are now receiving a lot of flak as well. This is brought upon by the many cases of side effects that might as well do more harm than good. People are rediscovering the goodness of what is natural and chemical-free.
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Cancer and Alternative Medicine: An Overview
A breast cancer survivor provides an overview of current alternative medicine.
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A Quick Comparison of Conventional Medicines and Alternative Medicines
Wondering which type of medicine or treatment to choose? Compare conventional medicines to alternative medicines so you'll know the advantages and disadvantages of each.
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Ayurveda: Alternative Medicine From India
Aside from traditional Chinese medicine, some people are also discovering the alternative medical philosophy of Ayurveda. There are some similarities with Chinese medicine and Ayurveda but the latter has its own healing philosophy and methodology in diagnosis, treatment, and management of emotional and physical illness.
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Aromatherapy treatment alternative medicine
Aromatherapy presents an alternative treatment to people. Several people have found aromatherapy treatment to be helpful in cases of asthma, eczema, stress, menopause, etc. The following article has dealt with the aromatherapy treatment in some common ailments.
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Aromatherapy - Using Essential Oils For Good Health
Even before the term alternative medicine was formally used, aromatherapy was already being practiced 5000 years ago by Egyptians. At that time, oil was extracted from aromatic plants through infusion and used for embalming, cosmetics and medicinal purposes. This knowledge was passed on to the Greeks and served as the basis for more discoveries, including the relaxing and stimulating effects of the fragrance of some flowers. Going back further, ancient man's dependence on the...
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Are You Cut Out For Massage School?
Over the past few years a definite trend has emerged regarding holistic and alternative medicines and therapies. People are becoming less eager to rely on prescribed medication and are looking for ways to maintain health and wellbeing in more alternative ways. For that reason, massage schools are becoming more common and there are many more prospective students. If you are considering attending a massage school for yourself it is worth reading the following information to hel...
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Are Alternative Medicines Effective?
A growing number of people have become interested in alternative medicine to treat illnesses. Alternative medicine as a practice has created a significant amount of controversy both inside and outside the traditional medical field. Alternative medicine refers to a treatment or substance that is unproven under the application or accepted scientific standards. The most common types of alternative medicine include herbs, supplements, therapies and activities that are outside tra...
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Alternative Medicine is Holistic, Western Medicine is Reductionist
Alternative medicine is a label that seems to apply to many practices from acupuncture to yoga to vitamins to massage. How is alternative medicine, or holistic health, different from what we in the United States call modern medicine?
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Alternative Medicines Complement Conventional Medicines
Here are some helpful tips for finding the alternative medicines that are right for you...
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Alternative Medicine
Find out what alternative medicine means and where it started and also why it is so popur.
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Acupressure For The Face
In the last twenty years, alternative medicine from Asia has become popular. Acupressure for the face is a new approach that has come on the scene and is worth discussing.
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Use Meditation To Relieve Stress
Meditation is a form of alternative medicine that promotes relaxing and mental calmness through the use of controlling or suspending thoughts for a certain period of time. Since meditation involves physical and mental relaxation, it's a great way to relieve stress.When some people hear about meditation as a way to relieve stress, they laugh and think it's a bunch of baloney. They think that meditation is not a viable solution to eliminating stress. But research has shown ...
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