Vibrational Medicine

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Vibrational medicine attempts to treat people with various forms of pure energy. The influence of alternative medical systems such as Chinese, Ayervedic or Tibetan medicine have led in part to the development of machines that can 'image energy'. ... Read article

Some Alternative Health Strategies

(Submited by: Ryan Joseph )

CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) therapies are generally classified into 5 seperate categories or domains. Some of these domains have sub-domains but we will broadly go into them here.Alternative Medical Systems are built onto ... Read article

Alternative Approaches to Pain Relief

(Submited by: Peter Donald )

Pain. The great leveler. The rich feel it. So do the poor, the happy, the sad, tall, and short. And, of course, article writers, too. Its therefore not surprising to note that since the dawn of time, humans have attempted to discover ways to ... Read article

New Energy Medicine and Cancer

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Einstein, a genius scientist of the 20th century, and central to the new energy physics, stated that a problem cannot be solved by the same mind set that created it. Cancer is a case in point. Cancer is a dis-ease that stems partly from the ... Read article

Use Alternative Medicine to Ease Depression

(Submited by: Beverly Marshall )

Depression is a problem that faces many of us, young or old; baby boomers or generation X. We have a fast lifestyle, were working between sixty and eighty hours a week and we have long commutes into the office keeping us away from our families. ... Read article

Mental Health Maintenance Is Made Simple

(Submited by: Cliff Kuhn, M.D. )

Your mental health is often drastically improved when you use the techniques Dr. Kuhn teaches in this article. When you are able to experience this improvement, your relationships blossom, career paths open, and people find you attractive and ... Read article

Preventive Medicine - Ayurveda

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It should not be hard for anyone to imagine that man sought medicine to maintain life and gain knowledge since the time of his being pre-hominid and eating plants while learning which ones killed him. Your puppy or kitten will show this when it ... Read article

Got a Headache? Painkillers Are NOT the Solution!

(Submited by: Arina Nikitina )

Say you had a stressful day at work, didn't get enough sleep the night before and as a result you've got a bad headache. What do you do? It's easy! You take good old Tylenol or other over-the-counter medicine. And it helps! No more headache, ... Read article

What Is A Home Remedy?

(Submited by: Doug Smith )

Home Remedies - Facts or Quacks?Myths and legends often have their basis in a grain of truth. So I wondered if home remedies, alternative treatments, and folklore cures might also be based on truth. First, lets try to define the phrase ... Read article

Herbal Medicine for Diabetes

(Submited by: Goldie Gotam )

Herbs used in traditional Indian medicine to treat diabetes seems to lower blood sugar and insulin levels in a manner similar to prescription drugs, a new study reports.Researchers gave extracts of the herb Salacia oblonga to 39 healthy ... Read article

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Guzzling tea may be good for your heart, according to recent research. In a study of 37,514 people, scientists discovered that high and moderate consumption of tea is linked to a reduced risk of heart disease.
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