Alternative Medicine

Alternative medicine can mean any healing practice that is not covered by conventional medicine. The most common are naturopathy, chiropractic, herbalism, traditional Chinese medicine, meditation, yoga, biofeedback, hypnosis, homeopathy, acupuncture, Unai and Ayurveda.

The popularity of complementary and alternative medicine (known as CAM in medical circles) varies from country to country and from culture to culture. In Western countries, it is often used as a complimentary medicine in conjunction with or to complement conventional medical treatments and can be classified into five major groups: whole medical systems (including traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda); mind-body medicine; biologically based practices; manipulative and body based practices (including chiropractic and osteopathic manipulation); and bioelectromagnetic based therapies.

A massive world wide industry has grown up around alternative medicine in recent times and yet many of the herbs, plants, essential oils and methods used have their origins in past centuries and ancient civilizations.  Bloggers would keep busy for weeks investigating all the alternative medicines blogs available.  Try Dr. Brad at Revolution Health for his views on conventional and alternative medicine.

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• Pulsatile Tinnitus And Its Top 6 Causes

  
  World News — Authority: 463
  Many people are stunned to find out that there are 2 types of tinnitus. The most common type is known as non-pulsatile tinnitus, with the least common and lesser known type being pulsatile tinnitus. You can usually split them apart by the kind of sounds you can hear.
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• Moisturisers, Mice, Skin Cancer And Sodium Lauryl Sulphate. Or Why You Need A Natural Moisturiser.

  
  Anti aging treatment and anti aging product information and resources. — Authority: 134
  Chances are very good that every day you use a moisturizer on your skin. Its important to take care of your skin and theres lots of anti aging skin care products available to help you do that. However it may come as a shock to you to know that many modern skin care products contain chemical ingredients such as sodium ...
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• Green Tea for Oral Cancer Prevention?

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 164
  Green tea may help guard against oral cancer, according to recent research.For the study, researchers focused on 41 people with oral leukoplakia, a precancerous sore that develops on the tongue [...]
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• The Wrist

  
  Naked News — Authority: 175
  The ability to position the fingers and thumb in precise postures is vital for the highly coordinated use of the hand and the wrist has a significant role to play in this function. The shoulder blade and the shoulder perform the gross positioning of the arm, the elbow places the hand at varying distances from the ...
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• How Does A Vaporizer Work?

  
  Health and Wellness — Authority: 149
  Are you bothered by the adverse effects of smoking? Don’t you wish there was better way to get the good ingredients of herbs and other plants without taking bitter pills or receiving painful injections? If you said “yes” to the previous questions, you might find a vaporizer handy. A vaporizer is a device that ...
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• What Can I Do To Prevent Bladder Infection Symptoms?

  
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  It seems that the internet is one of the first places that both men and women usually find themselves searching when they are trying to learn how to prevent bladder infections. If this is what you are looking for then you have landed on a very valuable article that is going to provide you with some great tips and ...
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• Toe Nail Fungus and Epsom Salts: How Does It Work?

  
  Naked News — Authority: 175
  Some people has been using Epsom salts to treat Toe nail fungus. So far, it has been one of the most popular alternatives used by people with nail fungus. Its natural, its cheap as well as readily available. But it takes sometime for the nail fungus to be cured, or it might not even be cured at all. But to many ...
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• Cure Tinnitus – Break the “Torment Cycle”

  
  Naked News — Authority: 175
  If youre consistently experiencing a ringing, whistling, whooshing, or ticking sound inside your head, then most likely, you are really acquainted with your condition -- tinnitus. Tinnitus varies form person to person. For some folks, they hear a loud obtrusive whistling. For others, it is a quite, but continuous hum. ...
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• Lung Cancer Patient Coughs Up 38 Dead Tumors on Natural Mineral Protocal

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 144
  Another Joe, While Recovering from Lung and Hip Cancer (Lipposarcoma) and given a grim prognosis with no hope to recover. After a few weeks, the lung cancer started to die and he started to cough out the dead tumors. (He coughed up about 38 tumors. This has also happened and is happening to others right [...]
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• Some random trivia, then homeopathy

  
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  - In this video , an Episcopal bishop describes religion as being “in the guilt-producing, control business”, and says that Hell is not real. I guess Jesus was pretty inconsistent on that point. I love the look on the interviewer’s face the first couple of times the camera cuts to him. (via Derren Brown ) - ...
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• How Serious Are You? Away With Anxiety!

  
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  The cause of anxiety is well established. When enough stress is presented to the physical-mental-emotional body, nervous behaviors are likely to surface. Worry and excessive thought can interfere with preparation of rest and sleep. Internal organs deficient of energy will present with a long list of imbalancing ...
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• How to Clear Tinnitus Using Natural Tinnitus Remedies

  
  World News — Authority: 463
  To clear tinnitus from your life you need to grasp that tinnitus is neither an illness nor a condition. Its simply an indication of a real issue that you may have. So in order to effectively clear tinnitus you need to spot the main cause or causes of your tinnitus. Unfortunately this is not necessarily easy, but there ...
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• Clear Tinnitus – Four Steps To Clear Tinnitus Naturally

  
  World News — Authority: 463
  If somebody told you that there was no way to cure tinnitus, then you were misled. But the reality is, theres no drugs that cures tinnitus. But it isnt end of the Earth for tinnitus sufferers. Clearing tinnitus does not mean curing tinnitus itself. The reality is that tinnitus isnt an illness. It is a symptom but ...
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• Use Botox Alternatives Instead Of Putting Yourself At Risk

  
  My Prosperous World — Authority: 154
  Everyone wants to look younger. Every magazine that you read and every commercial you see seems to convey that message one way or another. Old wrinkly people are hardly in the centerfolds of magazines, and if you want to keep up with the Joneses’, you have to look young. Botox is not something that everyone wants to ...
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• Natural Cures: Chamomile

  
  Health Network News — Authority: 150
  Chamomile is member of the botanical family asteraceae (sunflower), also known as mayweed. We could found this flowering plant, both annual and perennial, prized for both its ornamental beauty and its essential oil. One of the most popular varieties is German Chamomile (matricaria recutita). Like others of its ...
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• Natural Cures: Chamomile

  
  Health & Fitness Blog — Authority: 170
  Chamomile is member of the botanical family asteraceae (sunflower), also known as mayweed. We could found this flowering plant, both annual and perennial, prized for both its ornamental beauty and its essential oil. One of the most popular varieties is German Chamomile (matricaria recutita). Like others of its ...
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• Naturopathy drug prescribing proposal in Ontario: Rx for a liability nightmare

  
  Terra Sigillata — Authority: 595
  Two weeks ago, Canadian Skeptics United published on their Skeptic North site a piece by an Ontario pharmacist criticizing a proposal by the province to grant limited prescribing rights to naturopaths. The essay, which was reprinted in the National Post on Tuesday, outlines the intellectual and practical ...
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• Meditation for Pain Management

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 164
  For people coping with chronic pain, a brief training in mindfulness meditation could help improve pain management. In a recent study that tested meditation’s effect on perception of pain, meditation-trained [...]
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• Thinking About Doing Some Deep Cleansing?

  
  Health Resources — Authority: 148
  Is your body tired, worn out, and exhausted? Are you sick regularly or have a long standing illness? Often times, these are just signs of a toxic body, and signify the need to do some deep body cleansing . But what is body cleansing? Body cleansing is a way to clean out the inside of your body. Too often, people ...
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• Eating Well Boosts Your Immunity

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 713
  With cold and flu season upon us, certain nutrients such as vitamin C, zinc and selenium are often touted by some to provide protection against seasonal illness.
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