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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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “alternative medicine”

• Biogetica brings to you independent clinical trial that has shown Hyponidd to be effective in postponing need for insulin therapy in Pre- Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes.

  
  Press About — Authority: 160
  Biogetica offers treatments for Diabetes that includes Hyponidd (containing Gymnema Sylvestre and Pterocarpus marsupium) tablets. They have been used as effectively as metformin for lowering insulin resistance and hyperandrogenemia in anovulatory women with PCOS without any side effects of metformin.Their comparative ...
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• Latest alternative medicine homepage news - ACHS Announces 2009 ‘Be Part of the Solution’ Video Contest Winner

  
  Herbal Alternative Medicine — Authority: 145
  Back with more news for you today. It’s amazing how much good information there is on this stuff out there if you know where to look. Three in particular that I found really valuable were… ACHS Announces 2009 Be Part of the Solution Video Contest Winner “However, Mosess video really summed up the spirit and ...
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• Leave it to the naturopaths…

  
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  …to give you an insight of what delusion sounds like . I probably should apologize for the prolonged absence from the blogosphere, but what the hell this is my blog and I’m not going to. It’s not like there was any void of skeptical goodies to peruse during my absence, so suck it up and stop whining. As I am ...
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• Sleep Paralysis Refelief

  
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  This article takes a closer look at this condition and offers some ways in which you can deal with this condition. Go through it quickly and get some answers to this somewhat unknown condition. REM is the period of sleep that is associated with dreaming. If during the time that you are experiencing a dream and you ...
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• New Abstract On Hypertension And Salt: Symptoms And Treatments

  
  Naked News — Authority: 175
  Someone already mentioned to you that eating salt is deadly for you. It is completely accurate when it comes to eating regular table salt, but it is different when it comes to nature given raw sea salts. This article will help you understand more about different types of salts and ways of improving your heart health ...
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• New Hair Loss Treatments May Just Work

  
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  Anyone who could develop effortless, successful, new hair loss treatments, would clearly become a multi-millionaire instantly. And that will happen at some point. It’s astounding, the amount of money being put into hair loss studies — until an easy cure is found and our society puts such importance upon ...
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• How To Use Accupuncture

  
  Health & Fitness Blog — Authority: 170
  Many Americans are beginning to realize that Western medicine is not doing the trick in terms of making them feel better. They are learning about Eastern practices to help them remedy their health issues. Eastern medicine does attempt to find and focus on the root of whatever health issue someone has instead of just ...
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• Hair Loss: Stress Triggers

  
  Herbal Alternative Medicine — Authority: 145
  It is not surprising that one of the largest factors leading to baldness stems from stress. Mad stress be able to involve a few aspects of one’s routine and health, including causing hair If you suspect that stress is triggering your hair loss, then you will have to make changes in your lifestyle; or else [...]
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• Hair Color Secrets – Which Color Is Right For You?

  
  Herbal Alternative Medicine — Authority: 145
  Hair color correction is a big money maker in salons nationwide. The reason: over-the-counter hair coloring products have given customers the impression that hair color is simple and tremendously affordable. One look at a professionally-colored model on a commercial or glossy magazine page, and many citizens clamor to ...
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• Hair Loss: Cosmetic Solutions For Excellent Covering Up

  
  Herbal Alternative Medicine — Authority: 145
  If you are beginning to lose your hair, while looking for a result, you may feel also embarrassed to go out and socialize. Even a little trip to the neighbourhood store may make you feel uncomfortable as you fear what others may say about your appearnance. Using cosmetic solutions for good cover up of your [...]
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• Hair Dryer Shopping Guide and Buying Guidelines

  
  Herbal Alternative Medicine — Authority: 145
  When purchasing a hair dryer you may want to early take several minutes to consider all the various types available. There are several various styles and types on the market these days to choose from that it makes sense to supermarket the variety previous to making a absolute decision. Depending on your person ...
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• Hair Removal: Lasting Or Momentary?

  
  Herbal Alternative Medicine — Authority: 145
  Useless hair is no fun, and it’s not as simple to get rid of as you would like it to be.  Yet, there are solutions to your useless hair.  Removal be able to be one of two types.  First of everything, it can be just impermanent, such as shaving the hair away.  Or, it be [...]
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• Hair Loss- Recognize Hair Growth To Fight Hair Loss

  
  Herbal Alternative Medicine — Authority: 145
  Each one of us dreads losing hair. There will be a rare human being who does not. Hair makes us style fine and none of us wishes to lose it. There are many of us who are comfortable after losing their hair. But that is more a reflection of their tremendous confidence. If you are [...]
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• More About Alternative Gout Remedies

  
  Naked News — Authority: 175
  Gout is among the most common types of arthritis. This potentially debilitating disease has a reputation for being a rich mans disease but in reality, it can affect practically anyone at any age. However, it has been observed that overweight and middle-aged men are more likely to suffer from this kind of disease than ...
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• Lung Cancer, Natural Protocal, felt great, started playing golf 2-3 times a week, full of energy

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 144
  Tony, Lung Cancer, 4 5 cm, he was feeling fine after a short while, which surprised his doctors. He started playing golf 2-3 times a week, which he had not done even before the cancer. About a year later, he was feeling great but decided to stop this and went to do hyperthermia treatments and [...]
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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.

  
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  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?

  
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  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: 150
  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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