alternative medicine
About acupuncture...
Acupuncture is an ancient system of healing developed over thousands of years as part of the traditional medicine of China, Japan, and other Eastern countries. The earliest records of acupuncture date back over 3,000 years and today there are over 3 million practitioners wor...read more
About reflexology..
What is reflexology? Reflexology is the belief that all the functions and organs of the body are represented on the feet and hands. The application of pressure to these areas using specific thumb and finger techniques will stimulate the whole system, opening energy pathways...read more
Acne resolved through homeophatic treatments
Acne is a skin disorder which is prevalent during teenage years and until mid-twenties. It afflicts the majority of people undergoing this stage of life because of several factors:One may be due to hormonal changes and imbalance of hormone secretion occurrin...read more
Acupuncture & addictions
Stop Smoking Acupuncture can effectively help with withdrawal symptoms but I cannot help with the habitual aspect of smoking. You have to want to give up smoking and you have to manage the habitual aspect of smoking yourself. For example, if you find that y...read more
Acupuncture and back pain
Back pain is becoming more and more common within our society and there are several reasons for this. Within Chinese Medicine, all pain is caused by stagnation of energy, blood, or body fluids. Muscles are able to move energy (qi) and blood by contracting and relaxing.In the past when our so...read more
Acupuncture and shonishin
Acupuncture is a traditional Oriental system of healing originating in China about two thousand years ago. As most people know, it involves the insertion of fine needles at specific points around the body to enhance the well being of the person, and to stimulate the body’s innate abili...read more
Acupuncture as an effective treatment for headache
In a recent report, the BMA (British Medical Association) recognised that acupuncture was an effective treatment for headaches. I commonly treat headaches in the clinic and usually get a lot of success.Headaches DiagramThere are many different types of headache in Ch...read more
Acupuncture can cure migraine
Migraines are characterised by an intense throbbing pain that affects either or both sides of the head. Frequently it is felt behind the eyes.There may be nausea or vomiting and even diarrhoea. Sufferers often experience visual disturbances such as flashing ...read more
Acupuncture has the ability to ease headaches
Acupuncture treatments cut the frequency of tension headaches in half in individuals prone to the ailment, a new study found. But the researchers also point out that minimal acupuncture -- defined as "superficial needling at non-acupuncture points"...read more
Acupuncture: pain relief during labour
There are various ways of giving pain relief during labour including epidural injections, gas and air, TENS machine, massage and acupuncture.Until the 1970s, acupuncture was very rarely used for the relief of pain in labour and delivery because, in accordanc...read more
After effects of massage treatments
Illnesses and diseases that have been suppressed with medication or held emotions may surface during treatment. A contra-action is a normal reaction to the treatment especially if the receiver has never had a treatment before or if the body is very stressed....read more
All musculo-skeletal pain and restricted movement
Acupuncture is very good at treating disorders of the musculo-skeletal system and approximately 50% of our work as acupuncturists falls into this category.Many people visit their G.P. for muscle-related problems. Usually painkillers and anti-inflamma...read more
Allergies and psychotherapy
I first became interested in the treatment of allergies when I noticed on several occasions, whilst helping patients process past traumas or resolve a phobic response, they reported that the treatment had also resolve an allergy. After some research ...read more
Alternative medicine: aromatherapy
Aromatherapy was a term first coined by French chemist Rene Gattefosse in the 1920's, yet it was first practiced by the Egyptians some 5000 years ago and consequently is one of the oldest methods of holistic healing. Aromatherapy is the practise of releasing the fragrances ...read more
Alternative menopause relief
The menopause is a natural transition from one phase of a woman’s life to another. However, recent attitudes have leaned more towards medicating the menopause and treating it as a ‘deficiency disease’. Because of this, hormone replacement t...read more
Alternative psoriasis therapies
The self treatment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis with unconventional and self administered treatments is a very subjective area and with no scientific studies to support the results it is difficult to get an objective set of results for these treatments. The Net is fu...read more
Alternative treatments for mental disorders
In BC, doctors routinely prescribe medications for people with depression, anxiety disorders and other mental disorders. But the widespread use of medications doesn't mean that drugs are the only option for treating mental illness."We encourage people w...read more
Aromatherapy and its massage
What is aromatherapy? Aromatherapy means "treatment using scents". It is a holistic treatment of caring for the body with pleasant smelling botanical oils such as rose, lemon, lavender and peppermint. The essential oils are added to the bath or ma...read more
Aromatherapy explained
Aromatherapy is the systematic use of essential oils in holistic treatments to improve physical and emotional well-being. Essential oils, extracted from plants, possess distinctive therapeutic properties, which can be utilised to improve health and prevent d...read more
Aromatherapy with a littel forrest scent
Now when people think of pine, they think of those cheap smelly kitchen cleaners but real pine oil is nothing like that. The aroma is a crisp clean smell and the Scots pine needle oil is the safest of all to use (Pinus sylvestris). Now the first thing about ...read more
Arthritis and ayurveda
Arthritis is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. According to Ayurveda arthritis is primarily a vata (air) disease which is due to accumulation of toxins in the joints and is known as amavata. This can be caused by poor digestion and a weakened colon, resul...read more
Arthritis pain relief with acupuncture
Acupuncture has been used to relieve arthritis pain in traditional Chinese medicine for many thousands of years. It has recently become a widely used technique in western medicine – both by doctors and others. Acupuncture claims good results in the treatment of arthri...read more
Arthritis: painful onstruction syndrome
Arthritis is known as 'Painful Obstruction Syndrome' in Chinese medicine and is something that acupuncturists commonly treat. Types ‘Wind Bi type’ Joint pain which moves from one joint to the next is known as 'Wandering Bi Syndrome' or 'Wind B...read more
Asthma and acupuncture
The incidence of asthma has been steadily increasing in industrialised countries in the past decades. In spite of the introduction of several new drugs for the treatment of asthma, it is still by far the most common chronic debilitating disease in childhood. Some researchers...read more
Ayuveda diet planning
The diet is an essential factor for the formation of the human body. According to the Ayurvedic concept, there are both positive and negative attributes of diet. Ayurveda deals with a holistic approach of healing; therefore it covers the diet factor in detai...read more
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