Alternative Medicine

What Season Are You?

Do you have a favorite season? What does that say about you? Dipping into the nature-based wisdom of 5-Element Chinese Medicine theory may shed some light on your own nature.

Don’t Let ‘FDA-Approved’ Or ‘Patented’ In Ads Give You A False Sense Of Security

If you’ve ever reached for a bottle of moisturizer labeled “patented” or “FDA approved,” you might want to think twice. “FDA approved,” means a product’s benefits have been found to outweigh its risks for a specific purpose – not that it’s of high quality or low risk in general.

Balance: It’s Not Just Tree Pose

With better balance, we avoid falls, which can lead to injuries and a serious decline in overall health. In this post I’ll describe to you some of my top choices for practicing basic balance skills that will help you in daily life and in your Tree pose.

Foot Care Tips For Runners To Avoid Injuries And Maximize Performance

Ensure your feet are well taken care of as the foundation for your successful and injury-free running journey, and then let your well-cared-for feet carry you to new heights!

Jin Shin Jyutsu: The Power To Heal Myself With Five Finger Medicine

Jin Shin Jyutsu is an ancient art which is complicatedly simple. Anyone can start holding his/her fingers to help himself/herself. One can transform oneself from any attitude and manifestation of that attitude even without knowing anything about Jin Shin Jyutsu. One can heal oneself completely.

Touch Creates A Healing Bond In Health Care

Despite the rise of scanners, robots and other new medical technologies, the physician’s hand remains one of medicine’s most valuable diagnostic tools. Touch creates a human bond that is particularly needed in this increasingly hands-off, impersonal age.

Many People Are Tired Of Grappling With Long COVID – Here Are Some Evidence-Based Ways To Counter It

I often tell these patients that we are still learning about this disease, which wasn’t part of our vernacular before 2020. Part of what we do at the clinic is help patients understand what they can do at home to start improving.

Is Sauna Therapy Built Into Our Genes?

Sauna therapy is not just about relaxation and pampering; it also boosts your immune system, reduces inflammation, improves cardiovascular health, enhances brain function, and even detoxifies your body. It’s a holistic approach to health that can truly make a difference in your well-being.

Quality Over Quantity: Getting Your Best Rest

Sleep quality is important to your overall physical, mental, cognitive and emotional health. While medical professionals haven't defined exact parameters for sleep quality, individuals often report specific factors they believe hinder optimal restfulness.

Take A Stand: The Dangers Of Prolonged Sitting

Prolonged sitting actively promotes dozens of chronic diseases, including obesity and Type 2 diabetes, even if you’re very fit and exercise regularly. It’s also an independent risk factor for premature death, even if you lead an otherwise healthy lifestyle.

What To Know About Home Care Services

Most older Americans want to live at home as long as they can, but finding and affording the help they need often isn’t easy. There are severe shortages of home health aides in many parts of the country. Hiring them is costly. And most middle-class people will have to pay for home care themselves if it’s needed for the long haul. Here’s a guide to locating home care.

How To Jump-Start Your New Year With Cold Weather Running

As 2024 approaches, many people begin the year with resolutions to become more fit. Don’t discount the joys of running in a winter wonderland. It’s accessible to all and doesn’t involve gym fees or expensive equipment.

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Healthy Songs: The Amazing Power Of Music Therapy

Premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit left the ICU, on average, 11 days earlier if they used a device that played lullabies triggered by their sucking, and other neuroscience research points to the ability of music to promote recovery in the face of severe trauma.

Lifestyle Changes Can Reduce Dementia Risk By Maintaining Brain Plasticity — But The Time To Act Is Now

Lifestyle changes may be our best hope of delaying dementia or not developing dementia at all. Actor Chris Hemsworth knows it. He watched his grandfather live with Alzheimer’s and is making lifestyle changes after learning he has two copies of the APOE4 gene.

Yule And Herbal Magic

These herbs have a special connection with Yuletide and Christmas, and all are valuable winter medicines. As you work with each one, whether in cooking, ritual or medicine, think also of the spiritual qualities and magic the plant embodies.

Natural Cold Remedies: What Works, What Doesn't

The answer to treating your cold does not lie in the medicine cabinet. Use a combination of lifestyle choices, herbal remedies and vitamin supplementation to fight the virus and support your immune system against viral attacks.

Aromatherapy 101

Aromatherapy is the art of healing the mind, body and spirit with essential oils, which have been harvested from nature.

In A Seismic Shift In The Medical Industry, BMI Alone Will No Longer Be Treated As The Go-To Measure For Weight Management

In acknowledging the limitations in using BMI as a general measure of health or as a tool to assess the need for obesity treatment, the AMA has taken an important step toward diminishing the role of BMI in clinical practice.

In Thanksgiving for Healing Power

As healthcare system dysfunction increases, more people are tuning in to the existence of their own healing power, which is always accessible, affordable and trustworthy to receptive users. With patience and practice, they are developing their self-healing skills, healing all that is meant to be healed.

Insurance Executives Refused To Pay For The Cancer Treatment That Could Have Saved Him. This Is How They Did It.

Fed up with insurers saying no too often, state legislators thought they’d solved the problem by passing hundreds of laws spelling out exactly what had to be covered. But companies have continued to dodge bills for pricey treatments, even as industry profits have risen.

Modern Medicine Has Its Scientific Roots In The Middle Ages − How The Logic Of Vulture Brain Remedies And Bloodletting Lives On Today

Before mocking medieval doctors, consider how popular juice cleanses and detox regimens are in the 21st century. Are we really so far from humoral medicine today?

Ensuring A Good Fit Between You And Your Healing Practitioner

To claim the responsibility of ensuring you have a good practitioner fit is to say you are worth it. It is to say you deserve to receive the very best support that is available to you. That begins by understanding all health and healing begins with you.

5 Natural Home Remedies For Dry Skin This Winter

In addition to using preventive measures like taking shorter showers and running humidifiers, you can try several natural remedies to soothe dry skin. Here are some of the most common reasons winter worsens skin conditions and options for keeping your skin healthy.

Why Is Oil Pulling Suddenly All The Rage?

Hundreds of millions of people are viewing oil pulling videos on social media, and this is one trending topic that may actually give your oral health a boost. Be sure to follow disposal instructions for used coconut oil carefully.

If We Ditched Our Cell Phones, Would We Find Ourselves Again?

Over time, Katherine gradually chose to un-hijack her brain. She decided to reduce over-stimulation she attributed to her cell phone use, at the expense of quietude, time in nature, wild water swimming, presence, and pure joy.