Alternative Medicine Guide
| Name | Cathy Wong | |
| Alternative Medicine Guide | ||
| Biography | Public Profile | |
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Articles
| 5 Tips on Being a Smart Consumer Searching for alternative remedies usually leads to a confusing number of options. The clerk at the health food store recommends one thing, a friend swears by another remedy, and then you look online and learn about dozens of different remedies that appear to have worked for many people. |
| A-Z Herbs, Vitamins, and Nutritional Supplements Browse common herbs, vitamins, or nutritional supplements below for quick facts and information. |
| A-Z Natural Remedy Index Need information on a natural remedy for a specific disease or health condition? |
| Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Beginners If you're new to complementary and alternative medicine, this page is a good place to start getting the facts you need. The links below will help you get started. |
| Types of Healing Therapies, from Acupuncture to Yoga Exploring natural treatment options? Browse this informative section on complementary and alternative therapies, such as acupuncture, chiropractic, herbal medicine, aromatherapy, massage, ayurveda, yoga, and more. |
| Relaxation Response The relaxation response is a state that is opposite to the stress response. Cardiologist Herbert Benson, M.D. coined the phrase after encountering practitioners of Transcendental Meditation in the 1970s, who claimed they could lower their blood pressure with daily meditation. |
| Mindfulness Meditation Mindfulness is a type of meditation that essentially involves focusing on your mind on the present. To be mindful is to be aware of your thoughts and actions in the present, without judging yourself. |
| Healing Benefits of Yoga Mantras and Prayer Yoga mantras and rosary prayer may be good for the heart, a study published in the British Medical Journal reports. |
| Mind Over Mood Although you may not have heard of mindfulness before, it is a mind/body technique that essentially involves focusing on your mind on the present. |
| 5 Tips to De-Stress Your Schedule A good daytimer, PDA, or other organizer frees your mind from having to remember things. It also helps you stay on track and remind you of all that you've accomplished. Write down birthdays, events, and other to-dos, but also write down dreams, goals and even things you want to research or look in to. If you don't have one, get one! |
| 5 Ways to Revitalize Your Spirit Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D, founder of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, summed up mindfulness when he said, "Wherever you go, there you are." |
| What is Massage Therapy? Massage therapy, also known as Swedish massage, is the most common form of massage therapy in the United States. |
| The Real Foods Diet Eating should be a lifelong process of nourishing yourself. Strict dieting, fad diets such as the Atkins diet, drastic diets, rigid food monitoring, or addiction to sugar, caffeine and other stimulants can all weaken your metabolism and halt the rejuvenating and rebuilding process of your body, mind and spirit. |
| Diet Tips Breakfast has been shown to prevent overeating later in the day. It can also give you energy in the morning. If you are pressed for time in the am, I suggest a breakfast protein smoothie. They're fast - once you get the hang of it, it takes less than five minutes from start to finish - and they are also satisfying and super healthy. Pour it into a travel mug and take it with you to work! |
| Intuitive Eating The SAD diet (standard American diet) really is sad. Most of us consume so much damaged fat, toxic chemicals, sugar, and processed, unhealthy foods that we have lost touch with what our bodies really need. Eating should be an intuitive process, but there are things that can interfere with intuitive eating. |
| A to Z Index of Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactions Information about possible interactions between drugs, herbs, vitamins, and supplements. |
| Hoodia Gordonii Review Latin Name: Hoodia gordonii Other Names: hoodia, xhooba, !khoba, Ghaap, hoodia cactus, South African desert cactus. |
| Green Tea and Stomach Cancer Alison Matsumoto, a 43-year-old graphic designer who lives in Los Angeles, drinks five cups of green tea every day. "I love the aroma of fresh green tea leaves. There's something magical about watching the dried leaves unfurl in my teapot and turn a vibrant green -- it's like they are coming alive." Alison also had an ulcer five years ago. "I used to live at the local Starbucks, until I got sick, that is. Now with green tea, I'm still getting some caffeine and am hopefully doing something to prevent stomach problems in the years to come." |
| Acidophilus Effects, Benefits and Other Information The digestive tract maintains a balance between healthy and potentially harmful micro-organisms. Healthy micro-organisms, also called microflora, are residents of the digestive tract that have a protective role in our bodies. |
| Natural Remedies for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Irritable bowel syndrome is a common digestive disorder characterized by abdominal pain, cramping, and changes in normal bowel function, including bloating, gas, diarrhea, and constipation. |
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