Ayurvedic Medicines

(HealthDay News) — A very private health problem, it turns out, is associated with potentially significant and costly complications. In a review of the scientific evidence, researchers found that constipation might lead to or boost the risk for more serious complications such as hemorrhoids, anal fissures, fecal incontinence, colonic conditions and urologic disorders

Ayurvedic medicine is the science of life that has been practiced in southern Asia for over 5000 years. Here, we view it as an alternative medicine, perhaps because it is really more preventative than, well, reactionary.

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The source of the most commonly used chemotherapy drugs is the simple Periwinkle plant. This little plant has almost boundless healing properties compiled within its fibers, yet our government sees fit to approve only its narrowest range of application. What are their reasons for their reluctance to recognize a genesis of medicine that is utilized all over Europe and the world?

Researchers from the University of Kansas, School of Nursing and Preventive Medicine, in Kansas City tell us, “As many as 50% of patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea stop adhering to the prescribed medical treatment of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) within 1 to 3 weeks.” They tested the effects of music + patient education

With so many complementary and alternative therapies available to us these days We thought it may be interesting to explore some of them further. Alternative therapies are defined as any healing practice that, ‘does not fall within the realm of conventional medicine’ – but so many are becoming common place that we wanted to find out more about them. Many alternative therapies are already widely used and accepted to have some positive results when used in conjunction with conventional medicines.