Absolute Beginner's Guide to Alternative Medicine
What Is Herbal Medicine?. Throughout history, almost all societies have used plants for therapeutic purposes. For example, the o ...
Cancer Institute (NCI) is screening plants for compounds active against the AIDS virus and nine major types of cancer. Since 198 ...
recent advance is the drug vincristine, which has been isolated from the Madagascar periwinkle. Vincristine has been found to ar ...
Alkaloids Group of nitrogen-containing Affect both the nervous and circulatory compounds with most thera- systems. Most familiar ...
Antioxidants Antioxidants are a group of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and herbs that help protect the body from naturally occurr ...
Antioxidant defenses also operate synergistically. For example, a number of carotenoids working together have higher anticancer ...
How Can I Get Started with Herbal Medicine? Medicinal herbs are available at health food stores, herb shops, supermarkets, and p ...
Evening For PMS, mastalgia, 250–500 mg/day No known side effects Primrose oil hypertension, multiple sclerosis, alcoholism Fever ...
Green tea Antioxidant, protects 3–4 cups/day NOT to be used in against cancer, lowers large quantities dur- cholesterol, helps r ...
Valerian For insomnia, muscle 400 mg before bed NOT to be used with pain, menstrual and 0.5% essential oil alcohol, nonaddictive ...
Ginger Decreases nausea, boosts the Use 2 teaspoons of powdered or grated immune system, lowers blood root per cup of boiling wa ...
Professionals can help you avoid treating something that does not exist or failing to treat something that does. Further, health ...
for people with a history of alcohol abuse or for those who take drugs that can inter- act with alcohol. Be Wary of Ultra-Combin ...
its dangers. Ephedra should not be combined with theophylline, thyroid hormone, tricyclic antidepressants, methylphenidate, or a ...
98 ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TOALTERNATIVE MEDICINE The Absolute Minimum ■ Plants are the original pharmaceuticals. Herbal thera ...
In This Chapter ■How naturopathy developed, and how it is distinct from conventional and other alternative healing systems ■The ...
What Is Naturopathy?. The basic precepts of naturopathy are similar to those in ancient medical systems throughout the world. Na ...
The education of naturopathic physicians is extensive and similar to conventional medical education. Four years of medical schoo ...
As Hippocrates said, “Above all else, do no harm.” Naturopathic physicians prefer noninvasive treatments that minimize the risk ...
exercise and rest, living a fast-paced lifestyle, focusing on negative thoughts and emotions, and being exposed to environmental ...
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