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Whoever said that a stone massage should only be done in a spa or massage center probably has never heard of a home hot stone massage therapy. With the proper massage supplies such as hot stones and essential oils, you can give or have a hot stone massage right inside the comfort of your home.
If you plan on engaging in a massage business or if you want to give your spouse a personal hot stone massage for his birthday, here is a list of basic step-by-step directions on how to give a hot stone massage.
Step 1: Prepare the basic hot stone massage therapy equipment that you’ll need such as a massage table, linen or sheet for the table, massage oils, massage stones like basalt stones (you may need 40-50 pieces of stones), and a heating device for these stones.
Step 2: Before the client arrives, prepare the massage room by draping the massage table with clean linens and by setting up a tranquil ambiance through pleasurable aromas, low lighting and soothing music.
Step 3: Heat up the stones that you will be using.
Step 4: Once the client arrives, give him or her ample time to relax before the session. Be sure to explain the process of hot stone massage therapy.
Step 5: Ask the client to lie down on the table. Place the stones on each side of the spine without coming in actual contact with the spine.
Step 6: Begin by massaging the face lightly with a coating of oil. Place four stones on the face. Put the first stone underneath the lips, the second and third stones on each cheek and the fourth stone on the center of the forehead.
Step 7: Massage some oil on the right leg. Rub the hot stone on each side of the leg and then place small stones between each of your client’s toes on his right foot. Repeat the process with the left leg and left foot.
Step 8: Go to your client’s arm, and use the effleurage stroke to coat it with oil. Massage the arm area by using medium-sized flat stones. After that, put a warm stone on your client’s palm. Do the same thing with the other arm.
Step 9: Now, it’s time to ask your client to turn over. Remove the stones you’ve placed on the face, hands and toes.
Step 10: Massage the back area using various stones to apply pressure on key acupressure points. After massaging this area, lay one stone on each shoulder, one on each scapular area and one on the client’s lower back.
Step 11: Go to the back of your client’s legs and place a medium-sized warm stone underneath the buttocks, on the backs of the knees and on the calf.
Step 12: Massage the scalp of the client down to the neck and shoulder area.
Step 13: Remove the stones you’ve placed on the client’s body.
Step 14: For the finale, use effleurage strokes on the client’s back and leg area using the tips of your fingers.
Step 15: Give your client some time to cool down or take a short nap after the session.
With these simple guidelines, tender and gentle touch, and a determination to give the best kind of massage, your spouse or clients will surely be asking or coming back for more.
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Find out more about Hot Stone Massages on Chris Turley’s site at www. http://tirmassagestone.com
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chinese medicine diagnosis In China, herbal method has been treated for along time. Nowadays, it’s not strange if American use that treatment. There is a fast-growing interest among people today regarding alternative medicines and therapies. This interest includes the herbal remedies and dietary supplements market. In fact, it’s a safe bet that many large supermarkets in your local area feature Read more…
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Posted by admin on Oct 18, 2010 in
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Worries have plagued mankind since ancient times, and the effect is nights of sleeplessness. Insomnia herbs have been used for as long as sleeplessness was around. With the advent of modern medicine came a proliferation of drugs and sleep aids to help give modern people their craved-for rest–as well as other dangerous side effects. The risks take us crawling back to the insomnia herbs of the old days, and we have thus rediscovered that natural cures are often still the healthier choice.
Caffeine is a habit-forming drug. While it keeps you invigorated on nonetheless lethargic mornings, it will likewise keep you from having some much-needed sleep at night. Because of disturbed sleep, you’ll be craving sleep again the next day, not to mention jumpy and touchy and you’ll stagger towards the coffeemaker the first chance you get.
It’s a self-perpetuating cycle, and it must be stopped. If you cannot wean yourself off caffeine totally, at least try to lessen your intake. Doing this includes stopping drinking and eating colas, chocolate, and yes, the ubiquitous Starbucks. Have some insomnia herbs instead.
Valerian root is the best there is. It is “the safest and most effective sleep aid with no side effects,” according to British scientist turned herbal guru Dr. Malcolm Stuart, who says the best time to drink it would be around 8 PM. Thirty minutes before taking to bed, use one to two teaspoons of the dried root to make a sleep-inducing tea. Unlike sleep aids, valerian causes no heavy feeling the day after. And as opposed to its counterpart synthetic cures, which may bring on an addiction, you will not develop a dependency on this herb.
Just like valerian root in terms of its sleep-inducing effects is catnip. Not only is this herb used as a answer to insomnia, but it is also thought to be a solution to nervousness, anxiety, and even migraines. The administration of catnip is again similar to valerian–one to two teaspoons of the dried herb for one cup of boiled water and set aside to infuse for around ten minutes. Do not boil the herb along with the water as this may destroy some of its active ingredients.
Chamomile is milder and is recommended for children to take, more so when they are restless. The usual dosage is two teaspoons of dried chamomile flower for a cup of tea.
Lavender also makes for a very soothing drink at night (three flower heads to one cup of boiling water, immersed like catnip), and taking a whiff of a few drops of its oil or mixing it with your bath water has the same soothing effect. It may also be rubbed onto your body during a massage and its flowers and seeds stuffed into your pillows.
In Chinese medicine, the longan fruit and sour jujube seed are also known to soothe the spirit. The former is used to help insomnia, while the latter complements stronger cures.
While the insomnia herbs mentioned above may be ingested alone, you may also mix an herbal cocktail if you prefer. Try blending valerian with chamomile, catnip, or some other mild herbs like hops and passionflower. Add a small amount of the natural sweetener stevia if you like if you find the taste slightly too strong to your taste. Don’t consume too much to spare yourself from sleep-disturbing trips to the loo.
While there is nothing fundamentally bad with relying on insomnia herbs, homeopathy, and aromatherapy to go off to slumberland, it is still best to let nature take its course and let your body to drift off to sleep left alone, the way it’s made for. To let your body to perform at its best, a lifestyle overhaul should be undertaken.
To prevent sleep disorders, having an exercise regimen, proper stress management, and committing to a healthy diet made up mostly of fruits and vegetables is the the healthiest way to go, aside from consuming your favorite concoction of insomnia herbs. While you’re at it, why don’t we have a cup of antioxidant-rich and comforting Valerian-laced grape juice? Cheers!
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Michael Lee
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In the Chinese Five Elements, which are wood, water, earth, fire and metal; wood is the symbol of life.
Wood is about the process of the renewal of life, it is associated in Chinese medicine with the liver. The Chinese believe that a doctor who knows about harmonising the liver knows how to treat hundreds of diseases.
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Importance of your Skin’s pH
by: Danny T. Siegenthaler
Our skin’s functions are too many to go through here in detail, however it protects our ‘insides’ from the external environment, acting both as a barrier and a filter between ‘outside’ and ‘inside’.
The skin helps in regulating our body’s temperature, like when we have a fever or we’re physically working hard, we tend to sweat, which is the body’s way to attempt to lower the temperature.
Our skin also protects us from harmful substances entering our body, and it eliminates many toxins. This takes workload off our Liver and Kidneys to filter out by-products from our body’s metabolism. The skin also breathes!
The pores of our skin are made up of a combination of oil and sweat glands (sebaceous and sudoriferous glands) helping to keep our skin healthy and elastic. An excessive sebum secretion is often associated with oily skin and acne. This is particularly common in adolescents as the increased levels of sex hormones stimulate sebum production and secretion. When in balance, the combined excretion of oil and sweat from the skin’s pores has a pH of about 5.5.
This slightly acidic layer, also referred to as the “Acid Mantle”, is our body’s first defence mechanism against bacteria invading it and is not a favourable environment bacterial growth to occur. This defence layer develops at puberty, which is why children are more susceptible to disease, viruses and fungal infections such are ringworm. The pH of children’s skin is closer to neutral (pH 7).
At puberty, however, we start to produce more hair on our bodies. Hair follicles have an associated sebaceous gland or glands which become active as hair growth increases, causing changes in the skin’s pH. The hormones that control sweat also become active and the whole surface of a teenager’s skin is totally different to that of a young child. This is our body’s way to increase our defence system.
The pH of normal, healthy human skin is somewhere between 4.5 and 6. However, this varies with age. Typically, newborns have a pH closer to neutral (pH 7) that quickly turns acidic in order to protect young children’s skin.
In the late teens to early 20’s, our Acid Mantle is well developed and provides good protection against potentially harmful, external environmental factors. Our skin usually looks healthy, heals quickly when injured and seems to take care of itself.
With increasing age however, the skin’s pH becomes more and more neutral, and thus more susceptible to bacterial growth. This reduced acidity kills fewer bacteria than before, leaving the skin susceptible to bacterial growth and infections. The skin weakens as a result and begins developing problems with increasing age. (Interestingly, the pH value rises beyond 6 when a person actually suffers from a skin problem or skin disease.)
The aging process of the skin causes biochemical changes in collagen and elastin, the connective tissues underlying the skin, which give the skin its firmness (collagen) and elasticity (elastin). The rates of loss of skin firmness and elasticity differs from individual to individual, depending on their genetic makeup, general health, over exposure to the sun, skin care regime, or lack there of, and other factors.
As the skin becomes less elastic, it also becomes drier; the underlying fatty tissue begins to disappear resulting in the skin beginning to sag. Our skin is less supple, and wrinkles begin to form. At this stage, our skin is more easily injured, heals more slowly and tends to dry out more quickly.
As outlined above, the skin’s pH is important and maintaining a slightly acidic pH of around 5.5 is critical.
The skin’s pH value is one of the major contributors to acne and other skin problems. Propionibacterium acnes is a bacteria that normally lives on the skin and is a normal bacteria found in all persons regardless of the presence or absence of acne.
However, in individuals prone to acne, the number of P. acnes is greatly increased. It has been found that the growth of this bacteria is very much dependent on the pH value of the skin and its growth is at its minimum at the normal skin pH of 5.5. A slight shift towards the alkaline pH would provide a better environment in which it can thrive.
One of the major culprits that radically alter the pH of the skin, is soap. Ordinary, commercially available soaps are highly alkaline (pH range 9-11) and raise the skin’s pH to be much more alkaline. This can be adjusted by using products such as the Wild Herb Toner or Milk of Roses Toner available from http://www.wildcrafted.com.au/Toners.html, depending on your skin type. These toners restore normal pH of the skin and thus provide an environment not conducive to the growth of bacteria. In addition, soap dries out the skin, because of its high alkalinity. Thus if you choose to use a commercially available soap, you must restore the pH of your skin to prevent loss of moisture and the excessive growth of bacteria. It is important to remember that this applies to the entire surface of your skin, not just the face.
Instead of using ordinary soap, you need to use products such as the Skin Renewal Gel from Wildcrafted Herbal Products, which cleanses your skin, removing dead skin cells and leaving your skin’s pH as it is meant to be. Following this with the use of a Toner will close the open pores, preventing blackheads and loss of moisture from the skin.
Another factor that helps in regulating your skin’s pH is the presents of microflora on your skin. Staphylococcus epidermis is involved in the breakdown of fatty acids, and is therefore partly responsible for the acidic pH of skin. The use of ordinary soap, not only changes the pH of the skin to be more alkaline, effectively removing the protective acid mantle, but also kills the bacteria responsible for creating, at least in part, the acidic pH of your skin – a double whammy.
It is therefore of great importance to have a good skin care regime in which high quality, natural skin care products are employed. There are a couple of simple steps to take before buying a particular brand of natural skin care products.
1. Identify the skin type(s) on the face. There are usually two or more. One skin type is usually isolated to the T-Zone (forehead and nose), the other applies to the rest of the facial skin.
2. Carefully select your natural skin care products. It is not good enough to choose products, which add natural ingredients to an otherwise non-natural base crème or lotion, as is the case in many supermarket brands. READ the label carefully, ask questions and if you are buying the products on-line, make sure there is a guarantee that allows you some time to evaluate the products before they need to be returned for a refund.
3. Look for manufacturers that have qualified herbalists or naturopaths on staff. These people generally do not support the use of artificial ingredients because it goes against everything they teach their patients, friends and family. – For the most part, it’s a pretty good indication that the products are pure, when natural therapists are in charge of the formulation of the products.
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Danny Siegenthaler is a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine and together with his wife Susan, a medical herbalist and aromatherapist, they have created Natural Skin Care Products by Wildcrafted Herbal Products to share their 40 years of combined expertise with you.
www.wildcrafted.com.au
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In Ancient Chinese medicine, green tea held a position of prominence and it is only in recent years that the Western world has discovered that this herbal remedy has great significance in maintaining the good health of the body. Modern medical treatments consist of many different chemicals and while they can cure one illness, they also cause damage to other parts of the body.
Although green tea does contain caffeine, it contains much less than coffee and regular black tea. This means that it won’t cause the same effect with insomnia, nausea or frequent urination. The Chinese drank green tea mainly to give them relief from headaches and depression, but its medicinal effects are more far-reaching than these two medical conditions.
Some of the main benefits of making Green tea a regular part of your diet include:
the prevention and treatment of multiple sclerosis
It has been found to prevent cancer and is also used in the treatment in combination with chemotherapy
control of Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease
reduction of thrombosis, which causes heart disease
the treatment of the immune system when it is not functioning normally
In weight loss, studies have shown that drinking green tea helps to curb the appetite much better than diet pills. It also helps to raise the metabolic rate of the body and this helps the body to burn fat at a much faster rate.
Research into green tea has also shown that it inhibits the development of cancer cells, which is why it has been touted as a preventative measure against different kinds of cancer, especially cancer of the esophagus. In oral care, it can also serve in a preventative way in preventing tooth decay because it destroys the bacteria that cause plaque buildup on the teeth. At the same time, it also helps to prevent bad breath.
If you are a smoker, you can reduce your health risk associated with the toxic chemicals in cigarettes by drinking green tea. In addition, you can replace some of your beauty aids with this drink by applying it to your face to give your skin a fresher look and to soothe the look of tiredness around your eyes. It has also proven to be an effective remedy for sunburn and as an antiseptic for minor scrapes and cuts.
Green tea is a natural source of antioxidants and has positive implications for almost every part of the body.
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Jake Lakie is a stay at home dad who passes time writing about topics that are close to his heart.
Fleurimond Catering and everything that goes along with it is one thing Jake loves to research and write about.
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“Heat Up” New Year Weight Loss with an IR Bodywrap
by: Debra Clydesdale LAc DNBAO
Did you know youu could lie down, breath deep & burn 900+ calories?
Neither did I…
And it sounded too good to be true so I did some research on my own to find out about this seemingly wonderful bodywrap treatment.
First I had to try it. Let’s face it if it doesn’t feel great and get results it isn’t worth doing all of the research on finding out how it works and all the rest. So I dressed up in my cotton sweats and drove up to Ventura California to try it out. Hydrating and drinking my water as I headed up highway 101.
Before the bodywrap, I measured the circumference of my upper arms, ribcage, waist, hips and upper thighs before the first treatment and kept it as a reference. I was really skeptical, but you never know unless you try it. I didn’t expect to have any change.
I laid down on a table and 6 large warm pads were wrapped around my upper arms, waist, hips and thighs. Then I was covered with a blanket and padded with towels where it was appropriate and it was that easy. I could hear relaxing music and actually it was wonderful to do a breathing meditation and actually take an hour for myself.
Now I’m sort of a lizard – I love the heat – so the pads got warmer and warmer and I broke put is a good sweat. I continued to sweat, a lot. I hadn’t sweat that much since the dance classes I had loved back at Broadway Dance center a few summers ago in New York City and I knew I would love this treatment. I had been busy building a business and going back to school so I had not been keeping myself in shape like I did before. I had a thought that this bodywrap thing might be a good way to start to get myself back on track.
After an hour, I was drenched – and very happy. I re-measured myself and lost 3 inches total. Not much, but the treatment felt so good it didn’t matter too much and I drove home drinking another huge bottle of water. The gentleman who helped me with the treatment said that the process would continue overnight after the bodywrap had finished and the more fluids the better so I took his advice and planned to measure myself again in the morning.
To my surprise, after measuring myself the next morning I had lost 13 inches total! Wow! I called them up and they said that this was more than average – maybe because I have a good diet and stayed hydrated – but regardless I was psyched. I had to learn more…
So how does this Infrared BodyWrap Work?
Infrared light, which we feel in our bodies as heat is an abundant form of energy we receive from sunlight. We as humans radiate infrared heat every second of every day (The army uses infrared binoculars for night vision – to see humans in the darkness). It is part of our human biology. I would discover that FAR Infrared treatments are used worldwide by medical practitioners as they are one of the most resonant (closely matched) forms of heat for the human body.
Radiant Heat or Infrared energy is a form of energy that is part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Everything can be described by electrical principles after all we are all electrons protons and neutrons arranged in different patterns. The infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum happens just below red light waves and is not visible to human eyes but can be felt as heat. (This explains the night vision binoculars example above). The sun produces most of its energy in the form of infrared energy, our atmosphere allows it in and the earth radiates it back – living out in nature we are daily surrounded by infrared waves. But not so – in these days of indoor living, SPF sunblock and hiding away from the sun.
Our bodies, on average, radiate infrared energy at about 9.4 microns. The internal production of infrared energy that normally occurs within us is associated with a number of healing responses and may require a boost to assist the fullest healing response to assist homeostasis, metabolism and tissue under repair.
As related to Oriental / Chinese Medicine, when our circulation is impeded (described as Blocked Qi flow in Chinese Medicine) our body’s healing capacity, metabolism, and daily functioning are diminished. By enhancing circulation, the infrared therapeutic treatment is helping to unblock the Qi and increase energy and improve body function. Moxa, cupping, Infrared lamps and gua sha are related but different methods of achieving the same result in an Oriental Medicine Treatment.
Because of this special nature of the wavelength, when applied as a treatment, FAR Infrared heat therapy (i.e. bodywrap) activates a more thorough and extensive stimulation of local circulation which positively impacts enzymes, metabolism & immune function. The IR therapy helps the body get at toxins & cellulite trapped in the tissue through this increase in circulation and metabolism. The bodywrap treatment I had received had “super charged” this process.
So how does all this calorie burning happen?
The amount of sweat an infrared treatment can induce is 2-3 times that of a conventional sauna without creating that claustrophobic feeling, without drying out the sauna or causing undue stress on the cardiovascular system. I know I can barely stay in a regular sauna for 10 minutes – I lasted easily 1 hour in this bodywrap treatment.
The best research on this type of infrared treatment has described “Its regular use may be as effective as a means of cardiovascular conditioning and burning of calories as regular exercise.” in the Journal of the American Medical Association 8/7/81. In fact, NASA in the early 1980’s concluded that infrared therapy would be an ideal way to stimulate cardiovascular function during long space missions.
Someone not used to saunas can easily sweat 500 grams and consume 300 kcalories which is the equivalent of jogging for 30 minutes. The bodywrap is a great in between workouts way to ease the stiffness and once becoming acclimated to the sauna – burning up to 900+ calories are achieved each session. But remember – Hydration is very important you need to constantly replenish the fluids to see results.
The benefits of Infrared Therapy are impressive. Research from Sweden, Japan, Finland, China and Germany cite an impressive list of conditions that can be treated, including:
Arthritis & Joint Stiffness
Acne
Soft Tissue Injuries
Menstrual Pain
Eczema
Wound Healing
Neurodermatitis
GI Problems
Cardiovascular Circulation
Pain & Stiffness
Weight Loss
Endocrine, Immune and Autonomic Function
The FDA has approved the use of FAR infrared treatment for pain relief and more is learned each day. I have more research to do but this was good enough for me. I decided that I wanted to try it again and learn more.
So now I offer it in my practice and medspa… I hope that I’ve opened your eyes to something that might be new, different and helpful. I’ve given you a place to start if it sounds interesting to you as well. To learn more, check out my website www.orientalmedspa.com. Or come experience it for yourself if you’re in the Los Angeles Area. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
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Debra Clydesdale LAc DNBAO is President of the Oriental Med SPA. She has been helping people improve their inner and outer beauty and lead healthier lives for over 15 years offering specialized anti-aging, acupuncture facial renewal, and orthopoedic treatments, products and services with roots in Oriental Medicine and Chinese Nutrition. Learn more at www.OrientalMedSPA.com.
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chinese medicine diagnosis The Secret to Happiness and Maslow’s Hierarchy
by: Bill Boyd
“The secret to happiness is contentment” (Dali Lama)
If we are content with what we have, and where we are, then we are happy.
This means not grasping for attainment of material objects or even spiritual understanding, but being content and just allowing life to happen.
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For centuries, the Chinese have been using acupuncture to bring the body back into balance. Applying small thin needles of different lengths and inserting them into the skin at various depths and precise pressure points, practitioners claim that paths in the body are opened up to free energy and bring the body back into equilibrium. Traditional Chinese medicine has usually been used to reduce pain and distress but because the practice has become more widespread in the Western world, traditional doctors are using it as a supplement to other techniques in the treatment of various conditions and behavioral modifications such as losing weight and stopping smoking.
For as long as there’s been acupuncture, people have been struggling with addictive problems. So can acupuncture be used successfully to treat these harmful habits? Can you quit smoking with acupuncture? The simple answer is yes. The difficult part is actually doing it.
Smoking and its related diseases are considered to be responsible for around 400,000 deaths in the United States each year and the estimated cost in health care reaches over $150 billion dollars ($150,000,000,000!) annually. These figures alone should induce people who smoke to plan to finish with it. But tobacco is a powerful habit and not so easy to eliminate. All the same, with the combined use of smoking cessation methods, you can stop smoking with acupuncture.
Using acupuncture as a complement to either prescribed or over-the-counter medications or techniques to quit smoking is attacking the issue from every direction. While one approach may be treating the addiction traditionally, acupuncture can reopen the channels and pathways in the body to allow for proper blood flow and energy to work on reducing cravings and decrease the pain related to withdrawal symptoms, thus allowing one to stop smoking with acupuncture.
The main thing however, might not be the specific approach used to give up smoking, but the act of giving up itself. It’s long been recognized that cigarette smoking is awful for you. There are an estimated 4800 different chemical substances in cigarettes and – according to the Center for Disease Control – at the least 69 of these are considered as causes of cancer. Aside from these dangers to the smokers themselves, secondhand smoke, according to the EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency, accounts for up to 3000 deaths of non-smokers each year.
The method chosen to stop smoking is less important than the quitting itself. Whether one chooses to give up smoking with acupuncture, go “cold turkey” or use prescribed medication and attend support groups, the goal is to get tobacco out of your life..
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Peter Gray smoked over 30 cigarettes a day for nearly twenty years. Now he doesn’t. http://www.Finishwithsmoking.com is a site dedicated to everyone who still thinks that it’s difficult to quit smoking. It isn’t. You just have to get your mind in the right place. You can give up smoking whenever you want.
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Complementary and alternative medicine is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine. The difference between Complementary and Alternative medicine is that Complementary medicine is used together with conventional medicine. Alternative medicine is used in place of conventional medicine. Alternative therapies can be effective for easing muscle tension, correcting spinal imbalances, relieving discomfort, and averting long-term back problems by improving muscle strength and joint stability.
An example of an alternative therapy is using a special diet to treat cancer instead of undergoing surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy that has been recommended by a conventional doctor. Alternative medical systems are built upon complete systems of theory and practice. Often, these systems have evolved apart from and earlier than the conventional medical approach used in the United States.
Examples of alternative medical systems that have developed in Western culture include homeopathic medicine and naturopathic medicine. Examples of systems that have developed in non-Western cultures include traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda.
Homeopathic is an alternative medical system. In homeopathic medicine, there is a belief that “like cures like,” meaning that small, highly diluted quantities of medicinal substances are given to cure symptoms, when the same substances given at higher or more concentrated doses would actually cause those symptoms.
Naturopathic medicine, or naturopathy, is an alternative medical system. Naturopathic medicine proposes that there is a healing power in the body that establishes, maintains, and restores health. Practitioners work with the patient with a goal of supporting this power, through treatments such as nutrition and lifestyle counseling, dietary supplements, medicinal plants, exercise, homeopathy, and treatments from traditional Chinese medicine.
Ayurveda is an alternative medical system that has been practiced primarily in the Indian subcontinent for 5,000 years. Ayurveda includes diet and herbal remedies and emphasizes the use of body, mind, and spirit in disease prevention and treatment. Often the effective treatment of low back pain requires the use of several therapies to achieve the best outcome. One person with back pain may benefit most from medications and massage, and another person may benefit from medications and physical therapy.
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Kris Rench, MS, OTR/L is a director of rehabilitation and spine expert. You can learn more about his products by visiting http://www.endspinepain.com
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