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October 2009

  • Cancer: Can Ayurveda help?
    Cancer is one of the deadliest diseases for man which has till today eluded cure. Scientists have been trying since ages to find a cure for this fatal disease. However, cancer remains without a cure unless it is detected at a very early stage. It is for this very reason, that today practitioners are looking at alternative therapies to find some remedy to cure cancer, especially those in Ayurveda.
  • Overcoming Tinnitus with herbal and home remedies

    Millions and millions of people across the world suffer from the common problem of Tinnitus, characterised by the ringing, swishing or any kind of continuous sound sin the ears. More of a botheration, rather than being a real disorder, tinnitus is appropriately categorised as a symptom to some other major problem. However, it is easy to cure tinnitus with some natural remedies.

  • Leucorrhea: Causes and natural remedies

    Leucorrhea is a female genital tract ailment which causes abnormal white to yellowish discharge, which may or may not be itchy and foul smelling. The problem although very common in women can not be taken lightly as it leads to immense fatigue, headaches and even osteoporosis. There are some effective herbal cures which have proven to be quite good in treating this ailment.

  • Ayurveda’s adaptogenic herbs

    Adaptogens are Ayurvedic herbs known to increase the body’s immunity and resistance to stress. As the name suggests, the adaptogens are herbs which help the body to adapt to stressful situations of all kinds by boosting the hormonal and immune system to balance the general body reaction towards physical, psychological, emotional and environmental stress.

  • Herbal remedies for alcoholism and alcohol detoxification

    Alcohol is an age old addictive, few can actually give up. It not only brings psychological and behavioural symptoms, it also affects the person physiologically over a period of time.

  • Back Pain – reasons and remedies

    If there is one ailment that affects people on a large scale, then backache qualifies as the first name that comes to mind. Although not contagious, this problem has had most of us in its clutches either at some point in time or perpetually. The reasons for backache are many and so are the herbal cures; only if we choose not to be casual about it anymore.

  • India expects Commonwealth Games to boost medical, health tourism

    While the modern medicine market of India is seeing a slowdown in recent times, the spa and traditional Indian medicine market has made a place for itself globally and there are many who come to India to avail the pleasures of these destinations. Looking forward towards Commonwealth Games 2010, India once again is expecting a steep rise in the tourists seeking the spa and alternative therapies.

     
  • Baba Ramdev sets shop in English town

    Swami Baba Ramdev has spread his connections abroad with a hope to spread awareness on health and fitness to people all over the world. After his recent inauguration of a yoga centre in a Scottish island, he has moved to England where he has opened a health shop in the town of Leicester in East Midlands. The shop would sell health drinks and tablets.

     

  • Philippine govt. to promote traditional medicines and generic drugs
    Philippines Department of Health has come to realize that it is high time that the country stopped its mad rush after the costlier branded medicines. It has exhorted the nation to have a close look on its natural medicinal flora. The Department of Health along with the National Consumers Affair Council has decided to have its focus on the large-scale promotion of the country’s generic drugs. 'Generic Drugs: Gawang Pinoy! Galing Pinoy!
  • Alternative therapies gaining popularity among chronic rhinosinusitis patients
    Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS) is being treated with Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) according to a new study. At the 2009 American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO in San Diego it was the researchers who tried to make a research into the use of CAM, complementary and alternative medicine who had a diagnosis of CRS at the Aberdeen Outpatient’s Clinic in Amsterdam.