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The supporters of the homeopathy feel that EU pharmaceutical law should cover the homeopathy as alternative medicine and should also allow access to homeopathy medication under the public health plan.

Acupuncture is one of the oldest therapies used across the world. It is believed all over the world that acupuncture therapy helps to cure most of the diseases. However, according to the fertility experts acupuncture therapy has no relation with the process of conception or conception itself. Women who are using acupuncture remedies to conceive are only wasting their money and time, experts reported.

The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) declared the names of award winners of its Fifth Annual AHPA Awards recently. AHPA president Michael McGuffin  said that the  AHPA is very thankful to the winners for their efforts and major contribution to the herbal products industry. He further said that constant growth of the industry always depends upon the decisions and actions taken by the active members of the industry. 

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams and Sri Venkateswara Vedic University had organised a three day international vedic seminar. The purpose behind organising vedic seminar was to prove importance and benefits of Vedas in todays modern world.

With Indian Ayurveda reaching out its benefits to the world and growth in the number of Ayurvedic healing spas and relaxation centres; demand for Ayurvedic nursing as a career is on a rise, especially among the youngsters of today.

Ayurvedic practitioners have been known to pass their knowledge from one generation to another, across many cities of South India. Kerala however, is the hub of Ayurveda practitioners and the Mecca of institutions which teach this alternate therapy of healing.

According to a recent research, it has been found that the popular herbal supplement St. John's wort is not effective in relieving the symptoms of pain and discomfort caused due to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

The herbal supplement has long enjoyed the reputation of being an effective anti-depressant, but surprisingly it did not qualify as being better than the placebo when tested as a cure for IBS. This is the first research of its kind indicating towards its ineffectiveness.

A recent research has finally ended the longstanding argument over the state of being ‘obese yet healthy’. According to the findings, if a man is obese then he cannot be truly healthy over a longer period in time.

The research which seems to have silenced many who held dearly to the argument that a healthy metabolism is possible despite obesity was published online in the journal – Circulation.

 While many of us may be banking upon traditional Chinese herbal remedies for our ailments, a recent study by researchers from the Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University (NTU); has put a big question mark on some such herbs, linking their usage to an increased risk of urinary tract cancer.