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Lavender — Tranquility and Beyond
May 7, 2020 - Category: Adjunctive Therapies
Folk healers have used lavender since ancient times to treat ailments like anxiety, insomnia, depression, headaches, hair loss, nausea, acne, toothaches, skin irritations and cancer. Modern scientists have confirmed these benefits, and are in the process of discovering a whole lot more. A flowering plant in the mint family, lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) is easily recognized…Lavender — Tranquility and Beyond
Read more...Pot for Pets
May 7, 2020 - Category: Adjunctive Therapies
Now that medical marijuana (cannabis sativa) is legal in 29 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (including the 4 just added in the November election), perhaps it’s not surprising that humans are not the only ones experiencing the therapeutic virtues of this age-old plant. Animal lovers who may or may not partake of marijuana…Pot for Pets
Read more...Hug Therapy
May 7, 2020 - Category: Adjunctive Therapies
Here's a therapy that energizes the immune system, lowers blood pressure, reduces anxiety, encourages sleep, increases compassion and feelings of well-being, and has no negative side effects. And the more you engage in this kind of treatment, the greater the benefits. It's called "hug therapy." Despite the lack of a long scientific-sounding name, this is…Hug Therapy
Read more...Cannabis — The New “It” Plant
May 7, 2020 - Category: Adjunctive Therapies
It's not surprising that a plant, used for over 10,000 years for healing a wide variety of ailments, is just now being seriously studied by the conventional medical community. Studies are costly and huge profits are generally not expected from marketing a whole natural plant (not to mention, plenty of push-back from Big Pharma, which…Cannabis — The New “It” Plant
Read more...Fall Asleep Faster with Acupressure
May 7, 2020 - Category: Adjunctive Therapies
Acupressure has been used for thousands of years in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It applies the same principles as acupuncture (without the needles) to treat disease and enhance mind/body health. According to theory, special acupoints lie along energy meridians or channels in the body. It is believed that vital energy - a life force called…Fall Asleep Faster with Acupressure
Read more...Backyard Botanicals… Cultivating plants for health benefits
May 7, 2020 - Category: Adjunctive Therapies
For much of the Northern Hemisphere, it was a long, tough winter. But spring has arrived and, for many of us, that means time to think about the garden. Here are a few plants you might want to cultivate for their health benefits, as well as natural beauty: Aloe (Aloe vera) - A sun-loving evergreen…Backyard Botanicals… Cultivating plants for health benefits
Read more...Sit. Stay. Heal. Acupunture for Pets By Michele C. Hollow
May 7, 2020 - Category: Adjunctive Therapies
The principles behind acupuncture for animals are the same as when this ancient healing art is used on humans: to regulate the movement of life force, or qi, through invisible channels called meridians by placing fine needles at specific points on the meridians. Acupuncture needles come in various sizes; the same sizes used on humans…Sit. Stay. Heal. Acupunture for Pets By Michele C. Hollow
Read more...Who Was Hippocrates?
May 4, 2020 - Category: A Different Concept of Health and Disease
Hippocrates is widely acclaimed today as the "Father of Medicine". M.D.s take the Hippocratic Oath when they are about to enter medical practice. We all know the name, but who was the man? Hippocrates was a physician born in 460 B.C. on the Greek island of Cos. He had an investigative mind and disproved the…Who Was Hippocrates?
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