Alternative medicine is made up of all natural products, contains no preservatives. There are NO side effects and will not damage your organs like prescription drugs. Yet, people feel that they can trust only prescription drugs… knowingly, there are side effects and will damage organs, cells, and sometimes even the nervous system.
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By Joe Barton
You or a loved one is feeling horrible. Sharp pains are shooting through your upper body but your whole body aches. There is an unexplainable tenderness that resonates throughout your whole body. You are nauseous and you might be vomiting.
Your body is trying to tell you something!
If you have been […]

By Robin Brain
An ancient Chinese system for the development of internal energy, chi kung or qi gung (pronounced “chee goong”) is, like t’ai chi based on the principles of the Taoist religion as extended to Oriental medicine.
Unlike yoga, chi kung puts less emphasis on stretching movements and postures, and more on learning how to feel […]

By Robin Brain
Cranial osteopathy is a specialist technique used to manipulate the bones of the skull with a touch so light that many people can barely feel it. Advocates claim it is based on sound anatomical and physiological knowledge combined with palpatory skills that are finely tuned and extremely sensitive qualities of touch.
It was developed […]

By Robin Brain
Moshe Feldenkrais, who died aged 80 in 1984, was an engineer and physicist who worked on France’s early atomic research program and on the British antisubmarine project during World War II. But it was the martial arts, and the body mechanics involved in them, that most fascinated him.
The recurrence of an old knee […]

By Robin Brain
In China, natural substances have been used medicinally for thousands of years, and their application is encouraged by the present Chinese government. Traditional Chinese Medicine, including herbalism, began to be imported into Japan from about the 5th century A.D., and - with a few modifications - it has to a large extent been […]

By Robin Brain
Most herbal therapists (sometimes called herbalists- but not all herbalists treat clients medically) believe that the body acts in unison with the psyche (spirit) and emotions to maintain the equilibrium necessary for overall health and well-being. With this holistic approach herbal therapists use their knowledge of plant properties to rebalance a client’s life […]

By Robin Brain
Nutrients are the chemical components of diet and are essential to life and health. Nutrients are classed as either macronutrients or micronutrients:
macronutrients are carbohydrates (sugars and starches), fats (including essential fatty acids), proteins (including essential amino acids), and fiber
micronutrients are vitamins, minerals, and trace elements that cannot be manufactured in the body, and […]

By Robin Brain
Therapies involving plants, foods, and nutritional elements are some of the oldest and perhaps easiest to understand of all the therapies available to us. Over the last decades, we in the West have been encouraged to believe in “a pill for all ills,” and we take comfort in medical treatment that can be […]

By Robin Brain
Reflexology may be described as a specialized form of massage of the feet and - less commonly - of the hands. Performed to detect and correct “imbalances” in the body that may be causing ill-health, it is, however, much more than simply massage.
The therapy has its roots in the practices of the healers […]