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Nepal Plans to Promote Health Tourism Based on Traditional Medicine

... medical traditions. "As an offshoot of our rich herbal heritage, we are planning to promote the wellness ...ed in cultivation of rare herbs and manufacture of herbal products in Nepal targeting the growing interest in ayurvedic products. Besides healing centres an...

Sleeping Problems Often Overcome with Alternative medicine

...s of Internal Medicine, "Most respondents who used herbal therapies or relaxation techniques found these therapies helpful for managing their insomnia or trouble sleeping."The team led by Pearson analyzed how the sleeping difficulties faced commonly were. They also analyzed how alternative treatment forms w...

Breast Feeding - The Key in Fighting Child Mortality in Africa

...clean water, comprised of cereals, animal milk and herbal concoctions or other liquids low in nutrients, are often given as substitutes which can damage the digestion and expose the baby to disease. Another advantage of breast feeding is the warmth that is offered to the child, thereby reducing the risk of ...

About 5 Percent of Adults with Insomnia Use Alternative Therapies

...re used to treat insomnia. Such therapies include herbal medicines and relaxation techniques. Nancy J. P...ive percent used biological methods, which include herbal medicines, diet interventions and vitamin therapy, and mind-body therapies such as meditation were u...

Nepal Uncorks 'Herbal Wine'

...y of potent herbs, has now uncorked a new product: herbal wine. // "Hill Hot" is the brainchild of Jhalak Thapa, a resident of tourist town Pokhara in western Nepal, whose life is as piquant as his novel enterprise. For many families, alcohol is an integral part of life, especially in the biting winters...

Ghana Looks To Herbal Remedies For HIV

...nd Traditional Medicine Consultant also said that herbal medicines have proved successful in combating AIDS...e to live with HIV/AIDS in Africa have either used herbal medicine or complemented their anti-viral therapy with plant based nutracenticals." He referred to ...

Alternative therapies for ADHD

...tried by parents for years. Diet alterations and herbal remedies are recommended by Lowell psychologist Stephen Fisher for those who don’t want to go for ADHD medications."Specifically, getting high fructose corn syrup out of the diet, caffeine out of the diet, and if you want to go a little further, taki...

Alternative therapy – an alternative to HRT

...ne oestrogen in the body- are found in some of the herbal remedies, which may affect women with breast cancer.'The herb black cohosh has been associated with liver toxicity and in one case a patient consequently needed a liver transplant after a serious harmful reaction. According to the report, contaminant...

Drugs Activating PXR May Help In Treating Niemann-Pick type C disease

...e drug dilantin, the antibiotic rifampicin and the herbal compound St. John's Wort. Additional experiments are underway in mice to firmly determine if the successful laboratory treatments are acting through PXR. If this proves to be the case, new clinical trials may soon follow, according to senior author...

HP Government to Introduce Sugar Free Herbal Honey Project

...ffort to motivate beekeepers to produce sugar-free herbal honey, the government has introduced a new eco-fri...icial said. These bees will be fed on the stevia herbal plant leaves that are said to produce sugar free honey. The plant is also considered a natural sweet...

Women Alerted against "Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy"

...cement therapy.Many women think they are getting a herbal treatment and are shocked to learn they are getting a hormone treatment." Professional Compounding Chemists of Australia, one of the NHRT's major wholesalers, defended the practice, citing an exemption in the TGA Act that allows the preparation of...

Common Indian Herbs can Help to Prevent Cancer

... and results. We are now working on an anti-cancer herbal formula using mint, tulsi and babul," said Sharma. (Source: IANS)...

Spices and Herbal Tea Help in Losing Weight

Spices in Indian cookery and herbal tea could help fight the weight gain, according to scientists in Maastricht University in Holland. The results of the study// were published in the medical journal Physiology and Behaviour.Their study revealed that common ingredients in curries and b...

Imported Herbal Remedies from Asia Contain Fatal Drugs

...ons conducted by the General of Health Debbie Chin herbal products imported from Asia tested positive for containing harmful drugs in erectile// dysfunction and weight loss prescription medicines. After routine investigations Medsafe identified five remedies that contained drugs which could be fatal to so...

Menopausal Women Cautioned

...k of liver disorders due to their consumption of a herbal remedy to counter menopause symptoms.// An official alert was issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency yesterday over Cimicifuga racemosa, and such warnings are to soon appear on all products containing the plant extract....

Ayurveda Massage Centres in Kerala to be Regulated

...ages include body massages with different types of herbal oils and powders. The minister said that her department is working out rules and regulations that would have to be adhered to by all those engaged in ayurveda tourism. "We just can't spoil the huge advantage that we have as far as ayurvedic touri...

Ayurvedic Treatment to be Focus of Conference

...ndran on June 16. For the benefit of students, an herbal exhibition will be held where some raw drugs will be displayed. Leading ayurvedic pharmaceutical companies will participate in the exhibition, he said. State Tourism Minister V Suresh Rajan will attend the concluding function. Source:PTI News...

US Boy Wants the Right of Choice of Treatment

.... They found that the Hoxsey treatment of liquid herbal supplements and a diet heavy on fresh fruits and vegetables is an excellent alternative. This decision led to the summoning of Abraham and his family to the juvenile court. The hearing mainly was to determine whether the 16-year-old can make his own...

Gabapentin Reduced Menopausal Symptoms as Estrogen – Study Find

... symptoms. So-called natural remedies such as soy, herbal products or acupuncture have not proven safe or effective at this point. The latest Rochester study is the first to compare gabapentin and estrogen head-to-head against a placebo. Although it showed a substantial placebo effect similar to other men...

Degree Course In Ayurveda

...g offered in view of the growing demand for Indian herbal medicine all over the world. India currently exports Rs 450 crore of herbal drugs which has the potential of growing to Rs 3000 crore within a short span of time, Pal said. So...

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