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Botanical Medicine - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Botanical medicine is a vital component of the healing arts that draws on the accumulated and developing knowledge of the medicinal properties of plants in the prevention and treatment of disease. Boy....

Holistic Medicine - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Holistic medicine is a term used to describe therapies that attempt to treat the patient as a whole person. That is, ...

Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine, also called botanical medicine or phytomedicine, refers to the use of any plant's seeds, berries, ro...

Anthroposophical Medicine - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Anthroposophical medicine (AM), or anthroposophically extended medicine, is a system of healing based on the spiritua...

Naturopathic Medicine - Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Naturopathic medicine is a branch of medicine in which a variety of natural medicines and treatments are used to heal...

Naturopathic Medicine for Headaches

Naturopathic medicine, also called naturopathy, can relieve the root problems that cause headaches through the use of...

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Herbal Medicine
Herbal Medicine

An herbalist discusses how to get the most out of natural remedies ranging from aloe vera and ginger to slippery elm and elderberry.

Naturopathy: Heart Conditions
Naturopathy: Heart Conditions

A practitioner from Prince Edward Island in Canada talks about Naturopathic Medicine and answers the questions... How do I treat heart conditions?

botanical medicine blogs

Kelley's Custom Creams

Since this is the First Blog Ever, please bear with me!    Energy medicine is a huge and expanding field, and includes the practices of using flower essences, and essential oils.  The human bod...

Kelley's Custom Creams

We all have alot of choices to make every day; sometimes it seems that we don't "have" a choice, and sometimes there are too many choices and not enough time.  For health related concerns, a tremen...

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Late last year the pharmaceutical giant, Merck, announced plans to collaborate with Chi-Med, a Chinese pharmaceutical company, to research and create possible new prescription drugs that would help...

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Recent research conducted at the Garvan Institute’s Diabetes & Obesity Research Program in Sydney, Australia showed promising results for diabetic sufferers. Australian, Korean and Chinese scientis...

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With such scary statistics on the table, many women were left wondering where to turn. Alternative medicine to the rescue! Botanical plant products, especially those rich in phytoestrogens have kno...

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