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Alternative medicine is a very broad term that can refer to a number of treatments. The main factor is that alternative medicine is not usually practiced in conventional medicine. Nevertheless despite being called ‘alternative’ many of these alternative treatments are now being utilised in conventional medicine. For example acupuncture has become widely used and most GPs are trained to consider it. Finding the right alternative medicine for your ailment is an exciting time. Often it feels great to find a new therapy that doesn’t involve conventional medicine.

Some of the largest branches of alternative medicine are homeopathy, naturopathy, chiropractic medicine and herbal medicine. Although each of these offer a very different service to the next they are all similar in that they seek different methods to heal that conventional medicine. In the past many of these techniques were treated dismissively but nowadays these types alternative medicine have gained a great deal more credence. A greater amount of scientific research has been undertaken and many of these now receive greater respect.

Homeopathy

Homeopathy was first practiced in the late 18th century in Germany. A physician named Samual Hahnemann wrote a book titled the Organon of healing which laid out a number of recipes for a number of remedies that were designed to help disease. Early critics described this form of medicine as a ‘placebo therapy at best and quackery at worse’. It has gained greater respect in modern times. Homeopathic remedies use ingredients that when diluted cause symptoms similar to those that they seek to alleviate. Homeopaths mix their medicines carefully in an attempt to develop the special properties of the remedy.  Read more...

Herbal Medicine: What herbal medicine can treat and how safe and effective is it?

In part I of this article we looked at what herbal medicine is and what it uses as its philosophical basis. Part II looks at what herbal medicine can be used for and its safety and effectiveness.

What can herbal medicine be used for?

Herbal medicine can be used in one of three ways:

As the primary treatment for diseases and general health problems

To preventing disease, and/or

Complementary to other natural therapies or orthodox medicine

Up until about 200 years ago, herbal extracts, teas, baths, etc., were the primary forms of treatment available to doctors. In fact Pedanius Dioscorides an ancient Greek physician, pharmacologist and botanist from Anazarbus, Cilicia, Asia Minor, wrote ‘the bible’ on herbs and early medicinal substances extracted from plants in the first century AD.

To this day, pharmaceutical companies still use herbal medicines in their drugs (they just don’t advertise that fact). He described over 600 medicinal plants, their use and actions with respect to treating diseases.

In the early 19th century, when methods of chemical analysis first became available, scientists began extracting and modifying the active ingredients from plants. Later, chemists began making their own version of plant compounds, beginning the transition from raw herbs to synthetic pharmaceuticals. Over time, the use of herbal medicines declined in favor of pharmaceuticals.ý  Read more...

Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine ( www.altmedworld.net ) Highlights

 

A school dedicated to distance learning certificate and degree programs in an alternative medicine discipline Customizable education to fit students’ needs More than 305,000 students and graduates Affiliated with the Indian Board of Alternative Medicines, duly incorporated under Act XXVI of 1961 of Government of West Bengal, based on the Central Government Act XXI of 1860, Literary & Scientific Institutions Act, 1854.

 

About Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine Distance Learning

Founded in 1991 Indian Institute of Alternative Medicines is an distance learning school that offers programs in alternative medicine education including holistic nutrition, traditional naturopathy, natural health, oriental and chinese medicine, acupuncture, acupressure, reflexology, bach flower remedies and wellness. The school is a member of about 70 different organizations and affiliations tied to their mission. These include holistic and natural health agencies, naturopathic boards, herbalists groups, practitioner associations and more.

Indian Institute of Alternative Medicines Academic Programs ( www.altmedworld.net/courses.htm )

The school’s programs are built around the principle of alternative medicine that acts as a complementary to modern allopathic medicine. Courses cover topics that range from underlying philosophies to practical applications. Several programs are designed to ready students to become a naturopath, a natural health consultant, or to mesh alternative health approaches into an established healthcare practice.

Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine’s degree programs include:

Diploma – All Disciplines of Alternative Medicine  Bachelor – All Disciplines of Alternative Medicine Doctor – Alternative Medicine, Naturopathy, Holistic Medicine, Oriental Medicine

 

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consumers of chinese medicine should know that TCM means chinese medicines in the market. These chinese medicines also called as TCM have various ranges of traditional medical practices applied in China and in many nations. These chinese medicine are well accepted in consumers of East Asia and other countries of the world. mostly chinese medicine known as an alternative medical system in consumers across the globe. These chinese medicine helps in the treatment of herbal medicine, acupuncture, dietary therapy and also providing Tui na and Shiatsu massage to the consumers. Also chinese medicine practises are famous in the world such as Qigong and Taijiquan in many nations of the world.

Consumers should know that chinese medicine have the support of deep outlook of the nature, the cosmos, and the human body from ancient times. There are many theories prevalent about chinese medicine such as Yin-yang, five Phases, human body Channel system, Zang Fu organ theory, six confirmations, and four layers in the world. These chinese medicine took shape in 1950s under the shadow of People’s Republic of China and Mao Zedong in the world market. Consumers of chinese medicine believes that the life and activity of individual have deeper and intimate relation with the environment for protecting human body.  Read more...

The ancient method of curing any disease is using herbal medicine and ayurvedic medicine. Though the result of herbal medicine is very slow, but results are gauranted. Today their are lot many disease which cannot be cured with normal medicine,but herbal medicine has solutions for all disease an affordable rates.

Padmavati Pharmaceuticals are giving their helping hands by manufacturing various herbal medicine to cure all types of diseases from the society.

Today the cost of normal medicine is so high that everyone cannot even afford to buy those medicines. Here is the benefits of herbal medicine that it’s so cheap that it can be afforded by everyone.

Today normal medicine assures you solution to your disease, but thats temporary. In contraray herbal medicine provides slow effects, but the solutions are permanent.

Every medicine has some or the other side effects, but herbal medicine does not have any side effects.

These herbal medicine are manufactured by using natural herbs which are cultivated under natural methods and free from all inorganic harmful elements including fertilizers and pesticides are the plus points and states that we care for our customers.

PADMAVATI provides perfect solution for body problems like Diabetes, Joint pains, Psoriasis and other skin diseases / infections, Skin Firming and Beauty care.  Read more...