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Alternative Medicine
Various forms of treating illnesses, and maintaining health including but not exclusive to: Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Chiropractic, Herbal Medicine, Homeopathic, Hypnosis, Meditation, Reiki, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Yoga.
1,530 Questions
How much salt must you put in water for cleaning a wound?
Most oral procedures such as tooth extraction or oral piercings require a salt water rinse for a few days to prevent infection. Rinse with salt water for 30 seconds, three times in a row, three times a day.
Can holding your bladder harm you?
Hi Brittany
It not good to practice this method, but there are times everyone is "caught short" so we do. If you are at home and have to go, please do. Some doctors will say by holding your bladder you strengthen it, but some doctors believe when nature calls you should run for it. LOL
I'm very glad to see somebody else besides me of this opinion: it's true; research shows that holding back from urinating can do at least two harmful things: one, it can strongly predispose you to urinary tract infections, or UTIs, which can in fact damage your kidneys. Two, it can weaken the muscle of the bladder, the detrusor, so that when you void your bladder you will no longer be able to empty it all the way. Holding your bladder regularly actually weakens the detrusor muscle; it does not strengthen it, ever.
The muscles it does strengthen are your pelvic floor muscles, but you can strengthen those without holding urine by doing "Kegels," where you flex the muscles you'd use to stop the flow of urine (the pelvic floor muscles) and then release them.
But by all means, don't do what I have done and am ashamed of doing, especially given my calling in life: I have been known to be up to 38 hours without urinating while mostly working at the Homestead where I live! INSANE! I had so many kidney infections that I required medical intervention, and sometimes my bladder became paralyzed and I had to be catheterized.
I am an extreme example by far, but there many like me: people with Avoidant Parauresis, the condition responsible for compulsive, OCD-driven holding behavior. Usually called "Shy Bladder Syndrome," it often results from trauma, and in my case the trauma was early and extreme to the point it nearly killed me. The people responsible ought to have gone to prison, but they didn't.
Most "holders" are not as damaged as I; I only gave my case as an extreme example. But some people far, far worse than I actually post videos of themselves on YouTube showing their horribly distended bladders - so much so that they are actually clearly visible through the layers of skin and subcutaneous fat. Such people seem oblivious of the fact they can kill themselves. I don't know how kidney transplant patients must feel when they see such things.
Avoidant Parauresis is treatable. I am in therapy (actually for PTSD) and my other local friends who have the condition mostly are as well, I'm glad to report.
And most folks only "hold it" now & then if a lavatory is unavailable. But if you find yourself doing it a lot of the time, and your Gyno keeps asking you (as mine did!) why you have a UTI every time you see her, then please, find help.
There is now a society for Avoidant Parauresis online; in my youth, as I desperately searched for help, there were no such things! I'm glad there are now. Good luck.
Describe three Ambulatory care settings and their purposes?
There are numerous settings in which ambulatory care can happen in the US. One is an actual ambulance. Another setting is a hospital or doctors office. Ambulatory care can also take place in a field or parking lot.
How is heart disease treated in alternative medicine?
Alternative therapies aim at preventing the progression of heart disease that leads to a heart attack. Changes in lifestyle can also prevent second heart attacks.
How do you shrink your prostate gland?
There is no known medical procedure for making your penis thinner. If you want the use of your penis I do not suggest that you do any thinning experiment on it medical or otherwise. Be satisfied.
Is it possible to flatten ears that stick out too much?
A simple ear surgery procedure called otoplasty is used to reduce the appearance of prominent ears. This treatment involves pinning back the ears so they no longer stick out as much. The procudure is carried out under general anaesthetic and takes between 2-3 three hours.
What do you call person who pretends to know a great deal about medicines?
A compulsive liar, who failed within the first week of med school and who watch too much ER
What can you use to detox naturally?
Hi,
Great question.
Toxins can accumulate in your blood; thus, detoxification consists in removing these unfriendly substances from your bloodstream.
1.Eat plenty of fiber, including brown rice and organically-grown fresh fruits and vegetables. Beets, radishes, artichokes, cabbage, broccoli, spirulina, chlorella, and seaweed are excellent detoxifying foods.
2. Cleanse and protect the liver by taking herbs such as dandelion root, burdock and milk thistle, and drinking green tea.
3. Take vitamin C, which helps the body produce glutathione, a liver compound that drives away toxins.
4. Drink at least two quarts of water daily.
Breathe deeply to allow oxygen to circulate more completely through your system.
5. Transform stress by emphasizing positive emotions.
Thanks....
What are the Functions of toes?
To help you keep your balance when you walk.
Add. Even the loss of a big toe has a great effect on how you walk. It is from our toes that we get most of our forward thrust.
Does Diatomaceous earth work to remove heavy metals or parasites in humans?
There are many different people who have used diatomaceous earth just for those reasons. Just make sure you use the food grade version for diatomaceous earth.
What alternative treatments are there for vulvodynia?
There is no cure for vulvodynia and, because there appear to be multiple causes for the disorder and because individual women have unique symptoms, no single treatment is appropriate for all women
A good hangover cure that works?
Peanut butter sandwiches and orange juice (Yes, it will taste bad, but it's good for you. Keep eating at regular intervals.) and a Tylenol, and depending on the sort of person you are, either getting up and starting the day immediatly, having a power nap (20-25 min.) then getting up, or sleeping the rest of the day. Stay Warm. orange juice, advil, coffee, bread
What alternative medicine is there for dexamethazone?
There is no alternative medicine to the dexamethasone.
Is a feature of choline in nutrition?
Choline can:
- Keep your cell membranes functioning properly: The naming of choline after the Greek word for bile was appropriate. Bile, which is made in your liver, makes fat compatible with water, so that fat-based substances can get transported around your body in your water-based blood. Choline has very similar fat-modifying effects in the membranes of your cells, the gates through which nutrients enter and wastes leave. The fat-modifying properties of choline allow your cell membranes to operate with greater flexibility in handling both water- and fat-soluble molecules. Without choline, many fat-based nutrients could not enter your cells, and many waste products could not leave.
- Allow your nerves to communicate with your muscles: Choline is a key component of acetyl choline, a neurotransmitter that your body uses to send messages between your nerves and muscles.
- Reduce chronic inflammation: People whose diets supply more than 310 milligrams of choline daily have levels of inflammatory markers at least 20% lower than people whose diets supplied less than 250 milligrams of choline daily. Each of these markers of chronic inflammation has been linked to a wide range of conditions including heart disease, osteoporosis, cognitive decline and Alzheimer's, and type-2 diabetes.
- Reduce your risk of atherosclerosis, heart attack, stroke, liver damage, osteoporosis, and possibly Alzheimer's disease: Risk of these serious diseases is associated with high blood levels of a molecule called homocysteine. Choline allows homocysteine to be converted into other substances, preventing any build-up. In particular, betaine, a metabolite of choline (which is also found naturally in vegetables such as beets and spinach), can also lower your homocysteine levels.
- Promote brain health: Choline is a key component of many fat-containing structures in cell membranes. Because your cell membranes are made up almost entirely of these fat-containing structures, their flexibility and integrity depend on adequate supplies of choline. In your brain, these fat-like molecules account for an unusually high percentage of total solids, so choline is particularly important for brain health.
- Reduce allergy symptoms: Choline supplements have reduced symptoms of allergic rhinitis.
It depends on your own specific needs in a wrinkle cream. If you need intense moisturization you will be better off with a thick cream like Olay, or if you have age spots you would like to reduce the appearance of you will want to look for a reputable wrinkle cream that has lightening ingredients. You can also speak to a specialist in a department store or a dermatologist to get their top reccomendations.
Which homeopathic remedy acts as antihistamine?
There is no one remedy for a sinus infection. In fact there are many. If you tell more about the disease condition, how it all started, for how long it is there, and few more basic things about it, then a one homoeopathic medicine could be shortlisted for you.
What is done with your blood after donation?
First of all, when you go for donating your blood you have to first undergo some medical checkups in order to prove yourself eligible to donate blood. When you donate blood after a certain period of time, your cells start regenerating and the amount you donated regenerates in the body and in this way you can again donate the blood after a period of three months or so, as soon as the blood regenerates and you stay healthy.
What happens to the body during fever?
it affects the body wth inflammation in nasal passage eyes and throat
How is pityriasis rosea treated in alternative medicine?
patients whose lesions increase in size or number due to emotional stress may be helped by hydrotherapy, aromatherapy, meditation, or other therapies intended to reduce stress.
Is it dangerous to ingest aromatherapy oregano oil?
Many of these oils are mixed with petroleum, so don't. If it were pure, then it would not harm you; but it is very likely that it is mixed down to around 4-7% of the actual oil that you want.
(Another answer - former vitamin dept. manager) - Essential oils used in aromatherapy are NOT appropriate for ingestion.
What you're looking for is food-grade (capsule or liquid) oregano oil. The most popular vitamin (internal) one that I carried was called Oreganol (liquid) and OregaMax (capsule), made by North American Herb and Spice. Those are commonly used by folks who are looking for the immune system-supporting effects of oregano oil. Some essential oils in pure form are ok to ingest, but in very small amounts and diluted with alcohol or water, and always under supervision of certified health care practitioner.
