complementary medicine

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Alternative medicine means different things to different people. Alternative medicine encompasses many different approaches from massage to Chinese medicine and yoga. Alternative medicine means practices or medicines that are used instead of the usual
or standard
ways of treating diseases or illness. Examples of complementary and alternative medicine are meditation
yoga
and dietary supplements like vitamins and herbs. Alternative medicine means that it is different to the dominant health care system and potentially can replace it.

Traditional Chinese Medicine is the oldest continuously practiced medical system in the world and is used by one third of the world's population as a primary health care system. Health is defined as a state of physical well being
mental alertness
socially adjusted
and spiritually developed. Health care is not about drugs and the cost of drugs.


CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE

Conventional medicine is continuing to lose market share. More and more people want options beyond what many consider to be essentially a high-tech slash
burn and poison medicine. Conventional medicine is used to describe the services that treat the symptoms of a disease or illness with prescribed medications and surgeries. Conventional medicine treats the ailing part of the body but may not address the underlying causes of the illness or disease.

Traditional practitioners don't express hopefulness when their medicine fails as they treat diseases first and then people secondly. On the other hand alternative practitioners
often encourage patients to be hopeful even when the situation is hopeless as they aim to treat the mind
body and soul of their patient.

Medicine is directly related to the biomedicine and health sciences. The term 'Medicine' today refers to the fields of surgery
clinical medicine and the medical research. Medical mistakes appear to be increasing
and if they are not
then at the very least
the publicizing of them is increasing. It makes people wary.

HERBAL

Herbal medicine is a booming industry in the United States. The American market for herbal remedies has doubled the last couple of years. Herbs may be harmful if taken for the wrong conditions
used in excessive amounts
combined with prescription drugs or alcohol
or used by persons who don't know what they are doing. Just because an herbal remedy is natural
does not mean it is safe!

ACUPUNCTURE

Acupuncture needles are usually inserted to a depth of about a quarter of an inch into the skin. The therapist gently twists or twirls them for up to 10 minutes
leaving them in five to 20 minutes longer; or stimulates them with a weak electrical current; or heats them with a burning herb such as mugwort (see moxibustion). Acupuncture was used as an illustration of medical irrationality before James Reston's fortuitous appendicitis brought it to the United States. From the impact of the LaLeche League on the advisability of breast-feeding to current studies of botanical medicines such as ginger
echinacea and ginkgo biloba
folk and alternative medicines have continuously influenced medical research and practice.

Everyone has a variety of bacteria in their mouth. Some have more than others. This bacterium helps you by beginning the digestive process.

Excess bacteria in your mouth have now been found to cause more than tooth decay
gingivitis or gum disease. So
you need to know
even though you might not have gingivitis
how to control these plaque-building bacteria in your mouth.

Bacteria that create gingivitis live in your plaque and cause your gums to inflame
bleed
and separate from your teeth. You can also have bad breath when you have gingivitis. In more severe cases
your gums become sore
teeth hurt
gums recede
and teeth loosen.

To stop the inflammation and gum separation use this natural remedy to kill some of these bacteria and strengthen your gums in your mouth.

Here are the herbs and the formula you will need to make a remedy for a mild case of gingivitis:

2 parts white oak bark herb – powder

1 part myrrh gum herb – power or granules

3/4 part Peppermint leaves converted to powder

ฝ part anise herb – power or seeds

1/8 part clove - powder

If herbs and leaves are not in powder form
grind them in a coffee grinder. Use this formula to make as much powder as you want.

Place the mixture into a small container. I usually use a small-unused vitamin bottle.

I usually mix a small amount and use a tablespoon as my measuring tool. For example
2
tablespoons of white oak
1
tablespoon of myrrh gum
พ tablespoon of peppermint leaves
and so on. The measurements do not have to be so precise.

How to use it:

To control bacteria in your mouth
use this power once a week. If you have gingivitis
you can use this 3 times a day. Place some powder on your toothbrush and brush your teeth and gums. After brushing spit out
a few time
the saliva and residue powder. Don’t rinse out your mouth since you want to keep the active herb powders in your month. You can swallow any that remains in your mouth with no problem.

This powder combination is bitter
but quite powerful and will get the job done. You can add more peppermint powder to make it less bitter
if you like.

For severe cases of gingivitis and toothaches
you can also moist some powder with distilled water and then place the paste all along the your teeth and gums – front and back. Leave the paste in your mouth as long as you can. Don’t worry about the herbs getting in between your teeth. This remedy works.

My wife was schedule for a root canal last year and a few weeks before her tooth started paining and couldn't sleep. So I made this remedy. She just placed the powers around the painful area. It wasn't long before the pain stopped and she was able to go to sleep.

There have been other clients that have used this remedy for a month and successfully avoided having the dentist apply gingivitis treatment. In cases of severe gingivitis
go see your dentist and at the same time use this remedy.