Articles for category: Alternative Medicine

Cloudy Urine and Kidney Stones

Cloudy urine and kidney stones can be a matched pair in many cases. Kidney stones are very small bit of calcium that condense in the tubes of your kidneys and cause excruciating pain. These stones can travel down to the ureters (the tube connecting the kidney to the bladder). It is here that kidney stones ...

Biological Psychology: Foundations of Biopsychology

Foundations of Biopsychology – The origin of every thought, emotion, and behavior starts in the brain. This describes biological psychology which in the past was called physiological psychology or behavioral neuroscience. The term physiological was used because of the methods that were put to use in which to experiment on the brain. Examples of these ...

Cinnamon – the Medicinal Uses

Found in the inner bark of the tropical evergreen tree, there are approximately between 50 and 250 different species of cinnamon. A native of Sri Lanka, cinnamon grows best among the coastal strip of Columbo. The two main varieties of cinnamon include cinnamomum cassia and cinnanonuim zeylanicum. In ancient Egypt, cinnamon was mainly used as ...

Health Benefits of Peppermint Oil

Peppermint oil is used in many different types of products. These products include shampoos, bath gels, stomach medications and even insect repellants. This proves that the oil has a vast array of uses. Peppermint oil comes from the peppermint plant. This oil has been used for many years. In fact, it is one of the ...

Physical Therapy for Cervical Spinal Stenosis

Those with cervical spinal stenosis often lose arm, shoulder and wrist strength. The discs of the cervical spine are sometimes herniated, the corresponding nerves become constricted, and the muscles are compromised. Many simple things that someone with cervical spinal stenosis could once do without thought or hesitation becomes laborious, and lifting too much can cause ...

The 5 Best Natural Health Magazines

Natural health is a topic I have only really discovered this year. I’ve always been wary of medications and many medical health solutions, but had very little knowledge of what my other options were. I’m a little bit embarrassed to say that my “solution” was to simply ignore health altogether. Luckily, I’ve never been very ...