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How Can I Get Rid of ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s Disease?

April 30, 2024 TVance Comments 0 Comment

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS, is often referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which is an accelerative neurodegenerative disorder that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. This disease leads to the gradual loss of voluntary muscle movement, eventually resulting in paralysis. While traditional medicine asserts there is no cure for ALS, various treatments and alternative therapies are reported to have a great deal of impact on those wondering how to get rid of ALS once and for…

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Alternative Medicine vs. Modern Medcine

March 31, 2019 TVance Comments 0 Comment

The major difference in alternative medicine vs. modern medicine, or what I’ll call holistic health, and Western medicine, is in approach. A Western doctor, or MD, sees his duty as searching out disease, diagnosing it, and treating it. If he does that correctly and effectively, he’s done his job. Most often, this means the doctor prescribing a pharmaceutical drug or a surgical procedure to remedy the situation. The patients is passive in all of this. A holistic health practitioner sees…

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Acupressure for Pain Relief at Home

March 30, 2019 TVance Comments 0 Comment

Acupressure was originated in China thousands of years ago, and evidence has been found that acupressure was practiced in the stone age! Acupressure has been used to reduce post-operative nausea and vomiting in children. Acupressure also reduces nausea in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Acupressure can be done anywhere without special equipment. You can treat yourself safely with acupressure, as long as you follow the guidelines of a professional acupressure practitioner. Correctly performed, acupressure increases circulation, reduces tension and pain and…

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Foot Massage Chinese Medicine

March 10, 2019 TVance Comments 1 comment

Foot massage or foot reflexology has a Chinese origin. Foot massage Chinese medicine dates back to more than 3,000 years ago and is used in the prevention and cure of many health ailments. Some in fact say, foot massage dates back to ancient Egyptian times due to archaeological findings in cave drawings in Egypt. The principle of foot massage rests in the premise that the meridian network connects all tissues, organs and cells in our body. Each organ in the…

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Meeting with Your Medical Provider

March 1, 2019 TVance Comments 0 Comment

Here are some invlauable tips for meeting with your medical provider which will help you get more bang for your buck. 1. Have as many medical records as possible with you to document your medical condition, especially for a new visit or a consult. Go by the hospital, lab or other doctor’s office and get copies. This saves the doctor time and sometimes even avoids an extra official call. 2. Bring in the actual bottles of prescriptions. While lists are…

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Biodiesel Jatropa Curcas as Medicine

February 26, 2019 TVance Comments 0 Comment

Jatropa Curcas or locally known as Tuba Bakod in our country has been used by our ancestors as a folkloric medicine for rheumatic pains, snake bites and also insecticide. The leaves are used as medicine for muscle ailments like rheumatic pains. Simply by applying oil on the leaves and heated by flames and then applied to the skin on where the ailments are. Even though Jatropa Curcas has medicinal properties, the fruit and seed is not edible and poisonous when…

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Osteopathy Is Not Chiropractic Healing

February 25, 2019 TVance Comments 0 Comment

Osteopathy is a system of healthcare based on the belief that disease is the direct result of the relationship between physiological function and anatomical structure. In osteopathy, function and structure are interdependent. A healthy musculoskeletal system plays a pivotal role in recovery and disease prevention. ‘Structure governs function’ – this is the tenet of osteopathy. By structure, this means muscles, ligaments, bones, organs and fascia. The credit for initiating this system of healing is given to Andrew Taylor Still, who…

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When You Need an Energy Boost

February 8, 2019 TVance Comments 0 Comment

Everyone would like to feel more energetic during the day. You naturally go through periods of higher activity which contrasts with times of relaxation. The problem occurs when you need an energy boost and concentration is required than we can give. Or when we try to sleep and can’t. Follow these invaluable tips when you need an energy boost. Stay on a regular sleep schedule You can’t stay up late during the week-end and suddenly on Monday morning wake up…

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Ginger Spice for Life

July 11, 2018 TVance Comments 0 Comment

Ginger spice is often used to flavor food. It is also a remedy that can be used for a variety of things. There are many ways that women can benefit by using ginger spice for life. Glowing Skin If you want to have healthier-looking skin, then you should consider adding ginger to your regimen. Ginger has anti-inflammatory properties, so it can help soothe irritated skin. There was also a study done that showed that eating ginger along with curcumin can…

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Pranic Healing

July 5, 2018 TVance Comments 0 Comment

Pranic Healing has been in existence for thousands of years. Its goal is to get rid of any impurities in your energy body, the field of energy that surrounds your physical body, before these impurities seep through and manifest themselves as diseases and illnesses. The condition of your energy body is affected by your physical being, and undeniably, the other way around. What is the Energy Body Made of? There have scientific experiments done by Semyon Kirlian, the prominent Russian…

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