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Coining Therapy for Health Featured
Coining therapy, also referred to as coin rubbing, coining, or cao gio by Southeast Asians, is a popular form of alternative medicine practiced across the world to relive a variety of illnesses such as muscle aches, muscle pains, nausea, abdominal pain, back pain, coughs, colds, fevers, chills and symptoms related to changes in the weather.
Americans are now spending more than $17 billion a year on supplements for health and wellness. Strangely enough, the rates of many forms of chronic disease have not changed, while the rates of many others have actually increased. Why is that? Well, of course there are many factors involved, but a major contributing factor is that despite daily vitamin supplementation, most people are still seriously deficient in the critical vitamins and minerals that their bodies require on a daily basis and one thing is fairly clear, their supplements aren’t helping very much.
Acupuncture may help relieve pain by triggering a natural painkilling chemical called adenosine according to new research. The researchers also believe they can enhance acupuncture's effectiveness by coupling the process with a well-known cancer drug -- deoxycoformycin -- that maintains adenosine levels longer than usual. The findings are reported in the May 30, 2010 online in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
The scientific validity of traditional Chinese medicine for pain treatment of pain received scientific support in the May 2010 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS). The study found that acupuncture increased pain thresholds by up to 50 percent.
Medicinal mushrooms have been in use for thousands of years. However it has been only recently that the medicinal values of mushrooms has started to blossom in the western world.
Cupping therapy is is an ancient Chinese method of natural healing using glass or plastic cups to create localized pressure by a vacuum. The vacuum inside the cups causes the blood to form in the area and help the healing in that area. The therapy is used to treat and heal many diseases and conditions safely.
There are many health benefits of eating nuts and seeds but so many people have been conditioned to avoid nuts and seeds because they are calorie dense.
By avoiding nuts and seeds however, many people are missing out on great nutrition and many health benefits that can help improve health, improve well being, improve looks and extend life.
Turmeric is one particular spice that many considered a super spice by millions of people across the world. It is a spice that has a long history of medicinal, anti aging and health benefits.
Black pepper, cinnamon, cayenne pepper – none of these spices are new or unusual to most people. In fact, these are spices that many of us use on a regular basis, especially black pepper. But did you know that these spices also have many health benefits? Did you know that there is more reason to use these spices than to simply add flavor and spice to a meal?
Green Tea May Help Build Bones and Slow Osteoporosis
New evidence shows that ingredients in green tea could improve bone health by promoting growth of new bones, and slowing bone destruction. The findings, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, suggest that green tea could be used as a treatment for osteoporosis. Green tea could also be used for prevention of bone loss.