Alternative Medicine Articles
Your hives may be caused by any number of things, including food additives and preservatives.
Hives are a sudden eruption of red and white bumps on the skin.
In between the mouth and the stomach, the esophagus passes through an opening in the diaphragm called the hiatus.
A hernia occurs when internal tissue bulges out through a weakened area of the abdominal muscles.
Your diet should include at least 50 percent raw fruits and vegetables. Whole grains, nuts, and seeds are recommended as are "green" drinks made from dark green leafy vegetables.
Before breakfast, drink a mixture of one teaspoonful of pure, cold-pressed olive oil and apple juice to provide essential fatty acids and help eliminate toxic waste.
Healthy lungs contain 300 million alveoli, elastic air sacs where oxygen enters the blood and carbon dioxide is removed from it. Emphysema develops when the alveoli membrane are destroyed.
The uterus is lined with a tissue called the endometrium.
When nutrition researcher Jeffrey S. Bland, Ph.D., needed volunteers to follow an elimination diet-that is, to avoid certain foods with the goal of improving health-he found 106 willing participants in the Seattle area.
Ayurveda considers diabetes a kapha disorder of low agni (digestive fire) and offers a variety of treatments, including the following that can be undertaken with the guidance of a qualified practitioner