Tag: Naturopathy

Alternative treatments use practices that aren’t “mainstream,” giving you options beyond conventional medicine. Ayurveda is a medical system that uses herbs, special diets, and lifestyle habits for optimal health. To promote healing, aromatherapy uses essential oils while chiropractic care involves hands-on manipulation. Acupuncture stimulates nerves with thin needles. Naturopathy stems from folk medicine, and treatments are meant to limit side effects. Biofeedback is used to control body functions like blood pressure. And reiki uses energy relaxing for stress relief.

While it is important to seek medical treatment for diabetes, without proper diet modification, herbal supplementation, and exercise, you cannot expect to impact the progression of the disease. Consider adding foods like bitter gourd, okra, amla, garlic, black plum, fenugreek, and cinnamon to your plate. Herbs like coccinia indica, gymnema sylvestre may help too.

Side-effects of chemotherapy are painful and mentally strain the person. Go toward naturopathy route, know the side-effects clearly to get cured or alleviated.

NAFLD refers to presence of hepatic fat in non-alcoholics. No specific symptoms exist but some complain of right upper abdominal pain and fatigue. Clinically this is diagnosed in lab tests through elevated liver aminotransferases. Consume green tea, fresh fish, organic fruits and vegetables, liver-supportive foods like garlic, onions, and cruciferous vegetables. Avoid trans and saturated fats.

Conventional medicine treats symptoms of an allergy with mast cell stabilizers, antihistamines, and steroids that cause drowsiness, blurred vision, etc. Naturopathic options include mushrooms, freeze-dried nettles, frankincense, Ashwagandha, black currant, licorice and homeopathic desensitization approach (sublingual immunotherapy). Use under guidance of a well-trained physician.

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