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  1. Skin Disorders and Ayurveda

    In Ayurveda, all skin diseases involve aggravation of the three constitutional types - vata, pitta and kapha - on both the physical and mental level, and disturbance of the tissu...more

  2. Skin Pigmentation Caused by Exposure to the Sun

    Do you know your skin?, the author asks, and goes on to provide a detailed account of the structure of the skin, its physiology, the different types, the response of those types to...more

  3. Sleep - Steps for a Peaceful Night

    In this column the author focuses on how to improve sleep, a complex behaviour which, like any other function in life, can become disordered.more

  4. Sleep – A Key Link in Optimizing your Immune System and Wellbeing

    The pandemic may be affecting your sleep at night. Anxiety is a leading cause of sleep dysfunction, and not getting enough sleep and recovery generally will have negative effects on...more

  5. Sleep Disorders and the Sleeping Environment: A Neurological Approach

    People who suffer from sleeping disorders primarily complain about how they find it hard to relax enough to fall asleep as well, as well as their inability to achieve continuous sle...more

  6. Sleep Environment may Enhance Peak Sport Performance

    Being admittedly a total sports-junkie, I am also a total health-junkie: growing my own veggies, eating only freshly caught seafood (thanks to my husband who is an amazing fisherman...more

  7. Sleep Modelling Project – Skill: Sleeping Like a Genius

    The demand for help for insomnia peaked during lockdown and as an NLP coach and clinical hypnotherapist I helped lots of clients resolve their sleep issues. This, almost daily, focu...more

  8. Sleeping in a Radiation-Free Bedroom after Shielding

    Whilst working as an NHS GP principal in a group practice between 1991-1994, Dr Daya felt a distinct need to include the field of holistic medicine in her practice to provide her pa...more

  9. Slipped Disc Or Split Disc?

    The term 'slipped disc' is a misnomer, since intervertebral discs (IDs) do not and cannot slip out from their vertebral position. Nor can they slip back, which means that no amount...more

  10. Smart Technology: Is It As Smart As We Think?

    Is it possible that something we cannot see could have a serious effect on our health? Clearly, judging by the devastating consequences caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the ans...more

  11. So You Think You’ve Mastered Mindfulness ... Now What?

    I meet a lot of people who have become disenchanted with mindfulness, either because they think they’ve ‘done it’ and it hasn’t made any difference, or because their life doesn’t wo...more

  12. Social Media Impact on Wellbeing - Photographs' Role in Happiness

    WhiteWall.com, the online photo lab, has partnered with celebrity psychologist Corinne Sweet (author of the best-selling Mindfulness Journal) to research the negative impact social ...more

  13. Social Stories - Communication for People on the Autistic Spectrum or with Learning Differences

    People on the autistic spectrum or with a learning difference often find it more difficult to learn some of the things that come naturally to neuro-typical people. This in no way me...more

  14. Soft Tissue Therapy - More than Sports Massage

    Sports Massage has been steadily gaining recognition over the last forty years, although it has been practised since Egyptian and Roman times. It has been used as a way of aiding re...more

  15. Soft Tissue, Detoxification and Cranio-Sacral Approaches to Arthritis and Ageing

    Wear and tear in the joints is known by the alarming names of osteoarthritis, or in the spine, spondylitis. These are conditions, which are present in all adults, especially in late...more

  16. Soften The Blow of Killer Heels

    The ‘wow’ experience of trying on new designer high heels certainly brings the above dictionary definition to life to those who worship current fashion.  In the whirl of unboxing, r...more

  17. Soil Minerals and Immune System Dysfunction

    Following a discussion of the origin of minerals, the article points out that organic farming focuses on feeding the soil and the soil microflora within it, meaning that organic ...more

  18. Solution Focused NLP:  Best Knee Osteoarthritis Exercises – Elicit People’s Strategies for Walking Comfortably Again

    Osteoarthritis is a common condition thought to affect up to five million people in the UK.  It occurs in the knees when cartilage breaks down, causing painful and stiff joints.  Su...more

  19. Some myths about practice building

    For most adults, their single most time-consuming activity is work. Yet unfortunately very few people find full satisfaction in theirs. I believe lack of satisfaction in work is a ...more

  20. Some Unwritten Laws of Psychology

    The heavy psychology textbooks on my shelves contain some well-known laws: the law of effect, the Weber-Fechner law, the principle of just noticeable difference, etc. But here we w...more

  21. Song Therapy to Soothe Anxiety - The Enemy Within

    Of course we all know music is good for us. Not a day goes by without some news item celebrating the latest research that proves the relationship between social inclusion, music and...more

  22. Songs from Seven Continents

    The two responses that I most frequently receive when I tell people that I am a singing teacher are: “Can you actually teach somebody to sing?” and “What a fantastic job!”more

  23. Soothing Vibes for Hectic Living

    “In your face” is how life seems to be so much of the time these days. And in so many ways… banner headlines, sound-bites, bright lights, advertising… high speed, high volume, hig...more

  24. Soukya - Revolutionary Alternative Health Farm in Bangalore

    The brainchild of Isaac Mathai, a South Indian doctor who completed his MD at the Hahnemann Post Graduate Institute of Homeopathy in London, Soukya offers a range of alternative he...more

  25. Sound as an Alternative to Traditional Medical Therapy

    Sound therapy is usually associated with non-conventional medicine. However we are all familiar with the use of ultra-sound to produce pictures of foetuses in the womb, and other vi...more

  26. Sound Healing and Psychotherapy

    Sound is one of the most powerful and primal healing modalities. Most ancient cultures have used the magical power of sound to aid in healing for centuries. Sound healing had almost...more

  27. Sound Psychology: the Tao of Music

    Mantras, chants and singing have been used through the ages and by almost every culture as a way of achieving health and harmony as well as personal enjoyment. The Buddhist mantr...more

  28. Sound Therapies: Universal Panacea or Placebo?

    This article highlights the many improvements in terms of a wide range of physical, emotional and learning difficulties that can be achieved through sound therapy. It distinguish...more

  29. Sound Yoga: Music and Sounds Heal Body and Mind

    Sound Yoga, also known as Music Therapy or Sound Healing, is a technique in which sounds, vibrations, musical tones and frequencies are used to restore, maintain and improve one’s ...more

  30. Sounding Bowls: Craftsmanship, Art and Spirituality

    This article focuses on Sounding Bowls, which begun as musical works of art that later became sought after as therapy and healing instruments in diverse applications, including for...more

  31. South East Japan - A Calming Retreat in the Face of Adversity

    The author writes that despite the tragic events in Japan, which saw a trilogy of disasters wreak havoc across the north east in March 2011 - killing more than 18,000 Japanese - thi...more

  32. Spagyric Medicine - An Original Way of Healing with Plants

    This article focuses on Spagyric medicine, a traditional way of healing with energetic medicines derived from herbs that also work hand-in-hand with all therapies aimed at global h...more

  33. Special Feature - Nursing

    Nurses have been using and adapting complementary therapies to the clinical setting of hospitals, clinics and labour wards for many years, away from the limelight of headlines and ...more

  34. Special Handling: Benefits of Chiropractic Manipulation

    Those who benefit from chiropractic manipulation, particularly senior citizens, are well aware of its advantages, and they live more physically comfortable lives because of them.more

  35. Speech and Language Therapy today

    Speech and Language Therapy is the process of enabling people to communicate to the best of their ability. A speech and language therapist will assess, diagnose and treat a variety...more

  36. Spinal Manipulation - What are We to Believe?

    In this column the author focuses on the background to a news report earlier this year that ‘Chiropractic and Osteopathic Manipulation does not work,’ based on a review published i...more

  37. Spinal Stenosis and Fusion Surgery

    The author explains spinal stenosis, which is a narrowing of the spinal canal, which can put pressure on the spinal cord and other spinal nerves. But not everyone who has it experi...more

  38. Spirals and Energy in Nature

    The author begins by introducing us to the ideas of Dr. Valerie Hunt concerning the human energy field. She studied the musculature of dancers, leading to investigating what lay ...more

  39. Spiritual Empowerment

    This article is based on commentaries on a recently revised and re-titled book Unlease your Spiritual Power and Grow: Reflex and Learn to Trust the Power Within, by the author (of ...more

  40. Spiritual Evolution in our Genetic Blueprint

    The author looks closely at how more and more people are recognizing the faults and harmful habits that are hindering their personal progress in the world and how we can all free o...more

  41. Spiritual Graduation

    A few years ago, I began writing a book called “The Elephant in the Crystal Shop” about New Age metaphysical teachings and communities. I wrote about what I perceived as spiritual ...more

  42. Spirituality and the Boardroom: Where Do They Meet?

    Stress costs the business world millions of pounds every year. The authors discuss the conflict between a high-powered, stressful position (the professional) and being able to be e...more

  43. Spirulina: Health Discoveries from the Source of Life

    We're undergoing a health revolution. As more people take responsibility for their own health, the demand for natural foods, herbal medicines and nutraceuticals is growing dramatic...more

  44. Spoiled Sport

    This article is a critique of the popular idea that competitive sport is a good thing.more

  45. Spongiform Encephalopathies, Principles and Ramifications

    The most well known of the spongiform encephalopathies (SE), which have been known about in animals for over two centuries and concurrent with the rise of ‘modern’ medicine, veterin...more

  46. Spongiform Encephalopathies, Principles and Ramifications Part II

    Conclusions from research into SEs should always be examined carefully so that we are not relying solely the reports of the ‘foxes that guard the hen houses’. ‘The Jury is out’ is o...more

  47. Sports Injuries - Healing the Memory – Results

    This article follows on from an article in Issue 17 of Positive Health, detailing research using Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) to help the healing of sports injuries.more

  48. Sports Injuries: Healing the Memory

    Sports injuries happen at every level of sport. They are caused by overuse, overstretching, or sudden unusual force to that part of the body. They are painful and debilitating, and...more

  49. Sports Massage - A Therapy for All

    Although the name 'sports massage therapy' suggests that it is only suitable for athletes and dancers, Wrio Russell, a qualified massage therapist and founder director of the Londo...more

  50. Spotlight On Norfolk Lavender Farm

    Lavender essential oil can be used to calm, revive and re-balance our emotions. Some of the practical uses include alleviating high blood pressure, clearing blocked sinus, healin...more

  51. Spotlight on Vitamin C and its Role in Perimenopause

    Perimenopause - the transition into menopause - often brings a raft of physiological changes, from the poster symptoms such as hot flushes and night sweats, through to lesser-known ...more

  52. Spring - A Time of Regeneration and Rebirth

    This article provides a stimulus for initiating change in our lives. Just as we nourish seeds and young plants in spring, we all need to learn how to nourish ourselves, regenerate ...more

  53. Spring Cleaning the Ayurvedic Way

    This column looks into the Ayurvedic approach to cleansing and rejuvenation, in relation to one’s constitutional make-up, the doshas (vata, pitta, kapha) and the seasons.more

  54. Spring Walker - Excerpt from Born to Walk

    The effectiveness of our bipedal gait has been honed and matured by evolution over the last 4 million years. Walking on two legs was something of a compromise of mobility over stabi...more

  55. Sprouting for Health

    Sprouting is the process of germinating seeds into sprouts which can then be eaten raw and which are nutrient dense. They are one of the easiest things to grow indoors, can be ready...more

  56. Stagnant!

    I was looking at my friend Kathryn (name changed but permission to share). She is late fifties and reasonably active, she dances and does yoga. I noticed slight swelling of the ankl...more

  57. Standards in Massage Therapy

    A question which I am regularly asked deserves an honest answer. "How do you find the standard of massage therapist here compared with elsewhere?" The truth is that standards of tr...more

  58. Star Trek Medicine is Here!

    A pocket-sized device to defibrillate hearts, treat sports injuries, strokes, angina, back pains and irritable bowel disease (as well as pre-menstrual tension and post-surgical com...more

  59. Starting School with a Hidden Illness

    First day back to school is always exciting for children, students and parents. There is so much to organise, such as uniforms, sports kits and the dreaded shoe shop. This all adds ...more

  60. Starving Amidst the Oceans of Energy

    Dr Silvia Hartmann describes the 'energy body' as a system of complex organs, pathways and lines of communication and exchange. Ancient techniques such as acupuncture and Chi Kung ...more

  61. State-of-the-Art Hypnotherapy Tapes for Health and Self-Improvement

    Glenn Harrold is a fully qualified clinical hypnotherapist who, drawing on his training as a musician and his experience of state-of-the-art digital recording techniques and believ...more

  62. Statin Statistics: Lies and Deception

    The author takes the reader through a lesson in understanding medical statistics, acknowledging that most of us are actually afraid of statistics! He also notes than many medical p...more

  63. Staying Flexible: Changes You Can Make to Improve Your Yoga Practice

    When practising yoga, you should always look to improve our yoga technique and sometimes that involves changing our equipment, our attire, and mindsets. By staying open to adjustmen...more

  64. Staying Healthy at Work

    With 31 million days lost to musculoskeletal conditions in the UK every year, protecting your back – or the backs of your employers – has never been more important.more

  65. Staying Healthy At Work: An Actionable Guide

    You spend a significant part of your life behind a desk. Desk jobs can be a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, it’s nice to not be a roofer working on top of a skyscraper. But ...more

  66. STAYING SUPPLE – Letting Go of Extreme Opinions

    Several months into the first year of the Covid pandemic I was getting out of my car when a smartly dressed stranger came up to me asking for directions to a local street. Having p...more

  67. Staying True to Yourself

    In this article David Molden explores how we can begin to achieve a healthy mind, body and spirit. He quotes a popular Zen story which teaches us to focus the mind on even the most...more

  68. Steps to Forgiveness

    Aromatherapist Francoise Rapp shares some words of wisdom on the importance of forgiveness, both of oneself and of others, and learning to be less judgemental and more accepting an...more

  69. Stevia is the New Ginseng

    This article focuses on the amazing properties, effects and use of the Stevia herb. The author explains why it supersedes others such as ginseng, mistletoe, Echinacea, etc, adding ...more

  70. Stomp out the Stigma of Pelvic Organ Prolapse

    “The real story about pelvic organ prolapse and incontinence is not that embarrassing conditions and symptoms exist; the story is about impact to women’s lives and that after 4000 ...more

  71. Stop Being Sensible All The Time!

    Using a vivid illustration of her own daring but amazing first experience of paragliding, Vera Peiffer spotlights the fact that as we get older we often slip into the same old rout...more

  72. Stop Constantly Thinking and Start Consciously Living

    Western philosophy for thousands of years has developed the belief that thinking is the foundation of existence - “I think therefore I am” according to Descartes. Thinking is certai...more

  73. Stop Smoking - Positive Approaches

    On any given day there are literally thousands of people trying to kick the smoking habit. Many experts agree that the best method to stop smoking is one which is non-invasive and ...more

  74. Stories that Heal

    One of the greatest gifts that came out of my NLP practitioner training was learning the magic of Metaphor. Neuro Linguistic Programming is, after all, about language and the art...more

  75. Strategic Confusion in Health Issues

    The abundance of confusion found within information on health issues is mind-boggling. Even searching for information on one topic can lead down a hundred other avenues, all with c...more

  76. Streamlining Cancer Treatments: Choosing the Best of Complementary and Conventional Medicine

    I am in a very privileged position having specifically worked as a cancer recovery strategist for almost 40 years. Age, experience and serving 15,000 clients during that period enab...more

  77. Strengthening Digestion with Yoga and Ayurveda

    This article focuses on our digestion and the ayurvedic wisdom of food and individual constitution (made up of Pitta, Vata and/or Kapha). The author touches on "where and how we ea...more

  78. Stress - Inductive Factor for Increased Lactate Production - Evolutionary Path to Carcinogenesis

    “The concept that cancer might in some way be related to stress or other emotional factors is probably as old as the history of recorded medicine itself” by Professor Doctor Paul J....more

  79. Stress and Ageing: The Micro-Immunotherapy Approach

    Stress has considerable effects on the immune function. Recent studies have suggested that the aging of the immune system (or immunosenescence) is, in part, closely linked to psycho...more

  80. Stress and What to Do About It

    Stress is a response experienced when a threat is encountered. A stressor is a stimulus that causes stress. Sudden and severe stress generally produces an increased heart rate, incr...more

  81. Stress and Your Patient's Immune System

    Stress management deserves to be considered the 1st approach and complementary care for all patient wellness protocols.more

  82. Stress as Cause of Heart Attacks - The Myogenic Theory

    The theory that heart attacks begin in the heart itself - the Myogenic Theory - and not in the arteries, was developed by my father-in-law, the Brazilian cardiologist, Quintiliano H...more

  83. Stress at Work – Myths, Signs, Causes, Effects and Tips to Beat

    Many people experience stress at some point in their lives. Stress is like a light switch; your mind turns it on automatically but you need to learn how to turn it off.more

  84. Stress in the Workplace as Experienced by Men and Women

    For the Simplyhealth/YouGov Everyday Health Tracker, YouGov commissioned a survey among its online panel between 26 - 30 October 2015, drawing on a nationally representative sample ...more

  85. Stress to Success

    Do you want a stress free and successful life? Make this your best life ever by boosting your wellbeing, preventing stress and enjoying an energetic home and work life. Hansa Pankha...more

  86. Stress, Diet and Body Acidification

    This column focuses on optimal health created by a good pH balance- between the acid and alkaline in the body. Acid has a detrimental effect on the body as it can cause enzymatic d...more

  87. Stress, Illness, Monks and Cab Drivers

    The author discusses the effects of stress, in a current population of very stressed people, either by their jobs, the fear of losing their jobs, or not having a job. But just as c...more

  88. Stress: Symptoms, Causes, Approaches for Stress Reduction

    Stress is defined as a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances.more

  89. Stretching and Exercise

    An individual’s physical fitness depends on a vast number of components, and flexibility is only one of these. Although flexibility is a vital part of physical fitness, it is import...more

  90. Stroke - David 19 Years of Age

    The author presents a detailed account of an extremely articulate and vibrant 19-year-old straight A student's experience as a stroke victim, both pre- and post- his attack.more

  91. Stroke Disease - Approaches to Rehabilitation

    The main killer in the UK today is heart disease, the forbearer of stroke. Stroke affects over 100,000 people each year. Its effects of stroke are numerous and include problems wit...more

  92. Structure and Function in Craniosacral Therapy

    Craniosacral therapy owes a huge debt to those visionaries originally from the osteopathic profession, who combined an intuitive understanding of the nature of the human organism wi...more

  93. Structure and Grace: Aligning Spiritual and Physical Elements

    In aligning structure with grace we see that the two elements make complementary partners in that they both require a knowledge of how to manifest a way to being that allows them to...more

  94. Struggling with Weight Loss: Is your Fat Trapped?

    You’ve been pummelling yourself in the gym and cutting down what you’re eating. And those spare tyres just won’t budge! Your fat feels ‘trapped’ and refuses to be lost. Is this some...more

  95. Stuck in Dry-dock

    According to the author the source of intelligence that requests mankind to proceed on a paradise journey of a lifetime is not written up in any textbook or holy books. The truth...more

  96. Su Jok Energy Flow Therapy

    The Korean language defines Su as hand and Jok as foot. Through stimulation of an array of correspondence systems mapped out on the hands and feet a wave of energy flows to organs a...more

  97. Sublingual Absorption

    Sublingual, meaning literally 'under the tongue' refers to a method of administering substances via the mouth in such a way that the substances are rapidly absorbed via the blood v...more

  98. Subtle Energy - Myth or Reality?

    The author, an analytical hypnotherapist and health kinesiologist, seeks to prove the existence and explain the mysteries of subtle energies.more

  99. Subtle Energy Fields

    My personal journey of discovery into the mysteries of Subtle Energy Fields (SEF) began in 1975 when I had a Near Death Experience (NDE); it frightened the life out of me. At that t...more

  100. Success Strategies that Work

    This article focuses on success strategies that work, based on NLP’s most powerful tool ‘modelling’, such as a practical skill, what to look for in  the people who produce succes...more

  101. Success with Recurrent Viral Infections

    One of the areas where homeopathy has a useful role is in the management of nonspecific ill health, where a person feels generally unwell and is often prone to recurrent viral infe...more

  102. Successful Health Recovery Strategies

    I run Healing Power of the Mind workshops at City Lit London in which learners are encouraged to adopt a positive attitude about their health, and write their own, or adapt other pe...more

  103. Successful Health Recovery Strategies

    There are brief strategies for achieving a better than average recovery from different forms of health adversity. i.e. ‘My successful stroke recovery strategy’, …,’Hip replacement o...more

  104. Sugar the Unsweet Truth!

    A new Canadian study has found that sugar can cause reactions similar to those to cocaine. This will not come as a surprise to many people struggling with addictions to all things ...more

  105. Sugar: Instant Energy or Sweet Poison?

    Sugar and spice and all things nice, that's what little girls are made of. Yet, it is very early on in life that most women become aware that a moment on the lips can result in a li...more

  106. Suicide - Is It All in Your Mind?

    In this article, Harley Street therapist Christopher Paul Jones talks about Suicide and asks the questions, ‘is it all in your mind?’.more

  107. Suicide – The Conversation You Need to Have

    Think about the following scenario. You have been taken into someone’s confidence. You may even have agreed not to tell anyone else. The challenge is implicit – you must find a way ...more

  108. Summer - And Its Aromatic Bounties

    Barbara Payne describes the many different ways we can enjoy aromatic summer herbs, fruits and flowers, not simply by inhaling their beautiful aromas as they grow in our gardens or...more

  109. Sunflower Therapy for Children and Innate Maximum Potential (IMP) for Adults: Holistic Treatment for Learning and Performance Disorders

    This article focuses on the Sunflower Academy and the concept of its treatments: the Sunflower Therapy for children and Innate Maximum Potential (IMP) for adults, which combine the...more

  110. Super Patch – Quantum Innovation

    In 2021, David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian were honoured with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for uncovering the existence of thermal and mechanical sensors within the sk...more

  111. Superbugs: Is this the final warning?

    Although critics of orthodox medicine's over-reliance on antibiotics have been sounding the alarm on behalf of a long-suffering public for at least the last ten years, previous war...more

  112. Supercoherence Return to Love Frequencies - 21st Century Tools for 21st Century Challenges

    Just a few years ago before the advent of email, it took several days for a letter to reach its destination. Even a local letter took a couple of days and a letter to a distant coun...more

  113. Supervised Use of the FlexxiCore† Passive Exerciser in a Clinic Context

    A class of passive exercisers that stimulate the nervous system, mobilise the back and release tension was invented in Japan about 20 years ago.more

  114. Supplements or Food?

    I am sometimes asked by people if supplements are necessary if eating a balanced diet. In the first place, the concept of a ‘balanced diet’ is vague and a little meaningless for ma...more

  115. Support and Care for Postnatal Depression

    Although families throughout the world experience a great deal of joy surrounding the birth or adoption of a child, there are many parents who go through some degree of mental angui...more

  116. Supporting Our Immune System - Plus Divulgence

    We are bombarded, information-wise, from all quarters as to how we may reduce the possibility of contracting this globally, thought to be accursed, Coronavirus, but also to learn th...more

  117. Supporting Women Through Pregnancy

    Recently it was announced that the NHS aims to recruit 3,000 extra midwives to enable pregnant women to be supported by the same midwives throughout pregnancy and birth. This contin...more

  118. Surrender: Its Relevance to Childbirth and Motherhood

    The author begins by describing herself becoming very ill on a long journey, and continuing, even though she was only partly recovered, with a determination expressed by the mantra...more

  119. Surrogate Joy

    In this issue Michael Levy looks at the concept of joy and how many of us are trying to find it in the wrong places. He points out that though people have more spiritual and medica...more

  120. Survival and Transformation from Terminal Cancer

    The author takes us on his remarkable journey of self-discovery that led to a total transformation of his whole Being and complete healing following a diagnosis of terminal cancer ...more

  121. Surviving Candida - A Patient's Perspective

    Candida is now becoming a more recognized complaint, although it is still difficult to obtain this diagnosis from a GP, even though Coeliac Disease and gradually ME are recognized i...more

  122. Surviving Ruth White at Grimstone Manor

    A teacher of  Iyengar yoga, who also sells  yoga accessories, such as mats, belts, blocks, videos, etc.,  the author says yoga is very much about “looking within”.more

  123. Susan's Story of Fat Loss

    Diet programmes rarely produce safe and effective methods of achieving fat loss. Indeed, America spends 36 billion dollars on weight loss programmes each year and it is a highly pr...more

  124. Sustainable Healthcare: Just How Unsustainable is Orthodox Healthcare?

    In this column, Dr Verkerk laments the over-reliance of people upon pharmaceutical drugs. Americans on average make over 1.1 billions visits to physicians or hospital outpatients d...more

  125. Sutherlandia as Support for Immune Dysfunction

    Dr Salmaan Dalvi, who runs a nutritional health screening clinic, has for several years been working with potent traditional African herbs which, through lack of proper study and d...more

  126. Swimming Baths - Cold Cures and Warm Hearts

    Jonathan Buckley, who has been cold water swimming ('ice swimming') at Tooting Bec Lido for the last 15 years, highlights the benefits that can be gained from plunging into icy wat...more

  127. Symbionts and their Role in Health and Nutrition

    In this article the author explains why Symbionts are key factors to health and wellbeing of the body, and what they are. Symbionts, he adds, have not been sufficiently researched ...more

  128. Symbol Therapy

    This article describes the basic principles and applications of symbol therapy, a simple but highly effective therapeutic tool, which has been found to help a wide range of longsta...more

  129. Symbology: Walking the Path to a Healthier Life

    This article focuses on Symbology, a radical new breakthrough in the field of health care that goes beyond traditional medicine and reveals the real causes of disease and ill-hea...more

  130. Symptoms and Solutions for Low Stomach Acid

    “To eat is human, to digest is divine”. These words were uttered by the famous American writer, Mark Twain (1835-1910) and how true they are. Even the most nutritious food will not...more

  131. Synchronize Mind and Body - Instant Brain Boosters

    Do you ever get one of those days where your fingers and brain don’t co-ordinate? You may hit the wrong computer keys, or transpose letters in words you would normally spell correct...more

  132. TA KE TI NA

    The workshop provides a supportive and non criticizing space in which you can work on all those negative messages you give yourself about not being able to do things. Learning to c...more

  133. Tai Chi - Relieving a Painful Shoulder Injury

    The author describes how the Chinese practice of Tai Chi can be beneficial in relieving many orthopaedic and sports injuries, including shoulder dislocation.more

  134. Tai Chi for Health and Rejuvenation

    Matthew Rochford, who has a professional qualification in Tai Chi and runs The Devon School of Tai Chi Chuan (part of the Wu Kung Federation), outlines the principles of Tai Chi, e...more

  135. Tai Chi Happiness and Chi Healing: Interview by Aisling King with Master Choy

    With all the doom and gloom we are subjected to everyday in newspapers and television, we really need to see more positive headlines like this in Ireland and everywhere. We are sur...more

  136. Tai Chi’s Nine Steps to a Healthy Life

    You are probably thinking “Oh no, not another meaningless guide to something none of us are likely to be able do”. Well you would be wrong, because this is achievable through a few ...more

  137. Tai-Chi Push Hands

    The objective of Tai-Chi Push Hands is to learn how to harmonize the Yin/receptive and Yang/assertive principles, so that better health, communication and vitality can be achieved....more

  138. Take a Deep Breath and Let Go of Stress

    The article gives examples of cases in which the importance of breathing is emphasised, including an anecdote about a woman who, when having a potentially fatal heart attack, foc...more

  139. Take Another Dose of Salt

    Ellen had a miserable time with endometriosis for many years. She had been treated with danazol, then had difficulty conceiving, but eventually achieved pregnancy with the help of ...more

  140. Take Control of your Fertility by Understanding your Luteal Phase

    Deciding to have a child is an exciting time for any couple. But, for the 3.5 million women who suffer from fertility issues (NHS Statistics), it can quickly turn to disillusion and...more

  141. Taking Control Can Do Wonders for Your Back Pain

    Feeling in control makes us happy. We all like to know that it’s our decision what we eat, what we do in our spare time, what job we do, and generally how we live our lives. We feel...more

  142. Taking Humour Therapy Seriously

    Wendy Lawson introduces humour therapy as a significant aspect of integrated healthcare, as part of the three-way relationship between patient, carer and health professional.more

  143. Tale of My Root Canal

    Homeopath Angela Jones shares her own experiences of a painful infected root canal which, after initial dental drilling, washing out and dressing, she successfully treated herself ...more

  144. Talk Back - From the Spine

    Ruth White writes from the point of view of the backbone in the context of a case study of a woman called Christine. Christine suffered from terrible back pain and had her backbone...more

  145. Tao Of Expectations

    Most of us live with far too many expectations – this is also one reason why expectations unfulfilled are awfully disappointing. Expectations reflect our behaviour, including fancie...more

  146. Tao of Scientific Positivity

    Despite our ‘clash’ with the times, also convention, there has been a huge transformation of position in our minds – from the old to the new. This has been engineered by our progres...more

  147. Tarot for Healing

    Despite its unfortunate image, there is a massive interest in the Tarot and more importantly, an acceptance that it works. It is precisely because it works that the time is ripe fo...more

  148. Tatha Gallery and the Health Benefits of the Salutogenesis Model

    The Tatha gallery is a cutting edge art gallery, run by health enthusiasts. It is situated on the southern banks of the river Tay and is drenched daily by the setting sun. The loca...more

  149. Tea Tree Oil

    In today's societies, natural medicine is becoming more mainstream. The baby boomers now make up a large portion of consumers in the natural products industry. Sales of herbs in th...more

  150. Teaching Yoga in Japan

    Ruth White tells of her experience teaching yoga in Japan. She found the Japanese a delight to teach because of their will power and tenacity, their efficiency and their kindness, ...more

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