medicine
Stephanie K asked:


I’m studying alternative medicine for sociology at school and was wondering why people chose to use alternative medicine when modern medicine is available. Even people with cancer, chose to use alternative therapy instead of rely in doctors. I am just very unsure why. Thanks everyone!
By the way, I’m not here to bag on you or tell you that what you believe is wrong. I’m just looking to find someone with first hand experience on the matter.
People have said that they use them, but have they actually worked for you? Thanks for all of your replies.

JOEY
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medicine
Nandeshori Devi Konthoujam asked:


Medicines are there to eliminate numerous health problems in the body. And with advancement of science and technology, production of medicines for different purposes is enhancing and thus we can get rid of several health related troubles. By the term herbal we mean the medicine extracted or synthesized from the plants and its products. Medicines are the part and parcel of today’s living where development has reached the peak, at the same time this development lead to the emergence of different fatal and non-fatal health problems.

Herbal medicines are the primary health management and this practice of healing a broad range of complaints or to boost health with plants and plant extracts are the principle of herbalism or phytotherapy. The concept of herbal medicine is the most primitive form of healthcare playing a vital role in the development of recent medicine which we are using today.

In other words we can define herbal medicine as the utilization of plants along with herb extracts intended for their therapeutic and curative value. The majority of the plants species found to have and produce chemical essences that facilitate in healing and supplementary physical treatments.

Herbal medicines are using at greater extent as these are associated with least side effects. Medicines though give immediate solutions to the health problems or illnesses, leave some side effects which become more fatal to the remaining body functioning system. Herbal medicines are extracted from the natural substances basically the plants and its products.

The practice of herbal medicines are prevailing since the prehistoric days and in India it is very famous and Indian Ayurveda has a big position in the world of herbal medicine. Nearly 80% of the world population is utilizing the herbal products in curing and preventing numerous diseases and its effects. Herbal medicine is associated with the primary health care programs.

All plant life generates certain chemical complex during their ordinary metabolic activities which can be further categorizes as primary metabolites for example fats and sugars available in the entire plants species and the secondary metabolites though found in smaller varieties of plants, particularly in specific species or genus. The identification of healing powers in the plants has lead to growth of various herbal medicines manufacture from different plants and plants extracts.

More than 80,000 plants species are found to contain medicinal properties and widely used in treating and preventing diseases. Herbal medicines are also using in association of other therapeutic programs like acupuncture and a good deal of prescription drugs are manufactured from the plants and plants extracts. Several herbal ingredients are found in the drugs used for healing and preventing diseases for example aspirin manufactured from Salix species whose common name is willow bark and digitalis made from Digitalis purpurea, foxglove.

The most common question arises is that if all the herbal products are beneficial and are they capable replacing the modern medication that is with drugs and associated chemical substances? The answer is that herbal medicines are used generally for treating mild cases and are less effective in case of the serious diseases, this can also be considered on the basis of the longer duration required for the herbal medicine s to effect. At the same time all the plant and plants extracts are safe to use and therefore is essential thing to consult the experts and doctors of the specific field.



PHILIP
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Sep
18
medicine
Gandrake asked:


How do you make medicine from water hyacinth? What specific type of medicine will be produced? I need it fast…
What specific type of medicine will be produced? I need methods of how to make it a medicine! I need to know how they survive in polluted waters! I need it fast within 24 hours!

FABIAN
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Sep
15
m0nk3ymaul asked:


The Legion of Doom - ******* Medicine

From Autumn to Ashes vs Dead Poetic

- 100,000 views October 24.

NESTOR

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Sep
14
Filed Under (Women's Issues) by family
Indianhealthcare asked:


Artificial insemination in India can help women who are facing problems in pregnancy due to complications in ***** discharge by their male partners. Artificial insemination also called as intrauterine insemination is the process by which the ***** is placed into the reproductive tract of a female for the purpose of impregnating the female by using means other than sexual ***********. Artificial insemination in India is a good medical solution if any female aspirant is facing complications in other infertility procedures like  IVF etc. Advanced medically equipped infertility treatment hospitals of India at Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai are providing the procedure of artificial insemination with the best medical care.

Artificial insemination, is a fertilization procedure in which sperms are artificially placed into a woman’s cervix (intracervical insemination) or uterus (intrauterine insemination). During the procedure of artificial insemination, the woman’s menstrual cycle is closely monitored using ovarian kits, ultrasounds, and blood tests. The ***** to be implanted is “washed” in a laboratory, which increases the chances of fertilization while removing unnecessary, potentially harmful chemicals. The ***** is inserted into the woman, and if the procedure is successful, she conceives. Married women can choose to be inseminated with their husbands’ ***** (provided the ***** is viable) or with the ***** of a donor from a ***** bank, a process called artificial insemination by donor (AID). A married woman may use a ***** donation if artificial insemination by husband (AIH) is not an option due to male factor infertility; a single woman may elect AID in order to have a baby by herself. Artificial insemination using donor ***** may also be a solution to patients who cannot afford more advanced treatment such as intracytoplasmic ***** injection (ICSI).

India is one of the largest providers of medical treatment with standard quality at a low cost. With a number of world-renowned medical facilities affiliated, Indian medical tourism has the best resources to offer you for finest medical treatment in India for speedy recovery. The surgeons and doctors of India are providing the surgical amenities to childless women who are getting their outpatient artificial insemination in India at Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. With advanced and reliable medical hospitalization facilities the medical and healthcare services of Infertility treatment hospitals in India have earned great fame. Moreover the   hospital stay in India is also short plus you will have to pay a very less cost for an artificial insemination in India. Get more info at http://www.indianmedguru.com or mail at contact@indianmedguru.com



TYREE
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Sep
10
uctelevision asked:


Dr. Judith Klein, UCSF School of Medicine, explores what knowledge is needed in the back country far from medical help. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [9/2008] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 14838]

THURMAN

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Sep
08
Filed Under (Entertainment) by family
letstalkaboutstuff asked:


Into the West
A nice little love story
I like this song but didn’t know what to use
for background images, so I put together
the images from one of the love stories that happened within the movie Into the West.

LESTER

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