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Alternative treatment acupuncture is one of alternative treatment that is known and used by many people in Indonesia. This treatment uses some needle as therapy tool. In this treatment, the needles is putting on the particular point on the patient’s body which are become the location of curing. As the other alternative treatment, this treatment also can cure many kind of sickness like diabetes, hypertension, rheumatic, anemia, asthma, cancer, heart attack, kidney and cholesterol. This treatment can to make blood circulation well.

Alternative treatment acupuncture is one of alternative treatment that the people like especially for them who like doing alternative treatment than modern medicine because for some people this treatment more success that modern medicine. They can feel better after them doing this treatment. They feel their body become healthier than before they do the treatment. After do this reflection people usually feel fit and it can be seen from their aura.

This treatment have to be done routinely to get the maximal result because to cure a disease need a process and process need time especially for people who have chronic sickness, it is will not easy to cure not only in this treatment but in all alternative treatment. @alternativemedicine

Vitamin D may be crucial to fending off infection, according to a recent report. But as many as 70 percent of the U.S. population may be D-deficient, says report author Adrian Gombart, a principal investigator with the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University.

The report highlights vitamin D’s role in inducing the expression of cathelicidin, a compound integral to the immune system’s first line of defense against wounds, bacteria, and viruses. The report also underscores vitamin’s D’s role in reducing risk for conditions such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and influenza. Vitamin D appears to curb inflammation, keep blood pressure in check, and protect against heart disease as well.

D deficiency may be particularly prevalent during the winter months, when lack of sunlight exposure slows up the body’s synthesis of the vitamin. In order to maintain optimal levels of vitamin D, many health experts recommend taking a daily supplement.

Fighting Infection With Vitamin D originally appeared on About.com Alternative Medicine on Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 06:00:01.

Milk thistle may help curb liver inflammation in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, according to a recent study. An herb rich in the antioxidant silymarin, milk thistle has long been used in herbal medicine to treat liver disorders.

For 28 days, 50 children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (a type of cancer of the white blood cells) were given milk thistle or a placebo. All of the children experienced chemotherapy-related liver problems prior to the study’s start.

In liver-function tests performed 28 days after the treatment period, children who had received milk thistle showed improvements in their liver enzymes compared with children who had received the placebo. Those taking milk thistle were also less likely to have to lower their chemotherapy doses. What’s more, milk thistle did not appear to interfere with the chemotherapy’s beneficial effects.

In past research, milk thistle has been found to benefit people with fatty liver disease and gallstones.

Milk Thistle May Ease Chemotherapy Side Effects originally appeared on About.com Alternative Medicine on Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 at 06:00:08.

For women with breast cancer, a high intake of soy foods may be linked to a lower risk of death. That’s the key finding of a recent study of female breast cancer survivors in China.

For the study, researchers focused on 5,042 women, all of whom were diagnosed with breast cancer between March 2002 and April 2006. At a median follow-up of about 3.9 years, 444 total deaths and 534 recurrences or breast-cancer-related deaths were documented.

Analyzing data on the participants, the research team found that patients with the highest intake of soy protein had a 29 percent lower risk of death during the study period, and a 32 percent lower risk of breast cancer recurrence (compared to patients with the lowest intake of soy protein).

Soy foods contain isoflavones, estrogen-like compounds thought to offer various health benefits. Isoflavones are also found in the herbs kudzu and red clover.

Soy May Benefit Breast Cancer Patients originally appeared on About.com Alternative Medicine on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 at 13:14:52.

A combination of curcumin (a compound found in the curry spice turmeric) and piperine (a substances derived from black peppers) could help protect against breast cancer by targeting stem cells, according to a recent study.

In lab experiments, scientists discovered that applying curcumin and piperine to breast cells helped decrease the number of stem cells (which are known to promote tumor growth) while having no effect on normal cells. By limiting the number of stem cells, the study’s authors suggest, it may be possible to inhibit tumor growth.

In past research on animals, curcumin has been found to help reduce risk of progestin-accelerated breast cancer (a type of breast cancer thought to be particularly common among women receiving a combined estrogen and progestin hormone replacement therapy).

Other studies indicate that curcumin may help lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, cataracts, and skin cancer.

Curcumin May Fight Breast Cancer originally appeared on About.com Alternative Medicine on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 at 12:00:18.

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