In this day and age we, the public, are subjected to the ever increasing cost of medical treatment.  In the USA there is no National Health Service like there is in the UK, and it is essential t..

Chinese Herbal Medicine has been practised for thousands of years and is one of the most popular complementary therapies in the world. The therapy has been used to treat conditions such as asthma, dep..

Aromatherapy has been used for thousands of years to help with relaxation, healing, preventing disease and giving us a sense of well-being. Natural oils are extracted from plants, flowers, trees and f..

Since the UK smoking ban in public places started in 2007, smokers have been forced to stand on the streets puffing away while braving the wind and rain. Many are now making the choice to quit the nic..

Naturopathy is one of the oldest forms medicines; as old as mankind in many ways. Our ancestors made use of the natural resources around them to treat illness and maintain good health. Naturopathy has..

As a sufferer of a debilitating muscle wasting auto-immune disease I take an obnoxious concoction of bright coloured pills every morning. Without them I would not be able to get out of bed and they ha..

Alternative medicine can be defined as any form of therapy, practice or treatment which is outside the mainstream or beyond the realm of the conventional. More generally it can be defined as any appro..

Before looking at the area of Alternative Medicine it is important to define and be clear about exactly what we mean.'Alternative' can be described as a form of practice that is outside the establishm..

The amount of people using complementary therapies has seen a dramatic increase in recent years. There are many reasons for this increase, and many reasons to believe that the increase is a trend tha..

Eyestrain is a problem a lot of us live with. We love spending hours in front of our computer screens and often don't even realise how many hours pass by as we are glued to our screens. Worsening eyes..