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"In addition to these seven principles, there are two principles that I believe are fundamental not only to natural medicine, but to good medicine in general: the principle of resonance and the principle of choice. Let me explain. Resonance is basically an issue of compatibility. What approach, what therapy, what herb, or what of any substance is compatible with this particular patient in this particular moment and set of life circumstances? The selection of the therapeutic approach that is resonant with the individual is the therapy that will create the most healing momentum." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "Where natural medicine diverges in its approach is in advising patients what they can do about these cofactors. In addition, there are nutrients that can be used in supplement form both to prevent the progression of cervical dysplasia to cervical cancer and to reverse some cases of dysplasia. Cervical dysplasia is both a local problem involving the cervical tissue immunity and health and a systemic problem involving general immune health and resistance to viral exposure." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "In addition to practitioner-delivered natural health care, natural medicine offers safe and effective self-care options for many common conditions such as vaginitis, PMS, fibrocystic breasts, menstrual cramps, menopause symptoms, bladder infections, and more, further expanding women's health-care autonomy. I support the self-care approach to healing. Much of the practice of medicine is not particularly difficult or complex. Education and resources can provide a lot of very practical information." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "With this natural medicine approach, IC patients can proceed with optimism and be reassured that there is likely help for their very chronic condition. Nutrition Some foods and beverages seem to exacerbate symptoms for many women. Although not fully investigated, about 53 percent of patients with IC associate a flare-up of their symptoms with dietary influences, especially citrus fruits and other acidic foods and beverages.2 Many women find it helpful to avoid certain foods. If you avoid these foods for two weeks and your symptoms improve, this is good news for the bladder." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"DIT and MIT are not contained in synthetic thyroid-hormone preparations, but they are found in the whole thyroid extract prescribed by many doctors of natural medicine. Diagnosing Hypothyroidism Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) can cause any of a wide range of symptoms including fatigue, depression, difficulty concentrating, sensitivity to cold, hoarseness, dry skin, hair loss, constipation, fluid retention, menstrual abnormalities, infertility, reactive hypoglycemia, elevated serum cholesterol, and poor resistance to infection." - Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Natural Medicine, Optimal Wellness: The Patient's Guide to Health and Healing (Get the book.)

"Evidence-Based Natural Medicine Scientific evidence supports the use of natural medicine for immune boosting and virus fighting. Critics among medical doctors and skeptical scientists point to the lack of clinical trials that adhere to standards used for pharmaceutical drugs. However, this is not true. Though natural medicines have not been studied scientifically for as long as drugs, there is an overwhelming and growing body of evidence that natural medicines have therapeutic value. The evidence-based model supports different levels of proof that a treatment works and is safe." - J. E. Williams, Beating the Flu: The Natural Prescription for Surviving Pandemic Influenza and Bird Flu (Get the book.)

"Fortunately, the success rate for treating RAU using natural medicine is considerable. We have found that a combination of dietary modifications and nutritional supplements is helpful for the majority of individuals with RAU, and in many of these patients, the problem disappears completely. Dietary Considerations The importance of dietary factors in preventing canker sores has been shown in several studies. In one study, 12 patients with RAU went on a diet that eliminated common allergens. After 6 to 8 weeks on the diet, 4 patients were entirely symptom-free and 1 had marked improvement." - Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Natural Medicine, Optimal Wellness: The Patient's Guide to Health and Healing (Get the book.) "Both treatments should only be undertaken in consultation with a doctor who is knowledgeable about natural medicine. Vitamin B12 In 1957, Dr. I.S. Klemes reported that vitamin B12 was an effective treatment for bursitis. He gave intramuscular injections (not into the bursa) of vitamin B12 to 40 patients with acute bursitis (36 subdeltoid bursitis, 3 of the hip, and 1 of the elbow). The dosage was as follows: 1,000 meg per day for 7 to 10 days, then 3 times a week for 2 to 3 weeks, then once or twice a week for 2 to 3 weeks." - Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Natural Medicine, Optimal Wellness: The Patient's Guide to Health and Healing (Get the book.) "Fortunately, more and more doctors are beginning to look seriously at natural medicine, and the research supporting the effectiveness of this approach is stronger than ever. Of course, big changes usually come slowly, and there is still a great deal of resistance to using natural methods instead of drugs and surgery. We hope that this book will help to speed the transition of our health-care system from one that is too often ineffective and dangerous to one that is more humane and better meets the needs of the people it serves." - Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Natural Medicine, Optimal Wellness: The Patient's Guide to Health and Healing (Get the book.)

"The Complete natural medicine Guide to the 50 Most Common Medicinal Herbs presents the "Traditional Use" for each herb discussed, which in some cases has been verified in controlled clinical trials, as well as the "Current Medicinal Use" of each herb, which is based on existing scientific research and medical evidence." - Heather Boon, BScPhm, PhD and Michael Smith, BPharm, MRPharmS, ND, The natural medicine Guide to the 50 Most Common Medicinal Herbs (Get the book.)

"I stock Kashi products in both of my natural medicine Stores, but they are also available on the health food or organic food aisle in almost any grocery store. Another brand to check out is Food For Life (www.foodfor-life.com). I am a huge fan of their organic sprouted whole-grain pastas and breads. Again, I stock Food for Life products in my natural medicine Store, but to find out where you can buy them, check out the website's built-in store finder. Organic Housecleaning Products Remember that it is important to decrease your exposure to environmental estrogens, or xenoestrogens." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"As with many herbal combinations from natural medicine, it appears that the "sum is greater than the parts." The synergy of multiple components is far more powerful than any one component. While examination of each of the eight herbs in Flor-Essence reveals positive effects from each, it is the interaction of all of them that produces the reportedly amazing healing effects of Flor-Essence." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"It may be that the structure of the immediately surrounding space changes20 when there is a match between two test items," Peter explained, "and this phenomenon, whatever its explanation, has been the basis of natural medicine treatments for decades in Europe and North America. For forty years it has been accepted as though it were only an electrical effect. The fact is, it is not even primarily an electrical effect; it is a quantum field effect! Of that I am convinced! The body-field needs many types of energy to form and be maintained, and a weak electrostatic charge is among them." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.) "Unlike your use of allopathic medicine, in which you usually wait until you are sick before seeing a doctor, with natural medicine you try to stay well, to prevent sickness from happening in the first place. It is proactive, rather than reactive, health care. Most of us take vitamins, exercise, and make other choices to maintain or increase our wellness." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.) "The subtext of much of their natural medicine approach was to help the sick person achieve harmony between heaven and Earth, to align with the natural fields and to avoid the geopathic stress fields that adversely affect the energies of the human body. Geopathic stress relates specifically to the health effects of vibrations and fields that emanate from Earth's interior and flow across its surface." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"Functional medicine in natural medicine 3 2. History of naturopathic medicine 17 3. Philosophy of naturopathic medicine 41 4. Placebo and healing 51 5. Women in the history of medicine 73 IwalUrS IS QUIlly ilGf Ukzoi caLfiI 11 lU! i Icl II LU lllcit\& uo WUII. She exists for no other end. Do not resist. With the least inclination to be well, we should not be sick. (Henry David Thoreau) One of the differentiating features of naturopathic medicine compared with conventional (allopathic) medicine is its strong philosophical foundation." - Michael T. Murray, ND, Textbook of natural medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1 (Get the book.)

"Michael Schachter, one of the nation's pioneers in Complementary Medicine, describes what the natural medicine community has been doing: "There is some really good research, especially in France, that shows that magnesium and B6 will help considerably—though not cure—autism, much more than some of the drugs that are commonly used, and with fewer side effects. Some 10 or 12 double-blind, placebo-controlled studies have shown that magnesium and B6 are helpful for autism in children." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"The Textbook of natural medicine calls alloxan a "potent beta cell toxin." It is unfortunate that the FDA still allows companies to use it to process foods we eat. Research also shows that we are able to reverse the effects of alloxan with vitamin E. According to Dr. Gary Null's Clinicians' Handbook of Natural Healing, vitamin E effectively protected lab rats from the harmful effects of administered alloxan. In support of that, researchers have found that among rats that are genetically susceptible to IDDM, feeding wheat gluten will cause 40 percent of the subjects to develop IDDM." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Again, I stock Food for Life products in my natural medicine Store, but to find out where you can buy them, check out the website's built-in store finder. Organic Housecleaning Products Remember that it is important to decrease your exposure to environmental estrogens, or xenoestrogens. I recommend using organic housecleaning products when at all possible. Two good sources for online purchasing are www.heathers naturals.com and www.organiccleaning.com. Safe Cosmetics I urge you to make sure that your cosmetics are safe. Many are not." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"Through these scientific investigations, a trend towards natural medicine is emerging. To better appreciate this evolutionary trend, this section presents some of the historical aspects of herbal medicine. Much of the following is derived from Barbara Griggs' Green Pharmacy: a History of Herbal Medicine.11 In the beginning Plants have been used as medicines since the dawn of animal life. The initial use of plants as medicines by humans is thought to have beeen a result of "instinctive" dowsing. Animals in the wild still provide evidence that this phenomena occurs." - Michael T. Murray, ND, Textbook of natural medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1 (Get the book.)

"Shirak who posted her communication on CompuServe's natural medicine forum. "My father-in-law had lost about 30 pounds and was not eating anything except one can of Ensure, and could not even get out of bed in the hospital. He is 78 years old, and they would not operate because of his age. They did give him some radiation, but said it would be terminal, and he probably only had about three months to live. The tumor covered three quarters of his left lung and the doctors felt the tumor had entered into the chest wall. That was two months ago." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"The major objection the average person is likely to hear from establishment doctors about "natural medicine" is that there's "no good research showing it works." We hear this constantly about vitamins, antioxidants, herbs, and all sorts of non-medical healing traditions (from acupuncture to shamanism). (Later I'll go into ¦why we hear this refrain constantly and the reason the media tends to report on vitamin studies so negatively.) The point is that it's not true. There's a ton of research on vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, amino acids, fatty acids, and other nutritive substances." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Favorite Brands Vitamins and Supplements When I opened my first natural medicine Store, I stocked the shelves with natural products from a variety of manufacturers. It was not long before the difference in my patients' and customers' responses signaled to me that not all product manufacturers could be trusted. According to a recent survey of nearly 1,000 supplements conducted by ConsumerLab.com, a product-certification company, one out of four supplements has quality problems, such as contamination or a failure to include an ingredient listed on the label." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"THERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS Although psoriasis may have a significant genetic component, rebalancing the cyclic AMP:GMP ratio can be substantially achieved through natural medicine intervention. A number of controllable factors appear to cause or contribute to psoriasis, including: • incomplete protein digestion • bowel toxemia • impaired liver function • alcohol consumption • excessive consumption of animal fats • nutritional deficiencies • stress. These are briefly discussed below." - Michael T. Murray, ND, Textbook of natural medicine 2nd Edition Volume 2 (Get the book.)

"There are many organizations listed at the end of this chapter where doctors train in natural medicine. Call them for a doctor in your area. How to Find a Compounding Pharmacy The world of natural hormones came alive for me when I was introduced to the world of compounding pharmacists. A compounding pharmacist is a pharmacist trained to prepare medications in all forms: oral (by mouth), transdermal (via the skin), sublingual (under the tongue), or by injection. Compounding is not a new concept. In the past all pharmacists regularly compounded medications." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"THERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS The primary areas of intervention from a natural medicine perspective involve prevention by addressing suspected pathophysiology and using natural measures to improve mental function in the early stages of the disease. In the advanced stages of AD, natural measures will provide only limited benefit. Estrogen Estrogen is being promoted to offer protective and possibly therapeutic benefits in AD." - Michael T. Murray, ND, Textbook of natural medicine 2nd Edition Volume 2 (Get the book.)

"Lust purchased the term "naturopathy" from Scheel in 1902 to describe the eclectic compilation of doctrines of natural healing that he envisioned to be the future of natural medicine. In January of 1902, Lust, who had been publishing the Kneipp Water Cure Monthly and its German language counterpart in New York since 1896, changed the name of the journal to The Naturopathic and Herald of Health and evoked the dawn of a new health care era with the following editorial: Naturopathy is a hybrid word. It is purposely so." - Michael T. Murray, ND, Textbook of natural medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1 (Get the book.)

"During thirty years of practicing natural medicine, I have dealt with thousands of people suffering from all types of diseases. I can document that each person, without exception, has had considerable quantities of gallstones in their liver. Cancer patients and those suffering from arthritis, heart disease, liver disease, and other chronic illnesses, appear to have the most stones in their liver. Surprisingly, only a relative few of them report a history of gallstones in their gallbladder." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Although mainstream medicine, citing the results of several large studies, appears convinced that there is no autism-vaccine connection, there are natural medicine practitioners, parents, and others who strongly disagree. A group of international researchers are finding evidence to support the measles vaccine as a potential cause for autism. Dr. John O'Leary, a highly respected molecular biologist in Ireland, discovered the presence of the measles virus in the intestines of 96 percent of autistic children. Normal children range around 7 percent." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "Jonathan Zeuss, The Wisdom of Depression: A Guide to Understanding and Curing Depression Using natural medicine, New York: Harmony Books, 1998. -The Natural Prozac Program: How to Use St. John's Wort, the Antidepressant Herb, New York: Three Rivers Press, 1997. Marcia Zimmerman, The ADD Nutrition Solution: A Drug-Free Thirty-Day Plan, New York: Holt, 1999. Suggested Websites_ www.garynull.com (news, reports, documents, activism, resources) www.thenutritionreporter.com www.healthy.net wwwr.healthfinder.gov (government portal) www.noaw.com (Living with Schizophrenia) www.naturopathic.org lpi." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

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