No herbal medicine cures HIV /AIDS – GAC

… ensuring access to care by victims to help reduce viral load. The NSP would achieve its set targets by strengthened health systems, increased health facilities and staff as well as piloting self-testing and peer-led testing for HIV. Currently, the …

Tea Tree Rescue Remedy

… Oil in a bowl and apply as a cold compress to the wound. There are many vital components to regaining and maintaining health. Natural therapies can be a crucial part of a healing journey and you can learn how to help yourself and others achieve …

Seek Proper Medication Before Delevery – Pregnant Women Told

The Chief Executive Officer of Alpha Homeopathic Clinic which is located at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region, Dr Amofa Owureku Jnr, has advised pregnant women to seek proper medication and advice from doctors during and after delivery to maintain good health. He also described homeopathy as a better alternative to medical remedy, and said Ghanaians should discard the notion that it is demonic or occultist.

Alternative medicine might help treat premature ejaculation

The improvements were small, and the studies were of varying quality, but preliminary evidence suggests that acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, Ayurvedic herbal medicine and a Korean topical cream may all have desirable effects, researchers conclude in the journal Sexual Medicine, online December 29. “There are a range of treatments available for premature ejaculation, including drug treatments, behavioral techniques and counseling, however, some men may not want to visit the doctor, take drugs long-term or be on a long wait list for counseling,” said lead author Katy Cooper of the University of Sheffield in the UK. “It’s important to evaluate the evidence for other therapies,” she told Reuters Health by email.

Bolton’s herbal heritage – and how it can help keep you healthy

GLANCE in your kitchen cupboard and you could spot the ingredients for a good supper – but did you know that in there could also be the secrets to curing a common cold, fever or even fighting cancer symptoms? Or take a walk around a local country park – can you imagine that some of those plants you pass once saved hundreds of lives? The food we eat and the natural world around us take a very different role when seen through the eyes of a herbalist. Herbalists – people who collect and specialise in the use of herbs for medicine – have been practising as far back as ancient Greece and further.

Traditional medicine won’t cure China’s ills

… to “give a boost to China’s soft power,” as one spokesperson put it. Unfortunately, it’s also misguided. China’s health-care system is already burdened by fraud, a shortage of doctors, counterfeit medicine and rank profiteering. Whatever the merits …