Juniper Publishers Journal of Complementary Medicine & Alternative Healthcare

Juniper Publishers Every herb of our mother earth has therapeutic as well as harmful effects, so term Pleiotropic effect of herbs is better stint for defining herbs. Although herbal remedies and their active phytoconstituents have a potential to treat devastating hepatic disorders, but they are also known to possess hepatotoxic properties. Ayurvedic drugs as well as their preparations act in a holistic manner to treat liver disorders via targeting multiple pathways but still there is a need to explore their novel hepatoprotective mechanism along with possible harmful and toxic outcomes. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the user to use herbs as Amata or Sudha not like Visah. Our purpose is not to dampen the use of herbal drugs, but aware all researchers and clinicians for the usage of herbs with good practice The plants like Andrographis paniculata, Ocimum sanctum, Solanumnigrum, Silybummarianum, Phyllanthus niruri etc. were proved to be have hepatoprotective action [1]. S...

Juniper Publishers Acupuncture education in the United States has a history of almost 50 years. The entry-level professional training dates back to the 1980’s as a milestone establishment of Council of Colleges of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (CCAOM), Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) and National Certification Commission for Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). Besides mainland China, America has the largest organized and influential acupuncture and Chinese Medicine education system in the world. Now 54 accredited acupuncture colleges have offered Master’s Programs, Professional Doctoral Programs, and Advanced Practical Doctorial (DAOM) Programs in comprehensive standards and competencies. Although there are some challenging issues, acupuncture education trends move forward into entry-level doctoral level training, regional and national accreditation, and system-based education, which will lead this profession to play a great...

Juniper Publishers As physical fitness and healthy diet not very easy to obtain and maintain, interest in Traditional and Complementary Medicine (TCM) is growing wider day by day. There are lots of synonym terms globally, but Turkish Ministry of Health accepts TCM officially. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) divides TCM approaches into two main groups [1]: I. Natural products II. Mind and body practices Among natural products there are herbs, vitamins and minerals or dietary supplements. These are the most common approaches in USA as well as the other countries [2]. In the second group, there are yoga, chiropractice, acupuncture, etc. Besides these two groups, there are also some other practices such as homeopathy, nathuropathy and ayurveda. World Health Organization (WHO) promotes the interventions that both improves the quality and standardization and also facilitates the integration to health care systems [3]. WHO reports that in 80% of m...

Juniper Publishers The only way to be released from pain is to cure the cause of the pain. Four options: 1. Mask the pain by switching off the brain 2. Death 3. Learning to live with it 4. Cure the cause of the pain Go to Introduction Only the fourth option is acceptable, and this paper will show that it can be done. Unfortunately, the other three options are too common. There are three components in the body that are always found together. If one does not work, the other two cannot work. They are the nerves, veins and arteries. Repairs have to suit all three components. Veins and arteries carry blood. If there is no blood at a place in the body, that place cannot be healed. Blood is the life support liquid. In humans even maintaining its temperature is essential. Nerves carry signals to the brain which is the body’s control centre. Every cell in the body is connected to the brain. The language of the nerve network is pain. From a finger pulling back from a hot surfac...

Juniper Publishers Aim:  FM5 SENSORY system provides a new therapy modality which reveals synergistic effects on the level of stress. This innovative system combines music, aromatherapy and LED system by its own software program, and consist of a helmet and a main machine. By using this system, the aim of this study is to evaluate the levels of stress of the patients who would undergo dental implant surgery.  Methods:  This study included 66 of patients with no systemic disease (33 females, 33 males; mean age: 37.4±1.5 years). Evaluation of the stress levels of patients were performed by measuring the concentration of urinary cortisol. The treatment with helmet and the program of main machine were applied to all patients for 30 minutes. Before and after the treatment, twenty-four hours urine were collected from each participant. For the analyzes of cortisol levels, Urine BETA Cross Laps® (CTX-I) ELISA kit was utilized and they were presented as pg/ml. Obtained da...