Tag: Natural Medicine

People’s Paste: First Aid for Minor Cuts, Burns, Insect Bites, and Rashes

Follow the “Herbal First Aid Kit”series here. In this series, we look at natural alternatives to modern first aid kits, which usually consist of medications made from synthetic chemicals. If you’re looking for natural solutions for acute conditions, these herbs are safe, effective, and easily available. My first experience with people’s paste was when a mountain lion…


People’s Paste: Herbal First Aid for Minor Cuts, Burns, Insect Bites, and Rashes

Follow the “Herbal First Aid Kit”series here. In this series, we look at natural alternatives to modern first aid kits, which usually consist of medications made from synthetic chemicals. If you’re looking for natural solutions for acute conditions, these herbs are safe, effective, and easily available. My first experience with people’s paste was when a mountain lion…


Germany’s Distinctly Different Approach to Health Care

“The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.” This famous quote of inventor and businessman Thomas Edison may strike us as prescient given the explosion of information about the lifestyle factors of disease….


Germany Maintains Its Traditional Medicinal Practices

“The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.” This famous quote of inventor and businessman Thomas Edison may strike us as prescient given the explosion of information about the lifestyle factors of disease….


10 Natural Substances for Type 1 Diabetes

Could support for type 1 diabetes be as close as your kitchen cupboard? An accumulating body of scientific research appears to point in exactly that direction One so-called “incurable disease” that afflicts millions of people around the world is type 1 diabetes. Unlike type 2 diabetes, where the body becomes resistant to its own insulin, type…


Could Natural Medicine Save the Health Care System?

Looking for a bargain? You won’t find it in health care. Particularly in the United States, where Americans spend more each year, but somehow have less to show for it. According to a report from the Commonwealth Fund in early 2020, the United States spent nearly twice as much on health care as other wealthy…


Saw Palmetto—A Possible Herbal Treatment for Various Health Conditions

Common Names: saw palmetto, American dwarf palm tree, cabbage palm Latin Names: Serenoa repens, Serenoa serrulata, Sabal serrulata Background Saw palmetto is a shrublike palm native to the southeastern United States. Historically, it was used for a variety of conditions, including disorders of the male and female reproductive organs and coughs due to various diseases. Currently, saw palmetto is promoted as…


Hong Kong University Develops Algorithm to Predict a COVID Vaccine’s Effectiveness Before Delivery

The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s (CUHK) Faculty of Medicine has developed the world’s first algorithm to rapidly evaluate the effectiveness of vaccines used to combat SARS-CoV-2 variants. According to the article published in the journal of Nature Medicine, the algorithm delivers a 95 percent rate of accuracy when predicting a vaccine’s efficacy and can…