Healthy Medicine

Archive for February, 2010

If you’re pining for careers in holistic medicine like that of renowned Doctor Andrew Weil, it’s important that you pursue the right educational path to get on the road to fulfilling your professional aspirations. read more...

Find Holistic Health Schools in the United States and Canada. Students who desire an alternative education may find that enrolling in one of several holistic health schools may be of advantage to them. read more...

Basic Principles of Complementary/ Alternative Therapies read more...

The benefits of taking care of yourself are some of the rewards you get from knowing that you are doing the best for your body. This includes the most important part of your body–the part which is in fact a mechanism that protects your body: your immune system. read more...

In his 1932 fiction novel titled Brave New World Aldous Huxley wrote about a futuristic society in the year 2540 that ubiquitously consumed a mind altering substance called Soma. It was a drug that was distributed freely by the government to keep the people happy. In the Veda, which is some of the oldest scriptures of Hinduism, Soma is a god and a sacred drink. It is both a divinity and a drink that is divine in nature, consumed by priests during sacrificial rituals. In Western medicine of today, Soma is a muscle relaxant medicine that is prescribed regularly by doctors, mostly to patients with painful musculoskeletal related injuries and muscle spasms. It is a very strong medicine that controls pain by blocking the nerve signals from reaching the brain. read more...