Alternative, complementary and holistic health care

Posting for a friend;
A freind (of a friend) has developed cervical cancer
traditional medicine has nothing left to offer her
She is now seeking naturopath or holistic type help
Could someone provide some direction or offer suggestions on what can be
tried?  One specific question also, What can be said about the reputed
pros/cons of ginseng as a cancer fighter or stimulant?
Please direct e-mail to : ua…@ciao.trail.bc.ca
Thank you
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ukkra…@singnet.com.sg (Ukkra Pandian) wrote:
>Hi,
>Heart disease amongst Eskimos is only 10% to that of comparable Americans or
>Danes.
>Eating fish rich in omega3 seems to be the main reason for this.
>To read on more research reports of eating fish rich in omega3 and the
>impact on the prevention of heart disease and even cancer  please look at my
>WEB page.
>        http://www.singnet.com.sg/~ukkra789/omega3.htm
>I also have a txt file with several recipes for preparing exotic Asian dishes
>using a special fish rich in omega3.
>Please E mail me for details
>regards
>Ukkra
>ukkra…@singnet.com.sg

Yes Omega3 has been postulated by some to be important in preventing
heart disease. The jury is still out. One of the problems with saying
that anything is at the core of preventing heart disease is separating
out confounding variables. For instance is it the omega3 that the
Eskimos eat that is responsible or is it their genetic factors or is
it something else that they do or is it their enviornment.  Separating
out different variables is extremely difficult to do. We need to work
on doing this though to try to find what really would be useful.
Hopefully your post is not an attempt to sell something.

Aloha,

Rich

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In message ID <3rcugg$…@uni4nn.iaf.nl> on 6/10/95, Jan Nauta

<J.Na…@uni4nn.iaf.nl> wrote:

: Acupressure cannot make use of all the points that can be reached
: with a needle.

For which there is almost always no need at all. Needling is just one means to
the same end, and a rather high-tech one, which has allure to some. It is hard
to beat the laying on of hands.

–Paul  ||  p_iann…@pop.com

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What are the beneficial effects of the consumption of Vitamin E ?
Is there any benefit of the topical application of Vitamin E to the
skin and hair  ?

TIA,

Maverick.

Students are interested in researching the ingredients and the effects of
so called natural Hair Relaxers.  Names and addresses of companies that
supply such items should be sent to Son…@aol.com. Many thanks!

Dennis:

We at mahattan college are doing a study on Natural Hair Relaxers.  Any
info you could throw our way about companies that distribute the product
(mail order) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time!

A friend has recently been diagnosed with Morton’s Neurosy, a very
painful disorder of the nerve at the junction between the little toe and
its neighbor toe.  Her doctor has provided little information or advice
except for suggesting a surgery with often yields unsatisfactory results
and promises a long healing time.

Does anyone have any experience with this affliction?  If you know of
where she can find more information or if you have anecdotal experience,
please e-mail me at
la…@vax2.concordia.ca
and I will forward your message to her.

Thanks in advance.
Barbara Layne

: >> We have no statistics on which to judge, but in modern Chinese hospitals
: >> ‘New
: >> Medicine’ is being practiced, which combines Western
: >> surgico-chemo-radiotherapeutic methods with Chinese methods of reducing
: >> side-effects. The evidence of the value of this synthesis is
: >>quite promising.
:
: >While this is a more reasonable approach than I’ve seen around here in
: >the past, I’m baffled by the presence of ‘we have no
: >statistics on which to judge’ combined with ‘the evidence of the
: >value of this synthesis is quite promising’ in the same paragraph.
:
: >sdb

Somehow I missed your reply until Rich’s latest lambaste. Their are certainly
statistics being gathered, but the Chinese do not believe in human controls, as
I understand it, so they only record clinical results. The clinical results,
combined with traditional observations of the value of herbal use for specific
problems very similar to those faced by cancer patients, are promising. BUT, the
data is not ‘proof’ as conventional medicine here would prefer.

–Paul  ||  p_iann…@pop.com

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mcla…@pncl.co.uk (Michael Sandford) wrote:
>Dear Paul,
>Firstly I have only been a new user for a week and so I am slowly
>learning the etiquette. No one has yet explained it to me so I do
>apologise if I have offended you in any way. Because I have a
>particular interest in this group, I would like to know what I can and
>can’t say here and how and when I should reply to peoples questions
>and postings. I am aware that everybody has an opinion and want to
>avoid getting into any deep arguements but don’t see why I shouldn’t
>express myself without fear of being shot down. I sell a product which
>I am very proud of, it has excellent benefits which I believe people
>interested in this group have a right to know about. I am not a
>recruiter just someone who has something to share with people.
>Please could you help me understand the rights and wrongs of beaing an
>active partcipant in thes group. Thanks for your help.
>Mike sandford.

Aloha Mike,

        Thanx so much for your understanding and willingness to be compliant
with the rules of the Internet (netiquette as it were). It is my
understanding that only groups which are specifically identified as
groups to merchandise products should have posts that offer to
sell product and service. The purpose of this rule is to reduce the
volume of posts which occur in newsgroups which can often be
quite overwhelming. It is probably especially important in this
newsgroup to avoid commercialization because it seems like everyone
has a "special" cure for "everything" and if it were allowed your
computer would likely overheat due to all the messages. Now before
someone comments that it is ridiculous idea for computer to overheat
from multiple messages let me disclaim that this was a joke
        Some people "get around" this rule by having as their
"signature" a short "ad" for their products. Apparently short
signatures are OK although others may debate this. The Internet
is not a very well regulated system and their is much anarchy here.
I guess it is up to us to help put some controls on posts before
the higher powers that be do so and then restrict some of our
autonomy.

Aloha,

Rich