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Brian Carter

Herbal Anti-inflammatory, Milk Thistle, Eczema, 1 year ago Fertility

Tue, 2 Sep 2003 01:41:40 +0000

 

September 1, 2003

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* Herbal Anti-Inflammatories for Plantar Fascitis

By Brian Benjamin Carter, MSci, LAc

 

It's not surprising that you had a bad GI reaction to the ibuprofen.

All such NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatories) are hard on

the stomach, and, in fact, can lead to life-threatening stomach

bleeds. These are dangerous because you can lose a lot of blood

before you know there's a problem, and may pass out before you

can call 911. So it's probably better that you reacted to it now.

You can go the herbal route and avoid that risk entirely.

 

http://www.pulsemed.org/herbantiinflammatoryplantarfascitis.htm

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* Milk Thistle and

By Brian Benjamin Carter, MSci, LAc

 

Since milk thistle is not a Chinese herb, we have to guess what its

Chinese medical properties are. Until we do that, we can't use

Chinese medicine's insightful theories of diagnosis and treatment.

If it is anti-inflammatory, we can guess that it's not warm, but that's

still a guess.

 

http://www.pulsemed.org/milkthistlechinesemedicine.htm

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* Eczema Chinese Herbal Case Study

By Attilio P. D'Alberto

 

Editor's Note: From time to time, we publish Chinese medicine

case studies. These case studies may include medical information

you are not familiar with. Trained acupuncturists and herbalists

may get more out of them than laypeople. But, if you are a

ayperson, such cases can demonstrate Chinese medicine's

thoroughness, attention to detail, and how a case is likely to

proceed. Remember, every person is different, and this particular

eczema patient's patterns of imbalance differ from other eczema

patients. Nonetheless, the " discussion " section at the end contains

some basic information about eczema from a Chinese medicine

perspective.

 

http://www.pulsemed.org/eczema.htm

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* THE PULSE 1 YEAR AGO:

Acupuncture for Infertility: Acupuncture Increases the Success

of In-Vitro Fertilization

By Lynda Harvey, OMD, LAc

 

Infertility can be devastating, and it's frustrating that there have

been

limited treatment options. In-vitro fertilization (IVF) is costly,

uncomfortable and doesn't always work. Those who've already

tried it four or five times understand!

 

New hope has been provided by the encouraging results of a

well-designed, German study on acupuncture-assisted reproduction

therapy.

 

http://pulsemed.org/fertacu.htm

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