With the new year comes a new sense of desperation among campaigners working to amend the Traditional Herbal Medicine Products Directive which comes into force on 30th April this year and which will effectively illegalise hundreds of medicinal herbs used in food supplements and …
Alternative/complementary therapies
The power of Thought/Prayer
I actually started this post on Christmas Eve but somehow, preparing for our usual 15-strong, four-day Christmas whirl seems to have taken over... However, still not quite too late... A few week's ago I glanced through Ruth's post on What Allergy? on the power of prayer – …
Yoga Nidra – the Way to Meditate
I have been meditating, on and off, for years.... I am convinced that it is a really good thing to do. Reams of research suggest that regular meditation reduces the risk of stroke, heart attack and more or less every other degenerative condition, while my common sense …
Natural News, brainy bees and chatty fish…
Many of you will already know or subscribe to Natural News' daily round up of research on natural health, exposées of conventional medicine and health policies, bizarre health snippets, rants and comic strips – an invaluable resource for Foodsmatter and a great read for anyone …
Wiki 4 CAM
Last month I blogged about the apparent bias of Wikipedia against complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). For those who are interested in the area, CAM supporters have now hit back with a Wiki of their own - Wiki 4 CAM. Wiki4CAM, they say, has been started to provide …