Re: [FRIAM] re alternative medicine

2012-04-26 Thread glen
Thanks very much! Sarbajit Roy wrote at 04/25/2012 06:24 PM: Insofar as Ayurvedic medicines go, these would be good starting points. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1297513/ http://www.ccimindia.org/ Informally, Ayurvedic ("herbal") medicine works for low level (common) ailments b

Re: [FRIAM] re alternative medicine

2012-04-26 Thread siddharth
Perhaps this is of some use - http://avaxhome.ws/ebooks/Using_Alternative_Therapies_JaLow.html *Using Alternative Therapies: A Qualitative Analysis by Jacqueline Low (Repost)* Publisher: Canadian Scholars Press (May 1, 2004) | ISBN: 1551302640 | Pages: 200 | PDF | 1.78 MB This book provides a dis

Re: [FRIAM] re alternative medicine

2012-04-25 Thread Sarbajit Roy
Dear Glen Insofar as Ayurvedic medicines go, these would be good starting points. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1297513/ http://www.ccimindia.org/ Informally, Ayurvedic ("herbal") medicine works for low level (common) ailments but perhaps not at the efficiency / success levels of a

Re: [FRIAM] re alternative medicine

2012-04-25 Thread glen
Are there any sources for data that you recommend? Keep in mind that I'm used to biological data. I don't think my mind is closed to other types of data. But I would expect something like blind experiments and statistically significant populations. Etc. Feel free to tell me to RTFM. 8^)

Re: [FRIAM] re alternative medicine

2012-04-25 Thread Arlo Barnes
You speak to statistical support of at least an anecdotal nature with > The research and validation on both Chinese and Ayurvedic Medicine goes > back millenium, with many cases. But I would be curious about what mechanistic explanations have been offered for the effectiveness/efficacy of specifi

[FRIAM] re alternative medicine

2012-04-25 Thread peggy miller
Speaking in defense of some alternatives, and as a Chinese/Ayurvedic Medicinal Herbalist, I so far in my practice am finding it to be highly useful as a medical alternative for everything from congestion to insomnia, tremors, memory loss, bowel problems, diabetic problems, fatigue, arthritis, nerve