Alternative Therapies for Common Health Problems
- Abrasions, Scrapes
- Acne
- AIDS
- Allergies
- Alzheimer's Disease (Dementia)
- Alcohol Abuse
- Amputations: Phantom Pain
- Anxiety
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Athlete's Foot
- Attention Deficit Disorder
- Back Pain
- Balance Problems
- Bee Stings/Insect Bites
- Bones (Broken)
- Bruises
- Burns (Minor)
- Cancer
- Canker Sores
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Chest Congestion
- Cholesterol (High)
- Circulation (Poor)
- Common Cold
- Cold Sores
- Colic
- Constipation
- Corns
- Cough
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Diarrhea
- Ear Infections
- Emotional Distress
- Energy Imbalance
- Fatigue
- Feet (Tired)
- Fever
- Fibromyalgia
- Fluid Retention
- Headache (Tension)
- Heart Disease
- Heat Rash
- Hemorrhoids
- Hypertension
- Immune Enhancement
- Indigestion
- Infection (Bacterial)
- Infection (Fungal)
- Infection (Viral)
- Infertility
- Inflammation
- Insomnia
- Jet Lag
- Labor Pain
- Liver Disease
- Memory Loss
- Menopause
- Menstrual Discomfort
- Migraine Headaches
- Morning Sickness
- Muscle Soreness
- Nausea
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Pain
- Poison Ivy and Poison Oak
- Premenstrual Syndrome
- Prostate Enlargement (Benign)
- Psoriasis
- Sciatica
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Shingles
- Sinus Problems
- Skin (Dry)
- Sore Throat
- Sprain and Strains
- Surgery
- Stress
- Sunburn
- Tension
- Tinnitus
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Warts
- Weight Control
- Wounds
Appendix A: Alternative Therapies for Common Health Problems
These types of problems often respond well to alternative therapies and lifestyle modification. If in doubt of the seriousness of symptoms, see your health care practitioner. A number of suggestions are given for various problems. Select one that seems to be the most appropriate for your situation and keep notes on what seems to work and what does not. Modify these suggestions according to your individual needs.
Abrasions, Scrapes
Aromatherapy: after washing with soap and water, apply 13 drops of lavender or tea tree oil to wound; reapply 2 times a day until healed
To disinfect, pour 3% hydrogen peroxide into the wound and let it foam up
Apply the skin of a freshly peeled banana to the affected area, or cut a thin slice of raw potato and tape it over the affected area
Herbs: sprinkle goldenseal powder in wound, crushed garlic mixed with honey makes a soothing salvespread on a piece of clean gauze and cover the injured area