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New Innovations In Integrative Medicine: Homeopuncture

Two worlds come together

Homeopuncture is a new treatment strategy slowly coming into vogue in integrative medical clinics around the world which combines two alternative medical therapies, Acupuncture and Homeopathy into one.  Each of these age old therapies predate conventional medicine by a long shot and are used around the world to treat everything from the most simple to the most complex health challenges.  Both also have growing bodies of research proving their effectiveness in treating a large variety of illnesses, acute as well as chronic.  This in spite of the large challenges that alternative medicine has to face in the research arena which includes lack of funding, and the relative complexity in designing  research studies to study these modalities. This compared to the relatively simple process of studying single drugs for a single symptoms as is done on a large scale in conventional medicine.

Homeopathy

This form of medicine has been around for over 200 years and is based on the basic principle which is that “like cures like” also know as the “law of similars”.  In other words a substance that would cause specific symptoms when taken in its raw form, will alleviate those same symptoms if the compound is diluted and succussed.  Through a series dilutions and succusions the remedy is “potentized” to a level at which it is capable of reversing these symptoms even if the symptoms are not caused by the substance but in stead are related to an illness.

Homeopathy was founded by a German physician Dr. Samuel Hahnemann (1755 –1843) who began practicing as a doctor in 1781 and interestingly enough stopped practicing medicine shortly after he got married because the medicine of his day he felt caused more harm than good.

In his own words: “My sense of duty would not easily allow me to treat the unknown pathological state of my suffering brethren with these unknown medicines. The thought of becoming in this way a murderer or malefactor towards the life of my fellow human beings was most terrible to me, so terrible and disturbing that I wholly gave up my practice in the first years of my married life and occupied myself solely with chemistry and writing.”

After a few years in self imposed exile from medicine he made an interesting discovery that he could reverse the toxic effects of a substance like Cinchona, the bark of a peruvian tree, which causes symptoms exactly like that of malaria, by taking a diluted and potentized version of it.  This became the first homeopathic remedy.   He also discovered subsequently that he could do exactly the same with other toxic substances.    What is most fascinating as that he did the first experiments on himself with his wife standing at the ready with the antidote.  These experiments were called provings.  Dr. Hahnemann was the one who coined the term homeopathy and wrote the first textbooks on homeopathy called the “Materia Medica”

The biggest difference between homeopathy and conventional medicine is that rather than focusing on symptoms of disease and their treatment with synthetic medicines or the treatment of disease causing organisms, homeopathy works to eliminate the imbalance that allows for symptoms of disease to develop or for disease causing organisms to proliferate.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture in the West is often thought of as a new form of alterative medicine but in reality it is over 5,000 years old and originated in China.  Very basically, Acupuncture is the insertion of very fine needles, (sometimes in conjunction with electrical stimulus), on the body’s surface, in order to influence physiological functioning of the body. The ancient Chinese believed that there is a universal life energy called Chi or Qi present in every living creature. This energy is said to circulate throughout the body along specific pathways that are called meridians. As long as this energy flows freely throughout the meridians, health is maintained, but once the flow of energy is blocked, the system is disrupted and pain and illness occur.  Acupuncture works to “re-program” and restore normal functions by stimulating certain points on the meridians in order to free up the Chi energy.  In other words it helps to restore balance between the Yin and Yang energies.

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There are fourteen main meridians running vertically up and down the surface of the body. There are six organ Meridians in each half of the body (12 total) and two unpaired midline Meridians. The acupuncture points are specific locations where the Meridians come to the surface of the skin, and are easily accessible by “needling,” Moxibustion, Acupressure or Homeopuncture. The connections between them ensure that there is even circulation of Qi throughout the body and a balance between Yin and Yang. Qi is comprised of two parts, Yin and Yang. Yin and Yang are opposite forces, that when balanced, work together to optimize health.

Other modalities used in conjunction with Acupuncture

Acupuncturists employ different needle insertion techniques and different types of needles to stimulate specific acupuncture points selected based on the ailments or symptoms that a patient presents with.  There are also related procedures that are used in conjunction with acupuncture to enhance the effect:  for example electro-acupuncture where very small electric impulses are applies through acupuncture needles or directly to the acupuncture points without needles.  A laser can be used in a similar way which may obviate the need for needle insertion but may be a little weaker than needling or electroacupuncture.

Auriculotherapy or Ear Acupuncture has become very popular in the U.S. and is often used in place of regular acupuncture points on the rest of the body.  The ear is very rich in nerve endings and almost the entire body is represented through acupuncture points on the ear.  Auricular Acupuncture has been successfully used in treating problems ranging from chronic pain just about anywhere in the body to obesity to smoking cessation and drug and alcohol abuse.

There are numerous studies done both in the U.S. and abroad that show that acupuncture and auriculotherapy are both effective in the treatment of numerous ailments and symptoms.  Some of the best studies were done on chronic pain conditions such as chronic low back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and headaches; as well as on other common symptoms like nausea associated with chemotherapy.  There also currently a whole slew of other studies on acupuncture that are currently under way which will shed further light on its efficacy.

Homeopathy and Acupuncture

Both modalities of treatment can be combined and delivered in their original form to complement each other by practitioners trained in both arts.

Homeosiniatry

Homeopaths Weihe (of German descent) and Goehrum discovered that when certain diseases were cured by a homeopathic remedy, a point in the body that grew tender with pressure was relieved. During his research, Weihe was able to locate approximately 197 points. He also linked these points with particular homeopathic remedies which were prescribed for a specific disorder. He was able to use the points to confirm the correct remedy to prescribe when in doubt. This was known as Homeosiniatry. Strangely enough, these tender points are also described in TCM as Alarm points and As-shi points. Alarm points represent organs in the body. If there is a disorder in the organ’s related energy channel, the respective alarm point will become tender.

Homeopuncture

Subsequently, a famous French author and acupuncturist, Roger de la Fuye (French Homeopath and Acupuncturist) researched and concluded that homeopathy can be used with acupuncture to treat patients. He was also able to utilize the points to confirm if the remedy was the proper one.

Considering the effectiveness of each therapy, it is fair to say that combining these two therapies could be very fruitful.

Homeopuncture in Practice

Using homeopathy with acupuncture has brought about a union of the knowledge between the healing methods of acupuncture and homeopathy. Both treatment methodologies have shown their value in treating many disorders, and so in combination they can make possible even greater feats.

If an acupuncturist were to say “why bother… acupuncture can do anything”, this would only indicate ideological rigidity, and they would have failed to see that the idea of any treatment is to heal the patient as soon as possible and as effectively as possible. In combining the knowledge of the two systems, we become equipped to have a better understanding about the patient and the illness. This enables practitioners to treat patients more efficiently.

Clinical Homeopuncture

In recent years, the combination of acupuncture and homeopathy has revealed success in treating conditions that range from alopecia areata (hair loss) and skin disorders, such as leucoderma (Vitiligo) and psoriasis, to arthritis and many other conditions.

The Procedure

The needles are immersed in a liquid homeopathy remedy. The acupuncturist uses normal needling, or non-retention needling (in disorders that cover a greater area), on the affected area (in Chinese ‘Ashi points’). ‘Non-retention needling’ is the use of acupuncture needles to puncture the skin and then removing it, instead of letting the needle remain in the skin as it normally would be. This is continued until the affected area has been completely pricked with the needle. After every one or two pricks, the homeopath lubricates the needle tip before puncturing the skin again. This might sound very painful, but in fact if you go to an experienced acupuncturist you will experience no pain or minimal discomfort, depending on the location being needled.

Advantages

1. Nil or Minimal Aggravation
Since acupuncture has a homeostatic quality, if there is any aggravation that occurs with homeopathy, it is completely exhausted or brought to a minimum;
2. On Remedies
Some remedies might case side-effects because it is not the similimum. Even though this is the case, for homeopuncture one may choose to use a remedy that has a direct influence on the disorder, and focuses only on the disorder. Since both treatment protocols are natural, and treat the body as a whole, it may be a good idea to divide the forces. For example, a homeopathic remedy can be prescribed for the disease only, coupled with acupuncture using the regular points for the disorder (with Du20 BaiHui). The result, on many occasions, is that there are no aggravations;
3. The Remedy Remains Pure
As the remedy is directly inserted into certain areas of the body, there is a smaller chance of contamination then when given orally;
4. On Potencies
Combinations of potencies can be used, by having one potency for the homeopuncture, where the remedy reaches the patient via the needle, and another in the traditional homeopathic manner. Why? Because the homeopuncture remedy will act, for example, in Leucoderma; instead of using the similimum you may choose Sepia 6c or 12c with the needles and give the similimum in the oral form.

Curing Patient Frustration: Alternative Medicine Can Help

Article by From the desk of Dr Magne, author of Cancer Free for Life

People are living longer than ever before, largely due to drugs that help us fight disease (especially infections), and diagnostic techniques that allow us to take pictures of structures within the body.

However, these technological advances have come at a cost.

Technicians, not doctors, run diagnostic machines. A patient often feels like just another number, another gall bladder, another heart attack. Hospitals, and doctors, are overburdened: studies suggest that physicians have just 5 to 6 minutes to spend with each patient.

Germs have developed resistance to every known antibiotic. Medical insurance premiums are higher then ever, while insurers more than ever limit access to physicians we want to see.

Out of this frustration, a shift in health care has come, that evokes care that our grandmothers knew before the high tech world of “modern medicine.”

Physicians who practice integrative medicine are going back to basics, and studying more “natural” healing methodologies. Research into alternative and complementary therapies regularly reveals breakthroughs, and a promise of better health through virtually non-toxic approaches. (For some examples, see http://www.cancer-free-for-life.com).

Patients have made integrative medicine, the fastest growing segment of the healthcare industry. Patients are getting the kind of help that they went to the doctor for. They get a physician that is willing to sit down and talk to them. They are getting someone who listens.

Integrative medicine includes acupuncture, homeopathy, Chinese medicine, neuro-linguistic programming, behavioral modification, and many more. The use of certain vitamins, minerals and herbs have been shown to benefit arthritis pain, diabetes, and some symptoms of asthma, and to help in the prevention of heart disease, osteoporosis, and some types of cancer.

Medicine will see integration of all the healing arts to best suit patients’ needs. It is now documented and possible to heal cancer without the devastating effects of chemotherapy, in itself a cancer-provoking agent. I am able to document many more ways to treat cancer naturally in Cancer Free For Life, where I describe at length the processes available to you.

Dr Magne has been researching the origins and causes of disease and cancer for the past 25 years. Visit http://www.cancer-free-for-life.com to receive a FREE report on The 10 Ways to Cure Cancer Immediately. This article is available for reprint for your website and newsletter, provided that you maintain its copyright integrity and include the signature.

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Dr Laurence MagnePublisher, AuthorCancer Free For LifeEmail : lmagne@yahoo.com Website : http://cancer-free-for-life.com

Integrative Medicine for the Treatment of Cancer

For the past quarter-century, International Bio-Care Hospital and Medical Center has been facing the ever-present question of whether to embark on so-called alternative or integrative therapies or follow mainstream, conventional or “orthodox” therapies.

In conventional oncology the concept of making the body less toxic, improving diet and nutrition and regulating the immune system while treating the malignancy is still widely regarded as an unimportant aspect of medical care. The belief that medication alone can and should reverse disease and cure a patient without any consideration of the body’s own defense and recovery systems still dominates the medical mentality.

In standard oncology, there is no treatment which is not deleterious to the immune system or the overall “host defense” of the patient. In our concept the foundation of any form of therapy should be the restoration of the biological capacities of the host with specific emphasis on the immune system. Supported by the recovery of the patient’s own defense mechanisms medical intervention in the form of specific therapies can then take place. Such an approach in due time hopefully will lead the patient to a better quality of life and improved longevity. This is the concept of Integrative Medicine. We emphatically believe that medical intervention should be comprehensive and successive; one part is not more important that the other and some therapies should be implemented only after certain goals have been reached. For example, to give chemotherapy to a patient who recently underwent surgery will only worsen his appetite, strength and wellbeing, reducing defense systems and the chances of successful outcome.

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In standard radiotherapy programs, statistics show that the higher the dose of radiation, the higher the tumoral response. However, the same statistics prove that higher doses mean less survival. This means that we must strike a balance between how aggressively we attack the tumor and how much support we give the body —or at least how much assault our biological systems can endure.

By lengthening and enhancing tumor control through human immune/defense systems while remaining completely free of side effects over long periods of use, this is the most nature-similar way of controlling malignant growths.

It has been learned that DCs —elongated appendages in certain cells — can actually pick up normal cells and migrate with them to lymph nodes where they can be exposed to a high concentration of immune system cells. DCs can stimulate a response in which the immune system increases the activity of T-cells which help fight cancer and viruses.

The procedure involves drawing from the patient blood containing mature and immature DCs and tumor cells. A biochemist induces the maturation and activation of DCs in the presence of proteins derived from the patient’s tumor.

At this point a weapon has been created which administered to the patient, will act as a cellular vaccine — a “smart bomb” — which will actively seek out, entrap and expose to the immune system tumor cells developed at every stage of malignancy. The vaccine, being non-toxic, sterile and customized from the patient’s own blood, is thus a safe and effective form of therapy.

International research and knowledge exchanges provide information and resources from around the world and access to new modalities, products and experiences that enrich and widen the expectation of good results in the hard battle against cancer.

Our anticancer program —of “slow drip” infusions, direct injections, oral and sublingual nutrients, specialized diet and detoxification— normally takes three weeks, a period we call “the crisis phase”.

The three-week segment is designed to interfere with at least one full cycle of malignant-cell replication — a process which hopefully will remove the patient from the “crisis” stage.

After the initial three-week intensive-therapy phase, the patient is provided with a program of protocols and dietary changes to be followed at home. The arguments between “alternative” and “orthodox” medicine should vanish with the understanding that metabolic illnesses are part of a multifactorial and complex scenario.

Real medicine is Unitarian – it addresses the health and well being of whole individuals. There are no such things as different medicines or even medical specialties; these are man-made concepts which help to understand how the body works in health and disease. In reality any attempt to treat only a part of a patient will encounter a far less than desired outcome.

Every effort to integrate the differing avenues of medicine, “alternative” or “conventional”, old and new, East or West, homeopathic or allopathic, etc., with the wellbeing and respect for our patients, needs in mind can only lead to better, more substantial and longer-lasting results.

Alternative Medicine Expands Treatment Options

Article by Carolyn O’Keefe

How Complementary and Alternative Medicine can open a New World of Possibilities

If you mentioned the term alternative medicine 10 or 20 years ago, most would assume that only people who fell outside the mainstream practiced this form of healing. But today, complementary, integrative, and alternative medicine are now often included by physicians and hospitals such as Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Johns Hopkins, and Cleveland Clinic as part of a more holistic approach to patient care.

Many of alternative medicine’s proponents, like Dr. Dean Ornish and Dr. Andrew Weil, are well known and often featured in the popular media. In fact, even the National Institutes of Health has become involved with alternative medicine, creating the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) in 1998 to explore these forms of treatment from a rigorous scientific perspective and encourage the incorporation of proven alternative medicine practices into conventional medicine.

What is alternative medicine?Alternative medicine covers an incredibly wide scope of treatments and healing systems, some familiar, like acupuncture and homeopathic medicine, and others less well known, like biofield therapies and the Indian medical system known as Ayurveda.

In general, the term alternative medicine refers to using non-conventional approaches to health care in place of traditional Western medicine. Complementary medicine describes combining alternative medicine with conventional medicine, for example using acupuncture to treat the nausea a cancer patient experiences as a result of chemotherapy. Integrative medicine, according to NCCAM, combines mainstream and alternative medicine treatments for which there is scientific evidence of effectiveness and safety. Others define integrative medicine somewhat differently, believing it’s centered on a combination of treatment approaches that address not only physical well being, but also the psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of health and disease.

There are five widely accepted ways of classifying alternative and complementary medicine:

Alternative medical systems which include approaches to medicine that have often developed outside the confines of Western medical practice like Chinese medicine and Ayurveda or others that developed within Western cultures but don’t follow the dictates of traditional Western medicine like homeopathy or naturopathy

Mind-body medicine which focuses on using the power of the mind to improve health, for example meditation, prayer, and art, music, or dance therapy

Biologically based therapies that use herbs, foods, and vitamins to treat illnesses

Manipulative methods like chiropractic and osteopathic care and massage which seek to heal through movement of different parts of the body Energy therapies, including biofield therapies like Reiki which affect energy fields that some believe surround the body and bioelectromagnetic-based therapies which use electromagnetism to treat diseaseHow common is the use of alternative medicine in the U.S.?

A comprehensive survey on the use of alternative medicine in America was released by NCCAM in 2004. The results demonstrate that alternative medicine has moved firmly into the mainstream.

Nearly 75% of the more than 30,000 people surveyed reported they had used some form of complementary or alternative medicine sometime during their lives, while more than 62% said they had used it in the past 12 months. When prayer and megavitamin therapy are removed from the mix, 36% of those questioned had used a form of alternative medicine during the last year.

Women choose complementary and alternative medicine more often than men, as do those with higher levels of education and people who have been in the hospital in the past year. The most common conditions that lead people to try complementary or alternative medicine are chronic back, joint, neck, and head pain. Other conditions mentioned include colds, anxiety and depression, stomach problems, and insomnia.

Asked why they turned to alternative medicine, 55% of those surveyed believed it would improve their health when it was combined with conventional medicine. Other surveys put U.S. spending on alternative medicine at to billion in 1997, the most recent year for which the information is available.

Natural does not necessarily mean safe:How to discern what works and what is safeWhile combining alternative medicine with traditional treatments can yield improved health, many people make the mistake of assuming that “natural” treatments are always safe and don’t need special scrutiny. That misjudgment can be dangerous or even fatal.

A recent Canadian study by Dr. Beth Abramson found that 45% of the cardiology patients she interviewed were using complementary and alternative medicine, but just over half said their cardiologist was aware of this. A number of vitamins and herbal supplements can have serious contraindications for patients taking any number of cardiovascular medications. Hawthorne berries, for example, taken to lower blood pressure can be dangerous in combination with other medications and vitamin E can cause patients taking blood thinners like Coumadin to suffer brain hemorrhages.

It is essential for you to tell all your doctors about every treatment, vitamin, and supplement you use. It’s also vital that you choose alternative medicine providers with proper credentials, training, and experience and treatments that have been studied scientifically and been shown to be both safe and effective.

Expert guidance is also valuable when assessing alternative medicine treatments. PinnacleCare offers its members access to well-respected alternative medicine practitioners like Evan Ross, L.Ac., DOM., a board certified, licensed acupuncturist, Doctor of Oriental Medicine, and member of PinnacleCare’s Medical Advisory Board. In addition, PinnacleCare’s health care advocates develop for each member a comprehensive, complete health history which is made available to every medical practitioner who treats the member. That both helps the member receive strategically crafted, holistic care as well as avoiding dangerous drug and alternative medicine interactions.

“In my practice, I’ve found that regular and consistent complementary treatments help people do better,” said Ross. “They will tolerate their conventional treatments and have a better quality of life.”

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Integrating Alternative Medicine and Conventional Medicine

Article by Evelyn Lim

Until recently, there has been a battle between proponents of alternative medicine and believers in conventional medicine. It seemed that to back one was to deny the other. This is no longer the case. An increasingly knowledgeable public is aiming for health and wellness, a more general term that recognises that both conventional medicine and alternative medicine have something to offer. These two fields now create a whole new medical approach.

What is conventional medicine?

Conventional medicine is used to describe the services that treat the symptoms of a disease or illness with prescribed medications and surgeries. Conventional medicine treats the ailing part of the body but may not address the underlying causes of the illness or disease. This area of medicine is what is practiced in hospitals and most doctor’s offices in the Western world. Backed by the FDA and multiple scientific studies, conventional medicine is highly regulated for the benefit of the patient.

What is alternative medicine?

An alternative form of treatment to conventional medicine, alternative medicine attempts to treat the patient as a whole – the mind, spirit, and body – to prevent diseases and illnesses from occurring and creating a better overall quality of life rather than just a body free of symptoms. Because it acknowledges that the patient’s physical health is directly affected by state of mind and spiritual health, alternative medicine offers preventative treatments that are often relaxing and non-invasive.

Can conventional medicine co-exist with alternative medicine?

Increasingly, more and more people would like to believe so and are introducing alternative therapies, such as massage therapy and energy balancing, into their daily lives. When sick, these people may still go back to their western allopathic medicine for speedy recovery.

In fact, “integrative medicine” is the term coined for which the scientific and objectivity of conventional medicine is complemented with the subjective, more personal dynamics of alternative medicine. It is a new movement that is driven by consumers, that is, patients who demand

higher standards of health; in short, total wellness. In addition to providing the best conventional care, integrative medicine focuses on preventive lifestyle measures. These lifestyle measures include diet, exercise, stress management, and emotional well-being. However, as it is still evolving, more needs to be investigated into precisely what “integrative medicine” stands for and what it advocates.

In the meantime, for anyone, it is important to understand the principles of each area of medicine. Only then, can one benefit from making a wise choice in terms of one’s health and wellness.

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East Meets West – Integrating Complementary Medicine Into Your Care

Article by Allen Jesson

Key Points

* Over 40% of the United States population has used complementary medicine.

* Examples of these therapies include herbal medicines and dietary supplements, massage, chiropractics, acupuncture, self-help groups, energy healing, and homeopathy.

* Americans spend over billion in out of pocket expenditures on complementary medicine therapies

* Complementary medicine accounts for 600 million office visits a year compared to 350 million total visits to all Primary Care Providers in the United States.

* Only one-third to one-half of people inform their provider about their complementary medicine use.

* Up to two-thirds of people using complementary medicine are women

What is Complementary Medicine?

There are a wide array of different health care systems that exist in the world and that are utilized by a variety of practioners in many settings. Since these systems are not commonly taught to medical doctors in medical schools, they have be called Alternative or Complementary Medicine. In the United States and Europe, the most widely used systems include:

Traditional oriental medicine which emphasizes the proper balance of qi (pronounced chi), or vital energy, in health and disease. Traditional oriental medicine consists of a group of techniques and methods, including acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage, and qi gong (a form of energy therapy described more fully below). Diagnosis is based on identifying similar patterns in multiple diagnostic methods which include the history, and the examination of the pulse, tongue, and abdomen. Treatment is individualized. Consequently, 10 people presenting for tension headache may receive 10 different treatments.

Homeopathic medicine is based on the principle that like cures like, In other words, a substance that produces symptoms of an illness in large doses, will cure it in small doses. Homeopathic physicians use small doses of specially prepared plant extracts and minerals to stimulate the body’s defense mechanisms and healing processes in order to treat illness. Diagnosis is based on a comprehensive history intake that searches for patterns and symptoms. Treatment is based on the constellation of presenting symptoms. Consequently, 10 people presenting for tension headache may receive 10 different treatments.

Ayurveda medicine meaning science of life is India’s traditional system of medicine that places equal emphasis on body, mind, and spirit, and strives to restore the innate harmony of the individual. Ayurvedic treatments include diet, exercise, meditation, herbs, massage, and controlled breathing.

Each health care system utilizes a combination of therapies in order to promote health, prevent and cure illness, as well as address the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient. Examples of these therapies include: massage, body work, herbs, meditation and manipulation (i.e. chiropractic). Some of these treatments can also be used outside of the full system from which they come. For example, an acupuncturist (L.Ac) is trained in all aspects of traditional Chinese medicine including acupuncture, herbs and massage. However, a Licensed Massage Therapist (L.M.T.) is only trained in massage therapy.

What is Integrative Medicine?

Integrative Medicine is a new health care model that seeks to combine the best of both conventional and complementary medicine to address the biological, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of health and illness. Integrative Medicine physicians are medical doctors who are trained in both conventional and alternative therapies who value the principles of integrative medicine and will professionally guide patients through the various health care systems and treatment options.

Integrative Medicine is based on four primary principles:

Emphasizing respect for the human capacity for healing,

Placing importance on the relationship between the practitioner and the patient,

Creating a collaborative team-based approach to patient care among practitioners, and

Encouraging patients to participate in their care and to learn about selfcare methods in order to promote their own wellness.

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Integrative Medicine Symposium 2011 Sponsored by Eng3 Corporation

Organizers of the Integrative Medicine Symposium 20011 at the University of Miami invited Eng3 Corporation to participate and show their NanoVi™ technology to attendees. It is unusual to have a symposium on integrative medicine (also known as functional medicine or complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)) associated with a mainstream medical school. Perhaps even more remarkable is that the Miller School of Medicine has an associated Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (CCIM). Not surprisingly, outstanding people stand behind both the center and the symposium. Leonard Smith, MD and Janet Konefal, PhD can be commended for what they have accomplished.

The symposium was well attended by doctors and other health practitioners as well as patient advocates and interested individuals. More than a dozen distinguished speakers and three panel discussions covered a wide range of integrative approaches to healing. Two world-renowned keynote speakers left no question as to the value of integrative medicine. Pascal Goldschmidt, MD, who is a cardiologist and Dean of the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, highlighted the emerging health crisis and the importance of integrative medicine in coping with it. The second keynote speaker, Mark Hyman, MD, is a practicing physician, Chairman of the Institute of Functional Medicine, best-selling author, and international voice for functional medicine. Dr. Hyman He gave compelling examples of how a whole-systems medicine approach can successfully treat patients who are terribly challenged, and whose health had declined with conventional treatment.

The challenge for conventional doctors to shift to an integrative approach should not be underestimated. By definition, complementary and alternative medicine includes anything that is outside the mainstream medical system. Almost a decade ago, Symposium 2011 organizer Dr. Janet Konefal, published a paper on the challenges of educating physicians in complementary medicine. Konefal paper. She states “In the United States this means those practices that are not usually taught in medical schools, not available in most hospitals, clinics, and private practices, and often not reimbursed or otherwise routinely accessible.” Reimbursement is a key sticking point. For physicians whose practice relies on reimbursement and whose patients are not able or willing to pay privately, it is not possible to adopt many effective CAM approaches.

This is an issue for Eng3′s NanoVi™ device. Regardless of how it may be used to treat chronic diseases, mainstream medical practices and hospitals have trouble incorporating a device that cannot be billed to insurance. For the foreseeable future, it is the integrative or functional doctors and clinics that will be offering the NanoVi™ device to their patients. However, with thought leaders like Dr. Goldschmidt, Dr. Hyman and other presenters at Integrative Medicine Symposium 20011 working to bridge the gap between conventional medicine and integrative approaches, we remain optimistic.

Integrative Medicine and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Article by Michael Brown

Irritable Bowel Syndrome / IBSDuring the holiday season there are some foods that should be avoided for the person who suffers from IBS. Any food that is high in fat should be avoided. Fat is simply the single greatest digestive tract stimulant. When food enters your stomach, it triggers the gastrocolic reflex, which cues your colon to begin to contract. Fat will trigger this reaction more powerfully than any other category of food. While this is normally something that would simply cause a bowel movement, it is paradoxically likely to cause people with IBS to have either constipation OR diarrhea. This is because people with irritable bowel syndrome do not have a typical gastrocolic reflex response, and their colons tend to spasm irregularly and often brutally. In people susceptible to constipation, if those spasms are too strong they’ll actually “seize up” the colon like a muscle cramp and motility can utterly stop. This will cause excruciating pain from the ongoing cramping of the colon, and it will also result in or worsen constipation, because motility has shut down and fecal matter is not moving through. Foods that are labeled as insoluble fibers (wheat, nuts, beans, and granola) should be shunned as they are also strong GI stimulants. Caffeine, carbonation, and alcohol are also GI stimulants and therefore causes of IBS. Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a functional disorder. This means that it impinges on the way the bowel works. Most usual medical tests come up negative. Food intolerance is a steady clinical finding for the practitioner who utilizes food intolerance testing with IBS patients. Dairy and wheat intolerances are often found in IBS patients, and so if you have had these types of tests or if you are aware that symptoms worsen if you eat certain foods then those foods also need to be avoided during the holiday season. IBS does occasionally develop after an infection or food poisoning, leaving some Doctors to utilize products to balance the colonic environment with probiotic organisms. Many IBS sufferers are found to have bacterial overgrowth of the small intestine upon lab testing.IBS affects 15-20 % of all Americans, but it affects women twice as much as men. The symptoms of IBS seem to follow a rotating pattern causing some practitioners to contemplate a hormonal link. Progesterone does hinder stomach emptying and trigger constipation. Many women report loose stools during menstruation after progesterone levels dip leaving progesterone as a possible culprit in irritable bowel syndrome. A recent study was completed at the University of Florida that noted the impact of Jade Chlorella on patients with pre-diabetes. The fascinating side note to this study was that the researchers noticed a very strong link between Jade Chlorella consumption and the resolution of IBS symptoms in patients living with pre-diabetes and diabetes. Researchers advocated a separate IBS study with Jade Chlorella to validate their findings. Jade Chlorella stabilizes the intestinal environment by stimulating the growth of probiotic bacteria, but it is the knack of Jade Chlorella to calm the peristaltic contractions of the intestines that makes it the best supplement to use with IBS patients. Florastor is a probiotic yeast that has a normalizing impact on the intestinal immune system causing a drop in cramping and pain in IBS patients. The combination of these two products is an excellent way to treat the symptoms of IBS. Since irritable bowel syndrome is best categorized as a functional illness it can be got rid of if function can be restored. The predicament is that everyone wants one answer to IBS when there are actually thousands of answers. All individuals are different and everyone needs a personalized workup to know their specific triggers and then need a personalized diet approach to become symptom free. Identification of food intolerances is critical and stress management is also a key component. Vacation times are a time to celebrate life and family. By understanding the specific imbalances that trigger the symptoms of IBS and the uniqueness of each person with these symptoms you can create a healthy, happy, pain-free holiday season. For more information about integrative medicine see chicago healers.

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Michael Brown writes regularly about health related topics. I hope you enjoy this article.

Integrative Medicine for the Treatment of Cancer

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For the past quarter-century, International Bio-Care Hospital and Medical Center has been facing the ever-present question of whether to embark on so-called alternative or integrative therapies or follow mainstream, conventional or “orthodox” therapies.

In conventional oncology the concept of making the body less toxic, improving diet and nutrition and regulating the immune system while treating the malignancy is still widely regarded as an unimportant aspect of medical care. The belief that medication alone can and should reverse disease and cure a patient without any consideration of the body’s own defense and recovery systems still dominates the medical mentality.

In standard oncology, there is no treatment which is not deleterious to the immune system or the overall “host defense” of the patient. In our concept the foundation of any form of therapy should be the restoration of the biological capacities of the host with specific emphasis on the immune system. Supported by the recovery of the patient’s own defense mechanisms medical intervention in the form of specific therapies can then take place. Such an approach in due time hopefully will lead the patient to a better quality of life and improved longevity. This is the concept of Integrative Medicine. We emphatically believe that medical intervention should be comprehensive and successive; one part is not more important that the other and some therapies should be implemented only after certain goals have been reached. For example, to give chemotherapy to a patient who recently underwent surgery will only worsen his appetite, strength and wellbeing, reducing defense systems and the chances of successful outcome.

In standard radiotherapy programs, statistics show that the higher the dose of radiation, the higher the tumoral response. However, the same statistics prove that higher doses mean less survival. This means that we must strike a balance between how aggressively we attack the tumor and how much support we give the body -or at least how much assault our biological systems can endure.

By lengthening and enhancing tumor control through human immune/defense systems while remaining completely free of side effects over long periods of use, this is the most nature-similar way of controlling malignant growths.

It has been learned that DCs -elongated appendages in certain cells – can actually pick up normal cells and migrate with them to lymph nodes where they can be exposed to a high concentration of immune system cells. DCs can stimulate a response in which the immune system increases the activity of T-cells which help fight cancer and viruses.

The procedure involves drawing from the patient blood containing mature and immature DCs and tumor cells. A biochemist induces the maturation and activation of DCs in the presence of proteins derived from the patient’s tumor.

At this point a weapon has been created which administered to the patient, will act as a cellular vaccine – a “smart bomb” – which will actively seek out, entrap and expose to the immune system tumor cells developed at every stage of malignancy. The vaccine, being non-toxic, sterile and customized from the patient’s own blood, is thus a safe and effective form of therapy.

International research and knowledge exchanges provide information and resources from around the world and access to new modalities, products and experiences that enrich and widen the expectation of good results in the hard battle against cancer.

Our anticancer program -of “slow drip” infusions, direct injections, oral and sublingual nutrients, specialized diet and detoxification- normally takes three weeks, a period we call “the crisis phase”.

The three-week segment is designed to interfere with at least one full cycle of malignant-cell replication – a process which hopefully will remove the patient from the “crisis” stage.

After the initial three-week intensive-therapy phase, the patient is provided with a program of protocols and dietary changes to be followed at home. The arguments between “alternative” and “orthodox” medicine should vanish with the understanding that metabolic illnesses are part of a multifactorial and complex scenario.

Real medicine is Unitarian – it addresses the health and well being of whole individuals. There are no such things as different medicines or even medical specialties; these are man-made concepts which help to understand how the body works in health and disease. In reality any attempt to treat only a part of a patient will encounter a far less than desired outcome.

Every effort to integrate the differing avenues of medicine, “alternative” or “conventional”, old and new, East or West, homeopathic or allopathic, etc., with the wellbeing and respect for our patients, needs in mind can only lead to better, more substantial and longer-lasting results.

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Bio Care Hospital’s Unique Approach To Integrative Medicine

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Bio Care Hospital is located in beautiful Tijuana, Mexico, joining a growing number of facilities throughout Mexico and South America that offer an integrated approach to health and wellness. Bio Care Hospital offers options to international patients seeking a combination of traditional and alternative medical therapies, treatments and procedures in a truly multifaceted and well- rounded approach to whole body care and medicine.

Bio Care Hospital treats a variety of medical conditions including autoimmune degenerative diseases, hepatitis, chronic fatigue syndrome, lupus, and a variety of methodologies including rejuvenation and anti-aging, alternative cancer treatments, live cell therapy and integrative medical approaches offering patients the best options and prognosis for their conditions.

Treatments Offered at Bio Care HospitalDoctors at Bio Care Hospital believe in a whole-body approach to medical care to help restore health and wellness to individuals experiencing a variety of illnesses and chronic disease conditions. Some of their most common restored it approaches utilize but are not limited to:

* Diet and nutritional care* Detoxification therapies* Hormone balancing* Regulating the immune system* Non-toxic methodologies to destroy harmful pathogens* Dental health review* Psychological and emotional review and counseling* Bioelectrical repolarization* Laetrile therapy* Lights cell therapy* Acupuncture in acupressure* Autologous dendritic cell vaccines

Bio Care Hospital offers specialized integrative programs such as:

* Alternative cancer therapy* Rejuvenation and anti-aging programs* Medical hyperthermia* Dendritic cell vaccinations* Autoimmune and degenerative conditions therapies – including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and lupus* Live Cell therapy* Rejuvenation and anti-aging programs* Chronic fatigue syndrome treatments and methodologies

Qualifications of Staff at Bio Care HospitalDr. Rodrigo Rodriguez, Medical Director and Co-Founder of Bio Care Hospital is a highly respected physician with a global reputation for excellence in care, and the author of multiple papers defining and describing his integrative approach to medicine after 25 years of experience in the field.

Dr. Rodriguez completed his post-graduate training and studies in Germany, Canada and the United States, focusing his studies on implementing pioneering methodologies that combine high tech diagnostics with good, old-fashioned common sense when it comes to diagnosis and treatment of illness and disease.

“Integrative approaches to health and wellness are growing in demand among international patients,” states Pramod Goel of PlacidWay.Com, an international medical provider based in Denver, Colorado. “Integrative medicine and alternative treatments for cancer, degenerative and autoimmune diseases and overall health and wellness offer patients a variety of options and caring, compassionate care. We’re pleased to join hands with Bio Care Hospital and their compassionate and caring staff in providing such options to patients from around the world seeking more choices and options in their healthcare.”

Traveling to Mexico for Medical CareConsumers seeking high quality yet affordable medical treatment find solutions and medical service providers in Mexico help ease the burden of rising healthcare costs, wait times, and accessibility to treatments and therapies. Major medical providers in Mexico serve consumers from around the world seeking accessible and affordable, high quality, integrative approaches to medicine and health and wellness.

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