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martes, 30 de abril de 2013

Fruit, Mediterranean diet tied to fewer hot flashes

(Extraído de medlineplus.gov)

By Genevra Pittman

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who eat diets high in fruit, certain vegetables, pasta and red wine are less likely to have hot flashes and night sweats during menopause, a new study from Australia suggests.

Researchers found that of about 6,000 women followed over nine years, those who ate a lot of strawberries, pineapple and melon and most closely followed a Mediterranean-style diet were about 20 percent less likely to report those common symptoms.

At the same time, menopausal women who ate high-sugar, high-fat diets were 23 percent more likely to experience hot flashes and night sweats during the study.

The study can't prove certain foods prevent or trigger hot flashes, researchers said. And it's one of the first yet to tie general dietary patterns - not just certain supplements - to menopause-related symptoms.

"The study is well done, but I wouldn't get so excited about it, especially because we don't know why," said Teresa Fung, a nutrition researcher at Simmons College in Boston. "We don't know the biologic mechanisms behind it."

Researchers surveyed 6,040 women, age 50 to 55, about what foods they ate and how often as well as if they smoked, drank or exercised. All of those women went through natural menopause - meaning not brought on by uterus-removing surgery, for example.

At the start of the study, 58 percent of participants reported having hot flashes, night sweats or both. At that point and over the next nine years, women who ate fruit and the components of a Mediterranean diet - in this case garlic, salad greens, pasta and red wine - reported fewer hot flashes, after accounting for their other lifestyle habits.

However, vegetables in general, as well as meat and dairy, were not associated with either a higher or lower chance of having menopausal symptoms, Gerrie-Cor Herber-Gast and Gita Mishra from the University of Queensland wrote in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Hormone therapy is the only known effective treatment for hot flashes. But since the drugs were linked to an increased risk of heart disease, stroke and breast cancer in the Women's Health Initiative study, researchers and affected women alike have been searching for alternatives.

It's possible that low-fat, high-fiber diets may help stabilize estrogen levels and ease hot flashes and night sweats, Herber-Gast and Mishra speculated. Or, eating a Mediterranean-style diet may keep blood sugar within the optimum range, which could also lower a woman's chance of bothersome symptoms, they said.

"We don't really have enough studies to make a blanket recommendation yet," Fung, who wasn't involved in the new research, told Reuters Health.

However, she added, "We don't necessarily need to know why (this may work) before we do it, especially for something that's healthy to begin with."

Fung said because of all the changes - both physical and psychological - that happen during menopause, it may already be a natural time for women to think about improving their diet and general health.

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/13vv2E5 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, online April 3, 2013.

More evidence adding nuts is a healthy choice

(Extraído de medlineplus.gov)

By Genevra Pittman

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People can safely add a few nuts to their diet - or replace other foods with the high-unsaturated fat, high-fiber snacks - without gaining weight, a new review of past studies suggests.

Researchers combined data from 31 trials conducted across the globe and found that on average, there was very little difference in changes in weight or waist measurements between people who were put on a normal or nut-supplemented diet.

"Most of the nut-enriched studies don't show that patients gain a significant amount of weight, in contrast to what one might think," said Dr. David Bleich, head of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark.

Gemma Flores-Mateo from the Institut Universitari d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol in Tarragona, Spain and colleagues said previous research has tied nut-containing diets to a lower risk of death, diabetes and high blood pressure.

Bleich, who wasn't involved in the new report, said his own work has shown measures of insulin resistance - a diabetes predictor - were lower when people added nuts to their diets.

"One would generally think if you're increasing the ‘fat content' of the diet, you might in fact make insulin resistance worse," he told Reuters Health. "It speaks to this issue of the quality of the fats that we consume."

Nuts may also suppress hunger because of their unsaturated fats, fiber and protein, the researchers noted.

In the trials they looked at, participants were randomly assigned to a normal diet or one that included extra nuts - or, more often, nuts substituted for other food items - and followed for anywhere from two weeks to five years.

At the end of follow-up, people on nut diets had dropped about 1.4 extra pounds and lost close to half an inch off their waists, compared to those in the nut-free groups. However, the differences could have been due to chance.

"Although the magnitude of these effects was modest, the results allay the fear that nut consumption may promote obesity," Flores-Mateo's team wrote last week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

"Our findings support the inclusion of nuts in healthy diets for cardiovascular prevention."

However it's not simply a matter of "throwing additional nuts into your already poor-quality diet," Bleich said. He said heart protection comes from looking at a fuller picture of the diet - and adding fruits, vegetables and olive oil, for example, in addition to nuts.

Dr. Adam Gilden Tsai, an obesity researcher from the University of Colorado in Denver, said he wouldn't recommend people eat nuts on top of their normal diet, but that substituting them for other foods may lead to some benefits, such as on cholesterol levels.

"It's fine to eat nuts if you can still limit your calories," Tsai told Reuters Health. But he cautioned that it can be hard for people to eat just one serving.

"Normally what I would say to a patient is, ‘A small handful of nuts can be a very good and filling snack, but you have to be very careful because it's high in calories.'"

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/15MepVc American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, online April 17, 2013.

Mediterranean Diet Might Help Stave Off Dementia

(Extraído de medlineplus.gov)

Large study showed better retention of mental skills in seniors who had followed it

Eating fish, chicken, olive oil and other foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids while staying away from meats and dairy -- the so-called Mediterranean diet -- may help older adults keep their memory and thinking skills sharp, a large new U.S. study suggests.

Using data from participants enrolled in a nationwide study on stroke, the researchers gleaned diet information from more than 17,000 white and black men and women whose average age was 64.

The participants also took tests that measured their memory and thinking (cognitive) skills. During the four years of the study, 7 percent of the individuals developed problems with these skills, the researchers reported.

"Greater adherence to Mediterranean diet was associated with lower risk of incident cognitive impairment in this large population-based study," said lead researcher Dr. Georgios Tsivgoulis, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham as well as the University of Athens, in Greece.

There was no evidence of racial or regional differences in response to the diet. However, the diet did not help diabetics ward off mental decline, Tsivgoulis said.

"It may also be that the benefit of a Mediterranean diet differs in people with different diseases," Tsivgoulis said.

Because there are no definitive treatments for dementia, anything people can do to possibly delay the onset of symptoms, such as modifying their diet, is very important, Tsivgoulis noted.

The report was published in the April 30 issue of Neurology.

An earlier study published in the journal last year suggested that foods rich in omega-3s might help guard against Alzheimer's disease by affecting levels of a specific substance in the brain.

Dr. Sam Gandy, associate director of the Mount Sinai Alzheimer's Disease Research Center in New York City, said this latest study "is further support for the benefit of Mediterranean diet."

This important paper should be used to guide clinical practice, he suggested.

"The best way to minimize Alzheimer's disease is with 30-minute sessions three times a week of brisk walking or weight lifting, maximizing mental activity and a Mediterranean diet," Gandy said.

"This is the best prescription for maintaining of mental function that we have in hand right now," he said.

In the study, the investigators found that those who followed the Mediterranean diet were 19 percent less likely to develop thinking and memory problems. This finding was the same for both black and white participants.

The single exception was the 17 percent of the participants who had diabetes. Among these people, the Mediterranean diet didn't appear to prevent thinking and memory difficulties from developing, the researchers found.

Although the study found a lower rate of these symptoms of early dementia in people who followed a Mediterranean diet, it did not establish a cause-and-effect relationship.

Further research is needed to generalize these results to other groups, and to establish how the Mediterranean diet exerts its neuroprotective effects on mental status, Tsivgoulis said.

SOURCES: Georgios Tsivgoulis, M.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, and University of Athens, Greece; Sam Gandy, M.D., associate director, Mount Sinai Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, New York City; April 30, 2013, Neurology

jueves, 25 de abril de 2013

Fruit, Mediterranean diet tied to fewer hot flashes

(Extraído de news.yahoo.com)

By Genevra Pittman

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who eat diets high in fruit, certain vegetables, pasta and red wine are less likely to have hot flashes and night sweats during menopause, a new study from Australia suggests.

Researchers found that of about 6,000 women followed over nine years, those who ate a lot of strawberries, pineapple and melon and most closely followed a Mediterranean-style diet were about 20 percent less likely to report those common symptoms.

At the same time, menopausal women who ate high-sugar, high-fat diets were 23 percent more likely to experience hot flashes and night sweats during the study.

The study can't prove certain foods prevent or trigger hot flashes, researchers said. And it's one of the first yet to tie general dietary patterns - not just certain supplements - to menopause-related symptoms.

"The study is well done, but I wouldn't get so excited about it, especially because we don't know why," said Teresa Fung, a nutrition researcher at Simmons College in Boston. "We don't know the biologic mechanisms behind it."

Researchers surveyed 6,040 women, age 50 to 55, about what foods they ate and how often as well as if they smoked, drank or exercised. All of those women went through natural menopause - meaning not brought on by uterus-removing surgery, for example.

At the start of the study, 58 percent of participants reported having hot flashes, night sweats or both. At that point and over the next nine years, women who ate fruit and the components of a Mediterranean diet - in this case garlic, salad greens, pasta and red wine - reported fewer hot flashes, after accounting for their other lifestyle habits.

However, vegetables in general, as well as meat and dairy, were not associated with either a higher or lower chance of having menopausal symptoms, Gerrie-Cor Herber-Gast and Gita Mishra from the University of Queensland wrote in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Hormone therapy is the only known effective treatment for hot flashes. But since the drugs were linked to an increased risk of heart disease, stroke and breast cancer in the Women's Health Initiative study, researchers and affected women alike have been searching for alternatives.

It's possible that low-fat, high-fiber diets may help stabilize estrogen levels and ease hot flashes and night sweats, Herber-Gast and Mishra speculated. Or, eating a Mediterranean-style diet may keep blood sugar within the optimum range, which could also lower a woman's chance of bothersome symptoms, they said.

"We don't really have enough studies to make a blanket recommendation yet," Fung, who wasn't involved in the new research, told Reuters Health.

However, she added, "We don't necessarily need to know why (this may work) before we do it, especially for something that's healthy to begin with."

Fung said because of all the changes - both physical and psychological - that happen during menopause, it may already be a natural time for women to think about improving their diet and general health.

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/13vv2E5 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, online April 3, 2013.

sábado, 20 de abril de 2013

Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapy Combined With Conventional Medical Care May Significantly Improve Treatment of Lower Back Pain

(Extraído de sciencedaily.com)

Apr. 24, 2012 — Nearly 8 of 10 Americans will experience lower back pain at some time in their lives. Persistent low back pain is a common, incapacitating, costly, and difficult to treat condition. Many patients might benefit significantly from an individualized, multidisciplinary, team-based model of care that includes access to licensed complementary care practitioners (e.g., chiropractors, massage therapists, and acupuncturists) in addition to conventional care providers, as demonstrated in a study published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.


David M. Eisenberg, MD, and colleagues from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, MA), Group Health Research Institute (Seattle, WA), and Brown University (Providence, RI), compared conventional therapy alone -- defined as "usual care" -- to the combination of an integrated program of complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies plus usual care. They report significant differences between the two randomized patient groups in outcomes which included pain, functional status, and difficulty performing routine, self-identified challenging activities.

CAM therapies were provided by a trained team of healthcare practitioners and included acupuncture, chiropractic, massage therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, mind-body techniques, and nutritional counseling. Usual care consisted of treatments provided by subjects' primary care physicians and typically included non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), physical therapy and bed rest as needed, education, and changes in activity levels.


Story Source:

The above story is reprinted from materials provided by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News.

Note: Materials may be edited for content and length. For further information, please contact the source cited above.


Journal Reference:

  1. David M. Eisenberg, Julie E. Buring, Andrea L. Hrbek, Roger B. Davis, Maureen T. Connelly, Daniel C. Cherkin, Donald B. Levy, Mark Cunningham, Bonnie O'Connor, Diana E. Post. A Model of Integrative Care for Low-Back Pain. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2012; 18 (4): 354 DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0408

Use of Alternative Therapy for Pain Treatment Increases With Age and Wealth

(Extraído de sciencedaily.com)

Apr. 29, 2010 — In a University of Michigan Health System study, 1 out of 3 patients with chronic pain reported using complementary and alternative medicine therapies such as acupuncture and chiropractic visits for pain relief.


Socioeconomic factors -- primarily race and age -- played a large role in the use of alternative therapy in chronic pain patients, the study showed. Whites used alternative modalities more frequently than blacks and elderly adults had a higher frequency of using alternative therapies than younger adults.

According to the lead author, Carmen R. Green, M.D., U-M professor of anesthesiology and obstetrics and gynecology and associate professor of health management and policy, this pattern may be due to alternative medicine therapies usually attracting individuals with higher education levels and income, or the pattern could be a result of differences in insurance coverage.

Also, as people age, there is a greater chance that they will deal with chronic pain, therefore as age increases, so does the likelihood that people will seek alternative therapies to deal with the pain.

The study which appears in the journal, Pain Medicine, highlights the importance of complementary and alternative medicine, its increasing usage, its economic impact, and concerns about safety and effectiveness.

To track the link between pain and alternative medicine, Green and S. Khady Ndao-Brumblay, PharmD, MSc, doctoral student in health management and policy at the U-M School of Public Health, looked at the ethnic and racial disparities in treating chronic pain in 5,750 adults over a six-year period.

Socioeconomic characteristics, medical history, physical and social health characteristics and pain-related symptoms in both black and white adults with chronic pain were collected with the Pain Assessment Inventory Narrative to assess the treatment methods.

The types of practitioner-based alternative therapy examined included manipulation therapy such as chiropractic or physical therapy procedures, biofeedback -- instruments that control the heart rate, blood pressure and brain waves for relaxation purposes -- and acupuncture.

These three alternative medicine therapy services were used most often by people with chronic pain, but who uses the therapy depends on the type of modality.

"This research may provide important new insights into the use of alternative therapies for people living with chronic pain. It helps us understand more about who is using CAM therapies, and also prompts a discussion on how these methods work and on whom they work best," Green says.

Of those observed, 35 percent reported using at least one form of complementary and alternative medicine therapy with 25 percent using manipulation techniques, 13 percent using biofeedback and 8 percent acupuncture.

Green, U-M pain medicine physician and anesthesiologist, says complementary and alternative medicine therapies can be beneficial in treating pain, but further studies are needed to determine just how effective they are and how great the risks and benefits are. Since alternative therapy is often used in combination with other methods, such as regular physician visits and traditional medications, she warns patients should inform their doctors when using these therapies.

"It's helpful for physicians to know that patients are using these therapies so that we can minimize any risks or side effects associated with them," Green says.

Because chronic pain has been found to double the odds of seeking alternative services, this along with decreased access to and negative perceptions about pain treatment, may be one of the primary reasons for seeking this type of therapy over conventional medicine. However, more research needs to be done to confirm this.

"Unfortunately patients are often reluctant to share information regarding alternative therapy usage with health care providers, but discussions and awareness of alternative therapy use in pain patients may improve the quality of pain care and patient safety," Green says.


Story Source:

The above story is reprinted from materials provided by University of Michigan Health System, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.

Note: Materials may be edited for content and length. For further information, please contact the source cited above.


Journal Reference:

  1. Ndao-Brumblay et al. Predictors of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Chronic Pain Patients. Pain Medicine, 2010; 11 (1): 16 DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00767.x

Alternative Medicine Use High Among Children With Chronic Conditions

(Extraído de sciencedaily.com)

Jan. 14, 2013 — Children who regularly see specialists for chronic medical conditions are also using complementary medicine at a high rate, demonstrates recently published research from the University of Alberta and the University of Ottawa.

About 71 per cent of pediatric patients attending various specialty clinics at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton used alternative medicine, while the rate of use at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa was 42 per cent. Nearly 20 per cent of the families who took part in the study said they never told their physician or pharmacist about concurrently using prescription and alternative medicine.

Sunita Vohra, a researcher with the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the U of A, was the lead investigator on the study, which was recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Pediatrics. Her co-investigator was W. James King from the University of Ottawa.

"The children in this study are often given prescription medicines," says Vohra, a pediatrician who works in the Department of Pediatrics and the School of Public Health at the U of A.

"And many of these children used complementary therapies at the same time or instead of taking prescription medicine. We asked families if they would like to talk about the use of alternative medicine, more than 80 per cent of them said, 'yes, please.'

"Right now, these families are getting information about alternative medicine from friends, family and the Internet, but a key place they should be getting this information from is their doctor or another member of their health-care team, who would know about possible drug interactions with prescription medicines." Vohra said the study "identified a gap in communications" in dealing with pediatric patients and their families.

"It's important to get these conversations going with every patient, especially when you consider it's not widely recognized how common it is for children with chronic illnesses to use alternative medicine," says the Alberta Innovates-Health Solutions scholar.

"We need to make sure these families are comfortable telling their specialists they are taking other therapies," she said. Right now, Vohra and her colleagues at the U of A have developed curricula for undergraduate medical students about the use of alternative medicine by pediatric patients, which is considered innovative and novel. Ensuring medical students receive information about alternative medicine is key because it arms them with more knowledge about potential interactions with prescription medicine, says Vohra.

"Considering parents are saying they want this information, we have an obligation to ensure future physicians have the education and resources they need for these conversations," Vohra says.


Story Source:

The above story is reprinted from materials provided by University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.

Note: Materials may be edited for content and length. For further information, please contact the source cited above.


Journal Reference:

  1. Denise Adams, Simon Dagenais, Tammy Clifford, Lola Baydala, W. James King, Marilou Hervas-Malo, David Moher, and Sunita Vohra. Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Pediatric Specialty Outpatients. Pediatrics, January 14, 2013 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1220

Alternative Medicine Use by MS Patients Now Mapped

(Extraído de sciencedaily.com)

Apr. 19, 2013 — A major Nordic research project involving researchers from the University of Copenhagen has, for the first time ever, mapped the use of alternative treatment among multiple sclerosis patients -- knowledge which is important for patients with chronic disease and the way in which society meets them.

 

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) often use alternative treatments such as dietary supplements, acupuncture and herbal medicine to facilitate their lives with this chronic disease. This is the result of a new study of how MS patients use both conventional and alternative treatments which has been carried out by researchers from five Nordic countries. The results have been published in two scientific journals, the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health and Autoimmune Diseases.

"What we see is that patients do not usually use alternative treatments for treating symptoms, but as a preventative and strengthening element," says Lasse Skovgaard, industrial PhD candidate from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences and the Danish Multiple Sclerosis Society, who has been involved in conducting the questionnaire-based study among 3,800 people with MS in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland.

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease which attacks the central nervous system, and which can lead to a loss of mobility and sight. Denmark is one of the countries with the highest incidence of the disease worldwide, with approx. 12,500 MS patients. At the same time, the number of MS patients in the West is increasing, posing considerable challenges in respect of treatment, prevention and rehabilitation.

Access to knowledge bank

Together with researchers from the five other Nordic countries, Lasse Skovgaard has spent three years gathering the new data, and he is delighted at what it offers: "Within the field of health research, it is often a question of studying the extent to which a particular type of drug affects a particular symptom. However, it is equally as important to look at how people with a chronic disease, for example, use different treatments to cope with their situation. Here, MS patients offer valuable experience. Their experiences constitute a knowledge bank which we must access and learn from," he says.

Lasse Skovgaard draws attention to the significance of this new knowledge because, if people with chronic disease are better able to manage their lives, it can potentially save society large sums of money.

"There is a lot of talk about 'self-care competence', in other words patients helping themselves to get their lives to function. Here, many people with a chronic disease find they benefit from using alternative treatments, so we should not ignore this possibility," says Lasse Skovgaard.

At the same time, he emphasises that knowing more about why patients choose particular treatments is important in relation to improving patient safety because of the possible risks involved in combining conventional and alternative medicine.

Growing use of alternative treatments

According to the latest Health and Sickness Study from the Danish National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) in 2010, one in four Danes say that they have tried one or more types of alternative treatments within the past twelve months. Among MS patients, the use of alternative medicine has been growing steadily over the past fifteen years. In the researchers' latest study, more than half of the respondents say that they either combine conventional and alternative medicine or only use alternative medicine.

"We cannot ignore the fact that people with chronic disease use alternative treatments to a considerable extent, and that many of them seem to benefit from doing so. It doesn't help to only judge this from a medical point of view or say that alternative treatments are nonsense -- rather, we must try to understand it," says Lasse Skovgaard.

Highly qualified women top the list

The study shows that, among MS patients using alternative treatments, there is a significantly bigger proportion of people with a high level of education compared to those who do not use alternative treatments. There is also a larger proportion of highly paid people and of younger women.

"Some critics are of the opinion that when alternative treatments are so popular, it is because they appeal to naïve people looking for a miraculous cure. But our results indicate that it is primarily the well-educated segment that is subscribing to alternative treatments. And that using alternative treatments is part of a lifestyle choice," says Lasse Skovgaard.

He hopes that the new knowledge will improve communication regarding how the chronically ill use alternative treatments in combination with conventional medicine:

"We see that so many people are combining conventional medicine with alternative treatment that it should be taken seriously by the health service. Until now, there hasn't been much focus on the doctor-patient dialogue in relation to the alternative methods used by the chronically ill to manage their lives," says Lasse Skovgaard. He says that the research group is continuing to analyse the results and, among other things, is conducting several interview studies based on the results of the questionnaires. The interview studies will, for example, provide additional knowledge on how patients perceive the risks associated with using alternative medicine and explore why some patients turn their backs completely on conventional medicine.


Story Source:

The above story is reprinted from materials provided by University of Copenhagen.

Note: Materials may be edited for content and length. For further information, please contact the source cited above.


Journal Reference:

  1. L. Skovgaard, P. H. Nicolajsen, E. Pedersen, M. Kant, S. Fredrikson, M. Verhoef, D. Meyrowitsch. Differences between users and non-users of complementary and alternative medicine among people with multiple sclerosis in Denmark: A comparison of descriptive characteristics. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2013; DOI: 10.1177/1403494813481646

viernes, 19 de abril de 2013

La medicina natural se presenta como alternativa ante los recortes en sanidad

(Extraído del elconfidencial.com)

EFE - 19/04/2013

Barcelona, 19 abr (EFE).- La XV edición de la feria Expo Ecosalud, sobre medicina natural, ha arrancado hoy en Barcelona con la previsión de atraer a 30.000 visitantes, en un momento en el que el sector se presenta como una alternativa ante los recortes en sanidad.

El médico y presidente del comité organizador, Jordi Sagrera, ha explicado a Efe que hay personas que, debido al aumento de los precios de los medicamentos por el copago, se deciden por la medicina alternativa, ya que ahora no hay tanta diferencia de precio.

"Los antibióticos y anticoagulantes, por ejemplo, no tienen sustitutos", ha señalado Sagrera, quien ha explicado que, en cambio, hay buenas alternativas para los antiinflamatorios o para los medicamentos para problemas digestivos.

El presidente del comité organizador de la feria ha asegurado que en algunos casos "se abusa de medicación innecesaria" y ha pronosticado que si las terapias naturales se incluyesen dentro de las prestaciones de la seguridad social mucha más gente, que ahora no puede permitírselas, optaría por ellas.

Algunas de estas terapias naturales son la homeopatía, que aplica a los enfermos pequeñas dosis de sustancias que, en mayores cantidades, provocarían los mismos síntomas que se pretenden combatir, o el naturismo, que aboga por utilizar productos naturales para tratar las enfermedades.

Además de las terapias naturales, la feria Expo Ecosalud, que se celebrará en el recinto ferial de Montjuïc hasta el día 21, reúne a expositores relacionados con las terapias manuales -diferentes técnicas de masaje- y con la dietética y los alimentos ecológicos.

Durante los tres días de la feria, se celebrarán paralelamente en el mismo espacio el IV Congreso Internacional sobre Terapias Naturales, el 11º Simposio Internacional de Técnicas de Masaje y unas jornadas técnicas sobre dieta, complementos alimenticios y productos ecológicos.

El presidente del comité organizador de la feria ha señalado la importancia de "juntar fuerzas" para potenciar un sector que carece de regulación oficial, a diferencia de lo que ocurre en otros países europeos como Francia, Alemania o el Reino Unido.

"Son temas políticos", ha asegurado el médico, quien ha reclamado que la Unión Europea regule todas las profesiones sanitarias relacionadas con las terapias alternativas.

La feria Expo Ecosalud se ha celebrado cada dos años desde 1986 en Madrid y Barcelona, de manera rotatoria, aunque a partir de esta edición se llevará a cabo anualmente en la capital catalana. EFE

Use of complementary and alternative medicine in healthy children and children with chronic medical conditions in Germany.

(Extraído de PubMed.gov)

Complement Ther Med. 2013 Apr;21 Suppl 1:S61-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2011.06.001. Epub 2011 Jul 8.

 

Gottschling S, Gronwald B, Schmitt S, Schmitt C, Längler A, Leidig E, Meyer S, Baan A, Shamdeen MG, Berrang J, Graf N.

Source

Center for Palliative Care and Pediatric Pain Medicine, Saarland University, Kirrbergerstr., 66421 Homburg, Germany. Electronic address: kisgot@uniklinikum-saarland.de.

Abstract
OBJECTIVES:

Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in children is common and probably increasing. However little is known about differences between healthy and chronically ill children with a focus on prevalence, reasons for use/non-use, costs, adverse effects and socio-demographic factors.

DESIGN:

A questionnaire-based survey with 500 participants visiting the outpatient clinic of the University Children's Hospital Homburg, Germany was conducted over a 4-week period in 2004. Recruitment was stopped when 500 questionnaires were handed out in total.

RESULTS:

Of the 405 (81%) respondents (242 with chronic conditions, 163 healthy children incidentally visiting the hospital for minor ailments) 229 (57%) reported lifetime CAM use (59% with chronic conditions versus 53% healthy children). Among CAM users the most prevalent therapies were homeopathy (25%), herbal remedies (8%), anthroposophic medicine (7%), vitamin preparations (6%) and acupuncture (5%). The main reasons for use were to strengthen the immune system, physical stabilisation and to increase healing chances/maintain health. Socio-demographic factors associated with CAM use were tertiary education (mother: p=0.017; father: p>0.001), higher family income (p=0.001) and being Protestant (p=0.01). Expectations towards CAM were high and most parents would recommend certain CAM (94%). 79% of the users informed a physician about CAM use. Side effects were rarely reported (4%), minor and self-limiting.

CONCLUSIONS:

Clinical care and the physician-patient relation would benefit from an enhanced understanding of CAM and a greater candidness towards the parental needs. The safety and efficacy especially of CAM with high prevalence rates should be determined in rigorous basic and clinical researches.

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

PMID:
23578919
[PubMed - in process]

jueves, 18 de abril de 2013

Patients whose GP knows complementary medicine tend to have lower costs and live longer.

(Extraído de PubMed.gov)

Eur J Health Econ. 2012 Dec;13(6):769-76. doi: 10.1007/s10198-011-0330-2. Epub 2011 Jun 22.

 

Kooreman P, Baars EW.

Source

Department of Economics, Tilburg University, Warandelaan 2, 5037 AB, Tilburg, The Netherlands. p.kooreman@uvt.nl

Abstract
BACKGROUND:

Health economists have largely ignored complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as an area of research, although both clinical experiences and several empirical studies suggest cost-effectiveness of CAM.

OBJECTIVE:

To explore the cost-effectiveness of CAM compared with conventional medicine.

METHODS:

A dataset from a Dutch health insurer was used containing quarterly information on healthcare costs (care by general practitioner (GP), hospital care, pharmaceutical care, and paramedic care), dates of birth and death, gender and 6-digit postcode of all approximately 150,000 insurees, for the years 2006-2009. Data from 1913 conventional GPs were compared with data from 79 GPs with additional CAM training in acupuncture (25), homeopathy (28), and anthroposophic medicine (26).

RESULTS:

Patients whose GP has additional CAM training have 0-30% lower healthcare costs and mortality rates, depending on age groups and type of CAM. The lower costs result from fewer hospital stays and fewer prescription drugs.

DISCUSSION:

Since the differences are obtained while controlling for confounders including neighborhood specific fixed effects at a highly detailed level, the lower costs and longer lives are unlikely to be related to differences in socioeconomic status. Possible explanations include selection (e.g. people with a low taste for medical interventions might be more likely to choose CAM) and better practices (e.g. less overtreatment, more focus on preventive and curative health promotion) by GPs with knowledge of complementary medicine. More controlled studies (replication studies, research based on more comprehensive data, cost-effectiveness studies on CAM for specific diagnostic categories) are indicated.

PMID:
21695547
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
PMCID:
PMC3482459
Free PMC Article

martes, 16 de abril de 2013

Drinking cup of beetroot juice daily may help lower blood pressure

(Extraído de newsroom.heart.org)

Study Highlights:

  • Blood pressure decreased about 10 mm Hg in high blood pressure patients who drank a cup of beetroot juice daily.
  • Beetroot juice contains dietary nitrate, which may help relax blood vessel walls and improve blood flow.
  • Increasing intake of foods rich in dietary nitrate may be an affordable and attainable way to manage blood pressure, researchers said.


DALLAS, April 15, 2013 — A cup of beetroot juice a day may help reduce your blood pressure, according to a small study in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.

People with high blood pressure who drank about 8 ounces of beetroot juice experienced a decrease in blood pressure of about 10 mm Hg. But the preliminary findings don’t yet suggest that supplementing your diet with beetroot juice benefits your health, researchers said.

“Our hope is that increasing one’s intake of vegetables with a high dietary nitrate content, such as green leafy vegetables or beetroot, might be a lifestyle approach that one could easily employ to improve cardiovascular health,” said Amrita Ahluwalia, Ph.D., lead author of the study and a professor of vascular pharmacology at The Barts and The London Medical School in London.

The beetroot juice contained about 0.2g of dietary nitrate, levels one might find in a large bowl of lettuce or perhaps two beetroots. In the body the nitrate is converted to a chemical called nitrite and then to nitric oxide in the blood. Nitric oxide is a gas that widens blood vessels and aids blood flow.

“We were surprised by how little nitrate was needed to see such a large effect,” Ahluwalia said. “This study shows that compared to individuals with healthy blood pressure much less nitrate is needed to produce the kinds of decreases in blood pressure that might provide clinical benefits in people who need to lower their blood pressure. However, we are still uncertain as to whether this effect is maintained in the long term.”

The study involved eight women and seven men who had a systolic blood pressure between 140 to 159 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), did not have other medical complications and were not taking blood pressure medication. The study participants drank 250 mL of beetroot juice or water containing a low amount of nitrate, and had their blood pressure monitored over the next 24 hours.

Blood pressure is typically recorded as two numbers.  Systolic blood pressure, which is the top number and the highest, measures the pressure in the arteries when the heart beats.  Diastolic blood pressure, the bottom and lower number, measures blood pressure in the arteries between heart beats.

Compared with the placebo group, participants drinking beetroot juice had reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure — even after nitrite circulating in the blood had returned to their previous levels prior to drinking beetroot. The effect was most pronounced three to six hours after drinking the juice but still present even 24 hours later.

In the United States, more than 77 million adults have diagnosed high blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart diseases and stroke. Eating vegetables rich in dietary nitrate and other critical nutrients may be an accessible and inexpensive way to manage blood pressure, Ahluwalia said.

Getting people to eat more fruits and vegetables is challenging, but results of the study offer hope, she said. “In the U.K., the general public is told that they should be eating five portions of fruit or vegetables a day but this can be hard to do. Perhaps we should have a different approach to dietary advice. If one could eat just one (fruit or vegetable) a day, this is one more than nothing and should be viewed as positive.”

The USDA recommends filling half your plate with fruits and vegetables, and the American Heart Association recommends eating eight or more fruit and vegetable servings every day.

Co-authors are Suborno M. Ghosh, B.Sc.; Vikas Kapil, M.A., M.B.B.S., M.R.C.P.; Isabel Fuentes-Calvo, Ph.D.; Kristen J. Bubb, Ph.D.; Vanessa Pearl; Alexandra B. Milsom,BSc PhD; Rayomand Khambata, B.Sc., Ph.D.; Sheiva Maleki-Toyserkani, B.Med.Sci.; Mubeen Yousuf, B.Med.Sci.; Nigel Benjamin, M.D., F.R.C.P.; Andrew J. Webb, Ph.D., M.R.C.P.; Mark J. Caulfield, M.D., F.R.C.P.; and Adrian J. Hobbs, B.Sc., Ph.D. Author disclosures are on the manuscript.

The British Heart Foundation funded the study.

Homeopatía y Mindfulness

(Extraído de yogaenred.com)

Todo científico debería practicar Mindfulness; la observación de los hechos de la naturaleza y de la ciencia nos llevan a la meditación y al razonamiento. Sin duda, el fundador de la Homeopatía, Samuel Hahnemann, practicaba Mindfulness.

Mi afirmación se basa en hechos reales y contrastados. Para poder observar los hechos desde el punto de vista homeopático hay que tener una mente atenta y es necesario tener una mente de principiante, y no juzgar.

Cuando en homeopatía tomamos un caso, lo primero que hacemos es no juzgar al paciente; esto quiere decir tener una mente abierta, una mente de principiante y una escucha atenta al relato de la vivencia del ser.

Hahnemann, en El Organon (el texto fundamental de su obra), dice que uno de los aspectos más importantes para poder comprender a la persona que sufre y viene a consultarnos para que le ayudemos, es no juzgar. No dirigirle y permitir que exprese todo lo que lleva dentro para, con una mente abierta, podamos prescribir el remedio adecuado. Es decir, que los que practicamos la homeopatía desde el punto de vista terapéutico debemos tener una mente Mindfulness para atender correctamente al paciente.

Por otro lado, esta mente abierta permite también que los remedios homeopáticos sean analizados por el terapeuta sin querer dirigir el acto terapéutico y manipularlo, permitir que fluya.

El remedio homeopático, dice Hahnemann, debe ayudar a que el individuo se sane de una forma suave y rápida, para que pueda desarrollar los más altos fines de su existencia. Así pues, los podrá desarrollar en la medida que tome conciencia de sí y que sea capaz desde una mente atenta y calmada de verlos.

Mindfulness e inteligencias múltiples permiten observar la mente y conocer tanto sus valores a nivel de aprendizaje, cómo sus talentos para poder potenciarlos y plenamente.

Las inteligencias múltiples son necesarias en el marco individual y del aprendizaje para poder hacer un trabajo profundo que permita que todos los potenciales y valores lleven al desarrollo de la mente y a una conciencia plena.

Este debería ser también el valor del remedio homeopático, ya que, en una prescripción profunda, en una situación de adaptación del ser de un individuo en un momento de sufrimiento en su vida, el remedio debería impulsar a la energía vital para que encontrara el camino mejor para tomar conciencia del sufrimiento y poder también mitigar el dolor.

Así funciona la Homeopatía

El remedio homeopático utiliza el potencial de una sustancia que produciría en estado normal unos síntomas, para que una vez diluido infinitesimalmente, pueda ser la misma fuerza medicamentosa la que cure los mismos síntomas que produce.

Así estudiaremos los síntomas de un individuo y elegiremos el remedio que tenga los más similares y entonces dando un impulso a la energía vital se creará una reacción que, por similitud, curará la enfermedad.

Pero ¿qué es realmente la enfermedad? Rajan Sankaran dice que la enfermedad es una adaptación del estado del ser. Entonces, si se trata de una adaptación, no deberíamos suprimirla, más bien deberíamos comprenderla para poder cambiar a un nuevo estado o paradigma vital. De otra manera estaremos quitando al ser la oportunidad de aprender del sufrimiento y no poder aprovechar toda la sabiduría que del proceso va a salir.

La ventaja del remedio homeopático es que si está bien prescrito no suprime los síntomas, sino que, por similitud, va a potenciar la resolución del caso según la propia mente y el cuerpo del individuo.

El principio de la enfermedad dice Hahnemann está en la mente y por eso los síntomas mentales son muy importantes. Pero no es solamente saber que sucede en la mente sino también tener clara la conciencia de cuáles son los estados de la mente, poder analizarlos y poder ver nuestras percepciones erróneas y emociones perturbadoras.

Así ayuda Mindfulness

Aquí es cuando Mindfulness es imprescindible. Poder ver cuáles son mis emociones perturbadores y con el proceso de Mindfulness observarlas sin juicio y ver qué sucede, cómo estoy y qué surge de mí. Este es el punto donde el caso da la vuelta rápidamente, donde el individuo toma conciencia y avanza en su proceso vital de individuación. Este avance permite disolver muchos contenidos inconscientes y además observar la sombra teniendo más herramientas que le permita pasar todos los procesos terapéuticos más acompañado y de una forma más suave.

No podemos quitar el sufrimiento, pero sí comprenderlo mejor y rebajar los niveles de dolor en las circunstancias vitales y de enfermedad, en transiciones en la vida y en momentos en los que debemos tomar decisiones y vernos a nosotros mismos.

Voy a poner un ejemplo. Imaginemos que alguien está pasando un momento de transición en una separación y ve como todo su entorno está sufriendo y él mismo también. Si él y su entorno toman dos remedios homeopáticos como Natrum Muriaticum y Arnica, el sufrimiento y el dolor van a disminuir.

Arnica Montana va a ayudar en el golpe que se produce en este caso y en el dolor interno profundo. Este remedio es para los golpes y para el dolor, al mismo tiempo que permite que el sistema circulatorio fluya mejor, o seo que todo circule mejor y todo fluya.

Natrum Muriaticum va a trabajar sobre la rotura en sí y también para todos los estados que están asociados a la decepción del proceso, todo el mundo o estará triste o deprimido, y ahí es cuando Natrum Muriaticum nos va a ayudar para que no nos quedemos estancados en este estado y que nuestra mente salga de este proceso.

¿Hacia dónde debe salir nuestra mente? Solo con la observación atenta y estando presentes podremos obtener nuestra respuesta.

Pensar que tomando un remedio homeopático o cualquier otra cosa ya estaré curado es un error de nuestra mente, que busca la magia que le cure lo que debe ser un proceso de maduración de su estado vital.

No vamos a caer en esta trampa y por ello debemos ser muy conscientes que el camino lo haremos nosotros y que Mindfulness y la Homeopatía nos van a ayudar a desarrollar la conciencia para poder curar nuestro sufrimiento.

domingo, 14 de abril de 2013

Disfunción eréctil tratamiento [homeopático]

(Extraído de homeopatiaunicista.org)

Impotencia sexual, deseo sexual disminuido
La disfunción eréctil tiene un componente principal en la falta de deseo sexual que implica falta de erecciones o bien erecciones sin deseo sexual, erecciones dolorosas, difíciles, demoradas o breves.
Otros aspectos relacionados son el temor, la timidez y la falta de capacidad para afrontar responsabilidades.
Casi siempre hay una predisposición genética pero muchos hombres presentan este problema después de etapas de penas, sufrimientos y decepciones intensos.
Ciertos alimentos son estimulantes del deseo sexual pero solamente de manera más o menos ligera y no permanente, al igual que algunos fármacos como la viagra. La viagra y otros fármacos producen un efecto artificial y forzado de aumento del deseo sexual durante un tiempo determinado, puntual y no permite corregir el problema permanentemente o de manera estable y definitiva. Además la sensación no es natural y no es duradera, no plenamente satisfactoria y de calidad limitada.
Sepia es un medicamento homeopático que necesitan algunos hombres que han visto disminuir su deseo después de períodos de decepciones sentimentales, penas o mortificación y que ahora se sienten indiferentes emocionalmente, se sienten irritables y reprochan a otros. En un tiempo pudieron ser afectuosos y ahora les es difícil mostrar sus sentimientos y también recibir el afecto. Esta sería una falta de deseo sexual sobrevenida al igual que muchos casos de Phosphoricum Acidum.
Lycopodium es otro medicamento que corresponderá a quienes por predisposición genética presentan una disminución del deseo y disfunción eréctil pudiendo presentar eyaculación precoz, falta de erección, erección breve, junto con falta de confianza y en ocasiones timidez. La idea del sexo les obsesiona y tienen presente de manera importante. Pueden presentar dolor en los testículos con erecciones breves y dificultosas y eyaculaciones seminales sin erección. Estas personas muestran una imagen de capacidad en su vivir diario pero en el fondo tienen falta de confianza en sí mismos. Tienen digestiones lentas, son calurosos, irritables, y con buena capacidad intelectual.
Silicea es un remedio indicado en el caso de falta de deseo sexual en hombres también inteligentes y con falta de confianza, de disposición servil, condescendientes, apacibles, que se cansan por la actividad intelectual y que les atemorizan los objetos punzantes, son complacientes, educados, tienen transpiración en los pies y calvicie a temprana edad. Pueden presentar erecciones durmiendo y al despertar y dolorosas.
Staphysagria es otro medicamento correspondiente a hombres con falta de erecciones, excitables de carácter, excitables al hablar y comportarse, sensibles, un tanto arrogantes al igual que Lycopodium, y con ansiedad por el futuro. Son irascibles, celosos y pueden desear la soledad pero que son concienzudos y meticulosos aunque se concentran con dificultad. No soportan bien las contradicciones o que les contradigan. Les preocupa la salud y las decepciones, las penas y el rechazo les afectan de manera importante.
Otros medicamentos que pueden curar por completo esta enfermedad si se aplican considerando las caracterísicas particulares de cada persona son:
Para la falta de erecciones:
Baryta Carbonica, Calcarea Carbonica, Conium Maculatum, Lycopodium, Medorrinum, Nux Vomica, Phosphorus, Phosphoricum Acidum, Selenium, Sepia, Staphysagria,  Sulphur.
Para las erecciones sin deseo sexual:
Amonium Carbonicum, Calcarea Phosphorica, Capsicum, Graphites, Natrum Muriaticum, Nitric Acidum, Nux Vomica, Phosphoricum Acidum, Selenium.
Para las erecciones demoradas:
Baryta Carbonica, Calcarea Carbonica, Selenium, Silicea.
Para las erecciones breves:
Argentum Nitricum, Calcarea Carbonica, Conium, Graphites, Natrum Carbonicum, Nux Moschata, Nux Vomica, Phosphoricum Acidum, Selenium, Lycopodium, Sepia.
Para las erecciones dolorosas:
Argentum Nitricum, Pulsatilla, Kalium Bromatum, Nitric Acidum, Nux Vomica, Phosphorus, Silicea, Thuja.
Cuando el paciente recibe uno solo de estos medicamentos en base a sus características, la disfunción desaparece en poco tiempo, semanas, o meses y de forma completa y permanente mejorando la salud de otras partes del organismo y sintiendo un mayor bienestar general.

Jonathan Hardy: Insects and Matridonals

 

Friday 19th and Saturday the 20th of April 2013 (10-17 hr)

Eindhoven, The Netherland

Dr. Jonathan Hardy is one of the best teachers of homeopathic remedies and well known to many of us because of his thorough knowledge and extensive experience with animal remedies. Also for this seminar he selected beautiful cases in which he brings to live Insects and Matridonals (Gifts of the mother) behind the patients. He is asked as speaker all of the world because of his scientific attitude, his clear presentation and warm personality.

Jonathan studied Zoology at Oxford University and obtained an Honours degree in 1978. He then studied Medicine at Southampton University and qualified in 1984.

He became a member of the Faculty of Homeopathy in 1988 and has worked fulltime in Homeopathy since, both privately and within the NHS. He has found his Zoological training has helped enormously in his understanding of Animal remedies.

Jonathan runs a multidisciplinary natural health clinic in Southern England with a team of other experienced practitioners using Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Reflexology, and Psychotherapy.

He is a member of the Faculty of Homeopathy’s International Teaching Group and enjoys giving seminars both in the UK and abroad.

He was honoured to be elected a Fellow of the Faculty in 2010.

In this seminar we will look at two fascinating remedy groups.

Most animals on the planet are insects. There is an incredible variety and we will look at remedies from a number of different subclasses. We will get an understanding of the themes common in Insect cases generally - in particular those of restless activity, ambition and the urge for transformation into something better – metamorphosis. We will also investigate the specific themes of various Insect Orders, including Diptera (Flies), Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths), Hymenoptera (Bees and Ants) and Orthoptera (Locusts).

The different groups will be illustrated with case examples on video, edited for clarity. There will be extensive handouts of the general Insect themes, subclass themes and the specific remedies we study.

The Matridonals are a little known and relatively new group of remedies. Matridonal means Gifts of the Mother and the remedies are Placenta, Amniotic Fluid, Umbilical Cord and Vernix Caseosa. They are indicated in a number of therapeutic areas including difficulties in pregnancy and childbirth and mother-child bonding issues. However their therapeutic range is deeper and more far-reaching than these more immediate issues and also includes resolution of longstanding feelings of grief, lack of identity and exclusion.

There is overlap with other remedy groups including Row 2 of the Periodic Table (womb-like experiences and separation issues) and Mammal remedies, and we will see how to differentiate them.

We will study the themes of the group, the provings of the individual remedies and you will see a number of cured cases on video.

To cover all this we will need to manifest the Insect theme of intense activity, but it should be fun!

Location: Aristo Eindhoven (www.aristo.nl/locaties/Eindhoven.aspx)

Registration: karenvenleeuwen@homeopathiestichting.nl or franskusse@xs4all.nl

sábado, 13 de abril de 2013

Homeopatía: Belladona, un antiinflamatorio natural

(Extraído de homeopatia-online.com)

La Belladona es una planta de la familia de las solanáceas. En Italia las mujeres utilizaban la Atropa belladona para dilatar sus pupilas. De ahí le viene el nombre de “bella dama”.

La Belladona es un medicamento muy importante en homeopatía. La Belladona se utiliza en todas las afecciones agudas repentinas y dolorosas.

Belladona también se utiliza en niños cuando tienen fiebre. Los síntomas en Belladona aparecen de forma recurrente o repetida y desaparecen súbitamente.

La fiebre de Belladona se instaura rápido y luego es oscilante, con sudores y alterna periodos pequeños de abatimiento con periodos de delirio. El paciente Belladona  tiene sequedad en las mucosas, congestión o calor en el rostro, dolores pulsátiles y/o con calambres.

Los calambres como todo en Belladona se inician y terminan bruscamente. Belladona empeora con la luz intensa, con el ruido, con el tacto y el movimiento.

La Belladona se suele prescribir después del Aconitum, cuando aparece la fiebre y la sudoración. La Belladona se asocia a otras solanáceas para el tratamiento de delirio, miedos nocturnos. En este caso, Belladona combina bien con el beleño (hierba de las brujas) o la Datura stramonium (hierba del diablo). Las tres son venenosas.

 

¿Cómo se presenta Belladona en la homeopatía?

La Belladona es un medicamento muy efectivo en síndromes inflamatorios y febriles. La fiebre en Belladona es de instauración rápida, oscilante. El rostro durante la fiebre está rojo, irradia calor y hay sudor.

Es un medicamento que corresponde a la tetrada:

tumor: edeme sensible al tacto y de brusca aparición.

rubor: enrojecimiento brillante, intenso, que puede llegar al rojo oscuro

dolor: pulsatil

calor: ardiente

 

¿Cuándo está indicada Belladona?

Belladona la daremos cuando aparezca una patología de forma repentina y violenta como por ejemplo:

todas las fiebres agudas, da igual el origen, virus, bacterias, enfermedades eruptivas infantiles, etc.

todos los factores de inflamación aguda y de congestión.

 

Comparaciones y asociaciones

La Belladona es un medicamento muy importante en homeopatía. Se utiliza mucho en afecciones pediátricas. La Belladona se puede dar para tratar fiebre, quemaduras, trastornos del sueño. Pero existen algunos medicamentos que tienen una toxicología muy similar a la Belladona. Hay que saber en que momento hacemos el tratamiento con Belladona o con sus similares. Ejemplos:

En la fiebre aguda

Aconitum: se da en una fiebre aguda congestiva, la persona no suda pero está muy agitada.

Gelsemium: se da en fiebre brusca, muy alta, fuerte postración y abatimiento, dolor de cabeza, pesadez, rigidez en la nuca, ausencia de sed.

En quemaduras de primer grado o insolación

Apis: se da cuando hay un edema rosado con dolores intensos que mejoran con el frío.

Trastornos del sueño

La Belladona en este caso se suele asociar con Hyosciamus 15 CH y Stramonium 15 CH, en caso que exista delirio, miedos nocturnos. Mejor dejar la decisión en manos del homeópata.

 

Indicaciones de la Belladona

La Belladona se puede prescribir en todas las “´-itis“. Amigdalitis, otitis, conjuntivitis, faringitis. También en convulsiones febriles, sarampión, escarlatina, quemaduras cutáneas, migrañas, espasmos de los músculos lisos.

Siempre que los síntomas se instauren y se presenten de la forma en que hemos descrito anteriormente.

viernes, 12 de abril de 2013

Homeopathy Under Attack in California

(Extraído de anh.usa.org)

Because homeopathic medicines are protected at the federal level, the attempt to eliminate them is coming at the state level.

Homeopathic medicines are protected as legal drugs under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C)—which means homeopathic manufacturers can make disease claims. We can thank a brave legislator for insisting on this when the Act was enacted many decades ago. However, unlike conventional drugs, homeopathic medicines do not have to undergo the FDA new drug approval process. Pre-market approval for homeopathic drugs comes from the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States (HPUS) monograph, which involves clinical verification of the efficacy of the substance.

Despite federal law, the presence of an HPUS monograph has not protected homeopathic products from a lawsuit under California’s consumer protection law. This is creating an uncertain and expensive business environment for the homeopathic industry and could threaten the marketing of these products in California and other states.

In the 2012 lawsuit of Delarosa v. Boiron, Inc., the plaintiffs alleged that Boiron, the world’s leading homeopathic manufacturer, falsely claimed that its Children’s Coldcalm product would provide relief from cold symptoms, in violation of California consumer protection laws. Boiron argued that the case should not go to trial because the plaintiff’s claims are precluded by federal preemption: the federal definition of a drug, as defined by the FD&C, includes homeopathic remedies like Coldcalm, which are recognized in the HPUS.

The judge denied the preemption. He ruled that Boiron was not protected because the FD&C also contains a preemption exemption for products that aren’t marketed pursuant to FDA approval or final FDA regulation. Trial is set for later this month.

The ruling is significant in that these two sections of the FD&C seem to be contradicting one another. As a result, it creates an opening to claim that the presence of a homeopathic drug in the HPUS is not sufficient under California consumer protection law to prove that the drug is effective.

This isn’t the only California lawsuit attacking homeopathy. Here are some others.

In Galluci v. Boiron, the plaintiffs alleged that Boiron made false claims regarding over twenty-four homeopathic products, that they could effectively treat ailments such as flu, arthritis, sore joints, joint pain, aches, fever, coughs, insomnia, or sleeplessness—again, in alleged violation of California consumer protection laws. Ignoring the principles of homeopathy, the plaintiffs also argued that Boiron’s products are so diluted that they are “effectively nonexistent” and are thus akin to placebo or sugar pills. This is akin to saying that because homeopathic preparations are not like standard drugs, they are fraudulent, exactly the kind of claim that federal protection under the FD&C Act was designed to prevent.

Boiron settled the case for $5 million. It also agreed to place a warning on all its products that “Uses have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration,” and to provide additional data on homeopathic dilution to consumers on their website.

In Allen v. Hyland’s, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants (Hyland’s and Standard Homeopathy) marketed their homeopathic products as having health benefits while knowing the products had no active ingredients in amounts sufficient enough to cause any beneficial actions, in alleged violation of consumer protection laws. The defendants were unsuccessful in getting the case dismissed, though they did manage to limit the suit to the seven products which plaintiffs actually purchased. The case is still pending.

A couple of things to note here. In none of the cases did the plaintiffs say they were physically harmed. They merely claim that the products did not treat them as they stated they would, and that they suffered minor economic loss by purchasing the product. (So apparently if your cough medicine doesn’t work well enough for you, you get to sue the company!)

Also, the plaintiff in two of these lawsuits is represented by the same attorneys, the Newport Trial Group. The law firm involved in the third case, Marron and Associates, has been accused by the Newport Trial Group of tracking their homeopathic class action suits and plagiarizing them, in an effort to attract clients to their own potential class actions against homeopathic companies.

Did these law firms recruit the plaintiffs? Are they doing this in hopes of getting multi-million dollar settlements, much of which will go to lawyers? Is this just another chapter in the predatory California lawsuits linked to Proposition 65 that we have written about before? Those lawsuits are about supplements, and these lawsuits are about homeopathic medicines, but the pattern seems similar.

The basic premise of the suits—that in the successive dilutions that homeopathic medicines go through to achieve their final potency, there may be no molecules of the original substance left at those concentrations— is not just an attack on these companies. It is an attack on homeopathy itself. Homeopathic researchers have always struggled to explain why their preparations seem to work, even though clinical evidence says it does.

New scientific research may help. Using a laboratory technique called spectroscopy, researchers have found that different homeopathic medicines and different dilutions of the same medicine can be distinguished from each other, even though all should logically contain nothing but water. One explanation for this is that the repeated dilution and succussion (the forceful agitation of the liquid) during classical remedy preparation may break the substance into immeasurably small nanoparticles, that is, “top-down” nanostructures. A novel model for how homeopathic medicines work on living systems has been proposed by researchers Iris Bell, MD, PhD, and Mary Koithan, PhD, RN, CNS. The traditional theory, that some presence remains without actual particles, is of course more controversial. We will return to the scientific questions underlying homeopathy in another article soon.

While homeopathic medicines do not go through the FDA drug approval process, they are absolutely reviewed for safety and effectiveness. The FDA recognizes the monograph published in the HPUS and administered by the Homeopathic Pharmacopia Convention of the United States, a nonprofit standard-setting organization. Currently, 1,286 official homeopathic drug products are recognized by the HPUS. Moreover, homeopathic drugs are subject to FD&C misbranding provisions, and must comply with Good Manufacturing Practice requirements. If homeopathic substance is “new” (that is, used after 1962), manufacturers most commonly gather evidence for safety and effectiveness through a method specifically designed for homeopathics called “proving.”

What is happening in California is a real threat to homeopathy. As these cases proceed, we’ll keep you informed and also work to develop strategies to protect it from predatory lawyers and a hostile court environment.

Lesiones sin medicamentos: homeopatía para deportistas

 

http://www.sportlife.es/salud/articulo/stop-lesiones-sin-medicamentos-homeopatia-para-deportistas

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El Diente Dulce de las Células Cancerosas: La Conexión De Azúcar-Cáncer

(Extraído de informenatural.com)

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:50 PM PDT

Las células cancerosas son como una imagen de pequeños amantes de los dulces, de niños cuyas bocas están constantemente abiertas y listas para recibir un refrigerio azucarado. Así es, las células cancerosas tienen un gran apetito por el azúcar. Con el fin de sobrevivir y crecer, las células cancerosas necesitan su combustible favorito: el azúcar. A medida que envejecen, las células cancerosas continúan creciendo, requiriendo cada vez más y más azúcar. Pero incluso, después de que sus estómagos hambrientos se alimentan de azúcar, quieren más. El cuerpo es el que trabaja en exceso para abastecer constantemente el cáncer con suficiente azúcar, agotándolo, las células cancerosas nunca están satisfechas.

El conocimiento de la dieta de alto nivel de azúcar en las células cancerosas comenzó con el descubrimiento de Otto Warburg en 1944: él observó que las células cancerosas, a diferencia de las células normales, no necesitan oxígeno para sobrevivir. En cambio, las células cancerosas participan en la respiración anaeróbica (deficiencia de oxígeno) celular — un concepto denominado el efecto Warburg. El efecto Warburg nos enseña que las células cancerosas no necesitan oxígeno. Lo que también se nos enseña es que las células cancerosas, en cambio, pasan a través de la fermentación: cuando el ácido láctico se forma en la ausencia del oxígeno.

Para comprender mejor el proceso de la fermentación, considere el proceso de la elaboración del vino. Vinicultores combinan el jugo de uva con otros ingredientes para producir una reacción química que produce el vino. Uno de los ingredientes de esta fermentación es el azúcar. Algo similar ocurre dentro de las células cancerosas. Sustituir el zumo de uva en la ecuación anterior, las células cancerosas también necesitan azúcar para metabolizar: llevar a cabo los procesos químicos vital, incluyendo la digestión de los alimentos.

Y las células cancerosas metabolizan ocho veces más rápido que las células normales en el cuerpo, según el Directorio del Bienestar Internacional. Por lo tanto, el cuerpo está trabajando horas extras para alimentar el cáncer. Todas las células utilizan azúcar (glucosa), pero el alto metabolismo de las células cancerosas significa que requieren gran y constante cantidades de azúcar. Esta intensa demanda empuja el cuerpo a toda marcha, agotándolo y haciéndolo más susceptible al cáncer.

La exploración de la tomografía por emisión de positrones (PET) se confirma — y lo pone a buen uso, esta conexión del azúcar-cáncer. El PET es un examen de imágenes que puede detectar y localizar el cáncer en un paciente cuando una sustancia radiactiva (trazador) se inyecta en el cuerpo. Porque este trazador es una forma de glucosa (básicamente es un azúcar radiactivo), cuando circula en el cuerpo se acumula cerca de cualquier célula cancerosa. Lo que hace que esta agrupación se produzca es la tasa rápida del crecimiento de las células cancerosas en comparación con las células normales, en lo que resulta a su metabolización más rápida de azúcar. El deseo de azúcar por las células cancerosas permite a los médicos a detectar el cáncer durante una exploración PET. Las áreas en el cuerpo con altas concentraciones de azúcar se iluminan y alertan a los médicos de la anormalidad.

¿Pero si el azúcar sostiene las células cancerosas, qué significa esto para las personas con una dieta de alto contenido de azúcar?

Ha habido una afluencia de investigación que sugiere que individuos con riesgo de cáncer son los más probables los consumidores de alto nivel de azúcar. En un estudio que se publicó en el Puesto médico en 2007, Birchard encontró evidencia para sugerir que hay un mayor riesgo de cáncer pancreático en individuos cuyas dietas incluyen una gran cantidad de bebidas azucaradas y otros alimentos llenos de azúcar — especialmente en los hombres.

La Sociedad Americana del Cáncer, informa de otra manera que los consumos altos de azúcar expone a los individuos en riesgo de cáncer: personas que tienen sobrepeso o son obesos tienen mayores posibilidades de tener cáncer en el riñón, colon, esófago y el cáncer de mama — todos los cuales son tipos comunes de cáncer. Y una dieta azucarada (en forma de bebidas azucaradas) puede causar aumento de peso que puede llevar a la obesidad, según el Fondo Mundial de la Investigación del Cáncer y el Instituto Americano para la Investigación del Cáncer, en un reporte del año 2007

¿Eliminar azúcares de su dieta?, por lo tanto, no sólo es una forma natural para construir la defensa de su cuerpo contra el cáncer, pero también ayudan en la lucha contra el ya existente cáncer. La idea tiene sentido: Si las células cancerosas carecen de azúcar, cortando su suministro de alimentos podría causar el cáncer a morir de hambre.

Graham et al. (2012) está de acuerdo, ya que sus resultados publicados en el Sistemas de Biología Mocular, reporta que al privar a las células cancerosas de glucosa se activa un circuito de amplificación metabólicas y de señalización que produce a las células cancerosas a morir.

En la edición 2012 de la Nutrición, Bellas, Segal-Isaacson y Feinman, dan un paso más allá: ellos abogan por los pacientes con cáncer a eliminar los carbohidratos de su dieta para ayudar a las células cancerosas a estar hambrientas. Porque los carbohidratos (por ejemplo, patatas y pan blanco) se descomponen en azúcares simples, éstos pueden elevar dramáticamente los niveles de azúcar en la sangre en el cuerpo. Quite la comida de las células de cáncer, y usted retrasará el crecimiento de las células de cáncer.

Reducir Azúcar-bebidas infundidas, alimentos azucarados y carbohidratos podrían no sólo ayudará a prevenir la diabetes tipo 2 y enfermedad cardíaca (otras afecciones asociadas con la alta ingesta de azúcar, según la Asociación Médica Americana) pero también podría protegerlo contra el cáncer. Aunque más investigación debe llevarse a cabo para confirmar este enlace, una cosa es cierta: en un cuerpo lleno de azúcar, las células cancerosas estarán en hogar dulce hogar.

Redactado por Danielle Brown
Estudiante en Suny New Paltz

Homeopathy enables rheumatoid arthritis patients to cope with their chronic ill health: a qualitative study of patient's perceptions of the homeopathic consultation.

(Extraído de Pubmed.gov)

Patient Educ Couns. 2012 Dec;89(3):507-16. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.11.008. Epub 2011 Dec 15.

Brien SB, Leydon GM, Lewith G.

Source

Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. s.brien@southampton.ac.uk

Abstract
OBJECTIVE:

The role of the consultation in mediating improved clinical outcomes has been demonstrated in both conventional and complementary medicine but to date no depth study has explored how complementary medical consultations achieve such benefits. This study explored rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients' perceptions of the homeopathic consultation including any perceived benefit.

METHODS:

Qualitative study nested within a placebo-controlled multi-centre trial assessing adjunctive homeopathic intervention for RA. In-depth face to face interviews (with 16 participants) were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis.

RESULTS:

RA participants perceived homeopathic consultations helped them cope better through either enabling improved physical health, wellbeing and/or illness management. Four themes associated with improved coping were: receiving emotional support; exploring the illness; exploring self; and gaining advice. Exploring the wider narrative of their illness, enabled participants to address their individual needs and for some, this process of increased awareness changed their perception resulting in the perceived benefits.

CONCLUSION:

Homeopathic consultations enable RA patient to cope better.

PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS:

Homeopathic consultations may provide an additional resource for RA patients. Identifying and employing the "active ingredients" that confer benefit may be appropriate for other clinicians to maximise patient benefits from consultations.

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

PMID:
22177660
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

jueves, 11 de abril de 2013

Dolor de espalda .

(Extraído de homeopatiaengranulos.blogspot.com.es)

ESSENTIALS OF HOMOEOPATHIC THERAPEUTICS.
Pr Willis Alonzo Dewey.
Presentado por el Dr Robert Séror en www.homeoint.org

P.: ¿Cómo es el dolor de espalda de Aesculus?

R.: Dolor de espalda durante el embarazo, el dolor está en las sincondrosis sacro-ilíacas, y que parte de la espalda hacia fuera, obligándo a la paciente a sentarse.

P.: ¿Cómo es el dolor de espalda de Calcarea fluorica?

R.: Dolor de espalda que simula irritación espinal, dolor en la parte baja de la espalda con una plenitud o dolor quemante.

Lumbago peor al comenzar a moverse, y se alivia con el movimiento continuo.

P.: ¿Qué síntomas tiene Kalium phosphoricum en la espalda?

Hay cojera reumática de la espalda, lo que es peor después del descanso y apenas comenzando a moverse, están especialmente peor al levantarse de una posición sentada, parece que hay una tendencia paralítica.

P.: ¿Qué remedio tiene los mismos síntomas?

R.: Rhus tox.

P.: ¿Qué remedio es útil si hay rigidez en la región lumbar con una pérdida repentina de la energía o el intento de moverse?

R.: Sulphur.

P.: ¿Cómo es el dolor de espalda del ácido oxálico?

R.: Dolor agudo en la espalda que se extiende hacia los muslos, aliviados por el cambio de postura: la espalda se siente demasiado débil para soportar el cuerpo, los dolores se acrecientan cuando se piensa en ellos.

P.: ¿Qué síntomas tiene fósforo en la espalda que le son característicos?

R.: Intensos dolores ardientes en la columna entre los omóplatos, las espinas dorsales están muy sensibles.

P.: Dar las indicaciones de Rhus en el Lumbago.

R.: Dolor intenso al tratar de levantarse, dolores reumáticos en la espalda. El cuello lo tiene tieso de estar sentado trabajando en la misma posición, el lumbago es una condición que no puede ser aliviado por el movimiento, ahí se indica  Rhus.

P.: ¿Qué medicamentos tienen dolor de espalda peor al estar sentado?

R.: Cobalto, Zincum, Sepia,Cannabis indicus.

P.: ¿Cuándo se indica en Ledum en el dolor de espalda?

R.: Hay una rigidez de la parte posterior como después de permanecer un tiempo largo en la misma postura.

P.: ¿Qué medicamentos tienen dolores en la región lumbar obligando al paciente a levantarse y caminar?

R.: Staphisagria y Kali carbonicum

P.: ¿Qué medicamentos son útiles para los dolores reumáticos en la espalda que son peores por la mañana antes de levantarse?

R.: Petróleum y Ruta.

P.: ¿Qué medicamentos tienen una espalda rígida cuyo dolor agrava al comienzo de moverse?

R.: Anacardium y Conium.

P.: ¿Cual es el remedio para una torcedura repentina tras ser agarrado por la espalda?

R.: Secale.

P.: ¿Qué remedio tiene el síntoma que el paciente no puede darse vuelta en la cama sin antes sentarse a causa de dolores reumáticos en la espalda?

R.: Nux vomica.

P.: ¿Cómo es el dolor de espalda de Nux?

R.: En la región lumbar, peor por la noche cuando está acostado en la cama, no se puede tumbar sin sentarse; lumbago.

HOMEOPATÍA Y ALERGIAS PRIMAVERALES

(Extraído de facebook.com/iberhome)

DEPARTAMENTO CIENTIFICO IBERHOME

Aunque la mayor parte de nosotros estamos encantados con la llegada del buen tiempo, no todas las personas se alegran del comienzo de los días cálidos y soleados de la primavera. Aquellas que padecen de rinitis alérgica estacional (también llamada polinosis o fiebre del heno), ven con temor la aparición de congestión nasal, rinorrea, estornudos, prurito, lagrimeo, inflamación de los párpados, otalgias, faringitis, sinusitis, etc. ,síntomas que suponen desde una molesta incomodidad hasta una verdadera tortura para las personas que los sufren.

Los alergenos desencadenantes de la reacción alégica son el polen o las esporas de los hongos, y estas rinitis estacionales suelen afectar más a personas jóvenes (15-24 años de edad). Se trata de una reacción de hipersensibilidad inmediata tipo I mediada por anticuerpos específicos IgE contra el alergeno causal. Cuando el paciente sensibilizado inhala el alergeno, aparecen dos tipos de efectos: inmediato y tardío. En la fase de respuesta inmediata se liberan mediadores de la inflamación, como leucotrienos, prostaglandinas e histamina, y cursa con congestión de vías aéreas, contracción de la musculatura lisa de los bronquios, estornudos y prurito (al irritarse las terminaciones nerviosas), enrojecimiento e hinchazón. Estos síntomas suelen disminuir al cabo de 30-60 minutos, dando lugar a la fase de respuesta alérgica tardía, que aparece unas 4-8 horas tras la exposición al alergeno en el 50% de los casos. El síntoma más característico de esta segunda fase es la obstrucción nasal, más difícil de tratar, y contribuye a la instauración de una rinitis crónica e hipersensibilidad nasal.

La rinitis alérgica ha de ser tratada porque, al cronificarse, puede ocasionar sinusitis, otitis, o exacerbar el asma. Existen varias medidas terapéuticas que pueden emplearse, entre las que se incluyen:

1-minimizar el contacto con el alergeno:

La mejor prevención para las alergias es evitar la exposición al alergeno, por lo que es importante identificarlo previamente, y así poder tomar las precauciones necesarias. Es conveniente revisar los filtros del aire acondicionado, evitar las horas entre las 6-11 de la mañana, que son las horas de mayor concentración de polen, y permanecer en estancias ventiladas con aire acondicionado .

Los síntomas aparecen en los meses de febrero, marzo y abril, haciéndose más intensos en mayo-junio. Pero podemos ir preparando nuestro organismo antes de la aparición de la polinización.

2- instaurar un tratamiento farmacológico, y/o de inmunoterapia:

La elección ha de ser individualizada teniendo en cuenta la relación beneficio/riesgo según la situación del paciente: embarazadas, niños, contraindicaciones, duración del tratamiento, administración concomitante de otros medicamentos, etc.

Los fármacos más comúnmente utilizados son los antihistamínicos orales, que se estima eficaces en el 33-50% de los pacientes con rinitis alérgica estacional, sobre todo en la fase inmediata del proceso; los antihistamínicos tópicos; los descongestionantes nasales tópicos, que reducen la congestión nasal al causar vasoconstricción nasal, pero cuyo uso prolongado puede originar rinitis de rebote; los corticosteroides, eficaces en los síntomas de la fase inmediata como de la tardía, excepto sobre los síntomas oculares; y la inmunoterapia con alergenos, que es la administración de cantidades gradualmente crecientes de un alergeno específico para disminuir la reactividad del organismo, reduciendo así la gravedad de los síntomas y acortando su duración, cuando el paciente es posteriormente expuesto al alergeno causante.

¿CÓMO PUEDE AYUDAR LA HOMEOPATÍA EN EL TRATAMIENTO DE LAS

RINITIS ALERGICAS ESTACIONALES?

El tratamiento homeopático de las rinitis alérgicas consistirá en abordarla desde tres aspectos diferentes:

Determinación del medicamento constitucional o de fondo del paciente

Desensibilización, por medio del POLLENS y de PULMON HISTAMINADO

Tratamiento sintomático de las manifestaciones alérgicas

a/Determinación del medicamento constitucional o de fondo del paciente

Para ello, el homeópata unicista no tratará directamente los síntomas de la alergia, sino el fondo constitucional del paciente, con el fin de fortalecer el sistema inmunológico y la salud general, y de éste modo curar desde el fondo el problema. La homeopatía unicista considera que cada paciente es individual y debe ser tratado de forma integral, teniendo en cuenta sus particularidades fisiológicas, funcionales, genéticas, emocionales y psíquicas.

b/ -Desensibilización, por medio del POLLENS 30CH, 200CH o 300MK:

Como preventivo, puede emplearse antes de la aparición de los primeros pólenes, a la 30CH, 10 gránulos una vez/semana. Durante la época de la polinización, y ante los primeros síntomas, se puede aconsejar la toma de POLLENS 30CH 3 gránulos cada 2 horas y espaciar según la mejoría. Si la respuesta a la 30CH es insuficiente, puede aconsejarse POLLENS 200CH o POLLENS 300MK, 3 gránulos 1-2 veces/día y espaciar según la mejoría.

-Desensibilización, por medio del PULMON HISTAMINADO:

Si bien la histamina es el principal mediador en las alergias, también es cierto que la vasodilatación y el prurito pueden estar vinculadas a otros mediadores (serotonina, leucotrienos, prostaglandinas, PAF, interleucinas, quininas, moléculas del sistema del complemento, etc). El Pulmon histaminado contiene todos los mediadores y está más indicado. La prescripción se hace a la 15 CH, 3 gránulos 2 veces al día. Puede complementar al Pollens .

c/-Tratamiento sintomático de las manifestaciones alérgicas

Los medicamentos para tratar la fase aguda se eligen en función de los síntomas que predominan en el paciente. Se prescriben a la 7CH o 9CH y se toman tres gránulos cada hora o cada 2 horas, espaciando las tomas a medida que los síntomas van mejorando.

Si predomina la rinitis acuosa::

ALLIUM CEPA: Aparece primero picor ocular con lagrimeo y salvas de estornudos, seguidos de una secreción nasal acuosa muy abundante y ardiente, que empeora en una habitación cálida y con el calor. Mejora al aire libre.

ARSENICUM ALBUM: La rinorrea es acuosa, poco abundante pero muy ardiente, que excoria el labio superior. El paciente suele ser friolero, mejora en estancias calientes, pero no soporta el calor en la cabeza. Catarro acuoso con nariz congestionada.

Si la nariz está congestionada y seca:

      STICTA PULMONARIA: los pacientes se sienten molestos por la nariz congestionada constantemente y  

    dolorida. Aun cuando no fluye el catarro, se tiene la necesidad de limpiarse constantemente la nariz. Costras,

    sensación de sequedad. Presión en la raíz de la nariz.

Si predomina la afectación en los ojos:

EUPHRASIA: Se queja más de los ojos que de la nariz; fotofobia muy marcada (lleva gafas oscuras).   

     Lágrimas corrosivas y urentes. Síntomas principales: lágrimas ácidas, catarro suave. Tose solamente

    durante el día, cesando por la noche

SCILLA MARITIMA: Conjuntivitis con lagrimeo y prurito: el enfermo, sobre todo los niños, tienden a frotarse los ojos con el puño cerrado. Con la tos puede haber incontinencia urinaria.

Si lo que predomina es un fuerte prurito:

SABADILLA: Prurito en el paladar: el enfermo siente la necesidad de frotar el paladar con la lengua lo cual alivia sus estornudos. Rinorrea acuosa y lagrimeo abundante. Dolor de los senos frontales en la raíz de la nariz.

ARUNDO DONAX: Presenta prurito y escozor en los ojos, en la nariz, en el conducto auditivo y en el paladar. Catarro con estornudos y prurito; puede haber escozor también al orinar.

BIBLIOGRAFIA:

-Tratamiento de la Rinitis Alérgica . Revista Cadyme. Centro Andaluz de Información de Medicamentos. Año 2000, Volumen 16 nº 2.

http://www.cadime.es/docs/bta/CADIME_BTA2000_16_2.pdf

-Tratado de Materia Medica Homeopatica. Bernardo Vijnovsky. Buenos Aires, 1.980

 

                                          (publicado en la Revista BIFAR)

miércoles, 10 de abril de 2013

Indian Board of Alternative Medicine Organizes its 21st International Conference & Convocation Ceremony Celebrating the United Nations 1st International Day of Happiness

(Extraído de prweb.com)

Indian Board of Alternative Medicine organized its 21st International Conference, Convocation and Awards Presentation Ceremony on 20th March, 2013 celebrating the United Nations 1st International Day of Happiness in Kolkata, India. The event was participated by students, researchers, doctors and professors from around the country and different corners of the world including USA, Germany, South Africa, Romania, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Malaysia, South Korea, Oman, Philippines, Iran, Egypt, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

Kolkata, West Bengal, India (PRWEB) April 10, 2013

Celebrating the United Nations 1st International Day of Happiness, the Indian Board of Alternative Medicines organized its 21st International Conference, Convocation and Awards Presentation Ceremony on 20th March, 2013 at Hotel Golden Parkk, Kolkata, India.

Established in 1991, the Indian Board of Alternative Medicines (IBAM), based in Kolkata is India’s oldest and foremost institution of complementary and alternative medicines. IBAM is Registered by the Government of West Bengal under Act XXVI based on the Central Government Act XXI of 1860. Students of the Board are eligible to register as Registered Medical Practitioners (RMP) under the Board and practice and profess the various systems of Alternative Medicines as per the Rules and Regulations of the Board anywhere in India.

The Board also offers possesses international recognition with its courses being recognized by Bodies of Alternative and Natural Medicine in U.S.A., U.K. (Europe), Australia and New Zealand. The Board diplomas and certificates also qualify for attestation by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, useful for its international students besides its other international recognitions.

UNESCO’s office headquartered in France sent the Indian Board of Alternative Medicines a Support Message for its Conference and Convocation Ceremony dated 16th March, 2013 for organizing an event of this scale based on Health and Happiness and propagating the United Nation’s noble cause by organizing its 21st International Conference on the 20th March. Undoubtedly, in this increasingly complex world, the importance of Health and Happiness is being treated in a holistic manner to encourage one to remain healthy and happy, and to encourage an attitude of self-help and self-development. People have started relying on Alternative Medicines because of its cost-effectiveness, negligible to no side-effects and easy to procure methods of medicinal treatment.

It was a matter of great pride and honour for the Board to announce that on the magnificent occasion of the United Nations 1st International Day of Happiness, the Board’s President, Prof. Dr. Suresh Kumar Agarwal was being awarded with four prestigious titles from around the world. Dr. Suresh Kumar Agarwal was bestowed upon with the highly coveted and world renowned Gemeinde Sennfeld Award from Burgomaster (Mayor) of Sennfeld, Germany, the prestigious Light Institute Peace and Unity Award by The Light Institute, U.S.A., the Great Master Award by Institute of Traditional Medicines, Malaysia and the Luminar Award for Global Health, Harmony and Happiness by Luminar International Centre for Health, Nigeria for his noble and outstanding contributions to the field of Alternative Medicines and in recognition of his long and exemplary dedication to the cause of promoting Health, Harmony and Happiness world-wide. The preeminent pioneer of the holistic medical movement in India, the name being synonymous to alternative medicines world-wide, Dr. Suresh Kumar Agarwal has long contributed to ideas in holistic medicine through all mediums of expression and is characterized by a strong personal direction and commitment.

The 21st International Conference of the Board was Chaired by Justice Mr. Samir Kumar Mookherjee, Former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court. Several International Guests like Mahatma Madam Chris Griscom, U.S.A., Mr. Klemens Vogel, Judge, Germany, Prof. Dr. A. J. Grobler, South Africa, Prof. Dr. Samerin Mugeni, Malaysia, Prof. Dr. Dongsub Kim, South Korea, Dr. Faris Alhajri, Oman, Dr. Mohamed Said Ali Mansour, Egypt, Dr. Bishop Dennis I. C. Josephson, Nigeria, Dr. Mohamed Azard Sharaf Uduman, Sri Lanka were most prominent.

Dr. Giridhar Gamang, Former Union Minister and Chief Minister of Odisha, Mr. Prabodh Chandra Sinha, M.L.A., Mr. Sanjay Nirupam, M.P., Maharashtra, Padmashree Dr. Vijay Kumar Shah and Dr. Sohan Raj Tater, Former, Vice-Chancellor, Singhania University, Rajasthan, were the eminent Guests who shared the Dias in the Inaugural Session.

Welcome Speech was delivered by Prof. Dr. Suresh Kumar Agarwal, President, Indian Board of Alternative Medicines.

Convocation and Awards Presentation to the students of the Indian Board of Alternative Medicines constituted the rest of the programme. Speeches were given by Guests from USA, Germany, South Africa, South Korea, Egypt, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka along with their Indian counterparts.

The event was housed by more than 800 participants and dignitaries from all over the country and world-wide.

True to its motto, "Indigenous Roots, Global Pursuits", the Board has brought alternative medicines to the attention of the masses and trained thousands of students in India and abroad through its various distance learning and correspondence courses in alternative medicines including acupressure, acupuncture, aromatherapy, biochemical medicine, counselling, electro homeopathy, herbal medicine, hypnotherapy, naturopathy, nutrition, psychotherapy, reiki, yoga among many others.

The Indian Board of Alternative Medicines has today expanded to over 110,000 students enrolled into its distance education programmes from around the world and different corners of India. The Board now offers more than 15 Diploma courses, 15 under-graduation Bachelor programmes and 10 Postgraduate and Doctorate courses under the distance learning platform with its Bachelor of Alternative Medical System, B.A.M.S.(A.M.), Master’s in Psychotherapy and Counselling (M.P.C.), Doctor of Naturopathy / Natural Medicine (N.D./N.M.D.) and the Doctor of Medicine in Alternative Medicines, M.D.(A.M.) being the more popular course picks amongst students.

The 21st International Conference, Convocation and Awards Presentation of the Indian Board of Alternative Medicines was truly a grand one with a very good mix of insights provided on Complementary and Alternative Medicines by the doctors, professors, researchers and students from around the world and plays a pivotal role in India's growth in Holistic Medicine. The event makes a historical mark for the country in Alternative Medicines and the Indian Board of Alternative Medicines has played a pioneering role in the growth and development of the system in India and world-wide.