A common problem that is a potentially disfiguring skin disease. Unfortunately it often affects those in an emotionally vulnerable stage of life--adolescence. It involves the sebaceous glands in the skin which secrete lubrication (sebum)for the hair...
The immune system has become an increasingly crucial issue in all branches
of medicine in recent years. This is not only due to the AIDS epidemic but
also the statistical explosion of the whole range of auto-immune diseases
Essential oils ;All of the terpene essential oils are anti-microbial. At
Used since ancient times in Traditional Chinese Medicine, it has become an important remedy in the west since its effects upon the immune system came to light. As the power of immunological research is focused on medicinal herbs a whole new array of...
Immuno-stimulation, Immuno-modulation or what? ;As pharmacology discovers the possibilities offered by t
Superficial infections caused by dermatophytes - fungi that invade only dead tissues of the skin or its appendages.
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With its focus on preventive medicine, holistic approaches to health can
be most helpful in many of the common problems of childhood. If conditions
are brought under control during childhood they can often be avoided entirely in adult life.
Infections ;Infection seems to be a concomitant part of living withi
A General Approach to Infection ;Because of the similarity of immune system involvement i
Herbs and Children ;The World Health Organization defines health as being ".
David L. Hoffmann BSc Hons MNIMH