What Doctors Don't Tell YouReader's Corner
Q I am 72 years old and pretty active, but when I’m at rest - say, watching TV or in bed - my heart pounds like a sledgehammer. I often feel anxious and can’t catch my breath.
Modern medicine has only its singleminded one-size-fits-all treatment for all types of tumours - with very little evidence of success. However, alternative medicine provides a number of other possibilities
Chinese herbal medicine can help sufferers of atopic dermatitis, a study team from three London hospitals has discovered. ...
The recent warnings over the potential toxicity of Chinese herbal remedies for eczema could be premature, warn the researchers from two leading London hospitals. ...
* Black cumin (Nigella sativa). Constituents in the oil and seeds - in particular, thymoquinine (TQ) - have shown potent anti-inflammatory effects in conditions such as arthritis (Int Immunopharmacol, 2005; 5: 1749-70).
Suggested dosage: 1 tsp/day of
Q:My niece has a very bad skin condition called pityriasis rubra pilaris. It began with mild eczema on her face and hands and three months later developed into an angry, crusted and scaly rash on ...
Q I have just had my second saliva stone removed: one was fairly accessible; and one was less so and resulted in nerve damage to my tongue. Whenever I ask the doctors why I form these stones, they shrug their shoulders and say, ‘Nobody knows’. They...
