Medical
The Essential Guide to Acupuncture in Childbirth and Pregnancy
Nausea of pregnancy The nausea of pregnancy (early morning sickness) is, without doubt, helped greatly by acupuncture. It has been used for 4000 years for this purpose, and numerous scientific trials have proven that acupuncture really is effective in relieving this distressing, but all too common, 'side-effect' of pregnancy. The classic site for inserting the needles is Pericardium 6 (Neigu... More »
Heart Attack – Knowing the Occurrence
A heart attack occur when the muscle of the heart is damaged by blockage of one of its fuel pipes ; the fuel is oxygen carried in the blood, and the pipes are the arteries; in the case of the heart they are called coronary arteries. These arteries may become narrowed and this may eventually lead to a complete blockage. That part of the heart muscle supplied by a blocked artery will be irreversi... More »
Heart Attacks – How to Detect Coronary Disease ?
Unfortunately, there is no simple test which can be used to detect coronary disease in the way that the chest X-Ray can be used to detect lung cancer. To be effective, such a test would have to be simple, quick cheap, safe and very reliable. A lot of effort is going into ways of devising a suitable method, but at the moment the only methods we have are the electrocardiogram, the exercise tes... More »
