Wellness
There are many approaches and countless factors that make up a persons overall wellness. HowStuffWorks has extensive coverage on the different types of natural medicine such as DIY remedies and traditional Chinese medicine.
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Magnesium Glycinate vs. Citrate Vitamin Supplements
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Sound Frequency Healing: The Power of Vibrations for Well-Being
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Loud Films and Concerts Don't Have to Permanently Hurt Your Ears
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Smart Liposuction Overview
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Warding Off the 'Retirement Curse'
What Do Pheromones Do to People and Animals?
Man's War With Unwanted Body Hair
Why Aren't There More Patterns in Male Pattern Baldness?
Menstrual Leave: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Do Too-tight Jog Bras Impair Breathing?
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome on the Brain
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Alternative medicines for bursitis include chiropractic medicine, acupuncture, and bodywork. Learn to treat bursitis in your own home.
Alternative medicines for cancer include nutritional therapy, mind/body medicine, and oxygen therapy. Learn to treat cancer with alternative medicine.
Alternative medicines for carpal tunnel syndrome include homeopathy, herbal medicines, and nutritional therapy. Learn more about treatments.
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Alternative medicines for chronic fatigue syndrome include nutritional therapy and acupuncture. Learn about alternative medicine treatment.
Alternative medicines for alcoholism and drug addiction include nutritional, herbal, and acupuncture therapies. Learn more about these treatments.
Alternative medicines for anemia include nutritional therapy, herbal medicines, and homeopathy. Learn how to treat anemia in your home.
Alternative medicines for anxiety include meditation, homeopathy, herbal medicine, and hypnotherapy. Learn to treat anxiety.
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Alternative medicines for arthritis include nutritional and detoxification therapy and herbal and mind/body medicines. Learn how to treat arthritis.
Alternative medicines for asthma include mind/body medicine, nutritional therapy, and other therapies and medicines. Learn to treat asthma at home.
With Baby Boomers hitting retirement age, they're in the spotlight again because of healthcare and social security funding issues. During their time, the Boomers made an extraordinary impact on the world around them. Learn about the Boomer leg
Natural sleep aids are often confused with scams. Learn how these legitimate methods of inducing sleep can help you get some shut-eye.
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Essential oils, the fragrant, concentrated liquids extracted from the flowers, leaves, roots, bark, and fruit of an aromatic plant, are the main ingredients in aromatherapy treatments. Learn about essential oils and their properties.
Our aromatherapy treatments are for relatively minor problems that you would normally treat at home. These treatment recipes were designed for you to start making your own aromatherapy preparations. Learn how to treat common conditions with aromatherapy.
Make our ZZZZ Formula and get a good night's sleep. Using our quick recipe, you can make your own aromatherapy insomnia treatment, and you can tailor its scent to your own preferences.
You don't need to spend lots of money on Tiger Balm or similar manufactured liniments for joint pain. Instead, you can make your own using readily available ingredients and our easy instructions.
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If menopause symptoms are bothering you, aromatherapy might be part of the solution. Learn how to make this body oil, which can help to relieve hot flashes, mood swings, and other symptoms.
Soothe a pounding head -- even a migraine -- when you learn how to get rid of a headache with aromatherapy. Find out how to make hot or cool compresses and warming hand soaks with essential oils.
Painful herpes outbreaks can be shortened and relieved when you learn how to treat herpes with aromatherapy. Find out how to prepare a mixture of essential oils for the affected area.
Itchy, red hives are caused by food or other allergies, but if you have them, you just want to make the itching stop! Follow these tips to get rid of hives with aromatherapy.
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Nothing is worse than a bout of nausea, intestinal gas, or stomach pains caused by stress, so find relief naturally with a selection of essential oils. Learn how to use aromatherapy for nausea relief.
You don't need to just put up with the irritability, bloating, and pain that many women experience from PMS. Instead, you can make these simple aromatherapy remedies to help soothe the symptoms.
Singers have always used essential oils to treat sore throats. You can too with our remedies. The spray is both an anti-inflammatory and an antiseptic. The neck wrap soothes the pain of swollen glands.
Enjoy a hot bath or a soothing massage and relax with our aromatherapy mixtures. The essential oils they contain are known to relieve stress, and you can make them yourself with our easy instructions.
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Fragrances can lift one's mood, so aromatherapy for depression uses the scents of essential oils to ease anxiety, paranoia, and mental fatigue. Learn how to use neroli or petitgrain and other essential oils as antidepressants.
Working at a desk or computer screen can leave your eyes over-tired. But there are simple ways to treat eye strain with aromatherapy. Learn how to make warm or cool compresses with essential oils.