Introduction
St. John’s wort is a plant with yellow flowers that has been used for centuries for health purposes, such as for depression and anxiety. This fact sheet answers some frequently asked questions about St. John’s wort and depression, and summarizes what the science says about its effectiveness and the research being done. (more…)
While in recovery a major part of becoming healthy is letting our body heal itself, physically and emotionally. There is no better way to heal than getting the proper sleep. But what if you can’t? Then what?
Depression is a whole body illness. It involves the whole body, it JUST ISNT IN YOUR HEAD! Did you know that the majority of serotonin is produced in your “gut”?
With the average life expectancy around 77 years of age today, how is that ancient Chinese Warlords 2000 years ago lived to be 70 years old? and why does all this concern the individual in recovery?
Newly Certified Chinese medical Herbologist will be posting articles and answering questions for anybody who has questions, comments or concerns about medical herbs. Are you concerned about a potential interaction? Will my western medicines mitigate the effects of the herbs? Can medical herbs help my situation? How are herbs prescribed? and for how long? Will I need to take them forever? What are the costs involved?
Stay tuned for future posts and ideas about medical herbs, western drugs, and the recovery process! In the meantime, if anybody has any questions, please feel free to “ask away”. Thank you, and be well
Online Recovery Support has formulated an herbal formula that helps treat the symptoms of post acute alcohol withdrawal by helping to reduce cravings. (more…)
The Chinese pharmacopoeia has over 30,000 herbs in it, one of the oldest and most researched is Ge Gen, or better know in the Western world as Kudzu. Kudzu is a white starchy root used in China and Japan for hangovers and alcohol cravings. There have been many recent studies that show by taking Kudzu your cravings for alcohol will be less.
Rarely is the addiction the root of our problem. Typically the addiction is the manifestation of a deeper, quieter, more secretive issue. For instance, a person may have a deep feeling of separation, therefore they use alcohol (their particular drug of choice in this example) to feel closer to people. This in turn becomes a repetitive step for individual to feel close, the use of alcohol, and thus the addiction starts. After a while, to even feel close to oneself, the use of alcohol becomes the pattern in our behavior.
The following below was a study conducted and an article written about cocaine addiction and acupuncture. As with any study, the results are only as good as the study. One study doesn’t mean that their is enough evidence to say that acupuncture can deal effectively with cocaine addiction, but it does lend itself to the fact that adding acupuncture is a wonderful adjunct therapy. With any addiction, the more positive behavioral models you use, the higher success you have for beating your addiction. Acupuncture should never be used as a “stand alone” method for addictions, but one therapy to be used along with many other therapies. I hope you enjoy the article.
Below is a list, of what i think, shows the strengths and weakness of both medicines. Each medicine is amazing, powerful, and is great in certain circumstances. Also, each medicine has it weakness’s.
I believe Chinese medicine has many benefits and many benefits for the recovery process. Addictions are a wellness style of problem. They are not an “emergency” style of medicine. Though an addiction in crisis is certainly a medical emergency, the recovery, the day in day out, the emotional work that needs to be done to conquer our addictions, i feel, fall under a “wellness” style medicine.Comparing Western and Chinese Medicine. (more…)
