Gem Stones

Gem stones have been used by healers since ancient times: each stone is supposed to have a kind of energy that balances or imbalances the energies in the body, and can be used to cure diseases. Some p...

Herbal Medicine

Herbal medicine uses traditional herbal mixtures to cure diseases. Herbal medicine is a part of alternative medicine, and most of its cures have not been tested though many people still believe in the...

Home Remedies

Home remedies – like chicken soup for the common cold – have been proved effective in a number of cases. Scientists are interested in researching home remedies because they are easier and cheaper to p...

Homeopathy

Homeopathy is a system of alternative medicine based on the principle that ‘like cures like’: tiny doses of a substance that causes the same symptom a person is suffering from will help cure those sym...

Mud Baths

Certain kinds of mud (like mud from the Dead Sea or in areas where there are hot springs with volcanic ash) are supposed to be medicinal. Many people have ‘mud baths’ with these muds by bathing in the...