Acupuncture

Acupuncture physicians believe there are ‘energy lines’ that go through the body, and use tiny needles inserted in points in these lines to help relive pain and cure diseases. Acupuncture has been pro...

Ayurveda

Ayurveda is the ancient Indian system of medicine: ayur means breath, wind or life, and veda means knowledge - ayurveda is literally ‘knowledge of life’. The ayurveda texts date back to about 3000 BC,...

Back Pain

Back pain affects eight in ten people at some point in their lives – it can be a dull ache or sharp shooting pain any part of the back, and it can be caused by nerve or muscle problems, arthritis, or ...

Depression

Depression in psychology and psychiatry refers to long term and persistent feeling of sadness, guilt, hopelessness and thoughts of death. A depressed person cannot just 'snap out of it' - he needs sup...

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...