Alternative Medicine
9 Natural Remedies to Improve your Memory
Sue Jan asked: Gingko biloba extract which helps with the flow of blood throughout the body, appears to have a positive affect on memory function as it also improves the flow of blood to the brain. The improved flow of blood to the brain brings with it more oxygen and should thus help improve memory.Ginseng is an herb that helps energize and revitalize the body, so it stands to reason that it should also positively affect the brain and thus the memory.Another supplement that also helps improve memory is rosemary, which helps stimulate the brain and thus the memory too.Foods rich in antioxidants contribute to the overall health of your body, and also appear to work in helping memory functions. Thus it is beneficial to include antioxidant-rich food as part of the daily diet, including nuts, berries, carrots and especially green tea. Green tea is an excellent source of antioxidant, and along with black tea, appears to greatly boost a person’s ability to remember. The Unreal Universe A Book on Physics and Philosophy “For thinking laymen.” Another food product that helps improve memory function is soy. Soy products such as tofu and soymilk offer many health benefits to the body [...]
Computer Eye Strain
Vinay Gupta asked: Eyestrain associated with computer use isn’t thought to have serious or long-term consequences, but it’s disruptive and unpleasant. If you or your child spend more than two hours each day in front of a computer screen, you likely experience some symptoms of computer vision syndrome or CVS.The main symptoms of CVS are -• Sore, tired, burning or itching eyes• Watery eyes• Dry eyes• Blurred or double vision• Headache and sore neck• Difficulty shifting focus between monitor and paper documents in your work area• Color fringes or afterimages when you look away from the monitor Increased sensitivity to lightSince this a profession related complication, it can be treated with modifying the work area and introducing some alterations in the work habit to reduce the symptoms.• The computer screen should be slightly below eye level (about 20 degrees). Copy should be at the same level as the screen.• Wrists and lower arms are parallel to the floor while working on keyboard.• The working chair should be comfortable with a good back support.• Sit straight on the chair with feet flat on ground, thighs parallel to ground and back erect.• The screen brightness and contrast should be adjusted by the [...]
Fully Featured Dental Practice Software
Gen Wright asked: It takes a lot to run a full-fledged dental practice. There are employees to handle, dental appointments to schedule, bills to collect, and more. Without a proper system in place, it is almost impossible to run a dental practice smoothly. For this reason, many dentists are looking for the ideal solution to streamline their operations and automate as many operational tasks as possible.First, let’s spend a little time discussing about the difficulties that come with sourcing for such a solution. In theory, it is very easy to say that a comprehensive software with all the necessary features will help solve all the problems. Question is, does such a software exist? What happens if such a solution has not yet been invented?If a comprehensive solution is not available yet, a dentist will have to source for different solutions that will cater to his or her practice needs. For example, a dentist will have to buy billing software from one vendor, insurance software from another, and so on.The problem with this approach is that it is almost impossible to integrate all the different types of software together. On top of that, many software solutions are not developed by practicing [...]
The Advantages of Using Homeopathic Software in Homeopathic Practice – Part III
Peter Bezemek asked: Now let’s talk about the type of books you want and don’t want to have in a homeopathic software. In homeopathy, we have three main categories of books – repertories, materia medicae and books on homeopathic philosophy. Which ones do you need to have in your homeopathic software?The answer depends on how you plan to use the homeopathic software. While it is clearly advantageous to include repertories in a homeopathic software (as presented in Part I), the situation is less obvious in case of materia medicae and books on homeopathic philosophy. Let’s take it step by step.Typical materia medica includes some kind of foreword, followed by chapters describing the homeopathic picture of selected homeopathic remedy. For example, you have a chapter on Aconitum Napellus, followed by a chapter on Agaricus Muscarius etc. This typical structuring can be utilized by a homeopathic software and allow linking the chapters to specific remedy and provide a smooth interaction with the repertories.This, however, assumes a common table of remedy names, on the side of homeopathic software, to which all repertories and materia medicae are linked. While this may come as natural, it is in fact very rarely the case. There are [...]
How Memory Foam is Good for Your Bad Knees
daveclark asked: Memory foam beds are extremely useful for curing the problem of bad knees. They provide so much support to your tired legs hips and knees that you will feel very comfortable and relaxed. Memory foam beds keep your knees properly aligned and this in turn prevents your knees from being victimised by any kind of problem.Having a bad knee is a common problem among people, though it is more commonly found in elderly people and women over 40s. Keeping this in mind, memory foam beds can prove to be of good help. These beds adjust themselves to the shape of your body and thus they acquire an entirely new shape. It is this exclusive feature of memory foam.Memory foam mattresses give a cushioning effect to the body unlike other firm mattresses coming up in the market and this explains the reason why memory foam mattress based beds have gained so much popularity. These mattresses never slip and provide an absolutely relaxing experience. Nowadays, when you go for buying this type of bed, the manufacturer also provides you with exclusively designed memory foam contour pillows and mattresses. If you have a constant problem of bad knees, then you can [...]
Enhance Memory Power
jeniferhobson asked: In organize to enhance memory, best mental functioning must be promoted. Best possible mental functioning require mental motivation, social interaction and support, proper nutrition, breathing and relaxation, water intake, physical exercise, rest and sleep. A number of medications can cause memory problems, so extraordinary care should be taken to make out if this is a side effect of any of your medications, and if so to discuss this with your health care source should memory problems build up. The following provide more information on specific areas to address for promoting mental function and enhancing memory.- Do Something NewThe brain can take up new data, make new relations, and obtain new skills, which helps to improve memory. To take on new things you require believing that you can deal with the precise activity or problem and that you will have sensible success. You can get better cognitive functioning with training that focuses on learning how to draw conclusion from a set of facts, or identify relationships between different shapes.Try actions that that are new for you and need you to think and do things that are new to you. Think learning to play a musical instrument, studying a foreign [...]
Homeopathic Software of the Future
Peter Bezemek asked: At the time of writing, homeopathic software is ideally being used as a tool for rapid access to homeopathic repertories and materia medicae, and an evaluation of the data gathered, primarily based on various statistical methods. During the 200+ years of the existence of homeopathy, a substantial amount of data has been gathered and homeopathic software makes this information more accessible, allowing better integration into homeopathic practice.However, there is still a substantial space for improvement. While homeopathic software simplifies and enhances the efficiency of many otherwise tedious processes, the final interpretation of data relies, for the greatest part, on the homeopathic practitioner. Such interpretation is very ambiguous, ranging from very analytical one, based solely on provings and materia medicae information, through a more relaxed one based on keynotes, ending with a purely intuitive type of prescribing. During the interpretation process, an experienced homeopath considers not only the information alone, but also connections and associations between them, and their level of relevance to the case concerned.The point is, this interpretation and analysis COULD be performed by a homeopathic software. As inconceivable as it may first sound, it could also be much more efficient than any human and also [...]
The Advantages of Using Homeopathic Software in Homeopathic Practice – Part V
Peter Bezemek asked: One of the advanced practices in homeopathic software repertorization process involves the use of remedy families. By family I mean any group of homeopathic remedies sharing certain common characteristics. Examples of families would be a family of all flowering plants (named Magnoliophyta in scientific classification), family involving all mammals, or a family that consists of all alkaline metals. The basis of the common trait of the family can be diverse. For instance, you could design a family that involves all purple flowers.In standard repertorization evaluation, homeopathic software displays the ordered list of remedies sorted by score based on remedy grades, rubric weights and other possible criteria. The evaluation by families would list various families sorted by the score achieved by its members (remedies). The exact formula how to achieve such list would be outside of scope of this article, so let me just say it is possible to design a suitable formula which a homeopathic software can use to rank the families with regards to the remedies used in the standard evaluation.Some experienced homeopaths may be able to „see“ some of the families in the evaluation, Solanaceae family would be a classic example, as it contains some [...]
The Advantages of Using Homeopathic Software in Homeopathic Practice – Part II
Peter Bezemek asked: As I have demonstrated in my previous article, the use of homeopathic software can greatly facilitate the process of finding the simillimum for the patient’s state. I have compared the process of using homeopathic repertories in an electronic form (as in a homeopathic software) against the manual searching of the paper book.Another fact that can be easily established and can play a vital part in the homeopathic practice is the financial aspect. Yeah, as idealistic as homeopathy may sound, the financial aspect is clearly present here.The financial aspect, in my opinion, is one of the most absurd and ridiculous things about homeopathy. Using homeopathic science, we have a way of curing the suffering people basically for a price of clean water and some manual work (potentization process, that is), yet we need to spend piles of money to be able to select the suitable substance from which to prepare the remedy… In other words, you need to purchase homeopathic books to study and to base your prescriptions on. And to become sufficiently acquainted with homeopathy, you need a great number of such books.So, let me say this clear and loud – if you want to have all [...]
Nutritional Protection Against Cellphone Radiation
Paul Fitzgerald asked: As growing evidence points to the potential adverse health impact of exposure to cell phone radiation, scientists are seeking strategies to prevent or mitigate these effects.Currently, nutritional researchers are exploring whether melatonin, vitamin C, and and vitamin E can ameliorate the detrimental effects caused by radiation emitted by cell phones.To date, a total of eight studies have pointed to the protective effects of melatonin and vitamins C and E in stemming the damage caused by cell phone emissions. In particular, these agents show promise in averting the increased oxidative stress that is thought to contribute to an increased risk of certain cancers.These studies have unveiled statistically significant protective effects of melatonin and vitamins C and E against the effects of the radiation frequency at which cell phones emit and receive radio frequency radiation.Six of these eight studies were controlled, short-term studies (ranging from 10-30 days) in rodents. Each study examined 24-30 subjects. Study subjects were divided equally into three groups: one group received radiation exposure; another received active treatment with melatonin only, vitamin C only, or vitamins C and E before radiation exposure; and a control group did not receive radiation or active treatment.After the treatment period, [...]
The Advantages of Using Homeopathic Software in Homeopathic Practice – Part IV
Peter Bezemek asked: When it comes to actual selection of the homeopathic software, beside homeopathic repertories, materia medicae are considered one of their most important parts. The usual marketing hype aimed at impressing a potential user revolves mainly around the figures – number of books, number of pages, number of authors etc. While the numbers are something that human mind can easily grasp, the conclusions (as to which homeopathic software is „better“) based on plain numbers are often misleading.A sheer amount of text does not guarantee the quality and actual usability. Let’s illustrate the claim on a following example: a homeopathic software that includes 100 000 standard pages of materia medicae. If you imagine the amount, I believe it is safe to say that very few people, if any, will ever read through such a massive amount of text. Considering the fact that materia medicae are not exactly a light reading, we can safely assume you will be able to utilize only a very small fraction of what that particular homeopathic software offers. What about the rest? Do you really need so many books?Obviously, if you cannot normally use such an amount of information, you should either be looking for [...]
The Advantages of Using Homeopathic Software in Homeopathic Practice
Peter Bezemek asked: While homeopathy had been around for more than 200 years, a serious use of homeopathic software is a question of the last 20 years at maximum. Despite the massive advantages of using the homeopathic software, there is still a great number of homeopathic practitioners who don’t feel the need to invest their time and money into such kind of fancy.The difference in practicing homeopathy in the modern days and a hundred years ago might not be obvious at first. Why should anyone waste their time learning to use a homeopathic software, if our predecessors could easily do without it? Or could they?If you think about the invention of homeopathic repertory (such as Kent’s repertory, to name the most famous one, although it was not the first), you can clearly see the incentive to organize the growing amount of information, which was quickly outgrowing the limits of human capacity. Since they did not have computers at the time, the information was organized into rubrics and corresponding remedies and published as a book, which was a fantastic thing to do, because it greatly enhanced and simplified the tedious process of finding the matching remedy for the patient’s symptoms.With repertories [...]
Improve Memory With Natural Boosters
Dr John Anne asked: I am not able to recollect, who are you? Or sorry I forget you? Or where did I kept my car keys? Or sorry I forgot to bring your book? Or I am not able to remember what you told me that day? Or I forgot your birthday? Or Just slipped out of my mind……?These are the most common phrases you must be experiencing many time everyday. What can you suggest out of these words? Surely the mare decrease in the memory and retention power or more majorly lack of concentration to remember things. All of our lives we keep saying these words to each other without even knowing that we actually are possessing symptoms of our carelessness and ignorance or some mental weakening. These are just the excuse of our ill mental performance.But first I will explain you what is the memory?Memory is the practice or retention, storage and recalling the past experiences and incidences that are allied with learning. With he help of learning one gains knowledge and the to apply this knowledge one needs this memory. Our brain in the organ that is involved in making memory available. Brain has two centers to [...]
Enhance Memory Through Ayurvedic Herbs
Tom alter asked: The human brain is one of the most sophisticated organs nature has ever made. One of the most interesting aspects of the brain is its power to retain information, which we call as memory. Memory is perhaps the most vital of the aspects that differentiates human beings from other animals. However, memory can become faulty due to several reasons, and in that case the person is not able to make full use of his or her potentials.Since ages, drugs and natural remedies have been prescribed to enhance memories in people. Ayurveda has a treasure-chest of such memory enhancing drugs, which are today popular all over the world due to their proven effective qualities. The following is a list of the most effective herbs used in memory enhancement all over the world.1. Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri)Brahmi is perhaps the most investigated of all herbs for its memory enhancement properties. Now it is certified that brahmi has several chemicals that promote the protein synthesis process in the nerve and the brain cells, which is directly responsible for developing the mental capacity of the brain. Brahmi can make a person think clearer, and hence the memory becomes more vivid. In India, [...]
