Herbs

Status of Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) and their effectiveness

SJCRG: Here is a link to a study on CAMs   CAM stands for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

The main merit of  the abstract is to give a nice breakdown of the therapies:

Quoting  “…..

1. .. alternative medical systems (eg, traditional Chinese medicine [including acupuncture], naturopathic medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, and homeopathy);
2.  biologic-based therapies (eg, herbal, special dietary, and individual biologic treatments);
3.  energy therapies (eg Reiki, therapeutic touch, magnet therapy, Qi Gong, and intercessory prayer);
4.  manipulative and body-based systems (eg, chiropractic, osteopathy, and massage);
5.  mind-body interventions (eg, meditation, biofeedback, hypnotherapy, and the relaxation response).

              …”

SJCRG: Here is a link to the NCAM’s  (National Center for CAM)  more detailed  take on the various CAM. This a large site covering everything with an eye toward safety

SJCRG: A good example of a subset of NCAM is their CAM and Pain Discussion  

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Fibromyalgia: Herbs and Roots that could help (Dellwo,About)

SJCRG:  Adienne Dellwo has brought our attention to two natural supplements that could help people with Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) or Chronic Fatigue syndrome (CFS):   

•  Theanine (a tea amino acid) Adrienne used it as a treatment for “ Essential Tremor” . Theanine sounds like the tea counterpart for caffeine. But they are very different. Theamine is a nutrient, and Caffeine is a  psychoactive stimulant drug.  See  Wikipedia on Teamine    and Wikipedia on Caffeine

The tea ritual helps too...

•  Rhodiola rosea ( golden root)  Adriennes uses Rhodiola to improve FMS  quality of life. You will find an  example of what rhodiola can do following that link to a Swedish study entered in the US NIH database.  Essentially anti fatigue properties

Rhodiola rosea: Look for the root

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