Dr. T.N. Sathyaprabha is an Additional Professor of Neurophysiology at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore. She has contributed significantly to research in alternative medicine. She has been awarded prestigious “ICMR International Young Scientist fellowship award2009”. Other awards to her credit includes Sushila Thakur Prakruthi Mandir award given by APPI...

Introduction The relationship between the moon's cycles and menses is so fundamental that the two phenomena are reiated linguistically. The terms 'moon' and 'menstruation' share the same Latin or Greek root, m-, meaning 'to measure,' Various world religions and cuitures have acknowledged the bond between women and the moon. Traditional Chinese Medicine links the moon with the feminine, or yin p...

Every human society has its own medical system. It can be called a social institution. Disease and medicine are inseparable in the history of culture. Folk is method practiced by local people. These "hand remedies," "folk "grandmother's "herbal medicine," "home hereditary remedies, pachilai remedies (Medicament with leaves), naturopathy, etc., The Ayurvedic system one oldest systems medicine. w...

Alternative medicine is the most widely used remedy systems, in treatment of various diseases. because there are a large health care alternatives to be more congruent within own values and beliefs towards health. compatible with patients, offers personal autonomy control over decisions. It accepted worldwide its compatibility acceptability increasing regarding nature meaning illness. This revie...

Within the last decade there has been a dramatic increase in the sale and use of herbal supplements and food supplements by Western populations and within the UK. This increased usage has coincided with a resurgence of interest in nutritional therapy and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies, such as herbal medicine, naturopathy and homeopathy, in which therapists may provide d...