Vitamins and Exercise
I think it’s safe to say that in recent years the push to “Become Healthier” has become much stronger than it was previously. Statistics like 1/4 of New Zealand adults are obese and New Zealand being...
View ArticleNatural Health Expo(sed)?
Driving around Hamilton the past few weeks I couldn’t help but notice the signs sprinkled around the city for the “Natural Health Expo” which is to take place here this week end. As I perused the...
View ArticleIs Acupuncture Worth a Punctured Lung? or Does the Risk Out Weigh the Benefit?
Friday’s issue of The New Zealand Medical Journal includes a case report of pneumothrorax in a recipient of acupuncture. For the interested layperson out there a pneumothorax in the collection of air...
View ArticleAmber Teething Beads: A Few Points to Consider
Being a new parent and a sceptic I have been on guard regarding dubious advice and practices. Parents, especially new parents like myself, are a vulnerable group. We tend to be full of anxiety that we...
View ArticleLemon: The New Miracle Cure!
The surprising benefits of lemon! Institute of Health Sciences, 819 N. L.L.C. Charles Street Baltimore , MD 1201. This is the latest in medicine, effective for cancer! Read carefully & you be the...
View ArticleBreaking News!: Have Constipation? Moxibustion Won’t Help!
What’s Moxibustion, And why would you want to use it for constipation? The first I can answer, the second…not so much. Moxibustion is the practice of burning ground up mugwort and applying the...
View ArticleThai Yoga Massage: Herald, Wherefore Art Thou Sense?
So here I am, again latching onto the brilliance of others and writing my own counterpoint to the nonsense that is currently being run in the NZ Herald under the ’Alternative Therapies’ summer fluff....
View ArticleTCM and You: Cupping
I have noticed that Chinese massage seems to be becoming popular, and seemingly with it Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM1). At least browsing through two of the larger shopping centres in Hamilton...
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