Now research is catching up
with folk medicine.
Not exact matches
Some people are unable to get
medicine they need to survive, while older
folks may be trapped in their homes
with no way of communicating
with the outside world.
But I work in
medicine with lots of old
folks where I see this constantly:
More serious diseases than colds have also been treated
with chile pepper concoctions in
folk medicine.
I have experience
with epileptic kids,
folks on the spectrum, and have done extensive work in physical
medicine centers (which pretty much means I've encountered
folks with many conditions!).
When it comes to
folk remedies for teething, if you believe in a certain remedy that's been used in your family for generations, you must check it out
with your baby doctor first - especially if any herbs or alternative
medicines are involved.
These examples show the power of probabilistic thinking to override our intuitive sense of numbers, or what I call «
folk numeracy,» in parallel
with my previous columns on «
folk science» (August 2006) and «
folk medicine» (August 2008) and
with my book on «
folk economics» (The Mind of the Market).
World - class functional
medicine doctors mentioned it in their mbg classes, and it showed up in conversations
with other wellness - minded
folk at events and, eventually, at my desk here at mbg.
I mean, these well - intentioned
folks drank their daily green juice, ate a vegan diet, worked out
with personal trainers, slept eight hours a night, took their vitamins, saw the best doctors at Stanford and UCSF, maxed out what Western
medicine had to offer — and they were still ill.
Silver has a long history as an antimicrobial in
folk medicine,
with the claims that people who ate from silver dishes and cutleries were less likely to get sick.
Terry: Because I'm also a researcher and I write grants, get funding, do clinical trials, and every year, we have 2 research days, one for the Department of
Medicine and one for the College of
Medicine, where my lab presents our data, and so my colleagues have seen the progress
with other progressive MS
folks and the remarkable results that we are showing.
Fire Cider is a traditional remedy
with deep roots in
folk medicine.
Sue spends most of her free time in the study of Natural
Medicine and Homeopathy
with her main focus being on Proper Nutrition, Essential Oils and Classical Homeopathy, and in visiting
with folks that hope to benefit from the curative powers of such.
Recipe / Information credit: Rosemary Gladstar and Mountain Rose Herbs Fire Cider is a traditional remedy
with deep roots in
folk medicine.
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Packed
with Omega - 3 and Omega - 6 essential fatty acids, these earthy - sweet seeds offer plenty of health benefits, so it's easy to see why they have been widely used in Indian
folk medicine for centuries.
It is the cinematic equivalent of a
folk tale, charged
with superstition,
folk medicine, tall tales, wakes, ribald dialogue, holy fools, anthropomorphism, local costume, and pagan energies.