Alternative & Integrative Medicine

The Amen Anti-Addiction Intervention (AAI) is an austere intervention intended to eradicate addictive impulses and behaviors. The theoretical and empirical foundations of this intervention are explicated herein. The AAI entails daily cyclic fasting, chronic caloric restriction, supplementation with specific neutraceutical agents, rigorous exercise, and minimalist meditation. The physiological focus of the AAI is twofold: the augmentation of neurogenesis in a manner analogous to the effect of psychotropic drugs and the activation of areas in the brain involved in the regulation of emotional arousal and reward. The psychological focus of the AAI is similarly twofold: the attenuation of anxiety and/or impulsivity and the cultivation of mental mastery and/or self-control. It shall be argued that the AAI, by virtue of its explicit integration of biological, psychological, and sociological elements-each of which evidently influence addiction-will plausibly be an improvement over existing interventions aimed at the treatment of addiction

Homeopathy is the medicine of the third millennium. Acoording to homeopathy the only remedy that assure a real remission of te patient is his constitutional chronic one. Potentiation, reached by high dilution and succusion, is the way that eliberates the healing energy of the remedy. In this process are delineated as general laws: the golden ratio and the Fibonacci potency series. The authors explain how the water structure keeps in its “memory” the properties (inclusive the pharmacologcal ones, also) of the active ingredient, and what is the role of the basic dynamisation steps in this mechanism. The Fibonacci potencies series was introduced by Rozencwajg to correctly choose the homeopathic data (“Removing the guesswork from potency selection”). Is demonstrated that succussion might be responsible for creating nano-bubbles. The trituration and succusion process generates shockwaves in a transient localized region of high pressure (10,000-15,000 atmospheres) which is powerful enough to trigger fundamental changes in the structure and properties of the carrier media. “Weak Quantum Theory” (a version of Quantum Mechanics) predicts a generalised form of entanglement-a concept established by Schrödinger in 1935. The organism receptors receive and process the information in the remedy according to its state: (1) The raw material for the preparation of a homeopathic remedy is the information matrix. (2) The solvent (water or water-alcohol) employed in the homeopathic preparation is the information carrier: “imprint”- through succession-or “erase”- through electromagnetic fields-the information contained in it. Homeopathy is now FDA regulated.

Cardia obaliqua is used traditionally for the treatment of various ailments in Pakistan and in some other countries of the world. In the present study methanolic extract of various fractions of Cardia obaliqua are used for the screening of phytotoxic potential. Two concentrations of crude methnolic extract i.e. 1000 μg ml-1 and 100 μg ml-1 was used in the assay. The Cardia obaliqua methanolic extract (COME) showed significant inhibition both in hypocotyls/shoot and radicals/roots growth i.e. Cardia obaliqua showed maximum inhibition for the growth of Aveenasativa and Triticumaestivum. These results provide evidence that Cardia obaliqua might be used affectively as bio herbicide for weeds control.

Background: Wet cupping (Hejamah) has been used as alternative treatment for several diseases. Objectives: Materials and methods: 16 participants were treated with hejamah for 2 consecutive months. Blood pressure was measure before and 30 minutes after the treatment. Blood samples were collected from all participants before and 48 hours after hejamah and all participants were fasting for 12 hours before sample collection. Results: Fasting blood glucose was significantly decreased before the treatment in the second month only. The levels of serum triglycerides significantly decreased after the first treatment and remained low in the 2nd month. There was no significant difference between the different time points in total cholesterol except for the 48 hours of the second month compared to the samples collected before the procedure of the same month. There was a significant decrease in LDL and significant increase in HDL following hejamah therapy (P<0.05). Significant decrease in sodium and significant increase in potassium 48 hours following treatment with hejamah was observed in the 2 months (P<0.05). Conclusions: The performance of hejamah during fasting state could represent a useful complementary method for the regulation of diastolic blood pressure and prevention/treatment of risk factors associated with cardiovascular diseases. Further studies are required to explore the role of hejamah in controlling blood pressure and prevention of cardiovascular diseases.