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The Art of Medicine; Its Destruction by Prescription »

At one time, long ago in our history, medicine was considered an art and not just a profession. To be a physician was a noble and sacred task. During the time of the ancient Greeks we find sacred temples of healing and the physician priests accomplished wonderful and profound healings.
In more modern times, if we [...]

Magnetic Effects on Living Organisms »

The effects of magnets and magnetic fields has been known for a very long time. Galen, a Greek physician around 200 BC, in his book, De Simplicium Medicamentorum Facultatibus, mentions the use of magnets. In 1000 A.D., a famous Persian physician described his findings using magnetism to relieve various disorders. In the early 1500s, the great [...]

The Science of Breath »

Taken from, The Science of Breath, by Yogi Ramacharaka, 1904.
Breath is life! Life is absolutely dependent upon the act of breathing.
To breathe is to live, and without breath there is no life. Not only are the higher animals dependent upon breath for life and health, but even the lower forms of animal life must breathe [...]

The Power of Mind and the Promise of Placebo »

For decades, the gold standard of medical research has been the double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.  You give one group of patients a medicine you want to test, and another group a dummy pill that has no active ingredients.  Neither the patients nor doctors know who is getting which.
Placebo trials are used to tell researchers whether [...]