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Friday, October, 23, 2009

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Q&A: Managing Crohn's disease with Chinese medicine

October 03, 2008
A reader of The Vancouver Sun asks Dr. Andrew Weil how best to manage Crohn's disease. According to Dr. Weil, traditional Chinese medicine--which includes acupuncture and herbal treatment--may help. He also recommends other non-conventional methods such as Ayurvedic medicine, doctor-supervised long-term fasting, and energy work. Dr. Weil also offers a list of foods to avoid when dealing with the disease, as well as some herbal treatments that may help soothe painful Crohn's symptoms.. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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The Pain Care Maze
By Will Rowe , Health Expert

...physicians, or a physician who favors the use of medicines, or physicians who prefer not to use... Read more »

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Award-winning Pain Centers
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

...Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, BostonUCSF Pain Management Center... Read more »

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Improving Recognition and Care for Fibromyalgia
By Will Rowe , Health Expert

...available to consumers in March.  The two other medicines approved by the FDA for fibromyalgia... Read more »

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Greetings from the American Pain Foundation!
By Will Rowe , Health Expert

...mistaken understandings and beliefs about opioid medicines; fears in the professional community... Read more »

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Pain and MS: Living with Pain
By Vicki , Health Expert

...specialist, Sanford Silverman, MD, of Comprehensive Pain Medicine in Pampano Beach, Fla., tells... Read more »

Health Guide

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Ranking 4.5 stars out of 5 Throughout the history of medicine, quantifying pain has been an issue. How do we explain "how much" pain we're experiencing in a way that's universally understood? As... Read more »
Treating Pain with Acupuncture
...fibromyalgia and other chronic pain illnesses.  Acupuncture is one component of the practice of Chinese medicine.  Chinese medicine, in its entirety, includes acupuncture, moxibustion, herbal... Read more »
Capps, Rogers Introduce Legislation To Help Americans Suffering From Pain
...National Pain Care Policy Act of 2007 would combat pain in four ways: by authorizing an Institute of Medicine Conference on Pain Care; authorizing a Pain Consortium at the National Institutes of... Read more »
Meet Dr. Borigini
Mark James Borigini, MD, graduated from Hahnemann University (now Drexel University) School of Medicine in 1988 and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California, Irvine,... Read more »
Migraine and Headache Pain: Do Hospitals Have To Treat It?
...assure staff competency Establish policies that support appropriate prescription or ordering of pain medicines Educate patients and families Include patient needs for symptom control in ... Read more »

Medications

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