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Does papaya really work against Dengue, Malaria and other mosquito borne diseases?
There's a review article on the effect of Papaya extracts in the treatment of Dengue fever, the main issue being thrombocytopaenia. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4071726/
The best data ...
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Natural testosterone booster intakes?
Other than the post and the website you mentioned, here are a few more natural testosterone boosters, some of them being substances, and others being lifestyle changes or things-to-do:
1) In this ...
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What are the health benefits and risks of ingesting Aloe vera?
Possible health benefits
Aloe vera by mouth is possibly effective for:
relieving constipation
reducing blood sugar and HbA1c in people with type 2 diabetes
healing peptic ulcers (inconsistent ...
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Heat/cold bags filled with bean/flax seed/etc.: does the content matter?
This is only a partial answer. Actual studies on this are indeed hard to find.
First of all: the healing information waves of the herbs you bring near your astral body and other such nonsense will ...
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What are some natural remedies for lowering blood sugar besides diet and exercise?
You seem to be on a great track. I think you're doing all the right things.
Regarding cinnamon pills: I have indeed read studies regarding cinnamon curbs blood sugar by lowering insulin resistance. ...
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Effect of turmeric/curcumin to block estrogen and hence reduce gynecomastia
The following comprehensive scientific sources do not even mention any relationship between turmeric/curcumin and gynecomastia:
Turmeric, Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, komen.org
Turmeric, ...
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Natural Remedies For Lower Muscarine?
Background
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, or mAChRs, are acetylcholine receptors that form G protein-coupled receptor complexes in the cell membranes of certain neurons (Eglen, 2006) and other ...
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Natural treatment of chronic prostatitis - Does herbal medicines have side affects?
Herbal medicines do have side effects
The answer to any "does this have side-effects?" question is invariably yes.
Some drugs/medications/herbal remedies will have fewer side effects, some will ...
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Can i do pranayama when i am suffering from asthma?
I'm a physical therapist and do yoga in my free-time. So I'll provide some of the information I have.
Pranayama exercises and active/passive techniques that are used in physical therapy to treat ...
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Can Neem Leaves be taken directly (Azadirachta indica, Nimtree)
First of all, I would suggest doing extensive research into natural-remedies and be extremely cautious.
I understand that your original question was referring to the method, however I believe this ...
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Effect of turmeric/curcumin to block estrogen and hence reduce gynecomastia
There seems to be no clear and direct evidence for this.
But a few angles might be worth exploring:
Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations found curcumin to be a stable inhibitor of aromatase (Singh et ...
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Does tea tree oil acutally whiten teeth?
I have not found any whitening properties of tea tree oil but it can help prevent tooth discolouration and I have seen toothpaste with tea tree oil sold in shops.
Jain et al. (2014) states:
Tea tree ...
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Can a banana peel cure a plantar wart?
Based on my medical knowledge and a literature search, I cannot find evidence to suggest that banana peels are a superior treatment for warts. I saw only one nearly 40-year-old study on PubMed, ...
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