NAILS

NATIVE AMERICAN MEDICINE

Native American medicine is the opposite of science. It is, for lack of better terminology, the heart of spirit. Medicine people acknowledge that the spirit, mind, and emotions all have interplay with the environment. One's connection to Nature, Mother Earth, and communion with the spirit world is either in harmony or out of harmony. They acknowledge the unique energies of the eight directions, or the medicine wheel. The sky, Sun, Moon, and the Earth, all play an integral part in Native American cosmology. Faith is a vehicle for cure. Prayer is a vehicle to get in touch with the spirits. Humility and asking for help when sick is part of this cosmology.

NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE

Naturopathic medicine aims to provide holistic, or whole-body, healthcare by drawing from numerous traditional healing systems. At its core is the idea of vis medicatrix naturae - the healing power of nature. Naturopathic doctors believe that the body naturally strives for health and that the physician's role is to support the body's efforts. To achieve this, naturopathic physicians follow seven basic principles: Help nature heal, do no harm, find the underlying cause, treat the whole person, encourage prevention, recognize wellness, and act as a teacher.

NERVES

NERVOUS SYSTEM

See the following:-
DHA
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B6
Wild yam

Nettles
Extracts of leaves and roots have a long use in Herbal medicine for hay fever, enlargement of prostate glands Drink nettle tea as a gentle laxitive.

NEURALGIA
see Camomile

NEURAL THERAPY

Neural therapy uses injections of anesthetics to remove short circuits in the body's electrical network. This process frees up the flow of energy and normalizes cellular function, making neural therapy an effective treatment for a variety of disease conditions, especially chronic pain.

NIACIN

Niacin is nutritionally beneficial for circulation. Niacin reduces low-density lipid (LDL) forms of cholesterol and improves peripheral blood flow.

NICOTINAMIDE

Nicotinamide is a B vitamin which nourishes the digestive and circulatory systems.

NICOTINE

Nicotine is an unlikely new method of pain relief. Several trials are looking at its effects on common chronic pelvic pain in women and pain after surgery.

Results from a study of 20 women who had undergone a hysterectomy and who were given 3 mgs dosage of a nicotine nasal spray show that pain was halved compared to a dummy treatment.

‘This is the first clinical study to use nicotine for analgesia, and it was hugely successful’ say researchers of Columbia University in the US, where bigger trials are being carried out. Nicotine might increase the level of neural transmitters and chemicals that control how the brain works, including reaction to pain. It could trigger the brain into producing more endomorphines or natural painkillers.

NITS

See Head Lice

NONI

Norfolk Punch

NUTRITION

Good nutrition can help prevent disease and promote health. There are six categories of nutrients that the body needs to acquire from food: protein, carbohydrates, fat, fibers, vitamins and minerals, and water.