Natural alternatives to mass meds.(essential natural health news)(Illustration)

 
Natural Alternatives to Mass Meds 
 
Each month, Amber D. Ackerson, ND, informs you about complementary and 
alternative choices to mass-produced over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. 
 
CONDITION         OTC DRUG 
 
Vitiligo          Tanning solutions, skin dyes 
(progressive      and cosmetics 
whitening or 
depigmenta- 
tion of skin) 
 
Dizziness         Dramamine (dimenhydrinate); 
(benign posi-     Bonine (meclizine); Marezine 
tional vertigo)   (cyclizine) 
 
Skin ulcers       Myciguent (neomycin); Baciguent 
(bedsores,        (bacitracin); Polysporin (bacitracin 
decubitus         with polymyxin); Bactine Triple 
ulcers, pres-     Antibiotic Ointment (polymyxin, 
sure ulcers)      bacitracin and neomycin) 
 
Head lice         Licetrol, Pronto Lice Killing 
                  shampoo kit, A-200 Shampoo 
                  Concentrate, Barc Blue 
                  (pyrethrins/piperonyl butoxide) 
 
CONDITION         ALTERNATIVE 
 
Vitiligo          Standardized ginkgo biloba extract (GBE): 40 mg three 
(progressive      times daily. Picrorhiza (Picrorhiza kurrooa) rhizome, 
whitening or      encapsulated dry powder: 500 mg two to three times 
depigmenta-       daily. L-phenylalanine (LPA) to enhance ultraviolet 
tion of skin)     light therapy: 50 mg per every 2.2 lb. of body 
                  weight (about 3.5 grams for a 150-lb. person), 
                  between meals. Folic acid: 10 mg per day. 
                  Vitamin [B.sub.12]: 2,000 micrograms per day. 
                  Vitamin C: 1 gram daily. Note: People scheduled 
                  for surgery or who take blood thinners should not 
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