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Alternative Treatments for Eating Disorders.

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  • Eating Disorders Remedies

    Learn if homeopathy medicines can help with eating disorders.

  • Empowered Parents

    This site addresses kids' concerns about food, healthy eating, weight management and body image.

  • Hale Clinic

    Anorexia and bulimia can benefit both from treatments which are orientated towards the physical body and from therapies such as hypnosis and psychology which are focussed on the mental state. Each case is individual to that particular person, but in general terms the Hale Clinic approach would be to focus on strengthening the physical body.

  • Herb Research Foundation

    Herbal and nutritional information on eating disorders. Covers both anorexia nervosa and bulimia, with therapies for stimulating digestion, rejuvenating a depleted constitution, and overall health rejuvenation. Herbs discussed include: Siberian ginseng, ginger, dandelion, red clover, wild yam, ashwagandha, gotu kola, milk thistle, and bitter herbs.

  • Overcoming Eating Disorders

    Research shows parents can play an important role in managing their childs eating disorder. And with insurance reimbursements for hospital stays dropping, parents are being called on more and more to manage their childs illness at home.

  • Parents Can Play Key Role In Anorexia Treatment

    Terrill Bravender, M.D., director of adolescent medicine and medical director of the Outpatient Eating Disorders Program at Duke University Medical Center, says the Maudsley technique is family-centered. He says parents are members of a treatment team, along with the patient and health professionals.

  • Relaxation and Meditation

    Meditation is one of the best ways a person can overcome a binge/purge eating disorder, according to Alice Christensen, founder and executive director of the American Yoga Association. Daily meditation, lasting 20 to 30 minutes, can help you find the inner strength you need to resist binges.

  • Yoga Therapy for Eating Disorders

    Yoga can be an effective tool to restore the imbalances in both the body and the mind that occur with eating disorders. Yoga has a profound ability to balance the emotions and has been shown to help relieve depression, anger and anxiety and to promote equanimity: a calm, clear focused mind.