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References

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  6. Trinh K, Graham N, Gross A, Goldsmith C, Wang E, Cameron I, Kay T (2007). "

  7. Acupuncture for neck disorders". Spine 32 (2): 236-43. PMID 17224820.                                                                        Cochrane review of Acupuncture for neck disorders

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  10. Felix Mann: "...acupuncture points are no more real than the black spots that a drunkard sees in front of his eyes."

  11. (Mann F. Reinventing Acupuncture: A New Concept of Ancient Medicine. Butterworth Heinemann, London, 1996,14.)

  12. Quoted by Matthew Bauer in Chinese Medicine Times, Vol 1 Issue 4 - Aug 2006,

  13. "The Final Days of Traditional Beliefs? - Part One"

  1. "Despite considerable efforts to understand the anatomy and physiology of the "acupuncture points", the definition and characterization of these points remains controversial. Even more elusive is the basis of some of the key traditional                    Eastern medical concepts such as the circulation of Qi, the meridian system, and the five phases theory, which are difficult to reconcile with contemporary biomedical information but continue to play an important role in the evaluation of patients and the formulation of treatment in acupuncture." Acupuncture. National Institutes of Health: Consensus Development Conference  Statement, November 3-5, 1997. Available online at consensus.nih.gov/1997/1997Acupuncture107html.htm.

  2. Pariente J, Lewith GT; White PJ (Sep 2005). "[http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/2/3/315 Investigating            acupuncture using brain imaging techniques: the current state of play.]". Evid Based Complement Alternat Med - Oxford University Press 2 (3). PMID 16136210.

  3. Felix Mann, quoted by Matthew Bauer in Chinese Medicine Times, vol 1 issue 4, Aug. 2006, "The Final Days of              Traditional Beliefs? - Part One"

  4. Skeptic's Dictionary on pseudoscience.

  5. Skeptic's Dictionary on acupuncture.

  6. Sampson, Wallace Sampson; Barry L. Beyerstein (September/October 1996).                                                                 "Traditional Medicine and Pseudoscience in China: A Report of the Second CSICOP Delegation (Part 2)".                         Skeptical Inquirer 20 (5).  

  7. Stephen Barrett, M.D. Be Wary of Acupuncture, Qigong, and "Chinese Medicine". Quackwatch.

  8. Ulett GA, Acupuncture update 1984, Southern Medical Journal 78:233­234, 1985.

  9. NIH Consensus Statement on acupuncture, 1997.

  1. Pariente J, Lewith GT; White PJ (Sep 2005). "[http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/2/3/315                              Investigating acupuncture using brain imaging techniques: the current state of play.]". Evid Based Complement                         Alternat Med - Oxford University Press 2 (3). PMID 16136210.

  2. Get the Facts, Acupuncture, (2006). National Institute of Health.06.

Acupuncture detoxification

National Acupuncture Detoxification Association

Auriculotherapy

Jim Chalmers. 'Auriculotherapy: Modern ear acupuncture' Auriculotherapy.info (VAS Quote. Permission given)

Electroacupuncture

References

  1. Acupuncture Today: Electroacupuncture (2004-02-01).

  2. Acupuncture Today: Electroacupuncture (2004-02-01).

  3. Acupuncture-point stimulation for chemotherapy-induced nausea or vomiting (2006-07-19).

  4. Acupuncture and electroacupuncture for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (2006-07-19).

  5. Yoon-Hang Kim. Efficacy of Acupuncture for Treating Back Pain. www.ahcpub.com/hot_topics/?htid=1&httid=1567,

  6. Lytle CD, Thomas BM, Gordon EA, Krauthamer V. (2002-02-01). Electrostimulators for acupuncture: safety issues.          (PudMed abstract). .

 

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator (TENS)

External links

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percutaneous_Tibial_Nerve_Stimulation_%28PTNS%29"

Dr. Marshall Stoller Guest Lecture On IC Network

Dantian

Electroacupuncture according to Voll

Mann's website

 

References

  1. Cupping (2005-09-14). Retrieved on 2007-06-02.

  2. Seicol, MD (1997-04-10). "Correspondence: Consequences of Cupping" (subscription required).                                               New England Journal of Medecine 336 (15): 1109. PMID 9091826. Retrieved on 2007-06-02. 

  3. List of Yiddish Words and Expressions. Retrieved on 2007-06-02.

Fire cupping

See also

International Society of Acupuncture

J.R. Worsley

Medical acupuncture

Oregon College of Oriental Medicine

Scientific theories regarding acupuncture

Sonopuncture

Wing-Benn Deng

(http://www.nccaom.org).

(http://www.yosan.edu)

(http://venicefamilyclinic.org)

(http://www.yosan.edu)

Yo San University

Atlas Orthogonal Chiropractic Technique

http://www.atlasorthogonality.com
http://www.atlasorthogonal.info
http://www.atlasorthogonal.com.au
http://www.upcspine.com
http://www.atlasvertebra.com
http://www.aucco.org/
http://www.palmer.edu/
http://www.sherman.edu/edu/index.html
http://www.uppercervical.org/

 

Ayurveda

References

  1. http://www.toddcaldecott.com/pdf%20files/publications/Ayurvedic%20medicine/Chapter_one.pdfPDF (1.25 MiB)

  2. Development and its Status of Ayurveda

  3. Ayurveda Encyclopedia, "Know Ayurveda"

  4. ayurveda.in

  5. History of Ayurveda,ayurvediccure.com

  6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atharva_Veda,_Ayurveda_verses

  7. Dr. Prabhakar Chatterjee. Ras Chkitsa. 

  8. Ayurveda is Life - Best Ayurveda

  9. National Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine, United States

  10. Gerson, S, Green, LH, Preliminary Evaluation Of Antimicrobial Activity of Extracts of Morinda citrifolia Linn., Abstr.                    Am. Soc. Microbiol. A-66:13 May 2002

  11. Johnston, Barbara and Webb, Ginger (1997). "Turmeric Patent Overturned in Legal Victory". HerbalGram                                Fall 1997 (41): 11. 

  12. Ashwagandha next on patent hunters list,Hindu Vivek Kendra archive of the Times of India May 16 2001

  13. Ayurveda under the scanner,The Hindu

  14. Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha.

  15. National Center for Complementary and Alternatie Medicine

  16. The Ayurveda Wars,Indian Express

  17. Journal of the American Medical Association

  18. Indian express

  19. Alan Keith Tillotson. AHG, PhD, D.Ay The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About           Chinese, Western, and Ayurvedic Herbal Treatments 2001

  20. [1]Tillotson Alan "Safety and Regulation"

  21. [2]Can we dispense with Ayurvedic samskaras?Thorat S. and Dahanukar S. J Postgrad Med. 1991 Jul;37(3):157-9

 

http://www.neurodynamik.se/eng_akupunkturterapi.htm

Acupoints for cancer patients

 

Acupressure

  1. Felix Mann: "...acupuncture points are no more real than the black spots that a drunkard sees in front of his eyes."                      (Mann F. Reinventing Acupuncture: A New Concept of Ancient Medicine. Butterworth Heinemann, London, 1996,14.)            Quoted by Matthew Bauer in Chinese Medicine Times, Vol 1 Issue 4 - Aug 2006, "The Final Days of Traditional Beliefs?              - Part One"

  2. Kaptchuk, 1983, pp. 34-35

  3. "Despite considerable efforts to understand the anatomy and physiology of the "acupuncture points", the definition and characterization of these points remains controversial. Even more elusive is the basis of some of the key traditional Eastern        medical concepts such as the circulation of Qi, the meridian system, and the five phases theory, which are difficult to                reconcile with contemporary biomedical information but continue to play an important role in the evaluation of patients                   and the formulation of treatment in acupuncture." Acupuncture. National Institutes of Health: Consensus Development          Conference Statement, November 3-5, 1997. Available online at consensus.nih.gov/1997/1997Acupuncture107html.htm.

  4. Pariente J, Lewith GT; White PJ (Sep 2005). "[http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/2/3/315 Investigating            acupuncture using brain imaging techniques: the current state of play.]". Evid Based Complement Alternat Med - Oxford University Press 2 (3). PMID 16136210.

Research - Acupressure Eases Low Back Pain

Aromatherapy

Essential oils

B

NCCAM

Bush medicine

Chinese food therapy

Dr. Catherine Kousmine

Fasting

See also

Water fasting

  1. Primer on Juice Fasting. Guide to Alternative Medicines. Retrieved on 2006-03-22.

  2. Foster, Cynthia (2003). Medical Doctor Explains How To Do A Juice Fast. Dr. Foster's Essentials.                                  Retrieved on 2006-03-22.

  3. Foster, Cynthia (2003). Medical Doctor Explains How To Do A Juice Fast. Dr. Foster's Essentials.                                   Retrieved on 2006-03-22.

  4. Juice Therapy. Natural Medicine (Thomson Healthcare) (2004). Retrieved on 2006-03-22.

See also

External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juice_fasting"

 

Natural Hygiene

Peter Moran, MB, BS, BSc(Med), FRACS, FRCS(Eng) (Revised April 16, 2007).                                                                               Do Biopsies or Surgical Treatment Spread Cancer?. Cancer Treatment Watch.

 

Asceticism

The Black Fast - Catholic Encyclopedia article

  • Biomarkers of caloric restriction may predict longevity in humans. Roth GS, Lane MA, Ingram DK, Mattison JA,                Elahi D, Tobin JD, Muller D, Metter EJ.: 297: 811, Science 2002. PMID 12161648.

  • Extended longevity in mice lacking the insulin receptor in adipose tissue. Bluher, Khan BP, Kahn CR,                             Science 299(5606): 572-4, 24 January 2003. PMID 12543978.

  • Sir2-independent life span extension by calorie restriction in yeast, Kaeberlein, M., K.T. Kirkland, S. Fields, and B.K. Kennedy. 2004. PLoS Biol 2: E296. PMID 15328540.

  • Substrate-specific Activation of Sirtuins by Resveratrol, Kaeberlein, M., T. McDonagh, B. Heltweg, J. Hixon,                        E.A. Westman, S.D. Caldwell, A. Napper, R. Curtis, P.S. Distefano, S. Fields, A. Bedalov,                                                        and B.K. Kennedy. 2005. J Biol Chem 280: 17038-45. PMID 15684413.

  • Interview, Longevity and Genetics, Matt Kaeberlein, Brian Kennedy. SAGE Crossroads

Genes & Development ; Koubova, J; 17(3):313-321 (2003) Review of maximum life span extension by calorie restriction

See also

Notes

  1. "The gene for longevity, if you're a worm", ABC News, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-03. 

  2. "Longevity gene linked to low-calorie diets", USA Today, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-03. 

  3. Yaghmaie F, Saeed O, Garan SA, Freitag W, Timiras PS, Sternberg H., 2005. "Caloric restriction reduces cell loss and maintains estrogen receptor-alpha immunoreactivity in the pre-optic hypothalamus of female B6D2F1 mice". Neuro Endocrinol Lett.                 2005 Jun; Vol. 26(3):197-203. PMID 15990721

  4. Saeed O,Yaghmaie F,Garan SA,Gouw AM,Voelker MA,Sternberg H, Timiras PS. (2007). "Insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor immunoreactive cells are selectively maintained in the paraventricular hypothalamus of calorically restricted mice".                              Int J Dev Neurosci 25 (1): 23-8. PMID 17194562. 

  5. Yaghmaie F, Saeed O, Garan SA, Voelker MA, Gouw AM, Freitag W, Sternberg H, Timiras PS (2006). "                                       Age-dependent loss of insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor immunoreactive cells in the supraoptic hypothalamus is reduced                  in calorically restricted mice". Int J Dev Neurosci 24 (7): 431-6. PMID 17034982. 

  6. Sinclair DA, Guarente L. Extrachromosomal rDNA circles--a cause of aging in yeast. Cell. 1997 Dec 26;91(7):1033-42. PMID: 9428525[1]

  7. Cohen HY, Miller C, Bitterman KJ, Wall NR, Hekking B, Kessler B, Howitz KT, Gorospe M, de Cabo R, Sinclair DA. Calorie restriction promotes mammalian cell survival by inducing the SIRT1 deacetylase. Science. 2004 Jul 16;305(5682):390-2.                     Epub 2004 Jun 17. PMID: 15205477[2]

  8. Picard F, Kurtev M, Chung N, et al. Sirt1 promotes fat mobilization in white adipocytes by repressing PPAR-gamma.          Nature. 2004 Jun 17;429(6993):771-6. PMID 15175761. Letter in Nature

  9. Howitz KT, Bitterman KJ, Cohen HY, Lamming DW, Lavu S, Wood JG, Zipkin RE, Chung P, Kisielewski A, Zhang LL,                Scherer B, Sinclair DA. Small molecule activators of sirtuins extend Saccharomyces cerevisiae lifespan. Nature.                              2003 Sep 11;425(6954):191-6. Epub 2003 Aug 24. PMID: 12939617[3]

  10. Wood JG, Rogina B, Lavu S, Howitz K, Helfand SL, Tatar M, Sinclair D. Sirtuin activators mimic caloric restriction and                 delay ageing in metazoans. Nature. 2004 Aug 5;430(7000):686-9. Epub 2004 Jul 14. Erratum in: Nature.                                          2004 Sep 2;431(7004):107. PMID: 15254550[4]

  11. Baur JA, et al. Resveratrol improves health and survival of mice on a high-calorie diet. Nature.                                                       2006 Nov 16;444(7117):337-42.      Epub 2006 Nov 1. PMID: 17086191[5]

  12. Curr Biol. 2006 16:296[6]

  13. Kaeberlein M, Kirkland KT, Fields S, Kennedy BK. Sir2-independent life span extension by calorie restriction in yeast.                     PLoS Biol. 2004 Sep;2(9):E296. Epub 2004 Aug 24. PMID: 15328540[7]

  14. Lipman RD, Smith DE, Bronson RT, Blumberg J. Is late-life caloric restriction beneficial? Aging (Milano).                                1995 Apr;7(2):136-9. PMID 7548264

  15. Spindler SR. Rapid and reversible induction of the longevity, anticancer and genomic effects of caloric restriction.                           Mech Ageing Dev. 2005 Sep;126(9):960-6. Review. PMID: 15927235

  16. Hamadeh MJ, Rodriguez MC, Kaczor JJ, Tarnopolsky MA. Caloric restriction transiently improves motor performance               but hastens clinical onset of disease in the Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase mutant G93A mouse. Muscle Nerve.                            2005 Feb;31(2):214-20. PMID 15625688.

  17. Kasarskis EJ, Berryman S, Vanderleest JG, Schneider AR, McClain CJ. Nutritional status of patients with                                amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: relation to the proximity of death. Am J Clin Nutr. 1996 Jan;63(1):130-7. PMID 8604660.

  18. Slowie LA, Paige MS, Antel JP. Nutritional considerations in the management of patients with amyotrophic lateral                sclerosis (ALS). J Am Diet Assoc. 1983 Jul;83(1):44-7. PMID 6863783

  19. Pedersen WA, Mattson MP. No benefit of dietary restriction on disease onset or progression in amyotrophic lateral               sclerosis Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase mutant mice. Brain Res. 1999 Jun 26;833(1):117-20. PMID 10375685.

  20. Zhao Z, Lange DJ , Voustianiouk A, et al. A ketogenic diet as a potential novel therapeutic intervention in amyotrophic          lateral sclerosis. BMC Neuroscience 2006, 7:29. (PMID 16584562). Media report on Zhao et al.

  21. Mattson MP, Cutler RG, Camandola S. Energy intake and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neuromolecular Med.                              2007;9(1):17-20. PMID 17114821.

  22. Phelan JP, Rose MR. Why dietary restriction substantially increases longevity in animal models but won't in humans.          Ageing Res Rev. 2005 Aug;4(3):339-50. PMID 16046282

Fruitarianism

See also

References

Professor Arnold Erhet "Rational Fasting"

  1. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/frugivores

  2. http://www.bartleby.com/61/44/F0344400.html

  3. http://www.living-foods.com/articles/typesofraw.html

  4. http://www.vegetariantimes.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=117

  5. http://www.cite-sciences.fr/lexique/definition1.php?idmot=412&rech_lettre=f&num_page=14&habillage=standard&lang=an&id_expo=25&id_habillage=36

  6. http://www.vegsoc.org/info/definitions.html

  7. http://www.rawfoodexplained.com/the-human-dietetic-character-part-i/are-we-grain-eaters.html

  8. http://www.beyondveg.com/billings-t/open-lett/open-letter-f-1a.shtml

  9. http://www.living-foods.com/news/alternative.html

  10. http://www.acorn.net/fruitarian/what.html

  11. http://www.fruitarian.com/ao/WhatIsFruitarianism.htm

  12. http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/3893/Our_Mission.htm

  13. http://ezinearticles.com/?Diets-Galore---Fruitarian&id=140488

  14. http://ezinearticles.com/?Diets-Galore---Fruitarian&id=140488

  15. http://www.acorn.net/fruitarian/what.html

  16. http://www.acorn.net/fruitarian/what.html

  17. http://www.living-foods.com/news/alternative.html

  18. (HM Shelton; "Hygienic Review" June 1976)

  19. http://www.harvestfields.ca/harvest/1-text/Hygienic/System.htm

  20. http://www.acorn.net/fruitarian/what.html

  21. http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitaminb12.asp#h6

  22. http://fredraw.typepad.com/personal/2005/10/morris_krok_is_.html

  23. http://www.beyondveg.com/billings-t/bio/billings-t-bio-1b.shtml

  24. http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/publicat/hazon/tzedaka/lighter.htm

  25. http://www.rawchristians.org/home.aspx

  26. http://www.student.nada.kth.se/~f95-mwi/fun/encyclopedia.html#frugivore

  27. http://www.sfvs.org/dada/mail.cgi?flavor=archive&id=20060919230906&list=sfvs

  28. http://www.cula.edu/pg_details.asp?idDoc=56&idCategory=42

  29. http://www.organicwellness.com/resource.htm

  30. http://www.sirenesworld.net SirenesWorld.net

  31. http://www.liberation-mag.org.uk/brainpower.htm

  32. http://community.livejournal.com/vegan_diva/8793.html

  33. http://www.satyamag.com/apr97/fruitarianism.html

  34. http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,265847,00.html

  35. http://www.ivu.org/congress/thai99/texts/arne.html

  36. http://www.satyamag.com/apr97/fruitarianism.html

  37. http://www.ivu.org/congress/thai99/profiles/arne.html

External links

References

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  2. Douglas, Mary, Purity and Danger, ISBN 0-415-28995-5

  3. BBC News - China snake craze threatens crops.

  4. BBC - Holiday - Destinations - Vietnam.

  5. BBC NEWS - Rattlesnake round-up draws crowds.

  6. BBC - Tribe - Dassanech.

  7. Queensland Government - Recipes and tips for cooking crocodile meat.

  8. KOORANA SALTWATER CROCODILE FARM, Central Queensland, Australia.

  9. BBC - Food.

  10. This is Travel - Sweden's greetings..

  11. Rudoplh, the dried up reindeer. .

  12. Christer Fuglesang redo för rymden efter 14 års träning.

  13. "Torkat renkött störde julfriden", Sydsvenska dagbladet. 

  14. Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Book 67: Hunting, Slaughtering. University of Souther California: USC-MSA                       Compendium of Muslim Texts.

  15. BBC News - Elephants 'killed as aphrodisiac'.

  16. WWF - African elephant programme.

  17. Sea Food in the Four Madhahib.

  18. Is Catfish Halal?.

  19. Is Shark Meat Halal?.

  20. Morales, Edmundo (1995). The Guinea Pig : Healing, Food, and Ritual in the Andes. University of Arizona Press.               ISBN 0-8165-1558-1. 

  21. Mitchell, Chip. "Guinea Pig: It's What's for Dinner", Christian Science Monitor, 2006-11-01.

  22. Lester Haines (20 October 2004). "Big Apple stamps on guinea pigs. The Register. 

  23. Montefinise, Angela. "Guinea Pig Cooks Get Skewered", New York Post, 2004-10-20, pp. 10. 

  24. Vecchio, Rick. "Peru Pushes Guinea Pigs as Food", CBS News, 2004-10-19.

  25. National Geographic News: Consuming Nature Pt1.

  26. National Geographic News: Consuming Nature Pt2.

  27. CNN - Growing demand for 'bushmeat' threatens great apes.

  28. Ape Alliance - Bushmeat working group.

  29. al-Hakim bi Amr Allah, Fatimid Caliph of Egypt

  30. Molokheya, an Egyptian national dish

  31. Doctrine and Covenants 89 Verse 9.

  32. Christianity - Latter-day Saints: Cola Drinks and Caffeine. about.com.

External links

 

Vegetarianism and religion

http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=511998

 

Herbalism

See also

References

  1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1548898&dopt=Abstract                                                 Medicinal plants in a Middle Paleolithic grave Shanidar IV?

  2. Wild Health, Cindy Engel

  3. http://www.holisticonline.com/Herbal-Med/hol_herb-intro.htm

  4. NIH Institute and Center Resources, National Institute of Health.

  5. "Evidence-based herbal medicine" edited by Michael Rotblatt, Irwin Ziment; Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus, 2002

  6. "Herbal and traditional medicine: molecular aspects of health", edited by Lester Packer, Choon Nam Ong, Barry Halliwell;                                       New York: Marcel Dekker, 2004.

  7. More Than One-Third of U.S. Adults Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine Press release, May 27, 2004.                                          National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

  8. Barnes, P M; Powell-Griner E, McFann K, Nahin R L (2004-05-27).                                                                                                       Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults: United States, 2002 (PDF). Advance data from vital                                               and health statistics; no 343 20. National Center for Health Statistics. 2004. Retrieved on September 16, 2006.(See table 1 on page 8).

  9. http://oneearthherbs.squarespace.com/safety-regulation/

  10. David Winston

  11. http://oneearthherbs.squarespace.com/language-of-herbs/

  12. http://www.williamlesassierarchive.org

  13. http://www.herbalstudies.org

  14. Herbal Alternatives to Drugs in Pain Management, Part II (2006). Retrieved on October26, 2006.

  15. S. Y. MILLS, R. K. JACOBY, M. CHACKSFIELD and M. WILLOUGHBY (2006). EFFECT OF A PROPRIETARY HERBAL MEDICINE ON THE RELIEF OF CHRONIC ARTHRITIC PAIN: A DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY.                   Retrieved on October26, 2006.

  16. White, H; LMacCal (2006-10-22). Herbal Medicine and wart removal, hemorrhoids treatment and herpes prevention -

  17. without drugs: Canada, 2006 (english). doc 102. various. Retrieved on October 26, 2006.

  18. Thompson Coon JS, Ernst E. "Herbs for serum cholesterol reduction: a systematic view." J Fam Pract.                                     2003 Jun;52(6):468-78. PMID 12791229

  19. Kronenberg F, Fugh-Berman A. "Complementary and alternative medicine for menopausal symptoms: a review                              of randomized, controlled trials." Ann Intern Med. 2002 Nov 19;137(10):805-13. PMID 12435217 annals.org                          (133 K PDF file) Full text article

  20. Block KI, Mead MN. "Immune system effects of echinacea, ginseng, and astragalus: a review." Integr Cancer Ther.                    2003 Sep;2(3):247-67. PMID 15035888

  21. www.herbaled.org Garlic

  22. Ganzera M, Aberham A, Stuppner H. Development and validation of an HPLC/UV/MS method for simultaneous                 determination of 18 preservatives in grapefruit seed extract. Institute of Pharmacy, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52,                6020 Innsbruck, Austria. J Agric Food Chem. 2006 May 31;54(11):3768-72. PMID 16719494

  23. Takeoka, G., Dao, L., Wong, R.Y., Lundin, R., Mahoney N. Identification of benzethonium chloride in commercial                   grapefruit seed extracts. J Agric Food Chem. 2001 49(7):3316–20. PMID 11453769

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  28. Phytomedicine. 2004 Jul;11(5):375-82. PMID: 15330492 Effectiveness and tolerability of a standardized extract from                  Hibiscus sabdariffa in patients with mild to moderate hypertension: a controlled and randomized clinical trial.

  29. Clinical effects produced by a standardized herbal medicinal product of Hibiscus sabdariffa on patients with hypertension.                A randomized, double-blind, lisinopril-controlled clinical trial. Planta Med. 2007 Jan;73(1):6-12. PMID: 17315307

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  32. Dan Bensky, Steven Clavey, Erich Stoger, and Andrew Gamble. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica,                             Third Edition. 2004: 1054-1055

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  36. http://oneearthherbs.squarespace.com/safety-regulation/

  37. gaiagarden.com Herbs to avoid during pregnancy

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Footnotes and references

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  2. The American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 2004.

  3. Definition of Orthomolecular medicine at www.orthomed.org Accessed June 2006

  4. What is Orthomolecular Medicine?, Linus Pauling Inst. Oregon State University , Accessed August 2006

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  7. OMACOR®(omega-3-acid ethyl esters), Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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  9. Orthomolecular Medicine News Service (OMNS) Listing or research and news items favourable to the Orthomolecular              point of view

  10. How safe are vitamins? Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, November 9, 2005 - Accessed August 2006

  11. Observations On the Dose and Administration of Ascorbic Acid When Employed Beyond the Range of a Vitamin in Human Pathology

  12. Alpha-Lipoic Acid (Thioctic Acid): My Experience

  13. Reduction of Cholesterol and Lp(A) in Regression of Coronary Artery Disease: A Case Study

  14. Coenzyme Q10: A Novel Cardiac Antioxidant (1997)

  15. New/Old Findings on Unique Vitamin E

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Urine therapy

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References

  1. Health Through Balance: An Introduction to Tibetan Medicine, Yeshi Donden, ed. and transl. by Jeffrey Hopkins,                      Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Pub., 2003. ISBN 812081519X.

  2. The plant kingdom and hallucinogens (part I), Richard Evans Schultes, UNODC Bulletin on Narcotics 21 (1969),                              #3, pp. 3–16.

  3. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, John Henry Clarke, London: Homoeopathic Pub. Co., 1900–1902.

  4. Urine Therapy, Jeff Lowe

  5. Clinical value of 24-hour urine hormone evaluations, Alan Broughton, Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients,                     January 2004.

  6. An Investigation into the Determination of Corticosteroids in Urine. I. The Determination of Corticosterone-like Substances,               S. L. Tompsett, Journal of Clinical Pathology 6 (#1, February 1953), pp. 74–77. PMID 13034924.

  7. Urotherapy, fact sheet at the American Cancer Society.

  8. Urotherapy for patients with cancer, J. Eldor, Medical Hypotheses 48 (#4, April 1997), pp. 309–315. PMID 9160284.

  9. True or False: It's Safe to Drink Your Urine, fact sheet at epnet.com.

  10. Urinary Tract Infections in Adults, fact sheet at the National Institute of Health, publication no. 06–2097

  11. Cameroon threatens to jail urine drinkers, Jane Flanagan, Daily Telegraph, on line, article dated March 15, 2003.

  12. Understanding Patients From the Former Soviet Union, Linda Grabbe, Family Medicine 32 (2000, #3), pp. 201–206.

  13. http://archives.stupidquestion.net/sq6704.html

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Infrared sauna

References

  1. Kalyn, Wayne. Design Ideas for Basements (Design Ideas Series) Creative Homeowner (June 15, 2004).                                         ISBN 1580111580

  2. Galttech.com Reviews: a review site with a general review of saunas and infrared saunas. Accessed on March 5th, 2007.

  3. Rosner,Bryan: When Antibiotics Fail: Lyme Disease and Rife Machines, with Critical Evaluation of Leading                Alternative Therapies, BioMed Publishing Group, Jan 2005. ISBN 0976379708

  4. Organic Nutrition: article on the effects of circulation. Accessed on March 5th, 2007.

Master Cleanse

References

Glickman, Peter (2005), Lose Weight, Have More Energy & Be Happier in 10 Days, Clearwater, Florida: Peter Glickman, Inc.. Burroughs, Stanley (1976), The Master Cleanser, Reno, Nevada: Burroughs Books.

  1. Patriquin, Martin (2006-09-11). "Star loses 22 lb. on maple syrup diet!". Maclean's 119 (36/37): 73.  

  2. Burroughs, Stanley (1976). The Master Cleanser. Burroughs Books, 16-22. ISBN 0963926209. 

  3. Glickman, Peter (2005). Lose Weight, Have More Energy & Be Happier in 10 Days. Peter Glickman, Inc..                                ISBN 0975572229. 

  4. "Experts skeptical of 'Master Cleanse' detox diet", Associated Press via CNN, 2007-05-02.

  5. Fuhrman, MD, Joel (1998). Fasting & Eating for Health: A Medical Doctor's Program for Conquering Disease.                       St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-18719-X. 

  6. Cousens, MD, Gabriel (2004). Conscious Eating. North Atlantic Books. ISBN 1556432852. 

  7. Anderson, ND, NMD, Richard (1998). Cleanse and Purify Thyself, Book 1.5. Triumph Business. ISBN 1880170035. 

  8. Bragg, Paul (2004). The Miracle of Fasting. Health Science. ISBN 0877900396. 

  9. Fuhrman, MD, Joel (1998). Fasting & Eating for Health: A Medical Doctor's Program for Conquering Disease.                   St. Martin's Griffin, 16,17. ISBN 0-312-18719-X. 

  10. Clarke, Jane. "The nutritionist's view:Lemon aid", The Times (London UK), 2006-01-24, pp. 4. Retrieved on 2007-02-15. 

  11. Fuhrman, MD, Joel (1998). Fasting & Eating for Health: A Medical Doctor's Program for Conquering Disease.                   St. Martin's Griffin, 221. ISBN 0-312-18719-X. 

Oil pulling

References

  1. http://www.oilpulling.com

  2. http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/22/stories/2006012204510200.htm

  3. "Ideal Daily Routine—Dinacharya...swish 1-2 tablespoons of cold-pressed sunflower or sesame oil in your mouth for                      3-4 minutes and then spit it into the toilet", Timeless Secrets of Health And Rejuvenation, by Andreas Moritz, p. 151, ISBN 097657151X

  4. http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/oil_pulling.html

  5. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2003/02/10/stories/2003021000160400.htm

  6. http://www.newswithviews.com/Howenstine/james56.htm

 

Dietary supplements

Notes

  1. US Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994

  2. Nestle, Marion (2002), Food Politics, University of California Press, Ltd.

  3. Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 June 2002 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food supplements

  4. "Controversial EU vitamins ban to go ahead" (the Times, July 12 2005)

  5. The Court confirms the validity of the Community Directive on food supplements (Press release)

  6. Bjelakovic, G.; Nikolova, D., Gluud, L.L., Simonetti, R.G. & Gluud, C. (2007). "Mortality in Randomized Trials of Antioxidant Supplements for Primary and Secondary Prevention". Journal of the American Medical Association 297: 842-857.                  Retrieved on 2007-04-23. 

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References

  1. "Ongoing Problem with the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine" from Skeptical Inquirer                    magazine, September, 2003

  2. "Dictionary of Metaphysical Healthcare Unnaturalistic Methods"

  3. The 'National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (October 13 2006). Energy Medicine Overview.

  4. Get the Facts, Acupuncture, (2006). National Institute of Health. Retrieved on March 2, 2006.

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Therapeutic touch

External links

Critical

The concept of spiritual energy

Various ideas pertaining to spiritual energy have been postulated in various cultures, prominent amongst them are:

Biofields

A biofield is claimed to be "a massless field that: (a) is not necessarily electromagnetic, (b) surrounds and permeates living bodies,              (c) affects the body, and (d) possibly is related to qi" [1] [2] Although scientists and physicians remain skeptical as to its existence,     alternative practitioners claim that humans have a field external from their bodies that strongly affects actions and feelings. They                believe biofields can be degraded by EMF frequencies and electronic screens such as radio waves, television and computer screens,             and can lead to disease, overstress, and fatigue.

The National Institutes of Health has issued a statement on the subject of biofields: '"The biofield has defied measurement to date by reproducible methods. Therapies involving biofields are based on the concept that human beings are infused with a subtle form of               energy. This vital energy or life force is known under different names in different cultures, such as qi in traditional Chinese medicine            (TCM), ki in the Japanese Kampo system, doshas in Ayurvedic medicine, and elsewhere as prana, etheric energy, fohat, orgone,              odic force, mana, and homeopathic resonance. Vital energy is believed to flow throughout the material human body, but it has not                  been unequivocally measured by means of conventional instrumentation. Nonetheless, therapists claim that they can                work with this subtle energy, see it with their own eyes, and use it to effect changes in the physical body and influence health."' [3]

 

Scientific validation

Theories of spiritual energy are not validated by the scientific method, thus are dismissed as non-empirical beliefs by the scientific community. Theories of spiritual energy are considered to be pseudoscience or quackery.

Claims related to energy therapies are most often dubbed as anecdotal, rather than based on empirical, evidence. The history of               such claims about spiritual energy (most often dubbed as pseudoscientific) is long. Many people have attempted to gain credibility               by associating with forms of energy that were poorly understood by scientists. In the 1800s, electricity and magnetism were in the "borderlands" of science and the subject of considerable electrical quackery. In the 2000s, quantum mechanics and                                       grand unification theory provide similar opportunities for empirical claims of spiritual energy being physically manifest.

"Spiritual energy" is often equated with empirically understood forces. For example, some believers in the "aura" equate it with electromagnetism, claims that have not yet been supported by experiment. Believers support their claims by arguing that             electromagnetic fields are used in standard medical procedures, such as radiation therapy, electroconvulsive therapy,                        transcranial magnetic stimulation and magnetic resonance imaging. However, these techniques involve the use of large electrical and electronic devices to manipulate magnetic fields and the physiological mechanisms by which these techniques affect the body are well-understood, quantified and have been supported by repeated experimentation. Scientists therefore dispute the claim that the body's magnetic fields can be affected by touch or psychic intervention.

The confusion results from a disagreement over what constitutes "energy." Proponents of energy therapies argue that all matter is also energy. Scientists do not dispute this fact as first proposed by Albert Einstein in his theory of relativity. Where scientists and energy therapists come into conflict is with the idea that some energies are not measurable and can be manipulated psychically or unaided by technology. In order to distinguish between the energy used in techniques such as MRI and TMS (electromagnetism) and other unquantifiable "energy," the NIH has proposed the distinction between veritable (measurable) and putative (unmeasurable) energy.                 [3]

The healing effects of acupuncture on the human body are widely recognized by scientists. For example, acupuncture is available on             the National Health Service in the UK and its efficacy is accepted by the National Institutes of Health.[4] However, there is some disagreement about its mode of action. While some accupuncturists say that its mode of action is by virtue of manipulating the natural      flow of energy in human body, scientists argue that it works physiologically by blocking or stimulating nerve cells and causing changes         in the perception of pain in the brain.

Followers of scientology believe spiritual energy can be quantified using an e-meter; the legitimacy of such a claim is disputed.                    The e-meter in fact measures the well-understood Galvanic skin response. Other proposed treatments, such as magnet therapy are considered ineffective until it is demonstrated that they beat the placebo effect (see Franz Mesmer). Several people, for example, the magician James Randi have for many years (as of 2004) offered one million US dollars to any person capable of repeatedly detecting psychic energy fields. No one has demonstrated this ability in a controlled situation. (see The $1 million challenge)

 

Supportive

 

Somatic disciplines

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B

C

E

H

References

  1. House Blessing. American Communications Foundation (August 1, 2003). Retrieved on 2007-01-11.

  2. House Clearing for Ghosts and Spirits. Care2. Retrieved on 2006-09-23.

  3. Blessing of a New Home. Liturgical Year. Catholic Culture. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.

 

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M

Magnet therapy

See also

References

  1. Carter R, Aspy CB, Mold J. The effectiveness of magnet therapy for treatment of wrist pain attributed to carpal tunnel            syndrome. J Fam Pract 2002;51: 38-40.

  2. Collacott EA, Zimmerman JT, White DW, Rindone JP. Bipolar permanent magnets for the treatment of chronic low back pain:         a pilot study. JAMA 2000;283: 1322-5.

  3. Finegold, L. Flamm, B. (2006). "Magnet therapy". British Medical Journal 332: 4. 

  4. Magnets. CDRH Consumer Information. Food and Drug Administration (2000-03-01). Retrieved on 2007-02-02.

  5. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/329/7480/1450

  6. A Beginner’s Guide to Scientific Method, Third Edition, Thompson-Wadsworth, 2004

  7. http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_5_3X_Magnetic_Therapy.asp

  8. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/332/7532/4

  9. http://www.texas-medical.com/magnetics/mag-articles.htm

  10. Magnetic Therapy: Plausible Attraction? by James D. Livingston — a Skeptical Inquirer article

  11. http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/safety/mri_safety.htm

  12. Brau, Charles A. (2004). Modern Problems in Classical Electrodynamics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-514665-4. 

External links

 

Q

 

QT Inc.

 

Quantum-Touch

Continuing Education Credits for Alternative Healthcare Practitioners

Quantum-Touch has stated their intent is to apply with the NCBTMB for organizational CEU status for Massage Therapists.             Continuing Education credits are available for Registered Nurses and Massage Therapists in some areas of North America.

The New Mexico Nurses Association lists Quantum-Touch among its approved list of courses for Continuing Education in its                  Continuing Nursing Education Listings Approved CNE Activities.

The Ann Arbor Institute of Massage Therapy, which is licensed by the Michigan Department of Education, offers Continuing          Education Units for Quantum-Touch classes taken by students in its list of Approved Classes for Continuing Education.

The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine offers Quantum-Touch among its General Interest Continuing Education courses.

Educational Materials

Official Quantum-Touch educational materials are available directly from the organization and other retailers such as amazon.com.          Some of the materials include:

  • Book: Quantum-Touch: The Power to Heal 3rd Edition, ISBN-10: 1556435940, ISBN-13: 978-1556435942

  • DVD: Quantum-Touch Interactive Video Workshop

  • DVD: Supercharging Quantum-Touch

  • DVD: Core Transformation: Melting and Unraveling

References

  1. Quantum -Touch, Christopher Hegarty - Alternative Medicine Magazine, 07/01/2001[1][2]

  2. Holistic Treatments - Quantum-Touch, The Afternoon Show RTÉ One[3]

  3. 10 Lesser-known Alternative Therapies - BBC News, Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 12:09 GMT 13:09 UK[4]

  4. 10 Lesser-known Alternative Therapies - BBC News, Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 12:09 GMT 13:09 UK[5]

  5. Soul Medicine - Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. & Dawson Church, Ph.D.,Chapter 5 - Outstanding Healers of Our Time. p.                 76-77 [6]

  6. Foreword - Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D., p.2, Quantum-Touch - The Power to Heal Revised Edition[7]

  7. Regenesis [8]

  8. What is Regenesis [9]

  9. Richard Gordon: A conversation with Guy Spiro, The Monthly Aspectarian Magazine, September 2001[10]

  10. Supercharging Workshop page @ quantumtouch.com

  11. Core Transformation 1 page @ quantumtouch.com

  12. Popular Energy Healing Techniques and How Energy Healing Works - Jing-Qi-Shen Foundation [11]

  13. Energy Work – The Real “Traditional” Method of Healing - practitioners from ChicagoHealers.com [12]

  14. Reconnective Healing and Quantum-Touch, Ted Helsinki,JustPeace journal, Volume 12, p 7 [13]

  15. Soul Medicine - Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. & Dawson Church, Ph.D.,Chapter 5 - Outstanding Healers of Our Time.                  p. 76-77 [14]

  16. Quantum -Touch, Christopher Hegarty - Alternative Medicine Magazine, 07/01/2001[15][16]

  17. Popular Energy Healing Techniques and How Energy Healing Works - Jing-Qi-Shen Foundation [17]

  18. Holistic Treatments - Quantum-Touch, The Afternoon Show RTÉ One [18]

  19. Energy work: Quantum-Touch and EFT - Rick Wilkes @ thrivingnow.com [19]

  20. The Efficacy of "Distant Healing" A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials - John A. Astin, PhD; Elaine Harkness, BSc;                  and Edzard Ernst, MD, PhD - Annals of Internal Medicine, 6 June 2000 | Volume 132 Issue 11 |                     Pages 903-910 [20]

  21. Quantum-Touch: Energy Technique of the Future? - Massage Magazine, issue 105, September/October 2003 [21]

  22. Popular Energy Healing Techniques and How Energy Healing Works - Jing-Qi-Shen Foundation [22]

  23. Quantum-Touch, From Phylameana lila Desy, About: Holistic Healing[23]

  24. The Everything Reiki Book: Channel Your Positive Energy to Reduce Stress, Promote Healing, and Enhance Your Quality of           Life (Everything Series),Chapter 22 - Other Touch or Energy Based Therapies, Phylameana lila Desy[24]

  25. Quantum-Touch, Christopher Hegarty - Alternative Medicine Magazine, 07/01/2001[25][26]

  26. Holistic Treatments - Quantum-Touch, The Afternoon Show RTÉ One[27]

  27. Quantum-Touch: The Power to Heal Revised Edition p.196 [28]

  28. SuperCharging DVD by Quantum-Touch Promises to Enhance Effectiveness of Practitioners of Energy Healing and                 Alternative Medicine, PR.com[29]

  29. Popular Energy Healing Techniques and How Energy Healing Works - Jing-Qi-Shen Foundation [30]

  30. Supercharging Workshop page @ quantumtouch.com

  31. Quantum-Touch, Awakening Healing [31]

  32. Core Transformation 1 page @ quantumtouch.com

  33. Core Transformation 2 page @ quantumtouch.com

  34. Becoming a Practitioner page @ quantumtouch.com

  35. Becoming an Instructor page @ quantumtouch.com

  36. Holistic Treatments - Quantum-Touch, The Afternoon Show RTÉ One[32]

  37. Quantum-Touch, Christopher Hegarty - Alternative Medicine Magazine, 07/01/2001[33][34]

External Links

  • Your Healing Hands: The Polarity Experience, Richard Gordon [35]

  • Demystifying Hands on Healing, Richard Gordon - Bridging Heaven and Earth Journal Column 21 [36]

  • What is Quantum-Touch Healing?, worldwidehealth.com [37]

  • Quantum-Touch in Bosnia/Herzegovina, Mervyn S Foster [38]

  • Quantum-Touch, Acadian - The Truth Behind Energy Work, Mar 1st, 2007[39]

  • Quantum-Touch, learning QT, Milarepa, Mar 7 2007, 21:53 Reiki 4 All[40]

  • Reach Out and Caress Someone, How touch enhances your well-being, Nancy Worley, Body & Brain Magazine,                        Fall 2006 issue[41]

  • Healing by Gentle Touch Ameliorates Stress and Other Symptoms in People Suffering with Mental Health Disorders or Psychological Stress, Clare Weze, Helen L. Leathard, John Grange, Peter Tiplady and Gretchen Stevens - Evidence-based Complimentary and Alternative Medicine Journal Vol 4, No 1, p115-123[42]

  • Energy Therapies and Diabetes Mellitus, Diana W. Guthrie, PhD, FAAN, CDE and Maureen Gamble, BSN, MA, CHTP/I,    CCAP, RM - Diabetes Spectrum Magazine 14:149-153, 2001 [43][44]

  • Volume I, Spiritual Healing: Scientific Validation of a Healing Revolution (Popular edition) Daniel J. Benor, M.D. [45]

  • Directed Prayer and Conscious Intention: Demonstrating the power of distant healing, Marilyn Schiltz, Ph.D., Nola Lewis M.S., Institute of Noetic Sciences[46]

  • Towards a Quantitative Model of both Local and Non Local Energetic Information Healing, William A. Tiller, Professor       Emeritus, Stanford University [47]

  • The Physics of 'Alternative Medicine': Bioenergetic Fields, Victor J. Stenger - Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine, spring/summer 1999 volume 3, No 1 [48]

  • Science : Light's spooky connections set distance record, Mark Buchanan - New Scientist Magazine, 28 June 1997, issue         2088 [49]

  • Biophotons - The Light in Our Cells, Marco Bischof - German publisher: Zweitausendeins, Frankfurt.Publication date:              March 1995, Actual edition (May 1998): 9th printing ISBN 3-86150-095-7 [50]

  • The Quantum Reality and Mind Power - by James Wallace - One Universe, Quantum Physics & The Human Mind [51]

  • Subtle Connections: Psi, Grof, Jung, and the Quantum Vacuum, Ervin Laszlo, The International Society for the Systems            Sciences and The Club of Budapest [52]

  • New Energy Ways web site , by author Robert Bruce, an energy system close to Quantum-Touch as for the conscious          manipulation of energy and the application of distant healing techniques. Some common elements as for body awareness            techniques.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum-Touch"

 

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Reiki

External links

  1. Reiki Magazine. "NY State Bill To Regulate Reiki Healing". .. Retrieved on January, 2007.

  2. American Cancer Society. "Reiki". .. Retrieved on January, 2007.

  3. Jonathon Hardcastle. [ezinearticles(dot)com/?What-is-Reiki&id=312767 "What is Reiki"]. .. Retrieved on January, 2007.

  4. There is no logical justification for the capitalization of "Reiki", except perhaps that its practitioners regard it as a proper noun.           It is, however, almost universally capitalized and this article follows that form.

  5. International House of Reiki: What is (and isn't) Reiki?

  6. The International Center for Reiki Training: What is reiki?

  7. What is the History of Reiki?

  8. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. An Introduction to Reiki

  9. Stiene, B., Stiene, F. "The Reiki Sourcebook", Lotus Press: Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, 2003. pp 222;

  10. Miles P, True G. "Reiki: Review of a Biofield Therapy--History, Theory, Practice and Research," Altern Ther Health Med March/April 2003. (9)2 pp 62-72;

  11. Reiki Principles

  12. The levels of Reiki

  13. Frequently Asked Questions about Reiki

  14. Source: "Autonomic Nervous System Changes During Reiki Treatment: A Preliminary Study" Institute of Neurological                   Sciences, South Glasgow University Hospital NHS Trust, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Authors: Nicola Mackay;                              Stig Hansen, Ph.D.; and Oona McFarlane. Originally published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary                     Medicine, 2004, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 1077–1081.

  15. Crawford, SE; et al (November 2006). "Reiki Improves Mild Dementia". Journal of Alternative and Complementary            Medicine 12 (9): 911-3. 

  16. For example, see National Council Against Health Fraud article.

  17. James Oschman, PhD, Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis.

  18. An Introduction to Reiki

  19. Skeptic Magazine, Vol. 11, Nr. 3, 2005: A review of Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis, by Harriet Hall, MD

  20. Some Thoughts about "CAM" Beliefs

  21. Reiki teachers hit back at priest's Satanic warning

 

S

Seichim

See also

External links

  • Patrick Ziegler [2] Founder, now practices in a way quite different to Reiki.

 

Sonopuncture

 

Spirit releasement

Spirit Releasement

T

Tapas Acupressure Technique

References

  1. Grant J. Devilly (2005). "Power Therapies and possible threats to the science of psychology and psychiatry".                             Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 39: 437–445. 

  2. Mist, S.. "A randomized trial of Tapas Acupressure Technique ® for weight loss maintenance". Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies. (10.38-39). 

  3. AR Pratkins. How to sell a pseudoscience.

 

Therapeutic touch

 

V

Viridian method

 

Somatic techniques

Alexander Technique

Notes

  1. Arnold, Joan; Hope Gillerman (1997). Frequently Asked Questions. American Society for the Alexander Technique.                  Retrieved on 2007-05-02.

  2. Cacciatore, TW; FB Horak, SM Henry (June 2005). "Improvement in automatic postural coordination following Alexander Technique lessons in a person with low back pain". Physical Therapy 85 (6): 565-78. Retrieved on 2005-05-01. 

  3. Maher, CG (January 2004). "Effective physical treatment for chronic low back pain". The Orthopedic clinics of North              America 35 (1): 57-64. ISSN: 0030-5898. Retrieved on 2007-05-01. 

  4. Stallibrass, C; P Sissons, C Chalmers (July 2002). "Randomized Controlled Trial of the Alexander Technique for Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease". Clinical Rehabilitiation 16 (7): 695-708. Retrieved on 2007-05-01. 

References

  • Alexander, F. Matthias (1932). The Use of Self, 1985 Edition, London: Orion Books Limited. ISBN 0752843915. 

  • Jones, Frank Pierce (May 1997). Freedom to Change; The Development and Science of the Alexander Technique.               London: Mouritz. ISBN 0-9525574-7-9. 

  • Jones, Frank Pierce (1999). in ed. Theodore Dimon, Richard Brown: Collected Writings on the Alexander Technique. Massachusetts: Alexander Technique Archives. ISBN ATBOOKS058. 

External links

Bartenieff Fundamentals (& Laban Movement Analysis)

See also

Further reading

  • Hackney, P. (2000) Making Connections Total Body Integration Through Bartenieff Fundamentals. Routledge.               ISBN 90-5699-592-8

External links

See also

External links

 

Dance and movement therapies

Feldenkrais method

Resources and external links

Kinetic Awareness

www.kineticawarenesscenter.org

Rolfing

Archive material from the original Trager Institute site updated (used with permission) ~ http://www.trager.com

See also

External links

External links

Mind-Body Intervention

 

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Anahata Yoga

Aromatherapy

References

  1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16161028&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_DocSum][1]             Antibacterial activity of essential oils from Australian native plants.

  2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16690225&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_docsum                     Antimicrobial and antiplasmid activities of essential oils.

  3. Lemon oil vapor causes an anti-stress effect via modulating the 5-HT and DA activities in mice..                                              PubMed.gov (2006-06-15).

  4. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/aromatherapy/HealthProfessional/page3 Aromatherapy and Essential Oils

  5. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/40873/aromatherapy_science_the_facts_and.html

  6. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1312240  Hyperpigmented macules                              and streaks

External links

Criticism

Journals

 

Autogenic training

Autosuggestion

References and external links

See also

B

Bach flower remedies

See also

External links

Advocates

Skeptics

Research studies

 

Boabom

Body Psychotherapy

See also

References

  1. Body, Breath and Consciousness: A Somatics Anthology, ed. Macnaughton North Atlantic Books (August 5, 2004)                 English ISBN-10: 1556434960 ISBN-13: 978-1556434969

  2. Victims of Cruelty: Somatic Psychotherapy in the Healing of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder' Eckberg M, Levine P.,                          "Shock trauma, originally defined by Freud as a breaching of the protective stimulus barrier, can be differentiated from      developmental trauma"

  3. Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body (Hardcover) Levine P., Publisher: Sounds                True; Har/Com edition (March 2005) English ISBN-10: 1591792479 ISBN-13: 978-1591792475

  4. Mindell, A. 'Working with the Dreaming Body' Routledge 1985

  5. Morin, P. 'The Dreambody: A New Integrative Approach to Illness'

External links

 

C

Cancer support group

 

Cancercare

CancerCare website

 

Clinical Somatic Education

 

Core Energetics

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E

Eutony

F

Fourth Way

References

  1. "In Search of the Miraculous" by P.D. Ouspensky Chapter Two

  2. http://www.gurdjieff.org/index.en.htm

  3. Meetings with Remarkable Men, Translator's Note

  4. "In Search of the Miraculous" by P.D. Ouspensky p. 312

  5. http://www.gurdjieff.org/foundation.htm

  6. In Search of The Miraculous (Chapter 10)

  7. Life is Real Only then When 'I am' (First Talk)

  8. Idries Shah: The Way of the Sufi, Part 1, Notes and Bibliography, Note 35

  9. Omar Ali-Shah:The Rules or Secrets of the Naqshbandi Order.

  10. The Active Side of Infinity by Carlos Castaneda

  11. Baggett, Holly. Dear Tiny Heart : The Letters of Jane Heap & Florence Reynolds. New York, NY, USA: New York            University Press, 1999. p 2.

See also

External links

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himalayanacademy.com

 

 

Hypnotherapy

I

M

Mabel Todd

Julie Grinfeld (2002). 'The Idea of Ideokinesis'.

 

Meditation

See also

Notes

  1. The Bhagavad-Gita and Jivana Yoga By Ramnarayan Vyas

  2. Hatha Yoga: Its Context, Theory and Practice By Mikel Burley

  3. Zen Buddhism: A History (India and China) By Heinrich Dumoulin, James W. Heisig, Paul F. Knitter

  4. Yogananda, Paramahansa, Metaphysical Meditations (1932) ISBN 0-7661-3976-X. "Meditation is that special form of concentration in which the attention has been liberated from restlessness and is focused on God."

  5. Dharmacarini Manishini, Western Buddhist Review. Accessed at http://www.westernbuddhistreview.com/vol4/kamma_in_context.html

  6. Samara, Tony. Simple Meditations. Retrieved on 2007-05-16.

  7. The Last Testament, Vol. 3, Chapter 19

  8. The Healing History of EEG Biofeedback Eagle Life Communications Accessed March 2007 .

  9. Atwater, F. Holmes (1997). Inducing States of Consciousness with a Binaural Beat Technology. Research papers[1].                    The Monroe Institute [2]. Retrieved on 2006-08-14.

  10. Noton, David (1997). PMS, EEG, AND PHOTIC STIMULATION. Retrieved on 2006-08-14.

  11. Lutz, Antoine. Breakthrough study on EEG of meditation. Retrieved on 2006-08-14.

  12. Bhattathiry, M.P.. Neurophysiology of Meditation. Retrieved on 2006-08-14.

  13. Chang, Kanf-Ming (2005-07-15). MEDITATION EEG INTERPRETATION BASED ON NOVEL FUZZY-MERGING STRATEGIES AND WAVELET FEATURES (PDF). Retrieved on 2006-08-14.

  14. Rick Strassman, DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and        Mystical Experiences, 320 pages, Park Street Press, 2001, ISBN 0-89281-927-8

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  • Erhard Vogel. (2001) Journey Into Your Center, Nataraja Publications, ISBN 1-892484-05-6

  • Austin, James H. (1999) Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness,                        Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999, ISBN 0-262-51109-6

  • Azeemi, Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (2005) Muraqaba: The Art and Science of Sufi Meditation. Houston: Plato,                   2005, ISBN 0-9758875-4-8

  • Bennett-Goleman, T. (2001) Emotional Alchemy: How the Mind Can Heal the Heart, Harmony Books,                                        ISBN 0-609-60752-9

  • Carlson LE, Ursuliak Z, Goodey E, Angen M, Speca M. (2001) The effects of a mindfulness meditation-based stress     reduction program on mood and symptoms of stress in cancer outpatients: 6-month follow-up. Support Care Cancer.              2001 Mar;9(2):112-23.PubMed abstract PMID 11305069

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  • Davidson RJ, Kabat-Zinn J, Schumacher J, Rosenkranz M, Muller D, Santorelli SF, Urbanowski F, Harrington A, Bonus K, Sheridan JF. (2003) Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation. Psychosomatic         Medicine 2003 Jul-Aug;65(4):564-70. PubMed abstract PMID 12883106

  • Hayes SC, Strosahl KD, Wilson KG. (1999) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. New York: Guilford Press.

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  • Perez-De-Albeniz, Alberto & Holmes, Jeremy (2000) Meditation: Concepts, Effects And Uses In Therapy. International                 Journal of Psychotherapy, March 2000, Vol. 5 Issue 1, p49, 10p

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  • Trungpa, C. (1984) Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Shambhala Dragon Editions, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria

 

Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia

Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia

 

Metamorphic Technique

Methods of neuro-linguistic programming

References

  1.  Society For Training and Development Alexandria, VA Adapted version available online

  2. Joseph O'Connor, John Seymour (2002 (first published 1990)). Introducing NLP. London: HarperCollins. 1855383446.  

  3.  Volume 1. Cupertino, CA :Meta Publications. ISBN 0-916990-01-X.

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Mitzvah Technique

External links

Notes

  1. http://www.mitzvahtechnique.com/principle.htm from the Society of Mitzvah Technique Teachers of Canada

Movement Shiatsu

 

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Psychoneuroimmunology

Mind-Body Medicine: An Overview, US National Institutes of Health, Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Nocebo

 

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Psychosomatic illness

Many identifiable illnesses have previously been labelled as 'hysterical' or 'psychosomatic', for example asthma, allergies, and                    migraines. Some illnesses are under debate, including multiple chemical sensitivity, Gulf War Syndrome, and                                              Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Some people suggest that stigmatics suffer a psychosomatic illness based on identifying with the                  biblical crucified Jesus.

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Sandra Ingerman

Somatic Experiencing

Peter Levine's Foundation for Human Enrichment

 

Somatic Psychology

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References

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  2. Stenger,V.J. 'The Energy Fields of Life' retrieved from [2] May 21, 2007

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  15. grounded on vitalism, the notion that living organisms possess some unique quality, an élan vital, that gives them that special

  16. quality we call life. Belief in the existence of a living force is ancient and remains widespread to this day. Called prana by the

  17. Hindus, qi or chi by the Chinese, ki by the Japanese, and 95 other names in 95 other cultures (Brennen 1988), this substance

  18. is said to constitute the source of life that is so often associated with soul, spirit, and mind. Wheeler (1939) reviewed the

  19. history of vitalism in the West and defined it as "all the various doctrines which, from the time of Aristotle, have described

  20. things as actuated by some power or principle additional to mechanics and chemistry. In my field of particle physics, reputable journals such as Physical Review Letters will not publish any claim of a new phenomenon, such as evidence for the top quark

  21. or the mass of the neutrino, unless the data have a "significance level" of 10-4 or less. This means that if the same experiment

  22. were repeated 10,000 times, the reported effect would have been produced artifactually, as a statistical fluctuation or systematic error, no more than once on average. In medicine, and related fields such as psychology and pharmacology, and in the social sciences as well, the significance level for publication in the best journals is typically five percent. That is, the experiment need

  23. only be repeated twenty times, on average, to have the reported effect not be real but to result from an artifact of the experiment. This means that every twentieth paper you read could be a fluke, although many, of course, exceed the significance threshold

  24. and so the fraction of reliable results is probably, thankfully, much greater. This very loose criterion in the human sciences is

  25. justified by the very reasonable argument that any new result should be put to use as soon as possible in case it may save lives.

  26. What criterion should be applied to those studies that claim to show some therapy works, when that therapy violates well

  27. established scientific principles, such as the conventional laws of physics? For example, should we publish an experiment that indicates Therapeutic Touch works where the significance level is five percent? I argue that we should not. Given the difficulty

  28. of accurately estimating errors in any human experiment, any such claims are far more likely to be wrong than one in twenty.

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References

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  2. Tai Chi Productions, essay by Dr. Paul Lam

  3. Fu, Zhongwen (1996, 2006). Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan. Berkeley, California: Blue Snake Books. ISBN 1-58394-152-5 (trade paper). 

  4. Wile, Douglas (1995). Lost Tai'-Chi Classics from the Late Ch'ing Dynasty (Chinese Philosophy and Culture). State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0791426548. 

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Videos of the major family styles

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Gestalt Related Organizations

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The influential commentator Madhusudana Sarasvati (b. circa 1490) divided the Gita's eighteen chapters into three sections, each of six chapters. According to his method of division the first six chapters deal with Karma yoga, the middle six deal with Bhakti yoga, and the last six deal with Jnana (knowledge).[24] This interpretation has been adopted by some later commentators and rejected by others.

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Main articles: Raja Yoga and Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

 

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  3. Morrell, Peter Homeopathy Views the Uniqueness of Each Patient

  4. Rudolf Verspoor Taking Homeopathy into the Shadows: A Sequential Causal Approach to Treating Chronic Disease, Website: Homeopathy Online

  5. Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare homeopathy page

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  7. European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines EDQM website

  8. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann's "Organon Of Medicine" translated by Dudgeon Fifth Edition § 269

  9. http://www.skeptics.org.uk/article.php?dir=articles&article=homeopathy.php

  10. http://www.ncahf.org/pp/homeop.html

  11. Shang A, Huwiler-Muntener K, Nartey L, Juni P, Dorig S, Sterne JA, Pewsner D, Egger M (2005). "Are the clinical effects of homoeopathy placebo effects? Comparative study of placebo-controlled trials of homoeopathy and allopathy". Lancet 366 (9487): 726-32. PMID 16125589. 

  12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/5178122.stm BBC news, Malaria advice 'risks lives', By Meirion Jones

  13. Pascal Delaunay "Homoeopathy may not be effective in preventing malaria" BMJ. 2000 November 18; 321(7271): 1288

  14. Website of The Center for Natural Medicine

  15. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann by whonamedit.com

  16. Hahnemann, Materia Medica Pura, Cinchona at Hpathy.com

  17. Website of Whole Health Now

  18. Chronic Diseases - Samuel Hahnemann

  19. Hahnemann, Materia Medica Pura, section 19, Chelidonium majus at Hpathy.com

  20. Manish Bhatia Tautopathy - An Introduction

  21. Bowel Nosodes

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  26. "Medical dowsing" www.homeoinfo.com

  27. Philip A.M. Rogers "Psychic methods of diagnosis and treatment in acupuncture and homeopathy."

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  32. Biography of Mr Caspar Julius Jenichen (1787-1849) http://homeoint.org

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  34. Mini 8 Dial Radionic Potentiser White Mountain

  35. Website of Homéopathe International

  36. Website of Sussex College of Technology - CopenLabs

  37. Editorial at the web pages of the New Zealand Homoeopathic Society

  38. Website of The Toronto Chapter of the Canadian Society of Dowsers

  39. Jörg Wichmann, Defining a different tradition for homeopathy.

  40. The Chronic Diseases, their Nature and Homoeopathic Treatment, Dresden and Leipsic, Arnold. Vols. 1, 2, 3, 1828; vol. 4, 1830

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  45. William.E.Thomas "The basis of homeopathy" Personal website.

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  47. A. Campbell, Kentian Homeopathy, Chapter 8 of Homeopathy in Perspective

  48. Peter Morrell "Kent's influence on British homeopathy." Personal website

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  51. Website of Homeopathy Home

  52. Bryan Mawer Personal website

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  54. Website of The Society of Homeopaths

  55. The Faculty of Homeopathy homepage

  56. Website of Homeopathy for Everyone

  57. Dr. Raj Kumar Manchanda & Dr. Mukul Kulashreshtha, Cost Effectiveness and Efficacy of Homeopathy in Primary Health Care Units of Government of Delhi- A study

  58. INSTITUTION OF HOMOEOPATHS KERALA

  59. Questions and Answers About Homeopathy NCCAM, National Institutes of Health

  60. Fisher, P. Ward, A. "Medicine in Europe: Complementary medicine in Europe" BMJ 1994;309:107-111

  61. Website of The Society of Homeopaths

  62. Wayne B. Jonas, Ted J. Kaptchuk, and Klaus Linde, "A Critical Overview of Homeopathy" Ann. Intern. Med.. 2003;138:393-399.

  63. Jonas WB, Anderson RL, Crawford CC, Lyons JS (2001). "A systematic review of the quality of homeopathic clinical trials". BMC Complement Altern Med 1: 12. PMID 11801202. 

  64. Homoeopathy's benefit questioned. BBC News.

  65. The Skeptic's dictionary Homeopathy

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  68. "Declaration of Helsinki should be strengthened" BMJ 2000;321:442-445 ( 12 August )

  69. Cochrane Collaboration-asthma.

  70. Cochrane Collaboration-dementia.

  71. Cochrane Collaboration-induction of labor.

  72. Cochrane Collaboration-influenza.

  73. osteoarthritis article. Bandolier Journal.

  74. migraine prophylaxis article. Bandolier Journal.

  75. delayed-onset muscle soreness article. Bandolier Journal.

  76. symptoms of menopause article. Bandolier Journal.

  77. NCCAM statement on homeopathy, Question 8.

  78. NCCAM statement on homeopathy, Question 9.

  79. NCCAM statement on homeopathy, Question 10.

  80. NHS Health Encyclopedia entry on Homeopathy: Results

  81. NHS Health Encyclopedia entry on Homeopathy: Dosage.

  82. alternative theories including homeopathy. American Medical Association.

  83. Website of the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code Council

  84. Sec. 400.400 Conditions Under Which Homeopathic Drugs May be Marketed (CPG 7132.15) Downloaded 26 April 2007.

  85. Meeting between FDA Officials and Homeopathic Pharmacists (1985). Memorandum, February 12, 1985

  86. Compliance Policy Guide (CPG 7132.15). Conditions Under Which Homeopathic Drugs May be Marketed. Revised March 1995

  87. Report on Mercury Compounds in DrugsMERCURY COMPOUNDS IN DRUGS AND FOOD FDA/Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Last Updated: August 09, 2001

  88. Internet Health and Fraud Site, US Food and Drug AdministrationUS FDA Internet Site, 2007

  89. Gesundheitssystem: Was bringt das neue Gesetz? (in German)

  90. Bundesratsentscheid über die Leistungen für Alternativmedizin: Information about Homeopathy in Switzerland

  91. http://www.homeopathy.healthspace.eu/regular/homeopathy.php#Homeopathy-vaccination

  92. Understanding Vaccines: what they are and how they work. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIH Publication No. 03-4219 July 2003 pdf

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  96. ibid

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  98. Montoya-Cabrera MA, Rubio-Rodriguez S, Velazquez-Gonzalez E, Avila Montoya S (1991). "Mercury poisoning caused by a homeopathic drug". Gac Med Mex 127 (3): 267-70. PMID 1839288.  Article in Spanish.

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  101. Science and Technology - Sixth Report Science and Technology Committee Publications

  102. Homeopathic practices "risk lives" By Pallab Ghosh BBC News science correspondent

  103. Homeopaths 'endangering lives' by offering malaria remedies Alok Jha, science correspondent Friday July 14, 2006 The Guardian

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  1. The War Against Vitamin Therapy doctoryourself.com , Andrew Saul, PhD - Accessed, August 2006

  2. The American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 2004.

  3. Definition of Orthomolecular medicine at www.orthomed.org Accessed June 2006

  4. What is Orthomolecular Medicine?, Linus Pauling Inst. Oregon State University , Accessed August 2006

  5. Orthomolecular Medicine Revisited, Wunderlich RC, Orthomolecular Medicine Online, accessed 6 Nov 2006

  6. OMACOR®(omega-3-acid ethyl esters), Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

  7. Greene R, Cortez MF. Abbott to Buy Kos Pharmaceuticals for $3.7 Billion (Update2). Bloomberg.com, 6 Nov 2006.

  8. Orthomolecular Medicine News Service (OMNS) Listing or research and news items favourable to the Orthomolecular point of view

  9. How safe are vitamins? Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, November 9, 2005 - Accessed August 2006

  10. Observations On the Dose and Administration of Ascorbic Acid When Employed Beyond the Range of a Vitamin in Human Pathology

  11. Alpha-Lipoic Acid (Thioctic Acid): My Experience

  12. Reduction of Cholesterol and Lp(A) in Regression of Coronary Artery Disease: A Case Study

  13. Coenzyme Q10: A Novel Cardiac Antioxidant (1997)

  14. New/Old Findings on Unique Vitamin E

  15. AscorbateWeb: Timeline from 1935 to 1939

  16. Orthomolecular psychiatry. Varying the concentrations of substances normally present in the human body may control mental disease,Science 1968 Apr 19;160(825):265-71. (PMID 5641253) [1]

  17. Definition of Orthomolecular medicine at www.orthomed.org Accessed June 2006 and What is Orthomolecular Medicine?, Linus Pauling Inst.

  18. Hoffer A, et al. Treatment Protocol for Alcoholism. Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, 1 Jul 2005 .

  19. Richard P. Huemer MD, Orthomolecular Medicine, Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice, Springer Publishing Company, September 18, 1997. available online

  20. http://orthomed.org/kunin.html Principles That Identify Orthormolecular Medicine: A Unique Medical Specialty by Richard A. Kunin

  21. NCCAM.NIH table 1 on page 8

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  23. http://orthomed.org Orthomolecular Medicine Online

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People in alternative medicine

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  • Edward Bach - founder of flower essence therapy and the Bach flower remedies.

  • Juliette de Bairacli Levy - renowned for her skill in veterinary herbalism.

  • William Horatio Bates - founder of the Bates Method alternative approach to eyesight improvement.

  • Paul Bragg - known for the Bragg Health Crusades, the Bragg Healthy Lifestyle, deep breathing, water fasts, organic foods, drinking water, juicing, exercise and listening to one's body.

  • Emanuel Bronner - aka "Dr. Bronner," master soap-maker known for eccentric messages on labels for natural soaps and other health products.

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  • Charaka - is one of the founders of Ayurveda.

  • Mantak Chia - claimed healer and author of books on "Taoist sexuality".

  • Hulda Regehr Clark - wrote a series of books including The Cure for all Diseases, advocating extreme dietary practices and "zapping" of parasites.

  • Dr. Deepak Chopra - Endocrinologist and Ayurvedic Medicine Practitioner, who writes popular books on health and spirituality.

  • Nicholas Culpeper - an English physician of the early 17th century who left to future generations a rich store of pharmaceutical and herbal knowledge.

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  • Mary Baker Eddy - founder of Christian Science and its readvocacy of Christian healing, thereby also reawakening 20th-century interest in the subject in more mainstream denominations as well as in certain more unrestrictive New Age offshoots.

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Glossary of alternative medicine

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Acupuncture

Acupuncture is the practice of inserting very thin needles in specific acupuncture points or combinations of points on the body to improve health and well-being. There are over 1,000 acupoints that can be stimulated through the insertion of needles.

Allopathy

"Allopathy" is a term for conventional medicine, used most frequently by its critics. The word was coined by Samuel Hahnemann.

Alternative medical systems

Alternative medical systems is the precise name of a NCCAM[1] classification for those forms of alternative medicine that are built upon a complete system of theory and practice.

Alternative medicine

Alternative medicine "A group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine." Alternatively defined in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary as: a wide range of treatments for medical conditions that people use instead of or with western medicine: Alternative medicine includes treatments such as acupuncture, homeopathy and hypnotherapy. See Alternative medicine for additional definitions.

Index of articles on alternative medicine

Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils and other aromatic compounds from plants to affect someone's mood or health.

Asklepios

Asklepios, (Latinate spelling Asclepius) the Greek god of medicine treated the sick with the help of his daughters, Hygeia and Panacea.

Ayurveda

Ayurveda: "This comprehensive system of medicine, developed in India over 2,000 years ago, places equal emphasis on body, mind, and spirit. The goal is to restore the natural harmony of the individual. An Ayurvedic doctor identifies an individual's constitution or overall health profile by ascertaining the patient's metabolic body type (Vata, Pitta, or Kapha) through a series of personal history questions. The patient's constitution then becomes the foundation of a specific treatment plan designed to guide the individual back into harmony with his or her environment. This plan may include dietary changes, exercise, yoga, meditation, massage, herbal tonics, and other remedies."[2]

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Bates Method

The Bates Method is an alternative approach to eyesight improvement and maintenance. Recent reviews and clinical trials have failed to show its effectiveness and it is largely considered pseudoscience.

Biofeedback

Biofeedback links the mind with the body through high-technology devices that allows the mind to control certain bodily functions. In this treatment method, an individual is hooked up to monitoring devices which provides an indication of how brain waves, breathing patterns, muscle activity, sweat gland function, pulse, skin temperature, and blood pressure are responding to relaxation techniques, such as meditation. "Biofeedback has been used to reduce stress, eliminate headaches, recondition injured muscles, control asthmatic attacks, and relieve pain."[2]

Biologically based therapies

Biologically based therapies, is the precise name of a NCCAM classification, for alternative treatments that use substances found in nature and/or some other natural therapy.

Biomedical model

The Biomedical model of health is a conceptual model of illness that excludes psychological and social factors and includes only biological factors in an attempt to understand a person's illness.

Biopsychosocial model

The Biopsychosocial model of health sees health, illness and healing as resulting from the interacting effects of events of very different types, including biological, psychological, and social factors.

Body work

Body work is the preferred name for massage treatments because this health profession is trying to disassociate itself from the sex industry. Body work "involves pressing, rubbing, and otherwise manipulating muscles and other soft tissues of the body, causing them to relax and lengthen and allowing pain relieving oxygen and blood to flow to the affected area. Using their hands and sometimes feet, elbows, and forearms, massage therapists may use over 75 different methods, such as Swedish message, deep-tissue massage, neuromuscular massage, and manual lymph drainage. Massage is considered effective for relieving any type of pain in the body's soft tissue, including back, neck, and shoulder pain, headaches, bursitis, and tendonitis.[2]

Breathing meditation

Many forms of meditiation, especially Asian, focus on breathing in their technique. Yoga, qigong, vipassana, etc. "Deep breathing involves slow, deep inhalation through the nose, usually for a count of 10, followed by slow and complete exhalation for a similar count. To help quiet the mind, one generally concentrates fully on breathing and counting through each cycle. The process may be repeated 5 to 10 times, several times a day."[2]

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CAM

CAM is an acronym for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. This is an umbrella term for a large range of treatments and of theories on the nature of health and illness, many of them unrelated, which have in common that they are not generally accepted by the conventional medical establishment.

While some scientific evidence exists for or against some CAM therapies, for most there are key questions that are yet to be answered through well-designed studies, including whether these therapies are safe, whether they work for the diseases or medical conditions for which they are used, and whether the explanations proponents offer for them are correct.

The list of therapies included under CAM changes gradually. If and when CAM therapies that are proven to be safe and effective become adopted into conventional health care, they gradually cease to be considered CAM, since adoption and acceptance often take time. See alternative medicine regarding definitions of CAM.

More information on CAM can be found at the National Institutes of Health website.[1]

Chelation therapy

Chelation therapy is the use of chelating agents such as EDTA to remove heavy metals from the body. While in conventional medicine, chelation therapy is used only to treat heavy metal poisoning, some alternative practitioners advocate the use of chelation therapy to treat coronary artery disease.

Chinese medicine

The group of philosophies embodied by Chinese medicine are, more accurately, referred to as Oriental Medicine with roots in many different Asian countries. This millennia-old Asian medical tradition works to bring balance to the body through acupuncture, massage, Eastern herbalism, diet; and lifestyle changes such as martial arts and meditation.

Chiropractic

Chiropractic is a popular form of alternative medicine in which the most commonly utilized intervention is spinal manipulation. Some chiropractors maintain that their spinal adjustments move vertebrae to release pressure on spinal nerves to improve health. "This care involves the adjustment of the spine and joints to influence the body’s nervous system and natural defense mechanisms to alleviate pain and improve general health. It is primarily used to treat back problems, headaches, nerve inflammation, muscle spasms, and other injuries and traumas."[2]

Christian Science

Christian Science is a small denomination that teaches that Christian healing as practiced by Jesus of Nazareth and his followers for several centuries after him, was in fact not a short-term dispensation to induce faith but had an underlying principle (specifically God) and method. While its practice is regarded within the denomination as incompatible with medical care, it also respects the philanthropy of the medical faculty and is uncondemningly non-compulsory. Resort to Christian Science may be private or involve the care of a Christian Science practitioner.

Complementary medicine

Complementary medicine refers to alternative treatments that are used alongside ("complementary to") conventional medicine, especially as palliative care.

 

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Diet-based therapy

Diet-based therapy uses a variety of diets in order to improve health and longevity, to control weight, as well as to treat specific health conditions like high cholesterol.

A survey released in May 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine focused on who used complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), what was used, and why it was used in the United States by adults age 18 years and over during 2002. According to this recent survey, Diet-based therapy as a form of CAM was to treat 3.5% of the adult population in the United States during 2002.[3]

Disease models

Disease models are how people who have studied diseases try to explain them.

Doctrine of Signatures

The Doctrine of Signatures was developed around 1500 and claims that a plant's physical appearance reveals its medical value. The Doctrine of Signatures is often associated with Western herbalism.

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Eclectic medicine

Eclectic medicine was a nineteenth-century system of medicine used in North America that treated diseases by the application of single herbal remedies to effect specific cures of certain signs and symptoms.

Energy therapies

Energy therapies is the name of a NCCAM[1] classification, for alternative treatments that involve the use of purported energy fields.

Exercise-based therapy

Exercise-based therapy uses a variety of traditional forms of physical exercise in order to improve health and longevity, to increase muscle mass, as well as to treat specific health conditions and to relieve stress.

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Flower essence therapy

Flower essence therapy is a sub-category of homeopathy which uses homeopathic dilutions of flowers. This practice was begun by Edward Bach with the Bach flower remedies but is now practiced much more widely, utilizing flowers all over the world. There are numerous makers of flower essences, using the flowers that are local to their region.

Folk medicine

Folk medicine is the collection of procedures traditionally used for treatment of illness and injury, aid to childbirth, and maintenance of wellness.

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Grahamism

Grahamism recommended hard mattresses, open bedroom windows, chastity, cold showers, loose clothing, pure water and vigorous exercise.

Green prescription

A green prescription is a card given by a doctor or nurse to a patient, with exercise and lifestyle goals written on it.

Group modalities

Group modalities are forms of CAM that an individual must seek out and perform with a group of like minded people.

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"Healing with Animals"

Healing with Animals is a documentary about healing relationships between animals and people.

Herbalism

Herbalism is the practice of making or prescribing herbal remedies for medical conditions.

Herbology

Herbology is the traditional Chinese medical practice of combining plants, minerals, and parts of animals for medical treatment.

Heroic medicine

Heroic medicine is any medicine or method of treatment that is aggressive or daring in a dangerously ill patient.

Holism

Holism is the study and advocacy of wholeness in health, science, politics, or any other area of life.

Homeopathy

Homeopathy is an alternative medical practice founded on similars. The underlying theory is that disease states are cured by remedies which produce, on a healthy person, similar effects to the symptoms of the patient's complaint. "For example, someone suffering from insomnia may be given a homeopathic dose of coffee. Administered in diluted form, homeopathic remedies are derived from many natural sources, including plants, metals, and minerals. Numbering in the thousands, these remedies have been used to treat a wide variety of ailments including seasonal allergies, asthma, influenza, headaches, and indigestion."[2]

Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy is the treatment of a symptom, disease, or addiction by means of hypnotism. Hypnosis is "an altered state of consciousness, it is characterized by increased responsiveness to suggestion. The hypnotic state is attained by first relaxing the body then shifting the client's attention toward a narrow range of objects or ideas as suggested by the hypnotist or hypnotheraptist. The procedure is used to access various levels of the mind to effect positive changes in a person's behavior and to treat numerous health conditions. For example, hypnosis has been used to lose weight, improve sleep, and reduce pain and stress."[2]

Hydrotherapy

Hydrotherapy is the external use of water in the medical treatment of disease.

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Index of articles on CAM

Integrative medicine

Integrative medicine, as defined by NCCAM[1], combines conventional medical treatments and CAM alternative treatments for which there is some high-quality scientific evidence of their safety and effectiveness.

The term Integrative Medicine has been attributed to Andrew Weil MD, but this phrase was actually coined by the Californian physician and author, Elson Haas MD.[4]

"Integrative medicine is the term being used for a new movement that is being driven by the desires of consumers but that is now getting the attention of many academic health centers. Importantly, integrative medicine is not synonymous with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). It has a far larger meaning and mission in that it calls for restoration of the focus of medicine on health and healing and emphasizes the centrality of the patient-physician relationship. In addition to providing the best conventional care, integrative medicine focuses on preventive maintenance of health by paying attention to all relative components of lifestyle, including diet, exercise, stress management, and emotional well-being. It insists on patients being active participants in their health care as well as on physicians viewing patients as whole persons—minds, community members, and spiritual beings, as well as physical bodies. Finally, it asks physicians to serve as guides, role models, and mentors, as well as dispensers of therapeutic aids."[5]

Intervention

Interventions are any attempt to modify a medical or health condition.

Iridology

Iridology is the study of the iris to determine health. (See also eyology and sclerology.)

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Jin Shin Jyutsu

Jin Shin Jyutsu is an ancient Japanese technique for energy healing, using deep breathing and the placement of one's hands on specific areas of the body, called Safety Energy Locks (or SELs). It was rediscovered in Japan in the early 1900's by Master Jiro Murai. He taught the techniques to Mary Burmeister in the late 1940s, who brought it to the US. [6]

Journaling

Journaling is a technique for reducing stress by writing about stressful events in your life.

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Kriya (Sudarshan Kriya)

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Life extension

Life extension is a movement the goal of which is to live longer through intervention, and to increase maximum lifespan or average lifespan, especially in mammals. Researchers of life extension are a subclass of biogerontologists known as "biomedical gerontologists". See also the List of life extension related topics.

Lifestyle

Lifestyle describes the particular attitudes, habits or behaviors associated with an individual.

Lifestyle diseases

Lifestyle diseases are diseases that appear to increase in frequency as countries become more industrialized and people live longer.

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Manipulative and body-based methods

Manipulative and body-based methods, is the precise name of a NCCAM[1] classification, for alternative treatments that are based on manipulation and/or movement of one or more parts of the body (See also Manipulative therapy).

Massage therapy

Massage therapy "involves pressing, rubbing, and otherwise manipulating muscles and other soft tissues of the body, causing them to relax and lengthen and allowing pain relieving oxygen and blood to flow to the affected area. Using their hands and sometimes feet, elbows, and forearms, massage therapists may use over 75 different methods, such as Swedish message, deep-tissue massage, neuromuscular massage, and manual lymph drainage. Massage is considered effective for relieving any type of pain in the body's soft tissue, including back, neck, and shoulder pain, headaches, bursitis, and tendonitis.[2]

Meditation

"Mental calmness and physical relaxation is achieved [with meditation] by suspending the stream of thoughts that normally occupy the mind. Generally performed once or twice a day for approximately 20 minutes at a time, meditation is used to reduce stress, alter hormone levels, and elevate one's mood, In addition, a person experienced in meditation can achieve a reduction in blood pressure, adrenaline levels, heart rate, and skin temperature."[2] Other forms of meditation work with focussing or distracting one's attention rather than "suspending the stream of thoughts".

Mind-body connection

The mind-body connection says that the causes, development, and outcomes of an illness are determined as much from the interaction of psychological and social factors as they are due to the biological factors of health.

Mind-body interventions

Mind-body interventions, is the precise name of a NCCAM classification, that coves a variety of techniques designed to enhance the mind's capacity to affect bodily function and symptoms.

Modality classifications

This is a classification by who is performing the CAM treatments.

  1. Professionalized

  2. Self-Care

  3. Group Performances

Moxa

Moxa is an herbal preparation of mugwort dried and rolled into a pole which resembles a cigar. It is not smoked, but used for warming regions on the body including acupuncture points. Use of moxa is called moxibustion. It is one of the techniques of traditional Chinese medicine.

N

Nature cure

Nature cure is the progenitor of naturopathy in Europe. It postulates that all disease is due to violations of nature's laws, and that true healing consists in a return to natural habits.

Natural health

Natural health is an eclectic self-care system of natural therapies that purports to build and restore health by working with the natural recuperative powers of the human body.

Natural hygiene

Natural hygiene is a variation of the nature cure. Its major practices are fasting, food combining, and a raw food diet.

Naturopathic medicine

Naturopathy is the eclectic practice of Naturopathic Doctors (N.D.) using many different natural therapies as treatment. The original method of treatment of Naturopathy was the water cure.

Natural therapy

Natural therapy is the treatment method used by advocates of natural health.

NCCAM classifications

NCCAM[1] has classified complementary and alternative therapies into five different categories, or domains.

  1. Alternative Medical Systems

  2. Mind-Body Intervention

  3. Biologically Based Therapy

  4. Manipulative and body-based methods

  5. Energy Therapy

O

Orthopathy

Orthopathy started in 1802 in the US and developed into the natural hygiene movement.

P

Physical education

Physical educators teach physical fitness and exercise.

Plum blossom

Plum blossom (Chinese medicine) is the name of both a tool (also called "Seven Star") and a technique in traditional Chinese medicine, as well as a metaphor used by several different Chinese martial arts.

Professionalized modalities

A professional used in this context is referring to a person engaging in a given activity as a source of livelihood or as a career. It is a provider-based therapy where someone who is knowledgeable about a specific alternative health therapy provides care or gives advice about its use. It refers to all doctor - patient relationships where the professional is functioning in the role of a doctor, whether licensed or not. The professional is providing some type of treatment or therapy which the patient cannot perform on themselves.

Progressive relaxation

"This therapy involves the successive tensing and relaxing of each of the 15 major muscle groups. Performed lying down, one generally begins with the head and progresses downward, tensing each muscle as tightly as possible for a count of 5 to 10 and then releasing it completely. often combined with deep breathing, progressive relaxations is particularly useful for reducing stress, relieving tension, and inducing sleep."[2]

Q

Qigong

Qigong is an increasingly popular exercise aspect of Chinese medicine. Qigong is mostly taught for health maintenance purposes, but there are also some who teach it, especially in China, for therapeutic interventions. There are hundreds of different schools, and it is also an adjunct training of many East Asian martial arts.

R

R-A Therapy

R-A Therapy an alternative cancer therapy utilizing natural substances that purports to induce re-differentiation and apopotosis in tumors so as to cause a reduction of cancer cell numbers or an elimination of aggregations of malignant cells [7].

Reiki

Reiki purports to be an energy healing therapy, which is claimed to help the body's ability to heal itself through the flow and focusing of healing energy (reiki means "ghostly energy"). During treatment, this healing energy is said to be channeled through the hands of a practitioner into the client's body to restore a normal energy balance and health. Energy healing therapy has been used to attempt treatment of a wide variety of ailments and health problems and is sometimes used in conjunction with other alternative and conventional medical treatments.[2]

S

Self-care modalities

Self-care modalities are forms of CAM that an individual can perform by themselves, even if they need to be trained to do so. These cover techniques that can be self-taught with the aid of books or instructional videos, or can be learned from an experienced practitioner. Although some initial training is needed, once these techniques are learned, you will need no additional outside assistance unless you want to improve your skills.

Sweat Therapy

Sweat therapy is the combination of group counseling/psychotherapy with group sweating. Group sweating is social interaction while experiencing psychophysiological responses to heat exposure. Group sweating has strong cultural validity as it has existed throughout the world for thousands of years to promote well-being. Examples include the Finnish Sauna, the Russian Bania, the American Indian Sweat Lodge Ceremony, the Islamic Hammam, the Japanese Mushi-Buro, and the African Sifutu. Sweat therapy has been found to accelerate and intensify counseling process. Sweating procedures are benficial for the prevention and treatment of some lung, heart, and skin problems. It promotes deeper sleep, pain relief, muscle relaxation, and has been helpful in treating insomnia and arthritis. It also promotes positive effects on feeling states.

T

Tantra

The word Tantra emphasizes a ritual connection with elements from an Indian cultural background. Tantric tradition uses sexual rituals for spiritual development.

Therapeutic nihilism

Therapeutic nihilism is skepticism regarding the therapeutic value of drugs or medical treatment voiced by physicians. The Hippocratic Oath exhorts doctors to avoid therapeutic nihilism.

Thomsonianism

A form of herbalism in use during the 19th century in the US.

Tibetan eye chart

A mandala-like chart used to improve eyesight through exercise.

Traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a system of health care which is based on the Chinese notion of harmony and balance inside the human body as well as harmony between the body and its outside environment.

Traditional Japanese medicine

Pre-Western Japanese medicine was strongly influenced by traditional Chinese medicine and is often seen as a sub-category of TCM. It includes the following practices:

U

Unani medicine

See Unani.

 

Uropathy

A specialized branch of alternative medicine, including any sort of oral or external application of urine for medicinal or cosmetic purposes, see urine therapy.

V

Visualization

Visualization, or guided imagery, "involves a series of relaxation techniques followed by the visualization of detailed images, usually calm and peaceful in nature. If used for treatment, the client may visualize his/her body as healthy, strong, and free of the specific problem or condition. Sessions, conducted in groups or one-on-one, are typically 20-30 minutes and may be practiced several times a week. Guided imagery has been advocated for a number of chronic conditions, including headaches, stress, high blood pressure, and anxiety."[2]

W

Wellness

Wellness has been used in CAM contexts since Halbert Dunn began using the phrase "high level wellness" in the 1950s, based on a series of lectures at a Unitarian Universalist Church in Arlington, VA.[8] Wellness is generally used to mean a healthy balance of the mind-body and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being.

Wholeness

Wholeness has come to connote more than mere completeness or fullness. It implies a reality, system or truth in which all parts or aspects are present in right and healthy relationship with each other.

This right relationship—or synergy—is a major factor in the whole being "greater than the sum or its parts". From the perspective of preferential wholeness, a healthy person is more whole than an ill or injured one, and curing or fixing them is central to their healing. In contrast, from the perspective of existential wholeness, illness and injury are part of the larger wholeness of life, and real healing would entail appreciation and positive engagement with illness and injury as well as wellness.[citation needed]

X

Y

 Yoga

Yoga is a diverse and ancient East Indian practise. There are many different styles and schools of yoga. It is generally a combination of breathing exercises, physical postures, and meditation, that calms the nervous system and balances body, mind, and spirit. It is thought to prevent specific diseases and maladies by relaxing the body, deepening respiration and calming the mind. Yoga has been used to lower blood pressure, reduce stress, and improve flexibility, concentration, sleep, and digestion. It has also been used as supplementary therapy for such diverse conditions as cancer, diabetes, asthma, and AIDS.

Z

Notes and references

  1. U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. What is CAM?

  2. Barnes, Patricia; Eve Powell-Griner; Kim McFann; Richard L. Nahin (2004). "Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults: United States, 2002 (PDF)". available online Centers for Disease Control.

  3. Barnes, Patricia, et al., p. 8, table 1

  4. Staying Healthy with Dr. Elson Haas, Dr. Elson Haas.available online

  5. Snyderman R, Weil AT. Integrative medicine: bringing medicine back to its roots. Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:395–397. PMID 11863470.

  6. Jin Shin Jyutsu, Inc. available online

  7. The Scientific Basis of R-A Therapy

  8. HIGH-LEVEL WELLNESS FOR MAN AND SOCIETY, Halbert L. Dunn. M.D., Ph.D., F.A.P.H.A.available online

List of branches of alternative medicine

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List of famous people in alternative medicine

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  • Edward Bach - founder of flower essence therapy and the Bach flower remedies.

  • Juliette de Bairacli Levy - renowned for her skill in veterinary herbalism.

  • William Horatio Bates - founder of the Bates Method alternative approach to eyesight improvement.

  • Paul Bragg - known for the Bragg Health Crusades, the Bragg Healthy Lifestyle, deep breathing, water fasts, organic foods, drinking water, juicing, exercise and listening to one's body.

  • Emanuel Bronner - aka "Dr. Bronner," master soap-maker known for eccentric messages on labels for natural soaps and other health products.

C

  • Charaka - is one of the founders of Ayurveda.

  • Mantak Chia - claimed healer and author of books on "Taoist sexuality".

  • Hulda Regehr Clark - wrote a series of books including The Cure for all Diseases, advocating extreme dietary practices and "zapping" of parasites.

  • Dr. Deepak Chopra - Endocrinologist and Ayurvedic Medicine Practitioner, who writes popular books on health and spirituality.

  • Nicholas Culpeper - an English physician of the early 17th century who left to future generations a rich store of pharmaceutical and herbal knowledge.

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  • Mary Baker Eddy - founder of Christian Science and its readvocacy of Christian healing, thereby also reawakening 20th-century interest in the subject in more mainstream denominations as well as in certain more unrestrictive New Age offshoots.

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Traditional Chinese medicine

See also

Footnotes

  1. "It could be said that the theory of the 5 Elements, and its application to medicine, marks the beginning of what one might call 'scientific' medicine and a departure from Shamanism. No longer do healers look for a supernatural cause of disease: they now observe Nature and, with a combination of the inductive and deductive method, the set out to find patterns within it and, by extension, apply these in the interpretation of disease" - from an introductory textbook used by many acupuncture courses - Maciocia, Giovanni (1989). The Foundations of Chinese Medicine. Churchill Livingstone, p.16. ISBN 0-443-03980-1. 

  2. Needham, Joseph; Lu Gwei-Djen (1980). Celestial Lancets. Cambridge University Press, pp.69-170, 262-302. ISBN 0-521-21513-7. 

  3. Needham et al[1980], p. 296

  4. http://www.pacificcollege.edu/alumni/newsletters/winter2004/damp_warmth.html

  5. Maciocia, Giovanni (1989). The Foundations of Chinese Medicine. Churchill Livingstone. 

  6. Kaptchuk, Ted (2000). Chinese Medicine: The Web That Has No Weaver, 2nd. 

  7. Bensky, Clavey and Stoger (2004). Chinese Herbal Medicine Material Medica (3rd Edition). Eastland Press. 

References

  • Chang, Stephen T. The Great Tao; Tao Longevity; ISBN 0-942196-01-5 Stephen T. Chang

  • Kaptchuck, Ted J., The Web That Has No Weaver; Congdon & Weed; ISBN 0-8092-2933-1Z

  • Jin, Guanyuan, Xiang, Jia-Jia and Jin, Lei: Clinical Reflexology of Acupuncture and Moxibustion; Beijing Science and Technology Press, Beijing, 2004. ISBN 7-5304-2862-4

  • Maciocia, Giovanni, The Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text for Acupuncturists and Herbalists; Churchill Livingstone; ISBN 0-443-03980-1

  • Ni, Mao-Shing, The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine : A New Translation of the Neijing Suwen with Commentary; Shambhala, 1995; ISBN 1-57062-080-6

  • Holland, Alex Voices of Qi: An Introductory Guide to Traditional Chinese Medicine; North Atlantic Books, 2000; ISBN 1-55643-326-3

  • Unschuld, Paul U., Medicine in China: A History of Ideas; University of California Press, 1985; ISBN 0-520-05023-1

  • Scheid, Volker, Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China: Plurality and Synthesis; Duke University Press, 2002; ISBN 0822328577

  • Qu, Jiecheng, When Chinese Medicine Meets Western Medicine - History and Ideas (in Chinese); Joint Publishing (H.K.), 2004; ISBN 962-04-2336-4

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  • Benowitz, Neal L. (2000) Review of adverse reaction reports involving ephedrine-containing herbal products. Submitted to U.S. Food and Drug Administration. January 17.

  • Porkert, Manfred The Theoretical Foundations of Chinese Medicine MIT Press, 1974 ISBN 0-262-16058-7

  • Hongyi, L., Hua, T., Jiming, H., Lianxin, C., Nai, L., Weiya, X., Wentao, M. (2003) Perivascular Space: Possible anatomical substrate for the meridian. Journal of Complimentary and Alternative Medicine. 9:6 (2003) pp851-859

External links

Schools of Traditional Chinese Medicine

  • Midwest College of Oriental Medicine - offers a combined Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Master's in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), acupuncture certification, and a new doctoral program.

 

Traditional medicine

 

V

Vitalism

References

  1. Merriam-Webster definition

  2. Inagaki K, Hatano G (2004) Vitalistic causality in young children's naive biology. Trends Cogn Sci 2004 8:356-62 PMID 15335462

  3. e.g. Zarrilli PB. (1989) Three bodies of practice in a traditional South Indian martial art. Soc Sci Med 28:1289-309. PMID 2660283, Noll R (1989) What has really been learned about shamanism? J Psychoactive Drugs 21:47-50 PMID 2656952 and Merchant J. (2006) The developmental/emergent model of archetype, its implications and its application to shamanism. J Anal Psychol51:125-44 PMID 16451325

  4. "Other writers (eg, Peterfreund, 1971) simply use the term vitalism as a pejorative label." in Galatzer-Levy,RM (1976) Psychic Energy, A Historical Perspective Ann Psychoanal 4:41-61 [1]

  5. Mayr E (2002) The Walter Arndt Lecture: The Autonomy of Biology, adapted for the internet, on [2]

  6. (Best M, Neuhauser D, Slavin L (2003) Evaluating Mesmerism, Paris, 1784: the controversy over the blinded placebo controlled trials has not stopped. Qual Saf Health Care 12:232-3 PMID 12792017 [3]

  7. Vitalism. Bechtel W, Richardson RC (1998). Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. E. Craig (Ed.), London: Routledge.

  8. See Schummerr J (2003) The notion of nature in chemistry. Stud Hist Phil Sci 34:705-736 for this account within an extensive review on vitalist notions in the foundations of chemistry [4]

  9. Vitalism and Synthesis of Urea

  10. Cited by Schummerr J, op cit, [5]

  11. The Real Death of Vitalism: Implications of the Wöhler Myth

  12. See Warren HC (1918) Mechanism Versus Vitalism, in the Domain of Psychology Phil Rev27:597-615 [6] and Elkus SA (1911) Mechanism and Vitalism J Phil Psych Sci Meth 8: 355-8 [7] for examples of this debate within psychology

  13. See for example standard cognitive neuroscience textbooks such as Gazzaniga M, Ivry, R and Mangun, G (2002) Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind, 2nd Ed. New York, New York W.W. Norton ISBN 978-0393977776 or Ward J. (2006) The Student's Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience London, UK Psychology Press 978-1841695341

  14. Some Effects of Disconnecting the Cerebral Hemispheres, Roger W. Sperry, Nobel Lecture, 8 December 1981]

  15. Hazards of “Emergentism” in Psychology, Roger K. Thomas, Ph.D.

  16. [8]

  17. Rubik, Bioenergetic Medicines, American Medical Student Association Foundation, http://www.amsa.org/ICAM/C6.doc>

  18. "The Meanings of Innate," Joseph C. Keating, Jr., PhD, J Can Chiropr Assoc 2002; 46(1)

  19. See United States Patent 6016450, "Method and apparatus for stimulating the healing of living tissue using aura therapy" [9]

  20. The Anthroposophical Society in America; website [10]

  21. See Berg EL, Kunkel EJ, Hytopoulos E. (2005) Biological complexity and drug discovery: a practical systems biology approach. Syst Biol 152:201-6 PMID 16986261 and see Schultz SG. (1998) A century of (epithelial) transport physiology: from vitalism to molecular cloning. Am J Physiol. 274:C13-23. PMID 9458708 This also contains the following account, relating to the pejorative nature of vitalism as an epithet.

    Reid had clearly and, to the best of my knowledge, for the first time unambiguously demonstrated and recognized "active transport" by an in vitro preparation; that is, the flow of matter in the absence of an external (conjugate) driving force that was dependent upon a source of metabolic energy!

    ...However, what should have been a clarion call heralding a major conceptual breakthrough in epithelial biology turned out to be barely a whimper. ...

    Why? Could it be because he used the phrase "vital force" to describe his observations, a phrase that was perhaps the naughtiest in the naturalist's lexicon during that era?

  22.  e.g. see Gilbert SF, Sarkar S. (2000) Embracing complexity: organicism for the 21st century. Dev Dyn 219:1-9 for explicit discussion of relationship to vitalism. PMID 10974666

  23. See "Emergent Properties" in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. online at [11] for explicit discussion; briefly, some philosophers see emergentism as midway between traditional spiritual vitalism and mechanistic reductionism; others argue that, structurally, emergentism is equivalent to vitalism. See also Emmeche C (2001) Does a robot have an Umwelt? Semiotica 134: 653-693 [12]

  24. Kirschner M, Gerhart J, Mitchison T (2000) Molecular "vitalism" Cell 100:79-88 PMID 10647933

  25. Emmeche C (1997) EXPLAINING EMERGENCE:towards an ontology of levels. Journal for General Philosophy of Science available online Crick F (1967) Of Molecules and Men; Great Minds Series Prometheus Books 2004, reviewed in [13]. Crick's remark is cited and discussed in: Hein H (2004) Molecular biology vs. organicism: The enduring dispute between mechanism and vitalism. Synthese 20:238-253, who describes Crick's remark as "raising spectral red herrings."

  26. Pseudoscience and Postmodernism: Antagonists or Fellow-Travelers?

  27. Dennett, Daniel C., 1996, Kinds of Minds: Toward an Understanding of Consciousness, BasicBooks.

  28. Joseph C. Keating, Jr., PhD: Biographical sketch

  29. Williams.W. (2000) The Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. From Alien Abductions to Zone Therapy. Facts on File inc. Contributors: Drs D.Conway, L.Dalton, R.Dolby, R.Duval, H.Farrell, J.Frazier, J.McMillan, J.Melton, T.O'Niell, R.Shepherd, S.Utley, W.Williams. ISBN 0-8160-3351-X

  30. Victor J. Stenger's site

  31. Stenger.V.J., (1999) The Physics of 'Alternative Medicine': Bioenergetic Fields. The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine, Spring/Summer 1999 Volume 3 ~ Number 1

  32. Stefanatos, J. 1997, 'Introduction to Bioenergetic Medicine', Shoen, A.M and S.G. Wynn, Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine: Principles and Practices, Mosby-Yearbook, Chicago.

  33. Biley, Francis, C. 2005, Unitary Health Care: Martha Rogers' Science of Unitary Human Beings, University of Wales College of Medicine, viewed 30 November 2006, [14]

See also

External links

  • The Meanings of Innate - Joseph C. Keating, Jr., Ph.D., Litt.D.(hon). Article examining the role of vitalism in chiropractic.

 

More Alternative medicine

 

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Acupressure

References

  1. Felix Mann: "...acupuncture points are no more real than the black spots that a drunkard sees in front of his eyes." (Mann F. Reinventing Acupuncture: A New Concept of Ancient Medicine. Butterworth Heinemann, London, 1996,14.) Quoted by Matthew Bauer in Chinese Medicine Times, Vol 1 Issue 4 - Aug 2006, "The Final Days of Traditional Beliefs? - Part One"

  2. Kaptchuk, 1983, pp. 34-35

  3. "Despite considerable efforts to understand the anatomy and physiology of the "acupuncture points", the definition and characterization of these points remains controversial. Even more elusive is the basis of some of the key traditional Eastern medical concepts such as the circulation of Qi, the meridian system, and the five phases theory, which are difficult to reconcile with contemporary biomedical information but continue to play an important role in the evaluation of patients and the formulation of treatment in acupuncture." Acupuncture. National Institutes of Health: Consensus Development Conference Statement, November 3-5, 1997. Available online at consensus.nih.gov/1997/1997Acupuncture107html.htm. Retrieved 30 January 2007.

  4. Pariente J, Lewith GT; White PJ (Sep 2005). "[http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/2/3/315 Investigating acupuncture using brain imaging techniques: the current state of play.]". Evid Based Complement Alternat Med - Oxford University Press 2 (3). PMID 16136210. Retrieved on 2007-03-06. 

External links

Acupuncture

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  9. Kaptchuk, 1983, pp. 34-35

  10. "Despite considerable efforts to understand the anatomy and physiology of the "acupuncture points", the definition and characterization of these points remains controversial. Even more elusive is the basis of some of the key traditional Eastern medical concepts such as the circulation of Qi, the meridian system, and the five phases theory, which are difficult to reconcile with contemporary biomedical information but continue to play an important role in the evaluation of patients and the formulation of treatment in acupuncture." Acupuncture. National Institutes of Health: Consensus Development Conference Statement, November 3-5, 1997. Available online at consensus.nih.gov/1997/1997Acupuncture107html.htm. Retrieved 30 January 2007.

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  12. Felix Mann, quoted by Matthew Bauer in Chinese Medicine Times, vol 1 issue 4, Aug. 2006, "The Final Days of Traditional Beliefs? - Part One"

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  14. Skeptic's Dictionary on acupuncture.

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  • trans by Wolfe, H.L. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Acupuncture and its related modalities. Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, August/September 2005. (translation of article from issue 8, 2001 Zhong Guo Zhen Jiu (Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion)

  • Abusaisha, B.B., Constanzi, J.B., Boulton, A.J.M. Acupuncture for the treatment of chronic painful diabetic neuropathy: a long term study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 39:115-121, 1998

  • Altshul, Sara. "Incontinence: Finally, Relief That Works." Prevention December 2005: 33. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. 30 January 2006 <http://search.epnet.com/>

  • Bosia, I., Deluze, C., Zirbs, A. Electroacupuncture in fibromyalgia: results of a controlled trial. BMJ 1992 21 November: 305 (6864): 1249-52

  • Cademartori, Lorraine. "Facing the Point." Forbes October 2005: 85. Academic Search

  • Chen, J.D.Z., Ouyang, H. Review article: therapeutic roles of acupuncture in functional gastrointestinal disorders. Aliment Pharmacol Therapy 2004; 20:831-841

  • Cheng Xinnong, chief editor. Chinese Acupuncture And Moxibustion. Foreign Languages Press: Beijing, 1987. ISBN 7-119-00378-X

  • Helms, J.M. Acupuncture for the Treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhea. Obstet Gynecology 1987; 69:51-56

  • Jin, Guanyuan, Xiang, Jia-Jia and Jin, Lei: Clinical Reflexology of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Chinese). Beijing Science and Technology Press, Beijing, 2004. ISBN 7-5304-2862-4

  • Jin, Guan-Yuan, Jin, Jia-Jia X. and Jin, Louis L.: Contemporary Medical Acupuncture - A Systems Approach (English). Springer, USA & Higher Education Press, PRC, 2006. ISBN 7-04-019257-8

  • Kaptchuk, Ted. The Web That Has No Weaver. Congdon and Weed, (1983) ISBN 0-86553-109-9

  • Premier. EBSCO. 30 January 2006 <http://search.epnet.com/>

  • "History of Acupuncture in China." Acupuncture Care. 2 February 2006 <http://www.acupuncturecare.com/acupunct.htm>

  • Howard, Cori. "An Ancient Helper for Making a Baby." Maclean’s 23 January 2006: 40. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. 30 January 2006 <http://search.epnet.com/>

  • "Is Acupuncture Safe?" Brian Carter, MS, L.Ac.

  • Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council, Minister’s Referral Letter January 18, 2006 – Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) <http://www.hprac.org/english/projects.asp> 20 March 2006

  • Porkert, Manfred "The Theoretical Foundations of Chinese Medicine" MIT Press, 1974 ISBN 0-262-16058-7

Central Nervous Pathway for Acupuncture Stimulation: Localization of Processing with Functional MR Imaging of the Brain—Preliminary Experience1 Ming-Ting Wu, MD, Jen-Chuen Hsieh, MD, PhD, Jing Xiong, MD, Chien-Fang Yang, MD, Huay-Ban Pan, MD, Yin-Ching Iris Chen, PhD, Guochuan Tsai, MD, PhD, Bruce R. Rosen, MD, PhD and Kenneth K. Kwong, PhD

See also

External links

Acupuncture at the Open Directory Project

Acupuncture point

References

  1. Felix Mann: "...acupuncture points are no more real than the black spots that a drunkard sees in front of his eyes." (Mann F. Reinventing Acupuncture: A New Concept of Ancient Medicine. Butterworth Heinemann, London, 1996,14.) Quoted by Matthew Bauer in Chinese Medicine Times, Vol 1 Issue 4 - Aug 2006, "The Final Days of Traditional Beliefs? - Part One"

  2. Kaptchuk, 1983, pp. 34-35

  3. "Despite considerable efforts to understand the anatomy and physiology of the "acupuncture points", the definition and characterization of these points remains controversial. Even more elusive is the basis of some of the key traditional Eastern medical concepts such as the circulation of Qi, the meridian system, and the five phases theory, which are difficult to reconcile with contemporary biomedical information but continue to play an important role in the evaluation of patients and the formulation of treatment in acupuncture." Acupuncture. National Institutes of Health: Consensus Development Conference Statement, November 3-5, 1997. Available online at consensus.nih.gov/1997/1997Acupuncture107html.htm. Retrieved 30 January 2007.

  4. Pariente J, Lewith GT; White PJ (Sep 2005). "[http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/2/3/315 Investigating acupuncture using brain imaging techniques: the current state of play.]". Evid Based Complement Alternat Med - Oxford University Press 2 (3). PMID 16136210. Retrieved on 2007-03-06. 

  5. The Complete Guide to Sensible Eating: Third Edition, by Gary Null, ISBN 1-888363-61-4.

  6. Cited from an excerpt from Acupressure's Potent Points by Michael Reed Gach, Ph. D.

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See also

External links

Adaptogen

Notes

  1.  Winston, David & Maimes, Steven. “Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief,” Healing Arts Press, 2007.

  2. [1]Robyn Klein."Allostasis Theory and Adaptogenic Plant Remedies" 2004

  3. Saleeby, J. P. "Wonder Herbs: A Guide to Three Adaptogens", Xlibris, 2006. (Three chapters on adaptogens Rhodiola rosea, Eleuthero & Jiaogulan.)

  4. Hobbs, Christopher "Medicinal mushrooms: The history, chemistry, pharmacology and folk uses for modern times" Botanica Press, 1987.

  5. http://www.minnesotamushrooms.org/news/2005/04/chaga.php

  6. Panossian, Alexander G., 2003. Adaptogens: a historical overview and perspective. Natural Pharmacy, 7(4), 1, 19- 20.

  7. [2]Robyn Klein Masters Thesis Paper, May 2004, Montana State University, Dept Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology: Phylogenetic and phytochemical characteristics of plant species with adaptogenic properties

  8. Bouic, Patrick J.D., 2002. Sterols and sterolins: new drugs for the immune system? Drug Discovery Today, 7(14), 775-778

  9. Panossian, Alexander G., 2003. Adaptogens: a historical overview and perspective. Natural Pharmacy, 7(4), 1, 19- 20.

  10. [3]Robyn Klein Masters Thesis Paper, May 2004, Montana State University, Dept Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology: Phylogenetic and phytochemical characteristics of plant species with adaptogenic properties

Further Reading

  • David Winston & Steven Maimes. “Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief,” Healing Arts Press, 2007. The definitive guide to adaptogenic herbs. Includes overview, history, actions, health benefits, 21 monographs; and chapters on adaptogens as food and adaptogens for animals.

 

 

Allopathic medicine

 

See also

References

  1. Stedman's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 27th edition (2000).

  2. The online edition of the Compact Oxford English Dictionary (2006).

  3. The Oxford English Dictionary

  4. The Oxford English Dictionary, online edition (2006).

  5. Steadman's Medical Dictionary, 5th edition (2005).

  6. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 26th ed.(2003).

  7. Tabor's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (2001).

  8. James C. Whorton. Nature Cures: The History of Alternative Medicine in America.

External links

 

American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

AACOM's official website

American Osteopathic Association

R.W. Schery. Plants of Man.  Cited in Plants for a Future:Phellodendron amurense

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Anthroposophical Medicine

Apitherapy

 

http://www.atlasorthogonality.com
http://www.atlasorthogonal.info
http://www.atlasorthogonal.com.au
http://www.upcspine.com
http://www.atlasvertebra.com
http://www.aucco.org/
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  • Jim Chalmers. 'Auriculotherapy: Modern ear acupuncture' Auriculotherapy.info (VAS Quote. Permission given)

  • Frank BL and Soliman, N. 'Auricular Therapy: A Comprehensive Text' Authorhouse, Bloomington, Indiana,2005.

References

  1. Rubach, Axel (2001). Principles of Ear Acupuncture. Thieme. 

External links

 

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BDORT

References

  1. US patent 5188107, "Bi-digital O-ring test for imaging and diagnosis of internal organs of a patient", granted 1993-02-23 

  2. Medical Practitioner's Disciplinary Tribunal of New Zealand characterization of BDORT as a form of Applied Kinesiology, paragraphs 305, 306, et alia

  3. Medical Practitioner's Disciplinary Tribunal of New Zealand characterization of BDORT as subjective, paragraphs 61, 318, 331 et alia

  4. International College of Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics, Omura's US site

  5. Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal of New Zealand findings in re Richard Gorringe and the PMRT/Bi-Digital O-Ring Test

  6. Disciplinary Actions against Dr. Richard Gorringe.

  7. 2004 NZT Report on Richard Gorringe.

  8. CV/Biography of Dr. Yoshiaki Omura at Omura's Japanese site

  9. Omura Japanese site description of BDORT

  10. Pull my finger! - BI-DIGITAL O-RING TEST FOR IMAGING AND DIAGNOSIS OF INTERNAL ORGANS OF A PATIENT. Brown & Michaels PC. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.

  11. Yoshiaki Omura's description of patent quest at his Japanese site

  12. Omura abstract

  13. Omura's Japanese web site capsule description of BDORT applications

  14. BDORT 18th Symposium

  15. BDORT 19th Symposium

  16. Omura seminar article by Dominic Lu, DDS, presenting diagnosis by Omura via BDORT via telephone

  17. Omura Selective Drug Uptake and CV

  18. Abstract of Omura paper in Acupuncture Electrotherapeutics Resonance

  19. US patent application 2005278006, Special Solar Energy Stored Papers and Their Application

  20. Abstract of Omura's observations on psychic healing and psychic surgery in Brazil as published in his journal, Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research, The International Journal

  21. 2003 NZ Tribunal Findings, Paragraph 363 (Note that the Tribunal uses the terms PMRT and BDORT interchangeably, characterizing both as a form of Applied Kinesiology, cf Paragraphs 100, 280, 290, 297, 305, 306, et alia)

  22. New York State Education Department Listing of Registered Programs for Certification in Acupuncture

  23. Omura's US site, with reference to seminars and content

External links

 

Bach flower remedies

 

Balneotherapy

 

Bates method

References

  1. Quackenbush, Thomas. R. (2000). Better Eyesight The complete magazines of William H. Bates. North Atlantic Books, page 643. ISBN 1-55643-351-4. 

  2. Rawstron JA, Burley CD, Elder MJ (2005). "A systematic review of the applicability and efficacy of eye exercises.". J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 42 (2): 82-8. 

  3. Robyn E. Bradley. "ADVOCATES SEE ONLY BENEFITS FROM EYE EXERCISES", The Boston Globe (MA), September 23, 2003. 

  4. William Bates. Better eyesight without glasses, Chapter 10.

  5. William Bates. Better eyesight without glasses, Chapter 6.

  6. William Bates. Better eyesight without glasses, Chapter 4.

  7. William Bates. Better eyesight without glasses, Chapter 7.

  8. http://www.iblindness.org/articles/gottlieb-psych/ch2.html

  9. Preslan M, Cioffi G, Min Y. "Refractive error changes following strabismus surgery.". J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 29 (5): 300-4. PMID 1432517. 

  10. Steven M. Beresford, David W. Muris, Merril J. Allen, Francis A. Young. Improve Your Vision Without Glasses Or Contact Lenses : A New Program Of Therapeutic Eye Exercises ( Page 36 and 37 ). Fireside, Inc; 1996. ISBN 0-684-81438-2.

  11. William Bates. Better eyesight without glasses, Chapter 8.

  12. William Bates. Better eyesight without glasses, Chapter 24.

  13. http://www.seeing.org/intro/faq/faq05.htm

  14. Gardner, Martin (1957). Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science. Reprint: Courier Dover.  http://www.batesmethodstore.com/books/#corbett Cobett's 'Help yourself to better sight'.

  15. Pollack P. The Truth about Eye Exercises. Philadelphia: Chilton Co., 1956, Chapter 3. available online

  16. Kavale K, Mattson P.D. "One Jumped Off The Balance Beam": Meta-analysis of Perceptual-motor Training. Journal of Learning Disabilities 16:165-174, 1983.

  17. Keogh BK and Pelland, M. Vision training revisited. Journal of Learning Disabilities 18:228-235, 1985.

  18. Koller H. Is vision therapy quackery? Review of Ophthalmology March:38-49, 1998

  19. "Disclaimer http://www.visionsofjoy.org/disclaimer.htm William Bates. Better eyesight without glasses, Chapter 17.

  20. Thomas R. Quackenbush Relearning to See ( Page 229 ). North Atlantic Books ISBN 1-55643-205-4

  21. Lifestyle causes myopia, not genes (8th July 2004).

  22. Jiang BC, Schatz S, Seger K. (2005). "Myopic progression and dark focus variation in optometric students during the first academic year.". Clin Exp Optom. 88 (3): 153-9. 

  23. Janet Goodrich. Natural Vision Improvement. Greenhouse Publications, 1986. ISBN 0-89087-471-9

  24. Online Books. Imagination Blindness.

  25. Russell S. Worrall OD, Jacob Nevyas PhD, Stephen Barrett MD. Eye-Related Quackery. Quackwatch. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.

  26. Rob Murphy, Marilyn Haddrill. The See Clearly Method: Do Eye Exercises Improve Vision?.

  27. Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc.. Compliance with Iowa court order (Word document). Electronic Retailing Association..

  28. Visions of Joy. Reaction to this court order by the natural vision improvement movement..

See also

External links

Free online books and articles by Bates

Sites promoting the Bates Method or eye exercises

Sites critical of the Bates Method

 

Beet

 

Biochemic cell salts

References

  1. Dr. Schüssler's Cell Salts. Homeo Info. Retrieved on 20 December 2006.

  2. The Theory of Schüssler's Biochemic Method. Hpathy e-zine. Retrieved on 19 December 2006.

  3. History of the Tissue Remedies. Hpathy e-zine. Retrieved on 19 December 2006.

Link to Dr. Schüssler's cell salt information which he called "Biochemistry". [1]

"Cell Salt Therapy." Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006. 19 Aug, 2006 [2]

 

Biofeedback

Notes and references

  1. http://www.emaxhealth.com/106/5912.html

  2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4387089,00.html

  3. Harvard Gazette

  4. http://www.kontinuita.com

  5. http://www.scope-art.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=102&Itemid=206

  6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16385424&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum

  7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16343769&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum

  8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16118616&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum

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  11. http://www.athealth.com/Practitioner/particles/Guest_CoopersteinMA.html

  12. http://www.add.org/help/faqs.html#7

  13. http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZXL1ITXSC&sub_cat=21

External links

 

 

Blood electrification

 

Body cleansing

References

  1. Elson M. Haas, M.D. General Detoxification and Cleansing. Retrieved on 2007-05-19.

  2. Berg, Francis. "Detoxification" with Pills and Fasting. Quackwatch. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.

 

Official Homepage of the International Council of PsychoCorporal Integration Trainers (ICPIT)

 

Bodywork (alternative medicine)

American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia

 

Botánica

References and Notes

  1. [1]"The Botánica as a Culturally Appropriate Health Care Option for Latinos" by Alfredo Gomez-Beloz Ph.D., M.P.H.,1 and Noel Chavez Ph.D., R.D., L.D.2, The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Vol. 7, No. 5, 2005

  2. [2]New York University: Botánicas: Globalization of Religion through Commodity

  3. Similar stores in Brazil and the French Caribbean are called by different terms cognate with "botánica" and "hierberia". All these businesses have some parallels with shops specializing in traditional Chinese medicine and similar practices from outsides the Americas. The specifics, however, are very different.

  4. [3] Botanica Obatala y Shango (Profile No.2), Research conducted by Aylen Fonseca, Monroe Community College / Harvard Pluralism Project

  5. [4] "Caribbean braces for hurricane season" by Yanik Delvigne, New York Times Saturday, May 31, 2003

  6. [5] An example in New Orleans, Louisiana

 

Bowen Technique

 

See also

Notes

  1. The Official Brain Gym Web Site – FAQ, accessed 2006-09-30

  2. Goldacre, Ben. "Work out your mind", The Guardian, June 13, 2003.

  3. Goldacre, Ben. "Brain Gym exercises do pupils no favours", The Guardian, March 18, 2006.

  4. Goldacre, Ben. "Exercise the brain without this transparent nonsense", The Guardian, March 25, 2006.

  5. Beadle, Philip. "Keep your pupils stretched and watered", The Guardian, June 13, 2006.

  6. Neuroscience and Education: Issues and Opportunities at the ESRC's Teaching and Learning Research Programme website

Further reading

 

See also

Notes

  1. For the recent review see Fingelkurts An.A., Fingelkurts Al.A., Kähkönen S. Functional connectivity in the brain – is it an elusive concept? Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 2005, 28(8):827-836). As the authors have stated, "the functional brain connectivity has become one of the most influential concepts in modern cognitive neuroscience, especially given the current shift in emphasis from studies of functional segregation to studies of functional integration."

  2. The Clinical Guide to Light and Sound, Thomas Budzynski, Ph.D.

External links

Breema

 

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Notes

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  2. Bowler SD, Green A, Mitchell CA. Buteyko breathing techniques in asthma: a blinded randomised controlled trial. Med J Aust. 1998;169(11-12):575-8. PMID 9887897. Free full text

  3. Bowler S, Green A, Mitchell C (Dec 7-21 1998). "Buteyko breathing techniques in asthma: a blinded randomised controlled trial.". Med J Aust 169 (11-12): 575-8. PMID 9887897. 

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  5. McHugh P, Aitcheson F, Duncan B, Houghton F (2003). "Buteyko Breathing Technique for asthma: an effective intervention.". N Z Med J 116 (1187): U710. PMID 14752538. 

  6. Kazarinov VA (1990). "[The biochemical basis of KP Buteyko's theory of the diseases of deep respiration]", in Ed. Buteyko KP: [Buteyko Method: The experience of implementation in medical practice] (Translation from Russian), Moscow: Patriot Press, 198-218. 

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Calmlink is a biofeedback software for Windows, was designed to run with GSR2 and GSR2/TempX2 devices. Calmlink works in Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP. The main requirement for PC connectivity is a SoundBlaster compatible sound card. The GSR2 unit connects to a computer's sound card via the Microphone input jack.

References

 

 

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  14. http://nccam.nih.gov/news/2002/chelation/q-and-a.htm ^

  15. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1998/12/acam.htm

  16. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11798370&dopt=Abstract

  17. http://www.acam.org/press_releases/20020814.htm

  18. http://www.holisticonline.com/Chelation/chel_side_effects.htm

  19. http://www.holisticonline.com/Chelation/chel_safety.htm

  20. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06006/633541.stm

  21. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06018/639721.stm

External links

  • garynull.com "Chelation Therapy: The Controversial Medical Marvel" by Gary Null, Ph.D. and Luanne Pennesi, RN, BSN (extensively researched study with 50 citations) Accessed May 26, 2007

  • Your-Doctor.com - 'Quack Therapies: Chelation Therapy' (discusses use of chelation therapy in conventional medicine and the hazards of chelation therapy by alternative practitioners)

  • Quackwatch "Chelation Therapy: Unproven Claims and Unsound Theories" by Sam Green

  • GenerationRescue.org - Parent-led advocacy group promoting use of chelation therapy as a cure for autism

  • Gordon Research Garry Gordon, father of chelation therapy's web site for doctors.

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External links

General resources

Internal criticism

Samuel Homola DC, a notable and outspoken dissident within the profession, expresses his opinion that evidence-based chiropractic is the only way forward.

This book, published in 1964, contains trenchant criticism of the profession, and the following year Homola's application to renew his membership of the ACA was rejected. In 1991, David J. Redding, chairman of the ACA board of governors, welcomed Homola back to membership of the ACA, and in 1994, 30 years after its publication, the book was reviewed for the first time by a chiropractic journal. [11]

JC Smith, a chiropractor in private practice, writes in 1999 that ethical issues are "in dire need of debate" because of "years of intense medical misinformation/slander" and because of well publicised examples of tacky advertising, outlandish claims, sensationalism and insurance fraud.

Joseph C. Keating, Jr, PhD, professor at the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic and notable historian of chiropractic, warns of pseudoscientific notions that still persist in the mindsets of some chiropractors

Dr Keating critically distinguishes between sound and unsound arguments in support of chiropractic

Christopher Kent, DC president of the Council on Chiropractic Practice, advises his colleagues of the importance of high standards of evidence, noting that in the past chiropractors were too ready to accept anecdotal evidence

A 1992 letter from ACA attorney, George P. McAndrews, warns the chiropractic profession that advertising of scare tactic subluxation philosophy damages the newly won respect within the AMA.

A 1991 editorial from chiropractic trade magazine, Dynamic Chiropractic, where Joseph C. Keating Jr discusses his concerns for advertising products before they are scientifically evaluated.

A 2000 commentary by Ronald Carter, DC, MA, Past President, Canadian Chiropractic Association in the Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association discussing his opinion that the subluxation story regardless of how it is packaged is not the answer. He suggests it is now time for the silent majority to make their voices heard and come together to present a rational and defensible model of chiropractic so that is not just included in the health care system, but an essential member of the health care team.

External criticism

 

 

Association of Naturopathic Practitioners

 

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 The Guild of Colon Hydrotherapists. .[8]

American College of Gastroenterology

The typical cost for a colonic treatment is about $65 to $100 in the US.

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Practitioner Organisations

Training Organisations (UK)

Training Organisations (US)

Other Organisations

Advocacy

Criticism

 

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See also

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  1. The Creation of 'Religious' Scientology. Religious Studies and Theology. Retrieved on 2006-05-08. Originally published by Stephen A. Kent in December, 1999.

  2. The Scientology E-meter. Church of Scientology International. Retrieved on 2006-04-25.

  3. Hubbard, "Terra Incognita: The Mind", The Explorers Journal, winter 1949 / spring 1950 (on the bridge between cybernetics and general semantics)

  4. Winter, J.A. Dianetics: A Doctor's Report, p. 18 (Julian Press, 1987 reprint)

  5. Hubbard, "Dianetics". Astounding Science Fiction, May 1950.

  6. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health page 79 and Glossary

  7. Atack, Jon (1990). A Piece of Blue Sky. New York, NY: Carol Publishing Group, 109. ISBN 0-8184-0499-X. 

  8. Winter, Dianetics: A Doctor's Report, p. 165

  9. Hubbard, A History of Man, p.20. American Saint Hill Organization, 1968

  10. Hubbard, L. Ron. "The Discoveries of Dianetics". Retrieved April 22, 2006.

  11. Hubbard, L. Ron. "What is the Reactive Mind?". Retrieved April 28, 2006.

  12. Letter from John W. Campbell, cited in Winter, p. 3 - "His approach is, actually, based on some very early work of Freud"

  13. Joseph Breuer and Sigmund Freud, "Studies in Hysteria", Vol II of the Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud. Hogarth Press, London (1955).

  14. Hubbard, "Dianetics and Religion", Dianetic Auditor's Bulletin vol. 1 no. 4, October 1950

  15. Hubbard, Science of Survival: Prediction of Human Behavior p. 1, Bridge Publications, 1990 (reissue).

  16. Hubbard, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, p. 125. New Era Publications, Copenhagen (1988)

  17. Dianetics.org

  18. "The Auditor", The Monthly Journal of Scientology, published by the American Saint Hill Organization, 1413 L. Ron Hubbard Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027, Issue 330, May 2006, page 7.

  19. The Truth About Scientology, "Scientology's Stats are Down"

  20. Hubbard, L. Ron (1955). "Ch. 12: The Hope for the Future", Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science, 1989, Bridge Publications, Inc.. ISBN 0-88404-342-8. 

  21. Many of these are reproduced at http://www.xenu.net/archive/fifties/

  22. "Psychologists Act Against Dianetics", New York Times, September 9, 1950

  23. See e.g. PubMed. Other than a few reviews of Dianetics from 1950/51, Dianetics has barely been mentioned in medical journals.

  24. See e.g. Gardner, Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science; Bauer, Scientific Literacy and the Myth of the Scientific Method and Science Or Pseudoscience: Magnetic Healing, Psychic Phenomena, and Other Heterodoxies; Corsini et al, The Dictionary of Psychology.

  25. Lee, John A. Sectarian Healers and Hypnotherapy, 1970, Ontario (Excerpt)

  26. Fischer, Harvey Jay. "Dianetic therapy: an experimental evaluation. A statistical analysis of the effect of dianetic therapy as measured by group tests of intelligence, mathematics and personality." Abstract of Ph.D. thesis, 1953, New York University (Excerpt)

  27. Fox, J.; Davis, A.E.; Lebovits, B. "An experimental investigation of Hubbard's engram hypothesis (dianetics)". Psychological Newsletter, New York University. 10 1959, 131-134

  28. "Psychologists Act Against Dianetics", New York Times, September 9, 1950

  29. Benton, Peggy; Ibanex, Dalmyra.; Southon, Gordon; Southon, Peggy. Dianetic Processing: A Brief Survey of Research Projects and Preliminary Results, Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, 1951

  30. Winter, Dianetics: A Doctor's Report, p. 40

  31. Carroll, Robert T. "Dianetics", Skeptics Dictionary

  32. Davis, W. Sumner. Just Smoke and Mirrors: Religion, Fear and Superstition in Our Modern World, Writers Club Press, 2001 (ISBN 0-595-26523-5)

  33. This description is based on "The Dianetics® Procedure—10 Simple Steps"

  34. Gardner, Martin. Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science. Dover, 1957

  35. "Never believe a hypnotist", Jon Atack

  36. "Psychologist says church appeared to use hypnosis", Irish Times, 13 March 2003

  37. "The 'Scientology Organization' (SO) as of July 2003", chapter 2, Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz Baden-Wuerttemberg, 2003

  38. "What is auditing?", Church of Scientology International

  39. "A Very Brief Overview of Scientology", Richard E. Ofshe, Ph.D.

  40. "L.R.H. Biography", Sea Org Flag Information Letter 67, October 31, 1977

  41. Hubbard, "Ron's Journal 67", taped message of September 20, 1967

  42. Dianetics and the Professions, A.E. van Vogt, 1953

  43. Bulletin of the Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Elizabeth, NJ. January 1951

  44. New Era Dianetics® Auditing. Retrieved on 2006-10-05.

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  • van Vogt, A.E.: Dianetics and the Professions, 1953

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  • Winter, J.A.: A Doctor's Report on DIANETICS Theory and Therapy, 1951 [6]

Chronology of Dianetic Texts by Hubbard

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References

  1. EFT web site newcomer claims.

  2. The Evolution of EFT From TFT, from Gary Craig's website. Accessed 5 Feb 2007.

  3. Wells S, Polglase K, Andrews H, Carrington P, Baker A (2003). "Evaluation of a meridian-based intervention, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), for reducing specific phobias of small animals". J Clin Psychol 59 (9): 943-66. PMID 12945061.  Wendy L. Waite and Mark D. Holder (2003). "Assessment of the Emotional Freedom Technique: An Alternative Treatment for Fear". The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice 2 (1). 

  4. Jack E. Rowe, The Effects of EFT on Long-Term Psychological Symptoms. Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Volume 2, Issue 3 September 2005, (pp. 104-111), ISSN: 1545-4452 (online)1931-2091 (print)

  5. Brandon A. Gaudiano and James D. Herbert (2000). "Can we really tap our problems away?". The Skeptical Inquirer 24 (4). 

  6. TFT's Pseudoscience Cousins. Accessed 5 Feb 2007.

  7. Oliver Burkeman. "Happy Talk", Guardian Monthly, March 2007. 

External links

References

  1. "Ongoing Problem with the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine" from Skeptical Inquirer magazine, September, 2003

  2. "Dictionary of Metaphysical Healthcare Unnaturalistic Methods"The 'National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (October 13 2006). Energy Medicine Overview.

  3. Get the Facts, Acupuncture, (2006). National Institute of Health. Retrieved on March 2, 2006.

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External links

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Notes

  1. Maurice Laing (director of Laing Construction established the Laing Chair of Complementary Medicine at the University of Exeter in 2002 with a large donation

  2. Ernst et al British General Practitioner 1995; 45:506

  3. Interview: Harcourt International

References

Books

  • Homoeopathy: A Critical Appraisal. 1998. ISBN 0-7506-3564-9 "Professional reference text on homoeopathy is a critical evaluation of the discipline, reviewing the known facts and defining the knowledge gaps. It offers a reliable analysis of the uses of traditional homoeopathic remedies. Illustrated. For medical and professional homoeopaths, students, general practitioners, and health care professionals." Amazon.

  • 'The Desktop Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine. An evidence based approach. With others. Elsevier Science 2006

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External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edzard_Ernst"

of Altermed Research Foundation,

 

Therapeutic Eurythmy

There are post-graduate trainings in the therapeutic use of eurythmy. Therapeutic eurythmy aims at helping in conditions of illness that have both psychological and somatic components.

For more information

Training programs

Full-time eurythmy courses are generally four-year programs. There are an increasing number of part-time programs available. English language trainings include:

See a full list of English language training programs with links to some other programs

Notes

  1. Matila Ghyka, The Geometry of Art and Life, Sheen and Ward, NY 1946, p. 5

  2. The gestures of eurythmy have been found to be related to the flow the larynx gives to the airstream when speaking different sounds. See here.

  3. Rudolf Steiner's "Lecture on Eurythmy" August 26, 1923

 

 

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References

  1. Isaiah 58:3-13biblegateway.com

  2. Fuhrman, Joel, MD, Fasting and Eating for Health : A Medical Doctor's Program for Conquering Disease 1998, pp. 1, 3, 21-23, 56-59, 70-72, 79-81 ISBN 0-312-18719-X

  3. Fuhrman, Joel, MD, Fasting and Eating for Health : A Medical Doctor's Program for Conquering Disease 1998, p. 13 ISBN 0-312-18719-X

  4. Anson, R. Michael; Rafael de Cabo, Titilola Iyun, Michelle Rios, Adrienne Hagepanos, Donald K. Ingram, Mark A. LaneDagger, Mark P. Mattson (May 13, 2003). "Intermittent fasting dissociates beneficial effects of dietary restriction on glucose metabolism and neuronal resistance to injury from calorie intake". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100 (10): 6216-6220. DOI:10.1073. pnas.1035720100. Retrieved on 2006-11-30. 

  5. Wan, Ruiqian; Simonetta Camandola, Mark P. Mattson (June, 2003). "Intermittent Food Deprivation Improves Cardiovascular and Neuroendocrine Responses to Stress in Rats". The Journal of Nutrition (133): 1921-1929. Retrieved on 2006-11-30. 

  6. DyingWell.org

  7. Shelton, H M, Fasting Can Save Your Life. American Natural Hygiene Society Inc. 1964, Fourth Printing 1991, pp. 38-9, 160-3. ISBN 0-914532-23-5

  8. Shelton, H.M., page 107-13.

  9. Shelton, H.M., pages 122-4.

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References

  1. ACS :: Cupping (2007-05-23). Retrieved on 2007-06-21.

  2. Cupping (2005-09-14). Retrieved on 2007-06-02.

  3. Seicol, MD (1997-04-10). "Correspondence: Consequences of Cupping" (subscription required). New England Journal of Medecine 336 (15): 1109. PMID 9091826. Retrieved on 2007-06-02. 

  4. List of Yiddish Words and Expressions. Retrieved on 2007-06-02.

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References

  1. Columbia University honors FRLHT and Dr.Darshan Shankar.

  2. Deccan Herald article -- Creating alternatives.

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A Practicing Ghedee Priest

Ayurveda Encyclopedia, "Ayurvedic Glossary of 2000 terms"

References

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  2. Mannatech, Incorporated, Form 10K SEC Public Filing for FY 2006 Retrieved on April 14, 2007.

  3. American Cancer Society question page for glyconutrients

  4. The gene defective in leukocyte adhesion deficiency II encodes a putative GDP-fucose transporter. Nature Genetics, 2001 Retrieved June 10, 2007.

  5. Wellness Guide to Dietary Supplements by the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, January 2006. Retrieved March 12, 2007.

  6. Milberg Weiss Announces the Filing of a Class Action Lawsuit Against Mannatech, Inc. and Certain Individual Defendants on Behalf Of Investors. Business Wire. September 12, 2005. Retrieved March 12, 2007.

Further reading

  • Martin Peterson, Arnold Johnson (1978) Encyclopedia of Food Science, Avi Publishing Co., Westport CT ISBN 0-87055-227-9

  • Martin A. Rambal C. Berger V. Parlor S. Louisot P Availability of specific sugars for glycoconjugate biosynthesis. A need for further investigation in man. Biochemia 1988 pg.75-86

  • Whelan W.J. Website Horrors - Essential What? IUBMB Life, 57, (10): 709, October 2005.

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  2. Court TV: Criminal Mind: Forensics and Investigation. Heavy Metals in Forensics Accessed January 29, 2007

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  7. Wennig, R. "Potential problems with the interpretation of hair analysis results.(Selected Papers from the 2d International Meeting of the Society of Hair Testing)." Forensic Science International 107.1-3 (Jan 10, 2000): 5-12.

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  1. Australian Naturopath Convicted of Manslaughter: Quack Device Implicated (from naturowatch.org, with further references)

  2. Alternative Medicine: An Outline For Physicians - Friedlander, Edward R., 1983

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References

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References

  1. Library, University of Minnesota

  2. "The 95 percent promise? Complaints trail entrepreneur, who claims remarkable cure rate", by Penni Crabtree and Sandra Dibble. Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on February 24, 2002.

  3. Hulda Clark biographical sketch.

  4. "State’s diploma mills draw academic ire", by Adam Jones. Published 11 Feb 2007.

  5. The Cure For All Diseases

  6. Disclaimer from David Amrein's website, drclark.net.

  7. A second disclaimer from Amrein's website, drclark.net.

  8. As quoted in a page capture from www.drclark.net in a Federal Trade Commission complaint against David Amrein's Dr. Clark Research Association.

  9. Clark HR. The Cure for All Cancers. San Diego, CA: ProMotion Publishing, 1993, p. 120.

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  13. State of Indiana vs. Hulda Clark: Probable Cause Affidavit, Filed August 16, 1993

  14. Western Herb and Dietary Products: Evaluation by Dr. Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D. May 8, 2001.

  15. Swiss Study Group for Complementary and Alternative Methods in Cancer (SCAC) warns cancer patients against reliance on Clark's methods.

  16. Exploring Alternative Cancer Treatments, from Dr. Andrew Weil's Self Healing.

External links

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Footnotes

  1. http://getIPT.com/ipt_practitioners_name.htm

  2. Alabaster O, Vonderhaar B, Shafie S (1981). "Metabolic modification by insulin enhances methotrexate cytotoxicity in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells.". Eur J Cancer Clin Oncol 17 (11): 1223-8. PMID 7037424. 

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  4. Lasalvia-Prisco E, Cucchi S, Vázquez J, Lasalvia-Galante E, Golomar W, Gordon W (2004). "Insulin-induced enhancement of antitumoral response to methotrexate in breast cancer patients.". Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 53 (3): 220-4. PMID 14655024. 

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In the United States, kampo is practiced mostly by acupuncturists, Chinese medicine practitioners, naturopath physicians, and other alternative medicine professionals. Kampo herbal formulas are studied under clinical trials, such as the clinical study of Sho-saiko-to (H09) for treatment of hepatitis C at New York Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and liver cirrhosis caused by hepatitis C at UCSD Liver Center. Both clinical trials are sponsored by Honso USA, Inc., a branch of Honso Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Nagoya, Japan.

 

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  3. Kiefer D, Ali-Akbarian L. A brief evidence-based review of two gastrointestinal illnesses: irritable bowel and leaky gut syndromes. Altern Ther Health Med 2004;10:22-30. PMID 15154150.

 

Footnotes

  1. Jefferson Study Shows Low Concentrations of Chemotherapy Drugs Reduce Tumor Size and Have Antiangiogenic Effects. Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Cancer Network (April 18, 2003). Retrieved on 2006-10-22. - study on mice in which human choriocarcinoma had been implanted

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Massage

Types of massage

Anma - Traditional Japanese Massage

For more details on this topic, see Nihon Kaifuku Anma.

Introduced to Japan about 1300 years ago. Shiatsu massage grew out of this rich tradition. Anma is deep tissue work using no oils and is based on kneading movements.

Ayurvedic Abhyanga Massage

Ayurveda is a natural health care system originating in ancient India over 5000 years ago. It incorporates massage therapies, yoga, meditation and natural herbal remedies. Ayurvedic Massage, also known as Abhyanga is usually performed by two therapists working in harmony, using a heated blend of specially selected herbal oils. Ayurveda aims to help healing by re-establishing balance between mind, body and sprit.

Barefoot Deep Tissue

Barefoot Deep Tissue is a blend of Eastern barefoot techniques with Western manual medicine. Clients are typically loosely clothed and lain on floor mat in supine, prone and side-lying positions with pillows or bolsters. No oil is used. Sessions may last 2 minutes or well over an hour. Because the therapist can apply a broad range of pressure with ease and does not have to strain, more effort and concentration can be used to sense and manipulate tissue, release fascia, as well as search for and attack trigger points and other problems, regardless of client's size or build. John Harris, the proceleusmatic mentor who worked in the 1984 Olympics and developed this modality, states that the combination offers a potent new tool for powerfully satisfying, effective deep tissue massage and Trigger point work regardless of client's size or build. Mr. Harris and Fred Kenyon wrote Fix Pain in 2002, and have been hired by Human Kinetics to write a trade publication with DVD for elite athletes.

Bowen therapy

For more details on this topic, see Bowen Technique.

Bowen Technique involves a rolling type movement over fascia, muscles, ligaments, tendons and joints.

Cachunga Massage- Traditional Persian Massage

Cachunga/Ka-khn-ga (Pronunciation) Introduced to the Achaemenid Empire of ancient Persia by Darius the 8th. This is a massage that primarily focuses on the breasts of females. Cachunga is a deep tissue massage used with oil. It is based on a fondling motion, and is usually performed in the direction of the heart to promote circulation.

Chair massage

Chair massage, also known as corporate massage, can be a convenient method of massage therapy. A chair massage session typically lasts 10-25 minutes, and is performed while fully clothed. Chair massage promotes better circulation, muscle stimulation and stress relief. This form of massage reduces tension in the back, neck, shoulders, head, arms, hands, legs or feet, providing a deep relaxation effect.

Chair massages are also advantageous because chair massage practitioners will frequently make work- or housecalls. Chair massage can also be done in hotels, airports and convention centers. Certain chairs, invented for this specific purpose, massage the seated person robotically by means of motors which have been inserted within the body of the chair.

Chinese Tui Na massage (推拿)

For more details on this topic, see Tui Na.

Tui Na is a form of Chinese massage (按摩) that is similar to Zhi Ya, but focusing more on pushing, stretching and kneading the muscle.

Chinese Zhi Ya massage (指壓)

For more details on this topic, see Zhi Ya.

Zhi Ya is a form of Chinese massage based on acupressure. It is similar to Tui Na massage except it focuses more on pinching and pressing at acupressure points.

CranioSacral therapy (指壓)

For more details on this topic, see Craniosacral therapy.

CranioSacral Therapy is a gentle, hands-on method of evaluating and enhancing the functioning of a physiological body system called the craniosacral system—comprised of the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. CranioSacral therapy is most often utilized to treat neurological disorders including ADHD, autism, and acute stress disorders.

Deep muscle therapy

Deep muscle therapy (created by Therese Pfrimmer), is a massage technique that focuses on using a very specific set of movements applied to all muscles and concentrating on all layers of the muscle that have become depleted of their regular blood and lymphatic flow. This technique aims to restore the circulation with its healing properties to the cellular level. Deep muscle therapy is widely used to treat the following ailments: carpal tunnel syndrome, neck and back pain, headaches, poor circulation, whiplash, and more.

Deep tissue massage

Deep tissue techniques are generally designed for more focused massage work. Working a specific joint, muscle or muscle group, the practitioner can access deeper layers of the soft tissue. Starting superficially and easing into the depth of the muscle slowly often allows more movement. This is the recommended approach in this modality since each person experiences pressure differently. If the pressure is applied too deeply or too quickly, the muscle may tighten to protect that area, and unnecessary damage or inflammation can be induced. Very little lubricant is used as the pressure doesn't travel much over the skin.

The most commonly used 'tools' during deep tissue massage may include, 3 and 6 fingers, reinforced fingers, a flat elbow, opposing thumbs, the heel of the hand or foot, and the forearm. See also: Myofascial Release

Effleurage

Effleurage (from the French effleurer, 'to skim over') consists of long, flowing or gliding strokes, performed with open hands. In many massage sessions, effleurage is used as the initial type of stroking, as it has a calming effect when performed slowly. Effleurage is usually performed in the direction of the heart to promote circulation and lymphatic drainage.

Erotic massage

For more details on this topic, see Erotic massage.

Erotic massage is a form of massage that includes the genitals and leads to sexual arousal and (sometimes) orgasm. Widely practiced by couples as part of lovemaking. Also sometimes practiced commercially, which may be illegal in some jurisdictions.

Esalen Massage

For more details on this topic, see Esalen Massage.

The basis of Esalen Massage is traditional massage, which works in a very precise manner on the muscle and circulation systems. This is combined with the bodywork approach developed by Charlotte Selver, which emphasizes the deeply relaxing and emotional responses of the body when a conscious, structured and pleasant touch is applied. In addition, gentle rocking of the body, passive joint exercises and deep structural work on the muscles and joints, together with an energetic balancing of the body, “experience”. See also Esalen Massage.

Foot or sole massage

For more details on this topic, see Reflexology.

Foot massage as practiced by the Chinese is performed in the context of chi. Each spot on the sole of the foot corresponds to an internal organ, and the applied therapy is healing to one's overall well being. The theory behind foot massage maintains that the ailment of an internal organ will be associated with the nerve ending on the sole of the foot.

Before the massage, the patient's feet are bared and then soaked for about ten minutes in a foot bath, typically a dark colored solution of hot water and Chinese herbs. The massage therapist uses liberal amounts of medicated cream to moisturize the foot and to provide lubrication. The knuckles on the therapist's hand are usually used to provide a hard and smooth application of the massage. As pressure is applied to the sole, theory holds that a healthy patient should not feel any strong pain. Painful spots, reflexologists believe, reflect illnesses of other parts of the body. The practitioner rubs and massages the painful spots to break down rough spots and accumulated crystals in order to increase circulation.

The ailments heal when the sore spots of the sole are treated and removed by massage. Based on this theory, some shoe liners are made with pressure points to stimulate the soles of the feet and promote better health for the overall body. The nature of these "crystals" has yet to be elucidated or demonstrated scientifically. Regardless of the actual correlation of reflexology to internal organs, many enjoy it for the mix of stimulation and relaxation.

Fur massage

For more details on this topic, see Fur massage.

Hot Stone Massage

The use of heated stones upon the human body as a tool for healing has been used by various cultures for thousands of years. The application of heat to the body and the relaxing effects this has on muscles and the nervous system has been recognized by numerous ancient civilizations. Heated stones were used by Egyptians in their ceremonies, and heated stones have also been used by Native American Indians and in Lomi Lomi massage in Hawaii.

However, it was 1994 that the use of heated stones as part of a full body massage began. Mary Nelson, a massage therapist from of Tucson, Arizona spent 3 years researching and developing the LaStone massage method. She then began sharing her knowledge and began training the massage staff at numerous resorts and spas throughout the southwest states of America. As more and more tourists experienced the LaStone Massage, word spread throughout the spa and healing arts industry and today hot stone massage can be found on the menu of spas and resorts in all corners of the globe. Mary's staff of professional instructors have trained thousands of massage therapists in 3 to 5 day long classes, worldwide.

During an authentic hot stone massage, stones are heated in hot water and then used in two ways. Some stones will be laid under a towel or pillowcase placed under the back along both sides of the spine and ontop of the torso (on a towel) to heat the chakra centers. Heated stones coated in oil are then used directly in the hands of the therapist delivering various massaging strokes of the muscle tissues. The heat from the stones helps to relax the muscles which then permits greater overall results for the massage experience.

Indian Head Massage

The art of Indian Head Massage is an Ayurvedic form of healing and relaxation which is used widely in Asia to relieve tension and stress. The technique has been passed down through families for generations. The Indian Head Massage is said to soothe and harmonize the body's natural balance, helping to promote physical and psychological wellbeing.

Lomilomi — Traditional Hawaiian Massage

For more details on this topic, see Lomilomi massage.

Lomilomi massage is an ancient art from the Hawaiian healing specialists. They were taught their art over 20 years and received their last instructions from their master on his death bed. There are hundreds of styles of Lomilomi, the main ones being the style of Big Island which was passed on by Aunty Margaret Machado, and Maui style from Uncle Kalua Kaiahua. On the island of Kaua'i, Kahu Abraham passed on what is today called Kahuna Bodywork. It is not clear if other current practices—temple style, lomi lomi nui and others—are from Native Hawaiian practitioners or are modern adaptations.

Maalish

Also called 'champi', a rough form of massage practicsed in India and Pakistan done all over the body, particularly shoulders, the head, arms and thighs. It is normally done by applying oil over the body or the hands. It requires great effort to perform and relives one of physcial and mental stress and can last very long.

It is many times performed by the barber after a haircut on the head, shoulders and neck.

MA-URI massage

MA-URI is a new form of massage introduced by Hemi Hoani Fox in 1990, who cites as its roots Hawaiian Lomi-Lomi Nui dance, claiming increased so-called energy flow within the body and mind. Focus is internal, upon breathing, intent, and concentration. Claimed benefits include mental and physical health. Study and advocation is primarily carried out at the MA-URI Institute, headed by Hemi and Katja Fox. It is currently difficult to find practitioners, though this may change as it grows more popular.

Mayan abdominal massage

A traditional massage in the abdomen region practiced in many countries in Latin America. It helps to improve digestion, correct digestion related problems, and to help the reproductive organs.

Muscle Energy Technique (MET)

Reciprocal Inhibition (RI) is when the therapist uses a client’s muscle to stretch the opposing muscle. The therapist takes the muscle that they are wishing to stretch to its point of bind. The therapist then gets the client to use the opposing muscle by moving away from the therapist. When the client relaxes the therapist then moves the muscle to realign the muscle fibres therefore stretching the muscle.

As an example, Muscle Energy Technique (MET) Reciprocal Inhibition (RI) can be applied to the calf when the client is lying supine on the treatment couch. The therapist can place one hand on the tibia just below the knee to isolate the knee preventing it from moving. The other hand is placed around the heel so that the therapist's forearm can be used to dorsiflex the foot. This is one of the techniques used by sports massage therapists.

Myofascial Release

For more details on this topic, see Myofascial Release.

Myofascial Release refers to the manual massage technique for stretching the fascia and releasing bonds between fascia and integument, muscles, and bones, with the goal of eliminating pain, increasing range of motion and balancing the body. Injuries, stress, trauma, overuse and poor posture can cause restriction to fascia. Myofascial release frees fascial restrictions, and allow the muscles to move efficiently. This is usually done by applying shear, compression or tension in various directions, or by skin rolling. This is one of the techniques used by sports massage therapists and physical therapists. Myofascial release originators come from Physical Therapy and from Structural Integration (Rolfing); its current developers include John Barnes PT from a Physical Therapy background, and from a Rolfing or Structural Integration background, Art Riggs, Michael Stanborough, Tom Myers, Til Luchau, and others.

Myoskeletal alignment technique

Myoskeletal Alignment Technique (MAT) identifies postural distortions to improve and prevent pain conditions. Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) and myofacial techniques are used to lengthen tight/facilitated muscles while fiber activation techniques tone weak/inhibited muscles. MAT was developed by Erik Dalton.

Neuromuscular therapy

Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT) is used for pain relief and specific problems. Structural and postural imbalances are identified through an initial postural assessment. These are then addressed through systematic and site specific massage. NMT reduces pain, tension, postural imbalance, and lengthens and strengthens tissues. NMT was developed in the 1930's by Dr. Stanley Leif

Petrissage

Petrissage (from the French pétrir, 'to knead') is one of the five basic strokes of a Swedish massage. It is performed with kneading movement with the whole palm or finger tips, wringing, skin rolling, compress and lifting. Petrissage is usually applied vertically to the muscle tissue.

The benefits include the warming of tissue for deeper work, increase circulation, increase the supply of nutrients and oxygen to muscle, softens superficial fascia, decreases muscle tension, and restoring mobility by decreasing adhesion.

Roman Massage

At the Roman Baths, bathers would be rubbed with oil(s) and then massaged by a specialised slave. Afterwards the bather would have been toweled down with strips of linen or a woollen towel to remove the excess oil.

Rolfing

For more details on this topic, see Rolfing.

Rolfing®, a method of Structural Integration, is a codified series of soft tissue manipulation, which attempts to organize soft tissue relationships, with the objectives of realigning the body structurally and harmonizing its fundamental movement patterns and enhancing vitality and well-being.

Scalp massage

In some barber shops in Hong Kong, scalp massage often lasts 30 minutes to 45 minutes during shampooing of the hair. It is also very common in India, after oil on the hair.

Shantala massage

Shantala massage is an ancient Indian massage technique with a rhythmic character, given to massage babies and children. It was introduced into Western society by Dr. Frederique Leboyer, the renowned French obstetrician, in a book "Loving Hands: The Traditional Art of Baby Massage".

Shiatsu

For more details on this topic, see Shiatsu.

Shiatsu is a form of Japanese massage that uses thumb pressure and works along the energy meridians in the body also with a lot of stretches the same meridians as acupressure. You are fully clothed while being worked while on a mat on the floor. It is uncertain whether it originated from Chinese Zhi Ya.

Soft Tissue Therapy

For more details on this topic, see Soft Tissue Therapy.

The Assessment, Treatment and Management of Soft Tissue Injury, Pain and Dysfunction. Treatment techniques include:

  • Trigger point therapy for the alleviation of trigger points.

  • Myofascial (muscle and fascia) therapy for flexibility/mobility of the connective tissues of our body, or for alleviating fibrous adhesions and decreasing the severity of scars.

  • Broad handed techniques for reducing swelling or inflammation

  • Frictions for the ridding of adhesions between fascial layers, muscles, compartments and the like. Frictions also promote healing in tendon pathologies as well as decreasing pain perception.

  • Sustained pressure (digital pressures) to alleviate hypertonic (tight)areas within muscle and fascia

  • Other techniques such as Active Release Therapies, Myofascial Release and deep tissue massage are all derivatives of the techniques above. They are NOT unique techniques with unique results.

  • Stretching - static, dynamic, and/or PNF stretches (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation)

  • Muscle Energy Technique (MET)

  • Exercise Prescription

  • Advice

This is one of the techniques used by sports massage therapists.

 

Somatic Disciplines

For more details on this topic, see Somatic disciplines.

Any of several forms of bodywork or body-mind integration techniques which stress self-awareness and movement over physical manipulations by a practitioner. Often, direct physical contact or some degree of manipulation is a part of these modalities although more emphasis is placed on teaching the patient to be aware of his or her body and movements than in many traditional massage techniques.

Stone massage

Massage in which smooth hot or cold stones, usually basalt or marble, are used to massage the body. When heated stones are used muscles relax allowing the massage therapist to work deeper into the muscle without the discomfort of regular deep tissue massage. Sufferers of sinus congestion usually find relief when cold stones are placed on the sinuses. Energy work is sometimes incorporated into Stone Massage. Stones may be placed on key energy points, such as Chakras or meridians, in order to improve energy flow and healing.

Structural muscular balancing

A gentle and effective technique that releases chronic contraction in the muscles. The nervous system is triggered to release contractions through compression applied to muscles placed in a shortened position.

Esborrachastinen massage

This style utilizes long, flowing strokes, often but not necessarily in the direction of the heart. Esborraschatinen massage is designed to increase circulation and blood flow.

Tai Ji / Tai Chi Massage

For more details on this topic, see Tai Ji Massage.

Tai Ji Massage

Tai Ji / Tai Chi Massage is massage using the natural principles of Tai Ji, Yin and Yang to achieve balance in the energies of the body, leading to a healthy mind, body, and spirit.

Tai Ji / Tai Chi The traditional Chinese term refers to the Tao, which is the inexpressible oneness and connectedness of all things. This is inexpressibility of Tao is referred to by Lao Tzu:

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"The Tao is constantly nameless….

As soon as we start to establish a system we have names.

And as soon as there set names,

Then you must also know that it's time to stop"

Te Tao Ching

Translation by Robert G. Hendricks. Ballantine books 1989

Qi/ Chi: This is the linking element material and spiritual (Jing and Shen), or in health terms mind and body.

Chinese medicine is often able to treat sicknesses and problems which are difficult to treat by western medicine by virtue of the fact that they consider the state of the Chi to be an important factor in diagnosis.

Qi Field theory: Qi appears as a field. In order for a sickness to become chronic an integral Qi field establishes itself in the body of the host. The shape and size of this field is variable and can stretch from head to toes in some cases.

Tai Ji Massage Qi Diagnosis: Tai Ji Massage is a Qi treatment and it makes a treatment in terms of Qi. The master practitioner can sense the Qi blockages inside the body and the relationship which they have to each other.

Qi blockages can be a way of getting insight into causes of chronic sicknesses, recurring sicknesses, psychosomatic sicknesses, future sicknesses.

The main use of this technique is relaxation and self-exploration. In a therapeutic way, functional organ problems, chronic sicknesses, and psychosomatic sicknesses.

Tai Ji Massage was developed by Richard Wickes, Li Cun De.

 

Thai massage

For more details on this topic, see Nuat phaen boran.

Known in Thailand as นวดแผนโบราณ (Nuat phaen boran, IPA [nuɑt pʰɛn boraːn]), which correctly translates only as ancient massage or traditional massage, this form of massage is also known as Thai ancient massage, traditional Thai massage, Thai yoga massage, yoga massage, Thai classical massage, Thai bodywork, passive yoga or assisted yoga. It is usually soothing because of its emphasis on stretching and loosening the body. Its roots go back far into history, originating in India based on the Ayurveda, and then becoming popular in ancient Siam, now known as Thailand.

Originating in India and drawing from Ayurveda, it has inevitably incorporated modalities like yoga. The receiver is put into many yoga like positions during the course of the massage. In the northeren style there are a lot of stretching movements unlike the southern style where pressure is emphasised. It was believed that the massage art was brought over to Thailand by Shivago Komarpaj (Jivaka Kumarabhacca), a contemporary of Lord Buddha over 2500 years ago.

The massage recipient changes into loose, comfortable clothes and lies on a mat or firm mattress on the floor. (It can be done solo or in a group of a dozen or so patients in the same large room). The massage practitioner leans on the recipient's body using hands and forearms to apply firm rhythmic pressure to almost every part of the recipient's body. The massage generally follows the Sen lines on the body-somewhat analogous to Chinese Meridians and Indian nadis. In some gestures, legs and feet of the giver are used to fixate the body or limbs of the recipient. In other gestures, hands fixate the body, while the feet do the massaging action. Oil is not used in traditional Thai Massage. A full Thai massage session typically lasts two hours or more, and includes rhythmic pressing and stretching of the entire body; this may include pulling fingers, toes, ears etc., cracking the knuckles, walking on the recipient's back, arching the recipient's back in a rolling action etc. There is a standard procedure and rhythm to the massage.

Note: The traditional therapeutic practice of Thai massage should not be confused with the sexual service of the same name that is available in some hotels and brothels. Sometimes the traditional therapeutic Thai Massage, or ancient massage, is referred to as "old lady massage," while the sexual practice, which has nothing to do with therapeutic traditional massage is called "young lady massage."

 

Trager Approach

For more details on this topic, see Trager Approach.

A mind-body integration technique which aims to improve body functioning by inducing gentle, pleasurable movements which facilitate deep relaxation combined with education to encourage the development of stress-free patterns of movement.

Trigger point therapy

For more details on this topic, see trigger point.

A trigger point is an area of a muscle (about 50 cells) that may refer pain sensations to other parts of the body. Trigger Point Therapy applies manual pressure, or CO2 injections, to these points. With the proper pressure, duration and location, immediate release of tension and improved muscular functioning may occur. This therapy has been known to diminish migraine pain, mock sciatica, mock carpal tunnel syndrome and other pain syndromes, and other symptoms that may have been misdiagnosed. This work is based upon the trigger point research and manuals of Dr. Janet G. Travell, President Kennedy's physician.

Sometimes this work is incorporated into other styles of massage therapy such as neuromuscular therapy (NMT) or even Swedish.

Watsu

Is the combination of Water and Shiatsu developed by Harold Dull in his time spent at Harbin Hot Springs, California. The work is done in skin temperature water with both the therapist and practitioner in the water, usually a pool which is between 3.5 ft to 4 ft. (100–120 cm) deep. The work entails much movement in the water and incorporates the activation of the energy lines derived from Shiatsu.

 

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  19. Penniston KL, Tanumihardjo SA (2006) The acute and chronic toxic effects of vitamin A. Am J Clin Nutr. 83:191-201. PMID: 16469975

 

 

The revised Metabolic Oncolytic Regimen in its entirety

Minnesota College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine: [1]

References

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  2. http://www.uib.no/info/dr_grad/2003/darout.htm in Norwegian

  3. Almas, K. (Aug 2002). "The effect of Salvadora persica extract (miswak) and chlorhexidine gluconate on human dentin: a SEM study.". J Contemp Dent Pract. 3 (3): 27-35.

  4. Almas, K; Skaug, N; Ahmad, I. (Feb 2005). "An in vitro antimicrobial comparison of miswak extract with commercially available non-alcohol mouthrinses.". Int J Dent Hyg. 3 (1): 18-24.

  5. Miswak effect on Immunity System [10] 6- Miswak Medicine Theory [11] 6- Islamic Research on Miswak ( DR AL Sahli) [12]

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References

  1. PubMed query: "mucoid plaque". PubMed. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.

  2. Textbooks of Internal Medicine

  3. Mucoid Plaque. Edward Uthman, M.D. Accessed 21 Feb 2007.

  4. Helping Healthcare Consumers Understand: An "Interpretive Layer" for Finding and Making Sense of Medical Information. MedInfo2004. IOS Press, Amsterdam. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.

  5. Ed’s Guide to Alternative Therapies: Colonics. Ed Friedlander, M.D. Accessed 21 Feb 2007.

  6. Ernst E (1997). "Colonic irrigation and the theory of autointoxication: a triumph of ignorance over science". J Clin Gastroenterol 24 (4): 196-8. PMID 9252839. 

  7. "Cold turkey: imagine spending Christmas at the world's toughest detox resort", by Hannah Borno. Published online by the Daily Mail. Accessed 21 Feb 2007.

  8. Bowel Cleanse FAQ, at CureZone.com. Accessed 21 Feb 2007.

  9. Snopes.com article on the urban legends of colonic impaction in the deaths of John Wayne and Elvis Presley.

  10. Colon Plaque - Mucoid Plaque, by Richard Anderson, from his website cleanse.net. Accessed 21 Feb 2007.

 

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  1. Stephen Barrett M.D. NAET

  2. Teuber, Suzanne S.; Porch-Curren, Cristina (2003). "Unproved diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to food allergy and intolerance.". Current Opinion in Allergy & Clinical Immunology. 3 (3): 217-221. 

  3. Morris, A. (2006). "COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE ALLERGY TESTS". Current Allergy & Clinical Immunology 19 (1). 

  4. Testimonials from NAET's commercial website

  5. Report from NAET's commercial website; "Research"

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References

Naprapathic Manual Therapy or Evidence-Based Care for Back and Neck Pain; A Randomized, Controlled Trial. by Eva Skillgate, Eva Vingard, Lars Alfredsson Clinical Journal of Pain, May 2007, 23:431-439.

 

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NCNM Natural Health Center - offical site

References

  1. Andrew Weil, M.D. Natural Health, Natural Medicine: A Comprehensive Manual for Wellness and Self-Care. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, 1998.

  2. Boorstin DJ. The Americans: The National Experience. New York: Vintage Books, 1965: 115-23.

  3. "The Canoe version of A Dictionary of Alternative-Medicine Methods, by Priorities for Health editor Jack Raso, is the most comprehensive work on individual alt-med methods that has ever been available to the public."

    1. "alternative medicine (..., natural healing, natural health, natural medicine, ...)"

  4. Ehrenreich, Barbara and English, Deirdre, Witches Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers, Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative 1973.

  5. John H Warner, The Therapeutic Perspective: Medical Practice, Knowledge and Identity in America, 1828-1885, Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1986, pages 28, 33.

  6. Sheryl Ruzek and Irving Kenneth Zola eds., Wash and Be Healed: The Water-Cure Movement, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1987.

  7. Henry Lindlahr, MD; Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease & Cure, 20th Edition, The Nature Cure Publishing Company, 525 South Ashland Boulevard, Chicago, 1922.

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External links

  1. Peter Moran, MB, BS, BSc(Med), FRACS, FRCS(Eng) (Revised April 16, 2007). Do Biopsies or Surgical Treatment Spread Cancer?. Cancer Treatment Watch.

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References

References

  1. History of Naturopathy[1]

  2. Fraud In New Hampshire

  3. American Association of Naturopathic Physicians

  4. [2]

  5. [3]

  6. [4]

  7. American Association of Naturopathic Physicians

  8. Kansas State Board of Healing Arts

  9. Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors

  10. Robert Todd Carroll, The Skeptic's Dictionary. Wiley Press, NY, 2003.

 

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External links

 

Advocacy

Naturopathic physician associations
Certifying Organizations
Traditional naturopaths

 

Criticism

Current events and News

 

 

Links - professional organizations

[1] [2] Terapia Neural

 

Books

 

External links

 

Online Sources

Discussion

Northwestern Health Sciences University

 

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Quackery

Energy (spiritual)

Life force

Qi

Animal magnetism

New Age

 

References

  1. Steven Lower, PhD (21st March 2007). H20 dot con.

  2. DECREE OF INJUNCTION ORDER (MARCH 19, 1954)

  3. For example: Kavouras, J.: "HEILEN MIT ORGONENERGIE: Die Medizinische Orgonomie", Turm Verlag, Beitigheim, Germany, 2005; Lassek, H.: "Orgon-Therapie: Heilen mit der Reinen Lebensenergie", Scherz Verlag, 1997, Munchen, Germany; Medeiros, Geraldo: "Bioenergologia: A ciencia das energias de vida", Editora Universalista, Brazil; DeMeo, J.: "The Orgone Accumulator Handbook", Natural Energy, 1989; Müschenich, Stefan: Der Gesundheitsbegriff im Werk des Arztes Wilhelm Reich (The Concept of Health in the Works of Dr. Wilhelm Reich), Doktorarbeit am Fachbereich Humanmedizin der Philipps-Universitat Marburg (published by Verlag Gorich & Weiershauser, Marburg) 1995.

  4. Steven Barrett, MD. Some notes on William Reich, MD. Quackwatch.

 

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References

  1. PEK = Programm Evaluation Komplementärmedizin = Program for Evaluating Complementary Medicine

  2. See German language article on the subject.

  3. ibid.

  4. Peter Fisher, Homeopathy and the Lancet from "Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine", 2006 3(1):145-147 online

  5. Walach H, Linde K, Eichenberger R, Stalder H, Kristensen FB, Kleijnen J. Summary Consensus Statement of the PEK Review Board regarding the PEK process and the PEK products 2005; 27th September 2005

  6. Complete text of the official PEK study report in pdf format (Size 820KB).

 

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Notes

  1. What is Reflexology?. Accessed November 26, 2006

  2. Natural Standard. Harvard Medical School (July 07, 2005). Retrieved on January 27, 2007.

  3. Norman, Laura; Thomas Cowan (1989). The Reflexology Handbook, A Complete Guide. Piatkus, 17. ISBN 0-86188-912-6. 

  4. Benjamin. (1989). Eunice D. Ingham and the development of foot reflexology in the U.S. Massage Therapy Journal, Winter.

  5. Norman, Laura; Thomas Cowan (1989). The Reflexology Handbook, A Complete Guide. Piatkus, 17-20, 23, 24. ISBN 0-86188-912-6. 

  6. Facts About Reflexology. International Institute of Reflexology USA (2004).

  7. Reflexology. National Council Against Health Fraud (1996).

  8. February 2006) "Effect of self foot reflexology on depression, stress responses and immune functions [...]". Taehan Kanho Hakhoe Chi 36 (I): 179-88. 

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Notes

  1. Shark Cartilage Shows No Benefit as a Therapeutic Agent for Lung Cancer." 1 June 2007, http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/530517/>

  2. Loprinzi CL, Levitt R, Barton DL, et al.: Evaluation of shark cartilage in patients with advanced cancer: a North Central Cancer Treatment Group trial. Cancer 104 (1): 176-82, 2005.

  3. "Facts endangering sharks: Cartilage." Shark Foundation, Foundation for research and the preservation of sharks. 26 January 2006, 18:19 UTC. 26 January 2006, 18:34 <http://www.shark.ch/Preservation/Facts/cartilage.html>.

  4. "Warning Against BeneFin." About.com. 26 January 2006, 20:02 <http://coloncancer.about.com/b/a/101392.htm>

 

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Advocates

Opponents

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Peter Levine's Foundation for Human Enrichment

 

 

References

  1. D van Norren (1991). "Photochemical Damage to the Eye". News Physiol Sci (6): 232-234. 1548-9213/91. 

  2. Chen JC, Lee LR (Nov 2004). "Solar retinopathy and associated optical coherence tomography findings". Clin Exp Optom. 87 (6): 390–3. PMID 15575813. 

  3. Stokkermans TJ, Dunbar MT (Oct 1998). "Solar retinopathy in a hospital-based primary care clinic". J Am Optom Assoc. 69 (10): 625–36. PMID 9805443. 

  4. Krasniz I, Beiran I, Miller B (1999-11-01). "Retinal lesion due to excessive exposure to sunlight". Harefuah 137 (9): 378–80, 431, 430. PMID 11419039. 

  5. n/a. "Health Effects from Ultraviolet Radiation: Report of an Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation". Documents of the NRPB 13 (6). ISBN 0-85951-475-7. 

 

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Article by Peter Morell on therapaeutic nihilism, focusing on the term's use in medicine]

 

  • Carbonell, J.L. & Figley, C. (1999). A systematic clinical demonstration of promising PTSD treatment approaches. Traumatology, 5(1), Article 4. Available: http://www.fsu.edu/~trauma/promising.html

  • Craig, G. (1998) The evolution of EFT from TFTtm. EFT: Emotional Freedom Technique: A Universal Healing Aid. Available: http://www.emofree.com/articles/scien-i.htm

  • Devilly, Grant J. Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, June 2005, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 437-445(9)

  • Gaudiano, B. A., & Herbert, J. D. (2000a, July/August). Can we really tap our problems away?: A critical analysis of Thought Field Therapy. Skeptical Inquirer, 24, 29-36. Available: http://www.csicop.org/si/2000-07/thought-field-therapy.html

  • Herbert, J.D. & Gaudiano, B.A. (2001). The search for the holy grail: Heart Rate Variability and Thought Field Therapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57(10), 1207-1214. Available: http://www.psychology.drexel.edu/papers/herbert-holygrail.pdf

    Characterization as pseudoscience

    Devilly (2005 p.444) states that there is no evidence for the claimed efficacy of power therapies such as TFT (and others such as NLP and they exhibit the characteristics of a pseudoscience. Lilienfeld, Lynn & Lohr (2003, Chapter 1) also use TFT as an example of a therapy that contains some of the hallmark indicators of a pseudoscience. Specifically, they note its evasion of the peer review system and absence of boundary conditions. Additionally, Pignotti (2004) has noted its use of obscurantist jargon (scientific-sounding terms such as thought fields, and perturbation that have no basis in evidence) and Callahan's using the idea of energy toxins to explain away treatment failures.

 

 

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References

  1. MMR: myths and truths.

  2. MMR - the controversy.

  3. First measles death for 14 years.

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American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia

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Footnotes

  1. Gattuso, M., Di Sapio, O., Gattuso, S. & Li Pereyra, E. (2004). Morphoanatomical studies of Uncaria tomentosa and Uncaria guianensis bark and leaves. Phytomedicine, 11, 213–223.

  2. Piscoya J, Rodriguez Z, Bustamante SA, et al. Efficacy and safety of freeze-dried cat's claw in osteoarthritis of the knee: mechanisms of action of the species Uncaria guianensis. Inflamm Res. 2001;50:442–448.

  3. Keplinger, K., Laus, G., Wurm, M., Dierich, M.P. & Teppner, Herwig. (1999). Uncaria tomentosa (Willd.) DC.—Ethnomedicinal use and new pharmacological, toxicological and botanical results. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 64, 23–34. Available on-line as a PDF

  4. Nutrition Forum article by Varro E. Tyler on Cat's Claw (Warning: pop-ups)

  5. Heitzman, M.E., Neto, C.C., Winiarz, E., Vaisberg, A.J. & Hammon, G.B. (2005). Ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Uncaria (Rubiaceae). Phytochemistry, 66(1), 5-29. PMID 15649507

  6. NutraSanus article on Cat's Claw

  7. Information on Cat's Claw

  8. Treatment of Lyme disease with Cat's Claw

  9. Cat's claw used to treat Lupus erythematosus

  10. The Longwood Herbal Task Force article on Cat's Claw

  11. Intelihealth article discussing uses and dangers of Cat's Claw

  12. Hilepo JN, Bellucci AG, Mossey RT. (1977). Acute renal failure caused by 'cat's claw' herbal remedy in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. Nephron, 77(3) pg. 361.

References

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Further reading

  • Shivambu Kalpa Vidhi, a part of the Damar Tantra

  • Your Own Perfect Medicine, Martha M. Christy, Scottsdale, AZ: Future Medicine, 1994.

  • The Golden Fountain: The Complete Guide to Urine Therapy, Coen van der Kroon, Scottsdale, AZ: Wishland Publishing, 1996.

  • The Water of Life: A Treatise on Urine Therapy, John W. Armstrong, London: True Health Publishing Co., 1940s.

  • Shivambu Kalpa: The Ancient Healing Way of the Self, by the Self, with Medicine of the Self, Arthur Lincoln Pauls, Ortho-Bionomy Pub., 1978.

  • Shivambu Was Is and Will Be, Nila Sanghvi, Mumbai.

  • " RAKSHANK" a book on extract of Urine Therapy written by Dr Rakshak Mal Lodha:- rakshakmal@gmail.com

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References

  1. Health Through Balance: An Introduction to Tibetan Medicine, Yeshi Donden, ed. and transl. by Jeffrey Hopkins, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Pub., 2003. ISBN 812081519X.

  2. The plant kingdom and hallucinogens (part I), Richard Evans Schultes, UNODC Bulletin on Narcotics 21 (1969), #3, pp. 3–16.

  3. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, John Henry Clarke, London: Homoeopathic Pub. Co., 1900–1902.

  4. Urine Therapy, Jeff Lowe

  5. Clinical value of 24-hour urine hormone evaluations, Alan Broughton, Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, January 2004.

  6. An Investigation into the Determination of Corticosteroids in Urine. I. The Determination of Corticosterone-like Substances, S. L. Tompsett, Journal of Clinical Pathology 6 (#1, February 1953), pp. 74–77. PMID 13034924.

  7. Urotherapy, fact sheet at the American Cancer Society.

  8. Urotherapy for patients with cancer, J. Eldor, Medical Hypotheses 48 (#4, April 1997), pp. 309–315. PMID 9160284.

  9.  True or False: It's Safe to Drink Your Urine, fact sheet at epnet.com.

  10. Urinary Tract Infections in Adults, fact sheet at the National Institute of Health, publication no. 06–2097

  11. Cameroon threatens to jail urine drinkers, Jane Flanagan, Daily Telegraph, on line, article dated March 15, 2003.

  12. Understanding Patients From the Former Soviet Union, Linda Grabbe, Family Medicine 32 (2000, #3), pp. 201–206.

  13. http://archives.stupidquestion.net/sq6704.html

 

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Doctor Brighton: Richard Russell and the sea water cure, Sakula A., J Med Biogr. 1995 Feb;3(1):30-3.

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References

  1. Shāng Hán Lùn: On Cold Damage, Translation & Commentaries. Craig Mitchell, Féng Yè and Nigel Wiseman 1999, p. 2

  2. Mitchell et al. 1999, p. 2

  3. See Mitchell et al. 1999, p. 1-2, Early Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide. Michael Loewe (ed.) 1993, p. 197 for discussion.

  4. This text survives as the Shang Han Lun (Traditional Chinese: 傷寒論; Pinyin: Shāng Hán Lùn, lit. "On Cold Damage") and Jin Gui Yao Lüe (Traditional Chinese: 金櫃要略; Pinyin: Jīn Guì Yào Lüè, lit. "Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Coffer"); two texts which have been heavily reconstructed several times up to the modern era. See Mitchell et al. 1999, p. 1-4.

 

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