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Acupressure

Therapy which involves pressing points on the body with the fingers to alter the internal flow of chi in order to strengthen it, to calm it, or to remove a blockage of the flow. The acupressure points are aligned along the body meridians.

Acupuncture

The Chinese practice of inserting needles into specific points (acupoints) along the "meridians" of the body. It is used to relieve pain, to induce surgical anesthesia, and for preventative and therapeutic purposes. The insertion of the needles stimulates the acupuncture points and alters the flow of chi.

The Alexander Technique

Young children have this natural poise. If you watch a toddler in action, you will see an erect spine, free joints and a large head balancing easily on a little neck. A healthy child walks and plays with regal posture. Barring birth defects, we all began that way. But over the years, we often lose that spontaneity and ease.

Alternative Medicine, Alternative Therapy

A term having very broad meanings and diverse explanations.

Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera has been used by mankind for several thousand years and over the centuries there have been many references to Aloe Vera in many cultures: from the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, as well as in the literature of the Indian and Chinese peoples. Several famous physicians such as Pliny the Elder, Dioscorides and Galen, the father of modern medicine, who first described how the circulation worked, all used Aloe Vera as part of their therapeutic armoury.

Anti-aging

Herbs and natural products are used to fight aging. provide modern anti-aging knowledge, breakthrough scientific news and anti-aging natural products, methods, remedies and scientific discoveries in the anti-aging field.

Aromatherapy

The essential oils of plants are used to promote relaxation and help relieve the symptoms of certain ailments. Essential oils are extremely concentrated fragrant extracts which are cold-pressed or steam-distilled from blossoms, leaves, or roots. These oils are applied through massage, mixed with water and used as compresses on the skin, added to a bath, or diffused into the air and inhaled. The essential oils should not be ingested.

Ayurvedic Medicine

A form of medicine practiced in India. Health is considered to be a state of balance between the body's physical, emotional, and spiritual systems, and illness is a state of imbalance. Illness may be detected by reading of the pulse and by observation of the tongue. Nutrition, massage, natural medications, meditation, and other modalities may be used for treatment of a wide variety of ailments.

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Biofeedback

Therapy which uses machines to measure and display body functions and states such as heart rate, skin temperature, muscle tention, and brain activity. The patient can monitor these functions, see how and why they change through stages of rest and activity. Eventually the patient will learn to control those functions.

Bach flower Remedi

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Chelation Therapy

I/V Chelation uses "EDTA" whereas Oral Chelation is a vitamin formula you take through the mouth that ultimately reduces the chance of heart attack and cancer.

Chi Nei Tsang

Chi Nei Tsang is a wholistic approach to massage therapy treating the person as a whole, integrating physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects. It goes to the very origin of health problems, including psychosomatic responses.

Chinese medicine

Chiropractic

Chiropractic Physicians are the only ones that are specifically trained to restore spinal balance. Chiropractors correct subluxations. No other doctor or profession makes this claim. Chiropractors are extensively trained to accomplish these ends. It is important to note the emphasis of chiropractic. That is, that the body heals itself, it's never the band-aid that heals the cut, it's never the pill that cures the cold. The body, when functioning properly, heals and maintains itself. It's our job as chiropractors to remove any interference that the body is having, so that the body can do its job: maintain your health!

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Dentistry

Detoxfication

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Energy Medicine

Therapies which use an energy field (electrical, magnetic, sonic, acoustic, microwave, infrared) to detect or treat illness. A practitioner would identify imbalances in the energy fields of the patient's body and then correct them.

Environmental Medicine

The specialty in medicine in which doctors assist patients in uncovering the cause and effect relationship between their environment and their ill-health, and help them learn to avoid those inciting factors is called Environmental Medicine.

Era III Medicine

the Golden Rule of Era III: "Do good unto others because they are you!"

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Fasting

"Humans live on one-quarter of what they eat; on the other three-quarters lives their doctor."--Egyptian pyramid inscription, 3800 B.C.

the medical orthodoxy continue to take a jaundiced view of fasting, particularly as a therapeutic tool. But when the medical profession shifts gears from treating sickness to preventing sickness, and it must!. . .I have every confidence that fasting will be increasingly prescribed.

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Glyconutrition

Dr. Robert Ortman M.D. Researcher, National Institutes of Health states: "I wouldn't be surprised that in 3 to 5 years glyconutrients become a dietary staple".

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Herbal Medicine

It involves the use of natural plants or plant-based substances to treat illness and to enhance the body's function. Medicines are prepared from plant materials including leaves, stems, roots, and bark. These treatments usually contain many biologically active ingredients. The herbs can be prepared in many ways and may be found in many forms including pills, capsules, powders, and extracts. The strengths of herbal remedies can vary depending on the species of herbs used, how and when they were gathered, and how they were prepared. Herbal remedies should be used under the guidance of a practitioner familiar with herbal medicine

Holistic Medicine

A healing philosophy which views the patient as a whole body rather than as a disease or a collection of symptoms. A patient's emotional and spiritual state can affect the patient's condition. Also, nutrition, environment, and lifestyle may contribute to an illness. Holistic practitioners may combine traditional forms of treatment (medicication and sugery) with alternative forms of treatment including homeopathy, acupuncture, chiropractic, massage, and herbal medicine.

Homeopathy

"Homoios" in Greek means similar and "pathos" means disease or suffering. Since one's symptoms are actually efforts of the organism to reestablish homeostasis or balance, it is logical to seek a substance that would, in overdose, cause the similar symptoms the person is experiencing. The medicines, thus, go with, rather than against, the person's natural defenses.

A system of therapeutics founded by a German physician named Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843). It is a philosophy of "like heals like". In this system, the treatments are composed of substances which, in their undiluted state, actually produce the symptoms of the disease in a healthy individual. The substances are diluted to infinitesimal amounts in solutions before they are given to the patient. Many homeopaths also believe that an individual's mental, physical, and emotional constitution may also need to be treated. The potency is based on the dilution ratio and it is believed that the more diluted the dose, the more potent the effect. A dilution ratio written as 1x is 1 part substance to 9 parts dilution medium, 1c is 1 part substance to 99 parts medium, and 1m is 1 part substance to 99 parts medium. A remedy labeled 20c has first been mixed as 1 part substance to 99 parts dilution base. Then, 1 part of this mixture is then mixed with 99 parts of the base and this dilution process is continued for a total of 20 times.

Hypnotherapy

Deborah Marshall-Warren offers interactive hypnotherapy in London,England

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Infratonic Qigong Devices

Qi-Gong masters can, without touch, voice, eye contact or any other traditional communication means, induce a clear, strong, and highly measurable change in a subject's brain functioning. A synchronization of Alpha Rhythm indicates deep relaxation, and is closely associated with accelerated healing.

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Laetrile

An anti-cancer therapy that uses a natural substance to kill cancer cells.

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Magnetic Therapy

Sensitive instruments show that man's mushrooming alternating current (AC) electronic technology is creating interference with the earth's natural magnetic fields. Within a typical home or work environment, the AC radiation is sufficiently prolific to overpower the earth's natural magnetic field by up to 16 times. In today's buildings, the iron and steel alone can deplete the magnetic field by more than half.

The earth produces its own direct current (DC) magnetic pulses that support the natural biorhythms of all living things. However, as mentioned previously, scientists are becoming increasingly alarmed that the present-day magnetic field of the earth has and continues to diminish significantly.

A radiation researcher at Arizona State University believes that ordinary 6O-cycle household AC electricity and higher frequencies such as those from radio broadcasts and radar can cause memory loss, headaches, changes in heart rate and blood chemistry and general malaise.

Massage

The systematic therapeutic stroking or kneading of the body or part. The manipulation of the soft tissues of the body in order to reduce tension and stress, increase circulation, aid the healing of muscle and other soft-tissue injuries, control pain, and promote overall well-being.

Meditation

The practice of sitting or resting quietly and performing mental exercises designed to relax the body and focus concentration

Microalgae

Microhydrin

The Germ is nothing, The Inner Terrain is Everything -- The Inner Terrain we're talking about is our digestive tract, our lymph system, our blood and interstitial fluids. All of these things have to be managed properly through pH balancing. How many people and practitioners do you know of, believe that the immune system is the body's first line of defence? Well it isn't, it's just a glorified janitorial service. What we need to recognize is that your first and major line of defence is the pH balance. There is only one sickness, one disease, and one cause.

So you have to ask yourself, What is this?, What's killing us?,It's acidosis. Acidosis is the main cause of all illness, and when I say this, I mean all illness, because your inner terrain holds the secrets to whether or not you're going to lead a healthy vital life or whether you're going to live in sickness and disease. It is scientifically proven that an acidic environment breeds fungus, mold, bacteria and viruses. Right now, you'll find many health professionals and patients trying to attack the mold, the candida, the fungus and the parasites. Understand that all of these things only come along for the parasite party. If you can get your pH in proper balance you can send these bugs packing and they'll leave out of any orifice possible and never come back to stay, because environment is everything.

Micro Water

...says Dr. Hayashi. If Microwater's claims are true, one key to rejuvenation may be as simple as drinking a glass of good water every day. N

Nutrition and food suplements

Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food -HIPPOCRATES--

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Oriental medicine/ Chinese medicine

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Pregnancy, Birth & Infant Care

Psychology/psychiatry

When the great quantum physicist Erwin Shroedinger was asked how many minds he thought existed in the universe, he laughed and said, "if the sum total of the number of minds could be counted, there would be just one." If you look into the esoteric core-- the spiritual core of all religious traditions-- then you also find there is the discussion of one divine mind, of which we are all a part. Part of that divine mind dwells within each human being as some sort of essence or core.

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Qigong, qi gong, chi kong

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Reiki

Singapore, Reiki Master, reiki healing, laying-on-of-hands, relaxation techniques, attunements, energy centres, chakras, immune system, wellness, de-stress, holistic, wholistic, Asia. S

Somatic Education

The Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais Functional Integration, and Hanna Somatic Education are members of a broader discipline, "somatic education".

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Traditional chinese Medicine, TCM

Tea

Kombucha a very healthy tea

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Veterinary Medicine, veterinary treatments

Improve the quality of life for mankind; by improving the quality of life for animals through natural nutrition

Vision eye Care and treatments

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Water

That's right plain old water...costs nothing...cures everything... non-toxic in any known quantity...complementary to every other therapy.

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