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Acupuncture
The intent
of acupuncture therapy is to promote health and alleviate pain
and suffering. The method by which this is accomplished, though
it may seem strange and mysterious to many, has been time tested
over thousands of years and continues to be validated today.
The perspective
from which an acupuncturist views health and sickness hinges on
concepts of "vital energy," "energetic balance" and "energetic
imbalance." Just as the Western medical doctor monitors the blood
flowing through blood vessels and the messages traveling via the
nervous system, the acupuncturist assesses the flow and distribution
of this "vital energy" within its pathways, known as "meridians
and channels". The acupuncturist is able to influence health and
sickness by stimulating certain areas along these "meridians".
Traditionally
these areas or "acupoints" were stimulated by fine, slender needles.
Today, many additional forms of stimulation are incorporated,
including herbs, electricity, magnets and lasers. Still, the aim
remains the same - adjust the "vital energy" so the proper amount
reaches the proper place at the proper time. This helps your body
heal itself.
For more information you can visit the following site-
http://acupuncture.com
Ayurveda
Ayurveda is a Sanskrit word, derived
from two roots: ayur, which means life, and veda, knowledge. Knowledge
arranged systematically with logic becomes science. During the
due course of time, Ayurveda became the science of life. It has
its root in ancient vedic literature and encompasses our entire
life, the body, mind and spirit. Ayurvedic literature states slow
and steady is the best route to successful change. Most people
find that diet is the best place to begin an Ayurvedic lifestyle.
For more information you can visit the following site-
http://www.ayurveda.com
Chinese Medicine
Chinese medicine
is a complete medical system that has diagnosed, treated, and
prevented illness for over twenty-three centuries. While it can
remedy ailments and alter states of mind, Chinese medicine can
also enhance recuperative power, immunity, and the capacity for
pleasure, work, and creativity.
Within Chinese
Cosmology, all of creation is born from the marriage of two polar
principles, Yin and Yang: Earth and Heaven, winter and summer,
night and day, cold and hot, wet and dry, inner and outer, body
and mind. Harmony of this union means health, good weather, and
good fortune, while disharmony leads to disease, disaster, and
bad luck. The strategy of Chinese medicine is to restore harmony.
Each human
is seen as a world in miniature, a garden in which doctor and
patient together strive to cultivate health. Every person has
a unique terrain to be mapped, a resilient yet sensitive ecology
to be maintained. Like a gardener uses irrigation and compost
to grow robust plants, the doctor uses acupuncture, herbs and
food to recover and sustain health.
For more information you can visit the following sites-
http://acupuncture.com
http://www.ayurveda.com
Holotropic Breathwork
Holotropic
Breathwork is a kind of breathwork that uses a prescribed set
and setting. Certified facilitators provide information about
nonordinary states of consciousness before participation, and
a format for the breathing that includes evocative music, a reciprocating
partnership in sitting and breathing sessions, art, focused energy
release work, and group sharing for integration. The name holotropic
is derived from Greek roots meaning moving toward wholeness.
For
more information you can visit the following site-
http://www.breathwork.com
Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy:
The use of volatile plant oils, including essential oils, for
psychological and physical well-being.
For
more information you can visit the following site-
http://www.naha.org
Chiropractic
Chiropractic
is a branch of the healing arts which is concerned with human
health and disease processes. Doctors of Chiropractic are physicians
who consider man as an integrated being and give special attention
to the physiological and biochemical aspects including structural,
spinal, musculoskeletal, neurological, vascular, nutritional,
emotional and environmental relationships.
For
more information you can visit the following site-
http://www.amerchiro.org
Massage
Therapy
Massage Therapy
is a profession in which the practitioner applies manual techniques,
and may apply adjunctive therapies, with the intention of positively
affecting the health and well-being of the client.
Types
of massage
Sensual
massage techniques
For
more information you can visit the following site-
http://www.amtamassage.org
Herbal Medicine
Herbalists
use the leaves, flowers, stems, berries, and roots of plants to
prevent, relieve, and treat illness. From a "scientific" perspective,
many herbal treatments are considered experimental. The reality
is, however, that herbal medicine has a long and respected history.
Many familiar medications of the twentieth century were developed
from ancient healing traditions that treated health problems with
specific plants. Today, science has isolated the medicinal properties
of a large number of botanicals, and their healing components
have been extracted and analyzed. Many plant components are now
synthesized in large laboratories for use in pharmaceutical preparations.
For example, vincristine (an antitumor drug), digitalis (a heart
regulator), and ephedrine (a bronchodilator used to decrease respiratory
congestion) were all originally discovered through research on
plants.
For
more information you can visit the following site-
http://www.healthy.net
Homeopathy
Homeopathic
medicine is a natural pharmaceutical science that uses various
plants, minerals or animals in very small dose to stimulate the
sick person's natural defenses. The medicines are individually
chosen for their ability to cause in overdose the similar symptoms
the person is experiencing. "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.
For
more information you can visit the following site-
http://www.homeopathic.com
Naturopathic Medicine
Natural medicine,
nature cure, naturopathy...are these all the same thing, and whether
or not they are what do they have to offer for you in this era
of 'scientific' medicine?
These are
treatment systems which also offer a basic philosophy for living,
which if followed is claimed to prevent much of the ill health
which afflicts modern humans.
Quite simply
naturopathy is a system which is concerned with the whole person,
rather than just the problems afflicting his/her various organs
and systems. Naturopathy recognizes and uses the fact that the
body is a self-healing organism, working with the knowledge that
if the right environment and opportunity for self-healing can
be created repair, recovery and good health will result, spontaneously
and ill health will be prevented.
For
more information you can visit the following site-
http://www.naturopathic.org
Osteopathy
Osteopathy
is a system of health care which recognizes that the self-healing,
self-regulating ability of the body is dependent upon a number
of factors, including favorable environmental conditions (internal
and external), adequate nutrition and normal structural integrity.
It utilizes generally accepted methods of diagnosis, as well as
certain specialized ones developed to facilitate accurate structural
assessment. It places special emphasis upon the importance of
body mechanics, and uses manipulative techniques to detect and
correct, faulty structure and function.
For
more information you can visit the following site-
http://www.aoa-net.org
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