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Absolute Beginner's Guide to Alternative Medicine

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  • Part I An Introduction to Alternative Medicine.

    • 1 What is Alternative Medicine All About?.

    • 2 How Does Alternative Medicine Work?.



  • Part II Non-Western Healing Methods.

    • 3Traditional Chinese Medicine.

    • 4Ayuredic Medicine.

    • 5 Native American Healing.



  • Part III Botanical Healing.

    • 6 Herbal Medicine.

    • 7 Naturopathy.

    • 8 Homeopathy.

    • 9Aromatherapy.



  • Part IV Manual Healing Methods.

    • 10 Chiropractic Practice.

    • 11 Massage.

    • 12 Pressure-Point Therapies.

    • 13 Energy-Balancing Therapies.

    • 14 Combined Manual Therapies.



  • Part V Mind-Body Techniques.

    • 15 Yoga.

    • 16 Meditation.

    • 17 Hypnotherapy.

    • 18 Dreamwork.

    • 19 Biofeedback.

    • 20 Movement-Oriented Therapies.



  • Part VI Spiritual Therapies.

    • 21 Shamanismx.

    • 22 Faith and Prayer.



  • Part VII Other Therapies.

    • 23 Bioeletromagnetics.

    • 24 Detoxifying Therapies.

    • 25 Animal-Assisted Therapies.



  • Part VIII Appendix.

    • Appendix.

    • Index.

    • I An Introduction to Alternative Medicine. Table of Contents



  • 1 What Is Alternative Medicine All About?.

    • Why Are People Turning to Alternative Medicine?

    • What We Talk About When We Talk About Health

      • Conventional Medicine

      • Alternative Medicine

      • Two Paradigms, Possibly Complementary



    • What Are the Theoretical Foundations of the Two Systems?

      • Origin of Disease.

      • The Meaning of Health

      • The Healing Process

      • The Nature of Healthy Living



    • Research Comparing the Two Systems

      • Three Approaches to Research

      • The Limits of Western Thinking





  • 2 How Does Alternative Medicine Work?

    • Balance

      • Circadian Rhythms

      • Musical Rhythms



    • Spirituality

      • Spirituality and Suffering

      • Spiritual Guides.



    • Energy

      • Life Force

      • Chakras

      • Aura

      • Meridians

      • Energy Concentration

      • Grounding and Centering



    • Breath



  • II Non-Western Healing Methods.

  • 3Traditional Chinese Medicine

    • What Is Traditional Chinese Medicine?.

      • Chi: The Energy in You and Me

      • Yin and Yang: Two Parts of the Whole

      • The Five Phases: An Internal Cycle in Balance

      • The Five Seasons: Balanced on the Outside

      • The Three Vital Treasures: Building Blocks of Life



    • How Does Traditional Chinese Medicine Work?

      • Traditional Chinese Diagnosis

      • Traditional Chinese Treatments: Restoring Balance and Flow.



    • How Can I Get Started With Traditional Chinese Medicine?

      • Diet

      • Breathing and Relaxation





  • 4Ayurvedic Medicine

    • What Is Ayurveda?

      • The Five Elements

      • Doshas

      • Body Types

      • Tissues/Dhatus

      • Waste Products/Malas

      • Energy/Prana



    • Balancing the Doshas: The Ayurvedic View of Health and Illness

    • How Does Ayurveda Work?

      • Ayurvedic Diagnosis: The Whole Body Tells the Story



    • Ayurvedic Treatments Will Change Your Life

      • Nutrition.

      • Herbs

      • Exercise

      • Breathing

      • Meditation

      • Massage.

      • Aromatherapy.

      • Music

      • Purification

      • How Can I Get Started with Ayurveda? vi ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

        • Determining Your Dosha

        • Seeking Dosha Balance





    • 5 Native American Healing

      • What Is Native American Healing?

        • The Spiritual Foundation of Native American Medicine

        • The Healing Art: a Gift from the Creator

        • The Circle

        • The Number Four

        • and Illness Harmony with All Things: The Native American View of Health

        • Role of Medicine Women and Men



      • How Does Native American Medicine Work?

        • Smudging

        • Sweatlodge

        • Drumming and Chanting.

        • Sing

        • Pipe Ceremony

        • Vision Quest

        • Healing Touch/Acupressure

        • Herbs

        • Peyote



      • How Can I Get Started with Native American Healing?

        • Fostering Positive Thoughts

        • Banishing Negative Thoughts







  • III Botanical Healing.

    • 6 Herbal Medicine

      • What Is Herbal Medicine?.

      • How Does Herbal Medicine Work?.

        • Phytonutrients

        • Antioxidants

        • Synergism.

        • Safety.





    • How Can I Get Started with Herbal Medicine? CONTENTS vii

      • Putting Herbs in Perspective.

      • Safety First

      • Getting More Information About Herbal Medicine





  • 7 Naturopathy

    • What Is Naturopathy?.

    • How Does Naturopathy Work?.

      • Healing Power of Nature

      • First, Do No Harm

      • Find the Cause

      • Physician as Teacher



    • Health Comes from Within

    • Naturopathic Diagnosis and Treatment



  • 8 Homeopathy

    • What Is Homeopathy?

    • How Does Homeopathy Work?

      • Law of Similars

      • Law of Infinitesimals

      • When Life Is Out of Balance.



    • A Holistic Diagnosis

    • Take Two Drops and Call Me in the Morning: Homeopathic Treatment

    • How Do I Get Started with Homeopathy?



  • 9Aromatherapy

    • What Is Aromatherapy?

      • The History of Aromatherapy

      • Not Just for Perfume Anymore



    • How Does Aromatherapy Work?

      • Essential Oils

      • How Essential Oils Work

      • Delivering Essential Oils



    • How Can I Get Started with Aromatherapy?

      • Aromatherapy at Home





  • IV Manual Healing Practices.

    • 10 Chiropractic Practice

      • What Is Chiropractic?

      • How Does Chiropractic Work?

        • Anatomy

        • Foundations of Chiropractic Treatment



      • The Limits of Misalignment

      • About Chiropractic Treatment

        • The Chiropractic Assessment

        • The Chiropractic Cure

        • More Than Just Back-Cracking





    • 11 Massage

      • What Is Massage?

        • Massage in the United States.



      • How Does Massage Work?

        • Skin: The Organ You’re In

        • Touch

        • Trigger Points: A Pain in the Neck.

        • Fascia and Fascial Restrictions



      • What Are the Different Types of Massage?

        • Swedish Massage

        • Shiatsu Massage

        • Trigger Point Massage

        • Sports Massage.

        • Rolfing

        • Executive Massage

        • Thai Massage

        • Infant Massage

        • Self-Massage



      • Trying Massage at Home

        • Mini-Massage (1–2 minutes)

        • Full Body Massage (5–10 minutes)

        • Partner Massage

        • Massage During Pregnancy

        • Infant Massage







  • 12 Pressure-Point Therapies. CONTENTS ix

    • What Are Pressure Point Therapies?

    • How Do Pressure Point Therapies Work?

      • Meridians

      • Microsystems

      • Mind-Body Connections



    • What Happens During a Pressure-Point Session

      • Acupuncture

      • Jin Shin Jyutsu/Jin Shin Do

      • Reflexology



    • Putting Pressure on Yourself: Therapies to Try at Home

      • Headache

      • Hiccups

      • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

      • Foot Massage

      • Accupressure of the Hand





  • 13 Energy-Balancing Therapies

    • What Are Energy-Balancing Therapies?

      • The Education of Therapeutic Hands



    • How do Energy-Balancing Therapies Work?

      • Smoothing the Way for Healing



    • The Experience of Energy-Balancing Healing.

      • Therapeutic Touch

      • Healing Touch

      • Reiki.



    • How Can I Get Started with Energy-Balancing Therapy?



  • 14 Combined Manual Therapies

    • What Are Combined Therapies?

    • How Do Combined Therapies Work?

      • Meridians

      • Neurovascular Points

      • Neurolymphatic Points

      • Polarity

      • What Is a Combined Therapy Session Like?

        • Diagnosis and Treatment

        • Applied Kinesiology.

        • Polarity Therapy







  • V Mind-Body Techniques.

    • 15 Yoga

      • What Is Yoga?

        • Much More Than Headstands

        • Eight Paths to Self-Realization



      • The Nature of Yogic Health

      • How Does Yoga Work?

      • How Do I Begin a Yoga Practice?

        • Developing a Regular Yoga Practice

        • A Yogic Pregnancy





    • 16 Meditation

      • What Is Meditation?

      • How Does Meditation Work?

        • Meditative State

        • Attention and Concentration

        • Focal Points for the Empty Mind

        • Better Living Through Less Stress

        • Achieving the Relaxation Response.



      • How Do I Start a Meditation Practice?

        • Why Meditate?

        • Beginning Your Practice

        • Enriching and Extending Your Meditative Practice





    • 17 Hypnotherapy

      • What Is Hypnotherapy?

      • The Nature of Hypnotherapy

        • Trance: Letting the Subconscious Drive

        • Bark Like a Dog: Laws and Principles of Suggestion.

        • Memories





    • You Are Feeling Sleepy, Very Sleepy: The Process of Hypnosis

      • Establishing a Healing Relationship

      • Entering the Subconscious

      • Making the Suggestion

      • Snapping the Fingers.



    • Benefits and Applications of Hypnotherapy

      • Guided Imagery



    • How Do I Get Started with Hypnotherapy?



  • 18 Dreamwork

    • What Is Dreamwork?

    • How Does Dreaming Work?

    • Why Do We Dream?

      • Types of Dreams



    • Making Meaning, and Healing, for Our Dreams

      • Tools for Dream Control

      • Reframing Nightmares

      • Cultivating Healing Dreams

      • Dream Incubation

      • Dream Sharing





  • 19 Biofeedback

    • What Is Biofeedback?

    • How Does Biofeedback Work?

      • The Tools of Biofeedback

      • The Process of Biofeedback



    • How Do I Start Using Biofeedback?



  • 20 Movement-Oriented Therapies.

    • How Do Movement-Oriented Therapies Work?

    • Qigong

      • T’ai Chi

      • The Alexander Technique

      • The Feldenkrais Method

      • The Trager Approach



    • How Do I Begin Using Movement-Oriented Therapies?

    • VI Spiritual Therapies. xii ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

      • 21 Shamanism

        • What Is Shamanism?

        • Becoming a Shaman

        • How Does Shamanism Work?.

          • Finding Harmony with the Environment

          • Drawing on Personal Power

          • Controlling States of Consciousness

          • Tapping the Imagination

          • The Shamanic Cosmology



        • The Shamanic View of Health and Illness

          • Healing as a Journey

          • Finding Your Friendly Neighborhood Shaman

          • Finding the Beat of Your Healing





      • 22 Faith and Prayer

        • Religion as a Healing Practice.

          • The History of Medicine and Religion



        • How Does Spiritual Healing Work?

          • Prayer: Much More Than a Chat with God

          • The Universality of Faith

          • Illness as a Spiritual Crisis.

          • The Twelve Remedies.



        • How Do I Begin Taking a Spiritual Approach to My Health?

          • Prayer as an Act of Gratitude









  • VII Other Therapies.

    • 23 Bioelectromagnetics

      • What Is Bioelectromagnetics?.

        • Geomagnetic Field

        • Endogenous Magnetic Fields

        • Exogenous Magnetic Fields

        • Resonance



      • How Does Bioelectromagnetics Work?.

        • Magnetic Therapies: They’re Very Attractive

        • Crystal Healing: A Therapeutic Wavelength.





    • Getting Started with Bioelectromagnetic Healing

      • Choosing a Crystal

      • Meditating with Your Crystal

      • Tr ying Magnetic Therapies



    • 24 Detoxifying Therapies

      • Hydrotherapy: A Nice, Hot Bath

      • Colonics: A Deeper Feeling of Clean.

      • Chelation Therapy: No More Heavy Metal

      • Getting Started with Purification Therapies



    • 25 Animal-Assisted Therapy

      • What Is Animal-Assisted Therapy?

        • What Kinds of Animals Are Used?



      • What’s the Idea Behind Animal-Assisted Therapy?

        • Companion Animals: Part of the Family

        • Therapy Animals: Part of the Healing Process

        • What Are the Goals of Animal-Assisted Therapy?

        • Animal-Assisted Activities

        • Pet Visits.

        • Resident Animals.

        • Eden Alternative

        • Service Dogs

        • Special Concerns for Pet Owners with HIV/AIDS







  • VIII Appendix.

    • A Alternative Therapies for Common Health Problems

      • Index





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