Absolute Beginner's Guide to Alternative Medicine

■ Homeopathy: Arsenicum album, 1 tablet 3 times daily; maximum 1 week

■ Meditation

■ Reflexology: during an asthma attack, work the reflexes for the diaphragm

and lungs on the balls of the feet

■ Water: drink plenty of water to keep the respiratory tract secretions fluid

■ Yoga: focus on expansive postures and breathing practices designed to

increase the length of the exhalation

Athlete’s Foot

■ Acupressure: do full foot or hand acupressure massage session twice a week

to stimulate the immune and endocrine systems; do not press on broken,

sore, or cracked skin areas

■ Aromatherapy: cedarwood, lemon balm, rosemary; mix 2 drops lavender oil

and 1 drop tea tree oil and apply between toes

■ Herbs: black walnut tincture—apply directly to fungus patches and drink a

tea of green crushed walnut hulls for fungus anywhere in body

■ Naturopathy: take 2 Kyolic garlic tablets TID, decrease to BID when all infec-

tions are healed; dust your feet and shoes with garlic powder

■ Supplements: take B-complex vitamins, 50–100 TID with meals; dust vitamin

C powder directly onto affected area; zinc may help clear the skin and boost

the immune system

Attention Deficit Disorder

■ Biofeedback

■ Supplements: B vitamins

Back Pain

■ Acupuncture

■ Alexander Technique: teaches a more balanced used of body since muscular

imbalance often contributes to back pain

■ Applied kinesiology

■ Biofeedback

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