Absolute Beginner's Guide to Alternative Medicine

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development of, 242

diabetes, 327

EEG (electroencephalograph)

devices, 243

effectiveness of, 244

EMG (electromyography),

243

ERF (electrodermal response)

devices, 243

fibromyalgia, 330

GSR (galvanic skin response)

devices, 243

heart disease, 331

hypertension, 332

migraine headaches, 335

respirator resistance biofeed-

back, 243

signals, interpreting, 244

training processes, 245

voluntary nervous system,

242

biofield therapies

combined manual therapies,

178

energy field exercises,

171-172

energy flows, 171

energy transference, 170

functions of, 169-170

HT (Healing Touch), 168-171,

174-175

locus of healing, 171

philosophy of, 171

redirection exercises, 179

Reiki, 168-171, 174-175

TT (Therapeutic Touch),

168-175

biomedicine

defining, 6

disease, origins of, 10

focus of, 7

shamanism, 267

bitter principles, herbal medi-

cine, 86

body scan meditation, 210

bones (broken), alternative

therapies, 323

borage, herbal medicine, 93

botanical medicine. See

herbal medicine

Braid, James, 216

breathing

asthma, 320

Ayurveda treatments, 61

“breath of life”, 29

breathing clouds, 30

breathing energy, 31

deep breathing, 30, 49, 196

emotional distress, 328

exercises, 320

heart breathing (Yoga), 199

meditation, 212

PMS, 338

pranayama, 62

reverse breathing (T’ai Chi),

251

shallow breathing, 30

stress, 30, 341

yin and yang, 29

broken bones, alternative

therapies, 323

bruises, alternative therapies,

323

bryonia (wild hops), home-

opathy, 113

Buddhist meditation, 206

Burmeister, Mary, 156

Burnham, Sophy, 21

burns (minor), alternative

therapies, 323

C

C10 terpenes (aromatherapy),

119

calendula (aromatherapy

treatment examples), 126

California Institute for

Human Science, AMI

machines, 28

cancer

alternative therapies, 324

breath therapy, 29

hypnotherapy, 222

musical therapy, 19

shamanism, 267

canker sores, alternative

therapies, 324

capsaicin, herbal medicine, 90

carbohydrates, herbal medi-

cine, 86

cardiovascular biofeedback,

243

carotenoids, herbal medicine,

87

carpal tunnel syndrome

alternative therapies, 324

magnetic therapy, 293

pressure-point therapies, 163

Cathedral at Chartres,

Walking Mandala, 204

Cattefosse, Maurice-Rene,

117

causal body layer (auric

fields), 27

cedarwood (aromatherapy),

124

celestial body layer (auric

fields), 27

cellular imagery (Guided

Imagery), 223

centering, 28

centering (energy-balancing

therapies), 172

cerebral palsy, musical thera-

py, 19

chakras, 22, 25. See also

auras

breathing energy, 31

crown chakra, 23

crown chakras, characteristics

of, 25

crystals, 290

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