Absolute Beginner's Guide to Alternative Medicine

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352 EXERCISE

exercise
Ayurveda treatments, 60-61
combined manual therapies,
184
exogenous magnetic fields
(BEM), 287
extracts (herbal medicine), 90

F

faith, 270-272, 279
“falling” nightmares, 235
false memory syndrome, 219
Faraday, Michael, 284
fascia (message therapy), 145
fatigue, alternative therapies,
329
fatty oils, herbal medicine, 86
FDA (Food and Drug
Administration), herbal
medicine regulations, 85
Federal Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act, 106
Federick II (massage therapy),
142
feeling-state imagery (Guided
Imagery), 223
feet
magnetic therapies, 293
pressure-point therapies, 163
reflexology points, 158
tired feet, alternative thera-
pies, 329
Feldenkrais Method
arthritis, 320
awareness through move-
ment, 252
development of, 251
functional integration, 252
instruction, 254
tension, 341
Feldenkrais, Moshe, 252
fever, alternative therapies,
330

feverfew, herbal medicine, 91
fibromyalgia, alternative
therapies, 330
fire element (Ayurveda), 52
Fitzgerald, William, 156
Five Phases Theory, 38
Five Sheaths of Existence
(Yoga), 193
fluid retention, alternative
therapies, 330
fo ti, TCM (Traditional
Chinese Medicine) treat-
ments, 45
focus words (meditation),
208, 210
food
dosha relationships, 59-60
TCM (Traditional Chinese
Medicine) treatments, 44
yin and yang properties, 44
frankincense (aromatherapy),
124
free radicals, herbal medi-
cine, 88
Freud, Sigmund, 216, 229
friction (Swedish massage),
148
full body massages, 151
functional integration
(Feldenkrais Method), 252
fungal infection, alternative
therapies, 333

G

Galvani, Guigi, 284
garlic
herbal medicine, 91
TCM (Traditional Chinese
Medicine) treatments, 45
gelsemium (yellow jes-
samine), homeopathy, 113

gemstones
Bioelectronmagnetics, 285
chakras, 290
electronic gem therapy, 289
genuine sleep (dreamwork),
229
geomagnetic fields (BEM),
285
geranium (aromatherapy),
124
Gerber M.D., Richard, 26, 167
ginger
aromatherapy, 124
baths (detoxifying therapies),
301
herbal medicine, 91, 94
TCM (Traditional Chinese
Medicine) treatments, 45
ginkgo, herbal medicine, 91
ginseng
herbal medicine, 91
siberian ginseng, 45
TCM (Traditional Chinese
Medicine) treatments, 45
glucosamine, herbal medi-
cine, 91
glycosides, herbal medicine,
87
Godwin, Malcolm, 21
goldenseal, herbal medicine,
91
Goodheart, George, 178
green apple (aromatherapy),
124
Green Pharmacy, The, 97
green tea
herbal medicine, 92
TCM (Traditional Chinese
Medicine) treatments, 45
Green, Elmer, 170
grounding, 28
group healing ceremonies
(shamanism), 265

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