Absolute Beginner's Guide to Alternative Medicine

358 MERIDIANS

Applied Kinesiology treat-

ment methods, 183

hsuehs, 27

microsystems, 158-160

pressure-point therapies, 158

qi, 27

Mesmer, Franz Anton, 216

microsystems, pressure-point

therapies, 158-160

migraine headaches

alternative therapies, 335

hypnotherapy, 222

milk thistle, herbal medicine,

92

Miller, Neal, 242

Mindfulness (meditation),

206-207

mini-massages, 151

mint, herbal medicine, 94

“mixer” chiropractors, 132

monkeys (T’ai Chi), 250

monkshood (aconitum),

homeopathy, 113

morality, illness, 270-273

morning sickness, alternative

therapies, 336

“mother tinctures” (home-

opathy), 107

motion palpation exams (chi-

ropractic diagnostic meth-

ods), 136

Mountain Pose (Yoga), 198

movement therapies

Alexander Technique, 251,

254

Feldenkrais Method, 251-254

goals of, 248

posture, 248

Qigong, 249-250, 253-256

T’ai Chi, 249-256

Trager Approach, 252-254

moving meditations, 207

Mowrey, Daniel, 97

moxibustion, 46

Murai, Master Jiro, 156

muscle soreness, alternative

therapies, 336

music

Ayurveda treatments, 63

musical therapy, 19

rhythm, 18-19

myofascial release,

sprains/strains, 340

Myss, Caroline, 26

N

NASA, crystal cards, 289

NASTAT (North American

Society of Teachers of the

Alexander Technique), 251

National Acceditation

Commission for Schools and

Colleges of Acupuncture

and Orinetal Medicine, 157

National Center for

Complementary and

Alternative Medicine, 14,

47-48

National Center for

Homeopathy, 106

National Institutes of Health,

14

Native American medicine

chanting, 75

circles, significance of, 71

diagnostic methods, 74

drumming, 75

healing touch, 77

health, view of, 73

herbs, 77

illness, view of, 73

medicine objects, 74

medicine people, role of, 73

Medicine Wheels, 72-74

number four, significance of,

72

peyote, 78

Pipe ceremonies, 76

Sacred Hoops, 72

shamans, 71

sings, 76

smudging, 75

spirtual foundation of, 70

sweatlodges, 75

treatments, 74-79

vision quests, 76

“nature identical” oils (aro-

matherapy), 122

naturopathy

athlete’s foot, 321

development of, 100

diagnosis methods, 103

diseases, causes of, 102

health, view of, 102

iatrogenic illnesses, 101

licensing physicians, 100

physicians as teachers, 102

theory of, 101

treatment methods, 103-104

nausea, alternative therapies,

336

naval chakras. Seesexual

chakras

NCCA (National Commission

for the Certification of

Acupuncturists), 157

NCI (National Cancer

Institute), herbal medicine,

84-85

negative thinking, Native

American medicine treat-

ments, 79

neroli (aromatherapy), 125

neti (Yoga), 297

neurolymphatic points

Applied Kinesiology treat-

ment methods, 183

combined manual therapies,

179

neuromagnetic stimulation,

288

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