Absolute Beginner's Guide to Alternative Medicine

PITTA DOSHAS^359

neurovascular points

Applied Kinesiology treat-

ment methods, 181

combined manual therapies,

179

neutral foods (TCM treat-

ments), 44

Nightingale, Florence, 267,

303

nightmares, 232

as insight, 234

“being attacked”, 235

“being chased”, 235

“being unprepared for an

exam”, 235

“falling”, 235

“paralyzed”, 235

“public nudity”, 236

reframing, 235-236

“trapped”, 235

nondirected prayer (religious

healing), 277

nonordinary realities

(shamanism), 262-263

number four, significance of

in Native American medi-

cine, 72

nursing homes, Eden

Alternative, 307-309

nutrition

Ayurveda treatments, 58-60

combined manual therapies,

183-184

Yoga, 194

nux vomica (poison nut),

homeopathy, 113

O - P

obedience training (AAT), 304

om meditations, 204

onion (allium cepa), home-

opathy, 113

orange (aromatherapy), 125

Ornish, Dr. Dean, 25

OSC (Ordinary State of

Consciousness), 262

Osler, Sir William, 156

osteoarthritis, alternative

therapies, 336-337. See also

arthritis

osteoporosis, alternative

therapies, 337

oxides (aromatherapy), 119

oxygen therapy, 29

pain management

alternative therapies, 337

hypnotherapy, 222

pain treatment, magnetic

therapies, 292

Palmer, B.J., 132

Palmer, Daniel David, 132

palpation

chiropractic diagnostic meth-

ods, 136

pressure-point therapies, 160

TCM diagnostic methods, 43

panchakarma (Ayurveda

treatments), 64

“paralyzed” nightmares, 235

particulate-deterministic

research paradigms (con-

ventional medicine), 12

partner massages, 151-152

passive yoga. SeeThai mas-

sage

Path of Abstinence (Yoga),

191

Path of Body Control (Yoga),

192

Path of Breath Control

(Yoga), 192

Path of Concentration (Yoga),

193

Path of Detachment (Yoga),

192

Path of Meditation (Yoga),

193

Path of Personal Discipline

(Yoga), 192

Path of Pure Consciousness

(Yoga), 193

peppermint (aromatherapy),

125

personal power (shamanism),

267

personality integration

(dreamwork), 234

pet visits, 308

petitional prayer (religious

healing), 277

petrissage (Swedish mas-

sage), 148

peyote, 78. See alsoherbs

phantom pain, alternative

therapies, 319

phenols (aromatherapy), 119

physical exams, homeopathic

diagnostic methods, 109

physicians, religion, 277

phytonutrients, 86-87

phytotherapy. Seeherbal

medicine

Pilot Dogs, Inc., 310

Pink Bubble guided imagery,

225, 291-292

Pipe ceremonies (Native

American medicine), 76

pipes (Native American medi-

cine), 74

Pitta doshas, 53, 56

balancing, 67

composite body types, 54-55

determining, 64, 66

imbalances, 57-63

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