Absolute Beginner's Guide to Alternative Medicine

362 SCRAPES

scrapes, alternative thera-

pies, 318

“seat of prana”, 28

selenium, herbal medicine, 92

self-hypnosis techniques

pink bubble technique, 225

renovating your day, 224

shrinking antagonistic forces,

224

self-massage, 150

service dogs, 310

sesquiterpenes (aromathera-

py), 119

sexual chakras, characteristics

of, 24

sexual dysfunction, alterna-

tive therapies, 339

shallow breathing, 30

shamanism, 70, 259

aromatherapy, 117

biomedicine, 267

cancer, 267

cosmologies, 263-264

Creator, relationship to, 71

development of, 260

dreamwork, 228

drums, 265, 267

environmental harmony, 261

group healing ceremonies,

265

health, view of, 264

illness, view of, 264

imagination, 263

initiation, 260-261

instruction, 267

medicine bundles, 262

OSC (Ordinary State of

Consciousness), 262

personal power, 262, 267

power animals, 263

quartz crystals, 262

role of, 73

shamanic journeys, 265-267

soul loss, 264

soul retrieval, 264

spirit guides, 264

SSC (Shamanic State of

Consciousness), 262-265

teacher plants, 265

Vision Quests, 261

shanti meditations, 204

shared beliefs (religious heal-

ing remedies), 275

shen, 40

Shen Nong, 36

Shiatsu massage, 148, 329

shingles, alternative thera-

pies, 339

shrinking antagonistic forces

(self-hypnosis techniques),

224

shukra, 55

siberian ginseng, TCM

(Traditional Chinese

Medicine) treatments, 45

Simonton, Dr. O. Carl, 267

sings (Native American medi-

cine), 76

sinus problems, alternative

therapies, 339

skin

Ayurveda, 58

dry skin, alternative thera-

pies, 340

function of, 144-145

sleep

magnetic fields, 286

paralysis, 230

“sleep spindles”, 230

SMT (spinal manual therapy),

136

smudging, 75

solar plexus chakras, 24, 28

sore muscles, alternative

therapies, 336

sore throat, alternative thera-

pies, 340

soul loss (shamanism), 264

soul retrieval (shamanism),

264

space element (Ayurveda), 52

spinal subluxation (chiroprac-

tic therapies), 132-135

spirit guides (shamanism),

264

spiritual guides, 20-21

spiritual healing, 276

aesthetics of worship, 274

confession and absolution,

274

faith, 270-272, 279

healthful living, 274

illness, view of, 270-273

love for self and others, 276

medicine, 270-271

positive expectations, 276

prayer, 270-272, 277-279

projecting love, 279

purpose in life, 275

relaxation response, 273

remedies, 273-276

rituals, 275

shared beliefs, 275

support networks, 274

turning over to a Higher

Power, 275

whole-being worship, 274

spiritual imagery (Guided

Imagery), 224

spiritus, 29

sports massage, 148-149, 337

sprains, alternative therapies,

340

SSC (Shamanic State of

Consciousness), 262-265

St. Ignatius bean (ignatia),

homeopathy, 113

St. John’s wort, herbal medi-

cine, 92

Standards of Practice for

Animal-Assisted Activities

and Animal-Assisted

Therapy, 304

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