American Oriental Bodywork
Therapy Association 180–181
American Osteopathic
Association 181
American Physical Therapy
Association 181
American Polarity Therapy
Association 181
American Psychiatric
Association (APA) 120
American Psychiatric Association
Journal 120
American Psychosomatic
Society 36
American Psychotherapy and
Medical Hypnosis Association
181
American Qigong Association
181
American Reflexology
Certification Board 181
American Shiatsu Association
181
American Society for Clinical
Nutrition 181
American Society of Bariatric
Physicians 181
American Society of Clinical
Hypnosis 181
American Society of the
Alexander Technique 181
American Speech-Language-
Hearing Association 181
American Vegan Society 181
American Yoga Association
181
amethyst 32
ammatherapy 7. See also
shiatsu
AMTA. SeeAmerican Massage
Therapy Association
amyris oil 107
analgesia 232
Anandashram 167
Ananda yoga 168
Anatomy of the Spirit(Myss) 87
Anchor Point Institute 181
Ancient Secrets of the Fountain of
Youth(Kelder) 171
Andrus, Veda xix
angelica root oil 108
animal(s). See alsopet(s)
cells from, therapy with
24–25
glandulars from 50
animal-assisted therapy 7. See
alsopet(s)
aniseed oil 108
anise oil 108
ankylosing spondylitis xxi
Anthroposophical Medicine(Bott)
21, 146
anthroposophy 21, 146
antibiotics, herbal 7
Anusara yoga 168
anxiety 7–8
symptoms of 7
transcendental meditation
for 154
treatment of 7–8, 154
APA. SeeAmerican Psychiatric
Association
aphasia 103
apitherapy 8
applications, healing 8
applied kinesiology (AK). See
kinesiology
apricot kernel oil 108
apricots 47
aquamarine 32
aquasonics 8, 32
Arcier, Micheline 9
A.R.E. SeeAssociation for
Research and Enlightenment
arjowan oil 108
arm bath 60
arm douche 59
armoise oil 108, 115
Armstrong, John W. 155
Arnica montana 154
Arnold, Joan 6
aromatherapy 9–10
for anxiety 8
coining of term 9, 49in Islamic Sufi healing
practices 67
with massage 83
Aromatherapy Institute and
Research 182
Aromatherapy Seminars 182
aromatic substance 10
artav(reproductive tissue) 10
Artharva-Veda 165
arthritis, NCCAM on 230–231
Arthritis Trust of America 182
The Art Spirit(Henri) 10
art therapy 10
asanas 10,164, 165, 166
Asbury Park Press(newspaper)
142
ascorbic acid flush 10–11
ashtangayoga 11,168, 170
aspen 16
Association for Applied
Psychophysiology and
Biofeedback 182
Association for Research and
Enlightenment (A.R.E.) 23,
24
Association of Vegetarian
Dietitians & Nutrition
Educators 182
asthi(bone) 11, 34
asthma
Buteyko breathing
technique for 22
Chinese herbs for 27
magnesium therapy for 97
Aston, Judith 11
Aston-Patterning 11
Aston Training Center 11, 182
astringent 11
atherosclerosis, carotid, vitamin
E for 231
athma 11
attars 67
attunement 11
aura 11–12
auricular therapy 4, 12
Aurobindo Ashram 167
Aurobindo Ghose, Sri 167Index 257