Canadian Holistic Medical
Association 182
Canadian Institute of Stress
(CIS) 141, 182
cananga oil 109
cancer
AMA on 199
Ayurvedic treatment of 13
chelation therapy for
26–27
Hoxsey therapy for 57–58
insulin potentiation therapy
for 65
Issels’s fever therapy for
67–68
Native American treatment
of 100
NCCAM on 93–95, 231
Cancer Advisory Panel for
Complementary and
Alternative Medicine
(CAPCAM) 240, 241–242
canola oil 109
CAPCAM. SeeCancer Advisory
Panel for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine
caraway oil 109–110
cardamom seed oil 110
cardiovascular disease, NCCAM
on 231–232
Care of the Soul(Moore) 46
carminative 23
carnation oil 110
carpal tunnel syndrome,
acupuncture for 233–234
Carroll, Robert Todd, The
Skeptic’s Dictionary 81
carrot seed and root 110
cascarilla bark 110
Casey, the Reverend Solanus
23
cashew nut oil 110
cassia 110
cassie 110
castor oil 110
cathartic 23
catnip 109, 110
caustic 23
Cayce, Edgar 23–24
Cayola, Renato 9
CC. SeeCochrane Collaboration
CDC. SeeCenters for Disease
Control and Prevention
cedar leaf oil 110
cedarwood oil 110
celery seed oil 110
celiac plexus. Seesolar plexus
cell salts 24
cell therapy 24–25
cellulase 39–40
centaury 16
Center for Applied
Psychophysiology 183
Center for Mind/Body Medicine
183
Center for the Study of
Alternative and
Complementary Medicine
(CSACM) xi
centering, in Therapeutic Touch
150
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) 240
centesimal scale, homeopathic
25
cerato 16
cerebral blood flow, melatonin
and 232
chair massage 82
chakras 25–26
color of 30
definition of 25
origin of term 25
root (sexual) 25, 139, 142
chamomile
German 110
Roman 110–111
chamomile Moroc 111
Champaca flower and leaf 111
Chang San-feng 149
channels 26. See alsomeridians
Charak (physician) 51
chelation therapy 26–27
NCCAM on 95Chernin, Dennis 22
Homeopathic Remedies for
Health Professionals and
Laypeople 22
cherry plum 16
chest douche 59
chestnut
red 17
sweet 17
white 17
chestnut bud 16
ch’i. See qi
chicory 16
Chinese herbalism 27
Chinese medicine
acupuncture in 2
eight principal patterns in
37, 163
Empty Heat in 38
externals in 41
Five Elements in 46
herbalism in 27
meridians in 83–84
six stage patterns in 144
yin-yang in 163
chiropractic 27–29
AMA on 193–194
development of 27, 28,
123–124
mixed 28
public acceptance of xvii, 28
straight 28
X rays in 161
Chishti, Hakim 66
chlorella 50
chlorophyll 50
cholera 57
chologogue 29
Chopra, Deepak 29, 170
Chowka, Peter Berry 101
Christi Order 66
Christy, Martha M. 155
Chronic Disease: Its Cause and Cure
(Banerjee) 18
cicatrizant 29
cinchona 56
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