Philpott, William H., Magnet
Therapy80–81
phlegm, as humor 58
Phoenix Rising yoga 170
photography, Kirlian 72, 126
physical therapy 126
physicians. See also specific types
botanic 21
conventional
as triage officer xx
views on alternative
medicine 200
phytotherapy 126. See also
herbalism
Pilates 126
Pilates, Joseph H. 126
Pilla, Arthur A. 134
pine 17
pine oil 117
pitta 34, 126, 154
refrigerants for 137
in urine therapy 155–156
placebo 126
placebo effect 126
NCCAM on 95–96
spontaneous healing as 146
placebo surgery 130
plant-spirit healing 126
Plants Used Against Cancer
(Hartwell) 58
PMA. SeePhilippine Medical
Association
PMRI. SeePreventive Medicine
Research Institute
polarity therapy 126–127
polypeptides 38
pools, heated, in aquasonics 8
positive thinking 125
posture training. SeeAlexander
Technique
potassium chloride 24
potassium phosphate 24
potassium sulfate 24
poultice, herbal 127
PowerBreathing 170
The Power of Positive Thinking
(Peale) 125
The Power to Heal: Ancient Arts &
Modern Medicinexxi, xxii
on art therapy 10
Power yoga 170
A Practical Guide to Vibrational
Medicine(Gerber) xviii, 47
on magnetism 80
on radionics 135
pragmatism 69
prakruti 127
pranayama 127,164, 166
pranic bath 161
pranic healing 127
pratyahara 164
prayer, power of 34, 127
pregnancy, depression during,
acupuncture for 235
Prescription for Nutritional Healing
(Balch and Balch) 17
Preventive Medicine Research
Institute (PMRI) 119
Priessnitz, Vincenz 59
primal integration 127–128
primal scream therapy 127–128
primitive medicine 245
professional organizations,
contact information for
177–187
prostatic hyperplasia, benign
(BPH) 234–235
protease 40
Prudden, Bonnie 21
psoric miasm 85
psychiatry, consultation-liaison
35, 36
psychic surgery 128–131
Psychic Surgery(McDowall) 129
psychoimmunology xxii
The Psychology of the Unconscious
(Jung) 70
psychosomatic disease 131
psychosomatic medicine
and behavioral medicine
18
definition of 18
Dunbar’s work in 35, 36
PubMed 90, 98pulse analysis 131
Punctoscope 4
purvakarma 131
Pyrifer 67Q
qi (ch’i) 133
in acupressure 1, 2
in acupuncture 2–3
qigong 133–134
internal 133
medical 133
Qigong Institute 134, 186
qi ni 134
qi xian 134
qi zhi 134
Quackwatch 146
quartz 32R
radical healing xviii, 135
Radical Healing(Ballentine)
xviii, 135
on allopathy 6
on flower remedies 15–16
on Hering’s Law of Cure 55
on sweat lodges 147–148
radiesthesia, medical 35
radionics 135–136
Raj, Maharishi Ayur-Veda
Health Institute 186
rajas 50, 136
rajasic 136
Raja yoga 164
rakta(blood) 34
rakta moksha 136
Ramakrishna Order 166
Ramakrishna Paramhansa 165,
166
Ramdas, Papa 167
rapeseed oil 109
rasa(plasma) 34, 136
rasayana 136Index 271