NNadi 131
Nakagawa, Kyoichi 81
narcissus oil 116
Naropa Institute 185
nasal douche 35
nasya 89
National Academies 205
National Acupuncture
Detoxification Association
186
National Association for Holistic
Aromatherapy 185
National Cancer Institute (NCI),
on Hoxsey therapy 57–58
National Center for
Complementary and
Alternative Medicine
(NCCAM) 89–99
contact information for 92
establishment of xx, 214,
217
events in history of
228–230
evidence-based reviews in
240–241
fact sheet on CAM by
89–99
interventions by,
mechanisms of 93
members of 241–244
objectives of xx–xxi, 89, 93,
217–218
priorities of 93–98
research centers of 235–238
strategic plan of, text of
213–244
and Therapeutic Touch 150
National Center for
Homeopathy 186
National Commission for the
Certification of Acupuncturists
186
National Council against Health
Fraud (NCAHF) 130–131, 186
National Guild of Hypnotists
186
National Institute of Ayurvedic
Medicine (NIAM) 13
National Institute of Endocrine
Research 186
National Institute of Nutrition
186
National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
on acupuncture 3, 4
consensus conferences at
241
naturopathy and 101
new study by 205–206
National Qigong Association
(NQA) 134, 186
National Stress Institute 142
Native American healing
practices 99–100
sweat lodge in 147–148
Natrum mur 24
Natrum muriaticum 24
Natural Medicine Clinic 101
naturopath 100
naturopathy 100–101
AMA on 197
fasting in 44
NCCAM on 227
Navarra, Tom 142–144
NCAHF. SeeNational Council
against Health Fraud
NCCAM. SeeNational Center
for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine
NCI. SeeNational Cancer
Institute
near-death experience 86, 101
neck douches 60
neck pain, acupuncture for 3
negative energy 101–102
Nelson, Mildred 58
Nelson Bach USA 186
neroli oil 116
nervous system 12. See also
autonomic nervous system
neural therapy 19, 102
Neuro-Linguistic Programming
(NLP) 102neurolinguistics 102–103
neurological disorders, NCCAM
on 234
neuromuscular massage 82
neuropeptides 85
neuroprotective agents 234
Neurostructural Integration
Technique (NST) 22
NH-PAI. SeeNurse Healers-
Professional Associates
International Inc.
NIAM. SeeNational Institute of
Ayurvedic Medicine
Niaouli oil 116
Niehans, Paul 25
Nightingale, Florence 103–104
on mind-body connection
xviii
Notes on Nursing 103–104
NIH. SeeNational Institutes of
Health
Nixon-Levy, Michael 22
niyama 164, 165
NLP. SeeNeuro-Linguistic
Programming
Nogier, Paul 4
nonlocal mind 34, 104
North American Vegetarian
Society 186
nosode 15, 104
Notes on Nursing(Nightingale)
103–104
NQA. SeeNational Qigong
Association
NST. SeeNeurostructural
Integration Technique
Nurse Healers-Professional
Associates International Inc.
(NH-PAI) 150, 186
nursing
holistic 104
and Nightingale, Florence
103–104
nutmeg oil 116
nutrition
in ahara rasa 5
AMA on 191Index 269