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Polarity therapy is a synthesis of ancient Eastern and alternative medicine health care ideas, centered on the concept of a human energy field. Using touch, verbal interaction, exercise, nutrition and other methods, practitioners of polarity therapy seek to balance and restore the natural flow of energy which, it is claimed, flows from the universe and [...]

Medical Intuitive is an alternative medicine practitioner who uses their intuition to attempt to find the cause of a physical or emotional condition. Making a formal medical diagnosis is not in the scope of practice for many Medical Intuitives, but some medical intuitives are also M.D.s. Medical intuitive practitioners often label the diseases they see [...]

Alternative Medicine This article is part of the CAM series of articles. CAM Article Index Culpeper attempted to make medical treatments more accessible to laypersons by educating them about maintaining their health. Ultimately his ambition was to reform the system of medicine by questioning traditional methods and knowledge and exploring new solutions for ill health. [...]

Her top finishes include third place at the Nations Cup in Igls, Austria in January 2004, and third place at the Nations Cup in Königssee, Germany, February 2004. She finished in the top 10 in seven of the eight events in the 2004-2005 Nations Cup series. [http://www-11.fil-luge.org/Portals/0/extern/results/result2004_en.asp?redirect=FIL] Abernathy finished 25th in the 37th World Championships [...]

The present day understanding of bodymind both in a psychological, therapeutic as well as in a medical sense is that: *The body, mind, emotions and spirit are dynamically interrelated. *Each time a change is introduced at one level, it has a ripple effect throughout the entire system. Bodymind therapy combines the strengths of “talk” therapy [...]

Chondroitin is an ingredient found commonly in dietary supplements used as an alternative medicine to treat osteoarthritis and also approved and regulated as a symptomatic slow-acting drug for this disease (SYSADOA) in Europe and some other countries. It is commonly sold together with glucosamine. Chondroitin and glucosamine are also used in veterinary medicine. Pharmacology The [...]

Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) is an unelected quango body which provides a voluntary register of alternative medicine therapists in the UK. The aim of the register is to “support the use of complementary and natural therapies as a uniquely positive, safe and effective experience.” and stealth tax therapists. The CHNC was founded in [...]

The Issels Treatment, or Issels Combination Therapy, refers to an alternative treatment for cancer based on the ideas of Josef Issels. The Issels Treatment is considered ineffective against cancer by the American Cancer Society, and is listed as a “Dubious Treatment” by the alternative medicine watchdog website, Quackwatch. Adapted from the Wikipedia article Issels treatment, [...]

Physicians and surgeons who graduate from osteopathic medical schools are known as physicians or osteopathic medical physicians and hold a professional doctorate, the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO), in contrast to the more familiar degree, the Doctor of Medicine, or MD. US osteopathic medical physicians may be licensed in 47 countries, although osteopathic curricula in [...]

Dr. Wilhelm Heinrich Schüßler – also written: Schuessler – (1821–1898) was a German medical doctor in Oldenburg who endeavoured to find natural remedies, and published the results of his experiments in a German homeopathic journal in March 1873, leading to an influential list of 12 Biochemic cell salts that remain popular amongst those interested in [...]

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