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Glossary
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Acupuncture
Thin, solid, sterile stainless-steel
needles are inserted into specific points to stimulate the body's
natural energy (Qi or Chi). In 1997, the National Institutes
of Health officially recognized acupuncture as an effective treatment
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Aromatherapy
Pure essential oils are used to treat
stress and anxiety as well as a wide range of other ailments.
Aromatherapy is often used in conjunction with massage therapy,
acupuncture, reflexology, herbology, chiropractic, and other
methods of holistic healing. |
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Ayurvedic Medicine
Ayurvedic medicine is India's traditional,
natural system of medicine that has been practiced for more than
5,000 years. This complete holistic health system for mind, body,
and spirit treats the patient as a whole rather than treating
symptoms alone, and it works as a preventative means of coping
with imbalance and disease. |
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Chinese Medicine
A holistic perspective on health and
illness which treats the relationship of a symptom to the person
as a whole. Traditional Chinese medicine encompasses a vast range
of therapies including acupuncture, herbs, bodywork, exercise
and diet. |
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Environmental Medicine
Environmental medicine is an alternative
system of medical practice that considers the impact of environmental
factors on health. |
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Herbal Therapy
Natural plants or plant-based substances
are used to treat a range of illnesses and to enhance the functioning
of the body's systems. Though herbal therapy is not a licensed
professional modality in the U.S., herbs are prescribed by a
range of practitioners, form holistic M.D.s to acupuncturists
to naturopaths. |
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Homeopathy
Based on the hypothesis of "like
cures like" and a deep emphasis on the principles of holistic
medicine (treat the whole person). Homeopathic remedies work
by stimulating the body's own healing power by introducing tiny
doses of natural substances that should stimulate a person's
immune system and defense system to correct itself naturally. |
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Hypnotherapy
An accepted technique in which hypnosis is used as a tool to
treat a wide variety of psychological, behavioral and medically
related problems. From helping people to overcome a craving for
cigarettes to managing chronic pain from an illness or accident,
trained hypnotherapists work with a wide variety of problems. |
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Magnetic Field Therapy
Magnetic field therapy diagnoses and
treats both physical and emotional pain; it relieves symptoms
and retards the cycle of new disease. It is a safe, drugless
and painless therapy often used to work on tissue and bone damage
conditions. A low-frequency magnetic field is directed to a particular
area, penetrating every single cell in its range. The magnetic
energy influences the ions within the cell, enhancing ion exchange
and thus improving the cell's use of oxygen. This helps the healing
and regeneration process. |
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Medical-Holistic
Differing from traditional allopathic
(Western) medicine, holistic medicine looks at the whole person,
including analysis of physical, nutritional, environmental, emotional,
social, spiritual and lifestyle values. It encompasses all stated
modalities of diagnosis and treatment including drugs and surgery,
if no safe alternative exists. It also focuses on education and
self-responsibility to achieve balance and well being. |
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Medical-Osteopathic
Osteopathy is an established recognized
system of diagnosis and treatment, which lays its main emphasis
on the structural and functional integrity of the body. It is
distinctive by the fact that it recognizes that much of the pain
and disability that we suffer from stems from abnormalities in
the function of the body structure as well as damage caused to
it by disease. |
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Meditation
A mental technique for deep relaxation, meditation helps to focus
and calm the mind. It may be used to heal the body, quiet the
mind, and provide a sense of inner balance. |
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Nutritional Therapy
Nutritionists counsel clients on a
wide variety of issues ranging from proper levels of vitamins,
minerals and other nutrients to weight loss, food allergies and
optimal health. Many follow a "whole foods" approach
to proper diet. |
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Pilates
Developed in the 1920s by the founder
of the Pilates Studio®, Joseph H. Pilates, The Pilates Method
is an exercise system focused on improving flexibility and strength
for the total body without building bulk. Not surprisingly, some
of the first people to use the Pilates Method were dancers such
as Martha Graham and George Balanchine. The Pilates Method is
not just exercise, however. It is a series of controlled movements
engaging your body and mind, performed on specifically designed
exercise apparatus and supervised by extensively trained teachers. |
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Yoga
A system of exercises, postures, breathing,
meditation and relaxation. Students learn self-control and a
state of being at one with oneself. |
