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Absolute
Beginner’s
Guide
to
Alternative
Medicine
Karen Lee Fontaine
with Bill Kaszubski
800 East 96th Street,
Indianapolis, Indiana 46240
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Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Alternative
Medicine
Copyright
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Contents at a Glance
Part I
An Introduction to Alternative Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
1
What is Alternative Medicine All About? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
2
How Does Alternative Medicine Work? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Part II Non-Western Healing Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
3Traditional Chinese Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
4 yuredic Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
5
Native American Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Part III Botanical Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
6 Herbal Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
7 Naturopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
8 Homeopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
9 romatherapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Part IV
Manual Healing Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
10
Chiropractic Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
11
Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
12
Pressure-Point Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
13
Energy-Balancing Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
14
Combined Manual Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Part V
Mind-Body Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
15
Yoga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
16
Meditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
17
Hypnotherapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
18
Dreamwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
19
Biofeedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
20
Movement-Oriented Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
Part VI
Spiritual Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
21
Shamanismx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
22
Faith and Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Part VII
Other Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
23
Bioeletromagnetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283
24
Detoxifying Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
25
Animal-Assisted Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
Part VIII Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
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Table of Contents
I An Introduction to Alternative Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
1
What Is Alternative Medicine All About?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Why Are People Turning to Alternative Medicine? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
What We Talk About When We Talk About Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Conventional Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Alternative Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Two Paradigms, Possibly Complementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
What Are the Theoretical Foundations of the Two Systems? . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Origin of Disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
The Meaning of Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Healing Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Nature of Healthy Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Research Comparing the Two Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Three Approaches to Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The Limits of Western Thinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2
How Does Alternative Medicine Work? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Circadian Rhythms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Musical Rhythms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Spirituality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Spirituality and Suffering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Spiritual Guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Life Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chakras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Aura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Meridians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Energy Concentration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Grounding and Centering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Breath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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