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With Your Whole Being by Jacob Liberman Dr
Liberman begins by telling us that despite our beliefs that vision problems
are irreversible, his clinical experience have shown that eyesight improvement
is within the reach of nearly everyone. He goes on to demonstrate how conventional
vision care is designed to not treat (or heal) vision problems, but to mask
the symptoms.
Therapeutic
Horticulture - Growing for Positive Health by Tim Spurgeon The
article cites research findings that show that a short period of daily
gardening can help to promote the health strength and mobility of the
elderly and increase the heart rate and feeling of well-being, and that
viewing a hospital garden from a hospital ward window can increase the
rate of recovery from surgery.
Health
Benefits of Horticultural Therapy by
Marilyn Mountford The concept of horticultural therapy is relatively
new in the UK, but the curative effects of gardening on the mentally ill
were realized in the USA as early as the 18th century, and the therapy
is currently practised in both the USA and UK in institutional environments
to help substance abusers, mental and physical disabilities, sensory impairments
and geriatric problems.
Professional
Advice for Complementary Practitioners by
David Balen The vast majority of health professionals are caring
and well-intentioned individuals. Complementary medical practitioners
can develop for themselves a congruent kind of professionalism. . . .
Limits
of Self-Prescribing by Paul Houghton The
customer should get what the customer wants, but what is that exactly?
Some come in expecting to talk to an expert. Others want the client-servant
treatment. Quite a few would like a friend. And a lot have no idea what
it is they really want.
Iridology
and the Use of Tissue Salts by
John Pearson Have you ever wondered why people have different coloured
eyes? No doubt there is some evolutionary theory that could explain this,
but to practitioners of iridology it is of great significance.
Insurance
for Therapy Practitioners by John Cragg The major changes in
social attitudes that took place after the Second World War have led to
the development of an unwillingness by many to accept personal responsibility
for any mistake or misfortune. Such apparent widely held attitudes produce
an ideal condition for the growth of the so-called ‘compensation culture’.
Windows
of the Wind – Feng Shui for Springtime
by John
Bethell Feng
Shui literally means Wind and Water – its teachings call us to live in
harmony with our environment. Recognising the cycles of change in nature
and our relationship with the elements helps us to do this.
Why
Regulate? Why Research? by John Wilks and Mij
Ferrett A flood of documents has appeared in the last nine months
from various organisations . . . Their message to complementary therapists
is simple; regulate, research and integrate or bust – or more exactly,
if you do not regulate yourself better and come up with some conclusive
research, someone else will do it for you, and it may not be in a way
that you like!
Feng Shui for
Health by John Bethell As the popularity of Feng
Shui grows in the Western world, it has been notable in the fact that
its primary function is being lost in the midst of the enthusiasm for
it: primarily, Feng Shui is for your health and energy.
The
Changing Face of Private Medical Insurance by David Megginson
The traditionally cool relationship between medical insurance companies
and non-conventional medical practitioners is changing. Why is this, and
what are the implications for practitioners and users of alternative and
complementary medicine?
Complementary
Medicine – the view from a health insurer by Peter Fermoy
Availability and access to complementary therapies through insurance
cover will become improved and increased in future months and years.
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Rebirthing
by Chris Retzler Rebirthing is a
healing process that engages with the mind, the body and the spirit to cleanse
away toxic patterns of being and facilitate new, healthy and fulfilling
goals and choices.
Iridology by Sheelagh Colton
Iridology can help you understand what ‘optimum health’
means for an individual person. The iris (the coloured part of the eye)
displays a unique insight into our health potential and disease dispositions.
Iris patterns and pigmentation reveal the history of our inherited health.
Silver Makes
a Comeback by John T Wilson Colloidal
silver is emerging as one of the wonders of science that the medical establishment
is just beginning to rediscover.
Convincing Sceptics
of the Efficacy of Comple- mentary Medicine by Jane Thurnell-Read
Over the years I have developed several different approaches
to the sceptic. I do not use all these approaches at the same time, but
try to assess which approach will work. If one tactic doesn’t work,
then I try another approach.
Adaptive
Eye, The by Peter
Duthie The human eye is believed to have
evolved out on the plains of Africa, with distant horizons, bright natural
light giving a small pupil size (and without paperwork), it could keep
itself perfectly adapted to its environment. . . . A little understanding
of the processes involved can help us to guide our eyes back towards normal
unaided vision
A
New Vision for Psychoimmunology? by Will
Wilson My original intention in writing this article was to explore
Psychoneuro- immunology (PNI) and its recent developments.
Considering the subject has lead me into other
areas of thought, principally revolving around questions such as: "How
can we really prove anything?", "What is really happening?"
or ultimately "What is Truth?".
Authentic
Feng Shui by Pauline Jeffreys
I have very mixed feelings about the recent explosion
of media interest in Feng Shui. As so often with a glut of articles about
any alternative discipline, the facts become watered down to such an extent
that a serious science becomes almost unrecognisable.
Bogey
of Genetic Determination, The
by Doris Grant Today, since the
advent of ‘spectacular genetics’ in modern medicine, very many
diseases are being blamed on heredity. As a result, there is now a dangerous
and widely held belief that genes inherited from our parents can be responsible
for an increasing number of conditions, cancers in particular, and that
nothing can be done about them – apart from highly questionable genetic
engineering.
Health
Freedom Restored to New York Empire State is
Fifth of Fifty by Don Baker On July 26, 1994, the New
York State Alternative Medical Practice Act was signed into law, marking
further progress for non-drug therapies in New York.
Insurance
Issues Vital to Complementary Practitioners by
David Balen Insurance is an important aspect of professionalism.
Whilst there are a number of legal and ethical principles involved in
conducting a practice, the simple fact is that as a professional, you
are required to display reasonable care and skill.
Mind,
Medicine and the Placebo Effect by John
H. Davidson M.A. (Cantab) Conventional medicine believes that
mind and consciousness arise from the physical body. But this model leaves
us with absolutely no real understanding of mind-brain functioning, nor
of psychosomatic observations, nor of one of the most important discoveries
of the century – the Placebo Effect.
Kalarippayat:
The Martial Art of Kerala, South India by
John Paul Cassie Kalarippayat,
the ancient martial art of South India, is based on the science of Yoga
for its forms and exercises, and its medical treatments are based on the
science of Ayurveda.
Superbugs: Is this the final warning? by Simon
Martin Although critics of orthodox medicine’s over-reliance
on antibiotics have been sounding the alarm on behalf of a long-suffering
public for at least the last ten years, previous warnings have been ignored.
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