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Acupressure
Acupressure is thought to be one of the oldest healing traditions in the world. The Chinese are credited with having discovered that pressure on specific points of the body could relieve common ailments and discomforts. As far back as 300 B.C. there is mention of Accupressure in Chinese medical texts, as it came to be widely adopted as a self-help and first aid technique for lay people, as well as an important part of massage therapy for professional physicians Acupressure is based on the concept of chi (sometimes spelled 'qi'), defined in Chinese medicine as an essential life force that flows through the body, circulating through invisible passageways called meridians. The movements, or flow, of chi is said to vary with the mental, physical, and spiritual changes of daily living.
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Acupunture
Acupunture which originated in China, is a way of adjusting the body's "life energy" (qi or chi) flow. It involves the insertion of fine needles into carefully selected acupuncture points along the meridians (energetic pathways) of the body. Points are selected on the basis of pulse and tongue diagnosis, observation, and questioning. The points affect the meridian system. Each meridian has a specific effect on a specific body system or organ of the body. Needles are inserted on the points and then manipulated, either by twirling or by a gentle pumping action. This removes blockages or stimulates energy flow. Stagnant energy can be dispersed and the whole energy flow regulated (too much energy in one area adjusted and too little stimulated). Acupuncture can be used to relieve symptoms as well as to promote general health and well-being.
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Detoxification Therapy
Detoxification Theory: Each year people are exposed to thousands of toxic chemicals and pollutants in the earth's atmosphere, water, food, and soil. These pollutants manifest themselves in a variety of symptoms, including decreased immune function, neurotoxicity, hormonal dysfunction, psychological disturbances, and even cancer. Detoxification therapy helps to rid the body of chemicals and pollutants and can facilitate a return to health.
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Diet & Nutrition Therapy
Eating a balanced diet is a major factor in a healthy lifestyle. Your body requires more than 40 nutrients for energy, growth, and tissue maintenance. Water, as the most plentiful component in the body, is also crucial to survival. It is the medium for bodily fluids, and it transports nutrients into cells and carries waste products and toxins out.
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Emotional Freedom Techniques
Designed by Gary Craig, a personal performance coach in California, Emotional Freedom Techniques belongs to a new class of treatments referred to as Energy Psychology. Gary Craig has dedicated his work and life to teaching people how to overcome emotional and physical blocks to success and has been emotionally, spiritually and financially generous with his discoveries. Emotional Freedom Techniques is one of the most effective, efficient, and gentle treatment techniques today.
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Healing Touch
Healing Touch Therapy (HT) is an energy-based approach to healing. By either touching the person lightly or moving the hands in the energy field of the person, the Healing Touch practitioner can influence the person's energy field. This affects physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual healing and health. The person's own natural healing ability is enhanced.
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Herbal Medicine
Herbal medicines are prepared from a wide variety of plant materials - frequently the leaves, stems, roots, and bark, but also the flowers, fruits, twigs, sees, and exudates (material that oozes out, such as sap). They generally contain several biologically active ingredients and are used primarily for treating chronic or mild conditions, although on occasion they are employed as complementary or supportive therapy for acute and severe diseases.
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Homeopathy
Homeopathy is a holistic form of medicine that aims to help the body heal itself. It works for both acute (short-term) illnesses and chronic (long-term) ailments, and the prevention of illness is as crucial to its philosophy as the treatment. The name homeopathy comes from the Greek word homios meaning "like" and pathos meaning "suffering." The word "homeopathy" simply means treating like with like. This means that a substance that causes symptoms of illness in a well person can also be used to cure similar symptoms when they result from illness.
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Iridology
According to iridologists, the iris of the eye represents a kind of map of human glands, organs and systems of the whole human body. Problems show up on the iris as spots, flecks, white or dark streaks, and so on. Texture and color indicate the persons's general state of health.
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Kinesiology
The body is said to "know" why we are sick or in pain, and kinesiology holds that this knowledge is reflected in the muscles. Developed in the US by a leading chiropractor, Dr. George Goodheart, it combines elements of Easter and Western medicine, and uses muscle testing to detect not only imbalances in body systems, but sensitivities to food and toxic substances in the environment. Kinesiology is used mostly used by some practitioners of therapies such as chiropractic, osteopathy, homeopathy, and nutritional therapy, and is practiced mainly in the West, particularly in Europe and Russia.
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Massages
Massage is the one of the oldest forms of remedial therapy. First practiced in a structured way probably in China and Mesopotamia more than 5,000 years ago, the art of massage was already well known to the physicians of ancient Greece when Hippocrates, the "father of medicine," wrote in the 5th century B.C. that "the way to health is a scented bath and an oiled massage every day."
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Naturopathic
Naturopathic medicine aims to provide holistic, or whole body, healthcare by drawing from numerous traditional healing systems. At its core is the idea of vis medicatrix nature - the healing power of nature. Naturopathic doctors believe that the body naturally strives for health and that the physician's role is to support the body's efforts. To achieve this, naturopathic physicians follow seven basic principles: help nature heal, do no harm, find the underlying cause, treat the whole person, encourage prevention, recognize wellness, and act as a teacher.
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Reflexology
Reflexology may be described as a specialized form of massage of the feet and - less commonly - of the hands. Performed to detect and correct "imbalances" in the body that may be causing ill-health. it is, however, much more than simply massage.The therapy has its roots in the practices of the healers of ancient Egypt, Greece, and possibly also of ancient China.
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Reiki
It is believed that reiki originally evolved as a branch of Tibetan Buddhism and that knowledge of its power and how to use it was transmitted from master to disciple. At some point in the intervening centuries, the secrets of reiki were lost. They were rediscovered in the late 19th century by a Japanese minister, Dr. Mikao Usui. He spent 14 years seeking the ability to heal, which he believed could be discovered through studying Buddhism, learning Chinese and Sanskrit to help his research. It is claimed that he eventually found the knowledge he sought in an Indian sutra, or sacred text. Then, after a three-week meditation on a mountain top, he had a vision of four symbols that could be used to enable healing energy to be passed to others. The ability to channel the healing power was achieved by attunement to each of these symbols. Before he died in the 1930s, Dr. Usui initiated 16 others into the secret of reiki, teaching them the master attunement.
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