TERM | DEFINITION |
ACUPRESSURE (SHIATSU) | PRESSURE APPLIED TO SPECIFIC PRESSURE POINTS OF THE BODY, STIMULATING AND REGULATING THE FLOW OF ENERGY. (USED TO TREAT MUSCULAR, JOINT PAIN, DEPRESSION, DIGESTIVE PROB. AND RESPIRATORY DISORDERS) |
ACUPUNCTURE | INVOLVES THE INSERTION OF THIN NEEDLES INTO SPECIFIC POINTS IN THE BODY TO STIMULATE AND BALANCE THE FLOW OF ENERGY. (ANCIENT CHINESE) |
ANTIOXIDANTS (FREE RADICALS) | NUTRITIONAL THERAPY USING ANTIOXIDANTS TO PREVENT OR INHIBIT OXIDATION AND NEUTRALIZE FREE RADICALS (I.E VITAMINS A,C,AND E, AND SELENIUM) |
AROMATHERAPY | THERAPEUTIC USE OF FRAGRANCES TO ALTER MOOD AND RESTORE THE BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT. |
BIOFEEDBACK | RELAXATION THERAPY THAT USES MONITORING DEVICES TO PROVIDE A PATIENT WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIS/HER REACTION TO STRESS BY SHOWING THE EFFECT OF STRESS ON HEART RATE, RESPIRATIONS, BLOOD PRESSURE, MUSCLE TENSION, AND SKIN TEMP. |
HEALING TOUCH (REIKI) | HEALING ART; HAND PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE BODY'S CHAKRAS TO HARNESS AND BALANCE THE LIFE ENERGY FORCE, HELP CLEAR BLOCKAGES, AND STIMULATE HEALING AFTER CENTERING FOCUS. |
HERBAL OR BOTANICAL MEDICINE | USES HERBAL MEDICINES BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT HERBS AND PLANT EXTRACTS CONTAIN COMPOUNDS THAT ALTER BLOOD CHEMISTRY, REMOVE IMPURITIES, STRENGTHEN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, AND PROTECT AGAINST DISEASE. |
HOMEOPATHY | USES VERY MINUTE, DILUTED DOSES OF DRUGS MADE FROM NATURAL SUBSTANCES TO PRODUCE SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE BEING TREATED. |
HYDROTHERAPY | USES WATER IN ANY FORM, INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, FOR HEALING PURPOSES (I.E WATER AEROBICS, MASSAGE, SOAKING IN WATER, AND STEAM VAPORS) |
HYPNOTHERAPY (HYPNOSIS) | TECHNIQUE USED TO INDUCE A TRANCE-LIKE STATE SO A PERSON IS MORE RECEPTIVE TO SUGGESTION. |
IMAGERY | TECHNIQUE OF USING IMAGINATION AND AS MANY SENSES AS POSSIBLE TO VISUALIZE A PLEASANT AND SOOTHING IMAGE; DECRESING TENSION, ANXIETY, AND ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CHEMOTHERAPY. |
IONIZATION THERAPY | AIR IONIZERS ARE USED TO PRODUCE NEGATIVELY CHARGED AIR PARTICLES OR IONS; USED TO TREAT COMMON RESPIRATORY DISORDERS |
MACROBIOTIC DIET | MEANING LONG LIFE; A NUTRITION THERAPY BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF THE YIN AND YANG BALANCE. LOW-FAT, LOW-CHOLESTEROL, AND HIGH-FIBER DIET. |
MEDITATION | THERAPY THAT TEACHES BREATHING AND MUSCLE RELAXATION TECHNIQUES TO QUIET THE MIND BY FOCUSING ATTENTION ON OBTAINING A SENSE OF ONENESS WITHIN ONESELF. |
PET THERAPY | USES PETS, SUCH AS DOGS, CATS, AND BIRDS, TO ENHANCE HEALTH AND STIMULATE AN INTEREST IN LIFE; HELPS INDIVIDUALS OVERCOME PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS, DECREASE DEPRESSION,ETC. |
PHYTOCHEMICALS | NUTRITIONAL THERAPY THAT RECOMMENDS FOODS CONTAINING PHYTOCHEMICALS WITH THE BELIEF THAT THE CHEMICALS HELP PREVENT DISEASE. |
PLAY THERAPY | USES TOYS TO ALLOW CHILDREN TO LEARN ABOUT SITUATIONS, SHARE EXPERIENCES, AND EXPRESS THEIR EMOTIONS. |
POSITIVE THOUGHT | THERAPY THAT INVOLVES DEVELOPING SELF AWARENESS, SELF-ESTEEM, AND LOVE FOR ONESELF TO ALLOW THE BODY TO HEAL ITSELF AND ELIMINATE DISEASE. |
REFLEXOLOGY | ANCIENT HEALING ART BASED ON THE CONCEPT THAT THE BODY IS DIVIDED INTO 10 EQUAL ZONES THAT RUN FROM THE HEAD TO THE TOES. |
SPIRITUAL THERAPIES | USES PRAYER, MEDITATION, SELF EVALUATION, AND SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE TO ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL TO USE THE POWERS WITHIN TO INCREASE THE SENSE OF WELL-BEING AND PROMOTE HEALING. |
TAI CHI | USES A SERIES OF SLOW, GRACEFUL, AND PRECISE BODY MOVEMENTS COMBINED WITH BREATHING TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE ENERGY FLOW WITHIN THE BODY. |
THERAPUETIC MASSAGE | USES KNEADING, GLIDING, FRICTION, TAPPING, AND VIBRATING MOTIONS BY THE HANDS TO INCREASE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD AND LYMPH. |
THERAPUETIC TOUCH | THE PRACTITIONER ASSESSES ALTERATIONS OR CHANGES IN A PATIENTS ENERGY FIELDS. |
YOGA | USES CONCENTRATION, SPECIFIC POSITIONS, AND ANCIENT RITUAL MOVEMENTS TO MAINTAIN THE BALANCE OF FLOW OF LIFE ENERGY. |