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traditional medicine
medicine based on traditional beliefs
ThetaHealing
ThetaHealing (also Theta Healing) is the registered trademark for a method of meditation created by Vianna Stibal in 1995. ThetaHealing claims to change a practitioner's brain wave pattern to the theta pattern, allowing them to explore how "emotional energy" affects their health, and develop a "natural intuition".
personalized medicine
medical procedure that separates patients into different groups
manual therapy
physical treatment used to treat musculoskeletal pain and disability
energy medicine
medicine based on a hypothetical transfer of "energy"
wellness
holistic concept of health
rejuvenation
Rejuvenation is a medical discipline focused on the practical reversal of the aging process.
lifestyle disease
non-communicable diseases linked with the way people live their life, commonly caused by lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating, alcohol, drugs and smoking
pressure point
points on body used in traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine
quantum healing
alternative medicine purporting to use quantum physics
seitai
Seitai (整体) is a form of bodywork and alternative medicine practice, originally developed as training tool within Health Education. It was developed in Japan by Haruchika Noguchi (1911–1976) in the mid-20th century. The kanji comprising the word are 整 sei, regulated, coordinated, in order, and 体 tai, "body, organism", therefore translated together as "the body in order".
self-healing
Self-healing refers to the process of recovery (generally from psychological disturbances, trauma, etc.), motivated by and directed by the patient, guided often only by instinct. Such a process encounters mixed fortunes due to its amateur nature, although self-motivation is a major asset. The value of self-healing lies in its ability to be tailored to the unique experience and requirements of the individual. The process can be helped and accelerated with introspection techniques such as meditation.
therapeutic nihilism
View that medical treatment is futile