Unitary Health Care (unitary nursing): A mode of nursing based on the work of nursing professor Martha Elizabeth Rogers, Ph.D. (1914Ð1994), during the 1950s in New York. It includes Health Patterning and Unitary Pattern Appreciation.

(See also: Unitary Health Care, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Spiritual Beauty Care: Subject of a paperback of the same name, by Jacqueline Sinnige. Spiritual Beauty Care either constitutes or is a part of alternative beauty care. Its purpose is to restore the balance of bodily energies.

(See also: Spiritual Beauty Care, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Life Care Kinesiology (Life Care): Offshoot of applied kinesiology put together by Dr. Richard Beale. It borrows from acupuncture and Touch for Health and includes chakra meditation.

(See also: Life Care Kinesiology, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Angel Chiropractic Care: Wholistic approach promoted by Dr. Steven B. Angel. It encompasses applied kinesiology, Bach flower therapy, biomagnetic therapy, chiropractic techniques, CranioSacral Therapy, nutritional counseling, reflexology, and vibrational medicine.

(See also: Angel Chiropractic Care, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Body Centered Comprehensive Holistic Health Care: a form of health care that encompasses acupuncture, holistic gynecology, and holistic skin care.

(See also: Body Centered Comprehensive Holistic Health Care, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Therapeutic Prayer: a powerful, nonreligious way to express caring and utilize the energy of prayer.

(See also: Therapeutic Prayer, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

holistic optometry (holistic eye care): A form of optometry that encompasses acupuncture, biofeedback, bodywork, psychotherapy, and syntonics (a form of colored light therapy).

(See also: Holistic optometry, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

cosmetic aromatherapy: Topical use of skin- and hair-care products that contain essential oils.

(See also: Cosmetic aromatherapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Unergi Method (Unergi holistic therapy): Self-care system that integrates the Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais Awareness Movement, Gestalt therapy, and Rubenfeld Synergy. It includes dreamwork, healing touch, inner child work, meditation, and verbal therapy. Holistic Therapist Ute Arnold developed the method in or before 1978.

(See also: Unergi Method, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Self-Applied Health Enhancement Methods (SAHEM): Variation of self-healing developed by Roger Jahnke, C.A., O.M.D., author of The Healer Within: The Four Essential Self-Care Techniques for Optimal Health (HarperSanFrancisco, 1999). The methods fall into four categories: gentle movements and postures (e.g., tai chi); self-massage (e.g., auricular reflexology); breathing exercises; and (d) relaxation practices.

(See also: Self-Applied Health Enhancement Methods, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

naturopathy (natural healing, natural health, natural medicine, natural therapies, nature cure, naturology, naturopathic healing, naturopathic health care, naturopathic medicine): Miscellany that encompasses auriculotherapy (ear acupuncture), Ayurveda, balneotherapy, bioelectronic diagnosis, biofeedback, cupping, electroacupuncture, fasting, the Grape Cure (and other mono-diets), hair analysis, herbalism, homeopathy, hypnotherapy, internal hydrotherapy (e.g., colonic irrigation), iridology, Jin Shin Do, Jungian psychology, macrobiotics, moxibustion, Oriental medicine, Ortho-Bionomy, orthomolecular psychiatry, thalassotherapy, Tuina, and zone therapy.

Naturopathy originated in the latter half of the nineteenth century, in Germany. Dr. John H. Scheel, a German-born homeopath, coined the word naturopathy in 1895, when he opened the Sanitarium Badekur in New York. Vitalism is fundamental to naturopathy.

(See also: Naturopathy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Nature Cure (Nature Care): Progenitor of naturopathy. Nature Cure is a variation of self-healing whose most important measures are fasting and rest. Originally, Nature Cure was a hydropathy-centered natural lifestyle.

Its principle is:

(a)           that all disease, barring accidents and the consequences of hostile surroundings, is due to violations of nature's laws, and

(b)           that, therefore, true healing consists in a return to natural habits.

(See also: Nature Cure, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Science of Unitary Human Beings (SUHB): The conceptual health care system created by Martha E. Rogers, Ph.D. (see Unitary Health Care), the author of Reveille in Nursing (1964) and An Introduction to the Theoretical Basis of Nursing (1970).

According to SUHB, all humans are only manifestations of a whole that is both knowable and unknowable.

(See also: Science of Unitary Human Beings, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

21 Day Rejuvenation Program: Regimen promoted by Joseph Kurian (see Kalaripayat and marma science). It involves using J. Kurian Skin Care creams, which unblock subtle energy channels under the skin, and teas. The program unlocks energy and inner peace.

(See also: 21 Day Rejuvenation Program, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Healing the Skin from Within: Complete skin care program developed by dermatologist Michael R. Bilkis, M.D. It affects skin problems on three levels: body, mind, and spirit.

(See also: Healing the Skin from Within, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Traditional Chinese Medicine theory posits both Organs (the Triple Burner, for example) and Substances (such as Shen, or Spirit) for which scientific evidence is absent. Variations and hybrids of Chinese medicine include Korean medicine, Tibetan medicine, and Vietnamese traditional medicine.

Chinese medicine probably originated about 2,000 years ago, but it became dogmatic and stagnated for centuries; overall its development has been slow. It probably stems from shamanism. The basis of Chinese medicine is Taoism, a religion according to which spirits (shen) inhabit the human body and take care of its functions. The foundational text of Chinese medicine - known as the Classic of Internal Medicine, the Huangdi Neijing, the Inner Classic, the Inner Classic of the Yellow Emperor, the Neiching, the Nei Jing, The Yellow Emperor's Classic, The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, and the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon - was completed by the first century C.E.

(See also: Traditional Chinese Medicine, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Chinese medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine, TCM): Ancient holistic system whose basics include herbology, nutrition, and the concepts of acupuncture meridians, the Five Elements (Five Phases), and yin and yang.

Traditional Chinese Medicine theory posits both Organs (the Triple Burner, for example) and Substances (such as Shen, or Spirit) for which scientific evidence is absent. Variations and hybrids of Chinese medicine include Korean medicine, Tibetan medicine, and Vietnamese traditional medicine.

Chinese medicine probably originated about 2,000 years ago, but it became dogmatic and stagnated for centuries; overall its development has been slow. It probably stems from shamanism. The basis of Chinese medicine is Taoism, a religion according to which spirits (shen) inhabit the human body and take care of its functions. The foundational text of Chinese medicine - known as the Classic of Internal Medicine, the Huangdi Neijing, the Inner Classic, the Inner Classic of the Yellow Emperor, the Neiching, the Nei Jing, The Yellow Emperor's Classic, The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, and the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon - was completed by the first century C.E.

(See also: Chinese medicine, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Polarity Therapy (Polarity, polarity balancing, Polarity Energy Balancing, Polarity Energy Balancing system, polarity energy healing, polarity healing, polarity system, Polarity techniques, Polarity Wellness): Eclectic natural health care system originated by Austrian-born Randolph Stone, D.C., D.O., N.D. (1890-1982), and based primarily on Ayurvedic principles.

It includes basic Polarity counseling, cranial balancing (see CranioSacral Therapy), guided imagery, hydrotherapy, Polarity bodywork, Polarity dream counseling, Polarity evaluation, Polarity nutrition, Polarity reflexology, Polarity Yoga, and spinal balancing.

Its principle is that balancing the flow of energy in the body is the foundation of health. According to its theory, the top and right side of the body have a positive charge, and the feet and the left side of the body have a negative charge. Thus, practitioners place their right hand on negatively charged parts of the client's body, and their left hand on positively charged parts. Polarity theory also posits a cleanable cellular memory.

(See also: Polarity Therapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Tao of Health (Tao of Healing, Tao of Healing method): natural approach to health promoted by the School of Classical Taoist Herbology, in Manhattan (New York City). Its theory posits an original and rightful state of health. The Tao of Health encompasses Acu-Powder, energy balance analysis, sexology, meridian energy diagnosis, the Taoist Diet, Tuina, and a variation of self-healing.

(See also: Tao of Health, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)