macrobiotics (the macrobiotic way; formerly called Zen Macrobiotics): Quasireligious movement and health-centered lifestyle whose centerpiece is a mystical form of vegetarianism.

The thrust of macrobiotic nutrition is regulation of the intake of two elementary forms of energy: yin and yang. Categorizing a food as yin or yang depends largely on characteristics directly cognizable by the senses and is unrelated to nutrient content.

Proponents ascribe the modern version of macrobiotics either to Japanese physician Ishizuka Sagen (1850-1910), author of A Chemical Nutritional Theory of Long Life, or to George Ohsawa (1893-1966), whose names included: Georges Ohsawa, Nyoichi (also spelled Nyoiti) Sakurazawa, and Yukikazu Sakurazawa. The leading exponent of macrobiotics is Michio Kushi.

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(Literally, the Great Life) A healthful way to live according to the natural order of the universe. The application of this order to daily life is through a diet which affects the whole person and which is based primarily on whole grains, vegetables, beans and sea vegetables, with moderate amounts of fish, seeds and nuts.

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American macrobiotics: Approach to macrobiotics developed by Tonia Porter-Hugus.

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macrobiotics

The way to health, happiness and peace through biological and spiritual evolution and the universal means to practice and harmonize with the Order of the Universe in daily life, including the selection, preparation, and manner of cooking and eating as well as the orientation of consciousness toward infinite spiritual realization

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Zen Macrobiotics: Early form of macrobiotics, endorsed by Herman Aihara (1920-1998) and Cornelia Aihara. The Aiharas were students of George Ohsawa (see macrobiotics) and founded, in 1974, the Vega Study Center, in Oroville, California. The school teaches Zen Macrobiotics. (See diet #7.)

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Macrobiotics

(Literally, the Great Life) A healthful way to live according to the natural order of the universe. The application of this order to daily life is through a diet which affects the whole person and which is based primarily on whole grains, vegetables, beans and sea vegetables, with moderate amounts of fish, seeds and nuts.

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Reiki (ray-key) is a Japanese word for Universal Life Force and a system of natural healing that channels Reiki through the hands. The traditional Asian medical paradigm views injury, dysfunction and disease as manifesting when subtle energies are weak, distorted or out-of-balance. Reiki accesses the source of Life to heal the self and others on spiritual, mental, emotional and physical levels.

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30-Day Body Purification Program: Group of purification techniques whose principle is that cleansing the body's internal ecosystem with herbs and pure nutrients is the key to restoring a healthy environment in and around the body.

The program embraces: aromatherapy; food combining a la Natural Hygiene and macrobiotics; the Schuessler biochemic system of medicine (tissue salts therapy); and a visualization technique wherein one visualizes dust, toxins, and the color gray leaving one's body.

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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.

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HOLISTIC HEALTH - natural, integrative approach to health and well-being utilizing diet, exercise, meditation, chiropractic, acupuncture, macrobiotics or other non invasive therapies. (NAD)

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Microbiotics - A branch of Zen philosophy that advocates a diet that balances Yin (negative) and Yang (positive) foods to overcome disease and keep in good health. From the Greek roots makros (long) and bios (life). Certain foods are considered yin (eg, sugar or honey), while others are yang (eg, eggs and meat). Brown rice and other grains are in the middle, and diets are planned around these grains with a balance of yin and yang foods accompanying it. Some food faddists, taking macrobiotics to an extreme, have eliminated all foods except brown rice and, thereby, suffered nutritional deficiencies.

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Dr. Lynch's Holistic Self-Health Program: Variation of self-healing developed by James P.B. Lynch, D.C. The primary tool of this program and lifestyle is the Holistic Triangle or Holistic triad, a philosophy that consists of:

(a)           a physical side, which encompasses acupressure, acupuncture, shiatsu, and chiropractic;

(b)          a chemical side, which encompasses food combining, herbalism, homeopathy, macrobiotics, scientific fasting, and vitamin therapy; and (

(c)           a mental/spiritual base, which encompasses biofeedback and self hypnosis.

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Do-In [dough-in] (Dao-In, Tao-In, Taoist Conducting and Attuning Energy Practice, Taoist yoga, Taoist hatha yoga, Tao Yin): Ancient system of stretching, bodily postures, and movements, comparable to hatha yoga. Michio Kushi (see macrobiotics) introduced Do-In in the United States in 1968. Its theory posits Chi energy flow and the energy meridians of acupuncture and shiatsu.

it also posits a human ability to absorb nutrition from the air and from surrounding energy. With each Do-In posture, one inhales ki (life source energy) and exhales jaki (harmful toxins). Although Do-In is a discipline of self-healing, its ultimate goal is spiritual harmony with the universe.

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Standard Macrobiotic Diet (Standard Macrobiotic Dietary Practice): general-purpose way of eating expounded by Michio Kushi (see macrobiotics). It is a relatively nonmystical form of macrobiotic dietary philosophy that involves eating in a spirit of appreciation for all people, society, nature, and the universe.

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macrobiotic counseling: Conducer to adoption of a macrobiotic diet of whole grains, vegetables, edible seaweed, and seeds. The design of macrobiotic principles of cooking is to synchronize one's eating habits with the cycles of nature. (See macrobiotics.)

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macrobiotic diagnosis (macrobiotic Oriental diagnosis): Part of macrobiotics that encompasses astrodiagnosis (see astrologic medicine), chiromancy (see medical palmistry), facial diagnosis, and pulse diagnosis.

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macrobiotic palm healing: a manual mode of macrobiotics whose principle is that Ki energy streams naturally from human hands.

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