Encyclopedia - Psychosomatic Illness: Encyclopedia - Psychosomatic Illness
A Psychosomatic illness is an illness which exists because of a particular reason. "Psycho-" means of the mind and "-somatic" means of th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Psychosomatic: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary Ii On Psychosomatic
Psychosomatic: Pertaining to the mind-body relationship: an illness caused by anxiety and worry   (See also: Psychosomatic , Ay...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychosomatic Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychosomatic Illness - Solutions
Although psychosomatic disease might improve or disappear following suggestion by a recognized authority, both the psycho and somatic asp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biopsychosocial Model: Encyclopedia - Biopsychosocial Model
The biopsychosocial model of medicine, is a way of looking at the mind and body of a patient as two important systems that are interlinke...   » Read the article

Article - Sahaja Yoga: Health Benefits Of Sahaja Yoga
Research on health benefits of Sahaja Yoga To verify some of the claims of Sahaj Yoga, a systematic research study was organised in the ...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga And Diabetes: The Effects Of Exercise And Yoga On Diabetes - A Survey Of Medical Research (part I Of Ii)
Clinical research in the west has focused exclusively on diabetes as a physical disorder. Clinical research in India, by contrast, has re...   » Read the article

Article - Sahaja Yoga: Health Benefits Of Sahaja Yoga
Health benefits of Sahaja Yoga On being asked as to why so many foreigners are coming to India, when advanced medicines are available wi...   » Read the article

Article - Love And Happiness: Creative Forgiveness Springs From Love
We need to find truth, love and forgiveness even in the midst of hatred, destruction and pride. Napoleon said: "What astonishes m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Encyclopedia - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS) and various other names,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autogenic Training: Encyclopedia - Autogenic Training
Autogenic training is a term for a relaxation technique developed by the German psychiatrist Johannes Schultz first published in 1932. It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atopic Dermatitis: Encyclopedia - Atopic Dermatitis
Atopic dermatitis, sometimes called eczema is a kind of dermatitis, atopic, psychosomatic skin disease. Skin of an affected person reacts...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychosynthesis: Encyclopedia - Psychosynthesis
Psychosynthesis is a form of transpersonal psychology which insists on integration, or synthesis of various psychological functions in or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Water Cure Therapy: Encyclopedia - Water Cure Therapy
The "water cure" was a form of therapy developed in 18th century England by a doctor named Richard Russell. It generally consisted of var...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dance Therapy: Encyclopedia - Dance Therapy
Dance therapy, or Dance movement therapy (sometimes referred to as choreotherapy), is the psychotherapeutic use of movement (and dance) f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imagination: Encyclopedia - Imagination
Imagination is, in general, the power or process of producing mental images and ideas. The term is technically used in psychology for the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constipation: Encyclopedia - Constipation
Constipation is a condition of the digestive system where a person (or other animal) experiences hard feces that is difficult to eliminat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dizziness: Encyclopedia - Dizziness
Dizziness (Latin: "Vertigo") is the sensation of instability. The term is fairly vague, and can include a number of more specific conditi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Somatization Disorder: Encyclopedia Ii - Somatization Disorder - Criteria
Somatization disorder is characterized by repeated complaints of physical illness over an extended period of time, that are not related t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Epidemiology
Due to problems with the definition of CFS, estimates of its prevalence vary widely. Studies in the United States have found between 75 a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Disease Associations
Some diseases show a considerable overlap with CFS, and it may be hard to distinguish between them. People with fibromyalgia have muscle ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Proposed Etiologies And Corresponding Treatments
The cause of CFS is unknown, although a large number of causes have been proposed, and several proposed causes have very vocal and partis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Social Issues
Chronic fatigue syndrome carries a considerable stigma, and has frequently been viewed as malingering, hypochondriacal behavior, "wanting...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin's Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin's Illness - Possible Causes
Medical science has tried repeatedly to pinpoint the etiology, and many hypotheses were made, such as: Psychosomatic disease [1] Panic d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Diagnosis
At this time, there is no accepted conclusive test or series of tests of chronic fatigue syndrome. CFS is therefore largely an exclusiona...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Course
Chronic fatigue syndrome - Onset. Some cases of CFS start gradually, but the majority start suddenly, often triggered by a 'flu-like vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Symptoms
According to the 1994 Fukuda definition there are eight main categories of symptoms in CFS: Fatigue: People with CFS experience profound...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Diagnosis
At this time, there is no accepted conclusive test or series of tests of chronic fatigue syndrome. CFS is therefore largely an exclusiona...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tridosha: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary Ii On Tridosha
Tridosha: The three bodily organizations -Vata (air). pitta (fire) and Kapha (water) -which govern the psychosomatic activity of daily...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Preventive Dianetics: Alternative Health Dictionary On Preventive Dianetics
Preventive Dianetics: Branch of Dianetics whose basic principle is that engrams (see Dianetics) - the single source of aberrations and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Behavioral Kinesiology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Behavioral Kinesiology
behavioral kinesiology (BK): Brand of applied kinesiology developed by psychiatrist John Diamond, M.D., author of Behavioural Kinesiol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Encyclopedia Ii - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - Common Symptoms Of Mcs
MCS patients often suffer from depression, anxiety and other psychological problems, leading some experts to believe that MCS is a physic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dianetics: Alternative Health Dictionary On Dianetics
Dianetics (dianetic therapy): Forerunner and a major technique of Scientology. Proponents of Dianetics have described it as a mode of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Encyclopedia Ii - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - Common Symptoms Of Mcs
MCS patients often suffer from depression, anxiety and other psychological problems, leading some experts to believe that MCS is a physic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hiccup: Encyclopedia Ii - Hiccup - Home Remedies
The following are some commonly suggested home remedies. It should be noted that while numerous remedies are offered, the vast majority f...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reality Anomaly: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Reality Anomaly
REALITY ANOMALY From David Brinn's The Practice Effect: "A psychosomatic reality anomaly has its start when we surround [the cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ego, Superego, And Id: Encyclopedia Ii - Ego, Superego, And Id - Freud's Structural Theory
Ego, superego, and id - Id. The id (Latin, it in English, "Es" in the original German) represented primary process thinking — our mos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ego Superego And Id: Encyclopedia Ii - Ego Superego And Id - Freud's Structural Theory
Ego superego and id - Id. The id (Latin, it in English, "Es" in the original German) represented primary process thinking — our most ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Scanner Darkly: Encyclopedia Ii - A Scanner Darkly - Writing Process And Publication
A Scanner Darkly was one of the few Dick novels to gestate over a long period of time. By February 1973, in an effort to prove that the e...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chi Nei Tsang: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Chi Nei Tsang
CHI NEI TSANG This technique was created by a Taoist monk several thousand years ago in the mountain monasteries of China. In order fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hangover: Encyclopedia Ii - Hangover - Causes
Hangovers are multi-causal. Ethanol has a dehydrating effect (such substances are known as diuretics), which causes headaches, dry mouth,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stress Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Medicine - Folklore Of Stress
About the time of Selye's work, the gradual realization dawned that such concepts as anxiety, antagonism, tiredness, frustration, distres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stress Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Medicine - Folklore Of Stress
About the time of Selye's work, the gradual realization dawned that such concepts as anxiety, conflict, tiredness, frustration, distress,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin's Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin's Illness - Conclusions
The exact nature of Darwin's illness or illnesses remain mysterious at this time. Unless sophisticated molecular probing of his biologica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dianetics: Encyclopedia Ii - Dianetics - Definition And Theoretical Basis
Hubbard coined the name Dianetics from the Greek stems dia, meaning "through" and nous, meaning "mind", [1] resulting in a word similar t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medical Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Medical Psychology - Education
An important contribution of medical psychology is in the education of patients (psychoeducation) in disease processes. Frequently, such ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fibromyalgia: Encyclopedia Ii - Fibromyalgia - History
Fibromyalgia has been studied since the early 1800s and referred to by a variety of former names, including muscular rheumatism and fibro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - It Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - It Novel - Plot
In 1958, when they are eleven years old, the seven self-proclaimed "Losers" are united in seeking refuge from a gang of bullies led by He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin's Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin's Illness - Contribution To Darwin's Work
Interestingly enough, it seems that Darwin's maladies actually may have contributed a lot to what many believe was a long and fruitful cr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allergy: Encyclopedia Ii - Allergy - Treatment
There are limited mainstream medical treatments for allergies, probably the most important factor in rehabilitation is the removal of sou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Springfield Elementary School: Encyclopedia Ii - Springfield Elementary School - Teachers
Springfield Elementary School - Edna Krabappel. Main articles: Edna Krabappel, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]], and [...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - In Games
The earliest connection of the word with games is that the British call a form of solitaire "Demon", from at least the nineteenth century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constipation: Encyclopedia Ii - Constipation - Signs And Symptoms
In common constipation, the stool is hard and difficult to void. Straining may cause hemorrhoids and anal fissures. The abdomen may becom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Lightning: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Lightning - Character History
The original candidate for DC Comics' first headlining black superhero was a character called the Black Bomber, later described by cartoo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transpersonal Psychology: Encyclopedia Ii - Transpersonal Psychology - Criticisms Of Transpersonal Psychology
Criticisms of transpersonal psychology has come from several commentators. One of the earliest criticisms of the field was issued by the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constipation: Encyclopedia Ii - Constipation - Diagnosis
The diagnosis is essentially made by the patient's description of the symptoms. Enquiring about dietary habits may reveal a low intake of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Values: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Values - The Private Sphere: Goals And Self
Relative status may be seen as the basis of social organization, and affiliation with others may be considered desirable, but these assum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dianetics: Encyclopedia Ii - Dianetics - Dianetics In Scientology
Scientologists refer to the book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health as "Book One". Hubbard himself regarded its publication a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professor X: Encyclopedia Ii - Professor X - Education
Undergraduate studies Charles Xavier graduated with honors at the age of 16 from Harvard University. Graduate studies Ph.D.s in Geneti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Lightning: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Lightning - Black Lightning In Other Media
Black Lightning has never appeared in any of the many television series based on DC Comics superheroes. This is in itself not unusual for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Incident Reduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Traumatic Incident Reduction - Medical History In Tir
Most common approaches to post-traumatic stress reduction fall into two categories: coping techniques and cathartic techniques. Some ther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stress Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Medicine - Stressors
Any factor that causes stress is called a stressor. There are two kinds of stressors: processive stressors and systemic stressors. Proces...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stress Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Medicine - Neurochemistry And Physiology
The general neurochemistry of the general adaptation syndrome is now believed to be well understood, although much remains to be discover...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Conclusions
The experiment's result has been argued to demonstrate the impressionability and obedience of people when provided with a legitimizing id...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Comparisons To Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse
The human rights abuses that occurred at the Abu Ghraib prison, under the authority of the American armed forces in the aftermath of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spontaneous Human Combustion: Encyclopedia Ii - Spontaneous Human Combustion - Some Survivors Of Alleged Shc
A number of persons have reported serious burns that injured their bodies with no apparent cause. If this is not the alleged phenomenon k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hiccup: Encyclopedia Ii - Hiccup - Medical Treatment
Referred to as singultus, hiccups are treated medically only in severe and persistent (termed "intractable") cases. Haloperidol (Haldol, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticality Accident: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticality Accident - Description
Most criticality accidents result in what is called a "blue flash," when surrounding air is ionized by an intense pulse of X-rays and gam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emanuel Swedenborg: Encyclopedia Ii - Emanuel Swedenborg - Accomplishments
Emanuel Swedenborg - Scientific contributions. As early as 1721, Swedenborg was seeking to lay the foundation of a scientific explanati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sigmund Freud: Encyclopedia Ii - Sigmund Freud - Life
Freud was born Sigismund Schlomo Freud, into a Jewish family in Freiberg (Příbor), Moravia, the Austrian Empire (now the Czech Republic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constipation: Encyclopedia Ii - Constipation - Treatment
In people without medical problems, the main intervention is the increase of fluids (preferably water) and dietary fiber. The latter may ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traumatic Incident Reduction: Encyclopedia Ii - Traumatic Incident Reduction - How Does Tir Compare With Other Techniques For Addressing Traumatic Stress?
Up until recently, there have been two main approaches to PTSD: Coping techniques. Cathartic techniques Some therapists give their cli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Results
The experiment very quickly got out of hand. Prisoners suffered — and accepted — sadistic and humiliating treatment at the hands of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Baden-powell 1st Baron Baden-powell: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Baden-powell 1st Baron Baden-powell - World War I And Later Events
On the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Baden-Powell put himself at the disposal of the War Office. No command, however, was given him, f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allergy: Encyclopedia Ii - Allergy - Treatment
There are limited mainstream medical treatments for allergies. Probably the most important factor in rehabilitation is the removal of sou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allergy: Encyclopedia Ii - Allergy - Treatment
There are limited mainstream medical treatments for allergies, probably the most important factor in rehabilitation is the removal of sou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spandau Prison: Encyclopedia Ii - Spandau Prison - The Spandau Seven
The prisoners, still subject to the petty personal rivalries and battles for prestige that characterized the party politics of the Nazi r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Values: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Values - Empathy And Human Relations
In Japanese mythology, the gods display human emotions, such as love and anger. In these stories, behavior that results in positive relat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fibromyalgia: Encyclopedia Ii - Fibromyalgia - Symptoms
The primary symptom of fibromyalgia is widespread, diffuse pain, often including heightened sensitivity of the skin (that may make the to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fibromyalgia: Encyclopedia Ii - Fibromyalgia - Diagnosis
When making a diagnosis of fibromyalgia, a practitioner would take into consideration the patient's case history and the exclusion of oth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fibromyalgia: Encyclopedia Ii - Fibromyalgia - Living With Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia can affect every aspect of a person's life. While it cannot cause death in itself, the chronic pain and depression associate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dianetics: Encyclopedia Ii - Dianetics - Dianetics: The Modern Science Of Mental Health
Hubbard's first publications about Dianetics appeared in Astounding Science Fiction magazine; Hubbard, a well known science fiction autho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allergy: Encyclopedia Ii - Allergy - Signs And Symptoms
Allergy is characterised by a local or systemic inflammatory response to allergens. Local symptoms are: Nose: swelling of the nasal muco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Food Coloring: Encyclopedia Ii - Food Coloring - Health Problems
Although regulatory authorities like the FDA in the United States have banned many products from use in food due to safety concerns, deba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Florence Nightingale: Encyclopedia Ii - Florence Nightingale - Rejection Of Marriage Proposal
In 1851 she rejected the marriage proposal of politician and poet Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton, against her mother's wishe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mobile Phone Radiation And Health: Encyclopedia Ii - Mobile Phone Radiation And Health - Occupational Health Hazards
Telecommunication workers who spend time at a short distance from the active equipment, for the purposes of testing, maintenance, install...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mobile Phone Radiation And Health: Encyclopedia Ii - Mobile Phone Radiation And Health - Safety Standards And Licensing
In order to protect the population living around base stations and users of mobile handsets, governments and regulatory bodies adopt safe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mobile Phone Radiation And Health: Encyclopedia Ii - Mobile Phone Radiation And Health - Precautionary Principle
Although scientific evidence for health hazards of low level cellphone radiation is weak, the World Health Organization has recommended t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin's Illness: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Darwin's Illness - Development Of Illness And Symptoms
Darwin was too sensitive to the sight of blood and the brutality of surgery at the time as a student of medicine at Edinburgh University,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stress Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Stress Medicine - Coping With Stress
Individuals can respond very differently to the same stressor; any given situation can cause eustress in one person and distress in anoth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Premenstrual Stress Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Premenstrual Stress Syndrome - Controversial Views
In a 1989 study of menstruating women, Cathy McFarland and colleagues discovered that study participants recalled feeling worse during th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyanide: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyanide - Toxicity
Cyanide - Absorption. The most usual route of absorption is by inhalation of hydrogen cyanide gas, which can be formed from alkaline cy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyanide: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyanide - Toxicity
Cyanide - Absorption. The most usual route of absorption is by inhalation of hydrogen cyanide gas, which can be formed from alkaline cy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ego Superego And Id: Encyclopedia Ii - Ego Superego And Id - The Ego Psychologists
After Freud, a number of prominent psychoanalytic theorists began to elaborate on Freud's functionalist version of the ego. Extensive eff...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fibromyalgia: Encyclopedia Ii - Fibromyalgia - Treatment
Like many other soft tissue and rheumatolgical organic disorders there is no cure for fibromyalgia, but some treatment options are availa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyanide: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyanide - Use As A Poison
The cyanide ion, if used as poison, is generally delivered in the form of gaseous hydrogen cyanide or in the form of potassium cyanide (K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demon: Encyclopedia Ii - Demon - Demons In Ancient Persia
During the time of Zarathustra the same word (Div) received the notion of demon in the Iranian tradition. In Zoroastrianism and the Avest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticality Accident: Encyclopedia Ii - Criticality Accident - Records
Criticality accidents have occurred both in the context of nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors. In 1945, Los Alamos scientist Harry K. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allergy: Encyclopedia Ii - Allergy - Diagnosis
There are several methods for the diagnosis and assessment of allergies. Allergy - Skin test. The typical and most simple method of dia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allergy: Encyclopedia Ii - Allergy - Pathophysiology
All hypersensitivities result from an aberration somewhere in the normal immune process. The exact cause of such malfunctions is not alwa...   » Read the article

Article - Ayurveda Sitemap I - P
This is a sitemap for Ayurveda - P . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word.   ...   » Read the article