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Dictionary - Panchakarma: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchakarma
Panchakarma In Ayurveda treatment consists of four basic forms, namely - medicine or drug therapy, pancha (five) karma (actions/ syste...   » Read the article

Article - Bentonite Clay Properties - Intestinal Cleanse Helping Spiritual Awakening
Bentonite Clay and its spiritual properties: Intestinal cleanse of the colon is strongly recommended by Kalki and The Golden Age Foundati...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Diagnosis Process: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Diagnosis Process
Diagnosis Process The imbalance of doshas and the course they follow to cause disease is termed samprapti or pathogenesis. Since disea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Colon Hydrotherapy: Holistic Health Dictionary I On Colon Hydrotherapy
COLON HYDROTHERAPY Purified water is gently introduced into the colon through sterilized tubes in order to flush out toxins, gas, accu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tui Na: Holistic Treatment Dictionary On Tui Na
Tui Na: An ancient system of Chinese body work in which the practitioner uses acupressure and massage to balance the body's flow of en...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bloodletting: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchkarma Bloodletting
Panchkarma Bloodletting   Toxins absorbed into the bloodstream through the gastro-intestinal tract get circulated throughout the ...   » Read the article

Article - Sweat Lodge: Temazcal I/iii - The Traditional Mexican Sweat Bath
The Native American Sweat Lodge, Temazcal, is an ancient practice from the native indians of America; a sacred ritual for Healing and Pu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kalaripayat: Alternative Health Dictionary On Kalaripayat
Kalaripayat: Form of Marma Chikitsa promoted by Joseph Kurian (see marma science). It eliminates toxins, overpowers blocks, and restor...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bacteria: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bacteria
Bacteria A numerous and varied class of microorganisms which exist in the air, earth, water, and in and on the bodies of plants, anima...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Raktamoksha: Alternative Health Dictionary On Raktamoksha
Raktamoksha: Ayurvedic form of bloodletting. According to its theory, á      toxemia is the basic cause of h...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Arising: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Arising
Arising Since our biological clocks are attuned to the rising and setting of the sun, it is obviously better to awake at sunrise in pe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Herbal Dictionary: The Herbal Encyclopedia
The Herbal Dictionary A herbal dictionary with definitions.   Please note that all words in grey, like "yoga", "en...   » Read the article

Article - Sweat Lodge: Temazcal Ii/iii - Mexican Method Of Sweat Baths For Curative Purposes
The Native American Sweat Lodge, Temazcal, is an ancient practice from the native indians of America; a sacred ritual for Healing and Pu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Animal Massage: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Animal Massage
ANIMAL MASSAGE Both pets and performance animals experience soft tissue damage in their daily lives just as humans do.   Therape...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Californien: Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Californien
Californien: Using essential oils in the massage helps with the fluidity of the movements. Its kneadings relaxs the muscles and untie ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Power Yoga: Alternative Health Dictionary On Power Yoga
Power Yoga (Ashtanga): Astanga yoga or a variation thereof. Power Yoga includes ujjayi and a series of postures designed to effect the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ama Visha: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iii On Ama Visha
Ama Visha: An especially harmful, disease-promoting type of ama that contains highly reactive toxins.   (See also: Ama Visha ,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sauna: Holistic Treatment Dictionary On Sauna
Sauna: Dry heat in a wooden room used to open the pores and eliminate toxins through sweat.   (See also: Sauna , Alternative H...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sama: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary Ii On Sama
Sama:  with ama or toxins   (See also: Sama , Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Dictionary, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul) &nb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Suggestive Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Suggestive Therapy
Suggestive Therapy (suggestive therapeutics, Suggestive Therapy work): therapeutic phase of Concept-Therapy. Its principle is that the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Diet: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Uneasy Food Combinations
Uneasy Food Combinations   The next important factor requiring attention in the planning of diet is the incompatibility of certai...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Fomentation Therapy: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchakarma Fomentation Therapy
Panchakarma: Fomentation Therapy   Fomentation, or sweating, necessarily follows oleation. Induced by heat from different sources...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Biological Dentistry: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Biological Dentistry
BIOLOGICAL DENTISTRY: Biological dentistry stresses the use of nontoxic restoration materials for dental work, and focuses on the unre...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ayurvedic Treatment: Holistic Treatment Dictionary On Ayurvedic Treatment, Ayurvedic Massage
Ayurvedic Treatment and Massage: Massage techniques include: Abhyanga- individually prepared herbal-oil massage that deeply penetrat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Colon Therapy: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Colon Therapy
COLON THERAPY: The colon, along with the skin, kidneys, and lungs, is a major organ for eliminating bodily waste.   The healthy ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - 3-day Energy Fast: Alternative Health Dictionary On 3-day Energy Fast
3-day energy fast: Subject of The 3-Day Energy Fast: Cleanse Your Body, Clear Your Mind, and Claim Your Spirit (1997), by Pamela Serur...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Body Cleansing: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Body Cleansing
BODY CLEANSING - a program of fasting and elimination of toxins to maintain body health. (NAD)   (See also: BODY CLEANSING , W...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Environmental Therapy: Alternative Treatment Dictionary On Environmental Therapy
Environmental Therapy: Through environmental therapy, practitioners seek to identify significant factors and probable causes of illnes...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agni: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Agni
Agni Being the biological fire that governs metabolism, agni encompasses all the changes in the body and mind from the dense to the mo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Biological Archeology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Biological Archeology
Biological Archeology: Component of BEYOND MEDICINE whose principle is that the body stores all information in cellular memory. It des...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Fomentation Therapy: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchkarma Fomentation Therapy
Panchkarma: Fomentation Therapy   Fomentation, or sweating, necessarily follows oleation. Induced by heat from different sources ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Body Cleansing: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Body Cleansing
Body Cleansing A program of fasting and elimination of toxins to maintain body health.   (See also: Body Cleansing , New Age ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Diet Planning: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Diet Planning
Diet Planning Since diet, along with daily habits, is crucial to the health of an individual, it must be made clear at the outset that...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panchakarma: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchakarma Basic Principles
Panchakarma Basic Principles Panchakarma consists of medicated emesis (vamana) to remove excess kapha, therapeutic purgation (viracana...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Steam Room: Holistic Treatment Dictionary On Steam Room
Steam Room: Tiled room in which steam is generated at a high pressure and temperature. This treatment is used to open the pores and el...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reflexology: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Reflexology
Reflexology A therapy that heals the body through massaging certain parts of the foot or hand that allegedly correspond to the major o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lymphodrainage: Holistic Treatment Dictionary On Lymphodrainage
Lymphodrainage: Non-evasive therapeutic massage to the face and neck that uses a delicate pumping technique to purge swollen tissues (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - 30-day Body Purification Program: Alternative Health Dictionary On 30-day Body Purification Program
30-Day Body Purification Program: Group of purification techniques whose principle is that cleansing the body's internal ecosystem wit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - St. John: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On St. John
ST. JOHN St. John’s neuromuscular therapy seeks out the cause of pain, focusing on creating a balance between the muscular and n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Diet: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Diet
DIET: Conventional medicine has finally acknowledged the central role diet plays in a person's overall health. But achieving a good di...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dinacharya: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Dinacharya
Dinacharya In order to keep the tridoshas in a state of healthy equlibrium and digestion & metabolism (agni) in proper order, Ayur...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panchakarma: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchakarma Enema Therapy
Panchkarma: Enema Therapy   Considered the best treatment for a deranged vata, it purifies and rejuvenates the colon that then no...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Detoxification: Alternative Medicine Dictionary On Detoxification
Detoxification: the process of eliminating the build-up of wastes and toxins from the body, often accomplished with fasting, adhering ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Polarity Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Polarity Therapy
POLARITY THERAPY Polarity therapy is based on universal principles of energy - attraction, repulsion, and neutrality. The interrelatio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Colon Hydrotherapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Colon Hydrotherapy
COLON HYDROTHERAPY A gentle infusion of warm water through the colon is intended to cleanse trapped impurities, preventing the recycli...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ayurvedic Massage: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Ayurvedic Massage
AYURVEDIC MASSAGE An ayurvedic massage is one part of the traditional detoxification and rejuvenation program of India called panchaka...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Marma Science: Alternative Health Dictionary On Marma Science
marma science (Dhanur Veda, Dhanur Veda's science of marmas): System of ostensible diagnosis and treatment promoted by Joseph Kurian. ...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga - Beyond The Body And Mind
Yog means union. Union with a supreme power which is the source of creation, perfection and destruction. Union with the supreme intellect...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Japanese Enzyme Bath: Holistic Treatment Dictionary On Japanese Enzyme Bath
Japanese Enzyme Bath: - Wooden tub filled with fibrous material (such as wood chips) and plant enzymes, which naturally ferment creati...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Colonic: Holistic Treatment Dictionary On Colonic
Colonic: Irrigation of the colon for the purpose of cleansing trapped debris, which is believed to recycle toxins back into the system...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chelation Therapy: Health And Healing Dictionary On Chelation Therapy
Chelation Therapy A method used to rid the body of toxins, metabolic wastes, and unnecessary and toxic metals from the blood stream. I...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage: Holistic Health Dictionary On Massage
MASSAGE Hands-on manipulation for healing is probably older than any other healing tradition. The oldest written records of massage go...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chelation Therapy: Alternative Treatment Dictionary On Chelation Therapy
Chelation Therapy: First developed as a treatment for lead poisoning, chelation therapy removes toxins and heavy metal from the bloods...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Fango Body Treatment: Holistic Treatment Dictionary On Fango Body Treatment
Fango Body Treatment: Thermal fango (fango means mud in Italian) from Italy is applied to the entire body to gently cleanse, release t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Belavi: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Belavi
BELAVI A series of massage techniques using acupressure points, lymphatic drainage strokes, and facial massage strokes, Belavi’ ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bio-mechanics: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Bio-mechanics
Bio-Mechanics is a gentle yet powerful form of body work which results in the proper alignment of the body's sacrum. Since the sacrum ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nikkon Restorative Massage: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Nikkon Restorative Massage (okazaki Restorative Massage)
NIKKON RESTORATIVE MASSAGE (OKAZAKI RESTORATIVE MASSAGE) Nikkon Restorative Massage was developed by Professor Henry Seishiro Okazaki ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rebirthing: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Rebirthing
Rebirthing is a healing process that uses consultation, affirmations and a specific technique of conscious, connected breathing to rel...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paraffin Treatment: Holistic Treatment Dictionary On Paraffin Treatment
Paraffin Treatment: Melted paraffin is applied to the skin to trap heat, absorb toxins, and induce relaxation. After solidifying, it i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Detoxification Therapy: Alternative Treatment Dictionary On Detoxification Therapy
Detoxification Therapy: Found in almost all alternative medical systems from Ayurveda to naturopathic, detoxification techniques seek ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tissue Cleansing: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Tissue Cleansing
TISSUE CLEANSING - a program of fasting and elimination designed to remove accumulated toxins from the body. (NAD)   (See also:...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Endermologie: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Endermologie
ENDERMOLOGIE Endermologie utilizes a computerized machine that massages tissues under suction to improve blood flow and lymphatic drai...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Detoxification: Alternative Medicine Dictionary Ii On Detoxification
Detoxification: Nutritionists, herbalists or other practitioners may recommend detoxification therapy to eliminate toxins from the bod...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cryotherapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Cryotherapy
CRYOTHERAPY Also known as ice therapy, this modality uses the application of cold hydrotherapy in the form of ice packs and cold water...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vital Energy Healing: Alternative Health Dictionary On Vital Energy Healing
vital energy healing (energy healing): a 6,000-year-old means of removing disease, negative energy, and toxins from internal organs wi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gua Sha: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Gua Sha
GUA SHA Used in China for more than 2,000 years, gua sha means to scrape toxins. A method of promoting blood circulation and removing ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Colon Hydrotherapy: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Colon Hydrotherapy
Colon Hydrotherapy (referred to also as colon irrigation or a colonic) is a soothing process of removing toxins and debris that limit ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Naturopathic Medicine: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Naturopathic Medicine
NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE: The philosophy and practice of treating disease by following the principles and laws of nature, rather than uti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Outer Healing: Alternative Health Dictionary On Outer Healing
outer healing: detoxification and Rebuilding through breathwork, diet, feng shui, Hands-on-Healing (see bodywork), herbs, Lymphatic Th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Breath Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Breath Therapy
BREATH THERAPY The use of respiratory exercises to open lung passages, oxygenate the blood, and cleanse the body by eliminating gaseou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manual Lymph Drainage: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Manual Lymph Drainage
MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE The strokes applied in manual lymph drainage are intended to stimulate the movement of the lymphatic fluids in o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Marma Science: Alternative Health Dictionary On Marma Science
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Dictionary - Panchkarma: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchkarma Basic Principles
Panchkarma Basic Principles Panchakarma consists of medicated emesis (vamana) to remove excess kapha, therapeutic purgation (viracana)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nasal Administration: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchkarma Nasal Administration
Panchkarma Nasal Administration   Making use of medicated oils taken through the nostrils, it is used to assist emesis therapy in...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Do-in: Alternative Health Dictionary On Do-in
Do-In [dough-in] (Dao-In, Tao-In, Taoist Conducting and Attuning Energy Practice, Taoist yoga, Taoist hatha yoga, Tao Yin): Ancient sy...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy
PFRIMMER DEEP MUSCLE THERAPY This technique utilizes deep cross-fiber strokes applied with the thumbs and fingers. Developed by Theres...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manual Lymphatique Drainage (mld): Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Manual Lymphatique Drainage (mld)
Manual Lymphatique Drainage (MLD): In addition to the relaxation which it gets, this technique of massage reactivates the flow of the ...   » Read the article