Systems:
Traditional Chinese Medicine Techniques
Acupuncture. Acupuncture is the practice of inserting needles into the superficial skin, subcutaneous tissue, and muscles at particular acupuncture points and manipulating them. …
Moxibustion. …
Tui Na Massage. …
Cupping/Scraping. …
Chinese Herbs. …
Chinese Nutrition.
Tai chi
Atomizer/nebulizer
Skin brushing
Lymph nodes
Enema
Exercise
Light therapy – Egyptians
Color therapy
Meditation
Many people touching
Many people praying at one time
Acupressure
Breathing (Ayurveda only?)
Aromatherapy
Balneopathy
Tai chi
Qigong
TCM Movement exercises http://www.shennong.com/eng/lifestyles/tcmrole_health_maintenance_exercises.html
Hydrotherapy
Traditional alternative medicine. This field includes the more mainstream and accepted forms of therapy, such as acupuncture, homeopathy, and Oriental practices. These therapies have been practiced for centuries worldwide. Traditional alternative medicine may include:
Acupuncture
Ayurveda
Homeopathy
Naturopathy
Traditional Chinese or Oriental medicine
Osteopathy
Body. Touch has been used in medicine since the early days of medical care. Healing by touch is based on the idea that illness or injury in one area of the body can affect all parts of the body. If, with manual manipulation, the other parts can be brought back to optimum health, the body can fully focus on healing at the site of injury or illness. Body techniques are often combined with those of the mind. Examples of body therapies include:
Chiropractic and osteopathic medicine
Massage
Body movement therapies
Tai chi
Yoga
Diet and herbs. Over the centuries, man has gone from a simple diet consisting of meats, fruits, vegetables, and grains, to a diet that often consists of foods rich in fats, oils, and complex carbohydrates. Nutritional excess and deficiency have become problems in today’s society, both leading to certain chronic diseases. Many dietary and herbal approaches attempt to balance the body’s nutritional well-being. Dietary and herbal approaches may include:
Dietary supplements
Herbal medicine
Nutrition/diet
Popular diets for healing:
External energy. Some people believe external energies from objects or other sources directly affect a person’s health. An example of external energy therapy is:
Electromagnetic therapy
Reiki
Qigong
Mind. Even standard or conventional medicine recognizes the power of the connection between mind and body. Studies have found that people heal better if they have good emotional and mental health. Therapies using the mind may include:
Meditation
Biofeedback
Hypnosis
Senses. Some people believe the senses, touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste, can affect overall health. Examples of therapies incorporating the senses include:
Art, dance, and music
Visualization and guided imagery
