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  1. Biolumanetics and Classical Homoeopathy

    ...within two weeks, this patient's bowel movements corrected themselves, and she has been on the same remedy for over six months in a very low dosage. In the words of the patient ...more

  2. Biolumanetics and Homeopathy

    Homeopath Kieran Linnane relates how she and colleague Charles Wansbrough have been using Biolumanetics in their homeopathic practice for the last four years in order to make a mor...more

  3. Biomechanics for Functional Training, Sports Performance, Strength and Conditioning: Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Management

    Martin Haines has trained 5 Olympic gold medallists, McLaren Formula 1 racing drivers, premiership footballers as well as international rugby players and golfers. He has also biomec...more

  4. Bioptron® Light Therapy: Polarized, Incoherent, Polychromatic and Low Energy Light

    This article recalls the history of light therapy, dating back to 1400 BC, including the awarding of one of the earliest Nobel prizes to a doctor practising light therapy. Bioptron...more

  5. Bioresonance - Fact or Fallacy? An Evidence-Based Approach

    In this article which reviews the facts and fallacy of bioresonance, the author traces evidence relating to emissions of electromagnetic radiations – the motion of electrons and it...more

  6. Bioresonance Part II: Practical Approaches to Treatment

    This second of a two-part article on bioresonance concludes with Roger Coghill examining practical ways in which it is being applied in complementary therapy today. Although still ...more

  7. Biosensing to Counter Geopathic Stress

    How often do patients get 'successfully' treated by conventional medicine, or alternative healing, to find that the success is not long-lasting? How often is the lack of long-term ...more

  8. Biosynthesis - A Body Psychotherapy

    Biosynthesis is a body-psychotherapy developed by David Boadella in the early 1970s. His approach grew out of many years experience with Reichian therapy.more

  9. Bipolar Disorder - My Personal Description

    In Professor Aaron Beck’s Forward to Professor Richard Bentall’s book Madness Explained, who teaches at Liverpool University, he states that “Incomprehensible symptoms of the mental...more

  10. Birth Anxiety and the Overdue Baby

    This Expert Column describes the successful homeopathic treatment of a woman having a normal pregnancy but extreme anxiety due to a previous difficult birth experience.more

  11. Birthing - 2012

    All things are birthed, from a new product to a new life. Even a new thought goes through a birthing process. And each birth requires the stages of conception/fertilization, gestati...more

  12. Bizarre Bazaar!

    This month’s column is bound to irritate some readers, and anger others, but as I have recently been both irritated and angered myself, this possibility seems to me worth while in ...more

  13. Black Hole Principles, Biology and Belief

    The article goes on to explain the connections between black holes and our chakras, and introduces the reader to other important concepts – fractal elements of the cosmos, dark mat...more

  14. Bloating

    This article is a comprehensive consideration of bloating, its effects, its causes, and a useful and non-doctrinaire set of recommendations about diagnosis and potentially helpful ...more

  15. Blossom Oils For Blooming Summer

    With summer almost upon us, the author focuses on sweet summer fragrances such as rose blooms in the garden and aromatherapy oils. She says that through the sense of smell we can a...more

  16. Blueprint to Healthy Eating, Fuelling and Exercising

    Eating a healthy and balanced diet is key to improving the quality of your life, especially when coupled with regular physical activity and due attention to your emotional health, r...more

  17. Body Alignment Technique and Vortex Technology

    Body alignment technique uses vibrational energy to heal others and ourselves. Negative emotional experiences become subconsciously locked into our body at a cellular level. This u...more

  18. Body Control: The Pilates Way

    Body Control Pilates is a complete body conditioning programme based on the method developed over seventy years ago by German-born Joseph Pilates.more

  19. Body Harmony

    Body Harmony is a form of hands-on bodywork, based on listening to, and being guided by, a client's body responses. By combining careful observation with good listening skills and ...more

  20. Body Harmony

    Body Harmony is a hands-on form of body work, that acknowledges the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual as one. It is an experience in personal empowerment, that allows us to...more

  21. Body Image, Culture and Sexuality

    In today's society, body image has become an increasingly hot topic of discussion; whether it be chatter in the school playground or coverage in the tabloids, it has become very dif...more

  22. Body Massage Treatment - A Holiday Treat

    A truly relaxing holiday for me is a holiday with body massage or any other form of natural treatments (not necessarily tactile).more

  23. Body Parts and Body Problems

    Where two or more bones join we have a joint, and a joint is a place which generally allows movement. There is, however, a trade-off between joint movement and invulnerability. T...more

  24. Body Rhythm Cycles Around the Clock

    All those of us who have experienced times of instability will confirm that when our routines are no longer there to support and ground us through the day we can feel off balance.more

  25. Body Stress Release

    The article discusses how Body Stress Release (BSR) began as the idea of retired American chiropractor Dr Richard van Rumpt, that the body is limited in its ability to respond to s...more

  26. Body Therapy, Ethics and Quantum Mechanics

    A few months ago, I was having tea near St. James Park in London with friends who were far more knowledgeable about the politics of body therapy and alternative medicine. I'm certa...more

  27. Body Un-Awareness

    As a race we are excellent at compensating. From surviving in harsh environments, overcoming illness and disease to dealing with daily stresses. We learn to adapt and adjust in orde...more

  28. Bodywork and Baking Bread

    I have a good friend named Donna (not her true name) who started studying body therapies about twenty years ago. The first therapy she learnt was a form of structural bodywork, an ...more

  29. Bodywork for Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood

    This article focuses on body support for women during pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood. The author touches on the different forms of bodywork, adding that most forms, from Arom...more

  30. Bodywork Matters: Neuroskeletal Re-alignment Therapy

    As reported in previous issues, this therapy is light touch, non-invasive and extremely effective for many musculo-skeletal problems and certain neurological disorders.more

  31. Bodywork Matters: Neuroskeletal Re-alignment Therapy Case Study

    In this column the author presents an amazing case study of a client with an agonizing bulging disc who, following neuroskeletal realignment therapy, was relieved of the pain for...more

  32. Bodywork: The Relevance of Subclavius

    This article touches on the importance of small muscles in the body such as the pectoralis minor, sternocleidomastoid, omohyoid, etc., and focuses on the subclavius, a small, long,...more

  33. Bolles Sensory Learning Method

    The Bolles Sensory Learning Method™ is an innovative non-cognitive approach to developmental learning that utilizes enhanced natural sensory stimulation for remediation of an indiv...more

  34. Bone Building Nutrition - Calcium Not the Only Key

    Bones are truly amazing structures that mend and rebuild themselves by the actions of two cells types – osteoblasts that form bone and osteoclasts that resorb (destroy) bone. This ...more

  35. Boron: Major Cause and Cure for Arthritis

    Forty years ago, Dr Rex Newnham developed arthritis, and orthodox medicine did not help. His analysis of the differences between the fertility of clay soil and sandy soil (sandy so...more

  36. Botox – Everyone’s Doing It and It’s safe!!

    I was recently talking with a lady in her late twenties – she looked vibrant and young, however she had a list of health problems that she wanted my help with resolving. When I aske...more

  37. Botty Beautiful

    I've found a new word that delights me: callipygian. It is an adjective combining the Greek kallos, beauty (as in calligraphy: beautiful writing), with pyge, buttocks. Hence, a cal...more

  38. Bow Legs and Knock Knees

    This column looks into the shape and language of legs. The author provides a simple tip on how to check if you have bow legs, knock-knees or lock-knees, flat or hollow feet, hallux...more

  39. Bowen - Moving Blocked Energy

    Bowen has multiple applications on both a physical and emotional level, and its successful use in pre- and post-natal care and in treating frozen shoulder and eczema and in relea...more

  40. Bowen Technique for Back Pain and Other Conditions

    The author concludes that many of her clients who have presented with long-standing complaints find great relief after just a small number of treatments. It is, she adds, a therapy...more

  41. Bowen Working on Physical and Energy Levels

    Bowen is a simple and gentle therapy in which skin slack is drawn back with the fingers and thumbs to the edge of a muscle, tendon or ligament at a particular point on the body unt...more

  42. Brain Health

    This column focuses on brain nutrient deficiencies and what steps we can take to achieve and maintain optimum brain health.more

  43. Brain-Waves and Altered States of Consciousness

    The author provides a highly technical and detailed account of the 5 types of brain-wave (Delta, Theta, Alpha, Beta and Gamma), and the states of consciousness with which they are ...more

  44. Breakfast

    This article starts off describing the standard breakfast of cereal and milk, most often, these days, packaged, highly processed cereals, often sugar coated. This high-carb, high s...more

  45. Breakfast - The Best Way to Start the Day

    The word ‘breakfast’ originated from the 15th century to describe the first meal of the day, eaten in the morning, and which will break the fast of the previous night.[1] Whilst bre...more

  46. Breakup, Breakdown, Breakthrough, Breakdance

    Break ups…. Almost everyone have had to deal with one or more in their lives. I have had quite a good and peaceful childhood, excelled at school without really having had to do anyt...more

  47. Breast Cancer - Detection or Deception?

    Sherill Sellman writes a hard-hitting article about the treatment of breast cancer in the USA, exposing the dangers of some cancer detection procedures and treatments and the hidde...more

  48. Breast Cancer - Naturopathic Approaches

    The author looks at the issue of complementary health care for breast cancer from the perspectives of naturopathy and kinesiology. Naturopathy is a non-invasive therapy that invest...more

  49. Breast Cancer Special Feature

    Breast Cancer: The Epidemic that Won't Go Awaymore

  50. Breast Cancer: Current Trends and Future Hopes

    Breast cancer is the third most common cancer in the world, creating a burden of disease comparable with that of colorectal cancer.more

  51. Breast Cancer: Helping the Healer to Heal Herself

    In this article nutritionist Judith Price describes how a colleague diagnosed with breast cancer planned her own course of treatment, firstly using self-hypnosis and the Emotional ...more

  52. Breast Cancer: There Must Be Another Way!

    This article presents an interview with a young woman whose breast cancer has been in remission for twelve years. The context is research the author has been doing with individuals...more

  53. Breath and the River: Say Yes To The River

    Breath is the essence of life – Physiologically we know breath as that which provides oxygen to the lungs which in turn oxygenates the blood. However, we can literally buy oxygen, ...more

  54. Breath is Life

    I would like to open up a debate about breathing with this article, which I hope will lead to a deeper understanding, and a more fruitful application of breathing techniques. I als...more

  55. Breath Taking

    What is your favourite kind of breathing? Do you prefer upper thoracic or abdominal breathing? Costal or diaphragmatic? Rhythmic or yogic? Buteyko breathing or re-birthing breathin...more

  56. Breath Testing for Development Disorders?

    Regular contributor David Taylor discusses dyspraxia, a childhood neuro-developmental disorder that is thought by some to affect around 5% of the population. The disorder is charac...more

  57. Breath, Voice, Speech

    This article focuses on the importance of voice and speech and ways in which we can improve how we sound. Counselling helps people to find what they really mean and sometimes it i...more

  58. Breathing in a Circle - Transforming Consciousness Through Breathing

    On the last Tuesday of every month, around the world, small groups of people gather themselves into circles. They come together not to debate an issue, form a committee or follow a ...more

  59. Breema Essence of Harmonious Life

    Through deep receptivity to the body, and a rhythmic connection to the Earth, Breema can help us become available to the instinctive wisdom of the body. By allowing that wisdom to ...more

  60. Bridging The Gap Between The Law Of Attraction and Inspired Action

    If you really want to bridge the gap between The Law of Attraction and Inspired Acton - then it is time for you to focus your life in one area only - focus your thoughts, your expe...more

  61. Bringing Sleep Clinic Quality to the Bedroom

    Sleep influences how well we live our lives in myriad ways - from our physical and mental health and performance to our productivity at work, mood and cognitive abilities. Sleep is ...more

  62. Bruxism, TMJD and Migraines - The Terrible Triad

    The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is the hinge that connects the lower jawbone (mandible) to the rest of the skull. This joint is connected to different parts of the body including ...more

  63. Buddhism for Everyday Life

    Buddhism is all about being happy and it works well. Everybody, everyday has the wish to be happy and free from suffering. However, very few people fulfil this fundamental wish. Ma...more

  64. Buddhist Healing

    Mention chakra disturbances, spirit intervention or karma to most people and they may ask what planet you live on! Whichever planet, Buddhist healing works with all such forces, an...more

  65. Budwig Flax Oil Diet

    Science has proven that fats play an important role in the functioning of the entire body. To function efficiently, cells require true polyunsaturated, live electron-rich lipids, p...more

  66. Build Up Your Defences For Winter

    The Germ is Nothing, the Terrain is everything. The famous nineteenth century bacteriologist, Louis Pasteur uttered the previous sentence towards the end of his days. Having spent ...more

  67. Build Your Own Bridge

    Beata Bishop uses two powerful examples to demonstrate how we all need to establish our autonomy and ensure that we march to our own drumbeat rather than being overwhelmed by the i...more

  68. Building a Thriving Complementary Practice

    ...if your practice isn't thriving in the way you would like, it's time to take a look at steps you could be taking to attract more clients with ease.more

  69. Bulimia Nervosa

    Bulimia nervosa, a psychiatric eating disorder according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM5)[1] is a mental health condition that mani...more

  70. Buqi - Chinese Energy Therapy to Restore Balance

    Buqi (pronounced boo chi) translates as Chinese healing with vital forces and was developed by Dr Shen Hongxun, drawing on Chinese and Western medicines, Tai Chi, acupuncture, Budd...more

  71. BUQI: An introduction to a new Chinese healing system

    Buqi is an old Chinese word – to indicate healing – during the Han dynasty. In historic books one can find records about people curing diseases without touching but nowhere is th...more

  72. Bust Allergies Naturally: GP’s Five Plant Hack Answers Borne Out Of Nature

    If you struggle with allergies, then you’re certainly not alone. The UK actually has some of the highest allergy rates. In fact, over 20% of the UK population are affected by one or...more

  73. Buteyko Breathing for Health

    Breathing is one of our most important functions and plays a large part in the patterns of disease and health. Most doctors and health care practitioners know little about how peop...more

  74. C1 and C2 Vertebrae Misalignment Symptoms

    The C1 and C2 vertebrae are the first two vertebrae located directly under the skull. They allow us to move our heads as we do hundreds of times a day. A misalignment of those verte...more

  75. Caffeine

    Caffeine is a naturally occurring chemical found in plant sources such as coffee, cocoa beans and tea leaves. It is also extracted and added to food, drink and some medicines. If yo...more

  76. Callanetics(r) - Superb Exercise Programme based upon Ballet and Yoga

    This article focuses on Callanetics exercises, developed in the 1980s by ex-ballerina Callan Pinckney. The author explains how the exercises work and can change the body from head ...more

  77. Calories, the Good and the Bad

    When it comes to dieting most people focus on calorie restriction. The understanding is that to successfully lose unwanted weight, one must ensure that more calories are burnt than ...more

  78. CAM - A Vow of Poverty?

    Self esteem and good marketing are key elements in a successful business in CAM; however the words 'business' and 'marketing' are often shunned by health practitioners and considere...more

  79. CAM Practitioners – A Modern Insight into Today’s Practices

    CAM offers the body the push it needs to activate its self-healing mechanisms. Because of this, it works on a phenomenal range of illnesses and symptoms of both the mind and body. I...more

  80. Can Allergies Make You Tired? Top Tips For Managing Allergy Fatigue

    If you’re one of the many people who experience allergies, you may have suffered through common symptoms like itchy eyes and skin, nasal congestion, and/or watery eyes. You may have...more

  81. Can Beliefs Impact The Immune System?

    In Disney’s portrayal of the Jungle Book,[1] Mowgli’s belief was that the python Kaa was friendly! In Mowgli’s case this belief was based upon ignorance and would have resulted in ...more

  82. Can Complementary & Alternative Medicine Help Fight Covid-19?

    It goes without saying that new, stunningly virulent and resurgent illnesses have been escalating around the globe, with alarming intensity, and advancing more rapidly than ever bef...more

  83. Can Depression Be Fatal and How Can It Be Cured?

    Depression is more than just feeling sad. It's a serious health concern that can sometimes be life-threatening. The mood swings you get, or the constant feeling of sadness might tak...more

  84. Can Dogs Detect Cancer

    It might sound like something from a science fiction novel but there is now strong scientific evidence to show that our dogs can actually detect human cancers. This fantastic abili...more

  85. Can I Be Hypnotized?

    “Can I be hypnotized?” is a question which I’ve been asked countless times over the past 30 years. The question is often followed with: “I can’t be hypnotized, I’ve tried it….”more

  86. Can Massage And Bodymind Learning Ease Inflammation In The Body Politic?

    A few days after the US presidential election – which, no matter which side one was on, issued in a tumultuous time – one of my local therapist friends said what was needed was ‘a ...more

  87. Can the Brain Really be Re-Wired?

    This article looks at how the brain can be re-wired and whether it can be done without the person having to work out how, why or when, through RaphaYad Bioenergy Healing treatments...more

  88. Can Water Greatly Enhance Quality of Health?

    When did you ever go to your doctor and receive the diagnosis that you were dehydrated? When did your doctor ever tell you to increase the volume of water you drink? For most people...more

  89. Can You Take Fat Supplements If You Miss Working Out For A Day?

    In the modern world, obesity is a major condition that is affected a large percentage of the population. Many people lead a sedentary life which results in worsening the condition....more

  90. Cancer and Complementary Medicine: A Roundup

    Richard Eaton explores the contribution by practitioners of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) to the provision of cancer healthcare in the United Kingdom (UK). Although t...more

  91. Cancer And Master Acupuncture

    Cancer is a western medicine disease whereas Master Acupuncturists practise oriental medicine, so how is it going to be possible to reconcile these two entities - the western medic...more

  92. Cancer and Organic Meat

    Since the 1970s, red meat has been suspected of increasing the risk of cancer. Recently the World Cancer Research Fund published its monumental review of the evidence on nutrition,...more

  93. Cancer and the Environment - Perception in Perspective

    How do we assess the risks of cancer from the various hazards we are exposed to in our environment? Estimates of 75 to 90% of all cancers are believed to be caused by agents in the...more

  94. Cancer Case Treated with Ayurvedic Medicine Herbal Therapy

    A Recurrent Case of Retromolor Triangle Oral cavity, Post standard treatment, Patient Treated with Herbal Therapy - A complete cure shown by Histopathology examinationmore

  95. Cancer Chemosensitivity Testing

    When a patient has an infection, doctors often send a sample of infected blood or tissue to a lab where they can grow the bacteria and see which antibiotics are most effective (cal...more

  96. Cancer Control through Pathology-Based Homeopathic Medicine

    Homeopathy is a system of medical therapy that uses information of a biophysical nature and/or very small (infinitesimal) doses of medicines or remedies that are hardly traced even ...more

  97. Cancer Detoxification Approaches

    Drs Graeme and Lilian Munro-Hall advocate a program to support cancer patients consisting of physical, psychological and spiritual elements. They recommend Gerson Therapy and both ...more

  98. Cancer Diagnostic Tests and Treatments: Advantages and Limitations to Existing Conventional Treatments; Introduction to Alternative Approaches

    Cancer is a word used to describe a wide range of disorders that result from the growth and spread of abnormal cells throughout many different parts of the body. Cancer was origina...more

  99. Cancer Killing Medicinal Mushrooms

    Cancer can be a brutal disease and its treatment can be as brutal as the disease itself!more

  100. Cancer Prevention, Detection and Treatment – The Way Forward

    Even if you don’t have cancer, or are not particularly interested in reading about cancer, please read the following articles which contain important information about environmenta...more

  101. Cancer Target - Cellular Respiration

    Mitochondria are the cellular energy generators that supply virtually all the power your body requires for a healthy life span. Energy-intensive organs like the heart and brain are...more

  102. Cancer-Preventing Properties of Essential Oil Monoterpenes D-Limonene and Perillyl Alcohol

    When people first hear the word monoterpene (MT), typically the 'terpene' portion conjures up images of some sort of cleaning fluid such as turpentine. Associated with this image i...more

  103. Cancer, Atherosclerosis and Sympathetic Dominance

    I have read with interest the article Hypothesis: Cancer causes and mechanisms by John Spottiswoode, published in Positive Health PH Online in Issue 110 - April 2005,[1] where he pr...more

  104. Cancer: A Call for Change

    I've been on an extraordinary journey. It's not been an easy one and as I travelled I became aware that many others have travelled down the same road....The journey starts the day ...more

  105. Candida: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches

    This article discusses the history of candida, what candida is, who gets it, how it can be diagnosed, and which therapeutic approaches may be beneficial in its treatment.more

  106. Capricious Charlie Chamomilla - Matricaria chamomilla

    In this article the author demonstrates the effects of Chamomile, on an angry, demanding baby named Charlie. A baby prone to middle ear infections, hypersensitive to pain, and also...more

  107. Cardamom: Elettaria Cardamomum

    Regular contributor Anne McIntyre looks at cardamom. Cardamom pods have long been esteemed for their ability to lift the spirits, reduce pain, restore vitality and induce a calm, m...more

  108. Cardiac Glycosides at Low Concentration Providing Neurohormonal Effects: The Final Solution Against Cancer?

    “Although there is not total agreement on the nature and clinical significance of the effects of digitalis on the autonomic nervous system, the following points seem well establishe...more

  109. Cardiovascular Health: New Nutrition Strategies Part I

    The article discusses research which challenges the supposed link between high cholesterol levels and the risk of heart attack. There is a new theory that cholesterol is used as ...more

  110. Cardiovascular Health: New Nutrition Strategies Part II

    Despite decades of health advice to reduce saturated fat and cholesterol, heart disease is still the number one killer in the UK and a leading cause of death worldwide. Prefacing h...more

  111. Cardiovascular Health: New Nutrition Strategies Part III

    In this part, the author discusses the role of the optimum fats in cardiovascular health, and explores the emotional aspect of heart problems in the context of Chinese medicine and...more

  112. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

    In this Expert Regular Column, Kate Neil looks at the risk of cardiovascular disease and what can be done to reduce such risk. She gives the case study of a 45 year old man with a ...more

  113. Caring for Yourself and Your Elderly Loved One

    Are you a carer for your elderly loved one? Do you feel exhausted, worn out, and sometimes frustrated? Or are you at the beginning stages of care and worried about your future as yo...more

  114. Carl Jung (1875-1961)

    Attacks on Freudian psychoanalysis the past decade have started to erode support for the old Viennese master, but Jung has been relatively immune from this new scepticism in the ...more

  115. Carl Jung on Human Relations

    In the last two issues of Positive Health, we discussed some of the primary ideas of Carl Jung, one of the early pioneers of the psychoanalytic movement, who broke with Freud to em...more

  116. Carob is a Fantastic Chocolate Substitute

    Carob, a very old food, and a member of the pulse family, is very similar in taste and consistency to chocolate. The article cites nutritional studies concerning it: a lower GI tha...more

  117. Carrying Weight

    In Greek mythology, the Titan Atlas, having angered Zeus, was forced to hold up the sky – a Herculean task if ever there was one. As the heavens were at that time thought to be sph...more

  118. Case Studies Jo, mother and author relates her personal story on the healing process for her baby son

    I have had asthma since I was 12, as a result of being allergic to grasses, tree spores, and most animals. In 1992 (aged 32) I went on holiday to New Zealand with my husband and I ...more

  119. Case Studies kindly sent in by Theo Gimbel of the Hygeia Studios

    Two case studies: The Migraine Case and The Colostomy Case, both treated and cured using colour therapy.more

  120. Case Studies on Eczema, Acne and Dull, Lifeless Skin

    This article follows on from discussion about the skin, which featured in the previous issue (no. 63) of Positive Health, and presents three case studies illustrating the effective...more

  121. Case Studies on Homeopathy - Four Cases of Eczema

    Eczema is the external or skin manifestation of allergy and, as such, can often be influenced by dietary manipulation. This approach is fraught with difficulties and frustrations a...more

  122. Case Studies on the Eat Right for Your Blood Type Diet

    In this column, June Butlin expands on Peter D'Adamo's Eat Right for Your Blood Type Diet. This diet identifies the foods which are most suitable for the four blood groups O, A, B ...more

  123. Case Studies: Holistic Effects of Thai Massage

    Thai massage is performed using rhythmic thumb, palm and elbow pressure, muscle compressions and stretching along these energy lines.more

  124. Case Study - Remarkable Aromatherapy

    In this column the author presents a case study on the use and remedial benefits of aromatherapy on a 50 year-old male client suffering muscle tone weakness, loss of movement and s...more

  125. Case Study - Severe Stress

    Following on from last month's column that looked at the role nutrition has to play in dealing with stress, this month June Butlin looks at a case of severe stress that caused a ra...more

  126. Case Study - Spirit Release benefits Asperger's Syndrome

    This case is indeed inspiring. The authors write that Spirit release is not a new concept. Culturally throughout the world there are references to 'spirits' who return to this worl...more

  127. Case Study 145: Psychosomatic Eye Disorders

    Through the use of two case studies the author explains to us that in some cases eye disorders may have their roots in psychosocial situations, as opposed to medical problems. The ...more

  128. Case Study 147 The Power of Crystal Therapy

    This column focuses on the power and positive effects of crystals used for healing. The author presents the case of a 59-year old woman with lower back pain. Despite being on the...more

  129. Case Study 20: in Reflexology

    A case study for cystitis, diabetes, frozen sholder, irritable bowel syndrome and laryngitis.more

  130. Case Study Crohn's Disease - My Inspiring Life following Surgery

    Unusually, in a journal devoted to alternative and complementary approaches to health, this article is an enthusiastic account of the benefits of surgery for this very debilitating...more

  131. Case Study Issue 100: Overcoming Advanced Invasive Breast Cancer

    This case study is Hazel Scade's personal testimony on how she recovered from advanced cancer of the breast. She was first diagnosed in April 2000 and told she should have immediat...more

  132. Case Study Issue 101: Healing for Second World War Trauma

    A full time healer, Michaela often works with terminal patients and the very elderly. One such was an 82-year old ex-serviceman who had suffered from night terrors since he returne...more

  133. Case Study Issue 102: The Tale of Two Left Feet

    This case history features a husband and wife, both in their seventies, both amputees for different reasons, both successes for reflexology practised by the author. Eva, the wife, ...more

  134. Case Study Issue 103: Bi-Aura Therapy for Osteoarthritis

    The author reports the case of a 68-year-old woman, Anne, who was so crippled with osteoarthritis that she became housebound. She had suffered a progressive deterioration of the co...more

  135. Case Study Issue 104: Buteyko Treatment for Asthma

    Buteyko treatment was developed in 1950s Russia by Dr Konstantin Buteyko Thirty years later, its benefits were recognized by the Russian authorities who approved it for use in asth...more

  136. Case Study Issue 105: Overcoming Breast Cancer Through Macrobiotics

    This is a personal odyssey by a cancer victim who had first overcome bone cancer and then, at the age of 40, discovered a malignant lump in her right breast and recovered from that...more

  137. Case Study Issue 106: Tribute to Mrs Ann Warren Davis

    The author suffered a massive haemorrhage three months after giving birth. She required a hysterectomy  after which she went on to HRT. Her depression grew and her GP put her on Am...more

  138. Case Study Issue 107: Recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) or ME

    This case study is Mary O’Dowd’s personal experience and gradual recovery, over the past ten years, from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS or ME), a condition many people, especially i...more

  139. Case Study Issue 108: Breaking the Migraine Pattern with The Bowen Technique

    About two years ago, Nikke Ariff, a Bowen practitioner and member of the Bowen Therapists’ European Register, carried out a research programme into the effectiveness of the Bowen T...more

  140. Case Study Issue 109: Fibromyalgia - My Experience

    This case study is Angela Mathis’ personal experience with fibromyalgia (FM), a condition she discovered she had on experiencing bouts of memory loss and headaches, dizziness, fati...more

  141. Case Study Issue 110: Recovery from Life-Threatening Meningitis

    This is the author’s personal account of her encounter with a strain of bacterial meningitis, a condition she nearly died of. All she remembers, before she blanked out for a few da...more

  142. Case Study Issue 111: Yoga Therapy for Attention Deficit Disorder

    The author, a registered nurse, author and yoga instructress shares the effectiveness of yoga therapy on a highly emotionally and physically fatigued mother and her eight year old ...more

  143. Case Study Issue 112: How Our Emotions Are Connected To Our Muscles

    According to the author, we live our lives in and through our physical body, and that how we stand, hold ourselves and so on, expresses our view of ourselves, or what we wish other...more

  144. Case Study Issue 113: Cat Allergy Alleviated with Reishi

    In this article, the author presents the positive effect of Reishi on his 54 year-old brother who was suffering from cat allergy since his 20s. His symptoms included prickly eyes t...more

  145. Case Study Issue 114: Alexander Technique - Lessons for Life

    In this article the author gives a case study of a fourteen year old girl named Jenny suffering from a condition known as Hypermobility Syndrome, where even the most basic of activ...more

  146. Case Study Issue 115: The Human Energy Field (HEF) and Chakras

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  147. Case Study Issue 116: Deep Tissue Sports Massage

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  148. Case Study Issue 117: How Three Miscarriages Have Affected Me

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  149. Case Study Issue 118: Benefits of Shiatsu and Positive Thinking

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