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| a form of healing in which the therapist exerts finger pressure on specific sites |
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| an unrelated group of non-orthodox practices, often with explanatory systems that do not follow conventional biomedical explanations |
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| a stress management technique that brings under conscious control bodily processes normally thought to be beyond voluntary command |
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| from the Greek meaning "done by hand," involves adjustments of the spine and joints and is grounded in the assumption that maintaining the alignment of the spine and joints facilitates the flow of energy throughout the body, including the nervous, circulatory, respiratory, gastrointestinal and limbic systems |
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| the controlled use of essential oils for specific measurable outcomes |
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| Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) |
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| those practices that do not form part of the dominant system for managing health and disease |
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| therapeutic practice which is not currently considered an integral part of conventional allopathic medical practice |
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| a model of health based on the belief that the whole is more than the sum of its parts |
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| a system that considers all the components of health: health promotion, health maintenance, health education and illness prevention, and restorative-rehabilitative care |
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| nursing practice that has as its goal the healing of the whole person |
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| an alternative therapy based on the theory that the cure for the disease lies in the disease itself; thus, treatment is with highly diluted amounts of substances that at a higher concentration would produce the same symptoms as the disease |
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| the internal experience of memories, dreams, fantasies, and visions that serve as a bridge connecting body, mind, and spirit |
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| the conversion or transformation of information or energy from one form to another |
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| prayer offered in favor of another |
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| mental exercise that directs the mind to think inwardly by closing the sense organs to external stimulation |
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| the process by which the brain converts neural messages (thoughts, attitudes, feelings, and emotions) into neurohormonal messenger molecules and communicates them to all body systems that evoke states of health or illness |
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| the qualities associated with the mind (including knowledge, emotions and consciousness) are distributed throughout the body |
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| the behavioral science concerned with the systematic application of music to produce relaxation and desired changes in emotions, behavior, and physiology |
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| practice which focuses on nutrition, herbs, homeopathy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy, physical medicine, counseling, and minor surgical interventions |
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| amino acid messenger molecules produced at various sites throughout the body |
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| area of study in mind-body research, which focuses on the relationships among stress, the immune system, and health outcomes |
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| body's vital energy reflexology |
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| a treatment based on massage of the feet to relieve symptoms in other parts of the body |
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| a Japanese word meaning Universal Life-Force-Energy. In this therapy, the practitioner places the hands on the client and energy flows from one to the other |
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| a process by which energy is transmitted or transferred from one person to another with the intent of potentiating the healing process of one who is ill or injured |
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| Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) |
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| based on the premise that the body's vital energy circulates through pathways or meridians and can be accessed and manipulated through specific anatomical points along the surface of the body |
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| a type of meditation that is a system of exercises for attaining bodily or mental control and well-being |
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| a state of integration that includes body, mind, and spirit |
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