INDEX

A&E patients 113-14 acne 31,63,76 acupoints 45 acupressure 51-2, 175 acupuncture 165-88

definition and theory 166-74 history 165-6 indications and contra-

indications 175-6 and nursing 179-82 research 176-8 training and regulation 182 treatment 174-5

addictions 112, 176 adjustment

chiropractic 193-4 osteopathy 201, 206

AIDS 51, 123, 161, 162-~ 182 Alexander, Frederick Matthias

215-16 Alexander Teaching Network 225 Alexander technique 215-26

definition and theory 216-17 history 215-16 indications and contra-

indications 219-20 and nursing 223-4 research 221-3 training and regulation 224-5 treatment 217-19

allergies 122, 147 food 100, 102-4

Allied School of Remedial Massage 40

'alternative medicine' 1, 2 Alzheimer's dementia 161 American Medical Association

(AMA) and chiropractic 189-90 and homoeopathy 118

anaesthesia 108, 166 analgesia see pain relief anecdotal evidence 231-2 Anglo-European College of

Chiropractic 198 animal magnetism 107-8 Anma 43 anorexia 39 anxiety 76,91, 112 Arnica 124

242 INDEX

aroma therapy 69-87 definition and theory 70-1 history 69-70 indications and contra-

indications 74-7 and nursing 81-4 research 78-81 training and regulation 85-7 treatment 71-3

Aromatherapy Organisations Council 78, 84, 85-6

aromatic oils see essential oils arthritis 31, 123, 147,207 Association of Irish Acupuncturists

184 Association of Reflexologists 67 Association of VacuFlex

Reflexologists 68 Association of Western

Acupuncture 184 asthma 31,63,122,161,175,

195,207 astrology 143 Avicenna 69

babies and cranial osteopathy 213 and homoeopathy 123 and massage 31, 34 and reflexology 65, 66

Bach, Edward 118, 138, 139 Bach flower remedies 138-40 backache 30, 3 L 32, 175, 18 L

194-5,196,207,209,223, 224

balance see homoeostasis Barlow, Wilfred 220,221 base oil 71 Basil 74 Bath District Health Authority

11, 22 baths, and oils 72, 76 Bayly, Doreen 57 Bergamot 74 Bernard, Claude 2, 157 biodynamic massage 30 biomechanics 191 blinding, trials 230 botany 142

see also herbal medicine

bowel management, and massage 38

Boyesen, Gerda 30 Braid, lames 108-9 breathing 223 breech presentation 180-1 Bristol Cancer Help Centre 11,

66,101,235 British Acupuncture Association

and Register 176, 179, 182, 183

British Chiropractic Association 190, 198

British College of Osteopathy and Naturopathy 158, 164, 212

British Complementary Medicine Association 9, 15, 40, 85

British Council of Complementary Medicine 14

British and European Osteopathic Association 210, 211

British Foundation of Practitioners of Natural Therapeutics 4

British Herbal Medicine Association 153,155

British Holistic Medical Association 9, 15

British Homoeopathic Association 128,129, 132

British Institute of Homoeopathy 132

British Massage Therapy Council 39-40

British Medical Acupuncture Society 179, 184

British Medical Association (BMA) Alternative Therapy report (1986)

5,11-12 Complementary Aledicil1e report

(1993) vii, 12,97-8,191, 239,241

definition of complementary medicine 2

inquiry into hypnosis (1891) 109

British Naturopathic Association 158,163-4

British Naturopathy and Osteopathy Association 211

British Nutrition Foundation 103, 104-5

British Osteopathic Association 211

British Reflexology Association 67

British Register of Complementary Practitioners 14

British School of Osteopathy 200, 212

bronchitis 175

Calendula 124 calming (shiatsu) 49 Camomile 74 cancer 34,66,82,99, 101, 123

Bristol Cancer Help Centre 11, 66, 101, 235

nurses 37 see also chemotherapy;

radiotherapy Carbo veg 124 case studies 231-2 cellulite 31 Centre for Complementary Health

Studies, University of Exeter 15,151, 152

Centre for Massage and Movement Studies 41

chakras 45 chemotherapy patients 52, 113 child health

and acupuncture and Chinese herbs and homoeopathy see also babies

181 183-4 123, 128

Chinese Medicine see Traditional Chinese Medicine

chiropractic l89-99 definition and theory 190-2 history 189-90 indications and contra-

indications 194-5 and nursing 197 and osteopathy 192, 197 research 195-6 training and regulation 198-9 treatment 193-4

Chiropractic Research Abstracts Collection 195

Chung San Acupuncture Society 182, 183

Clare Maxwell-Hudson School of Massage 40, 41

Clary Sage 74 climate, and health 46-7, 173 colds 31,122,123,175 colitis 112, 195 College of Holistic Medicine

41 College of Homoeopathy 133

INDEX 243

College of Osteopaths 206, 210, 211

College of Osteopaths Practitioners' Association 212

College of Practical Homoeopathy 133

Comfrey root 148-9 Committee of Toxicity of Food 149 complementary medicine 1-3

and the European Community 12-13

history 3-5 holism 3 and the NHS 9-12 and nursing (q.v.) 17-23 popularity of 5-8 regulation of 8-9 and religion 21-2, 167 surveys 5, 6-8

Complementary Medicine Index 238

complementary nutritional therapy 99-100

compresses 72 computerised tomography (CT)

160 constipation 31, 50,63,112,175 contra -indications

calculi 64 cancer 33,50,207 circulatory disorders 50, 64,

195 and drug interactions 64, 101,

123 epilepsy 50 heart disease 33,207 hypertension 50, 78 infectious diseases 33, 50, 112,

162 osteoporosis 195 pacemakers 64 pregnancy 33,50,64,77,207 psychosis 64, 91, 112, 220 trauma 162

controlled trials 229-30 acupuncture 181 chiropractic 196 homoeopathy 125-6 nutritional therapy 102

coronary care 79-80 Council for Acupuncture 179,

182-3 Council for Complementary and

Alternative Medicine 4, 8, 14, 183

244 INDEX

Cranial Osteopathic Association 214

cranial osteopathy 212-14 Cranio-Sacral Therapy Education

Trust 214 cross-reflexes 58 crossover trials 230 Cypress 74 cystitis 76,161

De Qi 174 decoctions dementia depression diagnosis

145 161

31, 34,76

acupuncture 173-4 chiropractic 193 homoeopathy 121-2 naturopathy 159-60 nutritional therapy 100 osteopathy 204, 206 and reflexology 63 shiatsu 47-9 therapeutic touch 90

diarrhoea 50,63,175 Didsbury Trust 89,91, 94-5 diet 160

see also nutritional therapies dilution, homoeopathic remedies

117-18,119,120 mineral tissue salts 130-1

dispersal 49 doctors 9, 10, 12

and acupuncture 179 and homoeopathy 118-19,

126-7, 128-9 and osteopathy 209 and practice of medicine 4,

143 see also general practice

'doctrine of signatures' 143 double-blind trials I I, 230

homoeopathy 125-6 therapeutic touch 92-3

dowsing 135 drugs, allopathic, interactions 64,

101, 123 dying patients 38 dynamic adjustment 193-4 dysentery 175

eczema 31,63,76,112,122,176, 186

effleurage 27, 28 elderly people 34-5, 83

Electroacupuncture according to the Voll Society of Britain and Ireland 184

electroencephalography 110 elements see Five Elements emotions

and flower remedies 134 in Oriental medicine 45.46

endometriosis 80 energy 88.89-90

see also Ki; Qi environment 6 epilepsy 83-4. 220 essential oils 70-3

and massage 29.71. 79 purchase and storage of 84-5 see also aroma therapy

Eucalyptus 74 European Chiropractors' Union

198 European School of Osteopathy

200.212 European Union and

complementary medicine viii. 12-13

herbal medicine 149 homoeopathy 130

Evening Primrose 150 exclusion diet 98 eye disorders 175

Faculty of Homoeopathy 118. 129. 130. 132

fasting 98. 101. 160. 162 feet see reflexology Fellowship of Sports Masseurs and

Therapists School of Sports Massage 41

fever 159 Feverfew 150-1 first aid. homoeopathy 124 Five Elements 46-7. 172-3 fixations of joints 194 flower remedies 138-40. 141 flower waters 73 food see nutritional therapies Freud. Sigmund 109 'fringe medicine' I Funk, Casimir 96

Garlic 74 gastro-intestinal disorders 31.

50. 63. 76. 112. 175-6, 195. 220

Gattefosse. Rene-Maurice 70

General Council and Register of Consultant Herbalists 155

General Council and Register of Osteopaths 20 I. 210. 211-12

General Medical Council, and osteopathy 209

General Osteopathic Council 211 general practice 9. 10

and acupuncture 182.209-10 and homoeopathy 119. 127,

128-9 massage 38-9 and osteopathy 182, 209-10

Geranium 74 Gerda Boyesen Centre for

Biodynamic Psychology and Psychotherapy 41

Germany, complementary medicine research 126

Gerson therapy 98 gingivitis 175 Greenfiles 151 Guild of Osteopaths 210. 212

Hahnemann. Samuel 117-18. 119. 120. 122

Hahnemann College of Homoeopathy 133

Hahnemann Society 133 hair preparations. with oils 76 hara 48 hayfever 122. 126 headache 19. 30. 32. 92. 175.

195.207 see also migraine

Healing Aids Research Project 162-3

healing crisis 160 health

attitudes towards 6 innate tendency for 158-9 and lifestyle 157. 159-60

health authorities 9-10. II see also National Association

of Health Authorities and Trusts

health promotion and acupuncture 176 and Chinese herbs 182 massage 31 naturopathy 159 shiatsu 44. 46

health visiting 38. 82-3 heart disease 127

INDEX 245

herbal medicine 69, 142-56 Chinese 185-7 definition and theory 144-5 history 142-4 indications and contra-

indications 147-9 and nursing 152 research 150-2 suppliers 153-4 training and regulation 154-5 treatment 146-7 types of 145-6 and WHO 143-4

holism 3 and aroma therapy 73 and doctors 9, IS herbal medicine 144, 147 and osteopathy 20 I and validation 227

holistic massage 30 Homoeopathic Development

Foundation 133 Homoeopathic Trust for Research

and Education 133 homoeopathy 117-41

Bach flower remedies 134-6 definition and theory 119-21 history 117-19 indications and contra-

indications 122-5 mineral tissue salts 130-3 and the NHS 4, 118, 128,

136 and nursing 127-30 remedies 120-1 research 125-7 self-help 123-5 suppliers 131

training and regulation 132 treatment 121-2

homoeostasis 157, 166, 191 hydrotherapy 157, 160 hygiene 158 Hypericum 124 hypertension 31

see also stress hyperventilation 113 hypnosis 109-10 hypnotherapy 107-16

definition and theory 109-10 history 107-9 indications and contra-

indications 112 and nursing 114-15 research 112-14

246 INDEX

training and regulation 115 treatment 110-11

hypothesis testing 228

impotence 112, 176 indigestion 50, 63 individual differences 232 induction III infectious diseases 123 infertility 64 infusions 145 Ingham, Eunice D. 57 innate intelligence 191 insomnia 30,76,112,147,176 Institute for Complementary

Medicine 8-9,14-15,40, 105,115

Institute of Pure Chiropractic 198-9

intensive care 37-8, 79-80, 83 International Federation of

Aromatherapists 72, 74, 78, 80,81-2,86

International Pediatric Association of Homoeopathic Medicine 133

International Register of Oriental Medicine 166, 182, 183

International Society of Professional Aromatherapists 78, 86-7

International Therapy Examination Council 39

intuition 228 intuitive massage 30 irritable bowel syndrome 112

Japanese Medicine see Traditional Japanese Medicine

Jasmine 75 Jing 167 jitsu 45 joints

and chiropractic 19 L 193-5 fixations of 194 and massage 26 and osteopathy 204 pam m 194-5, 207

Juniper 75

Ki 44-7 see also Qi

Krieger, Dolores 89, 91 Kunz, Dora 89 kyo 45

labour, pain relief 113, 210 Lavender 70,75,79,81 legislation

herbal medicine 146 osteopathy 5, 198,201. 210 practice of medicine 4, 143

lesions, osteopathic 204, 208 licensing of medical practitioners

4 lifestyle, and health 157, 159-60 Ling, Per Hendrik 26, 30 Littlejohn, lames Martin 200-1 London College of Classical

Homoeopathy 133 London College of Homoeopathy

133 London College of Massage 31,

41 London College of Osteopathic

Medicine 200,212 London School of Classical

Homoeopathy 134 longitudinal zones 58, 59 lymph drainage 31

macrobiotics 97, 99 McTimoney chiropractic 198-9 malaria 117 manipulation

chiropractic 193 osteopathy 206 see also massage; shiatsu

Marjoram 75 massage 25-42

aroma therapy 7 I. 79 definition 26 and essential oils 29, 7 I. 79 history 25-6 indications and contra-

indications 30-1. 33 and nursing 36-9 research 33-6 techniques 26-9 training and regulation 39-40 types of 30 see also reflexology; shiatsu

Maxwell-Hudson, Clare 26, 36 mechanism 3 Medical Care Research Unit 7 Medical Registration Act 1858 4 Medical Research Council 196 Medicine Control Agency,

Department of Health 148-9 Medicines Act 1968 146 megavitamin therapy 99

menstrual disorders 147, 195, 207, 220

Meridians 45,46,58,167-71 Mesmer, Franz Anton 107-8 mesmerism 107-8 meta -analysis 231 Metamorphic Association 68 metamorphic technique 57, 68 miasms 119-20 midwifery 129, 180-1 migraine 63,76,112,127, 150-1.

175, 195 see also headache

milieu interieur 1 57 mineral tissue salt therapy 135-8 mobilisation 193 morning sickness 52 mother tincture 120 moxa 174-5 moxibustion 165-6,180-1 multiple sclerosis 63 muscles 203

and Alexander technique 216-17,222

and massage and osteopathy 206

Namikoshi shiatsu 54 National Association of Health

Authorities and Trusts (NAHAT) report 9-10,20, 240

acupuncture 180 Alexander technique 224 aroma therapy 82 homoeopathy 129-30 massage 37 osteopathy 209

National Council of Psychotherapists 115

National Health Service (NHS) 4, 9-12

and chiropractic 190 homoeopathic hospitals 118,

128, 130 and massage 36-7 and provision of complementary

medicine 9-10,20-1. 240-1 National Institute of Medical

Herbalists 143, 147, 154 National Vocational Qualifications

(NVQs) 9, 13, 14,40,86 'natural medicine' 1 Natural Medicines Society 15,

128-9

INDEX 247

Natural Oils Research Association 84

Natural Therapeutic and Osteopathic Society and Register 210. 212

Natural Therapies Database UK 78

naturopathy 157-64, 234 definition and theory 158-9 history 157-8 indications and contra-

indications 161-2 and nursing 163 research 162-3 training and regulation 163-4 treatment 159-61

nausea 50, 51-2, 113 needles, acupuncture 165, 175 Nei ling 25, 165, 176 neoplasm 51 nervous system

and chiropractic 191. 192 disorders 175 and reflexology 62

neurhypnotism 108 Nightingale, Florence 158 Northern College of Homoeopathic

Medicine 134 Northern Institute of Massage 41 nosodes 120, 123 nursing and complementary

medicine 11. 17-23 acupuncture 179-82 Alexander technique 223-4 aromatherapy 81-4 change 17-19,239-40 chiropractic 197 herbal medicine 152 homoeopathy 127-30 hypnotherapy 114-15 massage 36-9 naturopathy 163 nutritional therapies 104-5 osteopathy 208-10 reflexology 65-6 and resources 20-3 shiatsu 53 Therapeutic Touch 93-4 validation of practice 18-20

nutritional medicine 97, 98 nutritional therapies 96-106

definition and theory 97-100 history 96 indications and contra-

indications 100-1

248 INDEX

and nursing 104-5 research 101-4 training and regulation 105

obsessions 112 oils 69-70

essential 70-3, 79, 84-5 herb 146,150 for massage 29

optimum nutrition 100 Orange blossom 75 Organisation of Independent

Homoeopathic Colleges 139 Organs, in Oriental medicine

45-6,167,171 Oriental medicine see traditional

Chinese medicine; traditional Japanese medicine

orthodox medicine 3-4 and complementary medicine

vii. I, 3-5 and fever 159 and plant remedies 144 validation of 228

orthomolecular medicine 99 osteoarthritis 175 Osteopathic Information Service

202.207,210 Osteopaths Act 1993 5, 198,

210-11 osteopathy 189, 200-14

and chiropractic 192, 197 cranial osteopathy 212-14 definition and theory 201-4 history 200-1 indications and contra-

indications 207 and nursing 208-10 research 208 techniques 204 training and regulation 210-11 treatment 204-6

pain relief 26, 79, 91 in A&E 113-14 backache 30, 31, 32. 175, 181.

194-5, 196,207,209, 223, 224

endometriosis 80 headache 19, 30, 32, 92, 175,

195,207 in joints 194-5, 207 in labour 1l3, 180,210 and massage 26 thalamic pain 5 I

Palmer, Bartlett Joshua 189, 195 Palmer, Daniel David 189, 198 Pauling, Linus 99 Peppermint 75 Pericardium 45, 171

Meridian 51-2 petrissage 27,28 pharmacology 143, 144 phobias 112 physiotherapy 181 placebo control 1 I, 230

see also double-blind trials plants see aroma therapy; herbal

medicine plum-blossom needle 175 points

acupressure acupuncture

postnatal care

45 166,171

34,65,66,123, 210-11

posture 2 16-19 potentiza tion 119, 120 prana 88 pregnancy

and homoeopathy 123, 129 nausea 52

premature babies 34 pre-menstrual syndrome 76, 161 preventive therapy see health

promotion Project 2000 40 prospective studies 230-1 psonasls 63, 112 psychological factors

food intolerance 103 and hypnotherapy 110, 11 I,

112 and naturopathy 159

pulse, and acupuncture 173-4

Qi 99, 167-71, 173,233 see also Ki

Quin, Frederick Hervey Foster 118

quinine 117

radiotherapy patients 35 randomisation 229 recoil adjustment 193-4 referral 10

chiropractic 193 homoeopathy 128 osteopathy 209

reflex points 58, 60 reflexology 56-68

definition and theory 58-62, 233

history 56-8 indications and contra-

indications 63-4 and nursing 65-6 research 64-5 training and regulation 66-7 treatment 62-3

Register of British Acupuncturists 179,182

Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine 186

Register and Council of Homoeopathy 133

Register of Traditional Chinese Medicine 182,183

regression 109-10, III regulation of complementary

medicine 8-9 see also training and regulation

relaxation 30, 34, 37, 62, 112 religion, and complementary

therapies 21-2, 167 Rescue Remedy 140 research 19-20, 227-38

acupuncture 176-8 Alexander technique 221-3 anecdotal evidence 231-2 aroma therapy 78-81 Bach flower remedies 135 Chinese herbs 186 chiropractic 195-6 herbal medicine 1 50-2 homoeopathy 125-7 hypnotherapy 112-14 and individual differences 232 massage 33-6 naturopathy 162-3 nutritional therapies 101-4 osteopathy 208 reflexology 64-5 and science 234-6 shiatsu 51-2 and theory of complementary

therapies 223-4 Therapeutic Touch 91-3 validation 18-20, 227

Research Council for Complementary Medicine vii,4, 13-14, 228

respiratory disorders 3 I, 122, 147,207

retrospective studies 230-1 rheumatism 31, 147,207

INDEX 249

rheumatoid arthritis 81. 125. 161

rhinitis 175 Rogers. Martha 88. 89 Rose 75 Rosemary 75 Royal College of Nursing

Institute of Advanced Nursing Education 36. 40

special interest group in complementary medicine 11. 23. 87

training in complementary therapies 15

sampling 232 Sandalwood 75 Sassafras bark 148. 149 Sayre-Adams. Jean 88. 90-1 School of Herbal Medicine 1 54 Schuessler. Wilhelm 118. 135 sciatica 3 I. 175. 207 science 234-6

and validation 227-8 Scottish College of Homoeopathy

134 scurvy 102 self-help 5

Alexander technique 223-4 herbal medicine 148 homoeopathy 123-5 massage 32

self-hypnosis 113. 114 sexual problems 112.176.220 Shen 167 shiatsu 43-55

definition and theory 44-7 history 43 indications and contra-

indications 50-1 and nursing 53 research 51-2 training and regulation 54 treatment 47-50

Shiatsu Society 54 significance. statistical 231 simples 144 sinusitis 175 skin oils and lotions 71-2 skin problems 31. 63. 76. 112.

122.176.186 skull. osteopathy 212-1 3 smoking. giving up ISI Society of Homoeopaths 121.

122. 132

250 INDEX

Society for the Promotion of Nutritional Therapy 100

Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique 217. 219.224-5

spine 205 and Alexander technique 218 and central nervous system 192 and chiropractic 191-3 and osteopathy 200. 204. 208

sports. and complementary therapies 31.207

Staphysagria 124 statIStics 231. 232 Still. Andrew Taylor 200.201-2 stress

and Alexander technique 216. 219-20

and aroma therapy 76. 80 and homoeopathy 124 and hypnotherapy 112 and massage 30. 35. 37 and reflexology 63. 64 and shiatsu 50 and Therapeutic Touch 92

succussion 119 suggestion 110. 111 surveys 5. 6-8

Consumers' Association 7-8. 207

Daily Telegraph 6-7. 10-11 homoeopathy 128 Medical Care Research Unit 7 NAHAT (q.v.) 9-10.20.240 Nursing Times 239 osteopathy 207 Taylor Nelson Medical Threshold Foundation

5 5

Sussex School of Massage Sutherland. William Garner

210

41 201.

Swedish massage 26. 30

tanden 45 Tao 167.185 Tao-Vinn 43 tapotement 27-8. 29 Tea tree 75 tenosynovitis 207 terminal patients 38 thalamic pain 51 therapeutic relationship Therapeutic Touch (TT)

definition and theory 233

110 88-95 89-90.

Therapeutic Touch (TT)-colltilllled history 88-9 indications and contra-

indications 90-1 and nursing 93-4 research 91-3 training and regulation 94 treatment 90

Three Treasures 167 Threshold Foundation I, 5 thrush 76 Thyme 75 tinctures 120, 145 Tisserand Institute 78, 84 toggle recoil 198 tongue, and acupuncture 173-4 tonification 49 tonsillitis 175 toothache 175 Traditional Acupuncture Society

182, 184 traditional Chinese medicine

165-7, 173-4,233-4 acupuncture 165-73 herbalism 185-7 and macrobiotics 97,99 massage 25 and reflexology 56, 58 Tao-Yinn 43

traditional Japanese medicine acupuncture 165 shiatsu 43-7

'traditional medicine' I training and regulation 8-9

acupuncture 182 Alexander technique 224-5 aroma therapy 85-7 chiropractic 198-9 European Community 13 herbal medicine 154-5 homoeopathy 132 hypnotherapy 115 massage 39-40 naturopathy 163-4 nutritional therapies 105 osteopathy 21 0-11 reflexology 66-7 shiatsu 54 Therapeutic Touch 94

trance see hypnosis; hypnotherapy transverse zones 58, 61 trials 228, 230

controlled (q.v.) 229-30

Triple Heater 45-6, 171 tsubo 45, 54

UK Homoeopathic Medical Association 133

ulcer. duodenal 175 United Kingdom Central Council

(UKCC) 18,22 United States of America (USA)

chiropractic 189-90 homoeopathy 118 naturopathy 157-8 osteopathy 200, 20 I Therapeutic Touch 89

Urtica urens 124 'use of the body' 215, 217-20

VacuFlex reflexology 57, 68 vaginismus 112,220 validation 18-20, 227 vaporisation of essential oils 73 varicose veins 31. 176 veterinary medicine 126, 198 vital force 120, 157, 158 vitalism 3 vitamins 96, 99

'water cures' 157 West London School of

Therapeutic Massage 42 Western medicine see orthodox

medicine Witchcraft Act 1542 4 Witney chiropractors 199 World Federation of Acupuncture

Societies 183 World Health Organisation

(WHO) acupuncture 175 'complementary medicine'

2 herbal medicine 143-4 'traditional medicine' I

wound healing 92-3

X-rays 160, 193, 206

Yang 44,99,171-2 Yin 44,99,171-2 Ylang-ylang 75

Zen shiatsu 54 zones, reflexology 56, 58-62

INDEX 251