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in healing the sick of the importance and the healing power of empa-
thy and care.
Doctors are increasingly realizing that medicine too often side-
lines the person who should be at the center of it all – the patient. If
studying complementary medicine helps to bring the focus of medi-
cine back where it belongs, then it must surely be in everyone’s inter-
est.
2. Here are some of the complementary and alternative thera-
pies. Which therapies are the most popular today? Which one do
you trust? Could you describe one of the alternative therapies or
systems?
Biological therapies
Herbal remedies: plants and plant extracts.
Aromatherapy: treatment with essential oils, usually inhaled.
Dietary therapies: a broad range of systems including eating to
promote general health, to increase energy or to prevent or control ill-
ness.
Orthomolecular therapies: large vitamin doses or mineral supple-
ments.
Mind-body interventions
Hypnotherapy: hypnosis for behavioural and mental problems.
Healing: prayer, directed thoughts, and spiritual healing.
Meditation: deep breathing and inner reflection.
Diagnostic systems
Iridology: diagnosing illness by looking at the eyes.
Dowsing: detecting illness with rods, as in dowsing for water.
Radionics: study of invisible energy fields with instruments.
Kinesiology: assessing energy imbalances in the muscles.
Energy therapies
Crystals: said to influence the patient’s “aura”.
Reiki: Japanese system channels spiritual energy to heal the spirit
and body.
Laying on hands: said to manipulate the body’s energy.