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The doctor gave my husband a sample box of Clarinex (desloratadine) 5 mg tablets when he went in to see him for the flu. He also recieved 2 shots during that visit, one was for the flu itself and the other shot was for infection that had set in already, but he also gave my husband a box of Clarinex to take at home? Why would the doctor give him allergy tablets for the flu.

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In today's beauty and skin-health conscious environment, we have the best skin care products and treatments available to date. Microdermabrasion is a perfect example of this advanced cosmetic dermatological technology, and I'm about to tell you all about my personal experience and review of the microdermabrasion procedure.
To be clear on exactly what extent I've experienced the wonder of microderm as I affectionately call it, this is my second round of treatments within the last three years. This should give you some clue that I've had a pretty positive experience with microderm!
The Microdermabrasion Process : Explained
Microdermabrasion is the action performed by a rather small device hooked up to a larger machine, in the hands of a specially certified esthetician or dermatologist, which acts as sort of a sandblaster on your facial skin. That's right, the device shoots out aluminum dioxide crystals, abrading and resurfacing the skin, while almost simultaneously sucking the dead, blasted away skin back up like a vacuum.
The device is somewhat noisy, but not too bad. The settings are adjusted based on the specialist's judgement as to what type of friction your skin type can handle, and what your desired outcome is in different areas of the face. By this I mean the more attention one area needs, the higher the setting, the more forceful the abrasion becomes.
Is There Any Pain Involved?
The answer to this may depend on the individual receiving the treatment. Personally, I had most of my face done with a setting of 3.5, 5 being the highest possible. At this pressure, I only felt a little discomfort to the point of watering eyes when it came around my mouth, and on the fleshier parts of my cheeks. You can ask the specialist to turn the setting down if you're feeling a lot of discomfort.
Some people may have a little thicker skin than others, and be able to tolerate more pressure. Another reason the setting may be higher (more pressure), would be for areas you'd like to be more agressive and see more improvement. Be sure to advise the establishment of these areas and your expectations for improvement. For me personally, I wanted to see marked improvement around my eyes where crows feet branched out, and on my chin, where some acne scarring was still visible. Any good establishment will bend over backwards to make sure you love your results, and keep coming back.
How Many Sessions?
Personally, I would always suggest going with a package of six, if you can afford it. Not only will you enjoy the full benefits the procedure has to offer, but many salons and dermatologist offices offer a discount on these package deals, so you are actually paying less per session. I personally paid $540 for six sessions, a $60 discount from what it would have been if these sessions were purchased separately ($100 per session normally).
After my first series of six, I enjoyed smoother, refinished looking skin for about one to two years, and I'm just now getting treated again, as it seems my skin has returned to a rougher, more uneven state and is in need of another round. I'm on my first of six appointments right now, and only after a few days I'm beginning to see improvement on my chin, as well as the area around my eyes (crow's feet) looks much softer and refined. I'm pretty excited to see what the end result is this second time around.
How Often?
My esthetician recommends spacing the treatments two weeks apart for the best results, and has even given me a home microdermabrasion system that she wants me to use on the off weekends to keep renewing my cell turnover in between sessions. By the way, I think these home microderm kits are pretty awesome too, and I've had some good results with them as well.
Your Skin Right After a Microdermabrasion Treatment
To give you fair warning, you probably will not want to schedule any important social events the day of a microderm treatment. Your skin will most likely look worse than it did before the treatment for one to two days afterwards. What I mean by this is that your pores will appear larger, your skin will be red and irritated, and sometimes even have a patchy appearance. More sensitive individuals can even experience mild swelling.
It is very important that you keep your skin deeply moisturized at all times for the next few days, and even more important to not forget the sunscreen. A non-irritating sunscreen especially for the face would be preferred.
Would I recommend Microderm?
I absolutely would recommend microdermabrasion to anyone wanting to nonsurgically resurface and refine their skin. It is truly a great way to help regain a youthful radiance and healthy glow - minus the fine lines. And, if you feel that microdermabrasion's cost is a little out of your price range, I would encourage you to try a home microdermabrasion kit. They take a little longer to work, and may not produce as dramatic of a result, but over time they can definitely improve your skin's cell turnover, and add a fresh revitalized look, while helping to soften fine lines.
Visit CosmeticsGalore Reviews : Home Microdermabrasion Reviews for more information on the most effective home microdermabrasion kits on the market, from Neutrogena to Oil of Olay, to L'Oreal, we review them all.

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medicines, exercise, therapeutic massage, meditation, and spiritual cleansing (6).

Healing touch: One of the touch therapies that uses a variety of techniques to re-pattern and align the biofield, allowing the innate healing process to occur. Healing touch is an energy-based, therapeutic approach to healing and uses touch to influence the energy system thus affecting physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health (1).

Herbal therapy or botanical therapy or herbalism: Employs parts of plants (seed, stem, flowers, root, bark, leaf) for the relief of conditions, ailments, or complaints; the earliest known form of medicine (1).

Holistic medicine: Philosophical approach to health care which treats the patient as a whole person, not simply as a disease process or a collection of symptoms. Holistic health care practitioners may combine allopathic medicine with complementary therapies, taking into account the emotional, spiritual, social, nutritional, mental, environmental, and physical aspects of health and illness (1).

Homeopathy: Derived from the Greek word homoios meaning similar-and pathos meaning suffering, homeopathy is an alternative medical system that treats the symptoms of a disease with minute doses of a natural substance or remedy. In larger doses, the remedy would produce the same symptoms as the disease or disorder that is being treated (1).

Hydrotherapy: Treating a disease with hot or cold water, externally or internally to maintain and restore health. Treatments include full body immersion, steam baths, saunas, sitz baths, colonic irrigation, and the application of hot and/or cold compresses (1).

Hyperthermia: The body protects itself from viruses, bacteria, and other harmful substances through the use of numerous defense systems. One of these is fever. Fever raises the body's temperature above normal in an attempt to destroy invading organisms and sweat impurities out of the system. Fever is a highly effective and natural process of curing disease and restoring health, and has been recognized as such for thousands of years. Hyperthermia deliberately creates fever in the patient in order to utilize this natural healing response (6).

Hypnotherapy: The clinical use of hypnosis, in which the subjects powers of consciousness are mobilized and subconscious memories and perceptions are brought into consciousness. Heightened responsiveness to suggestions and commands, suspension of disbelief with lowering of critical judgments, the potential of alteration in perceptions, motor control, or memory in response to suggestions and the subjective experience of responding involuntarily are induced through hypnotherapy (1).



I

Integrative medicine: Practitioners of integrative medicine have training and interest in both conventional Western medicine and alternative and complementary therapies, bringing a variety of techniques to their practices (1).

Intercessory Prayer: A practice of using prayer as a medium of healing, seeking to invoke spiritual/religious help in assisting or supporting healing.

Iridology: A diagnostic technique which uses the markings and patterns of the irises of the eyes to determine the condition of various systems or organs of the body (1).



J

Currently no terms

K


Currently no terms


L

L.Ac.: Licensed Acupuncturist

L.M.T.: Licensed Massage Therapist

Laying-on of hands: Healing technique often practiced in Christian fundamentalist churches. The practitioner is felt to have a God-given gift and is an instrument of God to promote healing (1).

Light therapy: Many health disorders are traced to problems with circadian rhythm, the bodys inner clock, and how it governs the timing of sleep, hormone production, body temperature, and other biological functions. Disturbances in circadian rhythm can lead to health problems such as depression and sleep disorders. Natural sunlight and various forms of light therapy can help reestablish the bodys natural rhythm and are becoming an integral treatment for many health-related conditions (1).

M

Macrobiotic diet: Low-fat, high-fiber diet of whole grains, vegetables, sea algae, and seeds that are prepared in accordance with specific principles; said to synchronize eating habits with the cycles of nature (1).

Magnetic field therapy: Also known as biomagnetic therapy; uses magnets or electromagnetic fields, generally for pain control and bone growth stimulation following a fracture. Magnetic waves pass through tissues enhancing blood flow and bringing more oxygen to that area (1).

Manipulation: A term used in connection with the therapeutic application of manual force. Spinal manipulation, broadly defined, includes all procedures in which the hands are used to mobilize, adjust, apply traction, massage, stimulate, or otherwise influence the spine and nearby (paraspinal) tissues with the goal of positively influencing the patient's health (1).

Massage therapy: Systematic, therapeutic stroking, rubbing, or kneading of the skin and underlying muscle and other soft tissue of the recipient for the purpose of physical and psychological relaxation, improvement of circulation, relief of sore muscles, and other therapeutic effects (1).

Meditation: A technique of mind control with the goals of feeling an inner calm and peacefulness, profound experiences of self-realization and transcendental awareness. Meditation is a discipline found in many of the worlds religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity, but it is also advocated by many practitioners of holistic health for its impact on stress-related disease (1).

Megavitamin therapy: Administration of vitamins vastly exceeding the amount recommended for nutritional balance (1).

Meridian: In Eastern traditional medicine, it is believed that the body has a channel with 12 parts, or meridians, that loop through the body in an endless circuit, connecting the principal organs and other body parts. Meridians are said to carry ching qi that regulates the relationship between, and the functioning of, various body structures (1).

Mind-body techniques: Therapies such as meditation, hypnosis, guided imagery which focus on the interaction between the mind and the body (1).

Music therapy: Systematic application of music to produce relaxation and desired changes in emotions, behavior and physiology. Music can also be created by the client, allowing nonverbal self expression (1).

N.D.: Naturopathic Doctor

Native American Indian health care: Community-based health care practices found among the tribes of North America that share the use of sweating, purging, herbal remedies, and shamanism (1).

Naprapathy: System of bodywork founded in 1905 by chiropractic professor Oakley G. Smith, author of Modernized Chiropractic (1906). It encompasses nutritional, postural, and exercise counseling. Naprapathic theory holds: (a) that soft connective tissue in a state of contraction can cause "neurovascular interference," (b) that this "interference" may cause "circulatory congestion" and "nerve irritation," and (c) that reducing this "interference" (primarily by hand) paves the way for optimal homeostasis. The major form of Naprapathy in the United States is the Oakley Smith Naprapathic Method(TM), taught by the Chicago National College of Naprapathy (5).

Naturopathy: Integrates traditional natural therapies such as botanical medicine, clinical nutrition, homeopathy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy, and naturopathic manipulative therapy with modern scientific medical diagnostic science and standards of care. Naturopaths recognize the innate intelligence and inherent healing ability of the body; great emphasis is placed on preventive medicine (1)



O

O.M.D.: Oriental Medicine Doctor

Oriental Medicine: See Chinese Medicine

Orthomolecular medicine (orthomolecular nutritional medicine, orthomolecular therapy): Approach to therapy whose centerpiece is megavitamin therapy. Orthomolecular medicine encompasses hair analysis, orthomolecular nutrition (a form of megavitamin therapy), and orthomolecular psychiatry. Linus Carl Pauling, Ph.D. (1901-1994), coined the word "orthomolecular." The prefix "ortho-" means "straight," and the implicit meaning of "orthomolecular" is "to straighten (correct) concentrations of specific molecules." The primary principle of orthomolecular medicine is that nutrition is the foremost consideration in diagnosis and treatment. Its purported focus is "normalizing" the "balance" (5).

Osteopathic medicine: A system of therapy that emphasizes normal body mechanics and manipulation to correct faulty body structures. Osteopathic physicians provide comprehensive medical care (1).

Oxidative therapy: Supplies oxygen to the body for its potential therapeutic benefit. The two most widely known types of oxidative therapy are hydrogen peroxide therapy and ozone therapy (1)



P

Palming: An imaging technique involving the visualization of color (1).

Photoestrogens: Plant compounds that exert estrogen-like effects (1).

Pilates: An exercise system founded by Joseph Pilates focused on improving flexibility and strength for the total body without building bulk (4).

Q

Qi (also referred to as Chee, Chi, Qui or Ki): In Eastern philosophies, the energy that connects and animates everything in the universe; includes both individual qi (personal life force) and universal qi, which are coextensive through the practice of mind-body disciplines, such as traditional meditation, aikido, and tai chi (1).

Qigong (gi gong and chi-kung): Ancient Chinese exercise that stimulates and balances the flow of qi, or vital life energy by using breath, movement, and meditation to cleanse, strengthen, and circulate the blood and vital life energy. Certain qigong "masters" are considered to be "energetic healers," who via "external" qigong use some of their own energy to strengthen the vitality of others who have ailments (1).

R

Reflexology: A body work technique in which the practitioner applies pressure with thumbs and fingers to points on the feet, hands and ears said to correspond to specific organs and parts of the body. Similar to acupressure (1).

Reiki therapy: An Eastern touch therapy in which the practitioner systematically uses light hand placement in one of 12 positions on the recipient's body to balance and direct healing energy to those sites (1).

Rolfing: A massage technique developed by Swiss-born American biochemist Dr. Ida Rolf that involves deep fascia and muscle manipulation and education about body position. The purpose is to help the recipient establish deep structural relationships within the body that manifest via a symmetry and balanced function when the body is in an upright position. Also known as structural integration (1).



S

Shamanism: An ancient spiritual and medical tradition practiced in native cultures around the world. Using ritual, shamans often enter altered states of consciousness to promote the healing of their clients. Shamans regard themselves as conductors of healing energy or sources from the spiritual realm (1).

Shiatsu: A form of acupressure used in Japan to treat pain and illness as well as for general health maintenance. Practitioners apply rhythmic finger pressure at specific points on the body to stimulate qi (1).

Swedish massage: The most common form of bodywork in Western countries. Its originator, Peter Hendrik (Per Henrick) Ling (1776-1839), of Sweden, was a fencing master, physiologist, and poet. His method was called the "Ling system" or the "Swedish movement treatment." Dr. S.W. Mitchell introduced Swedish massage in the United States. It is based on scientific anatomy and often vigorous. The purported aim of Swedish massage is to improve circulation of blood and lymph (5).



T

Tai chi: Through this form of movement, one achieves health and tranquility while developing the mind and body. Tai chi teaches the individual how to control the nervous system in order to put the entire body to rest, believed to be an effective way of staying healthy (1).

TCM: Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Therapeutic Massage: See Massage Therapy

Therapeutic touch: A healing modality that involves touching with the conscious intent to help or heal. The practitioner moves the hands through a recipient's energy field for the purpose of assessment and treatment of energy field imbalance (1).

Tibetan medicine: Tibet has long been renown throughout Asia as a land of medicines. It's medical tradition is a vast science with fully-elaborated notions of the bases of health and sickness, a simple but exceptionally efficient system of diagnosis and a very full range of treatments based on diet, lifestyle, medication, and external treatments. Tibet's pharmacopoeia was particularly rich (6).

Touch therapy: broad range of techniques in which the practitioner uses the hands on or near the patient's body to assist the individual toward optimal function (1).1

Trager Method: A bodywork method developed by Milton, Trager, M.D. consisting of active and passive gentle, natural movements designed to release deep-seated physical and mental patterns and promote relaxation, mobility and mental acuity (4).

Trigger points: Specific points in the muscular and fascial tissues that produce a sharp pain when pressed; may also correspond to certain types of traditional acupuncture points (1).



U

Currently no terms



V

Currently no terms





Visualization: A variety of visual techniques used to treat disease based on inducing relaxation in the patient who actually wills away his disease. Also known as guided imagery (1)



W

Western medicine: A term used by holistic health care practitioners to describe allopathic medicine, orthodox medicine, or the way medicine has traditionally been practiced in the United States and Europe. The basis for the separation and division of the mind and the body along with the diseased part from the whole is the Descartian system of analytic, reductive reasoning with human beings divorced from nature. Pharmaceutical products and surgery are the major modalities used to combat disease (1).

Wholistic medicine: See Holistic medicine

X

Currently no terms

Y

Yin and Yang: Chinese words for complementary and opposite forces that make up the life force (Qi) (3).

Yoga: Ancient philosophical system and spiritual practice from India; it involves stretching exercises, breathing practices, and meditation.

Z

Currently no terms

Maybe if we keep working at staying well, we will come up with some type of Zenith Therapy. Thanks for reading.

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pain relief, reduction of swelling, muscle relaxation, speeding up of the healing process, and stimulation of acupuncture points (1).

Energetic medicine: A group of therapies and approaches that seeks to influence health by working with the energetic field (non-local consciousness) of the body.

Environmental medicine: Explores the role of dietary and environmental allergens in health and illness. Factors such as dust, molds, chemicals, and certain foods may cause allergic reactions that can dramatically influence diseases ranging from asthma and hay fever to headaches and depression. Virtually any chronic physical or mental illness may be improved by the care of a physician competent in this field (6).

Enzyme therapy: Both plant-derived and pancreatic enzymes are employed in enzyme therapy and they can be used independently or in combination. Plant enzymes are prescribed to enhance the body's vitality by strengthening the digestive system, while pancreatic enzymes are beneficial to both the digestive system and immune system. As proper digestive functioning is restored, many acute and chronic conditions may also be remedied (6).



F

Feldenkrais: A form of movement therapy designed to isolate separate muscles and muscle groups to promote flexibility, release tension, and enhance balance (1).

Feng shui: Ancient Chinese practice of arranging home or work environments to promote health, happiness, and prosperity. Importance is placed on color selection and furniture placement in order to promote a healthy flow of chi or vital energy (1).

G

Guided imagery: A technique that involves using the imagination and mental images to promote relaxation, changes in attitude or behavior, and encourages physical healing. Also known as visualization (1).

H

Hair analysis (hair element analysis, hair mineral analysis, hair-shaft analysis): An ostensibly diagnostic technique that involves laboratory analysis of a sample of hair. It allegedly can be a "useful guide" to bodily well-being (5).

Hawaiian healing practices: Traditional Hawaiian healing practice incorporates herbal medicines, exercise, therapeutic massage, meditation, and spiritual cleansing (6).

Healing touch: One of the touch therapies that uses a variety of techniques to re-pattern and align the biofield, allowing the innate healing process to occur. Healing touch is an energy-based, therapeutic approach to healing and uses touch to influence the energy system thus affecting physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health (1).

Herbal therapy or botanical therapy or herbalism: Employs parts of plants (seed, stem, flowers, root, bark, leaf) for the relief of conditions, ailments, or complaints; the earliest known form of medicine (1).

Holistic medicine: Philosophical approach to health care which treats the patient as a whole person, not simply as a disease process or a collection of symptoms. Holistic health care practitioners may combine allopathic medicine with complementary therapies, taking into account the emotional, spiritual, social, nutritional, mental, environmental, and physical aspects of health and illness (1).

Homeopathy: Derived from the Greek word homoios meaning similar-and pathos meaning suffering, homeopathy is an alternative medical system that treats the symptoms of a disease with minute doses of a natural substance or remedy. In larger doses, the remedy would produce the same symptoms as the disease or disorder that is being treated (1).

Hydrotherapy: Treating a disease with hot or cold water, externally or internally to maintain and restore health. Treatments include full body immersion, steam baths, saunas, sitz baths, colonic irrigation, and the application of hot and/or cold compresses (1).

Hyperthermia: The body protects itself from viruses, bacteria, and other harmful substances through the use of numerous defense systems. One of these is fever. Fever raises the body's temperature above normal in an attempt to destroy invading organisms and sweat impurities out of the system. Fever is a highly effective and natural process of curing disease and restoring health, and has been recognized as such for thousands of years. Hyperthermia deliberately creates fever in the patient in order to utilize this natural healing response (6).

Hypnotherapy: The clinical use of hypnosis, in which the subjects powers of consciousness are mobilized and subconscious memories and perceptions are brought into consciousness. Heightened responsiveness to suggestions and commands, suspension of disbelief with lowering of critical judgments, the potential of alteration in perceptions, motor control, or memory in response to suggestions and the subjective experience of responding involuntarily are induced through hypnotherapy (1).



I

Integrative medicine: Practitioners of integrative medicine have training and interest in both conventional Western medicine and alternative and complementary therapies, bringing a variety of techniques to their practices (1).

Intercessory Prayer: A practice of using prayer as a medium of healing, seeking to invoke spiritual/religious help in assisting or supporting healing.

Iridology: A diagnostic technique which uses the markings and patterns of the irises of the eyes to determine the condition of various systems or organs of the body (1).



J

Currently no terms

K


Currently no terms


L

L.Ac.: Licensed Acupuncturist

L.M.T.: Licensed Massage Therapist

Laying-on of hands: Healing technique often practiced in Christian fundamentalist churches. The practitioner is felt to have a God-given gift and is an instrument of God to promote healing (1).

Light therapy: Many health disorders are traced to problems with circadian rhythm, the bodys inner clock, and how it governs the timing of sleep, hormone production, body temperature, and other biological functions. Disturbances in circadian rhythm can lead to health problems such as depression and sleep disorders. Natural sunlight and various forms of light therapy can help reestablish the bodys natural rhythm and are becoming an integral treatment for many health-related conditions (1).

M

Macrobiotic diet: Low-fat, high-fiber diet of whole grains, vegetables, sea algae, and seeds that are prepared in accordance with specific principles; said to synchronize eating habits with the cycles of nature (1).

Magnetic field therapy: Also known as biomagnetic therapy; uses magnets or electromagnetic fields, generally for pain control and bone growth stimulation following a fracture. Magnetic waves pass through tissues enhancing blood flow and bringing more oxygen to that area (1).

Manipulation: A term used in connection with the therapeutic application of manual force. Spinal manipulation, broadly defined, includes all procedures in which the hands are used to mobilize, adjust, apply traction, massage, stimulate, or otherwise influence the spine and nearby (paraspinal) tissues with the goal of positively influencing the patient's health (1).

Massage therapy: Systematic, therapeutic stroking, rubbing, or kneading of the skin and underlying muscle and other soft tissue of the recipient for the purpose of physical and psychological relaxation, improvement of circulation, relief of sore muscles, and other therapeutic effects (1).

Meditation: A technique of mind control with the goals of feeling an inner calm and peacefulness, profound experiences of self-realization and transcendental awareness. Meditation is a discipline found in many of the worlds religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity, but it is also advocated by many practitioners of holistic health for its impact on stress-related disease (1).

Megavitamin therapy: Administration of vitamins vastly exceeding the amount recommended for nutritional balance (1).

Meridian: In Eastern traditional medicine, it is believed that the body has a channel with 12 parts, or meridians, that loop through the body in an endless circuit, connecting the principal organs and other body parts. Meridians are said to carry ching qi that regulates the relationship between, and the functioning of, various body structures (1).

Mind-body techniques: Therapies such as meditation, hypnosis, guided imagery which focus on the interaction between the mind and the body (1).

Music therapy: Systematic application of music to produce relaxation and desired changes in emotions, behavior and physiology. Music can also be created by the client, allowing nonverbal self expression (1).

N.D.: Naturopathic Doctor

Native American Indian health care: Community-based health care practices found among the tribes of North America that share the use of sweating, purging, herbal remedies, and shamanism (1).

Naprapathy: System of bodywork founded in 1905 by chiropractic professor Oakley G. Smith, author of Modernized Chiropractic (1906). It encompasses nutritional, postural, and exercise counseling. Naprapathic theory holds: (a) that soft connective tissue in a state of contraction can cause "neurovascular interference," (b) that this "interference" may cause "circulatory congestion" and "nerve irritation," and (c) that reducing this "interference" (primarily by hand) paves the way for optimal homeostasis. The major form of Naprapathy in the United States is the Oakley Smith Naprapathic Method(TM), taught by the Chicago National College of Naprapathy (5).

Naturopathy: Integrates traditional natural therapies such as botanical medicine, clinical nutrition, homeopathy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy, and naturopathic manipulative therapy with modern scientific medical diagnostic science and standards of care. Naturopaths recognize the innate intelligence and inherent healing ability of the body; great emphasis is placed on preventive medicine (1)



O

O.M.D.: Oriental Medicine Doctor

Oriental Medicine: See Chinese Medicine

Orthomolecular medicine (orthomolecular nutritional medicine, orthomolecular therapy): Approach to therapy whose centerpiece is megavitamin therapy. Orthomolecular medicine encompasses hair analysis, orthomolecular nutrition (a form of megavitamin therapy), and orthomolecular psychiatry. Linus Carl Pauling, Ph.D. (1901-1994), coined the word "orthomolecular." The prefix "ortho-" means "straight," and the implicit meaning of "orthomolecular" is "to straighten (correct) concentrations of specific molecules." The primary principle of orthomolecular medicine is that nutrition is the foremost consideration in diagnosis and treatment. Its purported focus is "normalizing" the "balance" (5).

Osteopathic medicine: A system of therapy that emphasizes normal body mechanics and manipulation to correct faulty body structures. Osteopathic physicians provide comprehensive medical care (1).

Oxidative therapy: Supplies oxygen to the body for its potential therapeutic benefit. The two most widely known types of oxidative therapy are hydrogen peroxide therapy and ozone therapy (1)



P

Palming: An imaging technique involving the visualization of color (1).

Photoestrogens: Plant compounds that exert estrogen-like effects (1).

Pilates: An exercise system founded by Joseph Pilates focused on improving flexibility and strength for the total body without building bulk (4).

Q

Qi (also referred to as Chee, Chi, Qui or Ki): In Eastern philosophies, the energy that connects and animates everything in the universe; includes both individual qi (personal life force) and universal qi, which are coextensive through the practice of mind-body disciplines, such as traditional meditation, aikido, and tai chi (1).

Qigong (gi gong and chi-kung): Ancient Chinese exercise that stimulates and balances the flow of qi, or vital life energy by using breath, movement, and meditation to cleanse, strengthen, and circulate the blood and vital life energy. Certain qigong "masters" are considered to be "energetic healers," who via "external" qigong use some of their own energy to strengthen the vitality of others who have ailments (1).

R

Reflexology: A body work technique in which the practitioner applies pressure with thumbs and fingers to points on the feet, hands and ears said to correspond to specific organs and parts of the body. Similar to acupressure (1).

Reiki therapy: An Eastern touch therapy in which the practitioner systematically uses light hand placement in one of 12 positions on the recipient's body to balance and direct healing energy to those sites (1).

Rolfing: A massage technique developed by Swiss-born American biochemist Dr. Ida Rolf that involves deep fascia and muscle manipulation and education about body position. The purpose is to help the recipient establish deep structural relationships within the body that manifest via a symmetry and balanced function when the body is in an upright position. Also known as structural integration (1).



S

Shamanism: An ancient spiritual and medical tradition practiced in native cultures around the world. Using ritual, shamans often enter altered states of consciousness to promote the healing of their clients. Shamans regard themselves as conductors of healing energy or sources from the spiritual realm (1).

Shiatsu: A form of acupressure used in Japan to treat pain and illness as well as for general health maintenance. Practitioners apply rhythmic finger pressure at specific points on the body to stimulate qi (1).

Swedish massage: The most common form of bodywork in Western countries. Its originator, Peter Hendrik (Per Henrick) Ling (1776-1839), of Sweden, was a fencing master, physiologist, and poet. His method was called the "Ling system" or the "Swedish movement treatment." Dr. S.W. Mitchell introduced Swedish massage in the United States. It is based on scientific anatomy and often vigorous. The purported aim of Swedish massage is to improve circulation of blood and lymph (5).



T

Tai chi: Through this form of movement, one achieves health and tranquility while developing the mind and body. Tai chi teaches the individual how to control the nervous system in order to put the entire body to rest, believed to be an effective way of staying healthy (1).

TCM: Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Therapeutic Massage: See Massage Therapy

Therapeutic touch: A healing modality that involves touching with the conscious intent to help or heal. The practitioner moves the hands through a recipient's energy field for the purpose of assessment and treatment of energy field imbalance (1).

Tibetan medicine: Tibet has long been renown throughout Asia as a land of medicines. It's medical tradition is a vast science with fully-elaborated notions of the bases of health and sickness, a simple but exceptionally efficient system of diagnosis and a very full range of treatments based on diet, lifestyle, medication, and external treatments. Tibet's pharmacopoeia was particularly rich (6).

Touch therapy: broad range of techniques in which the practitioner uses the hands on or near the patient's body to assist the individual toward optimal function (1).1

Trager Method: A bodywork method developed by Milton, Trager, M.D. consisting of active and passive gentle, natural movements designed to release deep-seated physical and mental patterns and promote relaxation, mobility and mental acuity (4).

Trigger points: Specific points in the muscular and fascial tissues that produce a sharp pain when pressed; may also correspond to certain types of traditional acupuncture points (1).



U

Currently no terms



V

Currently no terms





Visualization: A variety of visual techniques used to treat disease based on inducing relaxation in the patient who actually wills away his disease. Also known as guided imagery (1)



W

Western medicine: A term used by holistic health care practitioners to describe allopathic medicine, orthodox medicine, or the way medicine has traditionally been practiced in the United States and Europe. The basis for the separation and division of the mind and the body along with the diseased part from the whole is the Descartian system of analytic, reductive reasoning with human beings divorced from nature. Pharmaceutical products and surgery are the major modalities used to combat disease (1).

Wholistic medicine: See Holistic medicine

X

Currently no terms

Y

Yin and Yang: Chinese words for complementary and opposite forces that make up the life force (Qi) (3).

Yoga: Ancient philosophical system and spiritual practice from India; it involves stretching exercises, breathing practices, and meditation.

Z

Currently no terms

Maybe if we keep working at staying well, we will come up with some type of Zenith Therapy. Thanks for reading.

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Like many of you out there, I’ve had my fair share of sleepless nights where all I can really do is stare at the clock and hope the sun rises earlier than usual. I hate those nights and the mornings are even worse, the continual BEEP-BEEP-BEEP of the alarm forcing me to move into the awaiting busy world after one heck of a night. It’s irritating, it’s frustrating, and causes zombie-like behavior. Luckily, you and I aren’t alone with our sleeping woes. In an article located on CNN.com titled, Got insomnia? Here’s how to get your ZZZs back, I learned that sleeping problems affect a third of Americans in a given year and are very common thanks to the activities of our busy, busy lives. Many of us suffer from something called ‘secondary insomnia’ where the insomnia you’re experiencing (restless nights, etc.) is a symptom or a side-effect of some other problem. It could be anything from not finishing that project at work to still being hyped up by that last cup of coffee you drank around 3pm. However, there is a more serious condition known as ‘primary insomnia’ where sleeplessness lasts for more than one month and is not usually attributed to the going-ons of the everyday life – it is a disorder rather than a cause and effect like secondary insomnia. If you have been experiencing a loss of sleep for more than one month, you should definitely speak to your doctor. But, if you’re like me and sometimes deal with restless, sleepless nights try these methods offered by Dr. David Schulman, director of the Sleep Laboratory at Emory University in Atlanta:
1. Don’t stay in bed for longer than 20-30 minutes if you can’t fall asleep or go back to sleep after waking up. Why? According to Dr. Schulman, it can cause your body to become accustomed to being in bed without sleep and can be subconsciously ingrained – bad news if you’re trying to avoid becoming an insomniac.
2. Avoid caffeine within 8-10 hours of bedtime. There have been studies that show if you ingest caffeine (coffee, tea, or otherwise) at noon, it can remain in your system until 8 or 10 at night – this one explains a lot for me, note to self: stop drinking coffee at 3pm…
3. Avoid alcohol before bedtime. Alcohol can sometimes cause you to sleep lighter than usual thusly causing you to wake in the middle of the night – Hm, interesting factoid. Who knew?
4. Find light, relaxing activities to partake in if you can’t sleep. Try reading or listening to calm, soft music. It might help your overactive brain to pause and stop the flood of things do to, projects to finish, worries to worry about. I find that classical or very melodic music can do the trick – try Chopin or even Bach (the more calming a song, the better). My personal favorite, Sigur Ros.
5. Try the cool-down method. Take a warm bath or shower about 30-45 minutes before you go to bed. This let’s your body relax and the cooling sensation is very ‘sleep-inducing’.
So you see, you’re not alone in your restless, tossing and turning, up and down, frustrating sleepless night. We all experience nights where sleep seems to elude us, but what we do when this occurs makes the difference. Try these steps and if the insomnia continues speak to your doctor, it may be a more serious issue than you thought.

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Like many of you out there, I’ve had my fair share of sleepless nights where all I can really do is stare at the clock and hope the sun rises earlier than usual. I hate those nights and the mornings are even worse, the continual BEEP-BEEP-BEEP of the alarm forcing me to move into the awaiting busy world after one heck of a night. It’s irritating, it’s frustrating, and causes zombie-like behavior. Luckily, you and I aren’t alone with our sleeping woes. In an article located on CNN.com titled, Got insomnia? Here’s how to get your ZZZs back, I learned that sleeping problems affect a third of Americans in a given year and are very common thanks to the activities of our busy, busy lives. Many of us suffer from something called ‘secondary insomnia’ where the insomnia you’re experiencing (restless nights, etc.) is a symptom or a side-effect of some other problem. It could be anything from not finishing that project at work to still being hyped up by that last cup of coffee you drank around 3pm. However, there is a more serious condition known as ‘primary insomnia’ where sleeplessness lasts for more than one month and is not usually attributed to the going-ons of the everyday life – it is a disorder rather than a cause and effect like secondary insomnia. If you have been experiencing a loss of sleep for more than one month, you should definitely speak to your doctor. But, if you’re like me and sometimes deal with restless, sleepless nights try these methods offered by Dr. David Schulman, director of the Sleep Laboratory at Emory University in Atlanta:
1. Don’t stay in bed for longer than 20-30 minutes if you can’t fall asleep or go back to sleep after waking up. Why? According to Dr. Schulman, it can cause your body to become accustomed to being in bed without sleep and can be subconsciously ingrained – bad news if you’re trying to avoid becoming an insomniac.
2. Avoid caffeine within 8-10 hours of bedtime. There have been studies that show if you ingest caffeine (coffee, tea, or otherwise) at noon, it can remain in your system until 8 or 10 at night – this one explains a lot for me, note to self: stop drinking coffee at 3pm…
3. Avoid alcohol before bedtime. Alcohol can sometimes cause you to sleep lighter than usual thusly causing you to wake in the middle of the night – Hm, interesting factoid. Who knew?
4. Find light, relaxing activities to partake in if you can’t sleep. Try reading or listening to calm, soft music. It might help your overactive brain to pause and stop the flood of things do to, projects to finish, worries to worry about. I find that classical or very melodic music can do the trick – try Chopin or even Bach (the more calming a song, the better). My personal favorite, Sigur Ros.
5. Try the cool-down method. Take a warm bath or shower about 30-45 minutes before you go to bed. This let’s your body relax and the cooling sensation is very ‘sleep-inducing’.
So you see, you’re not alone in your restless, tossing and turning, up and down, frustrating sleepless night. We all experience nights where sleep seems to elude us, but what we do when this occurs makes the difference. Try these steps and if the insomnia continues speak to your doctor, it may be a more serious issue than you thought.

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