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Issue 75 April 2002

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One Hundred Years of Treating Asthma by Jennifer Worth This article is an attempt to reconstruct the old and natural remedies used by our parents and grandparents for a condition that has reached epidemic proportions in the last 30-40 years, in the hope that some of them may be helpful to those who do not want to fill themselves or their children with powerful drugs.

Article Summaries

Symbol Therapy by Ulli Springett This article describes the basic principles and applications of symbol therapy, a simple but highly effective therapeutic tool, which has been found to help a wide range of longstanding emotional and physical problems.

Organic Food and Health: The Evidence by Shane Heaton Shane Heaton, a clinical nutritionist, has spent two years reviewing over 400 scientific papers and gathering scientific evidence that supports the view that organic food is better for us than non-organic, in terms of food safety, nutritional content and nutritional value.

Natural Weight-loss Supplements: Are Safe Alternatives Available? by Mark Brudnak As the problem of obesity continues to increase in the Western world, pharmaceutical companies have responded by developing weight-loss drugs that target certain biochemical pathways involved in the production of fat. However, many of these drugs have been found to have certain dangerous side effects, and have since been withdrawn.

Article Summaries (continued)

The Healing Process: A Polarity Therapy Case History by Anthony Deavin This article takes the form of a comprehensive case history undertaken by a student who had just completed a ten-day foundation course in polarity therapy, and illustrates how effective the therapy can be even after only a short period of training.

NLP and Pregnancy - Easing the Pain of Labour by Jeremy Lazarus This article illustrates how NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) and related techniques can be used to relieve common problems experienced during pregnancy and, in particular, childbirth.

Memories of My Trip to Domaine de L'Ylang-Ylang by Theresa Lloyd This is the story of the author's first inspiring visit to Mauritius in January 2001 and first long-haul flight. It was there that she discovered a remote site called Domaine de L'Ylang Ylang, a long established essential oil distillery.

Influence of the Placebo Effect upon the Healing Process by Carol Squire In this article the author attempts to dispel the negative connotations associated with the term placebo effect (the power to please) and, using comprehensive evidence from recent research studies, illustrates how the placebo effect can have a positive role in the healing process.

Regular contributors and listings

Editorial by Sandra Goodman, Ph.D.

Connecting to Spirit Intuition, Our Wise Guide by Vivienne Silver-Leigh

The Aromatherapy Fragrance Garden Aromatherapy and Flower Posies - Two Healing Supports by Barbara Payne

The Nutrition Practitioner Premature Menopause  by Kate Neil

Mind the Body; Embody the Mind Disk-Eating Pimple Bugs by Joël Carbonnel

Case Studies Deep Lymphatic Therapy by Angela Heath

Regular contributors and listings

Letters to the Editor

Research Database Updates –  Alternative Medicine; Anxiety; Arthritis; Cancer; Environmental Health; Heart Disease; Herbal Medicine; Women's Health.

Training Colleges, Schools and Centres  UK     US

Complementary Practitioner Listing

Diary/Calendar of Events

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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