List of people in alternative medicine

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Famous people in alternative medicine provides a master list of the biographical articles included in the alternative medicine (CAM) series of articles.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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  • Edward Bach - founder of flower essence therapy and the Bach flower remedies.
  • Juliette de Bairacli Levy - renowned for her skill in veterinary herbalism.
  • William Horatio Bates - founder of the Bates Method alternative approach to eyesight improvement.
  • Paul Bragg - known for the Bragg Health Crusades, the Bragg Healthy Lifestyle, deep breathing, water fasts, organic foods, drinking water, juicing, exercise and listening to one's body.
  • Emanuel Bronner - aka "Dr. Bronner," master soap-maker known for eccentric messages on labels for natural soaps and other health products.

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  • Charaka - is one of the founders of Ayurveda.
  • Mantak Chia - claimed healer and author of books on "Taoist sexuality".
  • Hulda Regehr Clark - wrote a series of books including The Cure for all Diseases, advocating extreme dietary practices and "zapping" of parasites.
  • Dr. Deepak Chopra - Endocrinologist and Ayurvedic Medicine Practitioner, who writes popular books on health and spirituality.
  • Nicholas Culpeper - an English physician of the early 17th century who left to future generations a rich store of pharmaceutical and herbal knowledge.

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  • Mary Baker Eddy - founder of Christian Science and its readvocacy of Christian healing, thereby also reawakening 20th-century interest in the subject in more mainstream denominations as well as in certain more unrestrictive New Age offshoots.
  • Donna Eden – known for developing energy medicine methods and sharing them with the public; author of Energy Medicine; founder of Eden Energy Certification Program

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  • Elsa Gindler
  • Sylvester Graham - was known for his graham crackers and founded Grahamism.
  • Stanislav Grof - one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology, a pioneering researcher into the use of altered states of consciousness for purposes of healing & growth, founder of Holotropic Breathwork

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  • John Harvey Kellogg - promoter of colon therapy at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek Michigan.
  • Will Keith Kellogg - inventor of corn flakes in 1894 and manager of the Battle Creek Sanitarium.
  • Sebastian Kneipp - Bavarian priest who began the Nature Cure movement (1890s). Chiefly recognized for his contributions to hydrotherapy.

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  • Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D. - psychologist and medical anthropologist, founder of The Four Winds Society and Healing the Light Body School

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