List of branches of alternative medicine

This is a list of the Wikipedia articles included in the alternative medicine (CAM) series of articles.

These articles are either about fully developed systems of alternative medicine or they are about generic alternative methods of treatment.

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Hydrotherapy

Hydrotherapy is the external use of water in the medical treatment of disease, such as through the use of baths, the application of hot and cold compresses or sheet packs, and shower sprays. These applications typically use water as a medium for delivery of heat and cold to the body, capitalising on the thermoregulatory properties of the body for therapeutic effect.[1][2][3]

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Iridology

Iridology (also known as iridodiagnosis[4]) is an alternative medicine technique whose proponents believe that patterns, colors, and other characteristics of the iris can be examined to determine information about a patient's systemic health. Practitioners match their observations to iris charts which divide the iris into zones corresponding to specific parts of the human body.

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References

  1. ^ Guyton, Arthur C.; Hall, John E. (2006). Textbook of Medical Physiology (11th ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-0240-1. 
  2. ^ Kozier, Barbara; Erb, Glenora; Olivieri, Rita (1991). Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process and Practice (4th ed.). Redwood City, California: Addison-Wesley. pp. 1335–1336. ISBN 0-201-09202-6 
  3. ^ Thrash, Agatha; & Calvin Thrash (1981). Home Remedies: Hydrotherapy, Massage, Charcoal and Other Simple Treatments. Seale, Alabama: Thrash Publications. ISBN 0-942658-02-7. 
  4. ^ Cline D; Hofstetter HW; Griffin JR. Dictionary of Visual Science. 4th ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston 1997. ISBN 0-7506-9895-0
  5. ^ Angus Stevenson, ed (2007). "Definition of Thalasso therapy". Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 2: N-Z (6th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 3225. ISBN 978-0-19-920687-2.  Note: Thalasso therapy is a sub-definition under the listing for Thalasso.
  6. ^ Gray, Fred (2006). Designing the Seaside: Architecture, Society and Nature. London: Reaktion Books. pp. 46–47. ISBN 1-86189-274-8. http://books.google.com/?id=5B69CiXKjgQC&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=1769+%22Sea+Water+in+the+Diseases+of+the+Glands.+%22&q=Russell. Retrieved 8 December 2009. 
  7. ^ Angus Stevenson, ed (2007). "Definition of Water Cure". Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 2: N-Z (6th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 3586. ISBN 978-0-19-920687-2.  Note: Definition is under the general listing for water (noun), alphabetically in the sub-listing for phrases. This section begins on p.3585, but the definition for Water Cure is found in the top part of the first column on p.3586. The phrases are in alphabetical order, so it's just a matter of going down the list.
  8. ^ Unsigned article (1910). "Hydropathy". In …. The Encyclopaedia Britannica. XIV. London: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company. pp. 165–166. http://www.archive.org/stream/encyclopdiabrit18chisgoog#page/n184/mode/1up. Retrieved 2010-04-21. 
  9. ^ "Water cure definition per Webster's 1913 dictionary". http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resource=Webster%27s&word=water+cure&use1913=on&use1828=on. Retrieved 6 December 2009. 
  10. ^ DUNN HL (1959). "High-Level Wellness for Man and Society" (Scanned & PDF). Am J Public Health Nations Health 49 (6): 786–92. doi:10.2105/AJPH.49.6.786. PMC 1372807. PMID 13661471. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1372807. 
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