Contents -- The Editors -- Preface -- Publisher's Foreword -- Part I: Contemporary Issues in Complementary Health Practices -- Section 1: Concepts and Issues -- A Theory for Complementary Health Practitioners -- The Role of Science in Complementary Health Care -- Complementary Health Practice: A New Paradigm -- Complementary Health Care Research Base -- Ethics and Complementary Modalities -- Ethical Issues in Biomedical Physician Licensure -- Health Care Pluralism -- Factors Influencing the Use of Complementary Health Practices -- Mind-Body Approaches -- Mind-Body Connection -- Energy and Its Relationship to Disease -- Energy Fields -- Bioavailability -- Healing Ceremonies -- Section 2: Economic and Practice Issues -- The Economics of Complementary Health Practices -- Complementary Health Centers and Networks -- Complementary Health Practitioner Locations -- Managed Care and Provider Referral Relationships -- Third-Party Reimbursement for Complementary Practice -- Complementary Folk or Ethnic Approaches -- The Women's Movement and Choices in Childbirth -- Health Food Stores and Complementary Health Practices -- Naturopathy: Practice Issues -- Chiropractic: Practice Issues -- Osteopathic Medicine: Practice Issues -- Section 3: Education Issues -- Effects of Complementary Health Practices on Medical Education -- The Effects of Complementary Health Practices on Nursing Education and Practice -- Pharmacy Education and Complementary Practices -- Teaching About Complementary Health Practices in Schools of Public Health -- The Education of Homeopaths -- The Complementary and Alternative Medicine Program at Stanford University (CAMPS) -- Education and Research Conducted at CAMPS -- Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies to Reduce Pain and Suffering -- Section 4: Legal, Legislative, and Health Policy Issues.

Legal Rules Affecting Complementary Practice: Malpractice and Vicarious Liability -- Federal Regulation of Complementary Practice Through Health and Insurance Fraud Legislation -- The Federal Role in Regulating Access to Complementary Practice -- State Legislation -- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- The Effects of Complementary Therapies on National Health Policy -- Section 5: Historical Perspectives -- Wellness Promotion: Historical Aspects -- Self-Care in American History -- The History of Homeopathy in the United States -- The History of the Hydropathic Movement in the United States -- Part II: Conditions -- Abuse -- Aging -- AIDS/HIV -- Alcoholism -- Allergies -- Alzheimer's Disease -- Anemia -- Anger -- Anxiety/Panic -- Arthritis -- Asthma -- Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder -- Back Pain -- Balance Disorders -- Bladder Problems -- Burns -- Cancer -- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome -- Cataracts -- Cavities -- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -- Cold Symptoms -- Constipation -- Cystic Fibrosis -- Dental Problems -- Depression -- Diabetes -- Diabetic Retinopathy -- Diarrhea -- Diarrhea, Acute Childhood -- Diverticular Disease -- Eating Disorders -- Ectopic Pregnancy -- Epilepsy -- Failure to Thrive -- Fatigue -- Fibromyalgia -- Fractures -- Headache -- Head Injury -- Heart and Blood Vessel Conditions -- Hepatitis -- High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) -- High Cholesterol -- Hip Fractures -- Huntington's Disease -- Incontinence -- Infection -- Infertility -- Insomnia -- Insulin Sensitivity -- Iron Overload -- Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Kidney Diseases -- Kidney Stones -- Lung Disorders -- Macular Degeneration -- Memory Problems -- Mental Retardation -- Morning Sickness -- Multiple Sclerosis -- Nausea and Vomiting -- Neural Tube Defect -- Noise, Noxious, Effects of -- Obesity -- Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms -- Osteoporosis -- Pain.

Pain, Chronic -- Parkinson's Disease -- Perineal Tears -- Preeclampsia -- Pregnancy -- Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes -- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) -- Pressure Sores -- Prostate, Enlarged -- Radiation Poisoning -- Repetitive Strain Injuries -- Skin Disorders -- Stress -- Stroke -- Substance Abuse -- Surgery, Effects of -- Syndrome X -- Ulcers -- Varicose Veins -- Wounds -- Part III: Influential Substances -- Adaptogen -- Aloe -- Anthocyanins -- Antioxidants and Free Radicals -- Bee Pollen -- Brassinin -- Burdock -- Butcher's Broom -- Caffeine -- Calcium -- Capsaicin -- Carotenoids -- Cayenne -- Chelate -- Chromium -- Dang gui (Dong Quai) -- Echinacea -- Fatty Acids, Essential -- Fiber -- Flavonoids -- Flaxseed -- Garlic -- Gingko -- Ginseng -- Homocysteine -- Horse Chestnut -- Iron, see Iron Overload -- Lavender Oil -- Licorice -- Lycopene -- Milk Thistle -- Phytochemicals -- Phytoestrogens -- Proanthocyanidins -- Probiotics -- St. John's Wort -- Saw Palmetto -- Selenium -- Tea -- Thyme -- Vitamin A -- Vitamin C -- Vitamin E -- Zinc -- Part IV: Practices and Treatments -- Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine -- Acupuncture in Gynecological Disease -- Addiction Treatment -- Affirmations -- Alexander Technique -- Amazon Rainforest and Medicinal Uses of Plants -- Animal-Assisted Therapy -- Anthroposophical Philosophy -- Apitherapy: History and Theory -- Apitherapy: Research and Clinical Use -- Aromatherapy -- Aromatherapy Research -- Art Therapy -- Asian Lifestyle -- Aston-Patterning -- Auricular Research: History -- Auriculotherapy -- Autogenic Training -- Ayurveda -- Bach Flower Remedies -- Bioacoustics -- Biofeedback -- Body-Oriented Psychotherapy and Transformation-Oriented Bodywork -- Centering: The Path to Healing Presence -- Centropic Integration -- Chelation Therapy -- Chiropractic: Definition, History, and Theory -- Chiropractic Research.

Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions -- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy -- Color Therapy -- Cooling and Multiple Sclerosis -- Craniosacral Therapy -- Dance (Ethnic) and Movement -- Dance/Movement Therapy -- Deep Tissue Therapy -- Diet and Mood -- Electrochemical Treatment of Localized Tumors with Direct Current -- Electromagnetic Heating for Cancer Treatment -- Esalen Massage -- Exercise -- Feldenkrais -- Feng Shui: Honoring the Sacredness of Space -- Fibromyalgia: Complementary Treatment Approaches -- Fibromyalgia: Research and Theory -- Healing Retreat for People with HIV -- Healing Touch -- Hellerwork Structural Integration -- Herbal Therapies -- Hippotherapy -- Homeopathy: Molecular Basis -- Homeopathy: Dosage Forms -- Homeopathy: MIASM -- Homeopathy: Potency -- Homeopathy: Use in Family Practice Medicine -- Hospital-Based Massage Therapy -- Humor as a Complementary Therapy -- Hypnosis Applied to Birth -- Hypnotherapy -- Hypnotic Preparation for Surgery -- Ice Massage for Control of Labor Pain -- Imagery -- Imagery, Movement, and Breast Cancer -- Interactive Guided Imagery -- Jin Shin Do Bodymind Acupressure -- Jin Shin Jyutsu -- Ketogenic Diet -- Kinesiology, Applied -- Lifestyle Change -- Light Therapy -- Lymphatic Massage -- Magnet Therapy -- Massage for Cancer Patients -- Mediterranean Diet -- Midwifery -- Mindfulness -- Music and Imagery in Healing -- Music Therapy -- Music Therapy Research -- Myofascial Release -- Myotherapy, Bonnie Prudden -- Native American Medicine -- Neuromuscular Therapy -- Newborn Massage -- Nondieting -- Nutrition -- Orthomolecular Medicine -- Polarity Therapy -- Pregnancy Massage -- Prenatal Regression -- Progressive Muscle Relaxation Training -- Psychoneuroimmunology -- Psychoneuroimmunology Research -- Qi Gong -- Quantum Medicine and Microwave Resonance Therapy -- Reflexology -- Reflexology: Research and Uses -- Reiki.

Reiki: History and Theory -- Religious Science Practitioners -- Ritual As a Creative Healing Experience -- Rolfing: Structural Integration -- Rubenfeld Synergy Method -- Russian Massage -- Shealy Back Pain Management Program -- Shiatsu -- Spirituality and Psychotherapy -- Spiritual/Religious Approaches -- Sports Massage -- Swedish Massage -- T'ai Chi -- Therapeutic Touch: Definition, History, and Theory -- Therapeutic Touch: Uses, Research, and Standards for Practice -- Therapeutic Touch in the Hospital Setting -- Therapeutic Writing and Immune Function -- Touch Therapy Research -- Trager Approach -- Transcendental Meditation -- Vegetarianism -- Yoga -- Part V: Contributor Directory -- Part VI: Resource Directory -- References -- Subject Index -- 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 -- Contributor Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.