alternative healing project

For my medical anthropology class, I need to research an alternative healing method. Oh, and it must be very specific, not just an overview.

im thinking either meditation or running. what do you think? any ideas?

 

there are so many things you could pick- visualization (shrinking techniques for example have some shown validity)- meditation, like you said running, or just excercise in general, um... losing weight to heal arthritis (dont know if that is alternative enough!), haha.. even using a neti to cure sinus infections, or milk thistle and dandelion herbs to decrease liver damage......

there are so many....

 

LSD is very healing of mental ailments.

 

ummm

 

don't deny it

 

i think it can go both ways. it helped make me crazy when i was seventeen. but when i was older... it helped- then again, that was mushrooms so i dont know. acid is evil.

 

true, I'd rather go with the mushrooms, but good old acid is nice too. it made me develop a stutter.....oh well. I'm still just as smart.

 

i used to stutter when i drank a lot. like, i stopped being able to talk right. now i talk just fine again and that is good.

 

I reccomend running, since it'll actually do something.

It can be as peaceful as meditation, and great for your cardio-vascular system.

I run about 4 or 5 times a week. That's why I'm so zen like.

 

running is the best. i run about 2 to 3 times a week- will probably start doing it more though now that the weather is nicer.

 

If you are looking for preventive measures, exercise such as running is good. Taiji is also good for this and a lot better for you. Running is such high impact and will screw up your knees and makes your organs bounce inside you, which isn't good either. If you are looking for healing for people who are already sick, try TCM (traditional Chinese medicine), or herbalogy. There are many natural remedies out there, they just aren't promoted because the true leaders of our country (the Phamacudical manufacturers) would make their money.

 

Do something totally out of the ordinary!

There's this healing method called solar healing. You should check it out. I don't know if it works, but it's probably not something anyone else is going to research!

http://www.solarhealing.com/

 

I'm way too fat to run.....I just bitch.

 

Bitching can be really theraputic.

 

Visualization and meditation have been a very positive method for myself. I did both of those methods during childbirth and they worked well for me, no pain meds or epidurals, all natural.

I do a lot of meditation when I'm not feeling well...I envision a healthy me, I tell myself that I am strong and I will beat whatever comes my way. It works more often than not. I firmly believe that many things can be controlled by the mind. Have strength in the mind, and you will find strength in other areas of your life as well.

 

"Unfortunately, these infinite inherent powers are programmed in that part of the brain that is largely dormant and goes unused. Even medical science agrees we hardly make use of the brain but about 5-7% – the most brilliant of humans like Albert Einstein is reported to have used only about 32% of their brains."

-Quoted from the solar healing webpage listed in the previous post

i am wary of any products or procedures that use this claim in their advertisement. As a psychology student, i can tell you that humans do in fact use all 100% of their brains. To use less than that would not make evolutionary sense, and we can see quite clearly that every part of the brain is pretty active. oh, and they did preserve and dissect einstein's brain. they found it to be pretty normal!

just felt like nit picking. thanks for the ideas, guys!

 

try doing research on yoga or accupressure or aromatherapy