Journal: Complementary & Alternative Medicines

MAE Journal
The Scientific Paper of Medicina Alternativa Europe

MAE Journal
2. QUARTER 2012 VOLUME 2, EDITION 1
Some Topics of
this issue:
The Quinter
Why Stem cells vanish
Educational Game for
Diabetes Mellitus
Acoustic Therapy
Paradoxum of ear
En!yme a"ainst
#ancer "ro$th
Gelotolo"y
MAE internal
In this
edition:
1he Quinter
3
Corruption
10
5 lingers
12
Menopausa
16
1aijiquan
20
Liquorice
21
Burnout
28
1he term Alternatie Medicine
leads always again to disharmo-
nies with alleopathic mediciners,
who understand this term as an
alternatie to their work. 1he
international abbreiation CAM,
complementary and alternatie
Medicines, is more appropriate to
understand. Alternatie Medicine
may open alternaties to treat-
ments, which did not lead to
healing, but it should be understood as a complementary aspect to
alleopathic Medicines. In an integrated approach or best healing
results o the patients, both, alleopathic and complementary practici-
oners, cooperate and communicate together. 1he most heay critic
comes always through negatie examples o practicioners, oten hea-
lers, who tell their patients to stop the alleopathic medication or
treatment at all, which has led to atal health conditions or een wor-
se. 1his is o course not, what a proessional practicioner should do.
On the other hand should alleopathic practicioners not damn our
wisdom and sciences, just because they neer studied or experienced
them well. Alternatie treatments may assist traditional and alleo-
pathic treatments to an integrated and transdisciplinary healing
project. 1his is why Medicina Alternatia has elaborated studies,
standards and codes o ethics and conduct or their members and
students. Qualiication is always the major key to proessional and
scientiic perormances. Only in this way an association can preent
damages or iolations o public health and maniest its necessity to
an integrated health system.
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CAM complementar ! alternative Medicines
Dear lriends o Medicina Alternatia, our Luropean
Organisation made also in the relatiely short time since our
last issue a signiicant progress. New national Organisations
are registered and started successully their work. Some
other countries are in registration process, making progress
in this important issue. Our Luropean community is
smoothly growing and so there are more partners presenting
their work to enrich all our members and supporters, but
also the patients. \e, Medicina Alternatia Lurope o.s. are giing to all our
national organisations support in eery possible way we can and are always
ready to sere them in the best possible manner. Since we started to reorganize
the Luropean Area as a irst rom all Continents, we could achiee big
progresses in short time, but there is still a lot o work expecting us. \ith
engaged people as our Members are, eerything is on the best way to success.
And this is ery important as we hae heard about irst cases, where the new
actors were contacted by representaties o the pharmaceutical industries to
not undertake urther steps in the deelopment o CAM in their countries.
Prof. Sir J.V. Ligotzky, Ph.D. M.D. (M.A.); President MA L o.s.-Director
MA I
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Dear Reader, welcome again to the second edition o our
MAL Journal, the oicial scientiic paper o Medicina Alterna-
tia Lurope. 1his paper gies a quarterly report about our
scientiic actiities and latest news o worldwide CAM. lirst o
all i hae to thank all o you or the wonderul support and
positie eedback to our irst edition in the last quarter. \ou
engaged us een stronger, and this positie energy is needed to
lighten up others, who can support and sustain our moement. Changes in
society need a lot o energy. But we should all be aware o one major act: the
most important social patient thesedays is the healthcare system itsel. New
solutions are needed and there is no alternatie to Alternatie Medicine within.
\e all hope to meet again your interest and to be able to keep you on top o
the inormational leel. Cordially, yours
Prof. Dr. Francesco Rizzo % MAE .icepresident % Director of Teachin" Pro"ramme & & & D /
&ector of 0(1 Di"ital #ampus
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\hen MAL is inoled in public consultation or
complementary public healthcare projects, in accordance
to our roots o oundation back to the \lO-Alma Ata-
Declaration, we could experience similar aspects to be
cleared. 1he major questions araise in the ields o edu-
cation or qualiication o practicioners and the legal sta-
tus o actiities o these practicioners. 1his includes also
the nomination o legal actors, such as Medical Doctor
,MD, or the German leilpraktiker ,lP,. 1eaching cur-
riculi hae to be deelopped and accreditated, docents
hae to be installed in the accreditated educational acilities, new proessions
hae to be adopted to the recognized labour conditions etc.. 1his work needs a
huge project management and requires interdisciplinary coordination and inter-
ace management between medical, legal and economic experts. Our beloed
ounder, late Pro. Dr. Sir Anton Jayasurya has established a tecnical nominati-
on or the dierent actors in the ield o CAM, the so-called Quinter. MAL
wants to keep this proession alie and inorms about this wise title, which
declines also our honour to our genial ounder. Quinter carries a latin root,
the igure 5, so Quinque or as its ordinate Quintus. 1his bases on the act, that
complementary medicine regards all aspects o human beings in order to keep
them heal,thy,. In the CAM we know about Body, Soul, Mind, Spirit and
,spritual, leart. As we may notice, we are speaking about ,at least, 5 dierent
Seins as integrated parts o a human being. 1he scolastic medicine regards all
aspects o the Body, some o the Mind and some o the Spirit. Soul, leart and
Spirit ,wholesome, are not aced and belong to 1heologists or Sociologists.
Only the Quinter embraces all dierent aspects o a human being in order to
heal or better preent. In 2004 late Sir Anton wrote in his message to MAI
members: Note the term QUIN1LR: A practitioner amiliar in all dierent
ields o healing, especially in modalities o keeping people healthy and integra-
ted treatments in illness. Preention is better than cure. 1he Quinter is there-
ore a practicioner, who studied and experienced the uniersal aspects o a
human being and combine the wisdom and knowledge in order to sere people
embracingly. 1he title Quinter is able to achiee through our OIU ,Open In-
ternational Uniersity, Digital Campus as a special web-based distance-
learning-program ater 6 Semesters and a inal exame.
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PAGE 4 MAE JOURNAL
\ith a higher age, normally our immune system
gets weaker. One reason is the gradual disap-
pearance o stem cells, rom which the body is
always able to build new immune cells. Resear-
chers at the Uniersity o Ulm hae now identi-
ied together with colleagues rom the lelm-
holtz Centre or Inection Research ,lZI, in
Braunschweig, the mechanism responsible or
this. DNA damages, which accumulates oer the course o lie in all cells,
actiate a gene, that matures stem cells to "inished" immune cells. 1hus they
lose the ability to continually sel-renewal - and get lost. In almost all tissues o
the adult body, there are so-called adult stem cells. 1hese non-terminally die-
rentiated cells participate lielong to the renewal o tissues and can always re-
new themsel again. 1he work o the researchers showed, that a gene called
"BA1l" plays a key role as a regulator o stem cell aging. I his reading is inhi-
bited, especially the blood stem cells lie longer. 1he BA1l gene is turned on,
when DNA damage occurres in the cell. Pro. Rudolph stated out, that the
elimination o damaged cells could thus preent the deelopment o cancer in
young adulthood, since mutant cells are sorted out. But the increasing accumu-
lation o DNA damages leads to problems in older age, i not longer remaining
suiciently intact to maintain stem cells or the immune system.
Source: A Dierentiation Checkpoint Limits lematopoietic Stem Cell Sel-Renewal in Response
to DNA Damage. Cell, Vol. 148, Issue 5, 1001-1014, March 2, 2012. - Image: www.uni-
heidelberg.de,presse,news04
"h ImmuneStemCells vanish 'ith the (ears
CAM )i*ure of the issue: +,+,
1he German brochure Mediciners Alerts at Poisoning showed or the year
2010 3939 alerts to the Ministry. Lots o them are based on mixtures o plants
or on toadstools, eaten by error. 1he mixtures o plants are better explained as
mixtures to smoke, than to eat or drink and thus do not eect herbal supple-
ments, as sometimes alsely published in newspapers. 1he report speciies een
better, that the poisining eect with the plant mixtures is mostly prooced by
chemical cannabis structures, which are mixed by illegally. 1he report shows
eiciently, that plant mixtures or health or wellness aspects hae not led to
poisinings in Germany. - by %far%
Adult stem cell
Medicina Alternatia Lurope ,MAL, in cooperation with
Genesys Lurope o Prague has realized excellent results
with the support o sports-,wo,
men. In the last years a combinati-
on o physical and psychologigal aspects are considered
and tested. 1he system contains proessional measure-
ments o physical and mental
dynamic status o the sports,wo,men, special ood nutri-
tion, based on SAS and a special Drink and the intensie
indiidual care. Lots o medals
could be won by the treated sports
,wo,men in Czech Republic, such as Lenka Sabikoa,
bronce and gold medal winner o Czech
national competitions, Lucie Skrobakoa,
2 gold medals in national Czech competi-
tions, Denisa Rosoloa, Luropean Master, Jose Prorok,
Czech Master and others. 1he experiences o this system are
exchanged with the 1rainer o the 1urkish national team o
1ake-\on-Do, the Uniersity o Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, laculty o Physical
Lducation and the well-known Judo-Association o Oradea, Romania.
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MAE Sstem for Sports-'o.men
1he DNA is considered to be the carrier o genetic inormation. 1heir genes
determine which protein molecules are produced in the cell. Only ew people
know, that estimately more than hal o these protein-coding genes seem to be
controlled by small micro-RNAs, micro-ribonucleic acids. 1hey block the mes-
senger RNA, which should carry inormation rom the DNA to the protein-
production acility and thus preent, that the corresponding protein is ormed.
1hrough their inluence on gene regulation, microRNAs play a major role in
the deelopment o arious tissues and in the pathogenesis o arious diseases,
such as metabolic diseases and cancer. 1he molecular biologist Stean Ameres,
Group Leader at IMBA, has now deeloped, together with colleagues rom
China and U.S.A., a new method, by which one can explore the unctioning o
micro-RNAs eiciently and systematically.
Source: Xie, J., Ameres, SL et. al. 2012. Long-term, eicient inhibition o microRNA unction in
mice using rAAV ectors.` Nature Methods. Adance Online Publication 4. Mrz 2012
Micro/0As control ProteinCodin*
1he lederal Ministry o lealth ,BMG, has
responded to a request o the German par-
ty Bndnis 90,Die Grnen on medical
malpractice. 1his led already to a bride
echo o the mass-media: 1he German
newspaper Bild-Zeitung published on 16
lebruary an article titled "1.12 cases o
death by doctors botch." In the brie text,
they reerred seeral numbers or stationary
applications. Also the German 1V-News 1agesschau reported on this issue
and reported, citing the BMG and the lederal Statistical Oice, that there were
in 2010 signiicantly more incidents o medical errors, deectie medical dei-
ces and subsequent complications, than in 2009. 1he increase mounts up to 35
percent. Particulary the article in the Bild-Zeitung has led dierent actors o
the health sector to negatie reactions. 1he Proessional Association o Surge-
ons ,BNC,, the Association o Ambulatory Surgery ,BAO,, the lederal Medi-
cal Association ,GMA, and the General Medical Council ,ALK, o \estphalia-
Lippe distanced themseles rom the Statistics and oiced criticism in public.
Source: Bionity Newsletter -12-2011, Image: www.express.de,image,
iew,2012
Criticism for pu1lished Statistics
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1he German Ministry o lealth ,BMG, has deci-
ded to accept a proposal o the DPR, Deutscher
Plegerat, the German Care Council, in which
dierent medical actiities, which were so long
only perormed by Doctors,
are now suitable also or healthcare practicioners in the
ield o caretaking. 1he DPR published this news on
22.02.2012 in Germany. 1his ote o the Ministry was
not only welcomed by the medical practicioners. Some
associations, such as the north-rhine estalian KBV,
hae published immediately their statement, in which
they issued their ear to lower quality o caretaking as a
result o this legal change.
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2erman3s 4M2 accepted Proposal of 5P/
Lducation is a major key to a better care and
lie management or patients with 1ype 1
Diabetes Mellitus. 1he Diabetes Control and
Complications 1rial ,DCC1, proided clear
eidence, that successul intensiication o
management reduces microascular complica-
tions. 1he ISPAD Consensus Guidelines or
the Management o 1ype 1 Diabetes Mellitus
in Children and Adolescents recommends,
that eery person with diabetes has a right to
comprehensie expert practical education. 1his is alid also or pre-school-
children, but how should practicioners, amily and children be educated, when
there is a lack o didactic instruments Diabetes education should be deliered
by health care proessionals with a clear understanding o the special and chan-
ging needs o children and their amilies as they grow through the dierent
stages o lie. Diabetes education needs to be adaptable and personalized, so
that it should be appropriate to each indiiduals age, stage o diabetes, maturi-
ty and liestyle. 1oddlers are totally dependent on parents,care proiders or
injections, ood and monitoring. Also, hypoglycemia is more common and may
be more seere in this stage o age. Lducation on preention, recognition and
its management is a priority. Diabetes education needs to be a continuous pro-
cess and it should be repeated i we want it to be eectie. In the Diabetes
Centre o Oradea, Romania empowering parents,care proiders is achieed
through a structured educational programme, deised and presented by the
paediatrician, who is also specialised in diabetes or by the diabetes specialist
with responsibility or this age group. A multidisciplinary team, consisting o
the nurses, the dietician and a psychologist is aailable in the Diabetes Centre.
1he programme consists o 12 theoretical lessons and 6 practical instruction
sessions. It is structured in a 50-minute daily session and takes place in the
specialist`s surgery. It is especially addressed to new in-patients.
Source: Dr. Larisa Dumbraa, Oradea, Romania, Image: Dr. Larisa Dumbraa
Educational 2ame for 5ia1etes Mellitus
lear is also an expectation. An
expectation o something negatie to
come in the near or ar uture. It may
be concrete or also abstract. But it has
always to do with expectations. Now it
is time to understand an important
aspect belonging to the negatie
energy o ear. As it is an expectation,
there are two possibilities: 1. the
negatie expectation becomes true,
then one says: I knew it!`, or: 2. the negatie expectation does not come true,
then one says: U, thanks to GOD, that it does not come true!` So, although
we hae to do with expectations, there is no disappointment!!! And this
phenomenum leads to another important aspect: \ith the time and our lie
experience, we learn to trust ear, because it has neer disappointed us. But
dont orget: ear is the negatie polarity o Loe. 1his paradoxum opens the
gateway or negatie energy in our inner Being. 1rusting ear means to ocus
on this negatie energy. All negatie energies are always only as strong as our
own energies, that we put inside. I we allow negatie energy to lead and guide
us, to be our inner Meter, the results can only be negatie. On the other hand,
we experience disappointments with the expectations belonging to the polarity
o ear-Loe. Although Loe is a positie energy ,the most positie,, our
expectations lead us to conlicts, when realizing, that the truth is dierent to
what we thought it should be. 1his article attempts to raise awareness and
consciousness about this paradoxum, in order to deelop stronger trust in
Loe and 1ruth o GOD as lIS diine energies and to end the eeding o
negatie energies inside onesel. In China, a pupil asked his Master: Master, I
eel the ight o a monster and a sheep inside my breast, which one will
surie` And the Master answered: 1he one you eed better!`
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Up to 1 hour: Cola and other carbohydratic beerage
1 to 2 hours: Muesli, cereals, ast ood
2 to 3 hours: Pasta with egetable sauce, other carbohydratic ood
3 to 4 hours: Normal mixed meals ,meat, potato, egetables,
4 and more hours: Roast chicken and other atty ood
Source: Michael lamm, Knaurs landbuch Lrnhrung
&o' lon* remain food in m stomach7
1he German Goernment has deelopped a working
paper or the preention strategy o the lederal Mi-
nistry o lealth ,BMG,. According to this paper, Ger-
man doctors should be inoled by ar stronger in the
intercession and coneying o preention courses and
measures. 1he strategy paper ocus on two major argu-
ments. One is the possible added income o doctors through this new ield,
which will be paid by the public insurance system and the other is the aim to
reduce the cost o public health or seeral billions o Luro per year. MAL
welcomes warmly this strategy, but states out clearly, that preention is not
only an achieement o medical doctors, but an oerall system in the society,
beginning by sports actiities, \ellness, healers, Ayureda, dietic ood nutrition
and other CAM-ields, which could not be let out o the public discussion. 1he
public healthcare should inole the major actors in this ield and deine, which
treatment is accreditated by the insurances and who can eect the treatment
etc.. \e remind the politicians to recognize, that the ancient wisdom:
Preention is better than cure or therapy!, is one o the principle targets o
CAM since eer and that our beloed ounder late Sir Anton Jayasurya has
always declared that in his publishings. It seems not to be legitimate to recogni-
ze economically eords in this public healthcare aspect only to a single group
o proessional actors. 1he public healthcare system could be ery helpul also
by a wholesome and interdisciplinary awareness campain, which is not eor-
dable or single actors. As a matter o act, only together in an integrated con-
sense, one can achiee the desired target.
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89: of patients consume ;<: of contacts
1he German Goernment has answered a brie enquiry o
the Grne`-party. In that statement, one could read an
interesting statistical data: only 16 o all patients consume
50 o all the contacts with the doctors in Germany. 1his
igure is much higher than the international standard.
Source: KBV Newsletter 02,2012 - Image: google pictures
1he Chairman o the German lederal Union o public
insurances doctors, KBV, Dr. Andreas Kohler held a speech,
where he stated, that doctors, who do not render accounts and
serices correctly, do harm all their other collegues. 1his is
why the German KBV is cooperating eiciently with the
German prosecutors. le also stated, that the existing instruments to control
abuse and corruption or doctors and psycho-therapists are suicient. 1here
is no need or other instruments`, he stated urther. 1his is proed by the act,
that most o the 500 millions o billings per year are handled correctly by the
actors. Dr. Kohler pointed out, that he sees a need or more transparency in
the ield o the so-called case-series o the Pharma-Industry. 1he KBV knows
more than 300 case-series and wishes the realization o an obligation to publish
the research results by the Pharma-Industry.
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In her working paper Maureen Lewis has published
aspects o Goernance and Corruption in Public
lealthcare Systems or the Center o Global
Deelopment. In her well-studied paper, she points
out, that there are lots o political analyses done or
good goernance and corruption deense in general,
een by using the results o analyses as indicators o inancial aid to
deelopment states. But she ound out also, that goernance is largely ignored,
when regarding the public policies in the social sectors. She states, that the
market ailure o the public health systems in most o the countries documents
goernment ailure. 1he market should be able to sustain actors and patients
itsel. In the paper she sustains her point o iew through the argumentation,
that the production o public healthcare is a ramework, that mathematically
comes through the combination o resources by capital, labour and
goernance. She shows a ormula, which deines this aspect: lealth Outomes
~ ,L, K, G,. Len i labour and capital would be increased, the goernance
could dampen or enhance the eects o the other resources. 1his why the
control o corruption in public healthcare systems is so important or the
countries and especially or the patients.
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Scientists at the Uniersity o \uerzburg
discoered a ulnerability in cancer cells. 1he
principle sounds surprisingly simple: Like all
other body cells, cancer cells gain the necessary
energy rom ood to sustain their metabolic
needs. At the same time they use a large portion
o their ood to build new cellular structures or
diision and multiplication. Because ood is
always only a limited supply, a kind o "guardian"
is working in the cells to take care that the energy can be used or both tasks
and that they always hae enough resources. 1his guardian limits the growth,
when the cell has not suicient energy or normal metabolic processes. \hat
happens, i one preents this guardian o his work, hae researched Proessor
Martin Lilers and Dr. Daniel J. Murphy o the Uniersity o \rzburg
Biozentrum in collaboration with an international team. About this work, the
scientiic journal Nature` reported in its latest issue. 1he result: "\hen the
cancer cells do not receie eedback about the act, that their energy budget is
out o balance, they wasted all their resources rom ood to grow and diide,"
says Martin Lilers, Proessor o Biochemistry and molecular Biology. 1he cell
expends himsel so much, that it remains in the end no more energy or the
normal metabolic processes in its interior. In act,
the cancer cell dies without the warning o the
guard, as the researchers were able to show. In
large series o studies they had targeted enzymes
called Kinases, shut them down in cancer cells and
then monitored the consequences. In the case o
ARK5-Kinase they landed a direct hit. In all
experiments, cancer cells hae shown this point as
ulnerable. At the same time - and to the surprise
o the scientists - it could be shown in
experiments, that normal cells remain largely
unaected by a blockade o the Kinase. In cell
cultures and in animal experiments, the method proed eectieness on colon
cancer cells in any case. 1o what extent other types o cancer can be drien to
death by this way should be inestigated in the context o urther studies.
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1he ie ingers o one hand are a eature o
biological deelopment, that has a decisie
inluence to the cultural eolution o mankind,
such as the introduction o the decimal system.
1he research group o Pro. Rol Zeller, De-
partment o Biomedicine at the Uniersity o
Basel, ound a molecular regulator, that controls the ormation o the ie di-
erent ingers o one hand in the embryo. In embryos, during the organogene-
sis, there are precise time windows in which the precursor cells o tissues and
organs grow rapidly to generate enough cells or organ ormation. In contrast
to the tumor cell diision, the ormations are strictly regulated, so that enough,
but not too many cells arise to orm organs and tissues. Dr. Jaier Lopez-Rios
and colleagues rom the research group o Pro. Rol Zeller were able to show,
that the transcription actor GLI3 controls the ormation o ie ingers during
the rapid growth o the embryonic limb buds, by enabling the balance between
cell diision ,prolieration, and dierentiation. Prolieration is speciically slo-
wed down by this GLI3 and temporally and spatially combined closely with the
cell dierentiation. Malunctions o this regulation may lead to an additional
inger - a so-called Polydactyly. In humans polydactylies occur with a probabili-
ty o one case in 500-1.000 newborn babies. 1he analysis o GLI3 in mouse
embryos has now shown, that these congenital abnormalities, dierent to what
was assumed usually in the past, are not necessarily a consequence o deectie
pattern ormation, but also caused by abnormalities in the coordination o pro-
lieration and dierentiation. Since mutations can result in the GLI3 directed
molecular network in children and adults to malignant tumors, the results o
this study may also contribute to the understanding o the changes, that lead to
the uncontrolled prolieration o tumor cells.
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28 billion euros were spent in Germany in 2010 or health. 1his igure was
published by the lederal Statistical Oice ,destatis,. 1hat's 8.9 billion euros
more than in 2009.
Source) destatis2 ,B* April +,8+
Since 1996, the Luropean Union requires its mem-
ber countries to monitor air pollution continuous-
ly. \ith a directie rom 2008, the LU has tighte-
ned these requirements again. Since then, in additi-
on to nitrogen oxides and sulur oxides, also heay
metals, such as cadmium, lead and nickel are de-
tected in the air. \ith existing technologies the
analyses are ery diicult, because the measurement methods are inaccurate or
ery expensie. A Luropean consortium, called MOSSCLONL consists o ie
academic partners and ie medium-sized enterprises and has just receied
rom the LU a 3,5 million unding commitment to experience improed and
cheaper measurement systems. Lie plants are already being used as so-called
bio-indicators, as they absorb and sae pollutants. Mosses are especially sui-
table as bioindicators o air pollution, because they hae no roots and a ery
large surace area relatie to a small mass. One o the innoations planned in
MOSSCLONL is the cultiation o large quantities o peat moss under
controlled laboratory conditions. Ater this, the moss plants are inactiated and
the surace structures will be illed in an air-permeable pouches under actory
conditions. 1his "moss bag" will be hung at arious Luropean locations in
stations and tested or their ability to accumulate pollutants rom the air. "\e
will combine techniques o molecular biology and materials science with those
o the ecology and biomimicry," says Ral Reski, who currently is a Senior lel-
low at the lreiburg Institute or Adanced Studies ,lRIAS,.
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Moss as an A*ent for Air Pollution
889 88AB 2ermans federal Emer*enc Service
lrom April, 16. the new German ederal emergency serice number will be
actie. In Germany, the organised doctors hae established a ederal emergency
call number instead o the dierent regional numbers. 1he serice will remain
the same: 1he organised doctors hae arranged the emergency and on-call-duty
serice in the night-time and on weekends amongst themseles. Lery member
has to ulill this social serice in regular turns. Lery eening or weekend goes
the turn to another member. 1his serice is used ery oten by the population
and the dierent numbers in dierent regions led to missleads by patients.
by %A&%' Source) 9:. ;e$sletter April +,8+
By decision o 19 September 2006, the Ger-
man lederal Joint Committee ,G-BA, ac-
cepted acupuncture as an attainment coe-
red by the statutory health insurance or the
indications o chronic low back pain, which exists or at least six months and
do not radiate segmentally to the knee ,pseudoradiculare pain, and chronic
pain in at least one knee by knee osteoarthritis, that exists or at least six
months. 1he "Quality Assurance Agreement on acupuncture or chronic pain
patients in accordance with 135 para 2 SGB V" ,Quality Assurance Agree-
ment acupuncture, is closely related to the detailed requirements o the G-BA
or quality assurance and speciies particularly the participation in quality circles
or in case conerences ,at least our times per year,, the workout o sampling
tests ,at least ie percent o therapists with up to 30 documents, and the estab-
lishment o quality assurance committees.
Source: G-BA website, Image: G-BA
Acupuncture as a covered &ealth Service
PAGE 14 MAE JOURNAL
Interested and neutral sureyers o the public health system can see, that the
public discussion about a marode and too costy health system is not only
sustained by patients. 1he more actie parties in spreading negatie inormati-
on about the existing system are Multinationals, using their inluences in mass-
media and politics to manipulate priates and publics as well. But why should
they do so Are their proits too low Are they acing risk o losing existance
I one is regarding the annual reports o the Multinationals, it doesnt seem so.
Ater the year 200, where irst attempts o ,political, reorms hae been un-
dertaken, we can summarize as ollows: a, lospitals realize strategical losses
and are priatized, that means sold, to international companies, b, louse-
Doctors income is politically reduced to a minimum and the public serice is
moed to medical serice centers ,MVZ,, which are owned by the same com-
panies, c, 1he responsability o medical serices are switched rom well-trained
doctors to company managers, d, 1his oligopolization is leading to extreme
proit-orientated decision making processes, especially or a more and more
aged population, which can be treated lots o years more. Is all o this really in
the interest o the patients or a result o cleer manipulation o Lobbyists, u-
sing their power and political inluence or selish interests
Source: Dr. Jan Dollein in Zukunt Nr. 31, o March 2009
European &ealth Sstem /eformBCucD or 5amn7
Sel-responsability is in in Lurope, i it is congruent to sel-
deelopment, sel-ulilling etc.. But i it is about haing respon-
sability or the own situation, acts and thoughts, it seems to be
less attractie. In the western countries one can experience an
interesting deelopment oer the last 25 years. 1he public
health system with the public insurance system has led to more social responsa-
bility and less sel-responsability. lealth became more a matter o public
responsability, than personal one. It is so easy to isit dierent doctors oices
and hospitals, instead o liing consciously and preent illness by ones daily
lie, attitudes and rites. \e should also hae enough sel-responsability to assu-
re solidarity. Lurope is acing crisis, not only in Business, but also in social
aspects, as well as a wide insolence o house doctors, insurance companies
and clinics. 1his is accompanied by the eorts to priatize hospitals, in order
to rent them eiciently working. People take so many pills or one medical
aspect, whichs negatie eects are to be contra-indicated by other pills. Un-
necessary doctors consultation and medicamentation lead to exploding health
cost per year. And the explosion o cost leads to empty treasuries. 1his is a-
nother major aspect o the positie eects o CAM, because the CAM oresees
healthy liing and preention o illness, more than treatments.
by 3A&%2 Image: Magnethotherapy-web
&ealth B a matter of selfresponsa1ilit7
Medicina Alternatia Lurope is studying the need or an
independent patient consultation serice ,IPCS, regar-
ding complementary and alternatie medicines. As an
international and well-established organisation, MAL
aces lots o enquiries regarding the bill o practicioners
serices or the therapies used rom actors in the ield o CAM to cure and treat
diseases. MAL is calling eery patient and actor to participate with inormation.
\e need more market eedback to ealuate the real need or such a serice. I
the need is common, MAL can ask the Luropean Commission to inance a
serice hotline with well-trained experts to take care o this need and to spread
awareness about standards etc..
by 3A&%2 Image: Genesys Lurope, Prague
MAE Surve for independent patient consultation
Attitude may play an important role in how exercise
aects menopausal women, according to Penn State
researchers, who identiied two types o women - one
experiences more hot lashes ater physical actiity,
while the other experiences ewer. "1he most con-
sistent actor that seemed to dierentiate the two
groups was perceied control oer hot lashes," said
Steriani Llasky, assistant proessor o kinesiology.
"1hese women hae ways o dealing with ,hot lashes, and they beliee they
can control or cope with them in an eectie way on a daily basis." \omen
who experienced ewer hot lashes the day ater participating in igorous to
moderate physical actiity were more likely to be part o the group that elt
they had control oer their hot lashes. \omen who had more hot lashes ol-
lowing exercise were likely to be those who elt they had ery ew ways o co-
ping with their hot lashes, Llasky and her colleagues report in a recent issue
o Maturitas. Llasky suggested that cognitie behaioral therapy may help
some women eel they hae more control oer their bodies and reactions to
hot lashes. 1he participants with ewer hot lashes the day ater igorous exer-
cising were also less likely to experience anxiety and depression. loweer, wo-
men who had ewer hot lashes the day ater only light or moderate physical
actiity had higher leels o pessimism and depression than others. "1he bot-
tom line or research is that people need to look at indiidual dierences," said
Llasky. "It's not enough anymore to do a study and look at oerall impact o
an exercise program on symptoms. It's ery clear that we need to look at the
dierent responses that women might hae, and try to understand these indii-
dual dierences more." Llasky and her colleagues ollowed 24 menopausal
women or the length o one menstrual cycle, or or 30 days i they were no
longer menstruating. Lach woman used a personal digital assistant to record
hot lashes and wore an accelerometer at the hip to track physical actiity. 1he
women in the study regularly had hot lashes beore the start o the study, ex-
periencing rom ie to 20 a day. "1he real-time reporting o symptoms and the
objectie measurement is a strength o the study," said Llasky. "1here aren't
any studies out there that use both o these approaches.
Source o inormation: Article in www.medical news.com, loto: medicinasnaturistas.com
Attitude ma affect Menopausa
PAGE 16 MAE JOURNAL
1he three-dimensional imaging with polarized
light ,3D Polarized Light Imaging, 3D-SPI,, dee-
loped in Jlich, Germany, allows the spatial repre-
sentation o nere iber tracts in the human brain
with a resolution o up to one thousandth o a
millimeter. 1his allows een the smallest iber
connections ,shown as three-dimensional tubes, to
be made isible in an unparalleled detail. Around
20 billion nere cells work on synapses, transmitters, receptors and iber
strands together in about 200 dierent regions o the cerebral cortex. Lery
day new details become known. But only the discoery o undamental rules in
the jungle o brain structure may proide a way to understand these incredibly
complex organization. As the Jlich neuroscientist Proessor Katrin Amunts
and Proessor Karl Zilles hae stated, the latest research supports the theory o
a geometrically ordered and hierarchical working "center". In her perspectie
paper Katrin Amunts and Karl Zilles show, that the latest research - as die-
rent as their approaches are - show regularities in the organization o the ce-
rebral cortex and underlying white substance. 1he scientist Chi-lua Chen o
the Uniersity o San Diego, USA, and his colleagues ound out, that the nu-
merous regions o the human cerebral cortex ollow topographical rules based
on a genetic, hierarchical organization. Van J. \edeen o larard Medical
School, Charlestown, USA, and his colleagues were able to ind out, by using a
mathematical model, that behind the seemingly chaotic direction o iber
strands in the white substance o the brain, there is an unexpectedly ordered
geometry: iber strands orm orthogonal systems, which is explained by the
growth directions during embryonic deelopment. Based on the new research
results, a realistic model o the human brain can be deelopped, which ollows
the biological and mathematical principles o organization and shows the mole-
cular and cellular details in three-dimensional brain maps. 1he Jlich neuros-
cientists are working together or oer ten years at a three-dimensional brain
model based on structural, unctional, genetic and molecular data.
Source o inormation: Article in Scientist o April 2012 - Image: Scientist
Erder in the Cere1ral Corte6 StructureJun*le
PAGE 18 MAE JOURNAL
In a study published in Nutrition Research, resear-
chers looked at the association o out-o-hand nut
,OOlN, consumption with nutrient intake, diet
quality and the prealence o risk actors or cardio-
ascular disease and metabolic syndrome in both
children and adults. Consumers o OOlN, inclu-
ding tree nuts ,almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazel-
nuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts,, had higher inta-
kes o energy, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated ats ,the good ats, and
dietary iber, and lower intakes o carbohydrates, cholesterol and sodium than
non-consumers. "Adult consumers also had a 19 decreased risk o hyperten-
sion and a 21 decreased risk o low high-density lipoprotein ,lDL - -the
good cholesterol, leels - both risk actors or metabolic syndrome and cardio-
ascular disease," stated Carol O'Neil, PhD, MPl, RD, lead author on the
paper and Proessor at Louisiana State Uniersity Agricultural Center. 1he
study looked at 24,385 indiiduals aged 2- years participating in the 1999-2004
National lealth and Nutrition Lxamination Sureys ,NlANLS,. Intake was
rom 24-hour recall data and OOlN consumers were deined as those who
consumed at least ' ounce o nuts per day, solely as nuts and not as part o
products ,i.e., in breads, cereals and bars., Interestingly, the percent o OOlN
consumers increased with age: 2.1 0.3, 2.6 0.3, 6.5 0.5, and
9.6 0.5 o those aged 2 to 11, 12 to 18, 19 to 50, and 51- years, respecti-
ely. "In all o the age groups, although energy intake was higher in OOlN
consumers than non-consumers, neither weight nor body mass index ,BMI,
was higher. 1his suggests that OOlN consumers are better able to balance
energy intake with energy output than non-consumers," stated Dr. O'Neil.
"1hese new data, along with preious research, show once again that nuts can
and should play an important role in a healthy diet," adds Maureen 1ernus,
M.S., R.D., Lxecutie Director o the International 1ree Nut Council Nutrition
Research & Lducation loundation ,INC NRLl,. "\ith current nut consump-
tion well below the recommended 1.5 ounces o nuts per day ,in the lDA qua-
liied health claim or nuts and heart disease, people should be encouraged to
grab a handul o nuts eery day. Lat them as a snack or throw some on yo-
gurt, salad or oatmeal.
Source: Nutrition Research, March 2012, Carol O'Neil, PhD, MPl, RD, Proessor at Louisiana
State Uniersity Agricultural Center, Image: wordpress.com
EE&0consume lo'er &pertension /isD )actor
Scientists at the Uniersity o Southamp-
ton in the UK, hae made a discoery
that improes our understanding o how
arteries control blood pressure. 1he in-
ding is expected to lead to better treat-
ments or cardioascular or heart disease. ligh blood pressure is a risk actor
in deeloping heart disease, a growing public health issue that was responsible
or one in three deaths in the UK in 2009. Discoering a new process which
controls how arteries work, and inding that it can be modiied in the laborato-
ry, raises a strong possibility or deeloping new medicines that may lead to
better ways o treating cardioascular disease." Arteries control blood pressure
by balacing two processes: one, that constricts the artery wall and another, that
relaxes it. But in people at risk o deeloping high blood pressure or atheroscle-
rosis, there is more constriction, impeding the ree low o blood, which inc-
reases the risk or heart attack and stroke. 1he process through which arteries
constrict their muscle walls relies on molecules called Licosanoids. 1hese at-
like compounds are made with the help o enzymes that break down polyunsa-
turated ats. By studying what happens in rats, the team discoered that the
polyunsaturated ats used to make the eicosanoids are made by muscle cells in
the arteries, and not taken rom blood, as preiously thought. 1hey experimen-
ted with deactiating two enzymes, that help make the polyunsaturated ats.
1hey ound this reduced arterial constriction, leading to reer blood low, the-
reby lowering the risk or high blood pressure. 1hey also ound "epigenetic
switches" behind this process that may explain why some arteries show early
signs o causing high blood pressure. One switch controls a key gene or ma-
king polyunsaturated ats, while another switch oer-compensates or this.
Lpigenetics is the study o how changes in gene actiity that do not change
genetic code still get passed on to the next generation. It has led to the concept
o the "epigenome", an additional layer o instructions in the cellular material
that controls gene expression. Put ery crudely, it is as though the genome in
DNA contains all the instructions or making an indiidual, but the epigenome
decides which instructions are obeyed. Lpigenetic inluences start early in lie,
een beore birth. 1he discoeries made in this study, or instance, show that
the amount and type o at that the mother consumes in pregnancy aects the
uture heart health o her ospring by changing the ability o their arteries to
control blood pressure.
Source: 3 April issue o PLoS ONL, British leart loundation ,Bll,, Image: wikipedia
Assist Arteries in constriction and rela6ation
PAGE 20 MAE JOURNAL
1his innoation brings the traditional Chinese martial and
healing arts to people with ambulatory impairment, thanks to
the technology and program deeloped by Zibin Guo, PhD,
o the Uniersity o 1ennessee Chattanooga. "1oo oten,
social and cultural barriers discourage people with physical
disabilities rom participating in itness actiities," said Zibin
Guo, PhD, who collaborated with the China Disabled People's lederation and
the 2008 Beijing Paralympics Committee to introduce the 1ai Chi \heelchair
at the 2008 Beijing Olympics,Paralympics Cultural lestial. "\heelchair 1ai
Chi can be practiced seated or those needing simple, low-impact, upper-body
exercise by integrating wheelchair motion with the gentle, dynamic lowing
moements o 1ai Chi. It lits the spirit and gie practitioners a sense o com-
mand o space." 1he 13 Posture \heelchair 1ai Chi incorporates 13 o the 24
1ai Chi moements and, according to Dr. Guo, the 13 Postures o \heelchair
1ai Chi transorms the wheelchair rom an assistie deice to a tool o empo-
werment and artistic expression. ,. 1ai Chi ,1aijiquan, has been part o Chinese
traditional medicine or thousands o years, but has not been an accessible
orm o martial arts, therapy or exercise or those with disabilities. Dr. Guo
estimates that 83 million people in China are liing with disabilities, particularly
those disabilities that limit mobility. Most o the 83 million lie in rural China
where "social and economic deelopment lags behind urban areas," he said.
le also cites a National lealth Interiew Surey that suggests that about 3
percent o people in the U.S. with disabilities hae no or inrequent physical
actiity. "Studies conducted in China and elsewhere suggest that these indiidu-
als, and especially wheelchair users, hae signiicantly lower sel-esteem and are
more ulnerable to depression," explained Dr. Guo. "1he rationale behind
deeloping \heelchair 1ai Chi as a itness and recreational alternatie or peo-
ple with ambulatory impairment was irst based on the documented beneits o
1ai Chi in terms o health, accessibility, low cost and acceptance in the popular
culture. Second, it was based on the perceied beneits or health and itness
that a modiied 1ai Chi could hae or people with ambulatory impairment."
1he gentle and slow moement o 1ai Chi is a perect training orm or people
with moement disabilities and enables improed body conditions, better me-
tabolic and blood pressure workout and increased sel-esteem, which leads to
increased liing conditions.
Source: April Issue o 1echnology and Innoation-Proceedings o the National Academy o
Inentors, Image: taiji-europa.de
8+postures TaiFiGuan desi*ned for 5isa1led
Researchers hae discoered a promising anti-
diabetic substance in the amorrutin class o natural
substances: the liquorice root. Chosen as the
"Medicinal plant 2012," researchers at the Max
Planck Institute or Molecular Genetics in Berlin
hae now discoered, that liquorice root also con-
tains substances with an anti-diabetic eect. 1hese amorrutins not only reduce
blood sugar, they are also anti-inlammatory and are ery well tolerated. 1hus,
they may be suitable or use in the treatment o complex metabolic disorders.
Natural substances hae a surprising and oten largely unexploited potential in
the preention and treatment o common diseases. lor example, liquorice root
Glycyrrhiza contains dierent substances, that help to alleiate disorders o the
airways and digestie system. It has been used or millennia in traditional hea-
ling and is mainly administered in the orm o tea. A team o researchers wor-
king with Sascha Sauer rom the Max Planck Institute or Molecular Genetics
in Berlin has now discoered, that the plant rom the papilionaceae or legumi-
nous amily might also be eectie in the treatment o adult ,type 2, diabetes.
1he scientists identiied a group o natural substances with an anti-diabetic
eect, the amorrutins, in the plant's edible root. 1he substances, which hae a
simple chemical structure, are not only ound in liquorice root, but are also in
the ruit o the Amorpha ruticosa bush. 1he new anti-diabetic agents were
named ater this plant, which is natie to the US, Canada and Mexico. Moreo-
er, they also preent atty lier -- a common disease caused by excessiely at-
rich nutrition. "1he health-beneicial eects are based on the act that the a-
morrutin molecules dock directly onto a receptor in the nucleus called
PPAR," explains Sascha Sauer. PPAR plays an important role in the cell's at
and glucose metabolism. 1he binding o the amorrutin molecules actiates
arious genes, that reduce the plasma concentration o certain atty acids and
glucose. 1he reduced glucose leel preents the deelopment o insulin re-
sistance -- the main cause o adult diabetes. "Although there are already drugs
on the market, that aect the PPAR receptor, they are not selectie enough in
their eect and cause side eects like weight gain and cardio-ascular prob-
lems," says Sascha Sauer. In contrast, as demonstrated by the studies carried
out to date, the amorrutins are ery well tolerated. 1he researchers deeloped
special extraction processes to obtain the amorrutins rom the plant in sui-
cient concentrations. 1his could be used to produce amorrutin extracts on an
industrial scale.
Source: Science Daily, 1.04.2012, Image: otolia, \es Roland
CiGuorice /oot B the Medicinal Plant ><8>
To6ic TCM7 Products under suspiction
PAGE 22 MAE JOURNAL
Researchers at Murdoch Uniersity, Austra-
lia hae used new DNA sequencing techno-
logy to reeal the animal and plant composi-
tion o imported traditional Chinese medici-
nes ,1CMs,. Some o the 1CM samples
tested contained potentially toxic plant in-
gredients, allergens, and traces o endange-
red animals. 1CMs hae a long cultural
history, but today consumers need to be
aware o the legal and health saety issues
beore adopting them as a treatment opti-
on,` said Dr Bunce, research leader at Murdoch Uniersity. 1he 15 1CM sam-
ples, seized by Australian border oicials, in the orm o powders, tablets,
capsules, lakes and herbal teas were audited using the DNA presered in the
samples. In total we ound 68 dierent plant amilies in the medicines - they
are complex mixtures o species,` said Dr Bunce. Some o the 1CMs contai-
ned plants o the genus Lphedra and Asarum. 1hese plants contain chemicals
that can be toxic i the wrong dosage is taken, but none o them actually listed
concentrations on the packaging.` \e also ound traces rom trade restricted
animals that are classiied as ulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered,
including the Asiatic black bear and Saiga antelope.` Until now it has been
diicult to determine the biological origins o ingredients contained within
1CMs because processing into pills and powders makes identiication diicult.
PhD student Megan Coghlan, who is studying the application o DNA techni-
ques in wildlie orensic applications, said, that the research shows, that se-
cond-generation, high throughput sequencing is an eicient and cost-eectie
way to audit the species composition. 1he approach has the ability to unrael
complex mixtures o plant and animal products,` Ms Coghlan said. lurther
testing o 1CMs would reeal the extent o the problem and make it easier or
customs oicials to identiy the trade o endangered species. 1he increasing
popularity o the medicines has seen the alue o the industry increase to
hundreds o millions o dollars per annum. \e ound multiple samples that
contained DNA rom animals listed as trade-restricted according to the Con-
ention on International 1rade in Lndangered Species Legislation. Put simply,
these 1CMs are not legal,` said Ms. Coghlan.
Another concern is the mislabelling
o 1CMs, meaning consumers are
unaware o the presence o some
ingredients, including animal DNA
and potential allergens such as soy or
nuts. A product labelled as 100 per
cent Saiga antelope contained consi-
derable quantities o goat and sheep
DNA,` said Dr Bunce. Another
product, Mongnan 1ianbao pills,
contained deer and cow DNA, the latter o which may iolate some religious
or cultural strictures.` Incorrect labelling makes it diicult to enorce legislati-
on and to prosecute cases o illegal trade. It is hoped that this new approach
to genetically audit medicinal products will bring about a new leel o regulati-
on to the area o complementary and alternatie medicine,` Dr Bunce said.
Auditing 1CMs would assist in prosecuting indiiduals who seek to proit
rom the illegal trade in animal products.` 1he Australian Customs and Border
Protection Serice and the International \ildlie 1rade Section ,Department o
Sustainability, Lnironment, \ater, Population and Communities, supplied the
seized 1CM samples that were tested in this research. Dr Bunce and his team
plan to expand the use o these new DNA tests to ealuate other herbal medi-
cines.
Source: PLoS Genetics, 2012, 8 ,4,: e100265 DOI: 10.131,journal.pgen.100265,, Images: 1.
PLoS Genetics, 2012, 8 ,4,: e100265 DOI: 10.131,journal.pgen.100265,, 2. \ikipedia 1CM
To6ic TCM7 Products under suspiction part >
Aristolochic acid ,AA,, a component o a plant used in herbal remedies since
ancient times, leads to kidney ailure and upper urinary tract cancer ,UUC, in
indiiduals exposed to the toxin. In a study o 151 UUC patients in 1aiwan,
where the incidence o UUC is the highest reported anywhere in the world and
where Aristolochia herbal remedies hae been widely used, Arthur Grollman,
M.D., Distinguished Proessor o Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook Uni-
ersity School o Medicine and an international team o scientists, conclude
that exposure to AA is a primary contributor to the incidence o UUC in 1ai-
wan.
Source: Proceedings o the National Academy o Science, USA, April 2012
To6ic TCM7 Products under suspiction +
A surey amongst medical students by the Ger-
man lartmannbund has shown, that 0 per-
cent reject a 4-month-duty or a general medici-
ne section o the Practical \ear, which is a
mandatory part o the medical studies in Ger-
many. 1his result is part o a surey conducted
by the lartmannbund amongst 4,500 medical
students on the "luture o the medical proession". 1his result proes the
trend, that the proession o the general medical practicioner in Germany is not
interesting anymore. In the last years the number o registered medical oices
is notable reduced.
by 3A&%' Source: Press-inormation o lartmannbund 03-2012, Image: schwesternschat-bonn-
drk.de
2eneral Medicine Practicioners vanish
PAGE 24 MAE JOURNAL
In Germany the Legislation has elaborated a
legal task. 1his task has to design project
models, which enable the transer o medical
exercises rom practicioners to caregiers.
An article in the German Arzte Zeitung
,Doctors Newspaper, rom April, 18. 2012
concludes, that doctors and nurses know,
that they need each other more in uture and that they hae to work together
more closely, but there is a disagreement amongst the parties about the timeli-
ne or the implementation o appropriate pilot projects and the respectie ees.
Dr. Andreas Kohler, Chairman o the German KBV stated: 1he problem is,
that the caregiers ocus on the doctors income. 1hereor the substitution o
medical exercises to other healthcare proessions is actually blocked in Germa-
ny, although the decision-making process to deine this legal task has already
lasted 3 years. 1he decision bases on the premise, that the actie medical doc-
tor will still hae the sole responsability or the treatment o its patients. 1he
normatie allows specially trained nurses in the indications o diabetes mellitus
type 1 and 2, dementia, chronic wounds, or example leg ulcers and hypertensi-
on, to take oer medical tasks. 1he procedures include, or example, in diabetes
mellitus type 2 the detection o polypharmacy in age, counseling training in
hypertension and nutrition, the care o chronic wounds and prescribing means.
Source: Arzteblatt April 2012 and Noember 2011, Image: Arzteblatt
$uestion 'ho *ets 'hat7 1locDs Transfer Polic
Researchers rom Leeds Metropolitan Unier-
sity tested the eect o thyme, marigold and
myrrh tinctures on Propionibacterium acnes --
the bacterium that causes acne by inecting
skin pores and orming spots, which range
rom white heads through to puss-illed cysts.
1he group ound, that while all the preparati-
ons were able to kill the bacterium ater ie
minutes exposure, thyme was the most eectie o the three. \hat's more,
they discoered, that thyme tincture had a greater antibacterial eect than stan-
dard concentrations o benzoyl peroxide -- the actie ingredient in most anti-
acne creams or washes. Dr Margarita Gomez-Lscalada, who is leading the re-
search project, explained how tinctures are made rom plants and herbs. "1he
plant material is steeped in alcohol or days or een weeks to prepare a tinctu-
re. 1his process draws out the actie compounds rom the plant. \hile thyme,
marigold and myrrh are common herbal alternaties to standard antibacterial
skin washes, this is the irst study to demonstrate the eect they hae on the
bacterium that causes the inection leading to acne," she said. 1he researchers
used a standard in itro model, that is used to test the eect o dierent sub-
stances applied to the skin. 1he eects o the tinctures were measured against
an alcohol control -- proing their antibacterial action was not simply due to
the sterilizing eect o the alcohol they are prepared in. 1hese initial indings
pae the way or more research into the use o tinctures as a treatment or ac-
ne. "\e now need to carry out urther tests in conditions that mimic more
closely the skin enironment and work out at the molecular leel how these
tinctures are working. I thyme tincture is proen to be as clinically eectie as
our indings suggest, it may be a natural alternatie to current treatments,"
explained Dr Gomez-Lscalada. A herbal treatment or acne would be ery
welcome news -- particularly or acne suerers, who experience skin sensitiity.
"1he problem with treatments containing benzoyl peroxide is the side-eects
they are associated with," said Dr Gomez-Lscalada. "A burning sensation and
skin irritation are not uncommon. lerbal preparations are less harsh on the
skin due to their anti-inlammatory properties while our results suggest they
can be just as, i not more, eectie than chemical treatments."
Source: Society or General Microbiology's Spring Conerence in Dublin, Image: tworog.com,
thyme
Thme a*ainst Acne
A group called "Nurses or Laughter" at Ore-
gon lealth Sciences Uniersity wear buttons
that say: "\arning: lumor May Be lazar-
dous to \our Illness." A amily practitioner
at New Jersey's School o Osteopathic Medi-
cine, Dr. Marin L. lerring, said, "1he di-
aphragm, thorax, abdomen, heart, lungs and
een the lier are gien a massage during a
hearty laugh." And Dr. \illiam l. lry o
Stanord Uniersity said that "laughter stimu-
lates the production o the alertness hormones catecholamines. 1hese hormo-
nes in turn cause the release o endorphins in the brain. Lndorphins oster a
sense o relaxation and well-being and dull the perception o pain." A Brazilian
health center is treating patients who suer rom depression, stress and diabe-
tes with "laughter therapy." Patients are encouraged to "laugh out loud to-
gether." 1his same report claims that laughter therapy cuts health care costs,
burns calories, helps arteries, and boosts blood low. Oer the years, many
physical beneits to laughter hae been reported by doctors and health care
proessionals. lere are just a ew: Decrease in stress hormone leels,
Strengthening o the immune system, Muscle relaxation, Pain reduction, Lowe-
ring o blood pressure, Cardioascular conditioning, Natural anti-depressant.
Neuroscientist, Jodi Deluca, Ph.D., o Lmbry-Riddle Aeronautical Uniersity
said, "It doesn't matter why you laugh. Len in small doses, it improes our
oerall quality o lie." Anne Asher stated: Laughter is more than just a res-
ponse to humor. Laughter is a great workout that boosts the immune system,
increases circulation, oers beneits to the heart, and more. Scientiic studies
show that laughter has positie eects on the heart, blood essels, stress hor-
mones, mental health and amily relationships. 1hese health beneits o laugh-
ter all contribute to smoother oerall unctioning, which in turn speeds injury
healing and helps manage chronic pain. But why is that unny ,or not unny,
as the case may be, luman beings loe to laugh, and the aerage adult laughs
ca. 1 times a day. lumans loe to laugh so much that there are actually in-
dustries built around laughter. Jokes, sitcoms and comedians are all designed to
get us laughing, because laughing eels good. lor us it seems so natural, but the
unny thing is that humans are one o the only species that laughs.
2elotolo*BCau*hin* as a Therap
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Laughter is actually a complex response that inoles
many o the same skills used in soling problems.
Laughter is a great thing -- that's why we'e all heard
the saying, "Laughter is the best medicine." 1here is
strong eidence that laughter can actually improe
health and help ight disease. As a matter o act,
laughter is a "speaking in tongues" in which we're
moed not by religious eror but by an unconscious
response to social and linguistic cues. Stripped o its ariation and nuance,
laughter is a regular series o short owel-like syllables usually transcribed as
"ha-ha," "ho-ho" or "hee-hee." 1hese syllables are part o the uniersal human
ocabulary, produced and recognized by people o all cultures. In the last
middle o the last century scientists started seriously in researching Laughter.
1he science is called Gelotology. Gelotology ,rom the Greek gelos, meaning
laughter, is the study o laughter and its eects on the body, rom a psycholo-
gical and physiological perspectie. Its proponents oten adocate induction o
laughter on therapeutic grounds in complementary medicine. 1he ield o study
was pioneered by \illiam l. lry o Stanord Uniersity. Seeral types o thera-
py hae emerged which use laughter to help patients. lumor and Laughter
1herapy consist o the use o humorous materials such as books, shows, mo-
ies, or stories to encourage spontaneous discussion o the patients' own hu-
morous experiences. 1his can be proided indiidually or in a group setting.
1he process is acilitated by a clinician. It can also be used in conersation bet-
ween medical proessionals and patients. Laughter Meditation possesses simila-
rities to traditional meditation. loweer, it is the laughter that ocuses the per-
son to concentrate on the moment. 1hrough a three stage process o stret-
ching, intentional laughing, and a period o meditatie silence. It is sometimes
done in group settings. Laughter \oga is somewhat similar to traditional yoga,
it is an exercise which incorporates breathing, yoga, and stretching techniques,
along with laughter. 1he structured ormat includes seeral laughter exercises
or a period o 30 to 45 minutes acilitated by a trained indiidual. It can be
used as supplemental or preentatie therapy.
by -A&-, Sources: Articels by Anne Asher, About.com, April 2012, 1he New \ork 1imes,
1988 lealth Update, USA, Mary lairchild, Christianity, March 2012, Rober Proine,
Psychology 1oday, Noember 2000, \ikipedia, Images: www.imgtrade.biz,lachen-aapjes.jpg,
www.health,howstuworks.com
2elotolo*BCau*hin* as a Therap part >
Burnout is a modern scourge or ,western,
mankind. Although it is not recognized in the
US-DSM ,Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
o Mental Disorders,, it is known in the ICD-
10 ,International Statistical Classiication o
Diseases and Related lealth Problems, under
the Code Z3.0 ,Problems related to lie-
management diiculty,. 1his phenomen o
long-time exhaustion and lowered interest is
strongly related to business aairs, as it
appears oten to Managers and responsable personalities. 1his led or some
time in the early 90s een to the oppinion in Multinationals Management
lloors, that Managers, who do not suer a Burnout Syndrom, were not
engaged suiciently. 1he researchs done show a signiicant negatie inluence
in labour perormance. 1hese were the reasons, why Burnout was swited in
the ield o luman Resource Aspects, such as lRM ,luman Resource
Management,, lCP ,luman Capital Programs,, LAP ,Lmployee Assistance
Programs, and CSR ,Corporate Social Responsibility,. A report o the German
Dekra` estimated the amount o enterprise losses due to absences to more
than 43 Bilion Luros per annum in Germany. A study in Austria and Suisse
done in 2008 by a group o researchers called Business Docs` showed a total
risk o 19 o the population. 1he researchers aried their studies by dierent
proessions. 1hey sureyed especially teacher, I1-specialists, Insurance and
Bank clerks and traders. 1he result showed the highest rate o aected people
by I1s, ollowed by teachers, traders and clerks. 1he study showed also, that in
all 3 age categories ,40, 41-50 and 50, the risk is equally high. 1he most
well-studied measurement o burnout in the literature is the Maslach Burnout
Inentory. 1his indicator has become the standard tool or measuring burnout
in research on the syndrome. 1he Maslach Burnout Inentory uses a three-
dimensional description o exhaustion, cynicism and ineicacy. Maslach and
her colleague, Michael Leiter, deined the antithesis o burnout as engagement.
Lngagement is characterized by energy, inolement and eicacy, the deined
opposites o exhaustion, cynicism and ineicacy. 1he health related outcomes
o Burnout are increases in stress hormones, coronary heart diseases,
circulatory issues and mental health problems, such as depression etc.. A recent
dutch study showed, that the general practicioners experience the highest
number o patients. 1he risk rate was igured up to 40 o all patients.
4urnout B a modern Scour*e
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In June 2010 the German Social
Insurance Company 1echni ker
Krankenkasse published the results o
their study, that proes, that a third o
the German working population
suer symptoms o Burnout
Syndroms. Len young people and
more and more housewies are
aected. At the sight o these
important numbers it is not surprising,
that a lot o money or research and preention programs has been made
aailable by the labour lobby and the big employers. 1he German locus`
published an interesting article, stating that, the term Burnout has become a
real buzzword, a psychotherapist rom the Uniersity lospital Jena said in an
interiew with the news agency dpa`: "Burnout is not an illness." Oten there
is rather a depression or a precursor behind. Also, anxiety and addictions may
be hidden behind it. 1he term burnout comes rom the work o Peikert
according labour psychology and describes the core as consequences o
excessie emotional stress o people through their jobs. Actually, ery
dedicated people, oten in the assisting proessions such as teachers or doctors,
eel burned out, disinterested, een cynical about their proession. In the public
perception the label is used or a ariety o ague symptoms. As the Burnout
Syndrom is not recognized as a disease, but on the other hand related to lie
conditions and mental aspects, it is predestinated or a huge ield o CAM-
therapies. It is proen, that preention is the best way to aoid Burnout.
People hae to be coached with knowledge about stress and critical acts. 1hey
hae to learn to relax and to change their way o regarding problems and
situations. 1his is, why Meditation, lloating, 1aiji, \oga and Ayureda hae
such a big success by preenting Burnout. MAL members reported lately also a
positie eect o certain ood supplements, such as the known Sir Antons
Secret`, which allows a higher stress resistance by its ingredients. MAL inites
all interested parties to submit their participation in organizing a pan-Luropean
context or preention, bringing together multinationals, healthcare
practicioners, public insurance companies and patients.
by 3A&%' Source o inormation: Articles in Psycological Reports, Netherlands, March 2011,
\ikipedia, Dekra, Business Docs, ocus online, Greenbroich.1V, Images: 1~greenbroicht.de,
2~ocus.de
4urnout B a modern Scour*e part >
lor many years Iranian experts are experien-
cing CAM on a scientiic leel. As a country, in
which the Religion has a major inluence, the
public institutes receie inancial means to
sustain scientiic studies in ields, which are
less recognized in western countries, where the
scolastic medicine dominates the lealthcare
sector. In this edition, MAL wants to share some interesting inormation
through recent published studies, which show interesting eects:
Objecties:
Intercessory prayer ,IP, is one o the newly recognized holistic treatment me-
thods and its eectieness has been documented on the management o die-
rent diseases such as coronary heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and inertili-
ty. 1his study aims to determine its eectieness on erritin and blood indices
o major thalassemic patients.
Materials and methods:
1his was a beore - ater study assessing seen patients isited at an outpatient
clinic who receied IP in addition to their routine treatment. In all IP was per-
ormed 5.86 times or each patient as close-laying o hands and 6 times as re-
mote IP. Beore the study, the mean hemoglobin was 9. mg,dl, which increa-
sed to 10.8 aterwards ,p~0.028,. Mean serum erritin was 2246.8 beore the
interention which decreased to 1680.8 aterwards. Blood transusion interal
doubled in our patients. Dizziness and atigue, which were reported by two
patients beore interention, disappeared aterwards. 1hree patients reported
an improement in their school perormance ater the study.
Conclusion:
1his pilot study showed Intercessory prayer was eectie in increasing he-
moglobin and transusion interal, decreasing erritin and improing school
perormance in patients with major thalassemia. A larger randomized trial is
suggested to conirm the results.
Source: Jahangir A., Artesh Uniersity o Medical Sciences, Matoon l., lealth Metrics Research
Center, Iranian Institute or lealth Sciences Research, ACLCR, 1ehran, Iran., Khodaii Sh., &
Karbakhsh M., 1ehran Uniersity o Medical Sciences, Image: www.irstminden.org
Intercessor Praer an Iranian Pilot Stud
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As described also in the last article, Iranian
scientists are enabled to eect scientiic studies
on CAM. 1he Islamic Religion knows about
the healthy eects o Prayers. lor Muslims it is
a normal habit to call the Imam ,1heologist,, i
someone is ill. Under this reerence, another
interesting publication was done on MS pati-
ents recently: A recitation o Surah Al-lamd and 1owhid is analysed by its
eects on quality o lie in patients suering multiple sclerosis ,MS,.
Objecties:
1he study aimed to examine the eect o intercessory prayer on the lies o
MS patients.
Methods:
1his beore - and - ater study was perormed on 12 MS patients admitted to a
healthcare clinic. 1he patients were told about the interention and illed in the
inormed consent. Lery week hands - on and remote recitation o lamd and
1owhid Surahs was perormed or 8 consecutie weeks. Quality o lie was
measured beore and ater the trail with multiple sclerosis quality o lie
,MAQOL - 54,. \ilcoxon singed ranks test through SPSS ersion 10 was used
or non - parametric statistical analysis.
Result:
1he results show a signiicant enhancement in the area o physical health ener-
gy and physical health composite, P~0.04, P~0.02 and P~0.02 respectiely. All
o them also announced subjectie improement in their motiation and
mood.
Conclusion:
1his study shows the eectieness o intercessory prayer on some aspects o
the quality o lie in a chronic disease such as multiple sclerosis. Controlled
studies with larger sample size and longer ollow - up period are recommended
to support this eect.
Source: Jahangir A., Artesh Uniersity o Medical Sciences, Matoon l. & larzadi, l., lealth
Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute or lealth Sciences Research, ACLCR, 1ehran, Iran.,
Khodaii Sh., & Karbakhsh M., 1ehran Uniersity o Medical Sciences, Sadighi, J., lamily lealth
Research Group, lealth Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute or lealth Sciences Research,
ACLCR, 1ehran, Iran, Image: www.religionnerd.com
Praer Therap on Multiples Sclerosis
Bio-Stimulation is a natural biological process,
whereby our body produces electric energy at
each cell membrane to support its arious me-
tabolic unctions, including healing and rejue-
nation, under optimum health. \hen the body
is impaired or some reasons, such as physical
injury, stress, pollution, onset or progression o disease etc., the natural pro-
duction o such energy is also impaired. In the middle o the 19th century, Mr.
Lmil Du Bois-Reymond, a physiologist, ound a certain ariety o electric ener-
gy, which our body emits as a normal reaction to injuries. 1his obseration led
to the works on the use o mimicked energies on healing wounds by Pro. Dr.
med. lolzer during the Second \orld \ar in Austria, using an electrical ma-
chine that introduced external energy similar to the bodys biological energy.
Since then, there had been many research and inestigation on the use o mic-
ro-current in modern medicine. Bio-Stimulation is approed not only in Luro-
pe but also in the United States or medical use, especially in pain management
and psychological care. Bio-Stimulation employs a current in microamperes.
1his amount o current is gentle and not oreign to our body. Stronger currents
are ound to irritate the tissues. In comparison with other orms o electro-
therapy, such as LGS, 1LNS and Intererence, which work on a much higher
energy low, Bio-Stimulation introduces energy that is biologically compatible
with what our body naturally produces, thereby proiding an almost non-
inasie platorm or natural healing and stimulation o metabolic unctions.
Bio-Stimulation has been proen as ollows:
cell regeneration is enhanced through increased protein-synthesis
,0,, A1P-production ,500, and transport at the cell membrane
,30-40,. ,Cheng et. al., 1989 in Clinical Orthopaedics, USA,
oerall circulation is improed, with the eect o remoing long stored
waste products and increasing cellular metabolism so quickly that there
is oten a detoxiication reaction ater treatment ,Dr. Daid G. \oung,
N.D. Certiied Micro-current Specialist,
wounds heal in hal a time ,Pri. Doz. Dr. med. Rdiger Schellenberg,
Chairman o the International Board or Medical Bio-Stimulation,
Source: lorst Kieserling, master-concept, Germany, Image: www.master-concept.de
4ioStimulation Technolo* meets 0ature
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More than one third o patients in the United States use
complementary and alternatie medicine ,CAM,, most also
isit conentional physicians. 1here is little inormation about
how physicians and patients discuss CAM. \e hypothesized
that physicians requently experience questions about CAM
treatments but elt uncomortable discussing them, owing to a
lack o education.
Objecties:
1o surey physicians, in order to see how they discussed CAM with their pati-
ents and what actors inluenced discussions and reerrals.
Methods:
A total o 51 physicians in Dener area were asked about their experience
with CAM and communication about CAM with patients. Analyses were con-
ducted using the SAS system ,ersion 6, 1989, SAS Institute Inc, Cary, NC,.
Results:
O the 05 delierable sureys, 302 ,43, were returned: 6 o physicians
reported haing patients using CAM, 59 had been asked about speciic CAM
treatments, 48 had recommended CAM to a patient, and 24 had personally
used CAM. Physician recommendation o CAM was most strongly associated
with physician sel-use ,odds ratio, 6.98, P.001,. lew physicians elt comor-
table discussing CAM with their patients, and the oerwhelming majority
,84, thought they needed to learn more about CAM to adequately address
patient concerns.
Conclusions:
Lducation about CAM modalities is a signiicant unmet need among Dener
physicians and education may help alleiate the discomort physicians hae
when answering patients' questions about CAM. Physicians who use CAM
treatments themseles are much more likely to recommend CAM or their
patients than physicians who do not.
Source: Departments o Rehabilitation Medicine and Medicine, Uniersity o Colorado lealth
Sciences Center ,Dr \inslow, and lealthONL Alliance ,Dr Shapiro,, Dener Colo. Dr \inslow
is now with the Center or Integratie Medicine, Uniersity o Colorado lospital, Aurora , Image:
www.archiee-balance.net
Phsicians reGuest more education in CAM
1his study was done to document the prealence
and patterns o use o alternatie medical therapies
as well as their perceied eectieness by patients
in a rehabilitation medicine outpatient practice.

Design:
Cross-sectional surey by written questionnaire.
Setting:
An urban rehabilitation medicine outpatient reerral oice.
Patients:
A random sample o 103 patients reerred or rehabilitation outpatient care,
while waiting or their appointment, were gien a questionnaire addressing
their use o alternatie therapies.
Main Outcome Measures:
Use o alternatie therapies and their perceied eectieness.
Results:
One or more alternatie medical therapies had been used by 29.1 o subjects
in the past 12 months or their presenting problem. 1he most common thera-
pies were massage, chiropractic, itamin and mineral supplementation and acu-
puncture. Musculoskeletal pain syndromes inoling the spine and extremities
were the most common problems or which patients sought both physiatric
and alternatie care. O the patients who used alternatie treatments 53 re-
ported some degree o eicacy.
Conclusions:
A signiicant proportion o rehabilitation medicine patients use and requently
perceie a beneit rom alternatie therapies, particularly massage, chiropractic,
itamin and mineral supplementation and acupuncture. Incorporating alternati-
e therapies into physiatric practice is a desirable uture direction or the speci-
alty ,
Source: Article in Daily Science, Rehabilitation and CAM, April 2012, Image:
www.sportmedizin.uni-rankurt.de
A Stud a1out CAM ! /eha1ilitation
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In the 2004 Australian representatie population sam-
ple, 52.2 ,n ~ 154, o the sample said they had used
a CAM oer the past year. CAM use was greatest in
women, indiiduals with post-secondary school educa-
tion, in the 25-44-year age bracket, respondents with
household income oer >30 000, those who lie in the
metropolitan area and in those who were born in
Australia. Lower use was reported or those older than 65 years, separated or
diorced, with no post-secondary school education, and those who lied in a
household with incomes totalling less than >30 000. Respondents reported sel-
prescribed itamins as the most used ,39.2 o all respondents,, ollowed by
herbal medicines ,20.6, and mineral supplements ,13.6,. Aromatherapy
,11.2, was the only other category mentioned by more than 5 o the sam-
ple. Longitudinal comparison with similar studies carried out in 1993 and
2000 showed a strong consistency among the total CAM use in South Australia
,50 in 1993, 52.1 in 1993 and 52.2 in 2004,. 1he use o herbal medicine
has risen in both men and women, with women`s use increasing rom 16.6 o
emale respondents in 2000 to 24.9 in 2004 ,_2 ~ 35.1, P 0.01,. 1he prima-
ry reason or using CAMs was or general health. 1he reasons or use o CAMs
diered with age, marital status and education. lor example, use o CAMs or
blood or circulation and muscles, bones or joints increased with age, whereas
use or the immune system decreased with age, those who had neer married
had a higher use o CAMs or the immune system ,23.3,, those who were
separated or diorced had higher use or neres or stress ,2.3,, and those
who had completed a bachelor degree or higher had a higher use o CAM pro-
ducts or both general health ,., and the immune system ,25., and a
lower use or muscles, bones and joints ,13.6,. 1he mean expenditure repor-
ted by all CAM users on the cost o CAM per month was >21.23. \omen
spent signiicantly more on CAM per month ,>23.24, than men did ,>18.50,
,t ~ 2.5, d ~ 1248, P 0.01,. 1he total expenditure on CAMs was >161 milli-
on. 1he mean annual expenditure on CAM therapists was AUD >225. 1he cost
o CAM therapists in 2004 was >616 million.
Source: 1he continuing use o complementary and alternatie medicine in South Australia: costs
and belies in 2004, Alastair l MacLennan, Stephen P Myers and Anne \ 1aylor, Med J Aust
2006, 184 ,1,: 2-31, Image: www.them.pro
Australian CAM statistics
"It is my hope that this study will demonstrate acupuncture's
easibility with regard to improing health among the elderly
and medical patients. Our indings could identiy acupunctu-
re as the primary nonpharmacological treatment to preent
skeletal muscle atrophy in the uture," says Akiko Onda, an
acupuncturist and graduate student at the \aseda Uniersity
School o Sport Sciences, who has been conducting a series
o studies on skeletal muscle atrophy or the past our years.
ler presentation was on April 23, at the American Society
or Biochemistry and Molecular Biology annual meeting, which is part o
LB2012. Loss o skeletal muscle mass has a proound eect on the ability o
the elderly and the sick to engage in physical actiity. Because skeletal muscle
has high plasticity, interentions such as exercise training, improed nutrition
and mechanical stimulation are oten recommended to preent atrophy. Unor-
tunately, these can be challenging goals or those who are already rail or who
hae seere medical conditions. Onda insists an alternatie nonpharmacologi-
cal interention is urgently required, and so she and her collaborators in two
labs at \aseda Uniersity decided to explore how acupuncture aects skeletal
muscle at the molecular leel. "1he main ocus o this study is changes in the
mRNA expression leels o muscle-speciic atrophic genes such as atrogin-1,"
Onda says. "Muscle mass and structure are determined by the balance between
protein degradation and synthesis." 1he team showed that decreases in muscle
mass in mice and in the mRNA expression leel o the L3 ubiquitin ligase atro-
gin-1 can be signiicantly reersed by acupuncture. In spite o the \orld
lealth Organization's endorsement o acupuncture and the widespread use o
acupuncture as a treatment or arious diseases, acupuncture is still regarded by
many as obscure and suspicious, and its underlying molecular mechanisms are
almost completely unknown. "Our results hae uncoered one molecular me-
chanism responsible or the eicacy o acupuncture treatment and clariied its
useulness in preenting skeletal muscle atrophy in mice," Onda said. "\e ho-
pe to introduce acupuncture as a new strategy or preenting skeletal muscle
atrophy in the uture. lurther inestigations into its molecular mechanisms will
help to decrease the medical community's suspicion o acupuncture and proi-
de us with a better understanding o how acupuncture treatment preents ske-
letal muscle atrophy."
Source: Presentation at the Lxperimental Biology 2012 meeting, USA, April 2012 by Onda, Akiko,
Japan, Image: sciencedaily-newsletter
Acupuncture improve SDeletal Muscle Atroph
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UNC researchers describe how exploiting the mole-
cular mechanism behind acupuncture resulted in
six-day pain relie in animal models. 1hey call this
new therapeutic approach PAPupuncture. Principal
inestigator Mark J. Zylka, PhD, associate proessor
in the Department o Cell and Molecular Physiology
and the UNC Neuroscience Center, said this is a
promising study with prostatic acid phosphatase,
known as PAP. Seeral years ago, Zylka and mem-
bers o his lab documented how injecting PAP into the spine eased chronic
pain or up to three days in rodents. 1he only problem was PAP's deliery.
"Spinal injections are inasie and must be perormed in a clinical setting, and
hence are typically resered or patients with excruciating pain," said Zylka.
1hough he had neer receied acupuncture or researched traditional Chinese
medicine, Zylka said recent research showing how acupuncture relieed pain
caught his eye. "\hen an acupuncture needle is inserted into an acupuncture
point and stimulated, nucleotides are released. 1hese nucleotides are then con-
erted into adenosine," said Zylka. Adenosine has antinociceptie properties,
meaning adenosine can decrease the body's sensitiity to pain. 1he release o
adenosine oers pain relie, but or most acupuncture patients that relie typi-
cally lasts or a ew hours. "\e knew that PAP makes adenosine and lasts or
days ollowing spinal injection, so we wondered what would happen i we in-
jected PAP into an acupuncture point" 1o ind out, Zylka and his lab injected
PAP into the popliteal ossa, the sot tissue area behind the knee. 1his also
happens to be the location o the \eizhong acupuncture point. Remarkably,
they saw that pain relie lasted 100 times longer than a traditional acupuncture
treatment. \hat's more, by aoiding the spine the researchers could increase
the dose o PAP. A single injection was also eectie at reducing symptoms
associated with inlammatory pain and neuropathic pain. "Once you know
what chemicals are inoled, you can exploit the mechanism, as we did in our
study." 1he next step or PAP will be reining the protein or use in human
trials. PAP has the potential to last longer than a single injection o local a-
nesthetic -- the class o drugs used in regional anesthesia. "\hen it comes to
pain management, there is a clear need or new approaches that last or longer
periods o time," said Julie lurt, PhD, a postdoctoral ellow in Zylka's lab.
Source: Uniersity o North Carolina UNC-study Apil 2012, supported by the National Institute
o Neurological Disorders and Stroke, a component o the National Institutes o lealth, USA,
Image: UNC-study
PAPupuncture relief pain 8<<6 lon*er
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In this section o MAL Journal, you ind the latest news o our organization.
MAE internal
Medicina Alternatia Lurope ,MAL, welcomes its new
member. 1he national association Medicina Alternatia
Austria ,MAA1, has been ounded in March 2012. 1he
President is Mr. Peter A. Lberharter, who is a known
member o the CAM-society since long. le is known to
lots o people in relation to his actiities or healthy sleeping and the CLCS-
chip technology or electrosmog-absorption.
Medicina Alternativa *oes Austria
MAL welcomes cordially the support o the well-
known Airline 1l\. Mr. \usu Lkiz, respon-
sable or Marketing in the German headquarter
in Cologne has achieed a irst step o sponsor-
ship consisting in issuing ree tickets or MAL
eents. 1urkish Airlines is also Sponsor o Manchester United and lC Barcelo-
na and lies daily lots o Luropean and international destinations. MAL says
1hank you to 1urkish Airlines.
MAE receives Sponsorship from TurDish Airlines
Albania ,MA-ALB, has been ounded in December
2011. 1he President is Mr. Sami Matoshi, who is actie
in hypnosis and bio-energy therapies.
Medicina Alternativa *oes Al1ania
Sloakia ,MASK, has been ounded in Noember 2011.
1he President is Mrs. Jana Jaskoa, who is known or her
technical skills as an Lngineer in creating educational acilities.
Medicina Alternativa *oes SlovaDia
In this section o MAL Journal, you ind the latest news o our organization.
MAE internal
MAL proudly announces, that the
test phase o 1he Open Internatio-
nal Uniersity Digital Campus
,OIUDC, could be passed positie-
ly in the last six months. A group o
testers hae tried out the dierent
administratie and technical aspects
o the modern online-study-
platorm positiely. lor that reason, MAL decided to actiate the OIUDC
soon. \e will open the gates to our Digital Uniersity in two steps: lirst or
the business section o OIUDC, the OIU-Academy and in the second step also
or the academic section itsel, said Pro. Dr. lrancesco Rizzo, Vicepresident
o MAL and Director or 1eaching Program. All international docents, Pro-
Proessors and Proessors are inited to send their teaching curricula ,again, in
order to decide, which courses will be made aailable by whom soon. MAL
wishs to thank all the selless helpers, such as Rdiger Kannengiesser, Ahmet
Kck, Markus Siebeneicher and lots more.
The EIH 5i*ital Campus passes testphase
Medicina Alternatia Romania Lotus
,MARL,, who has achieed an inest-
ment cooperation with the well-known
constructor Mr. Mirca Nistreanu,
proudly inorms, that the construction
work is going on ery well. \e could
now inish the marellous transparent
roo construction, which allows an
unique ambiental impression whilest
exercising 1aiji, \oga or seminars, said Llena Muntean, President o MARL.
\ell-known and experienced medical doctors, who practice CAM since lots o
years, such as Dr. Larissa Dumbraa and Dr. Zoia Bitea are inoled in the
preparatory work or the opening. MAL congratulates all participants.
0istreanu Academic CAMCentre *oes on
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In this section o MAL Journal, you ind dierent therapies rom A to Z be-
longing to CAM with a short description:
CAM from AI
AccoustiD Therap
The Acc!"#$c The%&'( )&%$e" *%+ ,"$+'-e. !"&/e * h&%+0$c +e-1$e" &01
%h(#h+" # "'h$"#$c&#e1 #ech0$2!e" * !"$0/ "!01 &01 $#" )$3%&#$0 *% he&-$0/
'!%'"e" * 1$**e%e0# 1$"e&"e". 4h$-e #he "$+'-e *%+ $" *#e0 !"e1 &" &
"!''-e+e0# *% Me1$#&#$0 % #he% h-$"#$c &''%&che", #he #ech0$c&- %h(#h+ &01
"!01 +e#h1" !"e #he )$3%&#$0 % 5&)e" # "#$+!-&#e &01 h&%+0$6e %/&0$c
1$"%1e%" 3&c7 # #he$% 0&#!%&- 3&-&0ce.
Acupressure
8$+$-&% # &c!'!0c#!%e, 3!# !"$0/ *$0/e% '%e""!%e %&#he% #h&0 "'ec$&- 0ee1-e" 0
"'ec$*$c e0e%/e#$c '$0#" &-0/ #he 31(9" Me%$1$&0 8("#e+ # #%e&# &$-+e0#"
"!ch &" h('e%#e0"$0, "#%e"", &che", '&$0", +e0"#%!&- c%&+'", &%#h%$#$" e#c..
Acupuncture
8'ec$&- *$0e 0ee1-e" &%e $0"e%#e1 &# "'ec$*$c e0e%/e#$c +e%$1$&0 '$0#" #
"#$+!-&#e, 1$"'e%"e &01 %e/!-&#e #he *-5 * )$#&- e0e%/( &01 %e"#%e & he&-#h(
e0e%/( 3&-&0ce. I0 &11$#$0 # '&$0 %e-$e*, &c!'!0c#!%e $" &-" !"e1 # $+'%)e
5e-- 3e$0/ &01 #%e&# &c!#e, ch%0$c &01 1e/e0e%&#$)e c01$#$0" $0 ch$-1%e0 &01
&1!-#". Ac!'!0c#!%e $" 5%-15$1e %ec/0$6e1 &01 '%&c#$ce1.
Ale6ander TechniGue
The A-e:&01e% Tech0$2!e $" & +e#h1, #h&# 5%7" # ch&0/e ;+)e< h&3$#" $0
!% e)e%(1&( &c#$)$#$e". I# $" & "$+'-e &01 '%&c#$c&- +e#h1 *% $+'%)$0/ e&"e
&01 *%ee1+ * +)e+e0#, 3&-&0ce, "!''%# &01 c%1$0&#$0. The #ech0$2!e
#e&che" #he !"e * #he &''%'%$&#e &+!0# * e**%# *% & '&%#$c!-&% &c#$)$#(,
/$)$0/ (! +%e e0e%/( *% &-- (!% &c#$)$#$e".
Anthroposophical Medicine
A0#h%'"'h$c&- Me1$c$0e $0)-)e" &0 $0#e%0&#$0&--( %/&0$6e1 /%!' * 'e'-e
5h #h$07, #h&# R!1-* 8#e$0e% ;&0 A!"#%$&0 'h("$c$&0, 1861=1925< *!01 #he
!-#$+&#e #%!#h = #he &0#h%'"'h(. 8#e$0e% "&$1> ?( &0#h%'"'h(, I +e&0 &
"c$e0#$*$c $0)e"#$/&#$0 * #he "'$%$#!&- 5%-1 5h$ch 5$-- 3%$0/ # -$/h# #he
5e&70e""e"" &01 h&-*=#%!#h" 0# 0-( * "c$e0ce 3!# &-" * +1e%0 +("#$c$"+. I#
$" & +e#h1, 5h$ch, 3e*%e &##e+'#$0/ # $0)e"#$/&#e #he "'$%$#!&- 5%-1", *$%"#
1e)e-'" '"(ch$c '5e%" 0# 0%+&--( !"e1 $0 1&$-( -$*e % $0 c!%%e0# "c$e0#$*$c
%e"e&%ch.
Aromatherap
U"$0/ @e""e0#$&- $-"@ 1$"#$--e1 *%+ '-&0#", &%+&#he%&'( #%e&#" e+#$0&-
1$"%1e%" "!ch &" "#%e"" &01 &0:$e#(, &" 5e-- &" & 5$1e %&0/e * #he% &$-+e0#".
O$-" &%e +&""&/e1 $0# #he "7$0 $0 1$-!#e1 *%+, $0h&-e1, %
'-&ce1 $0 3&#h". A%+&#he%&'( $" *#e0 !"e1 $0 c0A!0c#$0 5$#h +&""&/e
#he%&'(, &c!'!0c#!%e, %e*-e:-/(, he%3&-/(, ch$%'%&c#$c, +e1$#&#$0 &01 #he%
h-$"#$c #%e&#+e0#".
CAM from AI
Astrolo*
A"#%-/( $" & h!+&0$"#$c &##e+'# #%($0/ # !01e%"#&01 #he c(c-e", #h&# 5e "h&%e
5$#h #he *%ce" $0 #he U0$)e%"e. The '-&0e#" h&)e c%%e"'01$0/ %!-e%"h$' #
ce%#&$0 )$#&+$0", +$0e%&-", ce-- "&-#", he%3", +e#&-", c-%" &01 '&%#" * #he 31(.
Th%!/h #he "'ec$&- A"#%-/( ch&%#, 0e c&0 "ee, 5h$ch 0&#&- he&-#h c01$#$0"
e:$"#. Th%!/h #he"e '%ece'#", 5e c&0 #he0 -7 &# #he '%e"e0# &01 $0# #he
*!#!%e # "ee 5h&# &%e&" * !% -$)e" &%e 3e$0/ &**ec#e1 &01 h5 5e '#e0#$&--(
c&0 he&1 ** $--0e"" &01 '%+#e 5e--0e"".
Atlas Ertho*onal
A#-&" O%#h/0&- $" & ch$%'%&c#$c '%/%&+ # e)&-!&#e &01 c%%ec# "!3-!:&#$0
3&"e1 0 "c$e0#$*$c &01 3$+ech&0$c&- '%ce1!%e". ?( $0c%'%&#$0/ #he -&#e"#
&1)&0ce+e0#" $0 "c$e0#$*$c #ech0-/(, ch$%'%&c#%" c&0 c&-c!-&#e, $0 '%ec$"e
1e#&$-, #he )ec#%" "'ec$*$c # &0 $01$)$1!&- "!3-!:&#$0 '&##e%0 &01 '%/%&+ #he$%
$0"#%!+e0# 5$#h #he "'ec$*$c c%%ec#$0 )ec#%" # 1e-$)e% #he &1A!"#+e0# 5$#h!#
&0( +&0$'!-&#$0 &# &--.
Auricular Therap
A0c$e0# E/('#$&0 5%$#$0/" "#&#e #h&# '&$0 c&0 3e %e-$e)e1 3( "#$+!-&#$0/ ce%#&$0
'$0#" 0 #he e&%. I0 #he 1800B", "e)e%&- '!3-$c&#$0" $01$c&#e1 #h&# #he%e 5e%e
"e)e%&- #ech0$2!e" * c&!#e%$6&#$0 &01 +&0$'!-&#$0 * #he e&%" # &$1 ce%#&$0
1$"%1e%". M&0( 3e0e*$#" c&0 3e &ch$e)e1 3( +&""&/$0/ &01 '&-'&#$0/ "'ec$*$c
'$0#" 0 #he e&%.
Auto*enic Trainin*
A +e#h1 *% &ch$e)$0/ %e-&:&#$0, 3&"e1 !'0 '&""$)e c0ce0#%&#$0 &01 31(
&5&%e0e"" * "'ec$*$c "e0"&#$0". I#" e**ec#$)e0e"" h&" 3ee0 "h50 $0 %e-$e)$0/
+&0( "#%e""=%e-&#e1 1$"%1e%" $0c-!1$0/ &0:$e#(, #e0"$0, $0"+0$& &01
e:&+$0&#$0 "#%e"". Pe%"0" 5$#h ch%0$c +e1$c&- c01$#$0" %&0/$0/ *%+
+$/%&$0e, c-$#$", $%%$#&3-e 35e- "(01%+e, 1$&3e#e", h$/h 3-1 '%e""!%e #
#h(%$1 1$"e&"e &01 +&0( #he% c01$#$0" h&)e &-" 3ee0 "h50 # 3e0e*$# *%+
#he '%&c#$ce * &!#/e0$c #%&$0$0/.
AutoHrine Therap
Th$" '%&c#$ce *%e"ee" #he !"e * 0eB" 50 !%$0e &" *1, +e1$c$0e, %e"#%&#$)e,
#%&0"*%+$0/ &/e0# &01 $++!0e "("#e+ 3"#e%. I# $" "+e#$+e" c&--e1 BC!%
O50 Dc#%B.
Aurvedic Medicine
P%&c#$ce1 $0 I01$& *% +%e #h&0 5,000 (e&%", &(!%)e1$c #%&1$#$0 h-1", #h&#
$--0e"" $" & "#&#e * $+3&-&0ce &+0/"# #he 31(B" "("#e+" #h&# c&0 3e 1e#ec#e1
#h%!/h "!ch 1$&/0"#$c '%ce1!%e" &" %e&1$0/ #he '!-"e &01 3"e%)$0/ #he
#0/!e. N!#%$#$0 c!0"e-$0/, +&""&/e, 0&#!%&- +e1$c&#$0", +e1$#&#$0 &01
#he% +1&-$#$e" &%e !"e1 # &11%e"" & 3%&1 "'ec#%!+ * &$-+e0#".
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4ach )lo'er /emedies
A "("#e+ * he%3&- %e+e1$e" 1e)$"e1 3( E15&%1 ?&ch. The"e *-%&- %e+e1$e" c&0
"!''"e1-( &-#e% #he 1$"h&%+0$e" * 'e%"0&-$#( &01 e+#$0&- "#&#e, #h&#
#%!3-e !" &-- *%+ #$+e # #$+e. The"e %e+e1$e" &%e +"#-( &$+e1 &# c!%$0/
e+#$0&- "#&#e" %&#he% #h&0 'h("$c&- 0e".
4iofeed1acD
A +e#h1 * +0$#%$0/ +$0!#e +e#&3-$c ch&0/e" $0 0eB" 50 31( 5$#h #he
&$1 * "e0"$#$)e +&ch$0e". The #ech0$2!e $" !"e1 e"'ec$&--( *% "#%e""=%e-&#e1
c01$#$0" "!ch &" &"#h+&, +$/%&$0e", $0"+0$& &01 h$/h
3-1 '%e""!%e. D-$e0#" -e&%0 # +&7e "!3#$-e &1A!"#+e0#" # +)e #5&%1 &
+%e 3&-&0ce1 $0#e%0&- "#&#e, 3( c0"c$!"-( )$"!&-$6$0/, %e-&:$0/ % $+&/$0$0/
5h$-e 3"e%)$0/ -$/h#, "!01 % +e#e%e1 *ee13&c7.
4o'enTherap
?5e0 The%&'(, &*#e% T+ ?50 $0 A!"#%&-$&, $" & h-$"#$c &01 +!-#$1$+e0"$0&-
&''%&ch # '&$0 %e-$e* &01 he&-$0/. ?5e0 The%&'(, #h%!/h "'ec$*$c "*# #$""!e
% *&"c$&- %e-e&"e &01 $0#e/%&#$0 #ech0$2!e", "#$+!-&#e "'ec$*$c %ece'#%", #h&#
e0&3-e #he 31( $#"e-* # c%%ec# 1("*!0c#$0" &01 %e"#%e h+e"#&"$" ;3&-&0ce<
0 & h-$"#$c -e)e-.
4rainstem &ealin*
A *%+ * e0e%/( he&-$0/, 5he%e #he *$0/e%#$'" &%e c00ec#e1 # #he 3%&$0 "#e+
* #he %ec$'$e0#, 5h$-"# he&-$0/ e0e%/( % 3$=e-ec#%$c&- $+'!-"e" *%+ #he
'%&c#$c$0e% &%e '!-"e1 #h%!/h #he #%&0"+$##$0/ *$0/e%#$' # #he 0e%)&- "("#e+ *
#he %ec$'$e0#.
Cellular Therap
De--!-&% #he%&'( $" &-" c&--e1 -$)e ce-- #he%&'(, ce--!-&% "!"'e0"$0", /-&01!-&%
#he%&'(, *%e"h ce-- #he%&'(, "$cc&ce-- #he%&'(, e+3%(0$c ce-- #he%&'( &01
%/&0#he%&'( == $# %e*e%" # )&%$!" '%ce1!%e" $0 5h$ch '%ce""e1 #$""!e *%+
&0$+&- e+3%(", *e#!"e" % %/&0" $" $0Aec#e1 % #&7e0 %&--(. P%1!c#" &%e
3#&$0e1 *%+ "'ec$*$c %/&0" % #$""!e" "&$1 # c%%e"'01 5$#h #he !0he&-#h(
%/&0" % #$""!e" * #he %ec$'$e0#. P%'0e0#" c-&$+ #h&# #he %ec$'$e0#B" 31(
&!#+&#$c&--( #%&0"'%#" #he $0Aec#e1 ce--" # #he #&%/e# %/&0", 5he%e #he(
"!''"e1-( "#%e0/#he0 #he+ &01 %e/e0e%&#e #he$% "#%!c#!%e. The %/&0" &01
/-&01" !"e1 $0 ce-- #%e&#+e0# $0c-!1e 3%&$0, '$#!$#&%(, #h(%$1, &1%e0&-", #h(+!",
-$)e%, 7$10e(, '&0c%e&", "'-ee0, he&%#, )&%(, #e"#$" &01 '&%#$1. 8e)e%&- 1$**e%e0#
#('e" * ce-- % ce-- e:#%&c# c&0 3e /$)e0 "$+!-#&0e!"-( == "+e '%&c#$#$0e%"
%!#$0e-( /$)e !' # 20 % +%e &# 0ce.
CAM from AI
Chelation Therap
Dhe-&#$0 #he%&'( $" & "e%$e" * $0#%&)e0!" $0Aec#$0" * #he "(0#he#$c &+$0
&c$1 EDTA, 1e"$/0e1 # 1e#:$*( #he 31(. I# $" &-" *#e0 !"e1 # #%e&#
&%#e%$"c-e%"$". M"# *%e2!e0#-(, #h$" $" &1+$0$"#e%e1 $0 &0 "#e'&#h$c %
+e1$c&- 1c#%B" **$ce.
Chinese -Eriental. Medicine -TCM.
O%$e0#&- +e1$c&- '%&c#$#$0e%" &%e #%&$0e1 # !"e & )&%$e#( * &0c$e0# &01 +1e%0
#he%&'e!#$c +e#h1" = $0c-!1$0/ &c!'!0c#!%e, he%3&- +e1$c$0e, +&""&/e, he&#
#he%&'( &01 0!#%$#$0&- &01 -$*e"#(-e c!0"e-$0/ $0 %1e% # #%e&# & 3%&1 %&0/e *
3#h ch%0$c &01 &c!#e $--0e""e".
Chiropractic
The ch$%'%&c#$c %e/&%1" #he "'$0e &" #he 3&c730e * h!+&0 he&-#h>
+$"&-$/0+e0#" * #he )e%#e3%&e c&!"e1 3( '% '"#!%e % #%&!+& c&!"e
'%e""!%e 0 #he "'$0&- 0e%)e %#", -e&1$0/ # 1$+$0$"he1 *!0c#$0 &01 $--0e"".
Th%!/h +&0$'!-&#$0 % &1A!"#+e0# * #he "'$0e, #%e&#+e0# "ee7" # &0&-(6e
&01 c%%ec# #he"e +$"&-$/0+e0#".
Chromotherap or Colour Therap
The !"e * c-!% ;!"!&--( $0 #he *%+ * c-!%e1 -$/h#< # '%1!ce 3e0e*$c$&- %
he&-$0/ e**ec#".
Colon Therap
The #he%&'e!#$c /&-" * c-0 #he%&'( &%e # 3&-&0ce 31( che+$"#%(, e-$+$0&#e
5&"#e &01 %e"#%e '%'e% #$""!e &01 %/&0 *!0c#$0. D-0 #he%&'( %e-e&"e"
#:$0", c-e&0" #he 3-1, "#$+!-&#e" #he $++!0e "("#e+ &01 &$1" $0 %e"#%$0/ #he
'E=3&-&0ce $0 #he 31(. D-0 The%&'(, &-" 7050 &" c-0$c", $" 3e-$e)e1 #
%e-$e)e & 5$1e %&0/e * "(+'#+" %e-&#e1 # c-0 1("*!0c#$0.
Colonics
A c-0$c $" & c-0 $%%$/&#$0, #he $%%$/&#$0 * #he -&%/e $0#e"#$0e 5$#h "&0$#$6e1,
*$-#e%e1 5&#e% !01e% /e0#-e '%e""!%e # 5&"h !# % 1e#:$*( $# * "#&/0&#e1 *ec&-
+&#e%$&-F $# $" & *!-- $0#e"#$0&- e0e+&.
Counselin*JPschotherap
Th$" 3%&1 c&#e/%( c)e%" & %&0/e * '%&c#$#$0e%", *%+ c&%ee% c!0"e-%" #
'"(ch#he%&'$e", 5h #%e&# 1e'%e""$0, "#%e"", &11$c#$0 &01 e+#$0&- $""!e".
G%+&#" c&0 )&%( *%+ $01$)$1!&- c!0"e-$0/ # /%!' #he%&'(. 8+e
#he%&'$"#" +&( &-" $0c%'%&#e 31(5%7, %$#!&-, e0e%/( he&-$0/ &01 #he%
&-#e%0&#$)e +1&-$#$e" &" '&%# * #he$% '%&c#$ce.
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Craniosacral Therap
Th$" $" & +&0!&- #he%&'e!#$c '%ce1!%e *% %e+e1($0/ 1$"#%#$0" $0 #he "#%!c#!%e
&01 *!0c#$0 * #he c%&0$="&c%&- +ech&0$"+ = #he 3%&$0 &01 "'$0&- c%1, #he
30e" * #he "7!--, #he "&c%!+ &01 $0#e%c00ec#e1 +e+3%&0e". I#
$" !"e1 # #%e&# ch%0$c '&$0, +$/%&$0e he&1&che", TMH &01 & %&0/e * #he%
c01$#$0".
Crstal healin*
D%("#&- Ee&-$0/ !"e" 1$**e%e0# c%("#&-" # "!"#&$0 e0e%/( he&-$0/ '%ce""e"
$0c-!1$0/ "e-*=he&-$0/. D%("#&-" h&)e #he '""$3$-$#( # e+'5e% e0e%/(=*-5"
#h%!/h #he$% "'ec#%!+ * 3%e&7$0/ #he -$/h#. The %&0/e * c%("#&- +e#h1" $"
5$1e, *%+ "!%*&ce=-&(e1 # "e%'e0# e0e%/( c%("#&-". The( c&0 3e !"e1 # "!c7
0e/&#$)e e0e%/( !# % # "e01 '"$#$)e e0e%/( $0.
Cuppin*
I# $" & #%&1$#$0&- Dh$0e"e +e1$c&- #ech0$2!e, 5h$ch &''-$e" "!c#$0 # 1$"e&"e1
'&%#" * #he 31( !"$0/ ce%&+$c /-&"" % 3&+3 c!'" $0 %1e% # $0c%e&"e #he
%e/$0&- c$%c!-&#$0 &01 #he%e3( '%+#e he&-$0/. I0 )e%( &0c$e0# #$+e" #he
h%0" * &0$+&-" 5e%e !"e1 *% #h$" '!%'"e.
5anceJMovement Therapies
D&0ce &01I% +)e+e0# #he%&'( !"e" e:'%e""$)e +)e+e0# &" & #he%&'e!#$c
#- *% 3#h 'e%"0&- e:'%e""$0 &01 '"(ch-/$c&- % e+#$0&- he&-$0/.
P%&c#$#$0e%" 5%7 5$#h 'e'-e 5$#h 'h("$c&- 1$"&3$-$#$e", &11$#$0 $""!e", "e:!&-
&3!"e h$"#%$e", e&#$0/ 1$"%1e%" &01 #he% c0ce%0".
5entistrK &olistic
E-$"#$c 1e0#$"#" &%e -$ce0"e1 1e0#$"#", 5h 3%$0/ &0 $0#e%1$"c$'-$0&%( &''%&ch #
#he$% '%&c#$ce. The( +&( $0c%'%&#e "!ch +e#h1" &" h+e'&#h(, 0!#%$#$0 &01
&c!'!0c#!%e $0# #he$% #%e&#+e0# '-&0". M"# h-$"#$c 1e0#$"#" e+'h&"$6e
5e--0e"" &01 '%e)e0#$)e c&%e, 5h$-e &)$1$0/ "$-)e%=+e%c!%( *$--$0/".
Ear Candlin*
P%$+&%$-( !"e1 *% 5&: 3!$-1!' &01 %e-&#e1 he&%$0/ '%3-e+", e&% c&01-$0/ $" &-"
!"e1 *% e&% $0*ec#$0" &01 "$0!" $0*ec#$0". T%e&#+e0# $0)-)e" '-&c$0/ #he
0&%%5 e01 * & "'ec$&--( 1e"$/0e1 h--5 c&01-e &# #he e0#%( * #he e&% c&0&-,
5h$-e #he ''"$#e e01 $" -$#.
EA#
The e-ec#%=&c!'!0c#!%e "ec. V-- ;EAV< $" & 3$'h("$c&- 1$&/0"#$c &01 #he%&'(
"("#e+. I# 3&"e" 0 &c!'!0c#!%e, h+e'&#h( &01 TDM. I# 5&" 1e)e-'e1 3( D%.
Re$0h-1 V-- $0 1956.
Electropath
E-ec#%'&#h( $" & "'ec$&-$"e1 "("#e+ * #he%&'e!#$c", 5h$ch $0)-)e" #he !"e *
)&%$!" *%+" * e-ec#%$c c!%%e0#" *% +e1$c&- '!%'"e". I# "#$+!-&#e" ce--",
%/&0" &01 #$""!e" $0 %1e% # $0$#$&#e % "!"#&$0 he&-$0/ '%ce""e".
CAM from AI
Ener* &ealin*
I0 #h$" +e#h1 1$**e%e0# *%+" * e0e%/( $" !"e1 # he&- 1$"e&"e". The )&%$e#( $"
)e%( 3%&1 1!e # 1$**e%e0# %e-$/$!" #%&1$#$0" &01 3e-$e)e". I# $" 0e * #he +"#
&0c$e0# +e#h1 7050 $0 #he 5h-e DAM. G&+!" +e+3e%" * #he /%!' &%e
Re$7$, A0/e-=Ee&-$0/ &01 ?%&0#he%&'(. M"#-( #he h&01" * #he he&-e%" &%e !"e1
# #%&0"*e% he&-$0/ e0e%/( # #he %ec$'$e0#. 8+e#$+e" he&-e%" 5%7 5$#h 50
e0e%/$e", 5$#h e&%#h e0e%/$e", 5$#h J$ % 5$#h E-( E0e%/(. I# $" !"e1 # he&- &--
7$01" * 1$"e&"e".
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3( 5h$ch #:$c 5&"#e +&##e%" * #he 31( &%e e-$+$0&#e1 &01 %e/e0e%&#$0 *
1$"e&"e1 #$""!e" cc!%".
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#he$% 31$e" &01 #h$07$0/, 'e'-e 5$#h 0e!%-/$c&- &01 +)e+e0# 1$"%1e%" &01
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'%&c#$#$0e% he-'" #he c-$e0# ch"e #he &''%'%$&#e e""e0ce", *c!"$0/ 0 #he
c-$e0#B" e+#$0&- "#&#e, %&#he% #h&0 0 & '&%#$c!-&% 'h("$c&- c01$#$0.
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!"e * "'ec$*$c /e+" # #%e&# "'ec$*$c &$-+e0#".
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e**ec#$)e #- $0 3"#$0/ #he 31(B" $++!0e "("#e+.
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Q!%&0. O0e c&0 !01e%"#&01 $# &" & c+3$0&#$0 * %e-$/$!" he&-$0/ 5$#h #he
7050 D!''$0/.
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&armonic Sin*ers
The h&%+0$c ch&0#" !"e &0 &0c$e0# +e#h1 * "'ec$&- "!01 5&)e" '%1!ce1 3(
#he h!+&0 )$ce # he&- 1$**e%e0# 1$"e&"e". I# $" 0e * #he %e'%e"e0#&#$)e" * #he
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'e%"0, 0# &" A!"# & 1$"e&"e % & c--ec#$0 * "(+'#+". I0 #he c!%"e *
#%e&#+e0#, h-$"#$c +e1$c&- '%&c#$#$0e%" +&( &11%e"" & c-$e0#B" e+#$0&- &01
"'$%$#!&- 1$+e0"$0" &" 5e-- &" #he 0!#%$#$0&-, e0)$%0+e0#&- &01 -$*e"#(-e
*&c#%", #h&# +&( c0#%$3!#e # &0 $--0e"". M&0( h-$"#$c +e1$c&- '%&c#$#$0e%"
c+3$0e c0)e0#$0&- *%+" * #%e&#+e0# 5$#h 0&#!%&- % &-#e%0&#$)e #%e&#+e0#".
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c+3$0e1 $0"$/h#" *%+ +1e%0 c0"c$!"0e"" %e"e&%ch, 1e'#h '"(ch-/( &01
'e%e00$&- "'$%$#!&- '%&c#$ce". The +e#h1 &c#$)&#e" 00=%1$0&%( "#&#e" *
c0"c$!"0e"" 5h$ch +3$-$6e #he "'0#&0e!" he&-$0/ '#e0#$&- * #he '"(ch$".
8!"#&$0e1 e**ec#$)e 3%e&#h$0/, e)c&#$)e +!"$c, *c!"e1 e0e%/( 5%7 &01
+&01&-& 1%&5$0/" &%e c+'0e0#" * #h$" "!3Aec#$)e A!%0e(. BE-#%'$cB
-$#e%&--( +e&0" B+)$0/ #5&%1" 5h-e0e""B.
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%e+e1$e" = # "#$+!-&#e & 'e%"0B" $++!0e &01 1e*e0"e "("#e+. A %e+e1( $"
$01$)$1!&--( ch"e0 *% & "$c7 'e%"0 3&"e1 0 $#" c&'&c$#( # #he c&!"e. D++0
c01$#$0" h+e'&#h( &1%e""e" &%e &1!-#, $0*&0# &01 ch$-1h1 1$"e&"e",
$0*ec#$0", *&#$/!e, &--e%/$e" &01 ch%0$c $--0e""e", "!ch &" &%#h%$#$".
&pnotherap
A +e&0" * 3('&""$0/ #he c0"c$!" +$01 &01 &cce""$0/ #he "!3c0"c$!",
5he%e "!''%e""e1 +e+%$e", %e'%e""e1 e+#$0" &01 *%/##e0 e)e0#" +&(
%e+&$0 %ec%1e1. E('0"$" +&( *&c$-$#&#e 3eh&)$%&-, e+#$0&- % &##$#!1$0&-
ch&0/e "!ch &" 5e$/h# -"" % "+7$0/ ce""&#$0. I# $" &-" !"e1 # #%e&#
'h3$&", "#%e"" &01 &" &0 &1A!0c# $0 #he #%e&#+e0# * $--0e"".
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+&( 3e !"e1 &# )&%$!" #e+'e%&#!%e", $0 1$**e%e0# +1e" &01 $0 1$**e%e0# *%+".
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The 1$&/0"#$c "("#e+ 3&"e" 0 #he '%e+$"e, #h&# e)e%( %/&0 h&" &
c%%e"'01$0/ -c&#$0 5$#h$0 #he $%$" * #he e(e, 5h$ch c&0 "e%)e &" &0 $01$c&#%
* #he $01$)$1!&- %/&0B" he&-#h % 1$"e&"e. I%$1-/( $" !"e1 3( 0&#!%'&#h" &01
#he% '%&c#$#$0e%", '&%#$c!-&%-( 5he0 1$&/0"$" &ch$e)e1 #h%!/h "#&01&%1
+e#h1" $" !0c-e&%.
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1$"c$'-$0e" 5$#h$0 L$0e"$-/( $0c-!1$0/ &0&#+(, 3$+ech&0$c", e:e%c$"e
'h("$-/(, +#% c0#%-, +#%$c -e&%0$0/, 0e!%+!"c!-&% 'h("$-/(, "'%#"
'"(ch-/( &01 'h$-"'h(. L$0e"$-/( /%&1!&#e" e0#e% & )&%$e#( * c&%ee%" &01
/%&1!&#e '%/%&+" %e-&#e1 # #he !01e%"#&01$0/ * h5 #he 31( 5%7"
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#%&$0$0/ &01 #he% he&-#h '%*e""$0", '!3-$c "ch- #e&ch$0/, "'%# &01 e:e%c$"e
%e-&#e1 *$e-1", #he +$-$#&%(, 3!"$0e"" &01 e)e0 -&5.
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The%&'( # 1%&$0 &01 $+'%)e #he -(+'h&#$c )e""e-", & "("#e+ * #!3e" % c&0&-"
#h%!/h 5h$ch -(+'h $" c&%%$e1 *%+ 1$**e%e0# '&%#" * #he 31(. The L(+'h $"
'&%# * #he e01c%$0e "("#e+" &01 %e"'0"$3-e *% 7ee'$0/ #he 31( c-e&0.
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A /e0e%&- #e%+ *% & %&0/e * #he%&'e!#$c &''%&che" 5$#h %#" $0 3#h E&"#e%0
&01 4e"#e%0 c!-#!%e". I# $0)-)e" #he '%&c#$ce * +&0$'!-&#$0/ & 'e%"0B"
+!"c-e" &01 #he% "*# #$""!e 5$#h #he $0#e0# * $+'%)$0/ & 'e%"0B" 5e--=3e$0/
% he&-#h &01 +&( $0c-!1e, 3!# 0# 3e -$+$#e1 #, e**-e!%&/e, 1ee' #$""!e,
'e%c!""$0, )$3%&#$0 &01 A$0# +)e+e0#. I# !"e" "#$+!-&#$0 * #he #$""!e %
+!"c-e" 3( 1$**e%e0# 5&(" * #!ch$0/ &01 +&0$'!-&#$0/ #he 31(9" "!%*&ce.
?#h, +e1$c&- &01 5e--0e"" &"'ec#" &%e 7050 &01 !"e1 &-- )e% #he 5%-1.
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The &%# * he&-$0/ 3( #he &''-$c&#$0 * 0&#!%&- &01 &%#$*$c$&- +&/0e#" # #he
1$"e&"e1 '&%#" * #he h!+&0 31(. I# $" & c-$0$c&- "("#e+ 3( 5h$ch h!+&0
&$-+e0#" &%e #%e&#e1 &01 c!%e1 #h%!/h #he &''-$c&#$0 * +&/0e#" # #he 31(
* #he '&#$e0#".
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3!"#$0 @3!%0$0/@, he0ce -$#e%&--( @3!%0$0/ * +!/5%#@. C+/$ $" #he 0&+e *
#he he%3 $0 H&'&0. P%&c#$#$0e%" !"e +:& # 5&%+ %e/$0" &01 &c!'!0c#!%e
'$0#" 5$#h #he $0#e0#$0 * "#$+!-&#$0/ c$%c!-&#$0 #h%!/h #he '$0#" &01 $01!=
c$0/ & "+#he% *-5 * 3-1 &01 2$. I# $" 3e-$e)e1 3( "+e, #h&# +!/5%# &c#"
&" &0 e++e0&//!e, +e&0$0/ #h&# $# "#$+!-&#e" 3-1=*-5 $0 #he 'e-)$c &%e&
&01 !#e%!".
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0ative American &er1olo*
N&#$)e A+e%$c&0 he&-e%" &01 "'$%$#!&- -e&1e%" "e-1+ #%&)e- *&% *%+ #he$% h+e"
&01 e)e0 +%e $0*%e2!e0#-( '!3-$c$6e #he$% 5%7 = $# $" 0# #he$% 5&(. E5e)e%,
#he%e $" & 31( * 705-e1/e &3!# #he he%3&- #%e&#+e0#" !"e1 3( )&%$!" N&#$)e
Pe'-e. M!ch * #he $0*%+&#$0 h&" 3ee0 #e"#e1 &01 $0c%'%&#e1 $0# !%
'%e"e0# he%3&- #he%&'$e".
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0aturopathic Medicine
N&#!%'&#h$c 'h("$c$&0" 5%7 # %e"#%e &01 "!''%# #he 31(B" 50 he&-$0/
&3$-$#$e" !"$0/ & )&%$e#( * +1&-$#$e" $0c-!1$0/ 0!#%$#$0, he%3&- +e1$c$0e,
h+e'&#h$c +e1$c$0e &01 %$e0#&- +e1$c$0e. A '%$+&%( he&-#h=c&%e "("#e+
5h$ch e+'h&"$6e" #he c!%&#$)e '5e% * 0&#!%e, #%e&#$0/ 3#h &c!#e &01 ch%0$c
$--0e""e" $0 &-- &/e /%!'".
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8'$0&- A0&-("$", & +e#h1 ch&%&c#e%$6e1 3( #he "e2!e0#$&- &''-$c&#$0 * &
0!+3e% * /e0#-e, "'ec$*$c &1A!"#$0/ #ech0$2!e". D&%e '%/%e""e" #h%!/h &
"e%$e" * -e)e-" #h&# ch&0/e" '&%&--e- "'$0&- &01 2!&-$#(=*=-$*e.
0eural Therap
Th$" $" & +e#h1 3&"e1 0 Ge%+&09" Ge%1$0&01 &01 4&-#e% E!0e7e, 5h
e:'e%$e0ce1 &01 1c!+e0# *$%"# #he e**ec#" * -c&- &0e"#he"$& +e&0" *%
#he%&'e!#$c !"&/e. I# "h!-1 &**ec#e1, $0 c0#%&"# # "c$e0#$*$c&--( %ec/0$6e1 -c&-
&0e"#he"$&, -0/=%&0/e e**ec#" # #he &!#0+$c 0e%)!" "("#e+ 3( &''-($0/ &
-c&- &0e"#he#$c $0# &0 &**ec#e1 %e/$0. D$**e%e0# +e#h1" &%e 1e)e-'e1, "!ch
&" #he "e/+e0# #he%&'( &01 #he $0#e%*e%e0ce *$e-1 #he%&'(.
0CS
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5&" 1e)e-'e1 3( V-&1$+$% Ne"#e%), & R!""$&0 "c$e0#$"#. I# !"e" *%e2!e0c$e" *%
1$&/0"$" 0 "!3=ce--!-&% "#%!c#!%e" &01 )$"!&-$6e #he %e"!-#" )$& 8*#5&%e.
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A "("#e+ * 'h("$c&- #ech0$2!e", e:e%c$"e &01 +e1$#&#$0 !"e1 # %e-$e)e #e0"$0
&01 *&#$/!e &01 $01!ce & "#&#e * h&%+0( &01 'e&ce. The '%&c#$#$0e% *$%"#
&""e""e" & 'e%"0B" "#&#e 3( *ee-$0/ #he h&%&, #he &%e& 3e-5 #he 0&)e-. The0,
!"$0/ c0#$0!!" &01 *-5$0/ +)e+e0#", #he '%&c#$#$0e% '%e""e" &01 "#%e#che"
#he 31(B" e0e%/( ch&00e-", 5%7$0/ $0 !0$"0 5$#h #he 'e%"0B" 3%e&#h$0/.
Esteopathic Medicine
O"#e'&#h$c 'h("$c$&0" '%)$1e c+'%ehe0"$)e +e1$c&- c&%e, $0c-!1$0/
'%e)e0#$)e +e1$c$0e, 1$&/0"$", "!%/e%(, '%e"c%$'#$0 * +e1$c&#$0" &01 h"'$#&-
%e*e%%&-". I0 1$&/0"$" &01 #%e&#+e0#, #he( '&( '&%#$c!-&% &##e0#$0 # #he A$0#",
30e", +!"c-e" &01 0e%)e" &01 &%e "'ec$&--( #%&$0e1 $0 "#e'&#h$c +&0$'!-&#$)e
#%e&#+e0# = !"$0/ #he$% h&01" # 1$&/0"e, #%e&# &01 '%e)e0# $--0e"".
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Eriental 5ia*nosis
I# $" & 1$&/0"#$c '%ce1!%e 3( 5h$ch #he '&#$e0#B" '!-"e, #he #0/!e % #he I%$" $"
e:&+$0e1 # 1e#ec# 1$"e&"e" &cc%1$0/ # #%&1$#$0&- Dh$0e"e +e1$c$0e ;TDM<.
Phsiotherap
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$01$)$1!&- &%e +1$*$e1 $0 %1e% # 0#$*( #he 31( &01 #he )$#&- %/&0" $0
&cc%1&0ce 5$#h #he '%$0c$'-e" * 0&#!%'&#h(.
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3e !"e1 # 1$&/0"e &0( c01$#$0 &cc%1$0/ # -e&1$0/ '%&c#$#$0e%". ?&"$c&--(, $#
$" "$+'-( & +e#h1 * &%%$)$0/ &# & 1$&/0"$" &01 #%e&#+e0# !"$0/ #he h!+&0
3e$0/ &" #he 1$&/0"#$c $0"#%!+e0#.
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%&1$e"#he"$& #/e#he% 5$#h "$+'-e $0"#%!+e0#" # he-' $0 #he 1$&/0"$" *
1$"e&"e $0 &0$+&-", '-&0#" &01 h!+&0". I0 #he -&#e"# (e&%" $# $" !"e1 &-" &" #he
#ech0$c&- e:'%e""$0 * 1$&/0"$" #h%!/h e-ec#%$c&- &01 e-ec#%=+&/0e#$c&-
$+'!-"e" /$)e0 # #he h!+&0 ce--". Th%!/h #he #$+e &01 "#%e0/#h * #he
%e#!%0e1 "$/0&-, #he #he%&'$"# c&0 &0&-("e #he &c#!&- "#&#e * #he '&#$e0#. I# $"
#he "&+e 3&"e, #h&# &0 EDG $" 5%7$0/.
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Rec0"#%!c#$)e #he%&'( !"e" $0Aec#$0" * 0&#!%&- "!3"#&0ce" "!ch &" 1e:#%"e,
/-(ce%$0 &01 'he0- $0 %1e% # "#$+!-&#e #he /%5#h * c00ec#$)e #$""!e &01
#h$" "#%e0/#he0" 5e&7 % 1&+&/e1 A$0#", c&%#$-&/e, -$/&+e0#" &01 #e010". Th$"
#he%&'( $" !"e1 # #%e&# 1e/e0e%&#$)e &%#h%$#$", -5e% 3&c7 '&$0, #%0 -$/&+e0#"
&01 c&%#$-&/e, c&%'&- #!00e- "(01%+e" &01 #he% c01$#$0".
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Th$" +1&-$#( $" 3&"e1 0 #he $1e&, #h&# "'ec$*$c '$0#" 0 #he *ee# &01 h&01"
c%%e"'01 5$#h %/&0" &01 #$""!e" #h%!/h!# #he 31(. 4$#h *$0/e%" &01
#h!+3", #he '%&c#$#$0e% &''-$e" '%e""!%e # #he"e '$0#" # #%e&# &
5$1e %&0/e * "#%e""=%e-&#e1 $--0e""e".
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ch&00e- he&-$0/ e0e%/$e" # #he %ec$'$e0#. 4h$-e '%&c#$#$0e%" +&( )&%( 5$1e-( $0
#ech0$2!e &01 'h$-"'h(, Re$7$ $" c++0-( !"e1 # #%e&#
e+#$0&- &01 +e0#&- 1$"#%e"" &" 5e-- &" ch%0$c &01 &c!#e 'h("$c&- '%3-e+"
&01 # &""$"# #he %ec$'$e0# $0 &ch$e)$0/ "'$%$#!&- *c!" &01 c-&%$#(.
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/olfin*
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# %e"#%e #he 31(B" 0&#!%&- &-$/0+e0#, 5h$ch +&( h&)e 3ec+e %$/$1 #h%!/h
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