Table of Contents

The National Institute of Health in its subsection called Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, now called NIH/CAM came up with 10 generalized headings that I will now list. In the coming months we will be discussing all these modalities in more detail, but for the sake of brevity I will name them at this juncture.

Table of Contents

- Introduction

- Healthcare Today by Cindy Reed, RN, ThD, PhD

- Complimentary and Alternative Medicine

1. Nutrition and Lifestyle: diet, exercise, sleep and stress management
2. Mind-Body Medicines
3. Traditional Chinese Medicines, Kampo, Tibetan Medicine and Acupuncture
4. Yoga and Ayurveda
5. Homeopathy and Flower Essence Therapy
6. Bioenergetic Medicines
7. Herbal Medicine
8. Nutrition, Dietary Supplements, Vitamins/Minerals
9. Chiropractic and Osteopathy
10. Massage