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| Glossary |  Acupuncture
It’s a type of alternative treatment, which provides stimulation of special points on the body in order to achieve positive effect for health. The specific needles are the most common instrument for acupuncture, but a lot of therapists use warmth, rubbing, suction, compression or electromagnetic impetuses for points stimulating.
Ancient Cultural Medicine
This is a method of health renewal and prevention of diseases, which was widespread before traditional medicine arose. It’s a way of treatment with the help of natural remedies that was popular among native people for hundreds of years. This knowledge was passed on from older people to youth in order to save and multiply it. Ancient cultural medicine consisted of herbal treatment, mental treatment, acupuncture and midwives.
Ayurveda
Ayurveda is ancient method of treatment with the help of natural remedies. It has been known in India for more than 5 thousands of years. Ayurveda is a comprehensive whole, which gives recovery from an illness by means of life style change and natural medicaments. The main idea of the treatment is that all diseases start in the head and are caused by tension and certain disbalanced state of mind.
Biofeedback
It’s a type of therapy, which cures certain disease by discernment and handling of body signals.
Body Work
It’s a system of manipulative techniques, the main purposes of which may be carriage, behavior and functions correcting.
Chiropractic
This is method of treatment, which fights different diseases and improves general state of health. Chiropractors take human body as a comprehensive whole and concentrate on physiological, spinal, structural, biochemical, neurological, vasal, psychological and nutritional characteristics.
Chiropractic treatment gives special attention to connective tissues and spine area. While this type of treatment pills and surgical aggressions are excluded.
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