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Clack, S. (ND Bastyr 1997) states:
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[for a bio., click here, http://www.touchstonecentre.com/scott_clack.php]
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[in “Our Services”]
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“Sandy Japan North America during the late 20th century. A reiki treatment simply involves the placement of the practitioner's hands over areas of dis-ease on the patient, with the intent of bringing the healing ‘universal life force energy’ to them. This enables the flow of universal energy that helps reduce pain and illness, while enhancing your sense of well being, balance, and complete harmony. Sandy
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[in "Homeopathy FAQs"]
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"homeopathic remedies work by stimulating the body's own healing power, by presenting the 'whole picture' to the body’s healing vital force. The vital force is organized and many complaints heal themselves unaided. However, when the healing process is faulty, blocked or slow, the homeopathic remedy acts as a stimulus to the curative powers of the body";
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Clements, K.E. (ND Bastyr 2003) states:
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[for a bio., click here, http://auroratherapeutics.com/files/Resume_Clements.pdf]
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[in "About Naturopathy"]
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"naturopathy is an age old medicine that utilizes natural healing modalities to assist the body's own intrinsic vital force to heal itself";
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Clemons, J. (ND NCNM) states:
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Clemons, J. (ND NCNM) states:
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[for a bio., click here, http://www.luckdragonmedicine.com/?q=node/12]
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[in "What is a Luck Dragon?"]
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"naturopathic medicine is founded on the idea of a healing force of nature, or vis, which resides within every living thing. In Chinese medicine this could be compared to qi, the focus of Chinese medicine being the cultivation, preservation and restoration of the smooth flow of qi [...] this healing force [...is like] a mythical creature, a luck dragon, which can’t be seen or touched, yet promotes our growth, healing and regeneration [...] this force [...] this vis working to protect our body and enable our healing defenses. We each have our own luck dragon! Within each of us is an individual life force [...] preservation of this vis requires careful, conscious medicine that works to support the luck dragon, rather than suppressing the protective life force of the body. Luck dragon medicine is the medicine that works to cultivate the life force within the body. Naturopathic medicine is a medicine that works to preserve and support the luck dragon to prevent dis-ease and promote lasting health [...] through naturopathic medicine patient and practitioner work to support the vis, to encourage the unique, individual luck dragon in each of us. The naturopathic practitioner works to educate and to empower the patient to understand how they can work to support their own luck dragon. If we look at it this way, naturopathic medicine could then can be seen as teaching the care and feeding of your luck dragon";
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[in "What Is Acupuncture?"]
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"the focus in acupuncture is to restore healthy movement of energy or qi. The practitioner will assess through questioning, observation and palpation where the movement of qi is obstructed or impeded. Treatment is focused on removing blockages, expelling pathogens, and restoring the flow of qi or vital force, thereby supporting the body’s inherent ability to heal itself. The Chinese medicine practitioner uses small, sterile, disposable needles for acupuncture. They also use techniques such as cupping and moxibustion to affect or improve qi flow in the body. They can use acupressure instead of acupuncture for patients who are concerned about needles";
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Collier, T.L. (ND Bastyr 2002) states:
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[in “Services”]
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“homeopathic medicines are very small doses of natural substances that can stimulate the body's self-healing response. Homeopathic medicines, when properly prescribed, affect the body's 'vital force' and strengthen its innate ability to heal. Homeopathic remedies function on both the physical and emotional levels, with few side effects. Some conditions that do not respond well to conventional medicine respond effectively to homeopathy”;
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Cookson, T.L. (ND NCNM) states:
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Cookson, T.L. (ND NCNM) states:
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[in "About Naturopathic Medicine"]
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"naturopathic medicine encompasses a wide variety of therapeutic modalities [...] these modalities are brought together in a simple philosophical framework [...#6] the healing power of nature [...] the same vital force that animates us and keeps us healthy can also restore health. The vital force of other living things, such as herbs and foods, can support our life force to restore health";
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Coshow, K. (ND NCNM) states:
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[in "The Principles of Naturopathic Medicine"]
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“the principles of naturopathic medicine […] the healing power of nature. Naturopathic medicine acknowledges and respects the innate intelligence of the human body. Naturopathic physicians see symptoms as the expression of the individual's own vital force working to return the individual to optimal health";
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Cox, K. (ND CCNM) states:
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Cox, K. (ND CCNM) states:
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[for a bio., click here, http://www.dchealthcentre.com/pages/staff.html]
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[in "Health Services"]
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"in Chinese medicine all disease stems from an imbalance in the body's qi or life force and naturopaths employ acupuncture and Chinese herbs to correct the imbalance";
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Cox, S.E. (ND NCNM) states:
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[in "Sarita Elizabeth"]
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"at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon, I received a master’s of science in Oriental medicine, MSOM: acupuncture, qi gong, diet and herbal Medicine and completed naturopathic doctoral studies, ND, which emphasized vitalistic, eclectic and naturopathic traditions – western medicine pathology, diagnosis, and pharmacy, hydrotherapy, nutrition, homeopathy, western botanical medicine. I am nationally board certified (NPLEX) in naturopathic medicine and acupuncture (NAACOM)";
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[in "Naturopathy"]
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"naturopathic medicine is heir to the vitalistic tradition of medicine in the Western world, emphasizing the treatment of disease through the stimulation, enhancement, and support of the inherent healing capacity of the person. Methods of treatments are chosen to work with the patient's vital force, respecting the intelligence of the natural healing process";
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[in "Homeopathy"]
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"when stress or trauma exceeds the organism's ability to normalize the vital force, [aka] internal defense mechanism, is unable to neutralize the stress";
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[in "Acupuncture"]
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"acupuncture and treatments such as cupping, moxibustion, qi gong and herbal medicine seek to restore the natural flow of qi and promote the body's ability to heal itself. This philosophy of medicine is partly based on the idea that energy, called qi ('chee' or 'prana'), flows along pathways – meridians – in the body which forms a micro-cosmic orbit with the greater macro-cosmic orbit of the earth and heavenly bodies. If the flow of qi along these meridians is blocked or unbalanced, illness can occur. Causes of qi imbalance involve external forces - such as wind, cold, or heat; internal forces -such as emotions of joy, anger, or fear; lifestyle factors - such as poor diet, too little sleep, or too much alcohol [...] practitioners claim the radiant heat and herbal effect produced by moxibustion penetrates deeply into the body, warming and restoring the balance and flow of vital life force - qi [...] external qi gong is practiced by a qi gong master who uses his or her hands with the aim to project qi to others for the purpose of healing [...] medical qi gong involves working directly and subtly with a person's qi in ways that are safe and non-invasive";
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[in "Treatments"]
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"hydrotherapeutic treatments include hot and cold applications of water with packs and or compresses. This treatment modality calls forth the vital force of an individual and works to increase vitality and immunity [...] acupuncture. As a modality of Oriental medicines, needles are inserted at specific points along lines in the body (meridians). The body reacts or awakens to stimulation and begins to reharmonize itself with the cosmos. This can serve to stimulate the vital force, or chi; it has long been used to alleviate symptoms from pain to allergies to addictions";
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