Alternative medical systems

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This list of people in alternative medicine provides a master list of the biographical articles included in the alternative medicine (CAM) series of articles.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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• F. Matthias Alexander - founder of the Alexander Technique

[edit] B

• Edward Bach - founder of flower essence therapy and the Bach flower remedies.
• Juliette de Bairacli Levy - renowned for her skill in veterinary herbalism.
• William Horatio Bates - founder of the Bates Method alternative approach to eyesight improvement.
• Henry G. Bieler - prominent American physician and author of Food is Your Best Medicine, known for diet-based healing and treatment of Hollywood celebrities.
• Paul Bragg - known for the Bragg Health Crusades, the Bragg Healthy Lifestyle, deep breathing, water fasts, organic foods, drinking water, juicing, exercise and listening to one's body.
• Emanuel Bronner - aka "Dr. Bronner," master soap-maker known for eccentric messages on labels for natural soaps and other health products.

[edit] C

• Charaka - is one of the founders of Ayurveda.
• Mantak Chia - claimed healer and author of books on "Taoist sexuality".
• Hulda Regehr Clark - wrote a series of books including The Cure for all Diseases, advocating extreme dietary practices and "zapping" of parasites.
• Dr. Deepak Chopra - Endocrinologist and Ayurvedic Medicine Practitioner, who writes popular books on health and spirituality.
• Nicholas Culpeper - an English physician of the early 17th century who left to future generations a rich store of pharmaceutical and herbal knowledge.

[edit] D

• Dr. Lorraine Day - major marketer of a 10 step alternative cure for cancer, and critic of conventional medicine.

• Dr Deepak Acharya- Herbal Formulation Expert from India

[edit] E

• Mary Baker Eddy - founder of Christian Science and its readvocacy of Christian healing, thereby also reawakening 20th-century interest in the subject in more mainstream denominations as well as in certain more unrestrictive New Age offshoots.
• Donna Eden – known for developing energy medicine methods and sharing them with the public; author of Energy Medicine; founder of Eden Energy Certification Program

[edit] F

• Moshé Feldenkrais - founder of the Feldenkrais method.

[edit] G

• Elsa Gindler
• Sylvester Graham - was known for his graham crackers and founded Grahamism.
• Stanislav Grof - one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology, a pioneering researcher into the use of altered states of consciousness for purposes of healing & growth, founder of Holotropic Breathwork

[edit] H

• Samuel Hahnemann - founded homeopathy.
• Daria Halprin
• László Harasztosi – psychic, bioenergeticist, and alternative medicine practitioner
• Michael Harner - synthesized shamanic beliefs and practices from all over the world into a system now known as neoshamanism.

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[edit] J

• Heinrich Jacoby
• Bernard Jensen - leading American iridologist

[edit] K

• Radovan Karadžić aka Dr. Dragan David Dabić.
• John Harvey Kellogg - promoter of colon therapy at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek Michigan.
• Will Keith Kellogg - inventor of corn flakes in 1894 and manager of the Battle Creek Sanitarium.
• Sebastian Kneipp - Bavarian priest who began the Nature Cure movement (1890s). Chiefly recognized for his contributions to hydrotherapy.

[edit] L

• Alexander Lowen
• Benedict Lust - Founder of naturopathic medicine in the United States. Purchased the rights to the term "naturopathy" from John Scheel.

[edit] M

• Caroline Myss - American medical intuitive, mystic and author of numerous books

[edit] N

• Devi Nambudripad - founder of NAET, controversial allergy treatment

[edit] O

• Leonard Orr - developed Rebirthing.

[edit] P

• Daniel Palmer - founder of chiropractic.
• B. J. Palmer - son of D.D. Palmer and known as the "developer" of chiropractic.
• Linus Pauling - coined the term "orthomolecular medicine" and advocated the use of Vitamin C to prevent or treat viral respiratory diseases, Lipoprotein(a) associated atherosclerosis, and cancer, along with several other megavitamin therapies for mental illness. Pauling was however not a general supporter of alternative medicine.
• Vincent Priessnitz - developed a system of water cures.

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• Theron Randolph - father of modern allergy medicine, founder of environmental medicine
• Wilhelm Reich - founder of Orgonomy.
• Royal Rife

[edit] S

• Herbert Shelton - founded the Natural Hygiene movement.
• Bernie Siegel - American MD and author who promotes cultivating one's attitude toward healing.
• Rudolf Steiner - founded anthroposophical medicine
• Andrew Taylor Still - founded osteopathy.

[edit] T

• Samuel Thompson - founded Thomsonianism.
• Mabel Todd
• Russell Trall - founded the New York College of Hygieo-Therapy.

[edit] U

• Dana Ullman - Most notable proponent of Homeopathy in the United States (b. 19510
• Mikao Usui - founded Reiki during the early 20th century in Japan.

[edit] V

• Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D. - psychologist and medical anthropologist, founder of The Four Winds Society and Healing the Light Body School

[edit] W

• Ita Wegman
• Andrew Weil - founder of Integrative Medicine and author of many modern books on alternative medicine.
• J. R. Worsley - founder of Five Elements school of acupuncture.
• Frances Wright - was active in the American Popular Health Movement of the 1830's and '40s.

[edit] X

[edit] Y

• Yellow Emperor (Huang Di) - culture hero historically credited as the founder of traditional Chinese medicine.
• Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - the founder of Transcendental Meditation.

[edit] Z

• Elder Zhang Guo - Chinese alchemist.