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Murach, M. (ND Bastyr 2003) states:
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[in "What is Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine?"]
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"acupuncture is most commonly thought of as the insertion of extremely fine needles into very specific points, or acu-points, to promote the balancing of qi [translated loosely as energy] throughout the meridians of the body. It works to unblock and reestablish the normal flow of this energy in order for healing to begin and optimum health to be achieved [...] acu-points can also be manually stimulated. Commonly incorporated into treatments where there are blockages, or stagnation, in the flow of qi [...] with gua sha, the practitioner uses a flat edged tool that is rubbed across affected areas of the patient's body to increase the flow of qi through areas of stagnation [...] ";
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Murphy, C. (ND Bastyr) states:
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[in "Naturopathic Medicine"]
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Murphy, R. (ND NCNM) states:
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[in “Case Analysis and Prescribing Techniques”(2004)]
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“[in the Organon, its] preface. Hahnemann […] alludes that disease is not a physical phenomenon, that it is a disturbance in the vital force and cure is a reaction of the vital force [p.001]. Hahnemann did not differentiate between a homoeopathic remedy and a stress – getting well or getting injured, they both disturb the vital force […] he alludes the law of similars, and the minimum dose for restoring health without shock to the vital force. He came to the conclusion that the vital force is a delicate thing […] vital principle (equals vital force) [p.002…] a drug’s therapeutic strength is its ability to alter the vital force [p.003…] Hahnemann was very aware of the delicacy of the vital force […] the emphasis should be on studying the vital force and cultivating the vital force [p.005…] the vital force. The first major feature is the constitution, the constitutional vitality, the innate strength or energy […] this is the vital force [p.035...] our goal is understanding the vital force [p.039...] homoeopathy and the vital force. Energy [...] a person's vital force should be what's on our mind [...] learning about the vital force [p.049...] the more we see and study disease, the more we learn about the vital force [...] the perspective of the vital force [...] studying the vital force is studying life [...] Kent has very good concepts of the vital force [p.050...] not based on the vital force [...] we need real reactions in the vital force [...] the vital force is susceptible to problems [p.068...] the idea of Hahnemann is to have a smooth, gentle cure; keeping a person comfortable and keeping the vital force in a state of order [...] their vital force in unstable [...] the vital force [p.075...] the child's vital force [...] any indirect influences on the vital force that deranged it [...] the influences on the vital force [...] something bends the vital force slowly [...] tear the vital force [p.079...] the vital force doesn't like it [...] we're doing something harmful to the vital force [p.133...] the urine is permeated with vital energy [...] the more deprivation of vital energy takes place [p.141...] all we have to do is judge the vital force [...] exercises that exercise the vital force [...] the whole goal of homoeopathy is to cultivate the vital force [...] we want to increase the vital energy [p.142...] the vital force didn't tell me to change [...] or the vital force would've told you [etc....] the vital force will take away the things in its own time [p.153...] that gives the vital force time to stabilize [...] a medicinal aggravation is where we're forcing the remedy on the vital force [...] the vital force succumbs to it [p.192...] 'rapid improvement means the vital force has gone to a new level of strength, and then the vital force throws the disease off' [...] with the lower potencies, you're cultivating the vital force gently and increasing it, and the vital force throws off the disorder, usually according to Hering's law [...] you leave it up to the person's own vital force [p.193...] the authority is the vital force [p.208]";
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[in "Robin Murphy's Commentary on Organon of Medicine, Sixth Edition"(2004)]
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[p.373-492 are not available for preview at books.google.com]
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"[a mixture of Hahnemann and Murphy's notations] they don't believe in the vital force [etc. p.060...] the vitality -- the vital force, and the vital principle [etc. p.066] the vital force will reject the potency [etc. p.083...] disrupt her vital force [etc. p.088...] the vital force doesn't care [etc. p.096...] in order that the vital principle [etc....] the vital principle does not accept [etc....] the expected change in the vital principle [etc....] the same conditions of the vital force [etc. p.126...] the vital force reveals itself by its expression [p.234...] a fraction which the vital force [etc. p.358...] the spiritual being that produces the disease, the vital force [...] the affectation of the vital force [p.368...] the spiritual vital force (autocracy) [etc....] the material organism, without the vital force [etc....] the immaterial being (the vital principle) [etc....] (automatic) vital force [etc. p.370...] the preserving vital force [etc....] the vital force is still very energetic [etc. p.493...] the vital force of the organism [etc. p.510...] the vital principle [etc....] the same conditions of the vital force [etc....] the vital principle may be altered [etc....] the morbid disorder from the vital force [etc. p.516...] the sick whose vital force within the organism is deficient [etc....] a man in full vigor of vital energy [etc....] all the fine vital spirits [etc. p.546...] mesmerism depended upon an influx of more or less vital force into the patient [...] the vital force accumulated by means of negative mesmerism [etc....] a delicate person affected with a chronic ailment and deficient vital force [etc. p.547]";
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(ISBN 8180564630)
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Murray, M.T. (ND Bastyr 1985) states:
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[in "What the Drug Companies Won't Tell You and Your Doctor Doesn't Know: The Alternative Treatments That May Change Your Life and the Prescriptions That Could Harm You"(2009)]
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"the body has two internal mechanisms to maintain health. The first is the inherent internal healing mechanism: the vital force, chi; or the primitive life support and repair mechanism that operates in every person [...] the second mechanism involves the power of the mind and emotions to intervene and affect the course of health and disease in a way that enhances or supersedes the body's innate vital force [p.027]";
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(ISBN 1416549331)
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Mussman, I. (ND NCNM) states:
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[in "Ian Mussman"]
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Myatt, D. (NMD ?) states:
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[in “A Traditional Approach to the Treatment of Modern Illness”]
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“traditional herbal systems provide a vitalistic system of treatment, in contrast to the purely Western atomistic system of herbal medicine”;
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Myers, S.P. (ND ?, PhD ?, BMed ?), Snider, P.L. (ND Bastyr 1982), Zeff, J. (ND NCNM 1979, LAc ECTOM 1987, BS UC 1979) state:
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[for Zeff's bio. and CV -- a former academic dean of NCNM 1988-1993; current Bastyr University ND college instructor {2009}; ND of the year 1989; 2002 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Northwest Naturopathic Physicians Association -- (click here, http://www.jaredzeff.com/about.html)]
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[in "The Textbook of Natural Medicine, Chapter 03 - A Hierarchy of Healing: The Therapeutic Order, The Unifying Theory of Naturopathic Medicine?"(2005)]
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"the 'Select Committee on the Definition of Naturopathic Medicine' succeeded in a 3-year project that culminated in the unanimous adoption by AANP's House of Delegates of a comprehensive, consensus definition of naturopathic medicine in 1989 at the annual convention held at Rippling River, OR [...] 'these principles are the skeleton, the core of naturopathic theory [...] Dr. Sensenig presented 'Back to the Future: Reintroducing Vitalism as a New Paradigm [!? p.030...] naturopathic philosophy is the foundation and heart of naturopathic medicine [p.031...] box 3-1. Working definition of naturopathic medicine [...] naturopathic medicine is distinguished by the principles that underlie and determine its practice. These principles include the healing power of nature (vis medicatrix nature) [...] the clinical theory that governs the selection and application of these [naturopathic] modalities, captured in the unifying definition adopted in 1989 [...] the first element of this theory is based upon the first defining principle: vis medicatrix naturae [p.032...] the role of the physician is to facilitate this self-healing process [p.033...] the determinants of health [...] the naturopathic physician evaluates the patient [...] first in the spirit [...] the removal of the obstacles to cure [...] allows the action of the vis medicatrix naturae, the vital force, the healing power of nature. This is the first step in the hierarchy of healing and what naturopathic physicians may call the overarching clinical theory of naturopathic medicine: the therapeutic order [...] the therapeutic order is a natural hierarchy of therapeutic intervention [...] it is the natural ordering of the modalities of naturopathic medicine and their application [p.034...] box 3-3 [...] stimulate the healing power of nature (vis medicatrix naturae): the self-healing process [...] harmonize with your life force [...] in this step, the physician is essentially 'removing the obstacles to cure, and allowing the vis medicatrix naturae to do its work' [...] what we might call integrity. Humans are spiritual beings. They are spirits that reside within bodies. Though the general purview of the physician is the body, that instrument cannot be separated from the spirit, which animates it. If the spirit is disturbed, the body cannot be fundamentally healthy. Hahnemann, the brilliant founder of homeopathy, instructs physicians thus. Disturbance in the spirit permeates the body and eventuates in physical manifestation. Physicians are responsible for perceiving such and addressing them. At colleges of naturopathic medicine in Australia and North America, faculty work with naturopathic medicine students to develop their ability to perceive the spiritual nature of an individual [...] this is a foundational skill in addressing spirituality and health [...] spiritual disharmony, inappropriate diet, digestive disturbance, stress, and toxemia are primary causes of chronic illness [...] a good spiritual connection [p.035...] stimulate the self-healing mechanisms [...] to apply stimulation to the self-healing mechanisms. The basis of this approach is the underling recognition of the vis medicatrix naturae, the tendency of the body to be self-healing [...] many naturopathic modalities can be used to stimulate the overall vital force [...] homeopathy and acupuncture are primary methods of such stimulation [...per] Pizzorno and Snider [...] 'we exist as part of complex patters of matter, energy, and spirit' [...] exposure to appropriate rhythms, patterns, and forces of nature strengthens vitality and stimulates the healing power of nature [...] Dr. Pizzorno's work in Total Wellness and the work of 'functional medicine' leader Jeffery Bland, PhD [...] these strategies are used to restore optimal function to an entire physiologic system (immune, cardiovascular, detoxification, life force, endocrine, etc.) [p.036...] much pathologic expression is the result of the actual self-healing mechanisms, such as inflammation, suppressive measures are, in general, anti-vis medicatrix naturae [...] this therapeutic hierarchy is based on the observation of the nature of healing and the inherent order of the healing process. It is part of a unifying theory of naturopathic medicine, an outgrowth of the principles which underlie naturopathic thinking. It provides the physician with instructions [...] the consensus definition of naturopathic medicine, adopted by the AANP in 1989, is a statement of identity, distinguishing naturopathic medicine [...] a clinical theory of naturopathic medicine [...] the nature of health and of disease and of the nature of healing [...] human illness [...] its process as a n expression of the vis medicatrix naturae [...] the patient as a whole being: spiritual, mental / emotional, and physical [...] ultimately, it satisfies Hahnemann's observation [p.038...] Hippocrates' writings on the vis medicatrix naturae form a foundation that historically underpin development of this theory [p.039]";
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(ISBN 0443073007; 3rd. ed. 2005)(click here, http://www.naturalmedtext.com/)
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Myers, T. ({NCNM student?; NCNM faculty?} ?) states:
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[in “Introduction to Naturopathic and Classical Chinese Medicine”]
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“in the beginning: nature cure […] Hahn […] Rikli […] Just […] Kuhne […] Lahmann […] Felke […] each of these practitioners […] inevitably modified or reformed a particular treatment method that might be deemed too harsh for the patient at a certain stage of illness, or not rigorous enough to stimulate the vital force that promotes the body’s natural defense mechanisms in protecting it against disease and combating illness [p.001…] homeopathic remedies […] the chosen remedy works not to suppress or nullify the symptoms, but as a catalyst to strengthen and lend deep assistance to an individual’s inner will, and resolve, or vital force and the foundation of character and personality [p.008…] as the warmed up towels are replaced with a fresh set of wet and cold or cold towels, the treatment cycle is repeated for the purpose of supporting and enhancing the body’s ‘vital force,’ one of hydrotherapy’s primary benefits [p.009…] the six principles […] the healing power of nature: vis medicatrix naturae. The healing power of nature […] the primary defense and protective mechanisms against infectious agents or chemical and toxic environmental assaults […] the physiological ability of the human body to [p.010] maintain as well as re-establish balance […] the wisdom of the mind-body-spirit ‘consortium’ […] operating through bio-chemical and bio-energetic pathways […per] bodily and psycho-spiritual functioning […] the vis medicatrix naturae, as a philosophical, physiological, and psycho-social concept, is a highly ordered, yet readily creative aspect of the life-force energy that drives the growth of simple and complex cellular systems in their cycles of birth, generation, growth, to decay, death and into birth once again. In matters of health and sickness, the power exerted by the wisdom of nature springs forth from the medicines used within naturopathic practice to treat, heal and cure […] all collaborate as expressions of a healing force that engenders physical and mental health while fueling endurance and paving the way for foundational stability [p.011…] classical Chinese medicine […] acupuncture, Chinese herbology and bodywork, dietary therapy and exercise based on traditional Oriental medicine principles. These therapies work with the natural vital energy inherent within all living things [p.012…] the naturalist [!yikes!] philosophy and science [!yikes!] of taoism [the religion!...] a naturalist and cosmological science […of] philosophical and mystical roots […] in Chinese medicine, the taoist approach underscores the fundamental theories of diagnosis and treatment […per] yin-yang, of qi, and jing (essence), blood, and the five element theory […] qi signifies the active, generative force […] it is the ‘vital quality’ in all living things, the motivating energy, the ‘silent roar’ […] it is the connecting, invisible link between yin and yang, bearing testimony to the presence, flow and indestructableness of the tao […] jing is the life force ‘essence’ of congenital inheritance [p.013…] the forces of qi, jing, yin and yang, and so on […] yin-yang (universal life-force polarities), qi (universal life-energy), xue (blood), jing [p.015] (essence), and the five elements […] ‘the arrival of qi’ (the vital force energy [p.016]”;
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