The scientific basis of integrative medicine

Table of Contents......Page 8
Foreword to First Edition......Page 18
Foreword to Second Edition......Page 20
Preface......Page 22
Acknowledgments......Page 24
Disclaimer......Page 26
Introduction......Page 28
About the Authors......Page 32
Introduction......Page 34
The Central Nervous System......Page 35
The Peripheral Nervous System......Page 42
The Enteric Nervous System......Page 43
The Triune Brain......Page 45
Neurons and Neurotransmitters......Page 47
Your Thoughts and CNS Neurotransmitters......Page 49
We Are on the Planet Like a Work of Art......Page 51
Essential Points......Page 52
Section 2: The Endocrine System......Page 54
Hormones and Their Properties......Page 55
The Pituitary Gland......Page 57
Hypothalamus......Page 58
Parathyroid......Page 59
Adrenals......Page 60
Pineal Gland......Page 61
Receptors and Health......Page 62
Section 3: The Stress System......Page 63
Stress and Immune System Interaction......Page 65
The Lymphatic System......Page 66
The Innate Immune System......Page 67
The Acquired Immune System......Page 70
References......Page 73
Additional Resources......Page 75
Introduction......Page 76
Definitions......Page 77
Conditioned Immune Responses......Page 78
Introduction......Page 80
Cytokines as Immunological Messengers......Page 82
Pro-Opiomelanocortin (POMC) Molecules......Page 85
Thymus and Pineal Glands: Facilitators of Bidirectional Communication......Page 87
Thymus Gland......Page 88
Examples of Systems Integration......Page 89
First Example: HPA Axis and the Immune System......Page 90
Second Example: Intercellular Communication in the Anterior Pituitary......Page 92
Integration: The Potential for Harmony......Page 94
References......Page 95
Additional Resources......Page 103
A Brief History......Page 106
What Is Stress?......Page 107
The Stress Response......Page 109
Do Women Have Their Own Discrete Stress Response?......Page 111
Allostatic Load......Page 113
Glucocorticoids......Page 115
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)......Page 116
Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH)......Page 117
Opioids and Stress......Page 118
Apoptosis......Page 119
What Is a Telomere?......Page 121
Stress-Induced Senescence?......Page 123
Telomeres: Can They Predict Longevity?......Page 124
Telomeres: Stress, Disease......Page 126
An Eastern Perspective of Stress......Page 128
Clinical Perspectives on Stress......Page 129
Heart......Page 131
Exam Stress......Page 133
Cancer......Page 134
Physicians Be Warned......Page 135
Summary......Page 136
Memory and Stress......Page 137
Communication into and out of the Subiculum......Page 140
Oscillating Networks and Frequency......Page 142
Oscillations and Coordination of Multiple Cortical Activity Patterns......Page 143
Theta Rhythms in the Hippocampus......Page 144
Cortical Activity Patterns Regulating Memory and Stress......Page 145
Melatonin, the Subiculum, and Stress......Page 146
Looking Ahead......Page 147
References......Page 148
Additional Resources......Page 159
Introduction......Page 164
The History......Page 166
Endogenous Ligands of the Relaxation Response......Page 167
Overview......Page 168
Benzodiazepines and the Immune System......Page 169
Melatonin......Page 170
Melatonin and the Immune and Stress Systems......Page 171
Melatonin and Meditation......Page 172
Cannabinoid Receptors......Page 173
Cannabinoid Ligands......Page 174
2-AG......Page 175
Functions of Cannabinoids in the Stress and Immune Systems......Page 176
Cannabinoids and the Theta Healing System......Page 177
Speculating about the Role of Cannabinoids in the Relaxation Response......Page 179
N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT)......Page 180
Placebo......Page 181
The Theta Healing System and Limbic Therapy......Page 182
References......Page 183
Additional Resources......Page 192
Osteopathy......Page 194
Craniosacral Therapy......Page 195
Chiropractic......Page 196
Massage......Page 197
Herbs......Page 198
Full-Spectrum and Bright-Light Therapy......Page 199
Ultraviolet (UV) Therapy......Page 200
Auriculotherapy......Page 201
Medical Resonance Therapy Music®......Page 202
Bioacoustics......Page 203
Bioelectromagnetic Modalities......Page 204
Laser Surgery......Page 208
Radio-Frequency Hyperthermia......Page 209
Cranial Electrical Stimulation (CES)......Page 210
Qi Machine™......Page 211
Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy and Pulsed Signal Therapy (PST)......Page 212
Hypnotherapy......Page 213
Hypnagogia......Page 214
Meditation......Page 215
HeartMath® Therapy......Page 216
Biofeedback......Page 218
Dance......Page 220
Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)......Page 221
Love......Page 222
Naturopathic Medicine: New Respect for an Old Profession......Page 223
Six Principles of Healing......Page 224
Naturopathic Medical Education Accreditation......Page 225
Naturopathic Medical Research......Page 226
References......Page 227
Additional Resources......Page 235
Introduction......Page 238
Modalities of Subtle Energy Medicine......Page 239
Acupuncture......Page 240
QiGong......Page 241
Applied Kinesiology......Page 242
Therapeutic Touch (TT)......Page 243
Reiki......Page 244
Homeopathy......Page 245
Healing Traditions of Indigenous Peoples......Page 247
Prayer and Spiritual Healing......Page 249
References......Page 258
Additional Resources......Page 261
Assessing Efficacy of Electromagnetic Therapies......Page 264
Conventional Electrotherapy: Using Relatively High Currents......Page 266
Subtle Biochemistry......Page 267
Large Effects by Very Weak Electromagnetic Fields......Page 268
Candidate Sites for Weak Electromagnetic Field Interactions......Page 270
Process Control and Magnetosomes......Page 271
Ion Cyclotron Resonance (ICR)......Page 272
Biomolecular Resonance Signaling......Page 273
Open Systems Dynamics......Page 274
Coherent Biophotonic Regulation......Page 276
Cellular Ensembles Whispering Together......Page 277
Insights from Cancer Detection......Page 278
Nordenström\'s Biologically Closed Electric Circuits (BCEC)......Page 279
Acupuncture Electric Circuits......Page 281
Oschman\'s Living Matrix Model......Page 283
Liboff\'s Electrogenomic Vector Field......Page 285
Homeodynamics......Page 287
Imaging Homeodynamics......Page 288
Electroacupuncture, Electrodermal Screening, and Bioresonance Therapies......Page 289
Electrical Measurements in Acupuncture......Page 290
Electrodermal Screening (EDS)......Page 296
Morell\'s MORA-Therapy......Page 297
Brügeman\'s BICOM and MULTICOM......Page 298
Lednyiczky\'s Hippocampus Lenyo and Cell-Comm Devices......Page 302
Binder\'s ONDAMED®......Page 303
Bioelectric Frequency Analysis: EnerMed......Page 304
Quantum Resonance System (QRS)......Page 306
Ion Cyclotron Resonance (ICR) Therapy: The SEQEX......Page 308
Electro Interstitial Scan (EIS)......Page 309
Electrophotonic Imaging (EPI): Imaging the Human Energy Field......Page 310
Open Research and Development......Page 312
References......Page 313
Additional Resources......Page 324
The Electromagnetic Spectrum and Light......Page 326
What Is a Laser and How Does It Work?......Page 328
How Do Lasers Work?......Page 329
Absorption of Electromagnetic Radiation......Page 330
The Importance of Laser Power......Page 332
How Much Laser Energy Is Necessary for Effective Treatment?......Page 334
Therapeutic Effects of Lasers......Page 335
Light, Color, and Electromagnetic Waves......Page 337
Let There Be Light......Page 338
References......Page 339
Additional Resources......Page 341
The Two Guideposts......Page 342
Advancing Medical Education Curriculum......Page 343
First Pillar: Integrative Collaborative Care......Page 344
Components of an Integrative Collaborative Care Treatment Model......Page 345
The Need to Incorporate Integrative Collaborative Care in Medical Education......Page 347
Integrative Collaborative Care: Healing Systems from Other Cultures......Page 350
Integrative Collaborative Care and Spirituality......Page 351
Defining Cultural Competence......Page 352
Worldwide Efforts toward Cultural Competence in Medical Education......Page 354
Cultural Competence Equals Patient-Centered Healthcare......Page 355
A Firsthand Lesson on the Need for Cultural Competence......Page 356
Personal Stress Management......Page 357
Learning Clinical Sensitivity and Expressing Empathy: A Complex Endeavor......Page 358
A Firsthand Lesson on the Need for Clinical Sensitivity......Page 360
Schools of Medicine Support Technology-Based Learning......Page 361
Types of Technology-Based Learning Applicable to Medical Students and Physician Education......Page 362
eLearning and the Licensing Committee for Medical Education (LCME)......Page 364
Increasing Services to the Underserved......Page 365
Decreasing the Brain Drain: Balancing the Global Distribution of Healthcare Professionals......Page 367
Conclusion......Page 368
References......Page 371
Additional Resources......Page 374
Overview of the Pineal Gland......Page 378
Physiological Characteristics of the Pineal Gland......Page 379
Neural Pathway from the Environment to the Pineal: The Retinohypothalamic–Pineal System......Page 380
Neuropeptides in the Pineal......Page 381
Melatonin: The Major Pineal Hormone......Page 382
Measuring Melatonin......Page 383
Melatonin Synthesis......Page 384
Melatonin Phase-Response Curve and Suppression by Light......Page 386
Clinical Applications for Melatonin......Page 387
Nighttime Work, Mental Disorders, Antiaging......Page 388
Our Wake–Sleep Switch......Page 389
Clockworks: The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN)......Page 390
Clock Components......Page 392
Ocular Phototransduction: Research on Individuals Who Are Blind......Page 393
How Is the Clock Set? Capturing and Sending Light to the SCN......Page 394
Melatonin\'s Cell-Mediated Immune Responses......Page 395
Melatonin\'s Nonreceptor Immune Actions: Free Radical Scavenger......Page 396
Melatonin and Hematopoiesis......Page 397
Melatonin and Prolactin......Page 398
Melatonin and the Reproductive System......Page 399
Human Studies......Page 400
Chronobiology......Page 401
Electromagnetic Energy and the Pineal: A Link to Eastern Energy Concepts......Page 402
Concluding Thoughts......Page 405
References......Page 406
Additional Resources......Page 418
The Science of Subtle Energies: A Theory......Page 420
The Interface of Human Physiology and Subtle Energies......Page 423
Research Supporting a Physiology of Spirituality......Page 426
Brain Scans of Spiritual Experiences......Page 427
Brain Scans of Emotional Experiences......Page 428
Neuroplasticity and the Biology of Meditation......Page 429
Integral Physiology: Integration of the Body, Mind/Emotions, and Spirit......Page 432
References......Page 433
Additional Resources......Page 434