Heal is the last step into achieving great balance in life. After being fully comfortable with Maintain, and Enhance, Healing is where a person turns all his/her human potential into meditation and into a spiritual form. Further research in Chinese medicine indicates that acupuncture is another form of traditional healing practice that involves placing needles through the skin of the body to achieve the flow of energy from within. The flow of energy is produced through the slight sensation of pain that signals the brain to release natural endorphins and increase the body’s circulation. To understand acupuncture a person has to understand the meaning of Chi.
1.1 Explain the state of hypnosis My understanding is that hypnosis represents an altered state of consciousness, which could also be described as a different state of awareness. I believe that this altered state allows the hypnotherapist to communicate with the subconscious mind. I found out that the earliest evidence of hypnosis was found among shamans, who were also referred to as ‘witch doctors’, ‘medicine men’, and ‘healers’. The Hindus of ancient India used to take their sick to ‘sleep temples’ to be cured by hypnotic suggestion. Hypnotic-like inductions were used to place the individual in a sleep-like state.
Shamanistic Cults: A shaman, or medicine man, is a person with a culturally defined special relationship to super-natural powers, which he frequently uses to cure sickness. In many societies (especially among many foraging peoples), the shaman is the only kind of religious practitioner; that is, he practices the only kind of ritual and possesses the only kinds of abilities not available to ordinary people. Kuksu Cult was a shamanistic religion in Northern California practiced in different degrees by many Native American people before and during contact with the arriving European settlers. The religious belief system was held by several tribes in Central California and Northern California, from the Sacramento Valley west to the Pacific Ocean. The practice of Kuksu included elaborate acting and dancing ceremonies in traditional costume.
Shamanism: An Exploration in the “Technique of Ecstasy” Introduction: The introduction provides a brief overview of shamanism as an ancient practice that is found throughout history and across cultures. This paper will examine traditional forms of shamanism, as well as neo-shamanism, the re-emergence of shamanic practices in contemporary Western culture. Ultimately, this paper argues that shamanistic practices are effective methods of healing developed and utilized as a spiritual path for thousands of years. Working Thesis: Despite the prevailing dismissive and often negative Western scientific attitude toward shamanism, this ancient method of healing is an effective practice that, through a transpersonal experience in which an individual undergoes a change in consciousness, the individual gains access to his or her archetypal, inner resources which results in healing, insight, and self-empowerment. Structure: I.
The remedies Mexican-American used are also called zumos or syrup mixtures. The main ingredients in the syrup mixture includes whale oil, cod liver oil, honey/royal jelly, aloe vera juice, oregano, onion/garlic, lemon, Castro, and almond oil. After the syrup mixture is taken by an individual with asthma, the mixture then takes effect and restores the
Wine has a long history of use as an early form of medication, being recommended variously as a safer alternative to drinking water, an antiseptic for treating wounds and a digestive aid, as well as a cure for a wide range of ailments from lethargy and diarrhea to easing the pain of child birth. Early medicine was intimately tied with religion and the supernatural, with early practitioners often being priests and magicians. Wine's close association with ritual made it a logical tool for these early medical practices. Ancient Egyptian Papyri and Sumerian tablets dating back to 2200 BC detail the medicinal role of wine, making it the world’s oldest documented man-made medicine. Wine continued to play a major role in medicine until the late 19th and early 20th century, when changing opinions and medical research on alcohol and alcoholism cast doubt on the role of wine as part of a healthy lifestyle and diet.
Use of Black Cohosh as an Herbal Medication Herbal medications date back centuries and serve as a basis of how many of today’s pharmaceuticals have been developed. Black Cohosh is just one example of the many of these herbal medications that are still in use today. The medication aspect of the herb is produced from the root of the plant, which belongs to the buttercup family. The plant is found to primarily grow in North America and was used initially by the Native Americans to relieve menstrual cramps and menopause symptoms before becoming a popular treatment in the 1950’s in Europe. Today, Black Cohosh is distributed in an over the counter pill form with the recommended dose ranging from 40 - 80 mg per day (Ehrlich, 2011).
Although this act seems new to most it has been around for some time, but has been traced back to the times of the Mandan tribe in the United States, located on the banks of the Missouri river, and to the Hindu culture for thousands of years in Asia and the Middle East. During these times the suspension was exercised as a spiritual ritual (Musafar). Modern day suspensions are closely related to the artwork of performance artists that use their own bodies as canvases or are just simply a form of entertainment. Roland Loomis, known as Fakir Musafar, was an artist who specialized in suspension and piercing performance pieces, also starting the Modern Primitivism movement. He was mostly responsible for bringing attention to body suspension to the modern United States for purposes other than spiritual rituals (Guimarin).
It contained formulas for spiritual rituals to rid the sick of bad spirits along with the use of natural plants and herbs mixed together. These practice were used up until around 600 BC when the Greeks were starting to take a scientific approach to medicines. The Greeks with the help of Hippocrates 400 to 362BC, found spirits to be more of a phenomena towards healing. This brought along the studying of the composition of plants by Theophrastus. As he was studying plant he discovered that some of the plants carried adverse effects, but found some to be poisons.
LiteratureReview People had been using herbal medicines for centuries. The ancient Chinese had long been known for their use of medicinal plants. The Egyptian papyrus writings had writings of how they use used medicinal plants as early as 3,000 B.C. Other Indigenous cultures such as African and Native American used herbs in their healing rituals, while other cultures developed their own traditional medical systems like India had their own Ayurveda and the traditional Chinese medicine. The development and mass production of chemically-synthesized drugs have revolutionized health care in most parts of the world for the past hundred years.