List of people in alternative medicine
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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
[edit] A
- 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.
- William Fitzgerald - introduced emitology to the West.
[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.
[edit] Q
[edit] R
- 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.
