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A 6 page research paper that examines alternative medicine therapies. Therapies offered by alternative medicine are becoming more and more accepted, even within academic circles. This holistic approach to medicine suggests that the ability to heal lies within the patient rather than within the health care practitioner. The following examination of alternative medicine therapies looks at pranayama/rebirthing and energy medicine. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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within the patient rather than within the health care practitioner. The following examination of alternative medicine therapies looks at pranayama/rebirthing and energy medicine. First of all, some clarification is needed
regarding the term "rebirthing." In some circles, "rebirthing" refers to a form of alternative medicine that has been discredited, which employs this term to describe a controversial treatment for reactive
detachment disorder (Josefson, 2001). This form of "rebirthing" involves wrapping a child tightly in blankets, while several adults press against the child with pillows in imitation of uterine contradictions, the
point being to recreate the birth process and have the child "reborn," as the child has to work to escape the restraints (Mercer, 2001). In 2000, a 10-year-old girl in
Colorado was killed during such a procedure (Mercer, 2001). Despite the fact that the child pleaded for her life seven times (as shown on the videotape) the "therapists" refused to
release her and she suffocated. The therapists were convicted of reckless child abuse resulting in death and a law was passed by the state of Colorado prohibiting such therapy (Josefson,
2001). For this purposes of this paper, the term "rebirthing" refers to yogic breathing practices similar to those practiced in pranayama yoga. According to empirical research, it is still far
from clear whether or not breathing exercises can have beneficial effects of specific conditions, such as asthma (Thomas, 2003). A Cochrane review of breathing exercises for asthma, which was updated
in 2000 and undergoing review, found it impossible to draw reliable conclusions on the efficacy of breathing retraining from current published evidence (Thomas, 2003). However, since this review there have
been some reports published in peer-reviewed literature that indicates limited beneficial effects in "symptoms and airways hyper-responsiveness to methacholine" results from yoga breathing exercises and of improvement in asthma
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