GLOSSARY
All definitions are from the Oxford Dictionary except where cited.
MEDICINE
the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease
ALLOPATHY (TRADITIONAL WESTERN MEDICINE)
The treatment of disease by conventional means, i.e. with drugs having effects opposite to the symptoms. Often contrasted with homeopathy.
TRADITIONAL EASTERN MEDICINE (also Traditional Chinese Medicine -TCM)
From Secrets of Self-Healing p.6
"Chinese medicine is gaining recognition as an important health tradition. It has been in continuous practice among a large population for thousands of years, and today it serves close to 2 billion people in China and throughout Asia. Its success rests on a naturalistic philosophy of health and medicine that focuses on treating the person-- rather than solely the disease-- with natural means such as diet and nutrition, herbal medicine, acupuncture, and bodywork. Chinese medicine is less invasive than Western medicine. The relative lack of side effects combined with its mind-body approach has made Chinese medicine a popular choice for people looking for alternatives to traditional Western health care."
ACUPUNCTURE
a system of complementary medicine in which fine needles are inserted in the skin at specific points along what are considered to be lines of energy (meridians), used in the treatment of various physical and mental conditions
ACUPRESSURE
a form of alternative therapy in which manual pressure is used to stimulate specific points on the body along what are considered to be lines of energyENERGY the strength and vitality required for sustained physical and mental activitya person's physical and mental powersPhysics: the property of matter and radiation which is manifest as a capacity to perform work (such as causing motion or the interaction of molecules)
ENERGY FIELD (also BIOFIELD)
from Tuning the Human Biofield
The term biofield was chosen by a 1994 panel of NIH (National Institutes of Health) scientists to describe the field of energy and information that surrounds the human body.
SOUND
Vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear.
VIBRATE
Move continuously and rapidly to and fro.
FREQUENCY
1. the rate at which something occurs over a particular period of time or in a given sample
2. the rate per second of a vibration constituting a wave, either in a material (as in sound waves), or in an electromagnetic field (as in radio waves and light)
HARMONY
The combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce a pleasing effect.
The quality of forming a pleasing and consistent whole.
The state of being in agreement or concord.
RESONANCE
The quality in a sound of being deep, full and reverberating.
The power to evoke enduring images, memories and emotions.
Physics: 1. the reinforcement or prolongation of sound by reflection from a surface or by the synchronous vibration of a neighbouring object. 2. the condition in which an electric circuit or device produces the largest possible response to an applied oscillating signal. 3. a short-lived subatomic particle that is an excited state of a more stable particle.
Mechanics: the condition in which an object or system is subjected to an oscillating force having a frequency close to its own natural frequency.
Astronomy: the occurrence of a simple ratio between the periods of revolution of two bodies about a single primary.
Chemistry: the property of having a molecular structure which cannot adequately be represented by a single structural formula but is a composite of two or more structures of higher energy.
CALIBRATE
Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
Correlate the readings of (an instrument) with those of a standard in order to check the instrument's accuracy.
Adjust (experimental results) to take external factors into account or to allow comparison with other data.
Carefully assess, set, or adjust (something abstract).
ENTRAIN
(of a current or fluid) Incorporate and sweep along in its flow.
Biology: (of a rhythm of something which varies rhythmically) cause (another) gradually to fall into synchrony with it. (example: electrical control is entrained throughout the stomach via adjacent muscle cells.)
the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease
ALLOPATHY (TRADITIONAL WESTERN MEDICINE)
The treatment of disease by conventional means, i.e. with drugs having effects opposite to the symptoms. Often contrasted with homeopathy.
TRADITIONAL EASTERN MEDICINE (also Traditional Chinese Medicine -TCM)
From Secrets of Self-Healing p.6
"Chinese medicine is gaining recognition as an important health tradition. It has been in continuous practice among a large population for thousands of years, and today it serves close to 2 billion people in China and throughout Asia. Its success rests on a naturalistic philosophy of health and medicine that focuses on treating the person-- rather than solely the disease-- with natural means such as diet and nutrition, herbal medicine, acupuncture, and bodywork. Chinese medicine is less invasive than Western medicine. The relative lack of side effects combined with its mind-body approach has made Chinese medicine a popular choice for people looking for alternatives to traditional Western health care."
ACUPUNCTURE
a system of complementary medicine in which fine needles are inserted in the skin at specific points along what are considered to be lines of energy (meridians), used in the treatment of various physical and mental conditions
ACUPRESSURE
a form of alternative therapy in which manual pressure is used to stimulate specific points on the body along what are considered to be lines of energyENERGY the strength and vitality required for sustained physical and mental activitya person's physical and mental powersPhysics: the property of matter and radiation which is manifest as a capacity to perform work (such as causing motion or the interaction of molecules)
ENERGY FIELD (also BIOFIELD)
from Tuning the Human Biofield
The term biofield was chosen by a 1994 panel of NIH (National Institutes of Health) scientists to describe the field of energy and information that surrounds the human body.
SOUND
Vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear.
VIBRATE
Move continuously and rapidly to and fro.
FREQUENCY
1. the rate at which something occurs over a particular period of time or in a given sample
2. the rate per second of a vibration constituting a wave, either in a material (as in sound waves), or in an electromagnetic field (as in radio waves and light)
HARMONY
The combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce a pleasing effect.
The quality of forming a pleasing and consistent whole.
The state of being in agreement or concord.
RESONANCE
The quality in a sound of being deep, full and reverberating.
The power to evoke enduring images, memories and emotions.
Physics: 1. the reinforcement or prolongation of sound by reflection from a surface or by the synchronous vibration of a neighbouring object. 2. the condition in which an electric circuit or device produces the largest possible response to an applied oscillating signal. 3. a short-lived subatomic particle that is an excited state of a more stable particle.
Mechanics: the condition in which an object or system is subjected to an oscillating force having a frequency close to its own natural frequency.
Astronomy: the occurrence of a simple ratio between the periods of revolution of two bodies about a single primary.
Chemistry: the property of having a molecular structure which cannot adequately be represented by a single structural formula but is a composite of two or more structures of higher energy.
CALIBRATE
Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
Correlate the readings of (an instrument) with those of a standard in order to check the instrument's accuracy.
Adjust (experimental results) to take external factors into account or to allow comparison with other data.
Carefully assess, set, or adjust (something abstract).
ENTRAIN
(of a current or fluid) Incorporate and sweep along in its flow.
Biology: (of a rhythm of something which varies rhythmically) cause (another) gradually to fall into synchrony with it. (example: electrical control is entrained throughout the stomach via adjacent muscle cells.)
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-Inayat Khan
-Inayat Khan