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Chiropractic: The chiropractic system is based on Coffee enemas: Are said to stimulate the liver to rid itself
the premise that the spine is liter- ally the backbone of more effectively of deadly toxins. They were popularized
human health: misalignments of the vertebrae caused by in cancer treatment by Dr. Max Gerson and are used along
poor posture or trauma result in pressure on the spinal with other cancer therapies as well. They must be prepared
cord, which may lead to diminished function and illness. according to certain specifications.
The chiropractor seeks to analyze and correct these
misalignments through spinal manipulation or adjustment. Coining therapy: See Gua sha.
Cholagogue: An agent that increases flow of bile from Cold laser therapy: An alternative-medicine treatment
gallbladder. that uses low-level lasers or light-emitting diodes to target
acupoints or broad portions of tissue to stimulate change
Chronic: An incurable disease or condition. An illness in the tissue. Also known as low-level laser therapy, or
persisting for a long time or constantly recurring. (LLLT).
Chronotherapy: The use of colour (usually in the form of Colloidal silver therapy: Colloidal silver (a colloid
coloured light) to produce beneficial or healing effects. consisting of silver particles suspended in liquid)
and formulations containing silver salts were used
Chronotherapy: refers to the use of circadian or other by physicians in the early 20th century, but their use
rhythmic cycles in the application of therapy. Examples of was largely discontinued in the 1940s following the
this are treatments of psychiatric and somatic diseases that development of safer and effective modern antibiotics.
are administered according to a schedule that corresponds Hippocrates in his writings discussed the use of silver in
to a person’s rhythms in order to maximize effectiveness wound care. At the beginning of the twentieth century
and minimize side effects of the therapy. Chronotherapy is surgeons routinely used silver sutures to reduce the risk
used in different fields, examples of this are the treatment of infection. In the early 20th century, physicians used
of asthma, cancer, hypertension, and multiple types of silver-containing eye drops to treat ophthalmic problems,
depression, among others seasonal affective disorder and for various infections, and sometimes internally for
bipolar disorder. Apart from the clinical applications, diseases such as tropical sprue, epilepsy, gonorrhea, and the
chronotherapy is becoming increasingly popular in non- common cold. During World War I, soldiers used silver leaf
clinical settings, for example on the work floor, where it is to treat infected wounds.
used to increase productivity and performance.
Colon hydrotherapy/colonic irrigation: The absorption
Chrysotherapy: See Aurotherapy. of nutrients is enhanced when the colon is cleansed. This
safe and painless process involves infusing filtered and
Cicatrizant: Aiding formation of scar-tissue and healing temperature regulated water into the large intestine to
wounds.
dislodge impacted material and dilute bacteria and toxic
Circulatory: An organ system that involves the flow concentrations. Colon hydrotherapy to improve muscle tone
of blood and other important body substances such as and facilitate peristalsis action.
carbon dioxide, oxygen, hormones, and electrolytes. The Colonics: A colonic is a colon irrigation, the irrigation
circulatory system helps the body combat disease and helps of the large intestine with sanitized, filtered water under
the body keep a standard body temperature and pH.
gentle pressure to wash out or detoxify it of stagnated fecal
Coding: Is a catch-all term for various Russian alternative material; it is a full intestinal enema.
therapeutic methods used to treat addictions, in which the Color therapy: See Chronotherapy.
therapist attempts to scare patients into abstinence from
a substance they are addicted to by convincing them that Compassion: The humane quality of understanding the
they will be harmed or killed if they use it again. Each suffering of others and wanting to do something about
method involves the therapist pretending to insert a “code” it; a deep awareness of and sympathy for another’s
into patients’ brains that will ostensibly provoke a strong suffering. More involved than simple empathy, compassion
adverse reaction should it come into contact with the commonly gives rise to an active desire to alleviate
addictive substance. The methods use a combination of another’s suffering.
theatrics, hypnosis, placebos, and drugs with temporary
adverse effects to instill the erroneous beliefs. Therapists Complementary health care: A non-primary care system
may pretend to “code” patients for a fixed length of time, of health care or specific treatment that is not currently
such as five years. widely accepted by conventional medicine. The treatment
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