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Homotoxicology: It is a therapeutic branch which enables recorded. Hypnosis may facilitate behavioral, emotional,
deep cleansing of the body tissues, removing old toxins, or attitudinal change. Iridology: This diagnostic system is
disease processes and degenerative debris, leaving the based on the premise that every organ has a corresponding
fluids clean, fresh and able to function as intended. location within the iris of the eye, which can serve as an
Based on homeopathy, but not quite the same thing, indicator of the individual health or disease of an organ.
homotoxicology is the brain child of German doctor Hans- Iridology is used by naturopaths and other practitioners,
Heinrich Reckeweg (1905-1985). particularly when diagnosis achieved through standard
methods is unclear.
Human Potential Movement: A 1960s movement that
rebelled against current cultural norms and supported the Hypoglycemant: Agent that lowers blood sugar.
ideal that there is unlocked potential in all human beings.
Hypotensive: Lowers blood pressure.
Humanistic psychology: this branch of psychology was
created in contrast to the Freudian psychoanalytic theory Hypothermic ozone chamber: Is a detoxification method
and the Skinner theory of behaviourism, which had known using steam to deliver ozone through the skin.
weaknesses. Humanistic psychology supports the theory
that a person is able to bring their own creativity and talents Other Hirudo species sometimes used as medicinal leeches
include (but are not limited to) Hirudo orientalis, Hirudo
to fruition.
troctina, and Hirudo verbana. The Mexican medical
Hydrotherapy: The use of water to help relieve pain and to leech is Hirudinaria manillensis, and the North American
treat certain diseases. Methods make use of the properties medical leech is Macrobdella decora.
of water, including temperature and pressure, to stimulate
blood circulation, modulate immune function, treat skin
disorders, and balance hormones, and may include the
use of water jets, underwater massage, wet sheet wraps, I
contrasting hot and cold showers or compresses, and
mineral baths.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: Uses the administration of Ichthyotherapy: Is defined as the treatment of skin
one-hundred percent oxygen at a controlled pressure for a disease (so far mainly cornification disorders like
prescribed amount of time to help fight infection, increase psoriasis and ichthyosis) with the so-called “doctor fish of
oxygen delivery within the body, cause the formation of Kangal”, Garra rufa. In accordance with other biotherapy
new capillaries, and have a variety of other healing results.
terminologies, such as maggot therapy (use of sterile fly
Hypertensive: Raises blood pressure. larvae, or “maggots”), hirudotherapy (use of the medicinal
leech, Hirudo medicinalis) and apitherapy (use of the
Hypno-Birthing®: The skill of intentionally going into honeybee, Apis mellifera), the term “Ichthyotherapy” was
a profoundly relaxed state, mentally and physically, for proposed in 2006 (Grassberger and Hoch 2006) and readily
comfort in childbirth. Hypnotherapy – Hypnotic techniques adopted. The name derives from the Greek word for fish
can induce everything from a light to a heavy hypnotic “Ichthys”. Other descriptive terms frequently used are:
state to help a client overcome psychological or physical “Dr. Fish treatment”, “Kangal Fish therapy” or “Nibblefish
problems. From helping people to overcome a craving therapy”.
for cigarettes to managing chronic pain from an illness or
accident, trained hypnotherapists work with a wide variety Immunotherapies: Are those therapies that strengthen the
of problems. immune system. There is a wide range of therapies that are
said to operate this way.
Hypnosis: A system of medical practices based on the
theory that any substance that can produce symptoms Indigenous or Tribal Medicine: A healthcare system
of disease or illness in a healthy person can cure those that tends to incorporate various methods of botanical and
symptoms in a sick person. animal medicines as well as specific ceremonial rituals of
the culture to cure disease. The medicinal knowledge is
Hypnotherapy: The term describes a range of techniques passed from generation to generation primarily through oral
that allow practitioners to bypass the conscious mind and traditions. The system tends to be unique to each tribe.
access the subconscious, where suppressed memories,
repressed emotions, and forgotten events may remain Infusion: A tea made by pouring water over plant material

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