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List of famous people in alternative medicine
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Famous people in alternative medicine provides a master list of the articles included in this Terms and concepts in alternative medicine#Alternative medicine|alternative medicine (Terms and concepts in alternative medicine#CAM|CAM) series of articles.
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- Roberto Assagioli formulated his discoveries into an approach he called psychosynthesis
- Edward Bach - founder of flower essence therapy and the Bach flower remedies.
- William Horatio Bates - founder of the Bates Method alternative approach to eyesight improvement.
- Wooster Beech - founded Eclectic Medicine.
- Dan Bensky - American TCM and Craniosacral practitioner and author of a popular English language version of the Chinese herbology|herbal materia medica.
- 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.
- Carlos Castaneda - author and philosopher. One of his ideas is that dreaming can be cultivated as a way to refine one's awareness to a point where extraordinary feats of perception can be achieved.
- Charaka - is one of the founders of Ayurveda.
- Cheng Man-ch'ing - traditional Chinese physician and the first well-known teacher to offer his own version of T'ai Chi Ch'uan in the West.
- Mantak Chia - claimed healer and author of books on Taoism, Taoist sexuality and Tai Chi Chuan
- Hulda Regehr Clark - wrote a series of books including The Cure for all Diseases, advocating extreme dietary practices and "zapping" of parasites.
- Benjamin Colby - wrote the book, A Guide to Health, which delineated the basic practices and philosophy of Thomsonian Medicine.
- 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.
- George L. Engel - proposed the biopsychosocial model of health, illness and healing in 1977.
- Bob Flaws - modern American author of traditional Chinese medicine books
- Mosh? Feldenkrais - founder of the Feldenkrais method.
- William Fitzgerald - introduced reflexology to the West.
- Sylvester Graham - was known for his graham crackers and founded Grahamism.
- George Goodheart - founded applied kinesiology in 1964.
- Theodor Hahn - a lay practitioner who advocated using the water cure along with a vegetarian diet.
- Samuel Hahnemann - founded homeopathic medicine.
- Michael Harner - synthesized shamanic beliefs and practices from all over the world into a system now known as neoshamanism.
- Joseph Heller - student of Ida Rolf (first president of the Rolf Institute) and founder of Hellerwork Structural Integration.
- Eunice Ingham - developed and refined the zone therapy into what is now known as reflexology.
- Isaac Jennings - cofounded a healing system called Orthopathy.
- Bernard Jensen - leading American iridology|iridologist
- Ted Kaptchuk - author of The Web That Has no Weaver, a popular introductory book on traditional Chinese medicine
- 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 manger of the Battle Creek Sanitarium.
- Sebastian Kneipp - Bavarian preist who began the Nature Cure movement (1890s). Chiefly recognized for his contributions to hydrotherapy.
- Dolores Krieger developed Therapeutic Touch.
- Jack LaLanne - For over 30 years, Jack promoted exercise on television. He is also famous for a series of well-publicized feats of strength that always took place on his birthday.
- Benedict Lust - Founder of naturopathic medicine in the United States. Purchased the rights to the term "naturopathy" from John Scheel.
- Devi Nambudripad - founder of NAET, controversial allergy treatment
- Paul Nogier - French founder of Auriculotherapy
- Leonard Orr - developed Rebirthing.
- Daniel David Palmer|Daniel Palmer - founded chiropractic medicine.
- Linus Pauling - established a new discipline called orthomolecular medicine and promoted the use of Vitamin C to cure cancer. Pauling was however not a general supporter of alternative medicine.
- Vincent Priessnitz - developed a system of water cures.
- Theron Randolph - father of modern allergy medicine, founder of environmental medicine
- Doris Rapp - protege of Randolph, pediatric environmental medicine practitioner and author of books on pediatric allergies.
- Wilhelm Reich - founder of Orgonomy.
- Arnold Rikli - a lay practitioner who added the use of air and sunlight to the water cure. He is known for having said: "Water is good; air is better, but light is best of all."
- Ida Rolf - founder of Rolfing.
- John Scheel - coined the word "naturopathy" in 1895.
- Helmut W. Schimmel - founded functional medicine in Germany.
- Julian Scott - modern pediatric acupuncture expert from England
- Herbert Shelton - founded the Natural Hygiene movement.
- Joel Shew - introduced the European system of Hydrotherapy to the United States.
- Bernie Siegel - American MD and author who promotes cultivating one's attitude toward healing.
- Rudolf Steiner - founded anthroposophy
- Andrew Still - founded osteopathy.
- Richard Tan - modern popular charismatic acupuncture teacher
- Samuel Thompson - founded Thomsonianism.
- Russell Trall - founded the New York College of Hygieo-Therapy.
- John Upledger - principal proponent of craniosacral therapy.
- Mikao Usui - rediscovered Reiki during the latter half of the 19th century in Japan.
- 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.
- Wu Chien-ch'?an - famous T'ai Chi Ch'uan teacher, one of the first to openly promote and teach T'ai Chi for the public health in early 20th century Beijing.
- Yang Ch'eng-fu - perhaps the most famous T'ai Chi Ch'uan teacher ever, among the first to openly teach and promote T'ai Chi for public health.
- Yellow Emperor (Huang Di) - culture hero historically credited as the founder of traditional Chinese medicine.
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - the founder of Transcendental Meditation.
- Elder Zhang Guo - Chinese alchemist.
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