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Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Christian Faith

This page was created from the research I conducted to prepare for a workshop presented to Georgia Faith Community Nurses with the title, Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Medicine. What’s the Christ Follower to Do? The workshop was conducted outside Atlanta, Ga on October 14, 2016.

Note to workshop attendees: The set of Medical and Spiritual questions we reviewed during the workshop on October 14, 2016 will be updated based on our discussion during the workshop. Please return here to obtain a revised copy for your future use.

Christian Nurse References – Complementary and Alternative Medicine

BOOKS:

Healing Oils of the Bible, Dr. David Stewart

Alternative Medicine: The Christian Handbook, Donal P. O’Mathuna Ph.D., Walt Larimore M.D.

The Healing Gods Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Christian America, Candy Gunther Brown, 2013

Alternative Therapies: the New Frontier in the Christian Ministry of Healing, Reverend Dr. John Spring – https://www.amazon.com/Alternative-Therapies-Frontier-Christian-Ministry/dp/098225444X

WEBSITES: (copy and paste the urls into your browser)

National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, NIH – https://nccih.nih.gov

Trends in the Use of CAM – NIH (2002 -2012), 2015 – http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr079.pdf

Explanation About Why Prayer Was Excluded as a CAM Beginning in 2007 –   Exclusion-of-prayer-An-email-from-nih –

Evidence-Based Medicine: Literature Reviews (NIH)

– https://nccih.nih.gov/health/providers/litreviews.htm

Homeopathy – https://nccih.nih.gov/health/homeopathy

Yoga in Depth (NIH Website) – https://nccih.nih.gov/health/yoga/introduction.htm

Holy Yoga – https://holyyoga.net/about

Christ Centered Yoga Exercise – http://holyyogafoundation.com

Praise Moves – Alternative to Christian Yoga – http://praisemoves.com/about-us/why-a-christian-alternative-to-yoga/

What is Faith Community Nursing? – http://www.churchhealthcenter.org/whatisfaithcommunitynursing

Georgia Faith Community Nurses Association – http://www.gfcna.org/page-1679502

American Holistic Nurses Association – http://www.ahna.org/About-Us/ANA-Specialty-Recognition

ARTICLES:

The Christian and Holistic Health – http://www.breakpoint.org/the-center/columns/call-response/21453-the-christian-and-holistic-health

Should a Christian Consider Alternative Medicine? – https://www.gotquestions.org/alternative-medicine.html

Personal Prayer in Patients Dealing with Chronic Illness: A Review of the Research Literature – https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2015/927973/

Can Meditation Help Pain After Surgery? – http://www.wsj.com/articles/can-meditation-help-pain-after-surgery-1474299114?

An Anointed Trend? Christian Women and Essential Oils | Her.meneutics Christianity Today – http://www.christianitytoday.com/women/channel/utilities/print.html?type=article&id=127471

Heal Me—Body, Mind, and Soul, Liuan Huska, ChristianityToday.com – http://www.christianitytoday.com/women/2014/march/heal-me-body-mind-and-soul.html

Yoga in American Study, 2016 –  https://www.yogaalliance.org/Learn/About_Yoga/2016_Yoga_in_America_Study/Highlights

Prayer as Medicine. The Biblical Case for Prayer – http://www.drwalt.com/blog/2016/09/19/praying-with-our-patients/

CHRISM Newsletter – Journal of the Guild of St Raphael Vol. 49 No. 1 Spring 2012 With Proceedings of the Centre for the Study of Theology & Health – Complementary Therapies and Christianity,  http://www.guild-of-st-raphael.org.uk/Publications/Chrism/2012-May.pdf

Alternative Therapies – The Revd Stephen Parsons gives a Christian overview of alternative healing in our present culture. – http://www.guildofstraphael.org.uk/topics-alternative.htm

THE SCIENCE AND RESEARCH OF CAM:

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on the CDC Website – http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/

Got Your ACE Score? Adverse Childhood Experiences Scoring Instrument  – http://acestoohigh.com/got-your-ace-score/

Obesity: Problem, Solution or Both?  (The relationship to ACEs and Obesity) –   https://faithhealth-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Obesity-Problem-Solution-or-Both-Felitti-1.pdf

Evidence-Based Information on Complementary Health Approaches for Pain – https://nccih.nih.gov/research/blog/US-pain-review

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Journal – Hindawi Publishing

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/

How Neurotransmitters Affect our Physical and Emotional Well-Being – http://www.webnat.com/articles/Neurotransmitters.asp

Aromatherapy and Essential Oils (PDQ®)–Patient Version (National Cancer Institute) – https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/patient/aromatherapy-pdq#link/_49

Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database – http://naturaldatabase.therapeuticresearch.com

Prevalence and Religious Predictors of Healing Prayer Use in the USA: Findings from the Baylor Religion Survey, Jeff Levin (click link to left to open pdf)

Integrative Medicine in Advanced Cancer, Gary Asher, MD – Powerpoint Presentation. Click Link to the left to open.

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