List of people in alternative medicine

Famous people in alternative medicine provides a master list of the biographical articles included in the alternative medicine (CAM) series of articles.

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*F. Matthias Alexander - founder of the Alexander Technique

B

*Edward Bach - founder of flower essence therapy and the Bach flower remedies.
*Juliette de Bairacli Levy - renowned for her skill in veterinary herbalism.
*William Horatio Bates - founder of the Bates Method alternative approach to eyesight improvement.
*Henry G. Bieler - prominent American physician and author of "Food is Your Best Medicine", known for diet-based healing and treatment of Hollywood celebrities.
*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.

C

*Charaka - is one of the founders of Ayurveda.
*Mantak Chia - claimed healer and author of books on "Taoist sexuality".
*Hulda Regehr Clark - wrote a series of books including "The Cure for all Diseases", advocating extreme dietary practices and "zapping" of parasites.
*Dr. Deepak Chopra - Endocrinologist and Ayurvedic Medicine Practitioner, who writes popular books on health and spirituality.
*Nicholas Culpeper - an English physician of the early 17th century who left to future generations a rich store of pharmaceutical and herbal knowledge.

D

*Dr. Lorraine Day - major marketer of a 10 step alternative cure for cancer, and critic of conventional medicine.

*Dr Deepak Acharya- Herbal Formulation Expert from India

E

*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.
* Donna Eden – known for developing energy medicine methods and sharing them with the public; author of Energy Medicine; founder of Eden Energy Certification Program

F

*Moshé Feldenkrais - founder of the Feldenkrais method.
*William Fitzgerald - introduced reflexology to the West.

G

*Elsa Gindler
*Sylvester Graham - was known for his graham crackers and founded Grahamism.
*Stanislav Grof - one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology, a pioneering researcher into the use of altered states of consciousness for purposes of healing & growth, founder of Holotropic Breathwork

H

*Samuel Hahnemann - founded homeopathy.
*Daria Halprin
*László Harasztosi – psychic, bioenergeticist, and alternative medicine practitioner
*Michael Harner - synthesized shamanic beliefs and practices from all over the world into a system now known as neoshamanism.

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J

*Heinrich Jacoby
*Bernard Jensen - leading American iridologist

K

*Radovan Karadžić aka Dr. Dragan David Dabić.
*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 manager of the Battle Creek Sanitarium.
*Sebastian Kneipp - Bavarian priest who began the Nature Cure movement (1890s). Chiefly recognized for his contributions to hydrotherapy.
*Kaushik Banerjee - Medical Practitioner who is working in Emotional & Behavioral Disorder. Director of "PSYCHE" West Bengal, India

L

*Alexander Lowen
*Benedict Lust - Founder of naturopathic medicine in the United States. Purchased the rights to the term "naturopathy" from John Scheel.

M

*Caroline Myss - American medical intuitive, mystic and author of numerous books

N

*Devi Nambudripad - founder of NAET, controversial allergy treatment

O

*Leonard Orr - developed Rebirthing.

P

* Daniel Palmer - founder of chiropractic.
* B. J. Palmer - son of D.D. Palmer and known as the "developer" of chiropractic.
* Linus Pauling - established a new discipline called orthomolecular medicine and advocated the use of Vitamin C to prevent or treat viral respiratory diseases, Lipoprotein(a) associated [http://patimg2.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=1&docid=US005278189&IDKey=863A8B6F2A5F&HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO1%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526d%3DPALL%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsrchnum.htm%2526r%3D1%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526s1%3D5278189.PN.%2526OS%3DPN%2F5278189%2526RS%3DPN%2F5278189 atherosclerosis] , and cancer, along with several other megavitamin therapies for mental illness. Pauling was however not a general supporter of alternative medicine.
* Vincent Priessnitz - developed a system of water cures.

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R

*Theron Randolph - father of modern allergy medicine, founder of environmental medicine
*Wilhelm Reich - founder of Orgonomy.
*Royal Rife

*Herbert Shelton - founded the Natural Hygiene movement.
*Bernie Siegel - American MD and author who promotes cultivating one's attitude toward healing.
*Rudolf Steiner - founded anthroposophical medicine
*Andrew Taylor Still - founded osteopathy.

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*Samuel Thompson - founded Thomsonianism.
*Mabel Todd
*Russell Trall - founded the New York College of Hygieo-Therapy.

U

*Mikao Usui - founded Reiki during the early 20th century in Japan.

V

*Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D. - psychologist and medical anthropologist, founder of The Four Winds Society and Healing the Light Body School

W

*Ita Wegman
*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.

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Y

*Yellow Emperor (Huang Di) - culture hero historically credited as the founder of traditional Chinese medicine.
*Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - the founder of Transcendental Meditation.

Z

*Elder Zhang Guo - Chinese alchemist.