Activity: exercise, sleep, rest: stimulates organs and system functioning, "oils" the machinery.

Acupoints (acupuncture points) are access points that allow energy to flow from environmental energy fields of the etheric and physical bodies. The acupoints can be located on the skin via their characteristic of low of electrical resistance (high conductivity) which is consistent with their role as portals of energy entry and exit into and respectively from the body. The acupoints charts and their utilization have been developed in ancient times. The charts are continuously updated as a result of recent scientific researches.

Acupressure is the application of pressure on the same discrete points on the body that are stimulated in Acupuncture that is used for its therapeutic effects.

Acupuncture is an original ancient Chinese practice of puncturing the body (as with needles) at specific points. It is used extensively for a variety of medical purposes ranging from the prevention and treatment of acute and chronic diseases, to relieving pain and anesthetizing patients for surgery.

Air: Breath oxygenates every organ, system and cell in the body.

Allergies: altered reactivity to otherwise innocuous substances—body's warning system that something's wrong with digestion and/or detox.

Allopathic - pertaining to conventional medical treatment of disease symptoms that uses substances or techniques to oppose or suppress the symptoms.

Aromatherapy (broadly) the use of aroma to enhance a feeling of well-being and/or massage of the body and especially of the face with a preparation of fragrant essential oils extracted from herbs, flowers, and fruit;

Attitude: evaluations of thoughts, beliefs and emotions. The mind is inseparable from the body and they are connected by emotions (emotion = energy in motion). "The body reflects the mind, the mind reflects life."

Bach Flowers Remedies are therapeutic preparations made from wild flowers and plants, used in a therapy based on homeopathic principles, and designed for home use.

Balance: a state of internal stability, equilibrium and coherence. In Chinese Medicine, the proportions of yin and yang (complementary opposites) of any element are not "stuck" in either excess or deficiency. The degree of balance in all aspects of life-bioenergy, bodily processes and lifestyle-is a step toward or away from health.

Bio-Energy: called life-force, chi/qi, prana-the form of universal energy moving through us. Bio-electric frequencies of very low but measurable oscillations moving throughout our bodies are the bio-communication and information network that precedes and directs bio-chemical activity of the body. Chinese Medicine discovered these meridians or "rivers" of bio-energy thousands of years ago and the premise that imbalances or blockages in these meridians, like rocks in a river, cause all illness and that the body can heal itself if these energy channels are blockage-free.

Biofeedback is a technique of making unconscious or involuntary bodily processes (as heartbeats or brain waves) perceptible to the senses (as by the use of an oscilloscope) in order to manipulate them by conscious mental control.

Connections: relationships & meaning in life: family, friends, work, community, spirituality.

Dental: teeth both reflect and amplify system functioning at all levels-physical, mental, emotional. Metal fillings and root canals are special concerns.

Detox: elimination of toxins (microbial, viral, chemical, emotional, etc)-what goes out from cells in the body.

Diet: Food and water, nature's medicine for our body's biochemical factory.

Digestion: converting food into energy-what comes in.

Environment: the source of all nourishment that either supports or harms life. Everything in the cosmos is a form of universal energy, function of E=mc2, meaning energy and matter are just different frequencies and vibrations, just different forms of the same thing, or chi/qi in Eastern thought.

Essential oils are pure and therapeutic-grade aromatic essences extracted from plants, flowers, trees, fruit, bark, grass and seeds with distinctive therapeutic, psychological, and physiological properties, which reverse and prevent illness. There are about 150 essential oils.

Holistic - that which pertains to the entire person, including the mind, body, and spirit.

Homeostasis is the “automatic” process that the body incorporates to bring it back to the “normal” state. In other words it is the main component of the “natural” healing process.

Magnetic therapy is a safe, non-invasive method of applying specialized magnetic fields to the body for therapeutic purposes.

Qi Gong is a system of breathing and exercise designed to benefit both physical and mental health [qi energy + gong exercise]; it is also believed and considered as being a technique of transferring healing energy.

Reflex is an automatic and often inborn response to a stimulus that involves a nerve impulse passing inward from a receptor to a nerve center and thence outward to an effector (as a muscle or gland) without reaching the level of consciousness.

Reflexology is 1) the study and interpretation of behavior in terms of simple and complex reflexes 2): massage of the hands or feet based on the belief that pressure applied to specific points on these extremities benefits other parts of the body.

Reiki is a simple technique for transferring healing energy from a giver to receiver.

Shiatsu is a Japanese type of massage in which pressure is applied to the same points of the body as in acupuncture [Japanese, from Chinese chi finger + ya pressure].

Stress: a chronic force/pressure or over-stimulation causing a strain on the system. This strain causes an imbalance which can lead to symptoms/warnings and eventually illness if not abated and re-harmonized.

Structure: supports functions of all organs and systems.

Tai Chi Chuan is a Chinese system of light exercises (initially a martial art) designed to promote general fitness, develop muscle tone, characterized by coordinated and rhythmic movements; often shortened to: t'ai chi [Chinese, literally: great art of boxing] is a form of martial art mind and body exercise in the world.

Therapeutic - curative or healing.

Therapy - providing or assisting in a cure.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is an ancient and still very vital holistic system of health and healing, based on the notion of harmony and balance, and employing the ideas of moderation and prevention.

Tui-na is a Chinese type of was one of the most ancient type of massage; it is an integral part, and it is based on the principles of TCM.