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Bates, Nora. "Alternative healing as a complement to traditional, western therapy." Online version, 2000. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000batesn.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаKnudsen, Christiana Oware. "Distance spiritual healing : professionalism, legitimacy and the concept of a gifted spiritual healer : a sociological and anthropological study of the professionalisation of distance spiritual healing." Thesis, University of Derby, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10545/254779.
Повний текст джерелаHargrove, Tannis Mardece. "A phenomenological study of reiki practitioners and their perceptions of reiki as it relates to their personal health." CONNECT TO THIS TITLE ONLINE, 2008. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-05282008-162819/.
Повний текст джерелаMiskelly, Philippa Ann. "Healing Pluralism and Responsibility: An Anthropological Study of Patient and Practitioner Beliefs." The University of Waikato, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2560.
Повний текст джерелаMACHERET, LEONID. "A NEW PARADIGM FOR DYNAMIC WELLNESS: INTEGRATIVE APPROACHES TO THE HEALING ARTS." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1117548646.
Повний текст джерелаRichard, Nathalie. "Chronically ill patients' view of health, illness and the healing relationships in integrative medicine." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/28651.
Повний текст джерелаBiddy, Ann M. "The Effects of an Online, Evidence-Based Educational Program about Healing Touch for Nurses' Consideration for a Change in Practice." Thesis, Brandman University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10689222.
Повний текст джерелаHealing touch is a holistic healing modality, grounded in nursing theory and process used to facilitate relaxation and self- healing through the practitioner’s heart centered care and use of their hands to balance the patient’s energy fields. It is not a widely implemented practice by nurses; less than one percent of the nurses in the United States are certified practitioners. This study was performed in an attempt to learn why more nurses are not informed about the practice, to educate nurses about the evidence supporting HT and to identify the barriers to practice.
This pilot study assessed nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and experience with Healing Touch and evaluated the efficacy of viewing an educational video about Healing Touch and the evidence supporting its use, to consider changing their practice to include Healing Touch techniques. The objective of the educational program was to (a) provide an overview of the theoretical basis, scientific data, applications, and nursing implications for Healing Touch; (b) position Healing Touch as an evidence-based nursing intervention that is consistent with the recommendations of Institute of Medicine and (IOM) American Nurses’ Association (ANA) to implement evidence-based practice (EBP) that promote healing of the self and others and 2) incorporate mind, spirit and technology into nursing practice.
Kieke, Gerrit. "Healing Experience:It’s Influence on Worldviews,Analyzed with Coping Theory." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för humaniora (HUM), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-22161.
Повний текст джерелаCaballero, Rodrigo. "The resounding body : epistemologies of sound, healing, and complementary and alternative medicine on Canada's West Coast." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/46415.
Повний текст джерелаYeung, Wai-chow David, and 楊煒秋. "A pilot study of holistic energy healing for frozen shoulder." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45169548.
Повний текст джерелаlopez, Kimber. "Natural Medicine: Personal Responsibility and Self-Empowerment." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2009. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/113.
Повний текст джерелаBarry, Christine Ann. "The body, health, and healing in alternative and integrated medicine : an ethnography of homeopathy in South London." Thesis, Brunel University, 2003. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5141.
Повний текст джерелаWhittle, Selena. "Healing the soul| The experience and transformative impact of the Person-Centered Soul Retrieval method of Shaman Ross Bishop." Thesis, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10012880.
Повний текст джерелаThis dissertation research investigated the experience and the transformational impact of the Person-Centered Soul Retrieval (PCSR) shamanic healing method of Shaman Ross Bishop on personal healing and transformation. PCSR is 1 intervention in a larger shamanic healing process which was modified from Mayan shamanism specifically for use in the United States and potentially for use in other Western societies. The intended result of the shamanic healing is transformation of the self towards wholeness, or integration of the inner parts of an individual, which is a goal inherent to transpersonal psychology. The potential for the use of this shamanic healing process in psychotherapy today is promising, yet evidence for its efficacy and impact was only anecdotal. The purpose of this study then, was to describe, analyze, and interpret the experience and the transformational impact of the specific process of PCSR, 1 aspect of the larger healing system. The current research used a case study method appropriate for exploratory and descriptive research. Based on the logic of replication, a multiple case study design with 5 independent cases was conducted. Participants received the PSCR intervention in 1 or more sessions, the number of which depended on participants’ individual therapeutic needs. Multiple sources of data included transcripts of all intervention sessions; session notes taken during each session; semistructured participant journal entries after each session, as well as at the end of the treatment cycle; and transcripts of a semistructured final interview with the participants. Data analysis included thematic content analysis with an inductive process to identify themes, as well as to discover descriptive evidence for themes. Pattern matching was used within each case, then aggregated across cases in a cross-case analysis. Results of all 5 of the individual cases and cross-case analyses support the efficacy of the PCSR intervention by demonstrating a significant transformative impact on all participants in emotional, cognitive, and/or behavioral areas.
Albus, Michelle Christine. "Elegba, why am I ill?| Healing and transformation of persons in an Ocha community in Miami, Florida." Thesis, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3629653.
Повний текст джерелаThis dissertation examines the processes of healing and transformation experienced by persons in the Cuban American, white, middle class Orisha worship community in Miami, FL, focusing on all the areas in which healing can take place. Orisha worship uses a holistic approach to health, in which physical, mental and spiritual illnesses may be healed. In the process of healing, persons embody the discourse of mastery and enslavement and the social processes of this Orisha worship community, via religious rituals, and exist in relation to Orishas. My research question focuses on how people in the Orisha worship community of Miami who are ill seek embodied healing and advice from orishas who are not ill and have the power to heal them. My data was gathered using questionnaires for direct interviews, and observations during religious rituals including ceremonies (both public and private), drummings and Ocha birthday parties. I also draw on my personal experiences and initiation onto the Orisha worship community. My overall findings indicate that there are a variety of modalities of healing in Orisha worship, each with the aim of manipulating ashe, the divine force in Orisha worship. People take an active role in changing their illnesses by performing ebos; or by becoming initiated in Orisha worship through receiving collares, guerreros or making Ocha; or via the healing and transformative effects of spirit possession. People are agents of change that seek to ameliorate their symptomology by invoking and employing the spiritual world. My research contributes to the Anthropological literature on embodiment, personhood and healing.
Squetimkin-Anquoe, Annette. "Urban Indian Perspectives of Traditional Indian Medicine." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1370380339.
Повний текст джерелаGoldberger, Trina Suzanne, and Diane Marie Waters. "The benefits of wilderness experience for mental health: An exploratory study on nature-based therapies." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1648.
Повний текст джерелаManevskaia, Ilona. "Blue Buddha : Tibetan medicine in contemporary Russia (St Petersburg and Moscow)." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2012. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/blue-buddha-tibetan-medicine-in-contemporary-russia-st-petersburg-and-moscow(98d3d4b1-ee53-4ae2-a033-2ff8eefda142).html.
Повний текст джерелаTurk, Elizabeth Hunter. "Healing by a national nature in 'disorganized' Mongolia." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2017. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/269922.
Повний текст джерелаPizzato, Andria Jene. "Analysis of De-Identified Data Evaluating Outcomes for an Integrative Healing Retreat for Families with Children Who Have Special Healthcare Needs." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/612600.
Повний текст джерелаBraverman, Eliza Honor. "Autoridad subversiva: la construcción de poder y conocimiento intergeneracional y transatlántico en círculos femeninos durante la Inquisición española." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1621703073215873.
Повний текст джерелаGreen, Frederick W. III. "Common Psychosocial and Spiritual Factors Among Individuals Who Have Healed from Chronic Lyme Disease." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1438186360.
Повний текст джерелаMinteer, Tanya E. "Detection of Collagen in Rat Abdominal Wound Healing: Contributions of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Platelet-Rich Plasma." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1348848443.
Повний текст джерелаWinroth, AnnCristin. "Boteberättelser : En etnologisk studie av boteprocesser och det omprövande patientskapet." Doctoral thesis, Umeå University, Culture and Media, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-360.
Повний текст джерелаThis thesis analyse how life-histories are expressed and reformulated in connection to a life crisis of ill health. The study is based on ten interviews with people who in connection with ill health have made use of treatments within both orthodox medicine and complementary medicine and who have also developed various forms of self-treatment. The overall aim is, with a point of departure in the concepts health, healing and trust, to analyse narratives as a practice through which the respondents create identity and a life-context. The signifi cance of constructing the (auto)biography of the healing narrative – a form of narrative and performative act – runs as the main thread through the thesis. This act makes up the practice that is recurrently discussed in several of the thesis’ chapters and is synonymously termed the telling of healing narratives or or to narrate health and healing. The analysis of the narrative’s The analysis of the narrative’s healing main themes is mirrored in the order of the chapters. The study is broadly thematic and structured as a generalised healing process beginning with upheaval, continuing with crisis and social drama, and further to the endeavour of expressing values and judgements in a public context.
The interview themes of self-treatment and alternative treatment have occasioned the investigation into what an ethno-medical perspective can bring to analyses of people’s experiences of ill health in an everyday medical context. One of the points of having the concept ethno-medicine as a starting point is that every practice or narrative formation is ascribed with a potential for interpretation in its creation of knowledge. Another chapter deals with two themes of identity and life-history construction in the practice of healing narratives – the need for a chronology and reappraised perspectives on body, health and lifestyle. Healing narratives can be understood as a genre of life-historical narratives where life is often described as a linear course of events. A model by the anthropologist Victor Turner on the course and content of social drama is used as a comment to analyses of three respondents’ narratives in another chapter. A drama can be understood as a tragic course of events, based on an accident or an upsetting incident that roughly revolves around event/crisis, chaos and the striving for restoration. The concept of other journals is then used to make visible the everyday medical administrative practice and refers to the documentation used in the form of collected documents, written notes, and diaries. As an unexpected part of healing processes, the necessity of familiarising oneself with rules, laws and health insurance systems in order to be able to claim one’s rights is brought forward.
The social transformation process of various care practices in society makes up both a context and a commonly occurring theme in the narratives that the thesis is based upon. A modern health culture that gains strength from loosely composed social movements exerts infl uence on all levels of society. With an increased individual responsibility, the need grows to fi nd one’s own healing strategies and to create one’s own life-history in narratives that mirror this transformation in an everyday context. Healing narratives can be seen as a form of evaluation of health-care practices where experiences of treatment and notions of health and cure and healing are concretised.
Dridi, Sameh. "Die Bedeutung der spirituellen Heilung in Tunesien." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Philosophische Fakultät III, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/16475.
Повний текст джерелаIn addition to modern medicine, traditional medicine plays an important role in the medical system of Tunisia. There are different healing methods which characterize the medical landscape of the country and they coexist in an interesting way. This variety has a remarkable impact on the health seeking behavior of the Tunisians and especially of the younger generations (17-30), who have become increasingly interested in spiritual healing (tibb ruhani). This healing method deals with illnesses including modern methods of treatment and, additionally, it focuses on a number of issues and problems which concern this age group such as social conflicts, unemployment and migration. The image of spiritual healing has changed considerably over the past ten years. This transformation has led to a new understanding of illness and healing and to the development of new strategies regarding the health seeking behavior. Spiritual healing is based, on the one hand, on religious texts, the supernatural world and its agents and, on the other hand, on traditional healing methods and modern medicine. Up to recently, the traditional healing methods only played a marginal role in the medical system and they were hardly attractive to the young generations. My fieldwork, however, clearly shows that spiritual healing has deeply aroused the interest of this age group and, at the same time, it has met with public recognition. The mass media have also become interested in the phenomenon of spiritual healing and are publishing increasing numbers of articles about the spiritual healers and their methods and by giving them the opportunity to participate in a variety of TV-shows. This new attitude towards illness, healing and social problems underlines that these topics are no longer private concerns. The spiritual healing has incorporated the current social and economic transformations. The healers have become important contacts for this age group who consult them to find adequate solutions to a wide range of their concerns. The government profits from this new role of the spiritual healing and it uses it for various purposes such as to alleviate social tensions. The importance of the spiritual healing in Tunisia is also underlined by the serious attempt to develop an official cooperation between spiritual healing and modern medicine.
Smart, Susanna Jennifer. "Grounded Theory of Rosen Method Bodywork." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1524757138389208.
Повний текст джерелаNieves, Christina Impoco. "Expressive Arts Intervention for the Adult Cancer Survivor in the Community Support Group Setting." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1573897771394791.
Повний текст джерелаMandlate, Nosta da Graça. "“Se não nos cozinharem não melhoramos” : disputas entre a medicina convencional e a tradicional em torno do HIV/SIDA na etnia Tsonga em Moçambique." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/170432.
Повний текст джерелаIn order to understand the meanings attributed to opportunistic infections by HIV+ patients among the Tsonga Mozambicans in the Xai-Xai district and the consequent search for care in the traditional healing networks, a qualitative methodology with an ethnographic character was used in the research. Although Xai-Xai is the capital of Gaza, a major province in Mozambique, the Tsonga are still very much embedded in traditional healing networks. On the other hand, the network of the National Health System is also present and not very precarious, relative to the rest of the country. This peculiarity has led us to the central inquiry of the work: as far as HIV + patients are concerned, the health services of the Xai-Xai city district have reception facilities that are as appropriate to the ontological presumptions of the local culture as the traditional cure? Our hypothesis is that the mismatch of inadequate care for Tsonga patients prompts them to intensify the search for alternative care to conventional medicine in traditional networks. The methodology we chose allowed us to understand the patients' experiences not only from the questions presented verbally, but we can also follow their daily practices related to the search for cure. The research made us realize that the absence of dialogue between biomedicine and traditional healing networks greatly influences the high number of deaths and non-retention of patients in antiretroviral treatment-TARV even with the constant reinvention of HIV+ patient care policies. The colonial situation of this relationship is consubstantiated in the negation or subalternization of local knowledge even by native actors who work in the national health system.
Beattie, Heather Anne. "Forms of healing." Thesis, 1993. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19025/1/whole_BeattieHeatherAnne1997_thesis.pdf.
Повний текст джерела"Integrating psychotherapy and alternative healing methods: a phenomenological study." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/539.
Повний текст джерелаMr. R. L. van Niekerk
Lalbahadur, Yajna. "Influences on people's choice of Ayurvedic healing." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/12942.
Повний текст джерелаHastings, Aqua Y. "Healing the spirit: traditional, complementary and alternative medicine in a remote Australian context." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1413589.
Повний текст джерелаTraditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (TCAM) has an essential role in health care worldwide, yet there is little research about TCAM in remote areas and none on its role in remote Australia. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognised that TCAM fills a gap in health care, particularly in remote areas because it is available, affordable and socio-culturally accessible. This thesis explores the role of TCAM with the aim to understand how people use and practise in the specific remote Australian context, here named Apmere Thetheke. The setting is defined by cultural diversity, ethnically-based health disparities and notoriously poor health outcomes, with people falling through the gaps in health care. Narrative interviews have been conducted in situ with 44 users and/or practitioners of TCAM and the recorded data analysed thematically. The analysis works with theories of recognition to explore how health care is impacted by social position and cultural identity. Feminist framings explain how health experiences extend to social and spiritual dimensions. Theories of biomedical dominance are applied to chart the marginalisation of TCAM in health care. Findings show that practitioners adapt healing practices to meet local health needs and that people engage with TCAM beyond the treatment of biomedically-defined disease. People use TCAM to embed and belong in the landscape, as a vehicle to establish social positions and identities, and to express spirituality. Additionally, TCAM is used to counter the effects of direct and vicarious trauma which characterise the area. The thesis highlights the role of TCAM in a specific Australian context where health is impacted by remoteness. This thesis provides insights into people’s engagement with TCAM, including its role in filling health care gaps in this remote Australian context. It adds to literature for those committed to and interested in making health care culturally more accessible and, thus, safe to diverse populations.
Drown, Hannah Mary. "Sacred spaces : alternative religion and healing in Glastonbury, England /." 2001.
Знайти повний текст джерелаDessecker, Maeghan. "Traditional Healing and Medical Pluralism in an Ohio Amish Community." 2014. http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/anthro_theses/84.
Повний текст джерелаAhmed, Zuleikha. "A literature review investigating the effectiveness of Reiki and complementary and alternative therapies on depression." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2964.
Повний текст джерелаThis paper presents a literature review on the effectiveness of complementary and alternative therapies (CAT’s) on depression with specific reference to Reiki and depression. The concept of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is explained. The use of complementary and alternative medicine is widespread and it is noted that those with psychiatric disorders are more likely to use CAM than those with other diseases. The discussion then focuses on Reiki, providing some background information to orientate the reader. The studies, reports and claims regarding the use and efficacy of Reiki are enumerated and evaluated with the aim of trying to establish whether Reiki has been used and therefore could be used to treat depression in women.
"Effects of some Chinese herbs on bone metabolism: osteoporosis and bone healing." 2013. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5549734.
Повний текст джерелаELP是一例中藥草本 "補腎" 複方。其包含三種中藥,包括淫羊藿(E)、女貞子(L)和補骨脂(P)。動物體內實驗和臨床研究已證明ELP有效治療絶經後骨質疏鬆症。可是,經口服吸收後的血清中的ELP有效物質對細胞的成骨影響從未進行過相關研究。ELP對預防在缺乏體力活動下所引起的骨質疏鬆症的療效也屬未知。此外,基於其"補腎"的特性,ELP可能潛在著能促進骨折癒合的功能。本研究的目的包括研究血清中ELP的有效物質在細胞和分子水平上的護骨能力,並測試其對預防於失重狀態下引起的骨質疏鬆症(慢性骨紊亂)的效能。本研究還旨在考察 ELP在促進骨癒合 (急性骨紊亂)上的作用。本研究分為三部分。
第一部分 -- 骨代謝的體外研究:健康大鼠分別口服草本配方ELP、EL、及單味中草藥提取物E或L、並以蒸餾水作為對照(H2O),口服給藥二小時後收集其血清作體外血清藥理學研究。分別考察含藥血清對各細胞系包括UMR106、RAW264.7、和從大鼠骨中分離出的骨髓間充質幹細胞(MSC)的增殖和分化屬性的影響,並以液質聯用技術(LC-MS)來分析血清內所含中藥的化學成份。
第二部分 -- 骨質疏鬆症的體內研究:以尾吊雄性大鼠作為卸荷狀態骨質疏鬆症的動物模型。在不同的給藥組中,大鼠口服高中低三種劑量的ELP(ELP-H、ELP-M和ELP-L),或三個不同抗骨質疏鬆藥物,包括雷洛昔芬(Ral),阿侖膦酸鈉(Aln)和雷奈酸鍶(Strn)作為陽性對照組,並以蒸餾水為安慰劑對照(TS)。另一組大鼠則沒有尾吊,作為正常對照(Non-TS)。本部分分析在吊尾期間大鼠體內生化指標和骨密度(BMD)的變化,及其後各組在骨小梁微結構和骨骼生物力學上的差異。
第三部分 -- 骨缺損癒合的體內研究:兩個鑽孔性骨缺損模型分別建立於老年雌性大鼠的左股骨骨幹和右脛骨近端骺端。其後動物分成4組:(1)ELP 口服給藥(ELP);(2)CDNR外敷治療(CDNR為另一中藥複方,包含紅花(C)、續斷(D)、三七(N)和大黃(R));(3)ELP口服給藥結合CDNR外敷治療(ELP+CDNR);(4)和蒸餾水餵養(Control)。通過監測骨缺損癒合的過程、檢測大鼠血液中生化標誌物的變化、骨骼生物力學測試和形態計量學分析,考察ELP及其與CDNR在骨缺損癒合上的協同作用。
第一部分的結果顯示,口服給藥二小時後,大鼠血清中淫羊藿的標記化合物淫羊藿苷(icariin)無被檢出。在EL或E的給藥大鼠血清中,檢出淫羊藿苷的其中一個代謝產物icariside I;而其另一個代謝產物icariside II,則在ELP的給藥大鼠血清中檢測到。L和P的常見標記化合物則能從相應餵飼L和P的大鼠血清中檢出。體外血清藥理學研究結果表明含藥(ELP)大鼠血清對細胞無毒性作用,且能促進 UMR106 細胞增殖和上調其Runx2 基因表達。然而,含藥血清無增加UMR106細胞的鹼性磷酸酶活性和鈣沉積。它抑制 RAW264.7細胞的分化及其基質金屬蛋白酶9(MMP-9)和組織蛋白酶 K的基因表達。它亦能促進MSC細胞的增殖,增強其鹼性磷酸酶活性和Runx2與ALP基因的表達。
第二部分的結果指出ELP-H能減少吊尾大鼠股骨遠端及腰椎骨密度的百分比損失,抵抗股骨遠端骨小梁微結構惡化和加強股骨骨幹骨缺損部位的生物力學特性。此外,ELP-H還能降低血液骨鈣素和抗酒石酸酸性磷酸酶5b(TRAP5b)的濃度。研究亦發現ELP對骨密度、結構參數和生化指標的影響存在劑量依賴性。整體上而言,ELP在預防卸荷骨質疏鬆症的影響類似於Ral和Aln,而非Strn。
第三部分的結果表明,從顯微電腦掃描或形態計量學上分析,所有實驗組跟對照組間均沒有顯著性差異。但值得注意的是,ELP+CDNR大大提高了股骨骨幹骨缺損在癒合過程中的歸一化生物力學屬性。而ELP單獨用藥則減少了TRAP5b的濃度。
總之,這項研究結論出血清藥理學研究加上LC-MS的應用能作為找出中藥中有效成分的有效途徑。本研究還展示ELP的含藥血清對骨細胞有護骨作用。ELP可防預在卸荷狀態下形成的骨質疏鬆症,它還有助於提升外敷中藥複方CDNR在骨缺損癒合過程中的療效。從這項研究的三個部分中歸納出的共同點說明,儘管ELP擁有刺激成骨的能力,它的護骨作用主要是透過它的抗骨吸收效果。ELP在慢性(防止骨質疏鬆症)和急性(促進骨癒合)骨紊亂上均有療效。
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) claims that bone health lies in the functioning of the "Kidneys". When the "Kidney" is strong, our body can stimulate growth and transformation of the bone marrow, which nourishes and strengthens the skeleton. Therefore, "Kindey-tonifying" herbs are usually used to cure bone diseases.
ELP is a "Kidney-tonifying" Chinese herbal formula containing three Chinese herbs including Herba Epimedii (E), Fructus Ligustri Lucidi (L) and Fructus Psoraleae (P). It has been proven effective to treat postmenopausal osteoporosis through in vivo and clinical studies. However, ELP is for oral administration. The osteogenic properties of its post-absorption metabolites have never been studied. The efficacy of ELP on prevention of osteoporosis development due to physical inactivity is also unknown. With its "Kindey-tonifying" property, ELP is also considered as a potential agent to facilitate fracture healing.
The aims of this study included to investigate the osteoprotective effects of ELP metabolites at cellular and molecular levels and to prove the efficacy of ELP on prevention of osteoporosis development in unloading condition - a chronic bone disorder. It also aimed to study the effect of ELP on promotion of bone defect healing - an acute bone disorder. This study was divided into three parts.
Part 1 - in vitro study of bone metabolism: Healthy rats were fed with herbal formula ELP or EL, single herbal extracts of E or L or distilled water as control (H₂O). Sera were then collected for in vitro seropharmacological study. Cell lines including UMR106 and RAW264.7, as well as mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) isolated from rats, were cultured with the sera. Their proliferation and differentiation properties of the cells were analyzed. In addition, the chemical profiles of the herbal extracts within the sera were analyzed using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS).
Part 2 - in vivo study of osteoporosis: Tail-suspension male rats were used as the unloading osteoporotic animal model. The rats in different groups were fed with three different doses of ELP (ELP-H, ELP-M and ELP-L), or three different anti-osteoporosis drugs including raloxifene (Ral), alendronate (Aln) and strontium ranelate (Strn) as positive controls or distilled water as placebo control (TS). One group of rats was non-tail-suspended as normal control (Non-TS). Changes in bone mineral density (BMD), microarchitecture of trabeculae and biomechanical properties of the bone of the rats were analyzed. Changes in biochemical markers within the tail-suspension period were also studied.
Part 3 - in vivo study of bone defect healing: two drilled-hole bone defects were created in the diaphysis of left femur and proximal metaphysis of right tibia, respectively, of aged female rats. Animals were divided into 4 groups: (1) administered with ELP orally (ELP); (2) treated with another herbal formula CDNR containing Carthami Flos (C), Dipsaci Radix (D), Notoginseng Rhizoma (N) and Rhei Rhizoma (R) topically (CDNR); (3) treated with oral ELP and topical CDNR at the same time (ELP+CDNR); and (4) fed with distilled water (Control). The effects of ELP and the synergistic effects of ELP+CDNR on facilitation of the bone defect healing were monitored in vivo using viva-CT and through measurement of biochemical markers biweekly. After euthanasia of the rats, the bones were harvested for biomechanical test and histomorphometrical analysis.
Results: Part 1 revealed that the common marker compound, icariin, had not been detected in the sera of all the rats. Instead, one of the metabolites of E, icariside I, was found in the sera of the rats fed with EL or E, while another metabolite, icariside II, was detected in the serum of the rats fed with ELP. Common marker compounds of L and P were observed in the sera of the rats fed with the herbal items accordingly. The in vitro studies in this Part showed that there was no cytotoxic effect of the rat sera on the cells. The post-absorbed ELP metabolites in rat serum promoted UMR106 proliferation by 25.7%, (p < 0.05) and upregulated the Runx2 gene expression by 1.18 fold (p < 0.05) after cultured for 2 and 3 days, respectively. However, they could not increase the ALP activity and calcium deposition of UMR106. They also inhibited RAW264.7 differentiation by 29.2 % (p < 0.05) and downregulated the MMP9 and Cathepsin K gene expression of RAW264.7 by 0.46 (p < 0.05) and 0.36 (p < 0.01) fold, respectively. The ELP metabolites promoted the proliferation of MSC by 14.4 % (p < 0.001) and resulted in 42.6 % higher ALP activity than the control serum (p < 0.05). They also upregulated the Runx2 and ALP gene expression at both Day 4 and Day 7 of culture significantly.
Part 2 showed that compared with the tail-suspension control (TS), ELP in high dose (ELP-H) reduced the percentage loss of total and trabecular BMD by 5.46 and 8.52 %, respectively (p < 0.05 both) in distal femur, and by 4.67 % (p < 0.05) in trabecular region of lumbar spine of the tail-suspended rats. Analysis from micro-CT showed that microarchitectural parameters BV/TV, Tb.Th and TV density of the distal femur of ELP-H were 17.62, 11.90 and 8.09 % higher than those of the TS (p < 0.05, for all). 3-point bending test on mid-shaft femur of the rats revealed that the yield load, ultimate load and stiffness of the drill-defect of ELP-H were higher than those of TS significantly. All of the biochemical markers decreased significantly from baseline (Day 0) to Day 28 in ELP-H. In addition, osteocalcin and TRAP5b concentrations of ELP-H were lower than those of TS significantly at Day 28. The effect of ELP on BMD, microarchitectural parameters and biochemical markers were in dose-dependent manner. In general, the osteoprotective effect of ELP-H on unloading bone was similar to Ral and Aln, but not Strn.
Part 3 indicated no significant difference in BV/TV and BMD among all groups at each time point. Histomorphometrical analysis from fluorescent labeling and Goldner’s trichrome staining showed no statistical difference in new bone formation between the Control and other treatment groups. Notably, the normalized yield load, ultimate load and failure of ELP+CDNR were significantly higher than those of Control by 20.38 % (p < 0.05), 23.17 % (p< 0.001) and 25.55 % (p< 0.001), respectively. Analysis on the change of biochemical markers showed that the bone formation marker BALP increased while bone resorption markers Dpd and TRAP5b decreased within the 42-day monitoring period. BALP activity of both Control and ELP increased significantly but only ELP reduced the TRAP5b concentrations starting from Day 14 post-op. There was no statistical difference when the concentrations of the biochemical markers were compared horizontally among the 4 groups at the same time point.
In conclusion, the current study demonstrated that seropharmacological study incorporating with the application of LC-MS can be a potential efficient approach to find out active ingredients of medicine herbs. Post-absorbed metabolites of ELP also showed their osteoprotective effects on bone cells. Aqueous extract of ELP could prevent the development of osteoporosis in unloading condition and such effect was dose-dependent. It also helped elevating the efficacy of a topical applied herbal formula CDNR on improving the bone strength of healing bone defects. A common finding from the 3 parts of this study illustrated that the osteoprotective effect of ELP was mainly achieved by its anti-resorptive efficacy on bone, although it possess an ability to stimulate osteoblastogenesis. ELP was found effective for both chronic (prevent osteoporosis development) and acute (facilitate bone healing) bone disorders.
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Siu, Wing Sum.
"November 2012."
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 201-227).
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Abstracts also in Chinese.
ABSTRACT --- p.i
摘要 --- p.vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.ix
TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.xi
LIST OF FIGURES --- p.xvii
LIST OF TABLES --- p.xxiii
PUBLICATIONS --- p.xxiv
ABBREVIATION --- p.xxv
Chapter CHAPTER 1: --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1
Chapter 1.1 --- TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE (TCM) AND BONE DISEASES --- p.1
Chapter 1.2 --- CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS ON BONE METABOLISM --- p.2
Chapter 1.2.1 --- Bone formation by osteoblast --- p.3
Chapter 1.2.2 --- Bone resorption by osteoclasts --- p.4
Chapter 1.3 --- OSTEOPOROSIS --- p.5
Chapter 1.3.1 --- Postmenopausal osteoporosis --- p.6
Chapter 1.3.2 --- Disuse osteoporosis --- p.8
Chapter 1.3.3 --- Basic principle of TCM on osteoporosis --- p.10
Chapter 1.3.4 --- Common Chinese herbal medicine reported to have anti-osteoporotic effects --- p.11
Chapter 1.4 --- BONE FRACTURE --- p.11
Chapter 1.4.1 --- Biology and repair of bone fracture --- p.12
Chapter 1.4.2 --- TCM on promotion of fracture healing --- p.13
Chapter 1.4.3 --- Theories of TCM on fracture healing --- p.15
Chapter CHAPTER 2: --- OSTEOPOROSIS AND HERBS --- p.16
Chapter 2.1 --- CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE SELECTED IN THIS PART --- p.16
Chapter 2.2 --- DESIGN OF STUDY --- p.19
Chapter 2.3 --- HYPOTHESES AND OBJECTIVES --- p.19
Chapter 2.4 --- BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY --- p.23
Chapter 2.4.1 --- In vitro study of ELP on bone cells --- p.23
Chapter 2.4.2 --- In vivo study of ELP on postmenopausal osteoporosis --- p.23
Chapter 2.4.3 --- Clinical study of ELP on postmenopausal osteoporosis --- p.24
Chapter CHAPTER 3: --- PART 1 IN VITRO SEROPHARMACOLOGICAL STUDY ON OSTEOPOROSIS --- p.26
Chapter 3.1 --- OBJECTIVES --- p.26
Chapter 3.2 --- SEROPHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACH TO STUDY ELP --- p.26
Chapter 3.3 --- TYPES OF CELLS INVOLVED IN THE CURRENT STUDY --- p.27
Chapter 3.3.1 --- UMR106 --- p.28
Chapter 3.3.2 --- RAW264.7 --- p.28
Chapter 3.3.3 --- Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) --- p.28
Chapter 3.4 --- IN VITRO ASSESSMENTS ON BONE METABOLISM --- p.29
Chapter 3.4.1 --- Bone formation --- p.29
Chapter 3.4.1.1 --- 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) cell viability assay --- p.29
Chapter 3.4.1.2 --- Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) assay --- p.30
Chapter 3.4.1.3 --- Total alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity measurement --- p.30
Chapter 3.4.1.4 --- Calcium deposition analysis --- p.30
Chapter 3.4.2 --- Bone degradation --- p.31
Chapter 3.4.2.1 --- Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) staining --- p.31
Chapter 3.4.3 --- Phenotypic markers of cells involved in bone remodeling using quantitative real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) --- p.31
Chapter 3.5 --- MATERIAL AND METHODS --- p.37
Chapter 3.5.1 --- Preparation of herbal extracts --- p.37
Chapter 3.5.2 --- Serum preparation for seropharmacological study --- p.38
Chapter 3.5.2.1 --- Administration of herbal extracts and blood collection --- p.38
Chapter 3.5.2.2 --- Serum preparation --- p.38
Chapter 3.5.3 --- Analysis of marker compounds in serum using liquid chromatographymass spectrometry (LC-MS) --- p.39
Chapter 3.5.3.1 --- Serum preparation --- p.39
Chapter 3.5.3.2 --- Operation of LC-MS --- p.39
Chapter 3.5.4 --- Isolation and characterization of MSC from bone marrow --- p.40
Chapter 3.5.5 --- Cell culture --- p.42
Chapter 3.5.5.1 --- General materials --- p.42
Chapter 3.5.5.2 --- UMR106 --- p.43
Chapter 3.5.5.3 --- RAW264.7 --- p.44
Chapter 3.5.5.4 --- Bone Marrow MSC --- p.45
Chapter 3.5.6 --- Assays analyzing the responses of cells on the effect of metabolites of herbs in serum --- p.46
Chapter 3.5.6.1 --- General materials --- p.46
Chapter 3.5.6.2 --- Assays for bone formation --- p.50
Chapter 3.5.6.3 --- Assays for bone degradation --- p.55
Chapter 3.5.7 --- Statistical analysis --- p.56
Chapter 3.6 --- RESULTS --- p.57
Chapter 3.6.1 --- Chemical characterization of ELP extract --- p.57
Chapter 3.6.2 --- Marker compounds found in rat serum using LC-MS --- p.58
Chapter 3.6.3 --- Effects of herbal metabolites on UMR106 --- p.61
Chapter 3.6.3.1 --- Effect on cell viability --- p.61
Chapter 3.6.3.2 --- Effects on cell proliferation and differentiation --- p.61
Chapter 3.6.3.3 --- Regulation on osteogenesis through gene expression --- p.63
Chapter 3.6.4 --- Effects of herbal metabolites on RAW264.7 --- p.67
Chapter 3.6.4.1 --- Effect on cell viability --- p.67
Chapter 3.6.4.2 --- Inhibitory effect on RAW264.7 --- p.67
Chapter 3.6.4.3 --- Regulation on osteoclastogenesis through gene expression --- p.67
Chapter 3.6.5 --- Effects of herbal metabolites on bone marrow mesenchyma stem cell (MSC) --- p.70
Chapter 3.6.5.1 --- Confirmation of MSC isolated from bone marrow of rat using flow cytometry --- p.70
Chapter 3.6.5.2 --- Effect on cell viability --- p.70
Chapter 3.6.5.3 --- Effects on cell proliferation and differentiation --- p.71
Chapter 3.6.5.4 --- Regulation on osteogenesis through gene expression --- p.71
Chapter 3.7 --- DISCUSSION --- p.75
Chapter CHAPTER 4: --- PART 2 IN VIVO STUDY ON DISUSE OSTEOPOROSIS . --- p.83
Chapter 4.1 --- OBJECTIVES --- p.83
Chapter 4.2 --- POTENTIAL EFFECT OF ELP ON DISUSE OSTEOPOROSIS --- p.83
Chapter 4.3 --- ANIMAL MODELS FOR OSTEOPOROSIS STUDY --- p.84
Chapter 4.3.1 --- Conventional ovariectomized animal model for the studies of osteoporosis --- p.85
Chapter 4.3.2 --- Animal models for study of disuse osteoporosis --- p.85
Chapter 4.3.2.1 --- Bandaging or casting --- p.86
Chapter 4.3.2.2 --- Tail-suspension (TS) --- p.86
Chapter 4.4 --- ASSESSMENTS ON DISUSE OSTEOPOROSIS DEVELOPMENT --- p.87
Chapter 4.4.1 --- Bone mineral density (BMD) measurement --- p.87
Chapter 4.4.2 --- Micro-architecture analysis --- p.87
Chapter 4.4.3 --- Bone strength assessment --- p.88
Chapter 4.4.4 --- Bone turnover monitoring by measuring biochemical markers --- p.89
Chapter 4.4.4.1 --- Bone formation markers --- p.89
Chapter 4.4.4.2 --- Bone resorption markers --- p.91
Chapter 4.5 --- MATERIAL AND METHODS --- p.95
Chapter 4.5.1 --- Preparation of herbal extracts --- p.95
Chapter 4.5.2 --- Tail-suspension rat model --- p.95
Chapter 4.5.3 --- Animal arrangement and grouping --- p.97
Chapter 4.5.4 --- Administration of herbal extracts and drugs --- p.97
Chapter 4.5.5 --- Assessments on disuse osteoporosis development --- p.98
Chapter 4.5.5.1 --- Bone mineral density measurement using Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (pQCT) --- p.98
Chapter 4.5.5.2 --- Bone micro-architecture analysis using Micro-computed Tomography (μCT) --- p.99
Chapter 4.5.5.3 --- Bone strength assessment through biomechanical bending test --- p.100
Chapter 4.5.5.4 --- Bone turnover monitoring by measuring biochemical markers --- p.100
Chapter 4.5.5.4.1 --- Serum collection --- p.100
Chapter 4.5.5.4.2 --- Measurements of biochemical markers --- p.101
Chapter 4.5.6 --- Statistical analysis --- p.105
Chapter 4.6 --- RESULTS --- p.106
Chapter 4.6.1 --- Effects of ELP on bone mineral density (BMD) --- p.106
Chapter 4.6.2 --- Effects of ELP on bone micro-architecture --- p.118
Chapter 4.6.3 --- Effects of ELP on biomechanics of bone --- p.122
Chapter 4.6.4 --- Effects of ELP on bone turnover --- p.125
Chapter 4.7 --- DISCUSSION --- p.132
Chapter CHAPTER 5: --- PART 3 IN VIVO STUDY ON BONE DEFECT HEALING --- p.140
Chapter 5.1 --- HERBAL ITEMS SELECTED IN THIS PART --- p.140
Chapter 5.2 --- DESIGN OF STUDY --- p.143
Chapter 5.3 --- HYPOTHESES AND OBJECTIVES --- p.144
Chapter 5.4 --- SPECIFIC STRATEGY ON PROMOTION OF FRACTURE HEALING OF TCM --- p.144
Chapter 5.5 --- POTENTIAL EFFECT OF ELP ON BONE HEALING --- p.144
Chapter 5.6 --- ANIMAL MODELS --- p.146
Chapter 5.6.1 --- Bone fracture model --- p.147
Chapter 5.6.2 --- Drill-hole bone defect model --- p.147
Chapter 5.7 --- ASSESSMENTS ON BONE HEALING --- p.149
Chapter 5.7.1 --- Micro-architecture analysis --- p.149
Chapter 5.7.2 --- Bone strength assessment --- p.150
Chapter 5.7.3 --- Bone turnover monitoring by measuring biochemical markers --- p.151
Chapter 5.7.4 --- Histomorphometry --- p.151
Chapter 5.8 --- MATERIALS AND METHODS --- p.153
Chapter 5.8.1 --- Preparation of herbal extracts --- p.153
Chapter 5.8.1.1 --- ELP --- p.153
Chapter 5.8.1.2 --- CDNR --- p.153
Chapter 5.8.2 --- Production of drill-hole bone defect --- p.154
Chapter 5.8.2.1 --- Femur --- p.155
Chapter 5.8.2.2 --- Tibia --- p.155
Chapter 5.8.2.3 --- Animal arrangement and grouping --- p.157
Chapter 5.8.3 --- Herbal formulae administration and application --- p.157
Chapter 5.8.3.1 --- Oral administration --- p.157
Chapter 5.8.3.2 --- Topical application --- p.157
Chapter 5.8.4 --- Assessments on bone healing --- p.158
Chapter 5.8.4.1 --- Bone micro-architecture and bone density measurement using in vivo micro-computed tomography (vivaCT) --- p.158
Chapter 5.8.4.2 --- Bone strength assessment through biomechanical bending test --- p.159
Chapter 5.8.4.3 --- Bone turnover monitoring by measuring biochemical markers --- p.160
Chapter 5.8.4.4 --- Histomorphometry --- p.160
Chapter 5.8.4.4.1 --- Fluorochrome double labeling --- p.160
Chapter 5.8.4.4.2 --- Tissue processing and sectioning --- p.161
Chapter 5.8.4.4.3 --- Staining of sections --- p.162
Chapter 5.8.4.4.4 --- Image analysis --- p.164
Chapter 5.8.5 --- Statistical analysis --- p.165
Chapter 5.9 --- RESULTS --- p.166
Chapter 5.9.1 --- Effect of ELP and CDNR on bone micro-architecture --- p.and
Chapter bone --- density at the bone defect site --- p.166
Chapter 5.9.2 --- Histomorphometrical findings in treatment of bone healing --- p.172
Chapter 5.9.3 --- Effect of ELP and CDNR on biomechanics of bone --- p.175
Chapter 5.9.4 --- Effect of ELP and CDNR on bone turnover --- p.178
Chapter 5.10 --- DISCUSSION --- p.184
Chapter CHAPTER 6: --- GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION --- p.193
Chapter 6.1 --- UNKNOWN AREAS FOR THE STUDY OF ELP --- p.193
Chapter 6.2 --- SUMMARY OF CRUCIAL FINDINGS OF THE OSTEOGENIC EFFECTS OF ELP IN EACH PART OF THIS STUDY --- p.194
Chapter 6.2.1 --- Part 1: in vitro seropharmacological study on osteoporosis --- p.194
Chapter 6.2.2 --- Part 2: in vivo study on disuse osteoporosis --- p.195
Chapter 6.2.3 --- Part 3: in vivo study on bone healing --- p.196
Chapter 6.3 --- COMMON OSTEOGENIC EFFECT OF ELP IN THE THREE PARTS OF THE WHOLE STUDY --- p.197
Chapter 6.4 --- LIMITATIONS OF THE PRESENT STUDY --- p.197
Chapter 6.5 --- SIGNIFICANCES OF THIS STUDY --- p.199
Chapter 6.6 --- FUTURE STUDIES --- p.199
BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.201
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The study sought to explore the use of traditional healing modalities in the provision of mental illness in the Vhembe district of Limpopo province. Traditional medicine has been used for thousands of years by indigenous people in South Africa and Africa as a whole, and demonstrated efficacy in treating a wide range of health issue. Many of the medicines in contemporary biomedical treatment are derived from plants and herbs used by indigenous people throughout the world. The objectives of the study were to describe the profile of the clients that visit the traditional healers, to explain traditional healers’ diagnostic strategies of mental illness, to explain the traditional healing treatment modalities in the treatment of various forms of mental illness and to discuss traditional healers’ prevention methods of mental illness. The study was guided by indigenous theory of health and illness as a theoretical framework, and for supporting the literature, a theory of African perspective theory was used. A qualitative research approach was used in order to have an in-depth understanding of the modalities of traditional healing in the provision of mental health care. Case study approach was used. Participants were selected purposively around Vhembe district in Limpopo province and snowball sampling technique was applied in order to identify and recruit relevant participants. The researcher conducted semi -structured interviews to gather the relevant data. Data analysis was based on the interpretative philosophy that aimed at examining meaning and symbolic content of qualitative data. Thematic analysis method was employed. The findings of the study confirmed that traditional healing is still widely used in the communities in the provision of mental illness and that there are a variety of diagnostic, treatment and prevention methods in the provision of mental illness. The findings also show that as much as there are challenges facing traditional healing in treatment of mental illness, there is a need to introduce their modalities in the healthcare system of South Africa, Africa and the whole world. Programs that aim to educate the communities about traditional healing modalities should also be established by the Department of Health and the relevant stakeholders such as traditional healers’ organizations.
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Повний текст джерелаCom o advento do ano 2000, emergiu em Portugal uma nova religiosidade, a Angelologia: os anjos reapareceram como um elo que unia as pessoas em torno de sentimentos como o perdão, a igualdade e o amor, e paradigmas simbólicos da tolerância religiosa. Eles fazem a ponte entre diversas religiões: o Zoroastrismo, o Judaísmo, o Gnosticismo, o Islamismo e o Catolicismo. Relacionando os anjos com a minha área de mestrado surgiu o título da minha dissertação. Desta forma, a problemática desta tese consistiu em sabermos, de que modo os anjos, a magia, a cabala e a fé influenciam a cura dos doentes, e qual a contribuição da fé na promoção da saúde. Essa é, aliás, a questão de partida. Por conseguinte, optamos por utilizar a pesquisa qualitativa neste trabalho, que utilizou como técnicas a entrevista semi-estruturada e a análise de conteúdo das mesmas; para tal, abordei seguidores do espiritismo, um ex-umbandista, e um padre Capuchino da Igreja Catolica. Consegui provar a hipótese nula, pois tanto o ex umbandistas como os espíritas crêem que os anjos têm uma influência positiva para a saúde pois inspiram bons pensamentos e auxiliam o próximo através da sua mediunidade. O médium é um mensageiro da entidade, e o anjo um mensageiro de Deus para o todos os credos estudados. Apenas o padre revelou, de forma implícita, conhecer a cabala hebraica e a hierarquia angélica. Existe prática de magia branca, ou do bem na Umbanda no manuseamento de ervas e na defumação. Aquilo que os umbandistas classificam como magia, o padre e os kardecistas designam como milagre. A cura através da fé, ou cura espiritual, a qual recorre à mediunidade como método e utiliza o médium como instrumento, já é aceite por alguns profissionais de saúde como uma medicina alternativa, tendo como exemplo mais eminente, a Religião; esta enuncia a prece como suporte principal de alívio aos enfermos, apaziguando nos momentos de dor e religando o homem Pós-moderno, consigo, com o outro e com Deus. Não se provou que a fé cura, mas sim que a religião, em todas as suas vertentes, pode solucionar casos para os quais a medicina não tem solução. Portanto, constata-se que constitui um suporte emocional, pelo que se pode corroborar que a espiritualidade deve ser incluída na nova definição de saúde da Organização Mundial de Saúde, indo de encontro à opinião do enfermeiro entrevistado, que afirma com ironia que nos momentos de agonia até um ateu clama por Deus.
With the advent of 2000, there emerged a new religiosity in Portugal, the angelology: angels reappeared as a link uniting people around feelings of forgiveness, equality and love, and symbolic paradigms of religious tolerance. They form a bridge between different religions: Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Gnosticism, Islam and Catholicism. Relating the angels with my area of MA appeared the title of my dissertation. Thus, the problem of this thesis was to know, how the angels, magic, the kabalah, faith and influence the healing of the sick, and that the contribution of faith in health promotion. Thisis indeed the starting point. Therefore, we chose to use qualitative research in this paper that the techniques used as semi-structured interviews and content analysis of these, for such, I approached followers of spiritualism, a former Umbanda, and a “Capuchinho” priest of the Catholic Church. I was able to prove the null hypothesis, because both the former Umbanda as the Spiritualists believe that angels have a positive influence for the health, good thoughts and help inspire others through his mediumship. The medium is a mensager of the entity, and the angel a mensager of God to all faiths studied. Only the Father revealed, implicitly, to know the Hebrew kabalah and the angelic hierarchy. There is practice of white magic, or just in the handling of Umbanda and smoking herbs. What the Umbanda classified as magic, priest and kardecists designate as a miracle. Healing through faith or spiritual healing, mediumship which uses the method and how to use the medium as a tool, is now accepted by some health professionals as an alternative medicine, with the most prominent example, Religion, states that the prayor as a mainstay of relief to the sick, calming in times of pain and reconnecting the postmodern man, himself, with others and with God. As not been proven that faith healing, but that religion in all its aspects, can resolve cases for which medicine has no solution. Therefore, it appears that is an emotional support, so we can confirm that spirituality should be included in the new definition of health from the World Health Organization, going against the opinion of nurses interviewed, who said with irony that in times of agony until God calls for an atheist.