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- You might be interested in IBIS and AMR'TA. We are the Alchemical Medicine
- Research and Teaching Association, a non-profit association dedicated to
- the study and refinement of medicine with an openness to the
- unconventional and an inclination to the natural. We have produced a
- gigantic software reference tool for practitioners - IBIS, the
- Interactive BodyMind Information System. More info on IBIS is below. Your
- involvement is welcome.
-
- IBIS (Interactive BodyMind Information System) diagnostic and treatment
- information for 282 common medical conditions
-
- Largest compilation of therapeutics of natural medicine at a professional
- level ever produced, ca. 10,000 pages; ca. 14 MB of HyperCard for
- Macintosh, also on HyperPad for DOS
-
- Sections -
-
- * conditions: signs and symptoms, definition and etiology,
- course and prognosis, differential diagnosis
- * physical medicine: exercise, manipulation, hydrotherapy,
- electrical and oscillating therapies
- * nutrition: dietary guidelines, supplements
- * Western botanical (herbal) medicine: single herbs,
- combinations and formulas
- * Chinese herbs: traditional crude and prepared formulas
- * acupuncture: syndromes, points and combinations
- * homeopathy: remedy considerations with differentials
- * vibrational therapies: color therapy, sound and music
- therapy, flower essences, electromagnetic, gems and
- minerals
- * psychospiritual approaches: metaphors and correlations,
- therapies
-
- ...with extensive sections corresponding to each treatment area providing
- detailed information on lab tests, exercises, hydrotherapy treatments,
- foods, recipes, vitamins, minerals, herbs, formulas, Chinese diagnostic
- syndromes, acupuncture points, Chinese physiology, homeopathic remedies,
- colors, flowers, gems, visualizations, counseling, attitudinal studies,
- spiritual practices, etc...
-
- Note-keeping and linking facilities for user additions and customization
-
- Sophisticated research section for office-based outcomes research
-
- Produced by over 100 medical professionals and students over a 4 year
- period
-
- Under the auspices of AMR'TA (the Alchemical Medicine Research and
- Teaching Association) a non-profit corporation dedicated to researching
- and refining natural medicine
-
- All profits go to grants, scholarships, publishing, research and education
-
- Target market: health care professionals -- medical doctors, chiropractors,
- naturopathic physicians, acupuncturists, herbalists, homeopaths, nurse
- practitioners, nutritionists, massage therapists, body-workers,
- psychologists, researchers, educators, schools,....
-
- NOT available to the general public, though a consumer version is in
- preparation
-
- More information available by calling toll-free in the USA 1-800-484-4022,
- then dialing 0569 at the prompt or writing AMR'TA at PO Box 14641,
- Portland, OR 97214
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