Japanese Naturopathy (Internal Medicine)
Japanese Internal (Naturopathic) medicine includes "Physical Medicine" and a group of natural 'therapies' which are integrated to treat our internal health. These include; Nutritional medicine, Herbal medicine, Meridian balancing and Meridian energy gathering, Acupuncture Emotional balancing, remedial and life enhancing 'exercises' and development methods, etc...
Practitioners of J.I.M. first qualify in Physical medicine before learning these ways...
The therapies or modalities of Internal medicine (Japanese Naturopathy) include
1: Nutritional Medicine
Japanese nutritional medicine includes the 'selection' of specific foods that can be combined for prevention and recovery. For example beetroot, celery, watercress, radish and brocoli can all help to regulate and correct blood pressure. Please see our nutrition page
2: Herbal and Tonic Medicine
Herbs such as reishi mushroom, goji berries, licorice, asparagus, eucommia bark, ginseng, etc can be combined to decrease inflammation, improve immune system response, clean the blood, remove toxins, etc. Please see our Herbal medicine page
3: Meridian Harmonization (Acupressure/Acupuncture/Moxa, etc)
4: Ergonomics - integrated natural body movement
5: Mind and Emotional balancing (Sanminjutsu)
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