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Feature - How Psychotherapy and Homeopathy Can Work Hand In Hand by Julia Fisher 4

Feature - An Introduction to the Disciplines of Traditional Chinese Medicine, by Dr Phil Lawes and Dr Graham Chandler 7

Special Report - Eighty years of ‘natural development’ - a report looking back at the ICM and NCC and forwards to what their merger will mean for the future 9

Special Report - Two reviews on two conferences embracing integrative medicine 12

Events 16

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ICM and BRCP – The Hallmark of Best Practice

www.i-c-m.org.uk | Summer 2007, Volume 2, issue 1

produced in association with the Nature Cure Clinic

Roots and fruitsIt’s summer, and a time for fruits to begin developing from the promising blossoms of spring.

Th e merger between the ICM and Th e Nature Cure Clinic (NCC) is moving forward. Th ere are lots of legal documents to be completed but progress is good and we hope this will enable us to work better in many ways. Th e merger will simplify a lot of our administration and give us the resources to be proactive in how we take the charity forward. We will be present at more CAM events, recruiting Members and giving information to the public – we hope to see you at our stand at both CAM Expo and Mind Body Soul in London this October! We will seek to off er more benefi ts for our Members and will be actively developing educational opportunities for the public, enhancing their knowledge of CAM. In the next issue we will have a full update on the completed merger. Meanwhile, we look forward to a new era of exciting work.

As part of the merger we have drawn up a business plan for the charity. We need the plan to ensure that we stay focused on our main charitable aims and also so that we ensure our fi nancial security for the future. To implement this plan and drive the charity forwards we have appointed a new full time Deputy Director, Bernadette Rochford, (see p3) who will manage the charity on a day-to-day basis and implement the plan. She will report to our Director Frances Fewell.

With all this looking forward to the future we felt it was also important to look back. We are delighted then, in this issue, to have an article on the history of the

ICM and the NCC, including quotes from NCC founder Nina Hosali, and an interview with one of the ICM founders, Anthony Baird. As Nietzsche said, “One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes.”

In looking back to our roots, we hope that the blossoms and fruits of our future will be true.

Melissa AddeyProject Manager, Th e Village Well

2SUMMER 2007

Green tea of help to rheumatoid arthritis sufferersA compound in green tea may suppress the infl amma-tory products in the connective tissue of people with rheumatoid arthritis, according to new research from the University of Michigan Health System (U-MHS).

Researchers found that an anti-infl ammatory compound – called epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) – inhibits the production of several molecules in the immune system that contribute to infl ammation and joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis suff erers.

To carry out the study, scientists at U-MHS isolated cells from the joints of rheumatoid arthritis patients, grew them in a culture and tested them with the green tea compound. Th ey found that the compound is able to block the actions of certain molecules which cause bone erosion in joints and also inhibit the production of prostaglandin E2 which causes joint infl ammation.

Th e new fi ndings follows research from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine which suggested the EGCG compound in green tea can also kill cancer cells.

More research is, of course, still needed.

England’s primary care trusts turn back on homeopathyOver half of England’s primary care trusts are restricting patient access to homeopathic treatments under continuing pressure from doctors and as part of a drive to cut spending.

Figures reported in Th e Times, on May 23, suggest that “at least 86 of the 147 trusts have either stopped sending patients to the four homeopathic hospitals or are introducing strict measures to limit referrals”.

Th e trend follows the claim made a year ago by thirteen doctors in a letter to Acute and Primary Care Trusts around the UK that homeopathy and other CAM treatments should not be provided by the NHS.

Th e authors of the letter to the NHS Trusts claimed that “over a dozen systematic reviews (of homeopathy) have failed to produce convincing evidence of eff ectiveness.” Th e doctors behind the letter, sent last May, claimed that NHS funds being used to pay for complementary medicine could be better diverted to ‘proven’ treatments.

However, Dr Peter Fisher of the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, speaking at the time, said: “In fact, cost eff ectiveness studies consistently show that CAM is cost-eff ective. Adding CAM therapies to conventional care results in improved outcomes for the similar costs or actually reduces total costs.”

Regular acupressure reduces agitation levels in dementia patientsAcupressure can relieve agitation levels in older dementia patients, according to research reported last month in the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

A study conducted at the National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan found that regular (15-minute) treatment sessions twice a day for fi ve days a week over a period of four weeks, led to reductions in the patients’ propensity to attack others, both verbally and physically.

Twenty patients were studied over a six-week period which began one week before treatment started and ended one week after treatment fi nished. All the patients lived in special care units in care facilities. Over half were classifi ed as experiencing major behavioural disturbances.

Vitamin D and calcium supplements many reduce cancer riskSupplements of calcium and vitamin D signifi cantly reduce the incidence of cancer in older women, according to research from the US Creighton University’s Osteoporosis Research Center.

Th e double-blind, randomised study took place over four years and the subjects for the trial comprised 1179 women randomly selected from the population of healthy postmenopausal women aged 55 plus from a rural area of Nebraska.

Th e subjects were assigned to three groups – one taking 1400 to 1500 mg a day of calcium supplement (Calcium-only), a second taking a 1,100 IU dose of vitamin D per day (Calcium plus Vit D) and a third group taking a placebo.

Th e results showed that women in the Calcium plus Vit D group were 60 per cent less likely to experience incidence of cancer than the women in the placebo group.

News Round-up

ICM website goes livewww.i-c-m.org.uk

We are very pleased to advise that our new website is now live and online. It includes more information on CAM plus professional facilities and advice provided by ICM/BRCP to our Members and to the public. Th e site also off ers a Member Forum which is active, though still under some elements of construction.

We hope you enjoy the new online opportunities the website off ers and fi nd its facilities useful. We are currently receiving some 30,000 visits and 200,000 hits per month. As the site serves as a high-profi le forum for products and services, we have added an Advertisers’ Directory. Th is can be found by clicking through on the site itself. Details of advertising rates - with discounts for joint bookings on web and journal are also included.

More information is available from Lena Gobine on l.gobine@i-c-m.org.uk Tel: 020 7237 4187.

Mushroom nutrition studied

as breast cancer treatmentNaturopaths at Bastyr University in collaboration with the Cancer Treatment Research Foundation are embarking on a clinical trial to examine the eff ective-ness of the use of medicinal mushroom Coriolus versicolor in women who have already been treated conventionally for breast cancer.

Th e double-blind trial will involved 50 patients and examine whether 4500mg of Coriolus versicolor a day can increase natural killer cell activity over eight weeks after conventional breast cancer treatment.

Coriolus versicolor is already used in Asian cultures to treat cancer. Its active ingredient can be administered as a tea or in capsules. According to the University of California Medical Centre in San Diego the Coriolus versicolor mushroom has shown antimicrobial, antiviral and antitumor properties, which have been attributed to a protein-bound polysaccharide called Polysaccharide K (PSK), also known as Krestin.

New Deputy Director for ICNM appointedBernadette Rochford has just been appointed as Deputy Director of the about-to-be-merged Institute for Complementary Medicine and Nature Cure Clinic organisations, the ICNM.

Bernie’s fi rst degree was in Health Sciences. She began her career in rehabilitation, psychiatric and ophthalmic nursing, including working internationally in the USA, Australia and Romania. She then developed a career in senior management within the health sector, fi rstly in health communications, then as a senior team manager and most recently as a senior nurse advisor.

Th roughout her career in the conventional health sector, Bernie has also been interested in complementary health. She has undertaken study and gained qualifi cations in the following areas: Psychology (currently studying for a degree), Hypnotherapy, Cognitive Psychotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming at Master/Trainer level, Community Health, Reiki, Indian Head Massage and Silva Mind Method (reaching Alpha state).

Bernie is delighted to have the opportunity to bring her senior management skills to a role which combines her interest and skills in both conventional and comple-mentary medicine. Bernie will report to Frances Fewell, Director, and Beverly Martin, Chair to Trustees.

4SUMMER 2007

How Psychotherapy And Homeo By Julia Fisher

WWithin my practice as a psychotherapist I focus on the interaction between mind and body. My therapeutic philosophy is based on a belief in the importance of a holistic approach and I use homoeopathic remedies as a tool either independently, or alongside the psychotherapy, to observe and aid the whole person. Th is necessitates exploring the past (individual and collective history) and validating the present (current presenting symptoms).

Th e individual and collective history will reveal the unconscious patterns of the individual regarding his or her health. Any chronic pattern of disease that has evolved, and, often, mutated to appear as a new dynamic, can be observed in the psychotherapeutic model where suppressed energy fi nds an outlet that disturbs the individual’s psychical status quo. In homoeopathic philosophy ‘chronic diseases arise from dynamic infection by a chronic miasm…’1 that is to say the physical symptoms are as much infl uenced by the collective dynamics as is the psyche. By validating the presenting symptoms the therapist builds up a relationship with the client. Th is enables them together to peel back the layers of symptoms and work through the history of the individual. As with any therapy, validation underpins the relationship, this does not imply collusion but does necessitate acceptance, an ability to hear the life story of another with genuine openness and interest.

It is imperative I set clear boundaries concerning if and when I combine my therapies in order so as not to confuse the client and the working contract. When a client specifi cally seeks a psychotherapeutic solution, l will not introduce homeopathic remedies as I consider that choice to be purely client-led. However, if a client is aware of my other disciplines, including healing, then this is discussed fully so that we are both clear about the client’s expectations regarding his or her healing journey.

Intention is centralTh e central part in the therapeutic process is the therapeutic intent. Supervision is invaluable, as it helps to distinguish the conscious drive to heal another from the unconscious drives that may infl uence that process in an unhelpful way.

When it comes to remedies, it is not uncommon for a homeopathic chemist to spend time prior to making a remedy to be mindful of the intention behind the purpose of the remedy.

Julia Fisher is a psychotherapist and homeopath working from four clinics: the Helios Clinic and Crofton Consulting Rooms, part of a G.P.’s surgery, both in Kent and the Keet and Chiswick Clinics in London. She works solely from recommendation. Her qualifi cations include: BS. Hom Homeopathy, 1995, Healer Counsellor Certifi cate (ICM) 2004 and M.A. in Psychotherapy and Healing.

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Special Report

Case studyI off er a simple vignette to illustrate that if we appreciate that the making of a homeopathic remedy is essentially an alchemical process, then this process can be symbolically aligned with the beginning of a psychotherapeutic journey, for both therapist and client.

Ron (not his real name), a sixty year old male, presented with great concern regarding his immune system. He had experienced one cold after another leaving him with a spasmodic cough and having felt sick for the last two years. He had recently become unable to sleep properly. Ron claimed to be happy in his marriage, which it transpired he was, and had built a successful building business, which he now shared with his son-in-law. He assured me that life was great and had no idea why his health was being aff ected. He appeared to be self-contained yet was fearful of emotionally falling apart.

Over some sessions I became aware of how many times Ron wanted to refute his physical strength, I asked ‘how did he feel working next to his younger son-in-law?’ and tears became visible in his eyes which quickly progressed to sobbing, almost hysteria. I gave Ignatia, a remedy which is represents the mental, emotional and physical symptoms connected with issues of grief and shock, as that fi tted the presenting symptoms of the cough and insomnia. Although Ron was not overtly hysterical I assessed that the temporary abandonment of his self-control was highly signifi cant, as his age and cultural infl uence would not normally permit such an extreme expression of his grief.

Over the following weeks we discussed how growing old might be threatening Ron’s working life and his fears that his body might no longer sustain the heavy lifting that his work involved. Ron went on to mention that his father had died suddenly at sixty, with heart failure, but had been unwell a couple of years prior. We explored the association of his father’s onset of ill health with his own and he revealed that he had never had time to grieve his father’s death as he had a business to build. Ron still had problems expressing his grief and felt if he let himself cry he would not stop. He brought a dream of being robbed in which a dark shadowy fi gure had broken into his house and he had been fearful on waking. I gave Natrum Muriaticum, a remedy connected with ‘psychic causes of disease, ill eff ects of grief, fright and anger etc…’2 and even dreams of being burgled.

Th anks to my psychotherapeutic training I was able to explore the dream material in relation to the feelings Ron’s ego had suppressed. Th is led to an examination of the burglar character the dream featured and Ron’s sense of confl ict with that character. It turned out the burglar represented a part of him that was being ignored. Th e son-in-law was relevant here. Ron felt his own youthful days were going and although extremely fond of his son-in-law, he was beginning to feel resentful at his physical strength.

Ron chose to undergo a series of heart monitoring and was relieved to discover that all appeared well. He also decided to retire next year to Cyprus; he has a holiday home by the sea, and wanted to enjoy life once more. Since that time, he reports that he has openly cried on three occasions and felt better for the release. We have met further to discuss his past, his relationships and his hopes for the future.

It is my belief that Ron was suff ering grief on two levels. He was experiencing suppressed grief for his father and, also, beginning to grieve for the loss of his physical strength and working position. Th e association between his ill heath and the onset of ill health for his father prompted him into a healing crisis. Th e unexpressed emotions manifested themselves as physical symptoms in order to be heard, and more importantly as Ron’s way of expressing his grief. It could be argued that the Ignatia/Nat Mur’ was not required, that the psychotherapeutic process was enough but l off er that this client needed a physical vehicle (remedy) to permit a healthier expression of his emotions and, with that said, what safer vehicle is there than a homeopathic remedy?

pathy Can Work Hand In Hand

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Th ere are times, when the physical symptoms the body produces represent an expression of the internal life, of the psyche’s needs and desires. For example, if a client presents with a series of colds which are eventually revealed as an expression of suppressed emotions, it could be said that a healing is taking place, in that the internal life is no longer mute. Once the expression is given a space to be heard and validated then the physical symptoms improve. Although I believe that too many therapies can confuse the client and muddle the cure, I do refer to other therapies if appropriate. Th is sometimes means helping clients to improve their nutritional levels by referring them to a nutritionist. Also, after a long period of psychotherapy, I will sometimes refer a client to a colleague whose discipline is refl exology. Th is helps to come away from the intensive mental/emotional work and prompt awareness back to the mind/body relationship.

Integration of therapiesBeing able to integrate therapies permits me a wide choice of tools and a highly individual approach to my practice. Each client I see hopefully gains from my intention to aid their healing journey as best as possible. Th at is to say, I listen attentively to their life story, I validate the present to signify empathy and prepare to journey the alchemical process in safety.

But most of all, l bear in mind that however damaged the presenting symptoms, and however confused the client’s thought processes may initially appear, these elements need to be acknowledged before any real work can be done. For me that represents the humanity within my practice.

Julia Fisher can be contacted on: 07748746061 or email: juliafi sherma@hotmail.co.uk

1 Samuel Hahnemann M.D. Organon of Th e Medical Art Birdcage Books Washington, Sixth Edition page 118

2 William Boericke Homoeopathic Materia Medica with Repertory Homoeopathic Book Service 1993

The Berkeley is conveniently located in Marble Arch.It is a natural Multi-disciplinary clinic, which offers a

wide range of therapies. We focus more particularly on osteopathy and chiropracty. Rooms are available for very motivated, enthusiastic self-employed therapists every

day of the week.

Call Gwen Le Bon on 02077244004 or email: gwen@theberkeleyclinic.com

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by Dr Phil Lawes and Dr Graham Chandler

Feature

Th ere are many disciplines within the system of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and each one can be practised at a variety of levels.

Th e disciplines within TCM are:

• Acupuncture & Moxibustion• Anmo / Tui Na (Chinese

massage, Acupressure, Physical Th erapy)

• Herbal Medicine• Qi Gung / Tao-Yin (energy work,

positional release techniques)

Th ere is a trend in the West to choose and study the basic systems of TCM individually, with most practitioners focusing their eff orts on acupuncture or a part of acupuncture such as acupuncture for pain management. However, in China students working for an initial Bachelor of Medicine degree are far more likely to study a range of disciplines, including acupuncture & moxibustion, anmo, tui na and herbal medicine - all alongside basic Western medicine. Only later are they likely to specialise by advancing their knowledge in a particular area or areas for their Masters or PhD.

Of course, when practitioners have a wider knowledge of TCM disciplines they are more likely to be able to recognise which treatment is going to be most

eff ective and then either to treat the client themselves, or to refer them to someone who has a greater understanding in the specifi c area.

For many complaints, using a combination of disciplines makes for a far quicker resolution of symptoms. For example the treatment of sciatica using acupuncture, anmo/tui na, and tao-yin could possibly reduce the amount of treatment needed by half. In the case of menopausal problems a practitioner could combine acupuncture with herbal formulas such as Gengnian An Pian or Kun Bao Wan.

Acupuncture & MoxibustionAcupuncture can and is used for a wide variety of complaints (chemical, mental and physical). Th e most common application within the UK is pain management, which covers a range of dysfunction and

An introduction to the disciplines of traditional Chinese medicine

diseases including: arthritis, sciatica, lumbago, tennis elbow, headache and migraine. However, there is a lot more to acupuncture than that; it can be very eff ective, on its own and alongside Western medicine, in the treatment of complaints such as: shingles, chronic fatigue, constipation, diarrhoea, irritable bowel syndrome, multiple sclerosis, insomnia, depression, menstrual and menopausal complaints, to name just a few.

Acupuncture is normally taught together with moxibustion (which involves cupping therapy and the burning of moxa) in most UK schools. Moxibustion is very eff ective in warming, relieving muscular spasm, improvement of circulation and smoothing stagnation.

It works either by burning the moxa on the end of the needle, in a moxa box positioned over an area such as the abdomen, or by applying directly to the aff ected area. It is worth pointing out that many insurance companies will not insure practitioners in the UK for direct application, due to the greater risk of burning to the client.

Th ere are some very specialist sides to acupuncture & moxibustion, many of which are rare even in China. Acupuncture surgery, using a diff erent type of needle to cut through tissue, is one such. Another is acupuncture for anaesthesia.

Anmo – Tui Na – Tao-YinMassage is a natural thing to do. Even when we are young and fall over the instinct is to “rub it better”. And most people in the

Dr Graham Chandler and Dr Phil Lawes are founder members of “Th e Academy of Oriental Medicine”, and have studied Traditional Chinese Medicine in depth, in addition to many other oriental practices such as traditional Japanese and Th ai therapies. Th ey each teach from the Academy on their relative specialist subject and are involved in the ongoing development of oriental medicine.As members of the British Register of Complimentary Practitioners and Advisers to Th e Institute of Complimentary Medicine, they are committed to raising awareness of the benefi ts of oriental medicine and to its growth worldwide.

Moxibustion/cupping in China

Tao-Yin cranial technique

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West have heard of acupressure as it is commonly available and used in systems of Japanese medicine, such as shiatsu, as well as Chinese medicine. However, blank faces are more likely to be the reaction when you mention tui na or tao-yin, despite the fact that most systems of massage available today have links with these Chinese techniques and disciplines.

Anmo and tui na treatments involve massage, with and without oil, and joint mobilization techniques as well as acupressure. In China this system of medicine is available in most hospitals within the TCM or orthopaedic departments.

Another part of anmo is applied specifi cally to the abdomen. Fu Bu Anmo has similarities with hara therapy but has closer links to a system taught in northern Th ailand by Master Mantak Chia called Chi Nei Tsang.

TCM therapists are taught that each organ has a linked emotion. For example, the spleen and the stomach are connected with worry. Th is is not just an eastern connection; in Britain we commonly refer to ‘butterfl ies in the stomach’, when describing anxious and stressful emotions.

Not only does Fu Bu Anmo balance digestive problems, but it helps relieve associated emotional distur-bances along with other abdominal and bodily dysfunctions.

Tao-Yin is an ancient system using gentle, yet powerful techniques. By holding the cranium, pelvis or any part of the body - depending on the result required - the practitioner can make dramatic changes to the structure and energy of the body.

Being able to relax, feel, and be aware of restrictions of movement and fl ows of energy are just a small part of this area of TCM. As a system it has certain simi-larities to other disciplines such as cranial sacral therapy and cranial osteopathy, but with very diff erent applications and goals.

Diagnosis is carried out using the manual therapies of TCM, including traditional methods such as tongue and pulse diagnosis. As with systems such as osteopathy,

the practitioner is trained to ‘feel’ for dysfunction. In ancient China, clinics/hospitals were set up with the blind employed to practice tui na, anmo and tao-yin due to their heightened ability to feel. Some of these clinics in China still exist.

Some schools of oriental medicine (including ours) also teach their students a form of muscle testing similar to kinesiology as an additional diagnostic tool. Not only does this help the practitioner to narrow down the cause and eff ect of problems, but this helps us to teach new students a diff erent, hands-on approach to learning the muscular system (including origin, insertion and action of muscles).

Chinese Herbal MedicineTh e use of herbs to cure illness and relieve symptoms has been around since before records existed. Even some household pets instinctively know some herbal treatments. How many times has your dog or cat been seen in the garden eating grass? Herbal remedies have a big role in today’s society. Th ere are countless research & development centres in China which test and use herbal medicine to treat modern diseases. Th is research includes new ways of administering herbal medicine, such as by injection. Th is highly specialized form of treatment is, as far as we know, available only in China at present.

Th e Shang Han Lun – Treatise on Cold Damage, is the oldest complete medical text book dating from over 2000 years ago. Th is book has relevant information that is still used in practice today. Even Western medicine makes use of some of the recommended ingredients, such as Ma Huang (Chinese Ephedra) to treat cold symptoms. Just look at the packet of “Lemsip” in your cupboard. One of the ingredients is Ephedrine.

Th ere has been a lot of bad press about Chinese herbal medicines over recent years, some of it deserved with unqualifi ed practitioners prescribing potentially damaging formulas and ingredients. However, things are becoming far safer, especially with the imminent statutory

regulation of Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture in the UK.

Herbal medicine is used for many illnesses and diseases, to balance the Yin, Yang, Qi, fl ow of energy in the body and to purge the system of toxins and calm the mind.

It can be used alone, or as previously mentioned, mixed with one of the other disciplines within TCM depending on what will achieve the best results.

Most of you will have seen the traditional “bag of twigs” that many herbalists prescribe to boil up at home, but now in the UK clients are more likely to want to take herbal medicine in a pill form due to the long hours of work, availabil-ity to boil, or just taste.

Since ancient times food has been an integral part of Chinese Medicine. It was this recognition that brought into life the foundation of TCM nutrition/diet therapy. In fact food as a medicine was mentioned over 2000 years ago in “Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing” (Divine Husbandman’s Classic of Materia Medica).

In the book from the Tang Dynasty “Th ousand Golden Prescriptions”, over 150 foods were said to have the ability to drain pathogens, calm the organs, sooth emotions and benefi t Qi and blood. Th ere were over 300 volumes of food therapy books passed down but now only 16 books are available. Food therapy still constitutes a vital part of Chinese Medicine.

If you would like more information on our courses or clinical trips to China, please contact us:

Dr Philip Lawes Dr Graham Chandler8 Broadway Parade, Elm Park,Hornchurch, Essex, RM12 4RSTel: 01708 457390Email: phillawes@aol.comorientalmedicine@tiscali.co.ukwww.academyoforientalmedicine.com

Preparing ingredients for hospital ward prescriptions

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In 2008 it will be eighty years since Nina Hosali established Th e Nature Cure Clinic in London. A lady with vision and drive, her aim was to promote the value and ethos of natural medicine together with a vegetarian lifestyle and consideration for both humans and animals.

By bringing together prominent doctors, homoeopaths and other natural therapists Nina established the Clinic as something of a revolution in its time. We might call it ‘medicine without violence’; looking for natural ways to help the body and the immune system to fi nd health and balance through what could be called ‘minimal and natural interventions’.

Interestingly, in the original Constitution for the Clinic (which, incidentally, has an indemnity liability for trustees, of “two shillings and sixpence”) there is actually nothing which attempts to defi ne what is meant by ‘nature cure’. Th e term is rather left hanging in the air for our subjective interpretation; and in a way it still remains so.

What is ‘nature cure’?What we do mean by ‘nature cure’? Th e words encompass a whole range of activities and interven-tions, from naturism and nudist colonies to vegan and vegetarian food; exercise, long walks, animal husbandry, organic lifestyle and, for us today, being aware also of our carbon footprint. It would seem from just this very short list that the term ‘nature cure’ is far from clear.

However, some fi fty years after Nina established the Clinic, other related elements were ready to develop in London and the UK. In 1981, Michael Endacott and Anthony Baird co-founded the Institute for Complementary Medicine. Th is could arguably be seen as a natural progression of Nina’s vision, even though she was not of course directly involved in the ICM. In the same period, a fi rst wave of post-war initiatives also began to appear in the natural health and healing movement. Th ese included the National Federation of Spiritual Healers (with which Michael was also involved in the early days), and the Centre for Health & Healing at St. James’s which I co-founded in 1981 and co-ordinated for twelve years.

The formative 1980s:Th ere were many other similar initiatives in this formative period from the early ‘80s, including the Cosmic Celebration which erupted at St. James’s in the summer of 1982. Th e Celebration was also unique in its time. Hosted by Sir George Trevelyan, daddy of the new age and St. Michael movement in this country, it included ministers from the seven major religions participating together. Th e Celebration told the story of our spiritual and human journey through millennia. It brought literally hundreds of people to the church in that week of July 1982, with waves of pure sound in the new age Hallelluja chorus. Th ey came from all religions and none, from many diverse spiritual and new age beliefs; but they shared one thing in common – an interest in spiritual development, healing and natural medicine.

Two ‘waves’ of development in CAM:It is possible that what we are witnessing, from 1928 to the present day, are two major “waves” of development and progress in the natural healing movement.

Nina established an original vision and foundation; which Michael, Anthony and others progressed to the fi rst major wave in the early ‘80s, laying the foundation for the potential integration of complementary and natural medicine with allopathic approaches. I believe what we have witnessed in this fi rst wave is a tremendous seeding of CAM principles and practice throughout the world. Nina, Michael and Anthony have an assured place in this revolutionary development.

One new charity, not two: building now and for the future. Where are we then today? I believe we are at the beginning of the second wave, twenty-fi ve years on from 1981. Our opportunity now may be to build bridges – of clinical and academic excellence, aff ordable provision in the community, and integral medicine which can speak to and inform the mainstream healthcare and social services through clinical and academic research. Th e new charity, the Institute for Complementary and Natural Medicine, as an integration of the NCC and ICM, will herald a further era of work in CAM, whether we call it ‘nature cure’ or ‘complementary and alternative medicine’.

By the end of the year, the ICM will have joined forces with the NCC to become the ICNM. We take this opportunity to look back at both organisations through the work of two of their founding members and to look forwards to what the merger will mean for the future.

By Beverly Martin, Chair to Trustees, ICM and NCC

Eighty years of ‘natural development’

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Th e Village Well, as the social enterprise project of the new charity, is designed to embody these aims and principles – as a Centre for Life, Education and Healing in the community. In one sense it comes full circle from Nina’s original vision, but it will also build on the seeds of development from the past twenty-fi ve years. It is a pleasure to acknowledge here Nina, Anthony and Michael in their major work and contribution to the exceptional opportunities we have today: to bring health and healing in its many forms into the heart of community.

Some of this may echo Th e Axiom of Maria: “One becomes two; Two becomes three And out of the third Comes the fourth as the One.” 1

1 Psychology and Alchemy, C.G. Jung. Collected Works Vol. 12, p. 23

Nina Hosali wrote the following words forty years ago, but they have a remarkable relevance for all health care providers in this country today:

Th ere is much emphasis on the economic aspect of the (Nature Cure) Clinic, and this is in line with contempo-rary thought, for there seems to be an ever-increasing concern with questions of national fi nance and productivity in relation to public health. Both in the Press and on the Radio we constantly hear allusions to the number of man-hours lost by this or that illness, the cost of treating patients, the introduction of new methods of diagnosis, prophylaxis and treatment, which will reduce the cost of treatment per patient and simultaneously increase the nation’s productivity. Curious anomalies emerge, such as the attempted increase of effi ciency by greater specialisation and more team-work, accompanied sometimes by tragic and ludicrous mistakes, such as amputating the wrong leg! Constant eff orts are made to improve the Health Service, but the waiting time for hospital treatment becomes ever longer, and the service seems almost in danger of breaking down. In all this we have the strange contradiction that in the Welfare State people tend to be increasingly regarded as working units or medical cases and less and less as individuals with minds, wills and idiosyncrasies of their own.

All this arises from the vast size of the Health Service and the attempt to cater for everybody, but we can also see in it a symptom of modern life – a sort of endemic, chronic malaise, namely, the tendency to value everything in terms of size, in terms of numbers and in terms of superfi cial glitter and pseudo-effi ciency.

Th e beginnings of medical aid had their roots in the religious communities and in compassion for the individual. Scientifi c knowledge was scanty, methods primitive and unhygienic, but much loving care must have been lavished on the sick and it is worth remembering that mercy, love and compassion benefi t the giver as much as the receiver.

Our own Clinic was founded on these same principles and, indeed, on the dual basis of assisting the individual who found it impossible to obtain adequate help elsewhere and of promoting methods of healing which were uncontaminated by deliberate cruelty and fl agrant exploitation of the animal kingdom. In view of the quality and depth of these principles, the question of cost or scale of activity seems to me relatively unimportant.

Nina Hosali, 1967

ICM founder Anthony Baird, in conversation with Clive Teal this monthHow did you get involved with the movement that created the ICM?

I got involved because I suddenly found out that I could heal which shocked me and I had to gravitate towards people who knew about healing and I did over a couple of years and then I heard about an organisation called the Healing Research Trust(HRT) and got into contact with them not really knowing what it was all about and I found a small group of people who met every so often and they were running not quite an organisation but a grouping of people called the HRT and this was composed of a number of groups all around the UK who were running what they called Health Centres. Th ey were supposed to be, as it were, organised by the trustees of the HRT. Th ey weren’t really organised but associated together. In fact it was a little disparate group of people but I was invited to talk to them and then invited to suggest an organisation for them and then in the end they decided to appoint me as the temporary unpaid secretary which I did and I worked for in that role for a very short period of time and then I suggested that we should have a formal organisation and that formal organisation resulted after we got a sum of money of £64,000 from a bequest from somebody still unknown and I suggested a new name. By this time there were four of us, including Michael Endacott, working in a small fl at in south Kensington and I said to my three colleagues what shall we call this new organisation? I suggest that we do not talk to each other on the matter but we go and think about it for a whole week and come back and compare notes. And after a week we came back and we compared notes and we all came back with exactly the same name – the Institute for Complementary Medicine. And that is how it got its name and we were able to register it. Th is was the beginning of the ICM without any defi ned purpose as yet.

Suddenly a whole new area opened up before me – a possibility to do something for people. I think in a way I had always been struggling to fi nd out what one can do for others as well as oneself and suddenly this whole area of what came to be complementary medicine opened up and I could see the possibilities whereby you could spread the word not only around the UK but even elsewhere

What were the aims of the new organisation?

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Th e aims were gradually created, one after the other, but the idea was to have groups of people around the country who were encouraging complementary medicine - call it that which was homeopathy, acupuncture and acupressure, all those sorts of things that you know about, and to then create standards for them. At that time there were no real standards for osteopathy as such and for chiropractors as such, although chiropractors had more standards than anything else, and we felt that once all of these therapies had standards of training and standards of achievement, that then you could off er to the public at large the chance of going to these sorts of therapies for their needs and wants.

How did the term ‘complementary medicine’ come about?

All these activities in public were called alternative medicine and we felt that this was quite a wrong way of defi ning what it was. It wasn’t an alternative – there is no alternative to appendicitis but to take out the appendix. So we were not off ering that type of thing, but we were off ering an addition - an extra which was what the body needed - complementing what was already available.

When did you start operating as the ICM?

We tried to look for premises and we were all living in one little room and our greatest anxiety and greatest work was to try and get money to have larger premises where we could off er complementary medicine and organise other groups of people throughout the country. So we turned to those groups who had been formed or formed themselves under the HRT, but their composition and their lifestyle was so diff erent from what we thought was really necessary that we couldn’t really get a great deal of help from them.

One proud day was when we got ourselves registered as the ICM, but a prouder day was when, in 1981, we acquired premises in London near the BBC at 21 Portland Place. Th at was a nice 18th century building over several fl oors – at fi rst we only existed on one or two fl oors because the rest were already occupied by the previous leaseholders, but gradually we acquired the whole building and therefore the facilities for doing what we wanted. It was the fi rst time ever in London, and I suppose in the UK where a building was specifi -cally opened and operated to assist people to run their own courses in diff erent branches of complementary medicine and there were all sorts of classes that were immediately held, including hypnotherapy, osteopathy and homeopathy. In fact the original London School of Homoeopathy started off in the institute.

What is your greatest achievement?

To have presented the concept of complementary medicine to the people of the UK. When we started in 1980-81 there were two aromatherapists in London. Th ere were several osteopathic organisations but they were not collaborating with each other and certainly the osteopaths had never met the chiropractors and we held the fi rst meeting ever between them. So our greatest achievement was in starting to publicise all the diff erent branches of complementary medicine and I can tell you that after ten or 12 years, when we knew that so many thousands of people were now using complementary medicine and using the products of complementary medicine and going to the various therapists - that we really did achieve what we set out to do.

Why did you commence the BRCP in 1989?

It was part of our original concept, to use a crude term, to bring respectability to complementary medicine. In other words, to create standards. We thought that if we set up a register that would do the job and it was very popular but what it in fact did in the main was to stimulate all the other branches of therapists to set up their own registers which was an eff ect that we hadn’t thought about before.

What is your biggest regret?

My biggest regret was that fi nally I had to leave the work but, luckily, I could leave it in very capable hands.

What was the climate regarding CAM at the time?

At the time that we started there was no climate of opinion – people didn’t know anything about it. Only a few people went to homoeopaths and they were regarded as something odd or slightly nutty. But now, in our own time, it is regarded as a thoroughly normal thing and we do know that one third of the population of the UK at some time or another in the course of a year use either complementary products, homeopathic products, or go to various therapists in the alternative groupings of therapies.

How would you like to see complementary medicine develop in the future?

I would like to see it regarded by the entire population not only of this country but of all countries as a help in their search for good health. Th ey can go to the normal, traditional medical sources and they can go to the complementary sources depending on what they are suff ering from. Both would be accepted, with the complementary practitioners fully accepting the medical profession, as they should do, and the medical profession fully accepting complementary practitioners.

Do you see complementary medicine as preventative medicine as well as curative?

Absolutely!

Special ReportAnthony Baird

12SUMMER 2007

OOn April 4th and 5th Confer - Psychotherapy Medicine and Culture – held an innovative conference at St John’s College, Cambridge. Th e theme was ‘Spiritual Narratives in the Psychological Th erapies’ and the conference focused on the cutting edge of research and theoretical thinking about spirituality as it is applied to psychotherapy, aspects of medicine and to culture as a whole.

Consultant neuropsychiatrist and neurophysiologist, Professor Peter Fenwick delivered the opening lecture on the ‘Neuroscience of Spirituality’. Dr Fenwick is president of the Scientifi c Medical Network, a body that holds regular seminars and conferences on this subject. He used the Dali Lama’s defi nition of spiritu-ality as “compassionate thoughts, feelings and actions”. He then went on to point out some of the research that links spirituality to a range of desirable benefi ts including

• Reduced risk of vascular disease and cancer• Increased longevity• Better regulated relationships• Improved health through right thinking.

His message was like music to my ears and seemed really to excite more than 200 delegates present. However, we were shown how in the US this is not new, over 100 medical schools there now have a module on spiritual medicine and spirituality is even appearing on some leading business programmes. In the UK the British Psychological Society have had a ‘Transpersonal’ (Spiritual) section since 2000 and the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ fastest growing group, with more than 800 members is their spiritual interest group.

He referred to the following works in his lecture:

• Handbook of Religion and Health Eds: Koenig et al, Oxford University Press, 2001

• Spiritual Healing- Scientifi c Validation of a Healing

Conference review round upTwo conferences embracing integrative medicine come under review. Reports from ICM trustee, Martin Egan, and ICM advisor, Aaron Kenneth Ward-Atherton, Lord of Witley and Hurcott.

By Martin Egan

Review of Spiritual Narratives in the Psychological TherapiesOOn March 17th and 18th the fi rst International

Chinese Medical conference was held at the Royal College of Physicians in London. I was joined as chairman of the event by David Tredinnick, MP, chairman of the House of Commons all party committee reporting on Complementary Medicines – and Dr.David Heyman, excecutive director of the World Health Organisation, Switzerland.

Th e conference theme was “Integrative Medicine - Th e Future” and was attended by more than 300 delegates from many countries including the United States of America, Argentina, Brazil, Poland, Germany and China.

Th e representatives of the People’s Republic of China included several esteemed Professors of Chinese Medicine from Bejing University and some senior Chinese government ministers.

Lecture topics included my own presentation: “An NHS Multi-Centre Evaluation of Complementary Th erapy Provision for Patients with Cancer - Access Expectations and Indications for Th erapy”. Th e delegates also heard from Ian Brownhill - Programmes Director of the Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health, who outlined his vision for integrated health in the 21st century.

Professors Chen Ke-ji, Cao Kaiyong and Zhang Bo-li presented some interesting papers on Chinese medicine, particularly in the use of endocrine disorders. Mr Jose Olalde from South America spoke about tremendous results with adaptogenic therapy from natural medicines in the management of peripheral vascular disease, particularly in diabetic patients.

An interesting debate took place following Mr.John Wood FRCS consultant orthopaedic surgeon’s lecture on the benefi ts of acupuncture treatment within the NHS for chronic pain syndromes associated with various types of arthritis.

Th ere are further plans to continue the theme of integrated medicine within mainstream healthcare - the next global conference by CMIR is planned for 2009.

By Aaron Kenneth Ward-Atherton Lord of Witley & Hurcott

Review of Integrative Medicine - The Future

Special Report

Revolution – Daniel Bendor, Vision Publications, 2002

• Entangled Minds - Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality, Dean Radin, Paraview 2006

A broad range of primary scientifi c literature was also citied including:

Everson, Golberg et al. 1996 – a long-term study on hopelessness and occurrence of cancer

Cohen, Pieper et al., 1998 and Ershler et al., 1994 – on stress hormones and disease

Uchino et al 1996 – a review of 81 studies on eff ects of social support on immune function

Malarky, Chee et al., 1993 – on immune function and negative thinking

Mc Clelland 1998 – on compassionate thinking

Newberg et al Psy Res 2001 – Buddhist Tibetan Meditation

Kjaer et al Cog Brain Res (40) 2002 – Nidra Yoga Meditation

Aftanas and Golocheikine Neurosci Let 2001 – EEG Changes during meditation

Kabat-Zinn 1992 – on anxiety and meditation

Byrd et al., 1988 – a prayer study

Astin et al 2000 University of Maryland (+ Exeter) - a review of distant healing

Many of the slides presented by Prof Fenwick showed Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computerised Axial Tomography (CAT) scans highlighting diff erences in brain activities in various areas of the brain during meditation and various states of consciousness. Research of this nature is really in its infancy but our understanding of this type of transdisciplinary research (see ICM Journal Martin Egan, Winter 2006) is increasing. Th e evidence so far is providing measurable and verifi able data that correlates with the interior experience of the individual. It is likely that this external measurable data will never ‘prove’ an interior experience but may point to it. In the end, there is no substitute for the research that has to be taken up in the ‘laboratory of our own awareness’ (Ken

Wilber). I was thrilled to hear regular reference to the contribution Ken Wilber’s work has made in linking spirituality and science.

Th e other external measurable data that are used as indicators of physiological, psychological and spiritual activity are disease states, immune responses and hormone activity. We were presented with succinct summaries of a range of studies all pointing to a rela-tionship between stress and disease and conversely to a relationship between spiritual practices and health, well-being and longevity. Prof Fenwick brought an unusual insight only possible from someone deeply immersed in both spiritual practice and scientifi c investigation. I believe he is one of the few scientists in the UK in a position to take a truly transdisciplinary perspective.

On the subject of prayer studies he highlighted the nuances of study design and argued that the Harvard study (Benson, American Heart Journal, 2006; 151: 934-42) that ‘disproved’ any eff ects from prayer had only researched ‘prayers from the head’ and not ‘prayers from the heart’ since the prayers were carried out in a detached, clinical, formulaic and unempathetic way. Studies that ensured an empathic connection with the person praying and the one being prayed for showed positive eff ects. Unfortunately, the Harvard research has been taken by many scientists as the defi nitive study and has therefore negatively aff ected funding for further research.

Students and staff on the SOPH MA programme were privileged to have a private hour with Professor Fenwick where we learned more about his research on near death experiences and the dying process. We were left with a sense that research of this kind has incredible implications for how we regard both living and dying in our society. Encouragingly, insight from the wisdom traditions and records such as the ‘Tibetan Book of the Dead’ are confi rmed by present day personal experiences and research on near death experiences.

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Seated pic, from left to right: Lord Ward-Atherton, David Tredinnick and Dr David Heyman

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Mind, Spirit & Body Festival Weekend When: 28th-29th July 2007Where: Winter Gardens, EastbourneWhat: Mystical weekend festival including workshops, readers and stalls for all the familyFor more information: www.mysticalpromotions.com

Mind, Body & Spirit FairWhen: 5th August 2007Where: Th e Stansted Manor Hotel, Stansted, Essex

When: 23rd September 2007 Where: Th e Chesterton Sports Centre, CambridgeWhat: A fusion of alternative and natural therapies and remedies, cosmetics etc with a range of psychic readers.For more information: 01353 615824

Health ShowWhen: 25-26th August 2007Where: Elsecare Heritage Centre, Barnsley

Diary of EventsWhat: Th erapies and workshops with a wide range of products for sale such as crystals, books, music, natural products, magnet therapy and more.For more information: www.elixir-events.co.uk

Holistic HeavenWhen: 25th - 27th August 2007Where: Stanford Hall, Lutterworth

When: 29th 30th September 2007Where: Guildhall, WinchesterWhat: A selection of local therapy practi-tioners and holistic retail stands.For more information: www.holisticheavenevents.co.uk

Th e Natural Living ShowWhen: 1st – 2nd September 2007Where: Parklands Leisure Centre, Oadby, LeicesterWhat: All things Mind Body Spirit including organic foods and goods, hand made crafts,

holistic health and therapy, home made foods and eco-friendly productsFor more information: www.thenaturallivingshow.co.uk

Th e Natural Trade ShowWhen: 23rd – 24th September 2007Where: International Centre, HarrogateWhat: Th e 13th Natural Trade Show which, year-on-year, continues to expand and attract a growing number of independent retailers in natural products and health.For more information: www.naturaltradeshow.com

Mind Body & SoulWhen: 29th -30th September 2007 Where: Charter Hall, Leisure World, ColchesterWhat: Th e Mind Body Soul Exhibitions off er a vast array of therapies and products, from aromatherapy, to reiki and refl exology, meditation and yoga.For more information: www.mbsevents.co.uk

Michal Levin was the second key note speaker on day one. She spoke about her own ‘awakening experiences’ that lead her to discover her gifts as a medical intuitive. She strongly advocated Ken Wilber’s work during her lecture. Her book on meditation is a fi rst class introduction to meditative practice.

On the second day clinical psychologist, Isabel Clarke introduced us to the immense work she has done to educate on spiritual emergency and psychosis. Her work is greatly welcome and a fi rst step forward for psychiatry of psychosis and spiritual crisis. However, I believe that it does not go far enough to distinguish between spiritual experiences that are part of an evolution in spiritual development and experiences that relate to disintegration or regression to a prerational, preegoic experience. Much of the work on spiritual development points to diff erences in prerational, prepersonal and transrational, transpersonal experiences. John Rowan ran an excellent workshop on these distinctions. Nonetheless, Clarke’s work is making a valuable contribution to the

conventional health approach here.

Th e second key note speaker on the second day was Professor Les Lancaster, the fi rst Professor of Transpersonal Psychology in the UK. He took us through systems that can be used to map spiritual development. In a workshop, he showed how the symbolism in the Old Testament book of Exodus represents stages on the spiritual journey.

Th ere were other excellent workshops on aspects of Jungian psychology, the body, breath work, yoga and a dream matrix. I was immensely encouraged by the conference and Confer deserve to be congratulated for the work they are doing to raise awareness and provide CPD in this area.

Contact: Martin Egan: Martin@newdirectionconsulting.co.uk www.newdirectionconsulting.co.ukConfer - Psychotherapy Medicine and Culture: www.confercpd.comScientifi c Medical Network: www.scimednet.org

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