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Hi Charlie, I also find Healing Touch awesome, particularly in the last few hours of life. For me, the level I techniques have served me well. Although I have studied through Level 3 (It was IIB at the time), the first techniques have been the ones I .employed the most. If you go to www.ahna.org, you will find a link to the Colorado School of healing Touch (I believe it is called that.) All the best, Ethlyne

Hi there, I feel your frustration. There are many times that I look back and say if I had spent the money I spent on my massage related trainings on a degree, I would be much better off. The problem would have been that I might not have experienced the personal growth I did in the process. As for your questions re web site and NC credentialing, e-mail me through my web site or better yet, call me at my office and we can talk. We may play phone tag, but let me know the best time to reach you and I will do my best. Best wishes, Ethlyne

Hi, I would love to talk! Check out my web site and e-mail me throught it. www.nurses-touch.com all the best, Ethlyne

It is interesting to me that there is so little info on this site re CAM (Complementary/Alternative Medicine). I was glad that someone included the NIH site to seg to the CAM office. My personal experience began in 1985 when I "crashed" with chronic fatigue syndrome, developing multiple chemical sensitivities soon after. My reality,and that of others so afflicted to this day, was that conventional med had no help for me. I therefore began years of exploring CAM which ultimately led to my independent practice of nurse massage therapy (You can view my site and find links to much info re CAM on my web site, www.nurses-touch.com) As for the problems that are seen with the claims made by companies selling herbs and supplements, there are of course questionable ones as there are in Big Pharma-witness the recent exposes re Neurontin, Vioxx and anti-depressants where the morbidity and mortality incurred, when measured in numbers would indicate a public health crisis if it were a pathogen. But the numbers of cases in which herbs and supplements have caused deaths are microscopic compared to those of iatrogenic caused mortality. Andrew Weill, MD who has a web site and who teaches other physicians in Integrative Medicine (the combination of conventional and evidenced based CAM approaches) wrote an article as to why herbs, etc can help so many different conditions. The reason is that they support the body's ability to function as a whole instead of treating a symptom. So, although critical thinking supports a high level of suspicion, I encourage learning more about holistic phliosophy. Florence Nightingale stated, "Nature alone cures. The task of nursing is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him." Nursing is inherently holistic. Medicine's credo is to first do no harm. I maintain that to date, herbs and supplements are doing less harm.