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Table 1. Brief overview of the rationales and evidence base of CAM therap

CAM therapy Rationale Treatmen
Aromatherapy
1. Operant conditioning Aromathe
2. Limbic stimulation smell of e
3. Anticonvulsant properties of state. Onc
smell of th
essential oils relaxed st
limbic stim

Ayurvedic medicine Based on ancient medical texts All treatm
revealed to wise men by Brahma, the the system
Chiropractic God of creation, approximately 6000 Herbal tre
manipulation years BC. Ayurvedic understanding animal-ba
Cranial sacral therapy invokes three elements or humours preparatio
within the human body: vata (air),
pitta (bile), and kapha (phlegm). Spinal ma
Imbalances between the elements are
thought to be the source of illness and Fingertip
disease. Epilepsy is conceptualised as very light
a psychiatric disorder

The spine is involved in most
illnesses, because it connects the head
to the body. Misalignments in this
core connection cause problems in
distant parts of the body. Correcting
these misalignments will result in a
resolution of the symptoms

Based upon the belief that the cranial
bones can be moved with fingertip
pressure and that this will alleviate the
‘racheting’ rhythms that cause