Presentation of a new therapy to combat gloom, melancholy, depression: light therapy, which cures these ailments by light. Interview of a patient and the psychiatrist James CONSTANT.
Essential oils are used for the skin, the respiratory tract, headaches and aromatherapy are becoming increasingly popular in France. - Micro-sidewalk with users in a pharmacy - At Laguepie, in Tarn and Garonne, Laurent GAUTUN, President of Essenciagua, shows and comments on the different stages of plant treatment in order to remove the concentrate used in essential oils thanks to his artisanal method (the plants are packed with the feet before being distilled at low pressure in the still). Entire. Plan Bottle gouging on the back of a hand, finger applying oil on the skin of the hand. - Diffusers emitting smoke. - Close-up anonymous nose smelling of a kleenex, handkerchief. - Close-up oil drop placed on a pellet. - Close-up anonymous mouth swallowing a lozenge. - Close-up bottle of returned oil dropping a drop on the camera glass. - Interior store images: Pano Shelves filled with bottles - Close-up labels describing the ingredients of essential oils brand "essenciagua" - Close-up essential oil bottle label. - close-up bottles placed on a shelf, anonymous hand grasping a bottle.
In his office a practitioner engages in a session of auriculotherapy on one of his patients by explaining to him the effects of his manipulations. Explanations in illustration of the principles of action of auriculotherapy.
Panorama in pictures of the stands at the Salon des Médecines Douces in Paris in 1984. Images of the panels indicating the different areas and the different stands: Fyto-behavioral, musicotherapy, transcendental meditation, practical hypnosis, etiopathy, reflexology, care by algae, etc. Practitioners in etiopathy, in iridonevraxology, in acupuncture explain the principles of action of their disciplines.
Homeopathy practices in France. An adept shows the homeopathy pellets she regularly swallows. In the premises of the firm "Biron", illustration in images of the various stages of manufacture of homeopathic granules in the factories of Strasbourg: reception of dried plants, maceration in drums, laboratory dilution of mother tincture, granular packaging chain. A laboratory official explains that we do not know how dilutions work.
On infographics and illustration images, journalist Guy SARTHOULET explains how homeopathy works and how medicines are manufactured. The interview with Doctor Pierre Barbier, which evokes what can be treated with homeopathy, completes this presentation.
In Gradignan, the premises of a French homeopathy laboratory have just been inaugurated, a sign of public interest in this therapy. The report proposes a visit to the premises of the Boiron laboratories, with explanations on the principles of homeopathic treatments using the example of angina. This medicine treats the individual in its entirety and not the disease. The Gradignan laboratory employs 39 people and serves 9 departments. Industrial preparations are stored there and prescriptions are made there which cannot be made at the parent company in Lyon for reasons of time. It also provides distribution to 380 pharmacies in the Bordeaux region, one of the regions where homeopathy is best represented in France. Interview with Doctor Jean BOIRON, CEO of the laboratories: "There is a steady increase in homeopathy, in the interest that the sick bring to this gentle non-iatrogenic therapy, with an increasing demand, as well as of the medical profession as a whole and the scientific community. It is a scientific therapy. See the book "L'Homéopathie: Médecine de l'expérience" by Denis Demarque. Indeed, all homeopathy is based on experimentation, since the testing of drug substances in healthy humans." The expansion that this company has undergone for 50 years is based on a rigorous quality policy, on scientific and chemical research, because what has slowed the development of this therapeutic, it is his action in infinitesimal doses that is contested. This laboratory has helped to demonstrate its scientific value.
Eighth Salon of "Alternative Medicines" at the Porte de Versailles. - Plans of visitors experimenting with the various methods proposed: man lying under the metal tubes of a pyramidologist; woman putting a net on her head; application of a roulette (?) on a visitor’s skull; explanations of an Asian exhibitor to his [American plan] stands. Interview of visitors above about the effects felt. - Exhibitor jumping on a trampoline explaining that his device is used by NASA. - Interview with Dr René Louis, President of the Order of Physicians: "Medicine does not have to be soft or harsh, it must be human and effective". - Other demonstrations of "alternative medicines" in the Salon: passage of wooden wheels under the feet and in the back of one patient; massage of another. - Interview with Jean-François Girard, Director General of Health: "Of the 34 (soft medicine) techniques, none are seriously evaluated. While some have proven their worth, such as acupuncture, others are real scams". - Reflection of the journalist in a small box whose bottom is a mirror and the sides are marked "Say: I love me".
Four out of ten French people use "alternative" therapies to take care of their health. A trend that has moved the lines within classical medicine, since it no longer hesitates to open its doors to this type of discipline. Alternative medicines to classical medicine such as hypnosis or auriculotherapy can be practiced by general practitioners and are taught at medical universities. Doctor Grégory TOSTI general practitioner and hypnotherapist hypnotizes her patient Valérie MARTIN who suffers from back pain that the drugs can no longer calm. She reacts to this first session: "Yes, very relaxed, it’s very pleasant." For this doctor, no ambiguity, hypnosis does not replace classical medicine: "hypnosis is a rich tool to use as a complement to medical management". From general practitioners to large hospital departments, alternative medicine is gaining ground. At the Gustave Roussy Institute, patients who suffer the consequences of chemotherapy are offered auriculotherapy sessions. A auriculotherapy patient talks about pain relief: "I feel better. I feel good." Etiopathy, acupuncture, aromatherapy, nearly half of generalists today report using these practices not recognized by health insurance and yet taught in the largest faculties of medicine. Recently, Montpellier, the oldest, has been training its students in ideogram, Chinese medicine. Doctor Alain DJEMAA, general practitioner: "I’m not going to tell all my patients I stop giving you drugs from the laboratories and we do everything Chinese. But a lot of my patients learning that I’m doing this training are wondering when you can treat us like this." These training courses lead to a real university diploma, the solution for framing these different medicines, which still too often attract charlatans.
Report on floral therapy through the use of Bach flowers. Description of the principles of manufacture of these floral elixirs with Pascale MILLIER, scientific director of the laboratory DEVA, which takes as an example the virtues of the golden button. An example of an application of Bach flowers, with Françoise BARONNAT, osteopath, flower elixir consultant, who describes how she uses this method to help athletes who wish to go above and beyond.
Magnetism session filmed in a therapist’s office. Interview with the patient and the therapist who explains that magnetism therapy sells less than Asian therapies such as Taï Chi or Reiki.
Doctor Roger Dalet performs a digitopuncture on several patients. Using his technique of placing fingers in sensitive areas, the doctor shows the pressure to exert oneself to treat sore throat, toothache, flu, liver attack, drunkenness, hiccups, headaches, insomnia.
Illustration of a treatment in mesotherapy on a high level athlete, a basketball player touched on the shoulder. His doctor treats him by mesotherapy by injecting him with a pistol into the painful area by explaining that the principles of action have not been scientifically proven. A sprinter testifies by explaining that the treatment was beneficial for one of his painful knees.
In several Breton cities, speakers organize meetings on transcendental meditation. It’s a medicine that has worked where traditional medicine has failed, such as stress. Presentation of "Ayurveda", a medicine from India.
In the laboratory, the various treatments of algae to remove from processing products used especially for algotherapy (or health by algae). Seaweed is harvested, prepared (crushed, macerated), and used for treatments (marine cures). The virtues of seaweed: relaxation, anti-stress. In a treatment centre in Trouville, clients are treated by algotherapy: baths, wrap application, showers, massage. A client explains that she is taking her treatment for her well-being, relaxing.
Care session by magnetism performed by a first practitioner who explains that he performs "a spiritual step", "which he heals by his hands which are a vehicle for forces superior to us". A second healer practising magnetism also performs a magnetism session on a patient.
Presentation of the contributions of sophrology with a therapist of the discipline, gilles Bosc. Session and concentration exercises in front of a patient, a professional musician. The practitioner explains that his techniques make it possible to "re-harmonize the body"
Report in Rishikesh, on the foothills of the Himalayas, where an ancient palace of Maharadjah was transformed into a real temple of well-being: an Ayurvedic spa. Ayurveda is a traditional medicine from India. It takes into account the three dimensions of health: mental, physical and spiritual. Thanks to the practice of yoga and traditional massages, patients rediscover well-being and serenity. The commentary on factual images alternates with the interview of doctor C. SREENARAYANAN, Ayurvedic doctor, of Lhamo, responsible for Tibetan care, of Mark SANDS, director of the Spa - Hotel Ananda and a patient.
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