Spiritual and religious healing practices: some reflections from Saudi National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Riyadh

NA Qureshi, AA Khalil, SM Alsanad - Journal of religion and health, 2020 - Springer
Traditional practices constituting spiritual and religious (S/R) healing are an important
component of the holistic healthcare model and are used in health, well-being, and treating …

Can alternative medical methods evoke somatosensory responses and functional improvement?

A Otaif, M Alshammari, CG Gerin - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Background Evidence-based scientific studies focusing on complementary alternative
medicine (CAM) and potential functional improvement after an insult of the central nervous …

History of cautery: The impact of ancient cultures

S Alsanad, A Asim, I Gazzaffi… - Journal of Advances …, 2018 - eprints.go2submission.com
Background: Healers around the world successfully practice traditional cautery (in Arabic
kaiy) since ancient times. Traditional cautery, centuries of medical practice with unidentified …

Traditional female cervical cauterization and risk of preterm birth in Somalia: a single-center prospective observational study

AI Hussein, HA Hassan, S Kurtay, AA Omar… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Numerous traditional practices are both beneficial and harmful. Traditional harmful
practices, such as female genital mutilation and traditional cervical cauterization, are carried …

Prevalence, Reasons, and Perceived Benefits of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among Patients with Rheumatic Diseases in Morocco: A Monocentric …

F Kronbi, L Tahiri, S Bahloul, S Ez-Zaoui, I Bensaghir… - Cureus, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background In general, rheumatologists often have limited knowledge regarding the use of
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among patients with rheumatic diseases …

An ethnographic approach to understand cultural perspectives of tribes on branding practice for sick children in Odisha, India

S Jena, KC Sahoo, B Modak, V Epari… - Indian Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Methods: Initially, such practices were observed in the tribal community for three months.
Then, 18 in-depth interviews were conducted-ten among women having under-five children …

[PDF][PDF] Does alternative and traditional WASAM (local cautery) therapy facilitate an early and more extensive locoregional metastasis of breast cancer

T Al-Lawati, I Mehdi, B Al Bahrani, K Al-Harsi… - Gulf J …, 2016 - researchgate.net
Discussion: The tumour size (T stage) is an important predictor of locoregional spread.
Published data suggest the frequency of axillary nodal metastasis are as: T1a 4.2%, T1b …

Burning, Cutting, Piercing, and Tattooing the Skin for Healing Purposes

L Renaut - The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and …, 2024 - shs.hal.science
In preindustrial societies, a large proportion of body modifications were performed for
therapeutic or prophylactic reasons. Cauterising or incising the skin and, of course, tattooing …

Cautery looked through the prisms of Shapes, types and Methods: a critical appraisal

SM Alsanad, IMA Gazzaffi, SO Salem… - Journal of …, 2018 - asian.go4sending.com
Background: Traditional cautery (in Arabic Kai) is an ancient practice and used in a variety of
diseases with variable efficacy around the world. Objective: This review aimed to describe …

Cautery looked through the lens of clinical perspective: indications, contraindications, adverse effects and complications

N Qureshi, S Salem, I Gazzaffi… - … of Advances in …, 2018 - journal.submissionpages.com
Background: Cautery (in Arabic Kaiy) is an ancient healing practice and indicated in a
variety of diseases around the world. Objective: This review aimed to describe and …