List of famous people in alternative medicine

Famous people in alternative medicine provides a master list of the biographical articles included in the alternative medicine (CAM) series of articles.

A

 * F. Matthias Alexander - founder of the Alexander Technique

B

 * Edward Bach - founder of flower essence therapy and the Bach flower remedies.
 * Juliette de Bairacli Levy - renowned for her skill in veterinary herbalism.
 * William Horatio Bates - founder of the Bates Method alternative approach to eyesight improvement.
 * Paul Bragg - known for the Bragg Health Crusades, the Bragg Healthy Lifestyle, deep breathing, water fasts, organic foods, drinking water, juicing, exercise and listening to one's body.
 * Emanuel Bronner - aka "Dr. Bronner," master soap-maker known for eccentric messages on labels for natural soaps and other health products.

C

 * Charaka - is one of the founders of Ayurveda.
 * Mantak Chia - claimed healer and author of books on "Taoist sexuality".
 * Hulda Regehr Clark - wrote a series of books including The Cure for all Diseases, advocating extreme dietary practices and "zapping" of parasites.
 * Dr. Deepak Chopra - Endocrinologist and Ayurvedic Medicine Practitioner, who writes popular books on health and spirituality.
 * Nicholas Culpeper - an English physician of the early 17th century who left to future generations a rich store of pharmaceutical and herbal knowledge.

D

 * Dr. Lorraine Day - major marketer of a 10 step alternative cure for cancer, and critic of conventional medicine.

E

 * Mary Baker Eddy - founder of Christian Science and its readvocacy of Christian healing, thereby also reawakening 20th-century interest in the subject in more mainstream denominations as well as in certain more unrestrictive New Age offshoots.
 * Donna Eden – known for developing energy medicine methods and sharing them with the public; author of Energy Medicine; founder of Eden Energy Certification Program

F

 * Moshé Feldenkrais - founder of the Feldenkrais method.
 * William Fitzgerald - introduced reflexology to the West.

G

 * Elsa Gindler
 * Sylvester Graham - was known for his graham crackers and founded Grahamism.
 * Stanislav Grof - one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology, a pioneering researcher into the use of altered states of consciousness for purposes of healing & growth, founder of Holotropic Breathwork

H

 * Samuel Hahnemann - founded homeopathy.
 * Daria Halprin
 * Michael Harner - synthesized shamanic beliefs and practices from all over the world into a system now known as neoshamanism.

J

 * Heinrich Jacoby
 * Bernard Jensen - leading American iridologist

K

 * John Harvey Kellogg - promoter of colon therapy at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek Michigan.
 * Will Keith Kellogg - inventor of corn flakes in 1894 and manager of the Battle Creek Sanitarium.
 * Sebastian Kneipp - Bavarian priest who began the Nature Cure movement (1890s). Chiefly recognized for his contributions to hydrotherapy.

L

 * Alexander Lowen
 * Benedict Lust - Founder of naturopathic medicine in the United States. Purchased the rights to the term "naturopathy" from John Scheel.

M

 * Caroline Myss - American medical intuitive, mystic and author of numerous books

N

 * Devi Nambudripad - founder of NAET, controversial allergy treatment

O

 * Leonard Orr - developed Rebirthing.

P

 * Daniel Palmer - founder of chiropractic.
 * B. J. Palmer - son of D.D. Palmer and known as the "developer" of chiropractic.
 * Linus Pauling - established a new discipline called orthomolecular medicine and advocated the use of Vitamin C to prevent or treat viral respiratory diseases, Lipoprotein(a) associated atherosclerosis, and cancer, along with several other  megavitamin therapies for  mental illness. Pauling was however not a general supporter of alternative medicine.
 * Vincent Priessnitz - developed a system of water cures.

R

 * Theron Randolph - father of modern allergy medicine, founder of environmental medicine
 * Wilhelm Reich - founder of Orgonomy.
 * Royal Rife

S

 * Herbert Shelton - founded the Natural Hygiene movement.
 * Bernie Siegel - American MD and author who promotes cultivating one's attitude toward healing.
 * Rudolf Steiner - founded anthroposophical medicine
 * Andrew Taylor Still - founded osteopathy.

T

 * Samuel Thompson - founded Thomsonianism.
 * Mabel Todd
 * Russell Trall - founded the New York College of Hygieo-Therapy.

U

 * Mikao Usui - founded Reiki during the early 20th century in Japan.

V

 * Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D. - psychologist and medical anthropologist, founder of The Four Winds Society and Healing the Light Body School

W

 * Ita Wegman
 * Andrew Weil - founder of Integrative Medicine and author of many modern books on alternative medicine.
 * J. R. Worsley - founder of Five Elements school of acupuncture.
 * Frances Wright - was active in the American Popular Health Movement of the 1830's and '40s.

Y

 * Yellow Emperor (Huang Di) - culture hero historically credited as the founder of traditional Chinese medicine.
 * Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - the founder of Transcendental Meditation.

Z

 * Elder Zhang Guo - Chinese alchemist.