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Local Alternative Health Information

Carolinas Integrative Health - Charlotte, NC
A part of the Carolinas Healthcare System. Provides consultations to integrate alternative therapies and conventional treatments. They also offer acupuncture, massage, mind-body therapies, therapeutic yoga, and nutritional counseling. Physician referrals are not necessary for patients to access Carolinas Integrative Health therapies. Located next to Talley’s Green Grocery on East Blvd.
Duke Center for Integrative Medicine - Durham, NC
Part of Duke University Medical Center. It focuses on those alternative therapies that have the best medical evidence and are more accepted. The Center is set up to work in conjunction with a patient's primary care physician. It also offers referrals to other alternative medicine practitioners in the surrounding area. The web site defines integrative medicine, lists the services and programs schedule, and includes articles on various topics by the resident health care professionals.
Peaceful Dragon Tea House & Cultural Center - Charlotte, NC
The Peaceful Dragon offers a free lecture series on various topics ranging from chi kung and internal martial arts to yoga and Ayurvedic medicine, vegetarian cooking and five element nutrition. It also offers workshops and classes on tai chi, meditation, yoga, Shaolin kung fu, Pakua, and Hsing-I kung fu. Their Mind-Body Fitness Festival and Traditional Asian Medicine Festival are very popular to get an introduction to many of these topics all at once.
Talley's Green Grocery - Charlotte, NC
The natural food market's web site lists a calendar of events for upcoming Talley programs. Talley's programs include cooking classes, and area alternative health practitioners hosting lectures on various topics such as lifestyle choices, health assessments and screenings, stress management, and food allergies. Other programs include discussions of many alternative medicine therapies such as naturopathic medicine, clinical kinesiology, massage and reflexology.
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