Improvements in chronic diseases with a comprehensive natural medicine approach: A review and case series

Approximately 40% of the US population report using complementary and alter native medicine, including Maharishi Vedic Medicine (MVM), a traditional, c omprehensive system of natural medicine, for relief from chronic and other disorders. Although many reports suggest health benefits front individual M VM techniques, reports on integrated holistic approaches are rare. This cas e series, designed to investigate the effectiveness of art integrated, mult i-modality MVM program in an ideal clinical setting, describes the outcomes in four patients: one with sarcoidosis; one with Parkinson's disease; a th ird with renal hypertension; and a fourth with diabetes/essential hypertens ion/anxiety disorder. Standard symptom reports and objective markers of dis ease were evaluated before, during, and after the treatment period. Results suggested substantial improvements as indicated by reductions in major sig ns, symptoms, and use of conventional medications in the four. patients dur ing the 3-week in-residence treatment phase and continuing through the home follow-up program.