the act of putting someone into a mental state like sleep, in which their thoughts can be easily influenced by someone else

to rub and press someone's body with regular repeated movements, in order to relax them or to reduce stiffness or pain in the joints (= places where two bones are connected) or muscles

a doctor who studies and treats the diseases of children

a system of treating diseases in which sick people are given very small amounts of natural substances that, in healthy people, would produce the same effects as the diseases produce

a person whose job is the care and treatment of people’s feet

a doctor who studies and treats mental illnesses

a treatment for pain or illness in which thin needles are positioned just under the surface of the skin at special points around the body

a person whose job is to examine people’s eyes and to recommend and sell glasses

plants used like a medicine

the use of natural oils that smell sweet to improve physical, emotional or mental health, by rubbing them into the skin or breathing in their smel

a doctor who studies and treats the medical conditions and diseases of women, especially those connected with sexual reproduction

a person whose job is to advise people on what kind of food they should eat to keep healthy

a type of alternative treatment in which somebody’s feet are rubbed in a particular way in order to cure a health problem in other parts of their body or to make them feel mentally relaxed