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Cultural Healing Arts Traditional Oriental Medicine (as acupuncture, shiatsu and reiki), Indian health care systems (such as ayurveda and yoga) and healing practices of Native Americans (such as sweat Lodge and Talking Circles) all the beliefs that: * Welfare is a state of equilibrium between the mental, physical, mental and emotional "self." * An imbalance of forces within the body is the cause of the disease. * Herbs / natural remedies, combined with a healthy diet, exercise, meditation and prayer, will correct this imbalance. Acupuncture: The Chinese practice to insert needles into the body at certain points of the body manipulates the flow of energy to the endocrine system. This manipulation regulates functions such as heart rate, body temperature and breathing, and sleep disturbance and emotional change. Acupuncture has been in hospital to support people with substance abuse disorders through detoxification, to relieve stress and anxiety, for the treatment of attention deficit and hyperactivity in children, to reduce the symptoms of depression and to support people with physical disorders. Ayurveda: Ayurvedic medicine is described as a "know-how to live." It includes an individual schemes - such as diet, meditation, herbal preparations or other techniques - to treat a variety of conditions, including the depression, to facilitate changes in lifestyle and to teach people how to release stress and tension through yoga or transcendental meditation. Native American traditional practices: Ceremonial dances, chants, and cleansing rituals are part of the Indian Health Service programs to heal depression, stress, trauma (including those relating to physical and sexual abuse) and drug abuse . Cuentos: Based on Folktale, this form of therapy was bo in Puerto Rico. The stories have themes of healing and models for the behavior of self-transformation and endurance through adversity. Hispanic cuentos is mainly for children with depression and other mental problems associated with leaving home and living in a foreign culture.