Table of Contents

Special Issue: Sakkiya and other alternative practices

Edited by Kehinde K Kanmodi and Joav Merrick

EDITORIALS

Sakkiya research: A call for multidisciplinary collaborations
Kehinde K Kanmodi

The thousand-year-old rainforest shamanistic tradition of healing touch
Søren Ventegodt

Comparison of the traditional Thai and Vietnamese healing massage
Søren Ventegodt

REVIEW ARTICLES

Sakkiya practice in northern Nigeria: Any existing scientific literature?
Kehinde Kanmodi

Sakkiya practice in the ‘north:’ A gaze into the past, the present, and the future
Kehinde K Kanmodi, Taiwo T Oluwafisayo, and Miracle A Adesina

Disturbance of consciousness: Its implications for life expectancy
Christopher S Delaney

Achieving a successful Sakkiya education program in the ‘north:’ An opinion paper
Kehinde K Kanmodi

Sakkiya and orthodox medicine in Nigeria: A compared narrative
Miracle A Adesina, Kehinde K Kanmodi, Omotayo F Fagbule, and Almu Bello

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Cause for concern on the negative health implications of the traditional Sakkiya treatment: Evidence from a survey of clinicians domiciled in a Northern Nigerian academic hospital
Kehinde Kanmodi, Godwin Ndubuizu, and Olanrewaju Owoeye

The Sakkiya doctor and the Sakkiya clinic: Findings from a field work
Kehinde K Kanmodi, Bello Almu, Suwaiba Sani, and Saidu Ibrahim

Sakkiya training and practice: A brief research report
Kehinde K Kanmodi, Bello Almu, Suwaiba Sani, Saidu Ibrahim, Andrew M Owadokun, Oluwatoyin R Adeniyi, Blessing A Adeogun, and Abimbola G Akinloye

Ultra high dilutions of an anti-diabetic drug of plant origin act on binding sites of insulin
Atheni Konar, Priya Mondal, Nirmal Chandra Sukul, Indrani Chakraborty, and Anirban Sukul

CASE REPORT

Multiple chemical sensitivities hypnotically resolved
Eleanor D Laser and Philip D Shenefelt