Kategoria BISAC: Health & Fitness >> Alternative Therapies

This unique and groundbreaking work provides a step-by-step holistic approach and shows people how to assess their present smoking patterns, how to plan for permanent freedom from smoking, and how they can set out on a path toward healing to increase the quality of their lives.

While many Chinese foods are familiar to Americans, their health benefits are for the most part unrealized. This volume introduces readers to these benefits, as well as teaches them how to shop, prepare, and cook healthful meals.

Alternatives in Cancer Therapy offers help for all patients coping with cancer. The therapies discussed in this book are primarily non-toxic, have few, if any, side effects, and tend to strengthen the immune system. They can be used as supplemental regimens that help maximize the effectiveness of traditional therapies such as surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Patients have a right to know all of their treatment options, and Dr. Ross Pelton presents dozens of choices, including:
* Shark Cartilage
* Gerson Therapy
* Mistletoe
* Isoprinosine
* Laetrile
*...

Now completely revised and updated, this proven hypertension treatment plan that reduces your reliance on potentially harmful medications.

Hypertension is called the silent disease because it often gives no warning signs or symptoms. Its impact can be devastating: Both coronary heart disease and strokes are closely related to hypertension. But there is hope. In this fully updated and revised edition of his classic work, Dr. Robert L. Rowan draws on the latest medical findings to help you prevent high blood pressure, cope with it if it occurs, and lower your blood pressure through...

In this comprehensive guide to relieving depression without pharmaceuticals, Murray explains the disorder itself and various exacerbating factors, including tobacco, alcohol, and caffeine.

This highly readable book provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical guide to non-directive play therapy, which is an effective and ethically sound method of helping troubled children and adolescents with their emotional difficulties. It draws extensively on case material to guide practitioners through the intricacies of establishing and practising this therapeutic approach.

This unique one-of-a-kind book is a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of Ayurveda, and discusses the practical use of therapies such as diet, exercise, yoga, meditation, massage, and herbal remedies. The book also includes detailed information on Ayurvedic pharmacology and pharmacy, clinical methods and examinations, and general treatment protocols. Plus, a helpful section provides a comprehensive materia medica of 50 Indian herbs that include botanical descriptions, traditional Ayurvedic knowledge, constituent data and the latest medical research, as well as clinical...

Find relief from pain and illness through the healing art of acupressure--a home-healing variation on the 5,000-year-old tradition of Chinese acupuncture.
Newly revised and updated, this modern health classic guides you step-by-step through the simple finger-pressure techniques that send soothing relief surging to the sources of pain and discomfort.
Learn how to determine where pain begins, how it may show up in other parts of the body, and how to make it disappear with a touch of a finger--all without resorting to expensive drugs, difficult therapies, invasive surgery, or even the...

"Cuando esta adolorido, lo que usted desea es alivio rapido. La verdad es que existen Milagrosos Alimentos Curativos--alimentos comunes que estan disponibles en cualquier lugar--que pueden brindarle alivio inmediato a los dolores mas horribles que pueda tener ," afirma el autor Rex Adams.
"En minutos--inclusos en segundos--estos alimentos han aliviado dolores, evitado la cirugia y curado lo incurable en muchisimos casos," segun el.
"Los Milagrosos Alimentos Curativos, disponibles sin receta medica, pueden aliviar el tormento inimaginable que producen las ulceras, la...

There are more than 500,000 carpal tunnel surgeries done annually in the United States but approximately 30 percent of these patients will be no better as a result. The truth is, most physicians are too quick to consider surgery as the first line of defense against carpal tunnel and other repetitive-strain injuries. In this comprehensive guide to recognizing and treating these debilitating conditions, Dr. Scott Fried takes a strong position against surgery and offers self-healing alternatives that have better results. From understanding the signs and symptoms at an early stage to modifying...

"This book represents truly pioneering work. It brings much needed information about the best of new cancer treatments to those who need it most and it does so with compassion and an inspired bedside manner."-Dean Ornish, M.D.Drawing on the studies and critiques of many of the world's most gifted researchers and clinicians, this book scientifically explores the most promising complementary and alternative therapies-and sifts through the often frustrating and confusing barrage of information and misinformation about them-to provide readers with the direction and help they need to create an...

This groundbreaking book brings together the latest discoveries about the immune system in both Eastern and Western medicine to show how a balanced system can help strengthen the body.

Today, more breast cancer treatment options are available than ever before. But how can you determine the course of action that is right for YOU?
Breast Cancer: Beyond Convention is the only single resource that lays out all of the traditional and alternative approaches available today. Assembling a "dream team" of breast cancer experts, the editors of this truly groundbreaking guide encourage readers to work with their practitioners as they consider a variety of approaches, all explained in clear, nontechnical language. Readers will discover

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From the bestselling authors of The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, the most comprehensive and practical guide available to the nutritional benefits and medicinal properties of virtually everything edible.

As countless studies have affirmed, diet plays a major role in both provoking and preventing a wide range of diseases. But just what is a healthy diet? What does the body need to stay strong and get well? In The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods, Michael T. Murray, N.D., and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., two of the worlds foremost authorities on nutrition and wellness, draw on an...

For millions of Americans, severe pain is a fact of life. Drug therapies may offer relief, but come with a host of side effects and are less effective over time. Relieving Pain Naturally is a complete guide to drug-free pain management. This up-to-date resource begins by examining thirty-seven of the most common chronic pain-related conditions, from arthritis to tendonitis, and then offers twenty-seven drug-free therapies, including conventional and alternative treatments. With Relieving Pain Naturally, it's easy to take that first step toward natural pain relief.

In 1870, Dr. W. H. Schuessler discovered that cell salts are essential to maintaining health, and developed the use of twelve cell salt remedies. Homeopathic Cell Salt Remedies is a simple but comprehensive guide to healing with these mineral compounds. Part One describes each cell salt, explaining how it works and detailing its use. Part Two offers an A-to-Z listing of common disorders and the remedies that can treat them. Here is a much-needed introduction to the effective use of cell salts.

Over 4 million Americans are diagnosed annually with peptic ulcer disease. Many learn to live with the resulting heartburn, acid reflux, and stomach pain by taking over-the-counter antacids, but these products help only temporarily. Ulcer Free provides an unbiased review of the various treatments--both conventional and alternative--that can stop the symptoms and actually heal the ulcers. Finally, it introduces the breakthrough nutrient Zinc-Carnosine, which can be used in conjunction with other treatments or alone.

Do-In is an ancient traditional exercise for the cultivation of physical health, mental serenity, and spirituality. Over the last 5,000 years, it has served as the origin of such well-known disciplines as shiatsu, acupuncture, moxibustion, yogic exercises, and meditation. Literally meaning to pull and stretch, Do-In originated as a way of achieving longevity and attaining the highest potential of mental and spiritual development.

Do-In techniques are a series of motions designed to harmonize body systems. The Do-In Way details the fundamental aspects of this...

A Blueprint for Healthful Living
Julian Whitaker, America's wellness doctor, believes that there is almost no medical condition that cannot be improved or even reversed. Your body has the power to heal itself and stay healthy, naturally. Dr. Whitaker's Guide to Natural Healing shows you ways to help prevent heart attacks and strokes, reverse diabetes, lower blood pressure, protect yourself from cancer, stop the symptoms associated with Alzheimer's, end depression without drugs, and confront many other critical health issues. Instead of focusing on disease, this book...

Stop Candida Yeast Infections--Naturally
Are you one of the millions of people affected by chronic candidiasis--the yeast syndrome? Often mistaken for other maladies, the yeast syndrome can lead to headaches, sore muscles, general fatigue, low resistance to colds and viruses, and other problems in both men and women.
Of the two most common prescription treatments, one can inflict severe liver damage and the other is safe but of only limited effectiveness. Fortunately, there are potent natural alternatives. They're clearly explained here by Dr. Michael T. Murray,...