Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Journey with teachers who use theatrical methods such as blue wigs, music, rhymes,...

In 2004, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg published C.P.Khare s "Encyclopedia of Indian Medicinal Plants" which contained 400 monographs comprising classical as well as contemporary research findings.

"Indian Medicinal Plants. An Illustrated Dictionary" is the second major one-volume reference work by C.P.Khare which has been dedicated to the distinguished scientist, Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, who did pioneering work by reviving the glory of medicinal and aromatic plants in Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Scientific monographs of "The Wealth of India" series (17 volumes) have been...

This book explores the historical, social, political and cultural facets of integration between complementary and alternative medicine and nursing/midwifery. It examines the ever-expanding integration in relation to:

• the role and conceptualization of the patient
• the role and responsibilities of different professional healthcare providers (nurses, midwives, alternative therapists, etc)
• the future provision and approach of nursing and midwifery practice
• the challenges and opportunities currently facing healthcare systems as a result of integration....

Carol J. Manheim has taken years of knowledge and expertise and incorporated them with the actual intent and result of the myofascial release treatment techniques to bring to the pages of this Fourth Edition essential information for the student and clinician in search of basic information or wanting to refine more experienced...

Johann Georg Hohman's Long Lost Friend compiled practical uses of mysterious folk magic and rural home remedies rooted in medieval Europe. First published in America in 1820, these methods derive from Christian theology and shamanistic practices often credited to German immigrants. The chapbook exposes the spells, charms, benedictions, incantations, amulets, talismans, palindromes, herbs, elixirs, potions of animal parts, and herbal remedies that might cure all manner of human afflictions, guard against witches and robbers, and protect cattle and crops. Legend has it that simply...

Arzte sind oft mit psychosomatischen Beschwerden konfrontiert, die auf die unterschiedlichsten psychosozialen Konstellationen der Patienten zuruckgehen. Der Autor prasentiert ein neuartiges Modell zum Verstandnis dieser Beschwerden, in dem er Elemente der altchinesischen Phasenwandlungslehre durch Begriffe der westlichen Psychologie ersetzt hat. Stressfaktoren konnen so entschlusselt und praventivpsychologische Gegenstrategien entwickelt werden. Das Buch dient als Hilfe zur (Selbst-)Hilfe und bei der Betreuung von Patienten mit solchen Beschwerden.

In August 2004, South Africa officially sought to legally recognize the practice of traditional healers. Largely in response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and limited both by the number of practitioners and by patients' access to treatment, biomedical practitioners looked toward the country's traditional healers as important agents in the development of medical education and treatment. This collaboration has not been easy. The two medical cultures embrace different ideas about the body and the origin of illness, but they do share a history of commercial and ideological competition and...

In August 2004, South Africa officially sought to legally recognize the practice of traditional healers. Largely in response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and limited both by the number of practitioners and by patients' access to treatment, biomedical practitioners looked toward the country's traditional healers as important agents in the development of medical education and treatment. This collaboration has not been easy. The two medical cultures embrace different ideas about the body and the origin of illness, but they do share a history of commercial and ideological competition and...