Best of
Alternative-Medicine

1997

Absolute Beauty: Radiant Skin and Inner Harmony Through the Ancient Secrets of Ayurveda


Pratima Raichur - 1997
    Yet, despite our every effort and expense, few of us know how to achieve it. In Absolute Beauty, Pratima Raichur, a chemist and internationally recognized expert on Ayurvedic skin care, explains how the external skin tissue is the physical reflection of everything that happens within the body: the way we eat and breathe, as well as the thoughts and emotions that fill our mind and color our spirit. Here, in the first beauty and skin care guide to reveal the secret to lasting radiance through the principles of Ayurveda, Pratima Raichur offers readers:a detailed self-test to determine their exact skin typecustomized skin care plans for each skin typeproven-effective advice for addressing the most troubling skin problemsessential nutritional informationinstructions for detoxifying the body

The Touch of Healing: Energizing Body, Mind, and Spirit with the Art of Jin Shin Jyutsu


Alice Burmeister - 1997
    Gentle touching similar to acupressure is used to release tension that accumulates and is at the root of dysfunction, disease, and imbalance. The authors explain the natural life force that runs through the body and demonstrate with case studies, detailed analysis, and more than 30 illustrations, how to integrate this system into one's life. The key healing points and body flows, known as "Safety Energy Locks," are presented with step-by-step instructions on how to utilize them for healing and greater self-awareness. Many self-help practices are also offered that address a wide array of common ailments, including headaches, digestive disorders, fatigue, depression, and arthritis along with prescriptive exercises for relief of emotional ailments such as loss of confidence, anxiety, and depression.

Poetic Medicine


John Fox - 1997
    As the author demonstrates, we all possess the ability to write. This gift enables us to access unlimited spiritual resources that restore our genuine voices and meaning in our lives, while healing and creatively satisfying us.Discussed are numerous stories of people from the author's workshops who exemplify how poetry has aided them I becoming more whole. Parents understand how to use poetry to foster their relationships with their children, recognizing magical bonds that they never knew existed; persons who are ill learn how to come to terms with their diseases; and those who feel helpless in the surrounding world discover the freedom to act and affect real change.With the poetic tools, instruction, and accounts the author supplies in Poetic Medicine, readers can start now to make their own poems while addressing, acknowledging, accepting, and taking charge of their lives.

Exploring Vibrational Medicine


Richard Gerber - 1997
    Today his groundbreaking views on alternative healing systems have entered the corridors of our major hospitals and research centers. On Exploring Vibrational Medicine, Dr. Gerber builds on his pioneering work with a wealth of new and rare insights into the most promising energetic healing therapies. Through study after fascinating study, you will hear about new findings on unique frequencies emitted by the human body; compelling evidence that proves we are composed of pure energy; how chakra points and acupuncture meridians draw energy from outside systems; and much more. Complete with guided imagery exercises, Exploring Vibrational Medicine is a revolutionary work about the oldest and newest discovery in medical science--the power of the body to heal itself naturally.

Eight Simple Qigong Exercises for Health: The Eight Pieces of Brocade


Yang Jwing-Ming - 1997
    These gentle stretching and strengthening movements activate the Qi (vital energy) in your body, helping to stimulate your immune system, strengthen your internal organs, and get you moving!This effective daily fitness plan takes as little as twenty minutes to practice, requires little space, and can be done indoors or out. With both a sitting and standing set, anyone can do these exercises. If you've never tried a fitness program before, or want an alternative to aerobics and jogging, Eight Simple Qigong Exercises for Health is for you.Qigong builds a foundation of good health.Qigong can take as little as twenty minutes a day.The exercises are easy to learn.Includes over sixty-five instructional photographs and illustrations.

The Burzynski Breakthrough: The Century's Most Promising Cancer Treatment...and the Government's Campaign to Squelch It


Thomas D. Elias - 1997
    This book presents the astonishing story of Dr. Burzynski's revolutionary discovery of antineoplastons, the century's most promising cancer treatment--and the government's decade-long effort to suppress information about it. 30 photos.

Medicinal Natural Products: A Biosynthetic Approach


Paul M. Dewick - 1997
    It builds upon fundamental chemical principles and demonstrates a unique integration of plant, microbial and animal natural products in one volume. The text guides the reader through a wealth of diverse natural metabolites used in medicine with sources, production methods, use as drugs and modes of action all extensively covered. Taking a chemistry based approach it combines traditional pharmacognosy with medicinal chemistry. The structure is user-friendly and includes the acclaimed grey boxes on groups of products and detailed mechanistic explanations. * Adopts a novel biosynthetic theme rather than a traditional descriptive approach * Includes extensive further reading at the end of the chapter * Thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate comprehensive coverage of plant, microbial and animal products * Includes the latest developments in the field * New material on genetic manipulation of biosynthetic pathways and non-mevalonate pathway to terpanoids * User-friendly format including extensive use of chemical schemes with annotated mechanistic explanations

Healing Depression: A Holistic Guide


Catherine Carrigan - 1997
    In Healing Depression, she presents 38 questions and answers that encourage depression sufferers to take control of their lives by addressing the issues most critical for them. Separate sections each focus on a major treatment avenue: finding a healthcare professional who is capable of treating mind, body, and spirit; identifying medical factors that may be causing a biochemical imbalance; making the connection between stress and depression; adopting an antidepression diet; assessing the need for extra vitamins and minerals; developing positive habits; and learning new exercises.

Prayer and the Five Stages of Healing


Ron Roth - 1997
    This guide shows how to integrate prayer into daily life, tracing its relationship to five stages of healing and exploring advanced methods of prayer. Each chapter includes a prayer or spiritual exercise.