The world of complementary medicine offers safe and effective solutions to many health disorders, from backaches to headaches. You may be interested in alternative care approaches, but have a number of questions you’d like answered before choosing a treatment. “Will I feel the acupuncture needles?” “What is a homeopathic remedy?” Your Guide to Alternative Medicine provides the facts necessary to choose an effective complementary care therapy. This comprehensive reference clearly explains numerous approaches in an easy-to-use format. For every complementary care option discussed, there is a description and brief history; a list of conditions that respond; information on cost and duration of treatment; credentials and educational background of practitioners; and more. To find those therapies most appropriate for a specific condition, a unique troubleshooting chart lists common disorders along with the complementary approaches best suited to treat them. Here is a reference that can help you make informed decisions about all your important healthcare needs.

Contains comparisons between alternative and orthodox medicine, a list of common ailments, recommendations on effective treatments and a quick A-Z reference guide.

A healthy diet is only 'healthy' if it works for you and YOU are unique. Eating the wrong diet for you can lead to physical and mental problems, affect your appearance, alter your behaviour and limit your life. Changing your diet can truly change your life. Offering no gimmicks and no promises of a quick fix, Change Your Diet and Change Your Life guides you gently through understanding the ways in which food intolerance can make you ill. Detailed information on individual foods and food chemicals ensures this book is a comprehensive handbook of food intolerance and food allergy. Research evidence is presented covering a range of conditions including asthma, behaviour problems, dermatitis, fatigue, migraine, tinnitus, urticaria, and weight problems. The role of food chemicals (including amines, benzoates, caffeine, lectins, MSG, salicylate, and sulphites) is explained, and the difficulties that can be caused by individual foods is also outlined. This book is unique in presenting an easy to follow seven step plan that will help you identify if food intolerance is at the root of your health problems.

Autogenic training is one of the most powerful techniques ever developed for reducing stress, promoting relaxation and awakening the innate healing power we all possess. With this practical, comprehensive book you can learn for the first time how to practise it yourself. Simple step-by-step instructions explain how to perform a series of easy mental exercises which will help you to achieve deep relaxation in mind and body and make your subconscious receptive to the healing effects of the therapy. You will learn how to: Improve your health and well-being to a dramatic degree Strengthen your immune response to combat illness Increase your energy levels Release your latent creativity Deal with unresolved emotions Cure yourself of phobias and anxieties Improve your ability to concentrate. Autogenic Training: The Effective Holistic Way to Better Health also gives guidance on combining autogenic training with diet, exercise and other therapies for a complete holistic health programme. Dr Kai Kermani has undertaken extensive clinical and spiritual work on Healing and Autogenics. Since 1991 he has devoted his time entirely to Autogenics, making him a leading name in this field of holistic therapy. To learn more, visit his website: http://www.healing-with-doctorkai.com/ Autogenic training can reduce stress, promote relaxation, increase energy levels, release creativity and deal with unresolved emotions. Explaining how to perform a series of mental exercises which can help mind and body to relax and make your body receptive to the healing effects of the therapy. It also gives guidance on combining autogenic training with diet, exercise and other therapies for a complete holistic health programme.

For busy people who want to maximize their health and vitality without revamping their daily schedules, this beautifully illustrated guide offers quick tricks for boosting energy, feeling your best, and looking terrific. Full color photos & illustrations.

The "Bible" of Alternative Medicine Learn the health secrets that millions of readers have discovered in the book that is revolutionizing health care in the United States. Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide is packed with lifesaving information and alternative treatments from 400 of the world's leading alternative physicians. Our contributors (M.D.s, Ph.D.s, Naturopaths, Doctors of Oriental Medicine, and Osteopaths) offer the safest, most affordable, and most effective remedies for over 200 serious health conditions, from cancer to obesity, heart disease to PMS. This guide is easy enough to understand to make it perfect for home reference, while it would also make a fine resource for health care providers interested in learning more about alternative medicine. • 70% of Americans currently use some form of alternative medicine • This 1,136-page encyclopedia puts all the schools of alternative medicine-50 different therapies-under one roof • Highlights dozens of actual patient stories and physician treatments.

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