Holistic Medicine category: 2492 books
Natural Treatments for Tics and Tourette's
A Patient and Family Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
This welcome guide explains how to treat tics and Tourette syndrome using natural and alternative therapies, with a focus on environmental medicine and nutritional and dietary therapy. The status of behavioral and counseling therapies, EEG biofeedback, homeopathy, bodywork, energy medicine, and Chinese...
Clinical Naturopathy
An evidence-based guide to practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2010
A landmark guide to naturopathic practice in Australia – ideal for naturopaths, naturopathy students and Allied Health and medical practitioners
Clinical Naturopathy: An evidence-based guide to practice details key treatment protocols and evidence-based complementary medicine interventions...
A Century of Homeopaths
Their Influence on Medicine and Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2014
As the values of integrative medicine continues to grow, alternative points of view and treatments are increasing in acceptance and prevalence. Homeopathic medicine is considered an important root to this approach. However, contributions of homeopathically qualified doctors have long been overlooked.
A...
by Beverly Oliver
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Usha Village, an alternative medicine and natural healing center in Honduras, Central America, is the setting for Sojourn to Honduras Sojourn to Healing: Why An Herbalist's View Matters More Today Than Ever Before. This revised, 2nd edition offers a view of proven and effective alternative healing...
1 Out of 10 Doctors Recommends
Drinking Urine, Eating Worms, and Other Weird Cures, Cases, and Research from the Annals of Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Have you ever wondered what that 1 outlier would say when you see commercials and products boasting that 9 out of 10 doctors recommend something? Well here’s your answer....
Three doctors explore and explain the least recommended techniques and cures lurking in the darkest corners of medicine...
Therapeutic Pluralism
Exploring the Experiences of Cancer Patients and Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2008
The profile of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has risen dramatically over the last decade and cancer patients represent its most prolific users. As a result, the NHS and UK cancer services are attempting to develop a wider range of therapeutic options for patients. Despite such developments,...
The Four Qualities of Effective Physicians
Practical Ayurvedic Wisdom for Modern Physicians
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
Does the art of medicine matter? Does it really help us become better doctors and improve results? Dr. Claudia Welch explores how the effectiveness of a physician extends far beyond the ability to prescribe correct treatments, and how mastering the art of doctoring can make the medicine more effective.
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by Peter Mole
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2014
Written by one of the UK's leading practitioners, this authoritative and accessible introduction to acupuncture reveals everything you need to know before you step into the acupuncture clinic. It includes:
- how acupuncture goes beyond quick cures and is used as preventative medicine
- the...
by Ilkay Z. Chirali, MBAcC RCHM
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
This new edition explores and describes techniques of cupping in the context of TCM theory. It provides a clear and detailed set of practical guidelines to applying this technique for various common conditions, and looks closely at issues of safety, expectation and theoretical principles of action....
Survivorship
Living Well During and After Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Cancer patients face a daunting world of confusing information about treatment options. They may have heard of using integrative medicine to complement traditional care and alleviate both short- and long-term side effects of cancer treatments, but where do they locate accurate information on acupuncture,...
by Wenhu Zhang, Yiran Shao, Dan Li;Manyuan Wang;Junxian Yu
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Tu Youyou's Journey in the Search for Artemisinin is an autobiographical science book chronicling in detail the great experiences of Tu Youyou from her childhood to winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
As Tu Youyou is the first female scientist from China to win the Nobel Prize...
A-Z of Complementary and Alternative Medicine E-Book
A guide for health professionals
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2009
A-Z of Complementary and Alternative Medicine provides a pocket-size quick reference of CAM, allowing conventional and complementary health practitioners to ascertain:
- what the CAM intervention is
- what it does
- contraindications, precautions and interactions.
With entries grouped under...
Taking Traditional Knowledge to the Market
The Modern Image of the Ayurvedic and Unani Industry, 19802000
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Taking Traditional Knowledge to the Market explores the paradox at the heart of the ayurvedic and unani medicine manufacturing industry—to present itself as modern and traditional, common and professional at the same time. On the one hand, the natural, wholesome and authentic nature of these medicines...
A Fourteen-Year Journey:
Facing Leukemia with Macrobiotics
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
A Fourteen-Year Journey: Facing Leukemia with Macrobiotics is a story of the courage and dedication while facing cancer to live each day to the fullest, and a valuable contribution to the growing literature exploring the importance of complementary and alternative medicine. With the growing acceptance...