Holistic Medicine category: 2492 books
Returning to the Source
Han Dynasty Medical Classics in Modern Clinical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Chinese Medicine constantly refers back to its sources in order to initiate the new. Its source code is in the Han Dynasty medical classics, and in this handbook esteemed practitioner and educator Professor Z'ev Rosenberg shares the knowledge from his study of these classic texts and his experiences...
by Simon Dagenais, CD, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2011
Covering all commonly used interventions for acute and chronic low back pain conditions, Evidence-Based Management of Low Back Pain consolidates current scientific studies and research evidence into a single, practical resource. Its multidisciplinary approach covers a wide scope of treatments from...
by Val Hopwood, PhD, FCSP
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
Written by two leading experts in the field, Acupuncture in Neurological Conditions aims to improve patient care by combining Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) concepts of treatment. The language of TCM is uniquely combined with that of evidence-based clinical reasoning to provide an...
Old Wives' Tales
The History of Remedies, Charms and Spells
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
From goddesses and witches to modern-day doctors—an entertaining history of women healers featuring an A–Z of remedies The woman healer is as old as history—for millennia she has been doctor, nurse, and midwife, and even in the age of modern medicine her wisdom is handed down in the form of...
Pricking the Vessels
Bloodletting Therapy in Chinese Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
The first text on bloodletting therapy for Western practitioners of Chinese medicine, this authoritative text explores the theory and function of bloodletting, and provides detailed instruction on its clinical use.
Bloodletting therapy, which works to remove internal and external disruptions...
by Ansgar Thomas Roemer
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
More and more health care professionals in obstetrics and gynecology are turning to complementary medicine to enhance their patients' comfort and wellness. With an emphasis on medical acupuncture, this book offers busy practitioners an accessible guide to the myriad ways in which these time-tested methods...
Licensed to Kill
Doctors, the Ama, the Fda and Pharmasutical Company’S Greed Is Killing You
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2012
Barb Every Wife, Mother, Grand Mother and Great Grand Mother with all these years and a host of experiences in observing and helping with all sorts of ailments and finding the old remedies of my mother and grand mother often times worked better than the drugs promoted by traditional doctors that only...
by Tang-Yi Liu, Ping-Chung Leung
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
Acupuncture has been an important branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 3000 years and is the most popular practice among non-Chinese practitioners outside of China. In 1998, the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) held a consensus conference and endorsed the practice of acupuncture...
Schisandra Chinensis
An Herb of North Eastern China Origin
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
This book provides a comprehensive but concise account of the commonly used herb in Chinese medicine, Schisandra chinensis (五味子). Of the six chapters covering botanical properties to product development, special emphasis is placed on recent pharmacological studies on active ingredients such...
Pharmacology E-Book
A Handbook for Complementary Healthcare Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2008
Pharmacology: A Handbook for Complementary Healthcare Professionals provides an accessible text and source book of pharmacology for both students and practitioners of complementary medicine. It covers the basic chemistry which builds into an understanding of basic organic chemistry, key pharmacological...
Stop Suffering from Arthritis
Tcm Can Help You
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2002
Dr. Tom Huangs vision is to change how people view Oriental medicine and acupuncture, especially in the area of arthritis care. If people can understand how Traditional Chinese Medicine can help them, they might be more likely to seek treatment through TCM. In fact, the TCM approach is often miraculous....
The Spirit of the Organs
Twelve stories for practitioners and patients
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
In the Chinese medicine tradition, understanding and resonating with the spirit of the organs leads to better diagnosis and more effective, powerful treatment. Behind most symptoms lies a disturbance of spirit, and the more alert a practitioner to the nature of such a disturbance the more effective...
Resonance
The Homeopathic Point of View
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2001
Resonance is a systematic treatise on the homeopathic point of view in medicine. Encompassing both philosophy and method, it considers in detail how homeopathic physicians think of health and disease, what they look for in the patient, how they conduct the interview, how they evaluate the effect of...
Power Knowledge Medicine
Ayurvedic Pharmaceuticals at Home and in the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
If the presence of Ayurveda in modern times invites surprise, its renewed vigour in the age of globalisation gives rise both to romantic celebration and incredulous hostility. This kind of response suggests that our understanding of modern Ayurveda has not kept pace with the growth of the phenomenon...