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Herbal Treatment of Anxiety: Clinical Studies in Western, Chinese
and Ayurvedic Traditions explains the nature and types of anxiety,
its neurobiology, the pathophysiology that exacerbates and
perpetuates it, and the psychopharmacology of the chemical agents
that relieve its manifestations. Throughout the text are
discussions of Western, Chinese and Ayurvedic herbal treatments
that have been clinically shown to be effective in relieving
anxiety. The book also features a scientific discussion of the use
of herbs and essential oils in aromatherapy and the mechanisms by
which they may work. The book concludes by providing bases upon
which herbs can be chosen to treat the anxiety of patients
according to their individual needs. Additional features include:
Examines the increasingly popular subject of the use of herbs as a
natural alternative treatment and provides a much-needed scientific
basis for treatments often considered as merely "folk medicine."
Discusses the psychoactive phytochemicals contained in herbs.
Includes a chapter discussing the nature and mechanisms of action
of adaptogens. Adds to the armamentarium of anxiolytics for
providers who have become reluctant to prescribe benzodiazepines as
treatment of anxiety, particularly in the context of the opiate
crisis. Gives an introduction to herbal treatments of traditional
Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine. Offers practical advice on
initiating and managing herbal treatments. Herbal Treatment of
Anxiety is a valuable reference for psychiatrists, psychiatric
nurse practitioners, primary care providers, naturopathic doctors
and therapists interested in the most current scientific
information on the effects of herbal treatments of anxiety
disorders.
Includes studies, observations, analysis, and conclusions of
Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy Proves that principles of
homeopathy are scientifically baseless and homeopathic drugs have
no therapeutic effect Provides a platform for creative and rational
thinking Promotes evidence-based medicine
Sets out a clear argument for care and caregiving as an aesthetic
experience and aesthetic act. Written for all advanced students of
nursing and applied theatre, as well as professionals in care,
nursing and dramatherapy. The first and only book to advance this
concept, disturbing the boundaries of artistic and care practice.
Includes studies, observations, analysis, and conclusions of
Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy Proves that principles of
homeopathy are scientifically baseless and homeopathic drugs have
no therapeutic effect Provides a platform for creative and rational
thinking Promotes evidence-based medicine
Plant-Based Functional Foods and Phytochemicals: From Traditional
Knowledge to Present Innovation covers the importance of the
therapeutic health benefits of phytochemicals derived from plants.
It discusses the isolation of potential bioactive molecules from
plant sources along with their value to human health. It focuses on
physical characteristics, uniqueness, uses, distribution,
traditional and nutritional importance, bioactivities, and future
trends of different plant-based foods and food products. Functional
foods, beyond providing basic nutrition, may offer a potentially
positive effect on health and cures for various disease conditions,
such as metabolic disorders (including diabetes), cancer, and
chronic inflammatory reactions. The volume looks at these natural
products and their bioactive compounds that are increasingly
utilized in preventive and therapeutic medications and in the
production of pharmaceutical supplements and as food additives to
increase functionality. It also describes the concept of extraction
of bioactive molecules from plant sources, both conventional and
modern extraction techniques, available sources, biochemistry,
structural composition, and potential biological activities.
Due to the increasing popularity of herbal-based drugs under the
pandemic like COVID 19, the worldwide demand for medicinal plants
has increased to aid the immune system. Very timely topic for
working on or have an interest in the traditional as well as modern
research of medicinal plants. The book can be a useful reference
for students, pharmacists, pharmacognosists, chemists,
phytochemists, and cosmetic chemists by providing information about
fundamental chemical principles, modes of action, and product
formulation of bioactive natural products for medical applications.
Due to the increasing popularity of herbal-based drugs under the
pandemic like COVID 19, the worldwide demand for medicinal plants
has increased to aid the immune system. Very timely topic for
working on or have an interest in the traditional as well as modern
research of medicinal plants. The book can be a useful reference
for students, pharmacists, pharmacognosists, chemists,
phytochemists, and cosmetic chemists by providing information about
fundamental chemical principles, modes of action, and product
formulation of bioactive natural products for medical applications.
Learn how to be your most spellbinding self, inside and out,
through every stage of your life with this full-color book of
beauty and wellness secrets. Alise Marie guides you into the beauty
witch's inner sanctum, where you'll find empowerment and practical
magick that elevates your routine from a monotonous chore to a
sensual ceremony.Discover potent potions, joyous rituals, healing
brews, and stylish cocktails to achieve ageless beauty and
seductive confidence. Create plant-powered elixirs, oils, creams,
and face masks that give you irresistibly smooth skin and gorgeous
hair. Align with the cycles of the moon, explore the power of
nature, and connect with beauty-related goddesses. Time-tested and
visibly effective, these recipes and rituals reveal the enchanted
beauty that is your birthright.
A practical guide to understanding and using Mexican healing
traditions in everyday life Arranging ofrendas. Brewing pericon
into a healing tea. Releasing traumas through banos and limpias.
Herbalist and curandera Atava Garcia Swiecicki spent decades
gathering this traditional knowledge of curanderismo, Mexican folk
healing, which had been marginalized as Chicanx and Latinx
Americans assimilated to US culture. She teaches how to follow the
path of the curandera, as she herself learned from apprenticing
with Mexican curanderas, studying herbal texts, and listening to
her ancestors. In this book readers will learn the Indigenous,
African, and European roots of curanderismo. Atava also shares her
personal journey as a healer and those of thirteen other
inspirational curanderas serving their communities. She offers
readers the tools to begin their own healing-for themselves, for
their relationship with the earth, and for the people. The
Curanderx Toolkit includes more than 25 profiles of native and
adopted plants of Baja and Alta California and teaches you to grow,
know, and love them. This book will help anyone who has lost
connection with their ancestors begin to incorporate the herbal
wisdom and holistic wellness of curanderismo into their lives. Take
the power of ancient medicine into your own hands by learning
simple herbal remedies and practicing rituals for kinship with the
more-than-human world.
* Includes body maps for both cats and dogs that clearly illustrate
the positions of the Jin Shin Jyutsu energy points and explains how
to work with them * Presents step-by-step illustrations and easy,
brief explanations for point sequences for general health, first
aid, and specific ailments, from ear mites and conjunctivitis to
kidney infection, splinters, and anxiety * Provides sections with
dog-specific and cat-specific ailments, organized by area of the
body and symptoms, with recommended treatment points and sequences
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A GENTLE WAY to ease your cat's coughing or
lighten the joint problems of your dog? Or maybe you want to
relieve your pet's stress when going to the vet and help them
recover after surgery? A soft touch method for harmonizing energy
flow, Jin Shin Jyutsu is an excellent hands-on healing tool to
support your animal companion's overall health and alleviate common
ailments and injuries. By calmly placing your hands on certain
energy points on your pet's body, you can release energetic
blockages, strengthen the immune system, and stimulate their body's
self-healing response. Easy step-by-step illustrations and body
maps for both cats and dogs show how to use this simple system of
two-point touch healing. From ear mites and conjunctivitis to
kidney infection, splinters, and anxiety, just by holding certain
points on the body of your cat or dog you can quickly relieve a
symptom or trigger the start of a comprehensive healing process.
Jin Shin Jyutsu not only improves their health and well-being but
also offers an enjoyable moment of energetic exchange between you
and your four-legged friend throughout all phases of life.
This book is for anyone experiencing acute depression, anxiety, or
emotional turmoil which doesn't necessarily need to be medicalised.
It offers holistic information that is not readily available within
mainstream mental healthcare, encompassing the physical, emotional,
psychological and spiritual. Topics include: Why it's vital to get
the right support Finding the right healthcare professional
Focussing on others who have recovered Making lifestyle changes -
drastic if need be The importance of diet Eliminating toxicity,
whether it's a toxic relationship, work situation or living
environment Regarding illness as a gift - an opportunity for
healing and growth.
The ultimate guide to the smells of the universe - the ambrosial to
the malodorous, and everything in between - from the author of the
acclaimed culinary guides On Food and Cooking and Keys to Good
Cooking From Harold McGee, James Beard Award-winning author and
leading expert on the science of food and cooking, comes an
extensive exploration of the long-overlooked world of smell. In
Nose Dive, McGee takes us on a sensory adventure, from the
sulfurous nascent earth more than four billion years ago, to the
fruit-filled Tian Shan mountain range north of the Himalayas, to
the keyboard of your laptop, where trace notes of phenol and
formaldehyde escape between the keys. We'll sniff the ordinary (wet
pavement and cut grass) and the extraordinary (ambergris and
truffles), the delightful (roses and vanilla) and the challenging
(swamplands and durians). We'll smell one another. We'll smell
ourselves. Through it all, McGee familiarizes us with the actual
bits of matter that we breathe in-the molecules that trigger our
perceptions, that prompt the citrusy smells of coriander and beer
and the medicinal smells of daffodils and sea urchins. And like
everything in the physical world, molecules have histories. Many of
the molecules that we smell every day existed long before any
creature was around to smell them-before there was even a planet
for those creatures to live on. Beginning with the origins of those
molecules in interstellar space, McGee moves onward through the
smells of our planet, the air and the oceans, the forest and the
meadows and the city, all the way to the smells of incense,
perfume, wine, and food. Here is a story of the world, of every
smell under our collective nose. A work of astounding scholarship
and originality, Nose Dive distills the science behind the smells
and translates it, as only McGee can, into an accessible and
entertaining guide. Incorporating the latest insights of biology
and chemistry, and interweaving them with personal observations, he
reveals how our sense of smell has the power to expose invisible,
intangible details of our material world and trigger in us feelings
that are the very essence of being alive.
In this inspiring landmark book, psychotherapist and guided imagery
pioneer Belleruth Naparstek pulls together everything that's
currently known about this exciting new method of deliberate,
directed daydreaming, and shows you how to use it for your own
health and growth. She spells out exactly what guided sensory
imagery is, why it works, what circumstances make it work best,
what to expect when experiencing it, and all the different kinds of
imagery that have been found by the latest medical research to be
effective. In STAYING WELL WITH GUIDED IMAGERY, Belleruth Naparstek
offers the same kinds of healing words and powerful images that
appear on her popular Health Journeys audiotape series, and applies
the imagery she uses so effectively with people who have
life-threatenIng and debilitating diseases. In addition, she
provides over twenty completely new imagery scripts for maintaining
physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being, including
cellular imagery for strengthening the immune system; physiological
imagery for the cardiovascular system; psychological imagery for
maintaining emotional resiliency and healthy boundaries; end-state
imagery for behavioral change; imagery that helps you improve your
relationships; scripts for common complaints such as headache,
insomnia, allergies, and sluggish metabolism and much more.
Despite 40 years of aggressive pharmaceutical and surgical
interventions, coronary artery disease remains the number one
killer of women and men in Western civilization. Cardiovascular
disease, more than ever, demonstrates the landscape has changed so
significantly, that new information must be given to the young and
old health professionals seeing patients on a day to day basis. Dr.
Sinatra has 40 plus years of experience in cardiovascular disease
and is board-certified in internal medicine and cardiology. Dr.
Mark Houston practices integrative nutritional preventive
cardiology and has superb expertise in hypertension, and
dyslipidemia which are major factors in the genesis of
cardiovascular disease. The information in this book will give
doctors-to-be, and even doctors-that-are the overlooked information
they need for a balanced approach to cardiovascular treatment that
includes a healing/healthy diet, nutritional supplementation,
exercise and weight management. Those are crucial and powerful
additions to the toolbox with which to maintain health and fix
problems. That's the integrative approach that Dr. Sinatra, Dr
Houston and his fellow authors, have been using with great success
for decades. The Table of Contents shows a true revision - all new
material - this is more of a companion volume to the original
edition.
Drawing on a multitude of breathing practices from different
healing and spiritual traditions, The Power of Breathwork includes
25 simple exercises that you can practice alone or with a partner.
Knowing how to breathe and how to use your breath purposefully has
been proven to reduce negative mental and physical issues and
actually heal the body and mind. A regular home breathwork practice
is an affordable and easy way for you to engage in self-healing
practices that can have a profound impact on your overall health.
Harness the power of breathwork to: Facilitate proper immune
function Enhance connection, creativity, joy, and intuition Reduce
physical pain as well as tension, depression, anxiety, and trauma
Author, practitioner, and grief worker Jennifer Patterson begins by
explaining what breathwork is, why you should try it, and how it
can be used to heal the bodymind. Then, you'll learn what happens
in your physical body, energetic body, and emotional body as you
practice it. Before you start the exercises, find useful tips on
building an altar, using scent, visualizations and grounding, and
somatic writing prompts to help support your practice. After
achieving collaboration and deeper trust with your body through
practices such as a nurturing body scan and learning to catch and
shift out of breath-holding patterns, return to yourself with these
solo breath patterns: 4-7-8 Breath, Energizing Breath, Box Breath,
Pursed Lip Breath, Lion's Breath, Diaphragm Breath, Alternate
Nostril Breath, Skull Shining Breath, Ocean Breath, and Multi-Part
Fast-Paced Breath. With a partner, use breath to work with
witnessing and being witnessed, giving and receiving touch, and
navigating conflict. Through these practices, you can breathe into
a deeper relationship with another. For more focused breathwork
practice, you will also find exercises that work with themes such
as creativity, easing perfection narratives, inviting laughter and
joy, cutting energetic ties to harmful dynamics, plus dedicated
practices for welcoming the new day and then, when it is done,
releasing the day and inviting sleep. The Power of Breathwork
provides you with simple and approachable ways to intentionally and
effectively breathe to bring healing and joy.
For many centuries, fenugreek has been one of the most popular
spices and vegetables serving as an integral part of culinary
practices across many cultures. Fenugreek contains exceptional
nutritional and medicinal properties, but scientific evidence for
its potential health benefits has been considerably understudied
and is beginning to grow. This book is a comprehensive compilation
and documentation on the scientific profile of fenugreek and its
phytoconstituents, including their most known applications and
health benefits. It features a wide range of chapters written by
highly experienced academics and industrial professionals. Topics
cover applications of fenugreek including information on nutrition,
fitness supplements, functional food, and excipients of novel drug
delivery systems. In addition, it features topics on related
products in the areas of nutraceuticals, functional food
preparations, and complementary medicines. Features: *
Comprehensive review of traditional wisdom and modern scientific
evidence on fenugreek * Presents scientific evidence of fenugreek
as an ingredient for product development formulation * Contains
information on extraction methods, risk assessment, claim
validations, and the regulatory status of fenugreek-based products
* Covers broad physiological benefits of fenugreek in management of
diabetes mellitus, primary hyperlipidemia, inflammation and pain,
neuropathy and neuroinflammation, neurological and psychological
disorders, kidney and lung disorders, as well as immunological,
infectious, and malignant disorders * Enhances awareness of
existing scientific knowledge surrounding fenugreek, whilst
encouraging future scientific research towards better and safer
nutritional and medicinal applications This book is a valuable
resource of information on fenugreek for researchers, students,
nutritionists, sport medicine practitioners, fitness enthusiasts
and trainers, naturopaths, traditional practitioners, and
toxicologists. This book helps industries in the fields of
nutraceuticals, fitness and sports medicine products to develop
their future products. However, this book is not a substitute for
medical advice or recommendations.
The Way of Reiki guides us on the path to becoming a better human
being, softening our anger and worry so that we can live in a world
of compassion and kindness. It is a must read for any Reiki
practitioner or teacher who wants to bring more love into their
practice, teachings and the world.
Medicinal plants are accumulating impurities from increasing
environmental pollution. Pollutants have altered growth features,
gas exchange parameters, biochemical attributes, bioactive
substances, antioxidant activity, and gene expression. This book
brings to light these conditions and a need to alter them. Plants
are the natural source of medicines mainly due to the presence of
secondary metabolites and have been used as medicine in crude
extract form. They have been used to isolate the bioactive
compounds in modern medicine as well as in herbal medicine systems
and are used worldwide as a valuable source for new drug
formulations. This book focuses on secondary metabolites,
phytochemicals, and bioactive compounds associated with medicinal
plants growing in contamination conditions. There is no existing
book on this topic.
More than just a warm and comforting drink, tea has medicinal
properties that are widely underused in North America. Common
herbs, spices, fruits, and barks have been scientifically proven to
help relieve pain, menopause symptoms, high blood pressure,
insomnia, stress, and digestive angst. When taken preventatively,
certain herbs in tea can help fight off cancer cells, heart
disease, and even Alzheimer's disease and fibromyalgia. By learning
about what these various natural ingredients are capable of and how
they work, readers can begin to treat many ailments with what grows
in their gardens plants that have been used in eastern medicine for
thousands of years. The Good Living Guide to Medicinal Tea invites
readers into a world of medicinal plants, instructs on the specific
healing properties of each, matches them to ten common North
American health disorders, and provides simple tea recipes readers
can make in their own homes. Late Japanese author Okakura Kakuzo
has been famously quoted as saying, "Tea began as a medicine and
grew into a beverage." The Good Living Guide to Medicinal Tea
encourages readers to turn their favorite drink back into medicine
and outlines exactly how to accomplish this. With the help of
beautiful photographs and an easy dialogue, Jennifer Browne clearly
explains to readers how teatime can garner impressive health
benefits. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade
imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including
books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and
winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. We've been
successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan
cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French
cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun
cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut
butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not
every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a
national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are
sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise
find a home.
Fascia, Function, and Medical Applications is essential reading for
medical and allied health practitioners who want to bring
scientific insights of the importance of fascia to human health
into their clinical practices. Fascia - the biodynamic tissue that
connects every muscle, bone, organ, and nerve in the body - is fast
becoming the latest trend in healthcare and allied health
modalities. This book is edited by David Lesondak, University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center, author of the international bestseller
Fascia: What it is and why it matters, and Angeli Maun Akey, MD,
international physician educator and board certified in both
internal and integrative medicine. It contains contributions from a
team of top researchers and expert practitioners including
physicians, clinicians, therapists, dissectors, and surgeons. Fully
illustrated in color, this book presents the latest scientific
knowledge of fascia and explains insights into problems like
chronic pain and myriad musculoskeletal symptoms that may not
respond to conventional treatments. It gives practitioners the
information they need to make better decisions to improve the
health of patients often without pharmaceuticals or surgeries.
FEATURES * Provides comprehensive overview of how fascia, as a
tissue and a system, affects various body functions and systems,
from musculoskeletal disorders to nervous system, circulatory, and
auto-immune function. * A section devoted to medical applications
highlights a comprehensive and critical overview of various fascial
therapies. * Gives practitioners the knowledge they need to refer
or add as an adjunct therapy to their department or rehabilitation
team. This is a cutting-edge, practical guide that will appeal to
researchers, physicians, and clinicians alike.
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