The study of medicine and healing traditions is well developed in the discipline of anthropology. Most religious studies scholars, however, continue to assume that "medicine" and "biomedicine" are one and the same and that when religion and medicine are mentioned together, the reference is necessarily either to faith healing or bioethics. Scholars of religion also have tended to assume that religious healing refers to the practices of only a few groups, such as Christian Scientists and pentecostals. Most are now aware of the work of physicians who attempt to demonstrate positive health outcomes in relation to religious practice, but few seem to realize the myriad ways in which healing pervades virtually all religious systems.
This volume is designed to help instructors incorporate discussion of healing into their courses and to encourage the development of courses focused on religion and healing. It brings together essays by leading experts in a range of disciplines and addresses the role of healing in many different religious traditions and cultural communities. An invaluable resource for faculty in anthropology, religious studies, American studies, sociology, and ethnic studies, it also addresses the needs of educators training physicians, health care professionals, and chaplains, particularly in relation to what is referred to as "cultural competence" - the ability to work with multicultural and religiously diverse patient populations.

This volume is designed to help instructors incorporate discussion of healing into their courses and to encourage the development of courses focused on religion and healing. It brings together essays by leading experts in a range of disciplines and addresses the role of healing in many different religious traditions. The primary target audience comprises faculty in religious studies, divinity schools, anthropology, sociology, and ethnic studies. However, the volume also addresses the needs of educators training pre-med students and will be an invaluable resource for those involved in educating physicians, health care professionals, and chaplains, particularly in relation to what is referred to as "cultural competence" - the ability to work with multicultural and religiously diverse patient populations.

For more than four thousand years, Chinese scholars and medical practitioners have documented ways of maintaining health and treating illness, from theories of "yin-yang" and the "zang-fu" organs to the use of herbs and acupuncture. "The Essential Book of Traditional Chinese Medicine" marks the first time such concepts have been made accessible to Westerners in a comprehensive form.

Medical qigong is one of the four main branches of Chinese medicine, and it is the energetic foundation upon which the others (acupuncture, herbal medicine, and medical massage) are based. Medical qigong and tai chi exercises are becoming more popular, but there are few books that discuss how they can be used to help address specific disorders. This book is the first medical qigong book that does not simply introduce a set of exercises that are a part of a general qigong routine. Rather, the exercises provided are those prescribed to patients at qigong hospitals in China. Medical qigong doctors and Chinese medicine hospitals have used these exercises for hundreds of years and yet they are relatively unknown in this country. The first half of the book introduces medical qigong theory from a modern Western scientific perspective as well as from the traditional Daoist and Chinese medicine perspectives, so that the reader will understand why and how medical qigong exercises work. The second half is practical exercises for self-healing. The book introduces guidelines for selecting appropriate exercises, and then the exercises themselves. There are general tonification (strengthening), purgation (sedating), and regulation exercises for health maintenance, followed by sections on specific organ and health disorders. This book targets health care practitioners as well as "patients," meaning anyone interested in taking an active role in the healing process.

Unani Medicine in the Making examines the institutions and practices of Unani medicine, the Graeco-Islamic healing practice based on the humoral theory attributed to Hippocrates and officially recognized as a system of medicine in India. Drawing on diverse materials, including Urdu sources, interviews with practitioners, and observations in clinics, the book explores what Unani medicine is today by attending to its multiplicity, scrutinizing apparent tensions between the understanding of Unani as a system of medicine and its multiple enactments as Islamic medicine, medical science, or alternative medicine. Ethnographic details provide vivid descriptions of the current practice of Unani in India, and invite readers to rethink the idea that humoral medicine is incommensurable with modern medicine and science, and that the modernization of Asian medicines invariably leads to their biomedicalization. Ultimately, the book also discusses the relationship of Unani with Muslim communities, examining the growing practice of Prophetic Medicine in Urban India and increasing representations of Unani as Islamic Medicine.

'What a multi-sensory pleasure in learning! I will be a better teacher and better clinician using what I am learning from this book.' Carol M Davis DPT, EdD, MS, FAPTA The emerging science of biotensegrity provides a fresh context for re-thinking our understanding of human movement, but its complexities can be formidable. Bodywork and movement professionals looking for an accessible and relevant guide to the concept and application of biotensegrity need look no further than Everything Moves: How biotensegrity informs human movement. In order to work with our own bodies and the bodies of our students, clients and teams most effectively, we need to understand the nature of our human structure. Everything Moves offers the enquiring bodyworker or movement professional, who wants to take their understanding of how to apply biotensegrity in their work to the next level, a practical and relatable guide to the biotensegral nature of our bodies, in which all of the parts are one, yet all are constantly changing. Throughout Everything Moves, concepts and ideas are presented with activities and exercises to make them tangible, accessible and applicable. The material presented is suitable for coaches and movement teachers new to biotensegrity, as well as those with more advanced levels of understanding. Whether your focus is performance, sports, Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais, yoga, Pilates, martial arts, or dance, any arena in which bodies move can be informed by Everything Moves!

The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine has become a landmark in the history of Chinese civilization. Written in the form of a dialogue in which the emperor seeks information from his minister Ch'I-Po on questions of health and the art of healing, it is the oldest known document in Chinese medicine. Ilza Veith's extensive introduction and monumental translation, first published in 1949, make available the historical and philosophical foundations of traditional practices that have seen a dynamic revival in China and throughout the West. This is a new foreword by Linda L. Barnes places the translation in its historic contexts, underlining its significance to the Western world's understanding of Chinese medical practice.

The mucosal membranes that cover our skin, sinuses, airways, digestive tracts and many other tissues are critical to our health. Not only do they help protect our bodies from intruders and environmental toxins: They also provide many other critical functions including enabling us to digest our foods and allowing us to breathe. As a result, faulty or damaged mucosal membranes provide the root for many serious health conditions, including allergies, asthma, COPD, GERD and others. The author illustrates the science behind our mucosal membranes with clarity: how they are involved in disease, how they can become damaged, and what we can do to repair them and keep them healthy.

Bach flower essences provide excellent tools for balancing energetic disturbances generated by emotions. Yet people often have trouble clearly expressing their feelings and emotions, making selection of a specific flower essence difficult. Drawing upon the centuries-old relationships established in Chinese Medicine between emotions and physical disorders, Pablo Noriega shows how to use a person’s descriptions of their complaints and chronic conditions combined with Flower-type personality traits to diagnose which flower essence to prescribe in each unique case. The author includes a full primer on Chinese Medicine, exploring in detail the main principles: Yin and Yang; the Five Elements and their associated Organs; Blood and Energy; the Virtues, the behaviors that can strengthen the Elements; and the Psyches, the energetic spirit of each Organ.  Providing detailed profiles about each of the original 38 Bach flower remedies according to Chinese Medicine, Noriega explains how to prescribe flower essences for prevention of predisposed conditions, for healing of acute and chronic ailments, and for disorders that arise from stagnant energy and yin-yang imbalances. Offering flower essence therapists new possibilities for evaluation and treatment, this guide also helps Chinese Medicine practitioners incorporate Flower Essences into their practice.

A medicine with huge potential for treating Alzheimers, stroke, cancer and even Aids, the Christmas Rose (Black Hellebore) is in the process of being rediscovered by doctors and medical practitioners. Once admired by Hippocrates, Paracelsus and Hahnemann but long forgotten, the Christmas Rose is proving effective once again - both in trials and in clinical practice - for healing the serious illnesses of the new millennium. It is also being used to address many other conditions such as Attention Deficit Disorder in children, delayed brain maturation, in gynaecology and for joint disorders. Written by a practising medical doctor, this book offers comprehensive treatment regimes and numerous case studies demonstrating the successful use of this important plant-based medicine. In placing the remedy in historical context, Johannes Wilkens reviews its use by significant figures over the centuries, from Adamus Lonicerus and the founders of herbalism in the Middle Ages and Samuel Hahnemann and the more recent development of homeopathy, through to Rudolf Steiner and the emergence of anthroposophic medicine in the twentieth century. Vividly illustrated with colour photographs, this pioneering work outlines the critical role that the Christmas Rose can play in treating the illnesses of our time.

A physician and pioneer in the integrative treatment of serious eye diseases such as Macular Degeneration, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Stargardt and other retinopathies reveals the best strategies used today to prevent and reverse these devastating diseases. Drawing on some of the hottest topics in modern medicine, the book discusses the surprising revelations from the research in Epigenetics and adult stem cells. Your genes are not your destiny.

From our work with thousands of people, we understand that you might be fearful that you will lose your independence or your ability to do even the simplest tasks because serious eye disease is taking your sight. This book empowers you with simple tools that combat degenerative eye disease. Tools that support a healthy lifestyle and methods to remove damaging stress from your day to day life. You will find ways to transform fear into action, so that you can move forward in your life.

Instead of fear you will begin to have control. You can have the ability to drive again, see your grandkids again. The book presents techniques drawn from over 30 years of working directly with these diseases that over and over again show something can be done to slow and reverse these challenging issues. Along with these techniques it features real life stories of success from people who were in the same place as you might be right now. You are not alone in this experience. There are thousands of others who walk the path with you.

Feel like you don't quite understand the components and causes of eye disease, let alone how they can be reversed? By reading this book you will better understand the root sources of these challenges and how healing occurs. Knowledge is power after all and this book is here as your resource. There is in-depth discussion of key topics regarding adult stem cells, Epigenetics and other topics you need to know. Stop feeling helpless. There is a wealth of information in this book that can help you now.

These methods have helped thousands of people around the world restore vision in diseases that most physicians consider hopeless. This book provides hope and a clear plan of action. If you or those you love are challenged by degenerative eye disease, then this book will be a powerful friend in giving you back the parts of your life taken by eye. There is Hope for Sight(r).

Integrative Ernahrung kombiniert die Ernahrungswissenschaft mit traditionellen medizinischen Systemen. Sie bietet ein serioeses Fundament fur individuelle Ernahrungsempfehlungen, die praxisnah und nachhaltig sind. Das Buch stellt die integrative Ernahrungstherapie als ganzheitliches Konzept fur die Pravention und Gesunderhaltung, aber auch als komplementare Unterstutzung zur Behandlung von Zivilisationskrankheiten, wie etwa UEbergewicht, Allergien und/oder Unvertraglichkeiten, Reizdarm, chronisch entzundlichen Darmerkrankungen, Autoimmunerkrankungen vor. Der erste Teil behandelt die Grundlagen und die wesentlichen Prinzipien der Traditionellen Chinesischen Medizin (TCM) im Vergleich zur klassischen Ernahrungswissenschaft und Ernahrungsmedizin. Im zweiten Teil werden die Vorteile der Integrativen Ernahrung anhand von haufigen Beschwerde- und Krankheitsbildern beleuchtet. Im dritten und letzten Teil wird ein Ausblick auf die Einsatzmoeglichkeiten gegeben. Das Buch richtet sich an AErzte und Therapeuten, wie sie mit punktgenauen Tipps und Massnahmen den Therapieerfolg ihrer Patienten unterstutzen koennen, daruber hinaus schatzen auch Konsumenten die Hinweise zur Selbsthilfe.

"Reversing Gum Disease Naturally presents techniques and information so that you can reverse already unhealthy states in your mouth or prevent the onset of gum disease. Sandra Senzon enhances patients’ oral health through traditional as well as holistic methods."
––Barry Musikant, D.M.D.

"This book allows the patient to be an active participant along with healthcare professionals."
––Jay P. Goldsmith, D.M.D.

"There is a ray of hope at the end of the tunnel for all those who suffer from gum disease. We ultimately don’t have to lose our natural teeth. Sandra Senzon shows us the many ways in which the mouth is connected to the body, and how, with the use of natural herbal products and proper mechanic techniques, you can reverse gum disease naturally."
––Joseph P. Green, D.O.S.

Gum disease is the #1 oral health issue for Americans today–and simply brushing and flossing are not enough to avoid it. In this unique book, registered dental hygienist Sandra Senzon reveals how you can prevent and reverse gum disease through natural treatments. You’ll get a new and broader understanding of your mouth as Senzon explains the causes of gum disease, along with the roles that stress, diet, and certain conditions such as diabetes can play in the onset of the disease. She shows you how to work with holistic products, set up an at-home hygiene center, and find the right professional to guide you in the natural reversal of gum disease. There’s even a section for parents on how to help children practice good oral hygiene. Packed with expert tips and motivational strategies, Reversing Gum Disease Naturally will enable you to keep your gums and your teeth healthy and strong.

Holistic medicine, or quality of life as medicine, as we often call it, is basically a strategy for improving the patients quality of life, through mobilising of inner resources. This can never harm and will almost always benefit the patient's wellbeing and often also help him or her to fight back the disease. The cure is very much the same for all patients: Help to know yourself better and to step into character and be more yourself, and more in tune with the universe. So it can be started right away, also without a specific diagnosis. Is modern, holistic medicine powerful? Oh yes, very much so. Holistic medicine is a truly powerful medicine, in spite of nobody really understanding the deepest structures of consciousness, the connection between mind and body, and the way holistic medicine works. But just because our scientific understanding admittedly still is limited we should not stop doing what we know works. In this book the authors cover the basic principles of healing and ethics of traditional Hippocratic medicine from a new and modern scientific approach.

Holistic medicine, or quality of life as medicine, as we often call it, is basically a strategy for improving the patients quality of life, through mobilising of inner resources. This can never harm and will almost always benefit the patient's wellbeing and often also help him or her to fight back the disease. The cure is very much the same for all patients: Help to know yourself better and to step into character and be more yourself, and more in tune with the universe. So it can be started right away, also without a specific diagnosis. Is modern, holistic medicine powerful? Oh yes, very much so. Holistic medicine is a truly powerful medicine, in spite of nobody really understanding the deepest structures of consciousness, the connection between mind and body, and the way holistic medicine works. But just because our scientific understanding admittedly still is limited we should not stop doing what we know works. In this book the authors cover sexology in traditional Hippocratic medicine from a new and modern scientific approach.

Can treating your spirit cure disease? Can treating your spirit bring you peace? Map of the Spirit presents a universal framework of human spiritual development - the process by which we construct and then live out our spiritual beliefs. All of us, regardless of our particular spiritual beliefs, pass through the same four stages during our spiritual development-the Pre-awareness, Awareness, Commitment, and Union Stages. Blockages in this process give rise to Spiritual Stress, the spiritual roots of disease. Treating your Spiritual Stress can heal diseases of the body and mind and also bring you peace. Using many patient examples and a simple, questionnaire-based approach, Map of the Spirit lets you determine, quickly and easily: How much spirituality is affecting your health, Where you are in the course of your spiritual development, and How to treat your spirit and decrease your Spiritual Stress.

Holistic medicine, or quality of life as medicine, as we often call it, is basically a strategy for improving the patients quality of life, through mobilising of inner resources. This can never harm and will almost always benefit the patient's wellbeing and often also help him or her to fight back the disease. The cure is very much the same for all patients: Help to know yourself better and to step into character and be more yourself, and more in tune with the universe. So it can be started right away, also without a specific diagnosis. Is modern, holistic medicine powerful? Oh yes, very much so. Holistic medicine is a truly powerful medicine, in spite of nobody really understanding the deepest structures of consciousness, the connection between mind and body, and the way holistic medicine works. But just because our scientific understanding admittedly still is limited we should not stop doing what we know works. In this book the authors cover research, philosophy, economy and politics of traditional Hippocratic medicine from a new and modern scientific approach.

There is a large increase in interest in acupuncture by health care consumers. The three main reasons for this are medical effectiveness, cost effectiveness and the credibility that clinical trials and physiological research have provided. Acupuncture is rapidly moving out of the arena of "alternative" medicine, in large part again because it is grounded more firmly than other alternative treatments in research. The book provides the reader with the up-to-date information on the clinical bases of acupuncture.

EDGAR CAYCE CURES - ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES AND HOLISTIC REMEDIES
Edgar Cayce Cures an easy to understand way to care for yourself with Edgar Cayce "Father of Holistic Medicine" recommended remedies and therapies.
Edgar Cayce Cures contains 12 of the most recommended natural home remedies and holistic therapies from the Edgar Cayce readings. Each alternative medicine and holistic therapy is displayed in an easy to follow format including a picture with a description on how to use these Edgar Cayce all natural cures based on the Edgar Cayce readings from Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment).
Some of these alternative therapies used and portrayed in Edgar Cayce Cures were such as; the radiac; the uv ray appliance; and wet cell battery. Then such holistic remedies explained are castor oil; atomidine, ipsab are among the most mentioned.
Edgar Cayce in his time gave over 14,000 psychic readings and of those, around 9000 of these readings were health related using alternative medicines, natural cures, alternative energy medicine and holistic therapies. Edgar Cayce was perhaps the most famous and most carefully documented psychic of our time. For more than 40 years at least twice a day he would lie down on a couch and go into a sleep light state and respond to questions. These sessions called readings were carefully transcribed by his secretary and preserved by the Edgar Cayce Foundation in Virginia Beach.
The Edgar Cayce Clinic (formally A.R.E. Clinic) in Phoenix, AZ. used these natural cures, holistic therapies and all natural holistic remedies for over 40 years to treat patients based on the Edgar Cayce readings. Doctors William A Mc Garey and Gladys Mc Garey started the ARE Clinic in Phoenix Arizona. The many healings accomplished at the clinic for patients who found little relief from conventional medicine is attributed not only to doctors William and Gladys Mc Garey and their staff at the continuing value of the unconventional remedies found in the Edgar Cayce readings and his philosophy of healing the body mind and spirit.

This as with all of Rev. Debbie Michaels books are channeled from the Angelic Realms. Angelic-Reiki Energy Healing Level 1 Although Angelic-Reiki Energy Healing is a taught Art, the Angelic-Reiki Healing Energy cannot be taught. It is a Gift. In Level 1, the practitioner is instilled with Angelic-Reiki knowledge and this is the beginning of their Angelic-Reiki Transformation. The Level1 student will receive an Angelic Chakra Alignment as part of their First Attunement The Student will go through a Purification and Sanctification of the Soul; and of the Mind and Body with the Soul. They will also learn the Angelic-Reiki method of balancing the Standard Chakra, clearing the Aura, and Releasing Soul-Cords and Event-Cords. In completion of this Angelic-Reiki Energy Healing Course the student will be transformed into a newly Ordained Angelic-Reiki Master and becomes of service to all of Humankind. Heal Yourself, Heal Others, and Heal the World