Biofeedback zeigt, wie der menschliche Koerper auf Stress, Angst oder Freude durch die Veranderung der Herzschlagrate, Atmung, Muskelspannung, Fingertemperatur oder des Hautleitwertes reagiert. Praxisnah und anhand von Fallbeispielen veranschaulicht eine erfahrene Biofeedback-Spezialistin dessen Anwendung im Sport oder bei Zivilisationskrankheiten, wie z.B. essentiellen Bluthochdruck, Muskelverspannung, Panik oder Migrane. Sie erlautert die therapeutischen Moeglichkeiten bei hoher Stressbelastung und zur Erhaltung der Leistungsfahigkeit sowie frauenspezifische Themen, wie z.B. Menopause, Geburtsvorbereitung und Beckenbodentraining. Therapeuten, Trainer, AErzte und Interessierte profitieren von ihrem umfangreichen Erfahrungsschatz.

"[This volume] will surely prove of lasting value to anthropologists, medical sociologists, and students of folklife no less than to members of other disciplines with a special interest . . . in herbs and the how and why of their utilization."--David Allen, "Medical History"

"This book merits praise as one of the best investigations of an herbalist and his context in the literature of folk medicine and as a powerful synthesis of important historical, social, and psychological factors in general folk medicine."--"Newsletter of the North Carolina Folk Society "

"An important contribution to the sociology of medical thinking."--Vivian Nutton, T"imes Literary Supplement
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""Trying to Give Ease" places Bass's practice in a cultural and historical context, with extensive essays on the polemics of herbal medicine in modern society and its influences."--"Foster's Botanical and Herb Reviews
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Besonders im Fruhling haben Entschlackungskuren Hochsaison und entsprechen dem Bedurfnis der Menschen mobil, fit und gesund zu sein. Niemand scheint jedoch genau zu wissen, was eigentlich "Schlacken" sind. Eine einfache Erklarung sind nicht verstoffwechselte Produkte, die im Korper, vor allem im Interstitium oder der "Grundsubstanz" liegen bleiben und die weitere Funktionstuchtigkeit des Korpers beeintrachtigen sollen. Diese "Schlacken" aber existieren nicht als stofflich vorfindliche Substanzen, wendet die naturwissenschaftliche Medizin ein. Macht es also Sinn, von Schlacken zu sprechen? Und was genau verstehen die einzelnen naturheilkundlichen Schulen darunter?

Ebenso ist das Thema der Balance aus Sauren und Basen im menschlichen Korper hochst umstritten. Und obwohl es pathophysiologisch keine Hinweise auf eine "Ubersaurung" gibt, werden Produkte und Therapie, die den Korper mit "Basen" versorgen, sehr breit nachgefragt.

Pro und Contra werden von namhaften Experten aufgezeigt und wertfrei diskutiert."

Dieses Buch beweist, dass es mAglich ist, westliche Medizin mit traditionellen chinesischen Konzepten zu verbinden: Einerseits wird das chinesische System von Meridianen und funktionellen Organen und die 120 wichtigsten Akupunkturpunkte gut verstAndlich beschrieben und ergAnzt durch eine EinfA1/4hrung in Philosophie und Tradition der chinesischen Medizin. Andererseits wird die neurophysiologische Wirkung der Akupunktur auch aus moderner wissenschaftlicher Perspektive erklArt.

Den Hauptteil des Buches macht die Therapie von Krankheiten aus, basierend auf westlichen Diagnosen. FA1/4r besonders hAufig behandelte Krankheiten werden die jeweils wichtigsten Akupunkturpunkte erlAutert a" also wirklich das Buch eines Praktiker fA1/4r die Praxis.

FA1/4r die 7. Auflage aktualisiert: Der Stellenwert der Akupunktur in der derzeitigen gesundheitspolitischen Situation, neu definierte QualitAtsstandards fA1/4r Ausbildung und Praxis, Ergebnisse der Modellstudien und weiterer aktueller klinischer Studien zur Wirksamkeit der Therapie.

In a treeless land far north of the Arctic Circle, the I\u00f1upiat live immensely practical lives, yet they have a profound belief in the spirit world. For them, everything-whether living being or inanimate object-has a spirit. This outlook reflects their sense of the connectedness of all life. The Hands Feel It is the account of one person's experience among the I\u00f1upiat. Anthropologist Edith Turner records occurrences of healing, spirit manifestation, and premonition in her narrative of a year in the life of an Eskimo community. Her diary captures for the reader sea ice, tundra, gravel beaches, and a determined and cheerful population. Sights, sounds, and even smells that Turner encounters provide context for a study in tune with the spiritual. Accounts that ethnographers have often termed "myth" and "legend" Turner sees from a different point of view-not as mere stories but as real events the I\u00f1upiat sincerely report to her. The value of Turner's work originates in her own connection to spirituality and in the growing receptiveness of the I\u00f1upiat to her.

Biofeedback zeigt, wie der Korper auf verschiedene Situationen des taglichen Lebens, wie etwa Stress, Angst oder Freude durch Veranderung der Herzrate, Atmung, Muskelspannung, Fingertemperatur, Hautleitwert reagiert. Es fordert die Selbstwahrnehmung und fordert ein tiefes Verstandnis fur die eigenen Reaktionsweisen und Handlungsmuster. Kinder haben einen sehr guten Zugang zu dieser Methode und lernen schnell. Erstmalig werden in diesem Buch die Einsatzmoglichkeiten aus der taglichen Praxis von multimodalem Biofeedback und Neurofeedback fur die Bedurfnisse der Kinder besprochen, wie z.B. Stressmanagement im Kindergarten, in der Schule, in der Behandlung von Traumatisierungen, in der Psychosomatik, bei ADHD und ADD. Das Therapiekonzept ASTI(r) - fur multimodales Biofeedback wird vorgestellt und Schritt fur Schritt erklart. Zahlreiche Ubungsgeschichten runden das Werk gelungen ab. Ein Praxisbuch fur Therapeuten, Trainer, Arzte, Lehrer und Eltern."

This edited collection is the first complete guide for rehabilitation professionals seeking to engage a whole-person, biopsychosocial, and mind-body medicine integrated approach to care. Drawing on the foundations of integrative medicine, Integrative Rehabilitation Practice (IRP) goes beyond the treatment of symptoms to explore multiple levels, roots, and possible contributing factors to individual's health experience. IRP acknowledges the complex inseparability of biological, behavioral, psychosocial, spiritual, and environmental influences. The book covers both the theoretical foundations of IRP and applications to practice in the fields of physical therapy, occupational therapy, yoga therapy, speech and language therapy, and many other professions. Featuring contributions from Matthew J. Taylor, Marlysa Sullivan, Andra DeVoght and other professionals, case studies, storytelling, and reflective exercises, this cross-disciplinary clinical training guide is essential reading for all rehabilitation professionals, as well as others interested in advancing whole-person care.

Die "Ernahrung nach den funf Elementen" fusst auf dem jahrtausendealten Erfahrungsschatz der traditionelle chinesischen Medizin (TCM) und wird auch zunehmend als Erganzung zu modernen Krebstherapien angewendet. Dieses Buch liefert erstmalig einen guten und umfassenden UEberblick. Jedes Nahrungsmittel wird nach TCM klassifiziert und kann nach Beschwerdebild und chinesischer Diagnostik individuell eingesetzt werden. Alle, die auch wahrend einer Krebserkrankung mit einfachen Mitteln aktiv die eigene Gesundheit und das Wohlbefinden ihrer Familie optimieren wollen, finden in diesem Buch hilfreiche Ratschlage. Die zahlreich illustrierten und leicht nachvollziehbaren Rezepte erleichtern das Nachkochen auch wenn man keinen exotischen Gaumen hat und "ganz normal" kochen will. Durch eine konsequente Ernahrung nach TCM koennen viele Begleitmedikamente weggelassen werden, sowie die Lebensqualitat und der Heilungserfolg verbessert werden.

This book offers healing modalities for the body, mind and spirit in an age in which our personal resources are so over-spent that we need reliable ways to replenish them. The authors show that "Rosavin," or Rhodiola Rosea, is almost a candidate for the "Panacea" (heal-all) of the ancient Greeks, or the Golden Pill of Immortality of the Chinese sages. How can a heretofore little-known plant-substance do all these things? You will have to read the book to find out how adaptogens really fills in the gaps in our physical and energetic functioning. In our challenging world and time, we need all the help we can get to cope with the stresses that come our way every day. This book shows us that if you neglect to try Rosavin, you may be missing a really important ally!
Employing sources as far-ranging as Greek mythology, ethnobotany, and the hidden monographs of Russian cold-war scientists, as well as responsible modern medical research, Dr.s Brown and Gerbarg have written a tour-de-force of a book on the healing plant Rhodiola Rosea. The reader is not only carried along effortlessly and elegantly through Brown and Gerbarg's accessible prose, but led to the inescapable conviction that this adaptogenic herb definitely enhances quality of life! In fact, after reading it, you probably won't want to wait to try Rhodiola-for everything from chronic fatigue to depression, to enhanced immune response, to generic revitalization in a sometimes tiresome world, to optimal performance (as demonstrated by the studies on astronauts and elite athletes.)
--Stephen Larsen, Ph.D. is Psychology Professor Emeritus (SUNY), and director of Stone Mountain Center for Psychotherapy, Biofeedback and Neurofeedbackin the Hudson Valley of New York. He is the author of seven books currently in print, including, with his wife Robin, A Fire in the Mind," the Life of Joseph Campbell, and The Fashioning of Angels: Partnership as Spiritual Practice.

Written for acupuncturists and Chinese medicine practitioners, this book describes the medical conditions that can prevent, complicate or result from diving and other water sports, and provides effective clinical treatments. The most common problems experienced by divers - ear, nose and throat (ENT) disorders - can be effectively treated with acupuncture. Through in-depth knowledge of Western diving medicine, diving techniques and Chinese medicine, the author prescribes acupuncture diagnostics and treatment for these ENT disorders. Complete with anatomical diagrams and acupuncture point charts, this is a practical resource for acupuncture clinicians who deal with the issues associated with diving. Advice for patients is given at the end of each chapter, and is available as a handout in downloadable form.

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 treating difficult cases. In the tradition of the scholar-physician commentaries, Z'ev Rosenberg comments on the Simple Questions that introduce the core principles of the Inner Canon; explaining how these inform his methodology of diagnosis and advising on how biomedical diseases can be retranslated into sophisticated Chinese medical diagnoses including patterns of differentiation, sequential diagnosis, synchronicity, season, climate and environment. He discusses how Chinese medicine can use unique diagnostic parameters to rebalance the landscape and chronobiology of the body and address the greatest clinical challenges of our time, including the contemporary epidemic of autoimmune disorders.

Is there healing beyond the walls of a modern hospital? Healing Places looks at how different environments affect our physical, mental, spiritual, social, and emotional healing. It sets out four dimensions found in healing environments natural, built, symbolic, and social and applies these ideas to three places that achieved a lasting reputation for healing: Epidauros in Greece, Bath in England, and Lourdes in France. Gesler's engaging and innovative approach draws from a variety of fields, from geography and environmental psychology to medicine, sociology, and anthropology. Comparing these healing places to today's hospital, Gesler shows that place and healing are inextricably linked and advocates that health care should go well beyond biomedical solutions.

What social change has been achieved over the past 30 years? What have been the main barriers to progress? What great achievements can we identify and celebrate today? Marking Jessica Kingsley Publishers' 30th year of publishing books on social and behavioural issues, this book gathers together over 30 leading thinkers from diverse disciplines - from autism specialists and social workers through to trans rights activists and complementary therapists. Contributors provide a thoughtful account of how their field of expertise has changed over the past 30 years, and how they see it evolving in the future. Offering a unique insight into many professions, 30 Years of Social Change highlights much of the positive social change achieved in the past 30 years across these fields and the challenges we face in the future.