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This book on complementary alternative medicine (CAM) for the Elderly provides a critical and objective evaluation of alternative medical therapy for the elderly. The focus on practical aspects such as adverse effects and general risks of various therapeutic methods makes it a valuable reference book for the general practitioner, for geriatricians and professionals within the area of alternative medicine, but also for interested laypeople. In the three sections, Epidemiology, Types of CAM, and Common Medical Problems and CAM, a broad range of issues are covered. They range from drug compliance in elderly people to CAM in the treatment of specific conditions such as pulmonary diseases, arthritis or cancer. The above features and in particular the unbiased approach to discuss the pros and cons of CAM make this publication a must-have for everybody searching for detailed information on alternative medicine for the elderly.
A clinical handbook for practitioners of Traditional Chinese
Medicine (TCM) that provides quick and easy reference to the
selection of herbs for treatment and their action alone and in
combination. This is a handbook from two eminent teachers from the
Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine who have between
them accumulated over 60 years of clinical practice and teaching.
They emphasise how to combine herbs and differentiate between
single herbs and formulae depending on the treatment strategy
adopted. It contains case histories illustrating how to adapt
formulae in practice.A practical, easy-to-use guide for the busy
practitioner or student A glossary explains unfamiliar terms
Information in tables - for quick identification of herbs and
combination of herbs Illustrated with line diagrams showing where
the herbs act on the body The authors teach at China's leading
college of TCM
Several chronic health problems facing modern populations can be
easily treated through the use of natural substances. Many of the
ailments that people suffer from are related to lifestyles and
diet. The immune system, for example, is the focus of tremendous
scientific interest because of its relation to diseases such as
cancer, leukemia, chronic fatigue syndrome, AIDS, and severe
allergies. Yet the immune system can be weakened by
pharmaceuticals. In contrast, the immune system is strengthened by
herbs such as echinacea, astragalus, and reishi.In America, early
settlers brought their folklore from Europe, adding it to the
abundant knowledge of the Native American Indians, who had for
centuries told tales of how the Great Spirit gave them certain
medicinal plants to cure their people. With interest in herbal
cures taken from medicinal plants growing, herbalists are once
again gaining a respected place among healers."Do All Bugs Need
Drugs?" presents a step-by-step guide that explains how to treat
common ailments at home using natural and herbal treatments. It
also offers insightful, common sense health information, useful for
anyone with chronic ailments who is searching for a natural way to
manage their symptoms and pain.
The surface of the eye is the most exposed aqueous medium in the
human body. It is also the most sensitive nerve center. The tears
depend upon the coordination of aqueous, lipid and protein
components to maintain the comfort and efficiency of health of the
cornea as the first optical medium of our dominant sense, Vision.
This system is exquisitely sensitive to the chemistry of our
environment, both internal and external. By supporting all systems
of the body to restore balance and harmony in the biological
terrain, we give the front of the eye the best opportunity to
achieve its design function of accelerated self-healing. The
specific remedies required to achieve this will be different for
each individual, and in fact different for the same individual from
month to month in the unraveling of the unique individual healing
process. Ongoing sources of environmental, dietary, visual and
other stress factors will surface as identifiable contributors, and
be dealt with in real time as this dynamic healing process unfolds.
This book is intended to help as a resource in that process. If
this book can facilitate timely identification of a few causative
or therapeutic factors for you or your most challenging patient,
then it has fulfilled its primary purpose.
"Hematology in Traditional Chinese Medicine Cardiology" instructs
readers on the blood, complement and immune system from the western
and Chinese medicine perspectives. The book focuses on the
cardiovascular issues concerning blood and the immune system,
provides laboratory values concerning blood and the cardiovascular
system, and covers cardiovascular diseases from the Chinese
medicine and western medicine perspectives. It compares the eight
principles in traditional Chinese medicine with basic science
perspectives in western medicine, analyzes laboratory blood testing
for heart diseases, and discusses the use of blood results for
diagnosing and monitoring.
Balances basic theories in Chinese medicine with basic medical
sciences on blood, immune system and cardiovascular
diseasesProvides laboratory tests and values necessary for the
monitoring of blood quality, and other tests for monitoring
cardiovascular diseases in integrative Chinese medicinePrepares the
practitioner to sit for the Niambi Wellness Integrative anatomy and
patho-physiology in cardiology final online exam
This book provides a richly documented account of the historical,
cultural, philosophical and practical dimensions of feng shui. It
argues that where feng shui is entrenched educational systems have
a responsibility to examine its claims, and that this examination
provides opportunities for students to better learn about the key
features of the nature of science, the demarcation of science and
non-science, the characteristics of pseudoscience, and the
engagement of science with culture and worldviews. The arguments
presented for feng shui being a pseudoscience can be marshalled
when considering a whole range of comparable beliefs and the
educational benefit of their appraisal. Feng shui is a
deeply-entrenched, three-millennia-old system of Asian beliefs and
practices about nature, architecture, health, and divination that
has garnered a growing presence outside of Asia. It is part of a
comprehensive and ancient worldview built around belief in chi (qi)
the putative universal energy or life-force that animates all
existence, the cosmos, the solar system, the earth, and human
bodies. Harmonious living requires building in accord with local
chi streams; good health requires replenishment and manipulation of
internal chi flow; and a beneficent afterlife is enhanced when
buried in conformity with chi directions. Traditional Chinese
Medicine is based on the proper manipulation of internal chi by
acupuncture, tai-chi and qigong exercise, and herbal dietary
supplements. Matthews has produced another tour de force that will
repay close study by students, scientists, and all those concerned
to understand science, culture, and the science/culture nexus.
Harvey Siegel, Philosophy, University of Miami, USA With great
erudition and even greater fluidity of style, Matthews introduces
us to this now-world-wide belief system. Michael Ruse, Philosophy,
Florida State University, USA The book is one of the best research
works published on Feng Shui. Wang Youjun, Philosophy, Shanghai
Normal University, China The history is fascinating. The analysis
makes an important contribution to science literature. James
Alcock, Psychology, York University, Canada This book provides an
in-depth study of Feng Shui in different periods, considering its
philosophical, historical and educational dimensions; especially
from a perspective of the 'demarcation problem' between science and
pseudoscience. Yao Dazhi, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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This fundamental work is offered to the profession as a basic
Repertory and is a compilation of all the useful symptoms recorded
in the fundamental work of our Materia Medica as well as from the
notes of pioneers of homeopathy. In this book the clinical symptoms
which were consistent with the nature of the remedy have been
incorporated ad unverified symptoms have been omitted. Apart from
this some of the added features of this book are: (I) Articles like
"Use of the Repertory", "How to Study the Repertory" as well as Dr
M L Tylers "Repertorising"; (ii) "Dr. Gibson Miller's Hot and Cold
Remedies to help differentiate the remedies for selection of the
final simillimum; An article by Miller on 'Relationship of Remedies
and their Duration of Action'; Bogers -- "The sides of the Body and
Drug Affinities" from the Boenninghausens' Therapeutic Pocket Book.
Doubtless to say that these are those are valuable articles which
serve the physicians as guide-teachers in achieving the desired
goals. Medium size of this repertory has been brought on special
demand of our readers to make it handy and easy to carry.
The idea of editing this book was born in the winter of 1988/1989.
Christian Endler was organizing the workshop 'Wasser und
Information' (water and information) in Austria [1], and Jurgen
Schulte was working on a publication of his results on atomic
cluster stabilities and long-range electromagnetic interaction in
atomic clusters. It was Franz Moser from the Technical University
of Graz who brought these two together. After a talk that Moser had
given in Bremen, Schulte explained to hirn his ideas about clusters
and long range interaction, and his concern about reliable theories
and experiments in research on ultra high dilutions (UHD) and
homoeopathy. He was suggested to be a speaker at the Austrian
workshop. Reviewing the contributions of this workshop and the
current literature on UHD and homoeopathy, especially the PhD
thesis by Giesela King [2] and the excellent survey by Marco
Righetti [3], we decided to work on a book in order to critically
encou rage more scientists to work and publish in this field with a
high scientific standard. What we had in mind was a useful
contribution to the goal to lift research on UHD and homoeo pathy
to an internationally acceptable scientific standard, to encourage
international scien tists to work in this area and to establish UHD
and homoeopathy in academic science. Delayed by our individual
academic careers in our specific fields, and delayed by lack of
funds it took us about four years to finish this book.
Every day, everywhere in the world, people deal with sickness (both
physical and mental), and must choose ways to address the illnesses
from which they suffer. Some will go to doctors, take medicine,
have surgery. Others will do nothing. Still others try a
combination of prayer and medical attention. And some communities
rely on religious, spiritual, and ritual healing methods that
employ various techniques to heal their loved ones. Here, a
renowned anthropologist takes the reader on a tour of the myriad
spiritual healing traditions from around the world. Lessons from
communities in rural Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Europe, Israel,
Russia, Africa, and the U.S. will provide a road map for readers as
they navigate through the many traditions, rituals, and sacred
mysteries of healing. Eleven degrees south of the equator in
Africa, members of a small, mud-hut village gathered around a
little African shrine--just a forked pole--to heal a member of
their community. Holy things were being done. Music played. The old
medicine men sang, and everyone joined in. The crowd was intent on
"singing-out" a harmful spirit from the body of a sick woman. Would
the ritual work? Would the woman be healed? The stories and
anecdotes found here will enlighten readers about alternative,
non-medical approaches to healing a variety of illnesses through
spirit and ritual. The stories, told from first-hand accounts in
many cases, are fascinating and will move readers to a greater
understanding of the role of religion and the spirit in the life of
the body. Anyone facing an illness of any sort, or caring for a
loved one, will find strength in these pages, and possibly new
approaches that engage the mind, the spirit, and the body in the
fight against sickness.
"Diagnosing in Cardiovascular Chinese Medicine" instructs
readers on the finer details of cardiovascular patient examination
techniques used in western medicine, together with TCM examination
techniques. It explains the six basic signs and symptoms connected
to cardiac diseases, along with their clinical significance, and
shows the methods and techniques used in physical examination to
detect the signs.
This book is intended for US-based licensed TCM practitioners as
well as cardiology researchers.
Guides the diagnosing of cardiovascular disease through western
medicine and TCM differential diagnosingProvides examination and
inquiry techniques using western and TCM methodsPrepares the
practitioner to sit for the Niambi Wellness Integrative anatomy and
pathophysiology in cardiology final online exam
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- Selected Papers from the 7th and 8th GIRI Meeting, held in Montpellier, France, November 20-21, 1993, and Jerusalem, Israel, December 10-11, 1994
(Hardcover, 1997 ed.)
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Scientists challenging dominant paradigms are either ignored or
attacked by the scientific mainstream. This book, however, contains
a selection of scientific papers presented at the two last GIRI
meetings (International Research Group on Very Low Dose and High
Dilution Effects). The majority of these papers present results
performed with succussed high dilutions (homeopathic dilutions),
even beyond the Avogrado number. All presented models are
classified, and their interpretation is possible either in the
mechanistic paradigm or in an information paradigm. This new field
of research introduces new scientific concepts which are supported
by experimental results. Furthermore, this nascent science is
totally concerned with living organisms and, as such, it becomes
necessary to define information' brought by non-molecular high
dilutions. This book presents brain-storming work of this research
group and is one of the starting points of a scientific evolution.
Derived from ancient Chinese philosophy, Traditional Chinese
Medicine is considered to be difficult to understand. This book
provides an overview of Traditional Chinese Medicine by
illustrating the topics of visceral manifestation, etiology and
pathology in a clear manner to readers. Clinical treatments are
included to serve as references for practice. This book is
well-suited for both researchers and practitioners.
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