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A practical guide to using the sacred herbs of Samhain for healing,
divination, purification, protection, magic, and as tools for
contacting the Spirits The ancient Celts separated the year into
two halves, the light half and the dark half, summer and winter.
The festival of Samhain, from which the modern holiday of Halloween
originates, marks the transition from summer to winter, the end of
the Celtic year, a time when the barriers between the physical and
spiritual world are at their most transparent. The herbs most
characteristic of this time have specific magical and healing
properties that echo the darker aspect of the year and offer potent
opportunities for divination, contact with ancestors and Land
Spirits, and journeys in the Otherworld. Presenting a practical
guide to the sacred herbs and trees of Samhain, Ellen Evert Hopman
details the identification, harvest, and use of more than 70 plants
and trees in healing, divination, purification, magic, and as tools
for contacting the Spirits wandering the landscape at this liminal
time of year. She explores the most effective plants for protection
from the mischief of the "Good Neighbors," the Sidhe or Fairies, as
well as herbs for releasing the Dead when they are trapped on this
plane. Detailing the history, rites, and traditions of Samhain,
Hopman explains how to make an offering to the Land Spirits and
provides instructions for the traditional Samhain ritual of the
Dumb Supper, complete with recipes for the sacred foods of Samhain,
such as Soul Cakes, Colcannon, Boxty bread, and dandelion wine.
This seventeenth volume of the Evidence-based Clinical Chinese
Medicine series aims to provide a multi-faceted 'whole evidence'
analysis of the management of Colorectal Cancer in integrative
Chinese medicine.Beginning with overviews of how colorectal cancer
is conceptualised and managed in both conventional medicine and
contemporary Chinese medicine, the authors then provide detailed
analyses of how colorectal cancer and related disorders were
treated with herbal medicine and acupuncture in past eras.In the
subsequent chapters, the authors comprehensively review the current
state of the clinical trial evidence for Chinese herbal medicines
(Chapter 5), acupuncture (Chapter 7), other Chinese medicine
therapies (Chapter 8) and combination Chinese medicine therapies
(Chapter 9) in the management of colorectal cancer, as well as
analyse and evaluate the results of these studies from an
evidence-based medicine perspective. Chapter 6 provides a review
and a summary of the experimental evidence for the bioactivity of
commonly used Chinese herbs. The outcomes of these analyses are
summarised and discussed in Chapter 10 which identifies
implications for the clinical practice of Chinese medicine and for
future research.This book can inform clinicians and students in the
fields of integrative medicine and Chinese medicine regarding
contemporary practice and the current evidence-base for a range of
Chinese medicine therapies used in the management of colorectal
cancer, including herbal formulas and acupuncture treatments, in
order to assist clinicians in making evidence-based decisions in
patient care.The following features mark the importance of this
book in the field:
The fifteenth volume of the Evidence-based Clinical Chinese
Medicine series examines the management of chronic heart failure
with Chinese medicine using a 'whole evidence' approach. Readers
are provided with an overview of the current management of chronic
heart failure with both conventional medicine and contemporary
Chinese medicine. This is followed by a detailed analysis of how
chronic heart failure was viewed and managed in past eras.Evidence
from clinical studies is systematically reviewed and analysed to
evaluate the potential benefits of Chinese herbal medicines and
other Chinese medicine treatments for people with chronic heart
failure. A review of experimental studies highlights some of the
mechanisms of actions of a selection of the most frequently used
Chinese herbs. The outcomes of analyses are presented and discussed
in the final chapter and we identify implications for contemporary
practice and promising areas for future research.This book provides
clinicians and students in the fields of Chinese and integrative
medicine with a comprehensive synthesis of traditional and
contemporary knowledge that can inform clinical decision-making.
The thirteen volume in the Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine
series is a must read for Chinese medicine practitioners interested
in neurology or rehabilitation. Using a 'whole evidence' approach,
this book aims to provide an analysis of the management of
post-stroke spasticity with Chinese and integrative medicine.This
book describes the understanding and management of post-stroke
spasticity with conventional medicine and Chinese medicine. Chinese
medicine treatments used in past eras are analysed through data
mining of classical Chinese medicine books. Several treatments are
identified that are still used in contemporary clinical
practice.Attention is then turned to evaluating the current state
of evidence from clinical studies using an evidence-based medicine
approach. Scientific techniques are employed to evaluate the
results from studies of Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture and
other Chinese medicine therapies. The findings from these reviews
are discussed in terms of the implications for clinical practice
and research.Chinese medicine practitioners and students can use
this book as a desktop reference to support clinical decision
making. Having ready access to the current state of evidence for
herbal formulas and acupuncture treatments allows practitioners to
be confident in providing evidence-based health care.This book
provides:With this information provided in an easy to use
reference, practitioners can focus on giving high quality care
supported by the best available evidence.
In this book, close to one hundred men and women from all over
southwest Alaska share knowledge of their homeland and the plants
that grow there. They speak eloquently about time spent gathering
and storing plants and plant material during snow-free months,
including gathering greens during spring, picking berries each
summer, harvesting tubers from the caches of tundra voles, and
gathering a variety of medicinal plants. The book is intended as a
guide to the identification and use of edible and medicinal plants
in southwest Alaska, but also as an enduring record of what Yup'ik
men and women know and value about plants and the roles plants
continue to play in Yup'ik lives.
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