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A step-by-step guide to Ayurvedic dietary resets to gently cleanse
your digestive system and reboot your body and mind * Presents
easy-to-follow instructions for a full 6- or 8-week Ayurvedic rest
diet, as well as a simplified 1-week plan, detailing what to eat
and drink day by day * Includes recipes, mindful eating tips, and
meal prepping techniques * Explains the healing science of
Ayurveda, the rejuvenating benefits of fasting and mono-diets, and
how to maximize nutrient absorption with food combining Food
sensitivities, chronic inflammation, obesity, and chronic disease
are on the rise. Could our modern diets and mindless eating habits
be to blame? How do you reboot your system--body, mind, and
spirit--and start the path to radiant health? In this
easy-to-follow guide to Ayurvedic dietary resets, Vatsala Sperling,
Ph.D., details how to rest and gently cleanse your digestive
system, lose extra pounds, and reboot your body and mind with the
Ayurvedic techniques of fasting, mono-diets, and food combining.
She begins by sharing a simplified introduction to the healing
science of Ayurveda from India and explains the spiritual, mindful
relationship to food at its heart. Offering step-by-step
instructions for a full 6- or 8-week Ayurvedic reset diet, as well
as a simplified 1-week program, she details, day by day, what to
eat and drink and provides recipes and meal prepping tips and
techniques. The author explains how to prepare for fasting and the
benefits of giving your digestive system a break from food, even if
only for one day. She prepares you for mono-dieting--when you eat
one type of food such as fruits or vegetables for a set period--and
reveals the rejuvenating effects that come from isolating your
daily diet to one food type. The author then explores the Ayurvedic
techniques of food combining in detail, explaining exactly what to
eat when to maximize nutrient absorption. Based on the ancient
wisdom of Ayurveda, this guide provides everything you need to know
to heal your digestive system, prevent chronic ailments, find your
healthy weight, and rebuild your sacred relationship with food.
This ground-breaking text guides readers in interpreting and
evaluating lab results through the lens of Chinese medicine.
Sharing decades of expert knowledge and experience, Randine Lewis
bridges the gap and translates Western medicine into Chinese
medicine and biomedical results, consolidating both in a grounded
and clear approach that allows practitioners to remain true to core
Oriental principles around the basis of disease and healing. Each
section highlights pertinent Chinese medical physiology and how
pathophysiologic states develop, allowing readers to hone their
treatment plans. It encourages practitioners to ease away from the
fear-based mindset found in some western medicinal approaches and
to focus on the treatment and understanding of subtle imbalances
before they are evident in the blood. Focus will be on the most
common medical conditions that bring patients to clinic and
evaluating how popular pharmaceuticals impact Chinese medicine
patterns.
A major work integrating the herbal traditions of the East with
those of the West by the bestselling author of "The Way of Herbs."
This practical handbook and reference guide is a landmark
publication in this field. For unprecedented usefulness in
practical applications, the author provides a comprehensive listing
of the more than 400 medicinal herbs available in the west,
classified according to their chemical constituents, properties and
actions, indicated uses and suggested dosages.
Enabling yoga teachers to use and integrate Ayurveda principles and
practices in their teaching, Tarik Dervish offers practitioners the
skills needed to adapt their classes, and deliver workshops and
courses that will meet the needs of students throughout the
changing seasons and stages of life. The book includes chapters on
teaching asana, pranayama and yoga nidra with an ayurvedic
approach, how to adapt to the seasons, integrate marma points and
courses and lesson planning. Part of Singing Dragon's Yoga Teaching
Guides series, Ayurveda in Yoga Teaching is essential for those
wanting to deepen their understanding of yoga's sister science -
including its authentic historical context - and incorporate
Ayurvedic principles in yoga teaching and sequencing.
Classical acupuncture according to the philosophy of the heavenly
stems and earthly branches uses the fundamental, cyclical rhythms
of nature and life as a foundation for health and development. This
book is one of the first of its kind in the western world to offer
a practical and scholarly approach to applying this philosophy to
clinical practice. This handbook guides the practitioner into a
journey of better understanding of the self and provides the
theoretical background to be able to confidently diagnose and treat
patients. It offers invaluable insight into the use of Chinese
philosophy, psychology and pulse diagnosis.
Combines the best that Eastern and Western medicine can offer in
the understanding, treatment, and prevention of digestive
conditions, diabetes, and obesity. All the while, boosting your
immune system! True Wellness for Your Gut combines the best that
Eastern and Western medicine have to offer in the understanding,
treatment, and prevention of gastrointestinal disease, diabetes,
and obesity. By blending modern research with ancient practices,
this book will help readers stay positive and keep motivated along
their journey toward better health and overall well-being. The
authors have helped thousands of people through the use of surgery,
pharmaceuticals, acupuncture, herbs, qigong, tai chi, meditation,
and life-style counseling. They explain how Western medicine has
substantiated a long-held understanding of the gut held by Eastern
medicine - that digestive health significantly impacts and is
impacted by sleep, emotions, movement, food, and social support.
The authors discuss how sleep, exercise, nutritious food, stress
management, acupuncture, and qigong favorably impact the
gastrointestinal system. These modalities restore balance in the
nerves, hormones, and neurotransmitters that improve digestion and
metabolism. A special section is devoted to discussing the human
gut microbiome, the bacteria we harbor in our intestines, and how
the microbiome is essential to our health. Drs. Kuhn and Kurosu
strongly recommend a collaborative approach, encouraging readers to
engage with their Western healthcare providers so that serious
conditions can be addressed safely. The authors share ideas about
how the reader can create a multidisciplinary care team, involving
practitioners of both Eastern and Western healing systems. The
science behind meditation, acupuncture, and qigong are explained.
Understand how the microbiome is essential to good health. Readers
are offered recommendations of proven Eastern and Western
therapeutic interventions that will calm the mind, decrease stress,
improve sleep and nutrition, strengthen digestion, and normalize
metabolism. True Wellness for Your Gut includes a step-by-step
guide and qigong exercises designed to promote overall
gastrointestinal health. The authors recognize that digestive
disease is complex and requires a multifaceted approach for
successful treatment. By blending the ancient wisdom of Eastern
Medicine with cutting-edge Western discoveries, True Wellness for
Your Gut will help readers stay positive and achieve optimal
health, whether through prevention or treatment of digestives
conditions, diabetes, and obesity.
Medicinal Spices and Vegetables from Africa: Therapeutic Potential
against Metabolic, Inflammatory, Infectious and Systemic Diseases
provides a detailed look at medicinal spices and vegetables that
have proven safe-and-effective for consumption and the treatment of
diseases, including infectious diseases, cardiovascular disease,
and cancer. It provides pharmacological evidence, such as the
latest information related to efficacy and safety data, in vitro
and in vivo studies, clinical trials, and more, to illustrate the
use of these spices and vegetables as both palliative and
alternative treatments with the goal of furthering research in this
area to produce safer and more effective drugs.
This is a full-color laminated poster. It shows two important
anatomical maps in acupuncture: the first illustration localises
the Ju or Shu points, the points of the bladder meridians on the
back that have a direct connection to important organs and
functions and the second gives the Mu points, also called the alarm
points on the chest and abdomen.
Chronological historical citations document 500 years of usage of
plants, trees, and shrubs native to eastern Canada and northeastern
United States. Also complete identifying information, 343
illustrations. " . . . you can't go wrong." -- "Botanic & Herb
Reviews."
This A-to-Z guide illuminates the numerous health benefits of 50
common, easy-to-grow houseplants along with detailed care
instructions and beautiful illustrations of each plant. With
plant-scaped rooms popping up all over Pinterest, style blogs, and
home decor magazines, houseplants are the hottest home accessory
right now-and for good reason. Plants are a quick and easy way to
add life, color, and texture to any indoor space. But houseplants
offer so much more than just visual interest to a room. They can
purify the air, reduce stress, improve sleep-and much more!
Houseplants for a Healthy Home explains the specific health and
wellness benefits of 50 common, easy-to-grow, and popular
houseplants, while introducing you to new favorites bound to
brighten your life. You will find an A-to-Z guide of a variety of
the plants that includes a beautiful illustration of each plant,
along with the plant's health benefits and clear, detailed care
instructions. Let Houseplants for a Healthy Home lead you to a life
in full bloom.
A beautiful and accessible seasonal guide to herbalism from the
historic botanic garden. Discover the best times of the year for
growing specific healing herbs and also when and how to forage for
wild medicine, such as water mint, St John's Wort, hawthorn berries
and rosehips. Recipes are included for how to use these herbs,
along with folklore stories from herb wives and hedge witches, the
meanings behind their names and the history of how these natural
medicines were discovered. There are plenty of tips for how to
create your own medicinal herb garden, even with just a few pots,
along with a biodynamic guide for sowing, planting and harvesting.
Including detailed hand-drawn line illustrations to help deepen
your understanding, The Herb Almanac is the perfect gift for any
nature lover. CONTENTS INCLUDES: Introduction Including using herbs
as seasonally appropriate remedies and tonics, an overview of herbs
in folklore, wild medicine, magic, superstition, ritual, tradition
and literature and herbs in religion and floriography (the language
of flowers) Gathering and Using Herbs Including safe, legal and
successful foraging, a brief introduction to growing your own herbs
and preparing, drying and preserving herbs Witches' Brews:
Poisonous Plants Including an overview of herbs with interesting
stories that cannot be easily used, e.g. wormwood, hemlock and
mandrake Herb Encyclopedia Including detailed information on over
50 different herbs
This is full-color laminated poster. The first side of this chart
shows the 'alarm points': acupuncture points on the torso that can
be used in order to calm or stimulate the twelve organs and
associated functions, as distinguished in Chinese medicine. The
different pressure and massage techniques are also presented. The
illustration on the back of the chart, shows 25 acupuncture points,
the 'emergency points', along the meridians on the whole front of
the body. Their exact location as well as the ailments for which
they can be used are clearly explained. You will also find the
point combinations allowing to quickly relieve a number of acute
problems (asthma attack, insomnia, sore throat, diarrhoea, painful
periods, toothache, cramps).
A Peek into Vedic Wellness, as the name suggests, is a peek: a
short but succinct initiation into the ancient dietary theory of
Vedic wellness and spiritual healing, both for interested readers
as well as those who are curious about holistic wellness in
general. The book will introduce you to fundamental concepts for
mind-body-soul alignment in a question-and-answer format that
allows for easy comprehension of this 5,000-year-old medical
science from India. A perfect primer for the author's other title,
Vedic Transformation. This book contains specific information on
dietary balance, stress reduction, improving digestion, and many
other health benefits. This life-changing little book is a
distinct, preliminary view into Ayurveda, spiritual healing, and
Vedic guidance for mind-body-soul alignment that will whet every
reader's appetite for knowledge!
The 12-movement qigong form presented is taken from over 50 forms
developed by Professor Zhang Guangde, one of the world's leading
qigong teachers, and can be practised in both seated and standing
positions. The movements are graceful and easy to learn, and are
based on the tenets of Chinese Medicine, working with the Zang Fu
organs, the meridians, yin-yang, the Five Elements, and qi and
blood. The book provides step-by-step, fully-illustrated
instruction for both standing and seated practice, learning tips
and health benefits for each movement, and also a brief account on
the origins and characteristics of the exercises. An accompanying
DVD features a video demonstrating the form and additional
information on its history and origins, and a CD provides options
for verbal instructions to lead the practitioner through the
exercises, or music to accompany them. Through integrating
breathing exercises into Yangsheng, the 12 steps are effective for
promoting good health, preserving life and cultivating the spirit,
and they are suitable for all ages. The book will be invaluable for
people who wish to learn a simple yet powerful form, and for
teachers looking for effective forms to teach groups, especially
children, people with disabilities and older people.
I Send a Voice is the gripping, first person account of what
happens inside a Native American Sweat Lodge. Evelyn Eaton writes
of her resolve to become worthy of participating in a Sweat Lodge
healing ritual. She undergoes tests and ordeals inside and outside
of the Lodge following the spiritual path to learn the shamanic
secrets, and eventually daring to ask for a healing Pipe of her
own. This classic book remains one of the definitive accounts of
the training and work of a Pipe-carrier and provides a unique
insight into Native American culture and their sacred and esoteric
rites. It will be essential reading for everyone with an interest
in Native American culture, shamanic rituals or holistic healing.
From the bestselling author of 'The Queen's Conjuror', comes the
story of Nicholas Culpeper - legendary rebel, radical, Puritan, and
author of the great 'Herbal'. This is a powerful history of
medicine's first freedom fighter set in London during Britain's age
of revolution. In the mid-17th century, England was visited by the
four horsemen of the apocalypse: a civil war which saw levels of
slaughter not matched until the Somme, famine in a succession of
failed harvests that reduced peasants to 'anatomies', epidemics to
rival the Black Death in their enormity, and infant mortality rates
that left childless even women who had borne eight or nine
children. In the midst of these terrible times came Nicholas
Culpeper's 'Herbal' - one of the most popular and enduring books
ever published. Culpeper was a virtual outcast from birth.
Rebelling against a tyrannical grandfather and the prospect of a
life in the church, he abandoned his university education after a
doomed attempt at elopement. Disinherited, he went to London, where
he was to find his vocation in instigating revolution. London's
medical regime was then in the grip of the College of Physicians, a
powerful body personified in the 'immortal' William Harvey,
anatomist, royal physician and discoverer of the circulation of the
blood. Working in the underground world of religious sects, secret
printing presses and unlicensed apothecary shops, Culpeper
challenged this stronghold at the time it was reaching the very
pinnacle of its power - and in the process helped spark the
revolution that toppled a monarchy. In a spellbinding narrative of
impulse, romance and heroism, Benjamin Woolley vividly recreates
these momentous struggles and the roots of today's hopes and fears
about the power of medical science, professional institutions and
government. 'The Herbalist' tells the story of a medical rebel who
took on the authorities and paid the price.
Emotional trauma can upset the harmony of the body and reduce the
body's ability to heal and regulate itself. Once the traumas are
identified and treated, the body will function at an optimum level
and will respond to treatments for other conditions present. This
book integrates the multi-diagnostic and treatment methods existing
in Chinese medicine, and contains diagnostics such as facial,
pulse, tongue, and channel palpation diagnosis. Treatments include
acupuncture, Chinese herbal formulas, qigong, shamanic drumming,
and lifestyle and nutritional recommendations. Many types of
emotional traumas and their manifestations are presented, including
fear, anxiety, panic attacks, PTSD, depression, mood swings,
insomnia and sensory organ impairment. How to prevent future
emotional trauma will be discussed, and case studies are included
to show the application of theory in practice.
Of the approximately 300,000 plants that have evolved on Earth, at
least one tenth of them have been used in traditional herbal
medicine or as local remedies. More recently, the application of
science has proven the effectiveness of many of these plants, and
enabled us to develop important medicines, often in the form of
single isolated plant compounds. This fascinating and beautifully
presented book explores these compounds and the plants that produce
them, and how they have transformed the lives of countless people.
The book is organised by body system and type of condition, which
are illustrated with examples of compounds used to treat them and
the plants that they are found in. Many of these plants have a long
history of use that has been investigated, so their mechanism of
action can be explained, as well as their role within the plants
themselves.
Culinary herbs and spices have been recognised globally for their
dietary and medicinal uses for centuries. A growing body of
research is acknowledging their health-promoting properties as well
as their therapeutic potential with reference to a number of
chronic non-communicable diseases including cancer and type 2
diabetes. The aim of this book is to bring together current
knowledge of thirty of the most commonly used culinary herbs and
spices globally in an accessible dictionary format. For each
culinary herb or spice the following is covered: origin and history
of use, including their use in food preservation and for medicinal
purposes; nutritional composition; chemistry; sensory properties;
adulteration; current and emerging research concerning their
bioactive properties and their health promoting and therapeutic
potential; safety; and adverse effects. The book is a central
source of information for those who have a general interest in
these foods, are studying plant and food science and nutrition, and
who practice or have an interest in the culinary arts.
An updated and expanded edition of the definitive guide to
adaptogenic herbs * Includes a Materia Medica with monographs
covering 25 adaptogens, including eleuthero, ginseng, rhodiola,
schisandra, ashwagandha, licorice, shatavari, reishi, and holy
basil, as well as complementary nervines, restorative tonics, and
nootropics * Explains how adaptogens increase the body's resistance
to adverse influences, increase energy and stamina, and counter the
effects of age and stress on the body * Details the actions,
properties, preparation, and dosage for each herb and their uses in
Ayurveda and Chinese medicine and as remedies for animals Every day
our bodies strive to adapt and stay balanced, energized, and
healthy, yet chronic stress and the resulting elevation of stress
hormones such as cortisol have been shown to be major factors
behind not only fatigue and weight gain but also many chronic and
degenerative diseases. In this updated edition of the definitive
guide to adaptogenic herbs, clinical herbalist David Winston and
researcher Steven Maimes provide a comprehensive look at
adaptogens: non-toxic herbs such as ginseng, eleuthero, and
ashwagandha that help the body "adapt" to the many influences it
encounters and manage the stresses it experiences. They also
increase stamina and energy, boost cognitive function, restore the
immune system, and counter the effects of aging, especially when
used in appropriate combinations. Beginning with a history of the
use of adaptogens, including in Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, and
Russian medicine, the book examines how these herbal remedies work
and why they are so effective at combating stress-induced illness
and ailments. The extensive Materia Medica includes monographs on
25 adaptogens, including eleuthero, ginseng, rhodiola, schisandra,
ashwagandha, shatavari, reishi, and holy basil, as well as
complementary nervines, restorative tonics, and nootropic herbs,
such as milky oats, astragalus, St. John's wort, and ginkgo. Each
monograph presents the latest scientific research and details the
origin, traditional and clinical uses, actions, properties,
preparation, and dosage for each herb. The book also includes
guidance on adaptogenic remedies for our animal companions. Aimed
not only at herbalists but also those interested in natural health,
this guide to adaptogens will allow you to safely and effectively
use these herbal remedies to enhance your health and improve your
chances of living a longer, healthier, and well-balanced life.
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