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Natural ways to activate the body's own healing process. You can
find welcome relief from headaches, heavy migraines and hangovers
without the need for drugs. You can learn to listen to your body,
by recognizing early warning signals and acting upon them. You can
discover gentle, natural headache treatments from massage, yoga and
meditation to reiki, aromatherapy and homeopathy. It includes
dealing with the underlying causes of headache, emphasizing the
importance of a nutritionally balanced diet rich in vitamins and
minerals, and avoiding known triggers such as chocolate and
alcohol. It outlines some of the factors that trigger headaches
such as stress, worry and anxiety as well as food allergies and
depression. Many people get headaches and, for some, it can be a
debilitating problem. This book examines the types of headaches we
suffer from, and their possible causes - for instance bad posture,
eye strain or low blood sugar. Choosing to treat ourselves without
recourse to pharmaceutical drugs is preferable for many people. In
this book you will discover gentle, drug-free treatments that are
simple to carry out: for example, going for a swim, stroking a pet,
or meeting friends and even laughing may be all that you need; and
for regular sufferers, making small changes to your lifestyle, such
as adding yoga to your daily routine, drinking a specific herbal
infusion, or altering your diet, can produce dramatic results. In
this book, you will find a natural remedy to suit you.
This is a handbook of 50 quick-fix tips to relieve symptoms such as
congestion, coughs, sore throats, headaches and stuffiness. It
describes how to make your own therapeutic drinks, gargles, syrups,
lotions, balms, tinctures and tonics; all based on natural
ingredients. It discusses the many vitamins, minerals, herbs and
spices that help to build resistance and fight infection in the
body. It offers ideas for healthy eating and tips on which foods
are best avoided. You can choose from the recommended medicinal
spices and learn about the best immunity-boosting foods. Every year
many of us get at least one or two colds, and every winter, flu and
similar viruses affect large numbers of the population. It is all
too tempting to reach for over-the-counter drugs in order to ease
symptoms such as headaches, stuffiness and sore throats. Give your
body a break by trying some of the safe and natural tips provided
here. This useful book is a handy, dip-into guide to treating the
symptoms of a cold. Some of the remedies are simple and fun to try;
they range from a restorative and revitalizing mustard foot bath,
and a lavender and eucalyptus rub to ease congestion and aid sleep,
to amethyst healing to realign your aura, and meditation and
visualization to tap into the power of the mind to bring healing
and wellbeing to the body.
Many symbols carry an elemental power that transcends boundaries
and holds significance for other cultures. This new and updated
edition is a comprehensive and beautiful book that discusses and
illustrates thousands of these symbols and assesses their position
in language, art, literature, mythology, magic, religion and
psychology. In the second half of the book, how we dream and how we
interpret dreams is analysed as a way of accessing our subconscious
fears, desires and preoccupations. The erudite text provides a
wealth of cultural background to primal metaphors that are part of
mankind's universal language. The book is both a journey of
discovery into the importance of symbolism and dreaming and a vast
visual resource of signs and symbols.
This book shows you how to improve energy levels and achieve
optimum health and vitality by harnessing the healing powers of
nature. You can choose the most suitable therapies using simple
diagnostic techniques, such as dowsing, Kirlian photography, Vega
testing and applied kinesiology. You can explore energy-based
therapies, including acupuncture, light therapy, chakra balancing
and water therapy, as well as magnetotherapy, sound therapy and
radionics. It provides helpful guidelines on preventing and
relieving minor illnesses, as well as reducing stress and anxiety.
Healing with energy is as old as humankind. The techniques that tap
into invisible energy forces include working with light and sound,
harnessing the energies of plants and minerals, and understanding
the cosmic energies of the sun and moon. This book explains how to
diagnose and treat energy imbalances using both ancient and modern
methods, from acupuncture and feng shui to Vega testing and
radionics. It also describes how energy therapies can help with
common health problems, including chronic fatigue syndrome, stress,
headaches and migraines, arthritis, allergies, skin problems and
emotional stress, as well as for pain relief.
This is a handbook of 50 tips to help banish the morning-after
blues. You can try rehydrating and energizing fruit, vegetable and
herbal drinks to refresh your weary body. It offers cleansing herbs
and superfoods to revitalize an over-stressed system. You can
stimulate your senses with an aromatic citrus spritzer, rosemary
wake-up call, relaxing lavender bath or soothing camomile compress.
It includes gentle body-balancing therapies, from reflexology,
reiki and homeopathy to crystal, flower healing and massage. It
shows you how to pamper yourself with a mind-cleansing meditation
or a hair-of-the dog prairie oyster. One drink too many, and you
can end up suffering from horrible hangover symptoms. You may
experience a pounding headache, vomiting, fatigue and general aches
and pains. Rather than instantly reaching for the painkillers,
pamper your aching body with a gentle, mind-cleansing meditation,
an aromatherapy headache easer, or a 'prairie oyster'.
Alternatively, try the mysterious powers of crystals or reiki
healing, or flush away harmful toxins in a relaxing flotation tank.
This book is packed with safe and simple suggestions to alleviate
all manner of hangover ailments. With treatments from
stomach-settling herbs and detoxifying exercise to a high-protein
breakfast, you are bound to find a source of relief to suit your
lifestyle!
How to use the fragrance of flowers, herbs and essential oils for
heath and wellbeing? This is an inspiring guide to the therapeutic
powers of fragrance, demonstrating the remarkable ability of scent
to respond to our mental, physical and spiritual needs. It reveals
how to use scent to balance mood: try a stimulating or refreshing
perfume when you are feeling low or tired, use calming fragrances
to ease away your cares; and enjoy a rich and luxurious bouquet
when you need a little pampering. Subtle and soothing, revitalizing
or intoxicating - discover the effects of different aromas and how
to use them to enrich your everyday life. Most of us are aware that
scents can actually change the way we feel, but there is also a
growing appreciation of the truly remarkable ability of fragrances
to respond to our specific mental, physical and spiritual needs.
This stylish and contemporary book provides a wonderful
introduction to using scents in daily life.Organized according to
mood and action, it allows you to choose the fragrance that suits
your mood: use the invigorating, stimulating or refreshing scent
suggestions when you are feeling low or tired; try out calming
fragrances to ease away your cares; and go for rich and luxurious
aromas when you need a little pampering. There is plenty of
practical advice on using scents to enhance wellbeing, nourish the
body and bring fragrance to the home. Elegant yet informative, this
handbook is an ideal way to discover more about the natural healing
powers of fragrance.
What they mean and how we use them. It offers a fascinating visual
examination of how signs and symbols developed as a means of
communication throughout history in art, religion, psychology,
literature and everyday life. It shows how signs weave a continuous
fabric of communication throughout our cultures, and how modern
systems still depend on ancient symbols. It contains a visual
directory of more than 1000 icons, graphic motifs, ideograms and
symbols, together with 170 stunning photographs and fine art
paintings. Throughout history hundreds of icons and symbols have
been developed, interpreted and reproduced; from cave paintings to
computer iconography and advertising. This book brings together
these variant themes and shows the iconographical and symbolic
strands that connect them all, whether it is the universal circle,
the hammer and sickle, or the cross that goes far beyond being a
symbol of Christianity. The book includes a directory of over 1,000
signs and symbols, from alchemical symbols to the Adinkra signs of
Ghana, demonstrating the extraordinary breadth of subject matter
and concepts that can be expressed with such simplicity.
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