From a mild headache to crippling arthritis, pain is part of many people's everyday experience. But there is a natural alternative to pharmaceutical medicine. This book is your indispensable guide to relieving pain the natural way, using a wide variety of methods including breathing and relaxation techniques, diet, yoga, massage, herbal poultices, balms, compresses, teas and rubs. Did you know pineapple has anti-inflammatory properties? And peppermint can relieve a headache? Or that you can alleviate joint pain by massaging specific points on the wrist? Featuring key insights into understanding pain and why we feel it, plus scientifically proven techniques that can help make it go away, this essential handbook is your painkilling arsenal for combating a whole range of common ailments.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, good health and a sense of balance are dependent on an individual's relationship with her environment. This guide invites readers to enter the world of Chinese thought and extract resources for health and well-being. Precise, practical, and fun, the book clearly presents the often-misunderstood concepts of yin and yang, as well as the five elements that are so key to Chinese medicine and psychology. It then invites readers to take a simple, 40-question quiz and to study their hand to determine which element best represents them. Natural remedies and therapies--acupuncture, massage, phytotherapy, breathing and visualization exercises, and others--that can help readers achieve proper harmony with their particular element are also described. This is an exhaustive resource for anyone looking to achieve wellness of spirit and mind using the timeless wisdom of Chinese medicine.