Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies

Non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) have become essential solutions for better living, preventing disease, and self-care, in addition to biomedical treatments, and for increasing longevity without loss of quality of life.

Before the concept of history began, humans undoubtedly acquired life benefits by discovering medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) that were food and medicine.

Current research lays emphasis on exploring natural products for use in nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals to overcome various side effects of synthetic drugs.

This book offers global perspectives from Mediterranean, Asian, Australian, and American cultures on sacred sites and their related stories in regional history.

Natural remedies play an important role in curing ailments that happen by chance or adoptively.

This book systematically introduces the Brain in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and its acupuncture treatments.

Of all forms of alternative medicine, chiropractic is the one that is most generally accepted.

This book presents an in-depth analysis of issues in trade law and EU pharmaceutical law concerning market access for traditional Chinese medicinal products.

This book presents practical approaches for integrating mindfulness principles into daily life.

Primary care physicians are often the first caretakers to whom patients present for chronic pain.

This brief explores the resurgence of the role of doulas in the child birthing process in Chinese clinical settings, as a lens to understand comparative pre- and post-natal care worldwide.

This third edition of this text is organized into seven sections that address the educational needs of dietitians around the world who seek current information about nutritional management of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Medicinal plants are globally valuable sources of herbal products.

This is the first comprehensive guide to the design of behavioral randomized clinical trials (RCT) for chronic diseases.

This book represents the first comprehensive compilation of information on all aspects of the medicinal plant Panax ginseng, ranging from its botany to applied aspects in medicine and molecular breeding.

This book offers a fresh look on a variety of issues concerning herbal medicine - the methods of growing and harvesting various medicinal plants; their phytochemical content; medicinal usage; regulatory issues; and mechanism of action against myriad of human and animal ailments.

Substitution and adulteration in traded herbal raw material are common practice in the herbal industry due to the extinction of required species, deforestation and incorrect taxonomical identification.

This is the first book on the genome of Salvia miltiorrhiza, summarizing the research advances in the molecular mapping, whole genome sequencing, chloroplast and mitochondria genomes, epigenetics, transcriptomics and functional genomics of this emerging model plant with great economic and medicinal value.

This book provides a richly documented account of the historical, cultural, philosophical and practical dimensions of feng shui.

Did you know that Vanilla was formerly served as aphrodisiac by Cassanova and Madam Pompadour, and Elizabeth I loved its flavor?

Written by many scientists and clinicians from China, USA, Canada and other countries, this monograph discusses translational research on acupuncture.

Alternative medicine (AM) is hugely popular; about 40% of the US general population have used at least one type of alternative treatment in the past year, and in Germany this figure is around 70%.

This book is an annotated translation of Xu Shuwei's (1080-1154) collection of 90 medical case records - Ninety Discussions of Cold Damage Disorders (shanghan jiushi lun ?

This book provides a systematic analysis of the ethical implications of traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM), focusing on pragmatic solutions.

Early anthropological evidence for plant use as medicine is 60,000 years old as reported from the Neanderthal grave in Iraq.

Oral health loss is one of the major problems existing all over the world and is one of the top causes of death when unmanaged.

Early anthropological evidence for plant use as medicine is 60,000 years old as reported from the Neanderthal grave in Iraq.

Homeopathy is over 200 years old and is still experiencing an uninterrupted influx of new practitioners and patients.

Change is only 50 minutes away!

Docteur Vous contient les premières véritables preuves scientifiques que les méthodes de guérison naturelles ou parallèles reviennent nettement moins cher que les médicaments industriels, qu'elles sont tout aussi efficaces et, surtout, sans effets indésirables.

La douleur peut s'immiscer dans notre vie de diverses façons et bouleverser notre quotidien.

Des confins de l'Inde ancienne jusqu'aux jardins et potagers du Québec, découvrez une sagesse qui se transmet depuis des milliers d'années, celle de puiser le meilleur de la nature pour soigner, apaiser, nourrir et régénérer le corps et l'esprit.

Nous cherchons souvent le remède miracle à nos maux, la pilule qui permettrait d'enrayer rapidement nos symptômes.

This third edition of this text is organized into seven sections that address the educational needs of dietitians around the world who seek current information about nutritional management of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Découvrez tout ce que la médecine chinoise peut vous apporter.

Ostéopathie : une médecine naturelle et efficace à l’écoute de votre corps.

L’ostéoporose est un ennemi invisible qu’aucun signe extérieur ne permet de repérer : c’est souvent à l’occasion d’une fracture qu’on s’aperçoit de la détérioration du capital osseux, et il est alors trop tard.

D'où vient l'efficacité des médecines douces ?

Ostéopathie : une médecine naturelle et efficace à l’écoute de votre corps.

Extrait : "Pénétré des bienfaits qui doivent résulter pour le genre humain de la découverte du magnétisme animal, je me suis décidé à venir vous en entretenir.

Extrait : "Tout l'Univers est une grande Magie, et le règne végétal en entier est animé d'une vertu magique ; aussi un titre tel que celui de ce petit livre comporterait-il, pris à la lettre,l'exposé complet de la Botanologie.

Instrument-Assisted Myofascial Therapy: Principles and Clinical Applications provides a complete overview of this effective therapy (IAMT) based on the authors' own clinical experience of using instruments to treat myofascial lesions.

The discovery of a previously unknown endocrine system in the 1990s was to change the face of human biology for ever.

Discover what's behind your hypothyroid symptoms and start feeling better!

Over the centuries, many cultures have relied on favorite remedies to treat colds or the flu.