Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies

Exploring the charged topic of black health under slavery, Sharla Fett reveals how herbalism, conjuring, midwifery, and other African American healing practices became arts of resistance in the antebellum South.

In dem seit 1986 unter dem Titel Grundlagen der Akupunktur bestens eingeführten Taschenbuch - jetzt in seiner 5.

This book discusses prospective alternative approaches to fight bacterial infections to minimize the indiscriminate use of conventional antibiotics.

Now in its fourth edition 'Tyldesley and Grieve's Muscles, Nerves and Movement' has established itself as the leading textbook for the study of movement by occupational therapists.

Written by a physician and a chaplain, this book presents a simple, universal model of spirituality that is independent of religion, and shows how the clinician can apply the model to help in the management of chronic illness.

Based on over 40 years of research and hundreds of leading studies, The Vitamin Cure is a comprehensive guide to improving overall health with vitamin and essential element therapies.

Latin America has been a place of radical political inspiration providing an alternative to the neoliberal model.

This book examines Lacanian psychoanalysis and Christian mystical theology demonstrating the former's potential for reinvigorating spiritual direction.

Religion and Outer Space examines religion in and on the final frontier.

Modern Western Medicine (MWM) and Ayurveda/Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) can be considered two extreme paradigms to complex systems.

In the first comprehensive exploration of the history and practice of folk medicine in the Appalachian region, Anthony Cavender melds folklore, medical anthropology, and Appalachian history and draws extensively on oral histories and archival sources from the nineteenth century to the present.

From meditation to reciting mantras or praying, spirituality is more and more often being recognized for its beneficial effects on health.

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 collection of essays by leading scholars explores the present, dynamic state of metaphysical religion in America.

Communication Strategies for Engaging Climate Skeptics examines the intersection of climate skepticism and Christianity and proposes strategies for engaging climate skeptics in productive conversations.

Ob bereits fertiger Osteopath oder noch in der Weiterbildung – Das Becken aus osteopathischer Sicht beantwortet zuverlässig alle Fragen rund um das Becken und seiner Organe.

Near-death experiences can be profound and life changing.

With recent clinical advances, millions of people survive many years after a cancer diagnosis.

Are herbal drugs totally devoid of adverse effects when used alone, as herbal formulations, or in concurrent use with modern medicines?

Pain therapy, effective and cost-effective, easy to learnA highly effective, low-risk pain management therapy to include in your patient services, Injection Therapy in Pain Management provides a practical, step-by-step approach that will allow physicians, including those without extensive prior experience, to manage pain through the injection of local anesthetics.

The cause of cancer and its many manifestations is at present unknown.

Wild edible plants are native species that grow and reproduce naturally in their natural habitats without domestication.

Osteoporosis in men is an important clinical problem that has received little attention, both in the medical arena and from the general public.

The genus Phyllanthus has over 1,000 species distributed worldwide, many of which have been used indigenously for the treatment of a variety of ailments for generations.

Medicinal plants have been used in the prevention, diagnosis, and elimination of diseases based on the practical experience of thousands of years.

Health and healing foods have a long history in the Asian cultures.

Monographs in Contact Allergy, Volume 1: Non-Fragrance Allergens in Cosmetics (Part 1 and Part 2) is the first 2-part volume in an exciting series on contact allergy.

Like many Americans, Paul Wallace grew up as a church-going Christian.

A ';radical' approach to holistic healing that examines the root causes and cures for ailments such as Alzheimer's disease, breast cancer, and heart attacks *; Offers cutting-edge detoxification and draining therapies to address the tremendous chemical onslaught of modern life *; Explains the profound health problems caused by dental amalgams, vaccinations, antibiotics, cosmetics With the historic use of toxic mercury amalgam fillings, excessive courses of antibiotics, damaging childhood vaccines, and the many industrial pollutants and chemicals that have been spread into our air, water, and food over the past century, general holistic health guidelines are simply no longer adequate for most people.

Physical Instrumentation in Medicine and Biology provides a course of study and practical assignments encompassing the basic principles of medical and biological instrumentation and common features of design and construction.

Chinese internal medicine is a clinical subject which explains, using traditional Chinese theories, the etiology, pathology and therapeutic rules of the diseases or syndromes belonging to internal medicine.

For many centuries, fenugreek has been one of the most popular spices and vegetables serving as an integral part of culinary practices across many cultures.

This book covers the epidemiology, diagnosis, acute treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke, the most common cause of death and disability in Vietnam.

Zero Balancing - conscious touch and transformation offers a practical and multi-layered approach to personal transformation for practitioners of Zero Balancing.

This timely and original handbook paves the way to success in plant-based drug development, systematically addressing the issues facing a pharmaceutical scientist who wants to turn a plant compound into a safe and effective drug.

Plant-Based Functional Foods and Phytochemicals: From Traditional Knowledge to Present Innovation covers the importance of the therapeutic health benefits of phytochemicals derived from plants.

Learn about the science that revolutionized 20th century medicine from the founder himself!

Underexplored Medicinal Plants from Sub-Saharan Africa: Plants with Therapeutic Potential for Human Health examines a comprehensive selection of rarely explored plants that have been underestimated for their therapeutic value.

This book concerns the clinical chemistry of women , from conception to the grave.

Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements presents peer-reviewed, objective entries that rigorously examine the most significant scientific research on basic chemical, preclinical, and clinical data.

If evolutionary theory is correct, what does that say about creator God?

AN ESSENTIAL CONVERSATION FROM TODAY'S LEADING VOICES ON EFFECTING CHANGE IN HEALTH AND SOCIETY "e;The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has changed the conversation about health in the United States.

Malaria is an increasing worldwide threat, with more than three hundred million infections and one million deaths every year.

There are alarming reports of new and emerging microbial diseases.

In A Myofascial Approach to Thai Massage, the author takes a radically different approach to Thai Massage by redefining the sen lines in myofascial terms.