Handbook of Unusual and Unorthodox Healing Methods
Handbook of Unusual and Unorthodox Healing Methods

Author: J. V. Cerney

Publisher: Parker Publishing

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780133827392

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This book is divided into sections. Each section is devoted to an area considered somewhat unorthodox in modern medicine today. The sections are as follows: Section I tells the story of those amazing "Z" zones that not only treat you, but can be used to diagnose your own problems. Section II is composed of healing agents called herbs, cell salts, raw juice and fasting. Section III has to do with physical therapy procedures you can use in your home, procedures such as somatherapy, the body cure, spinal concussion, percussion, vibration and aquatonics. Each of these sections, if you read them carefully with an open mind - and without prejudice - can give you a whole new concept about human care during illness. Unorthodox as these procedures may be in the light of "modern medicine," they will intrigue as well as astound you in their effectiveness when properly used.

Current Catalog
Current Catalog

Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 1378

ISBN-13:

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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft
Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft

Author: Raymond Buckland

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 0875420508

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"This complete self-study course in modern Wicca is a treasured classic - an essential and trusted guide that belongs in every witch's library."---Back cover

The Earthwise Herbal, Volume I
The Earthwise Herbal, Volume I

Author: Matthew Wood

Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Published: 2011-07-05

Total Pages: 593

ISBN-13: 1583944249

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The first part in a comprehensive two-volume guide on the use of medicinal plants in Western herbal medicine—from an author who has almost forty years of clinical experience The first in a two-volume set, The Earthwise Herbal profiles Old World plants (volume two will treat American plants). Organized alphabetically, the book encompasses all the major, and many of the secondary, herbs of traditional and modern Western herbalism. Author Matthew Wood describes characteristic symptoms and conditions in which each plant has proved useful in the clinic, often illustrated with appropriate case histories. He also takes a historical view based on his extensive study of ancient and traditional herbal literature. Written in an easy, engaging, non-technical style, The Earthwise Herbal offers insight into the “logic” of the plant: how it works; in what areas of the body it works; how it has been used in the past; what its pharmacological constituents indicate about its use; and how all these different factors hang together to produce a portrait of the plant as a whole entity. Ideal for beginners, serious students, or advanced practitioners, The Earthwise Herbal is also useful for homeopaths and flower essence practitioners as it bridges these fields in its treatment of herbal medicines.

The Earthwise Herbal, Volume II
The Earthwise Herbal, Volume II

Author: Matthew Wood

Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Published: 2009-04-28

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 155643779X

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In this companion volume to The Earthwise Herbal: A Complete Guide to Old World Medicinal Plants, Matthew Wood, an expert herbalist who has used medicinal herbs with tens of thousands of patients over a twenty-five-year career, provides detailed descriptions of New World (North American) herbs and their uses. Organized as a materia medica (names and descriptions of herbs/plants are listed alphabetically), the book explains the use of the whole plant (not just “active ingredients”) in the treatment of the whole person and describes symptoms and conditions that the plants have been successful in treating—from digestive ailments, headaches, and high blood pressure to asthma, skin rashes, and allergies, to name a few. Wood, who has systematically studied ancient and traditional herbal literature, takes a historical view and presents information in a thoughtful, engaging, nontechnical style. In addition, he provides remarkable case studies as well as insight into the “logic” of each plant—its current and past usage, pharmacological constituents, and other elements that together produce a comprehensive portrait of each herb.

Shadow Medicine
Shadow Medicine

Author: John S. Haller, Jr.

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2014-07-08

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0231537700

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Can Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) find common ground? A distinguished historian of medicine, John S. Haller Jr., explores the epistemological foundations of EBM and the challenges these conceptual tools present for both conventional and alternative therapies. As he explores a possible reconciliation between their conflicting approaches, Haller maintains a healthy, scientific skepticism yet finds promise in select complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies. Haller elucidates recent research on the placebo effect and shows how a new engagement between EBM and CAM might lead to a more productive medical practice that includes both the objectivity of evidence-based medicine and the subjective truth of the physician-patient relationship. Haller's book tours key topics in the standoff between EBM and CAM: how and why the double blinded, randomized clinical trial (RCT) came to be considered the gold standard in modern medicine; the challenge of postmodern medicine as it counters the positivism of evidence-based medicine; and the politics of modern CAM and the rise of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He conducts an in-depth case study of homeopathy, explaining why it has emerged as a poster-child for CAM, and assesses CAM's popularity despite its poor performance in clinical trials. Haller concludes with hope, showing how new experimental protocols might tease out the evidentiary basis for the placebo effect and establish a foundation for some reconciliation between EBM and CAM.