Absolute Beginner's Guide to Alternative Medicine
Purification Panchakarma, or purification therapy, involves five procedures, any or all of which can be chosen based on the pers ...
Table 4.3 Your Dosha Checklist Vata Dosha Pitta Dosha Kapha Dosha ❏ light, thin build ❏ medium build ❏ solid, powerful build ❏ t ...
Determining dosha type allows you to begin to understand how your health is affected by internal and external influences as you ...
People with Vata doshas are drawn to sensory experiences involving movement, speed, and action, and you may enjoy loud music and ...
You would prefer a vacation lying on a beach doing nothing but soaking up the sun. You will find, however, that sightseeing and ...
In This Chapter ■The history and philosophy of Native American Healing ■Theories of illness and health in Native American Healin ...
What Is Native American Healing? Most tribal people have one or more types of healthcare specialists that frequently overlap. So ...
that You give me the strength to walk worthily this day so that when I lie down at night I will not be ashamed.” Thanks are give ...
The Medicine Wheel is both an important conceptual scheme and a major ceremo- nial observance. The Sacred Hoop makes up the circ ...
Harmony with All Things: The Native American View of Health and Illness Health is viewed as a balance or harmony of mind and bod ...
How Does Native American Medicine Work? Native American healers place a premium on identifying the true source of the problem, s ...
Smudging Smudging is a cleansing and purifying process using smoke from burning herbs, usually sweet grass, sage, or cedar. Peop ...
Sing A sing is a healing ceremony that lasts from two to nine days and nights. A highly skilled specialist called a singer guide ...
Healing Touch/Acupressure Native Americans have always considered touch to be therapeutic. The Creator touches patients and tran ...
Peyote The hallucinogenic herb, peyote, has been used by the Native Americans of North America for a long time. Native people do ...
Positive affirmations are another way to counteract negative thinking. Make a list of positive things in your life, including th ...
80 ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TOALTERNATIVE MEDICINE The Absolute Minimum ■ Native American medicine creates healing experiences ...
Botanical Healing PART III Herbal Medicine........................ .83 Naturopathy...................... 99 Homeopathy.......... ...
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In This Chapter ■The history of herbal medicine ■The biological foundation of herbal medicine ■Herbal diagnoses and therapies ■L ...
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