Smart Medicine For Healthier Living

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Written by a medical doctor, a naturopath, and a registered pharmacist, Smart Medicine for Healthier Living is a complete A-to-Z guide to the most common disorders and their treatments, using both alternative care and conventional medicine. Comprehensive and easy-to-follow, Smart Medicine for Healthier Living is divided into three parts. Part one explains the full spectrum of approaches used to effectively treat common health problems. It provides an overview of the history, fundamentals, and uses of conventional medicine, herbal medicine, homeopathy, acupressure, aromatherapy, diet, and nutritional supplements. It also includes a helpful section on home and personal safety. Part two contains a comprehensive A-to-Z listing of various health problems. Each entry clearly explains the problem and offers specific advice using a variety of approaches. Part three provides step-by-step guidance on using the many therapies and procedures suggested for each health problem. Smart Medicine for Healthier Living is a reliable source that you and your family can turn to time and time again, whenever the need arises.

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Genre : Health & Fitness
Author : Janet Zand
Publisher : Penguin
Release : 1999-05-01
File : 672 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0895298678


Hot Stone Massage A Three Dimensional Approach Enhanced Edition

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Hot Stone Massage: A Three Dimensional Approach, by Leslie Bruder, is a user-friendly, easy-to-follow manual designed to teach professional massage therapists how to give a safe, effective, and artful hot stone massage. The book covers every aspect of administering a hot stone massage including the many types of stones along with their geological origin, equipment and accessories needed, room set up, benefits and precautions, diseases and conditions to avoid, physiological effects of heat and cold, effective stone temperatures, diagrams for stone placement, creative massage techniques, and a novel system for optimal stone management and flow. The book's centerpiece is a unique three-dimensional approach to hot stone massage, which involves working on both sides of the body at once, removing stones from beneath clients without their involvement, and transitioning seamlessly from one body part to another. There are also detailed instructions on the principles and strokes involved in giving an encompassing three-dimensional hot stone massage. The chapters of this book are organized progressively, beginning with the basics of a hot stone massage and then moving onto more advanced techniques. Each chapter includes an outline of its contents, a bulleted list of objectives, an introduction, and a list of key terms with definitions. Special tip and caution boxes appear throughout each chapter offering reminders and easy access to important information. At the end of each chapter there is a summary and a list of review questions to make sure you have effectively digested the material. Charts on stone sizes, chakras, temperatures, and equipment grace the pages along with 200 full-color photographs that support all techniques and descriptions. The appendices further include sources for acquiring stone sets, locating instructors of this modality, and finding books for supplementary reading. Lastly, the reader is offered a step-by-step nine-page guide to giving a full body hot stone massage.

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Genre : Health & Fitness
Author : Leslie Bruder
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Release : 2022-12-02
File : 250 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781284223026


Smart Medicine For A Healthier Child

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Revised, updated, and expanded to reflect the latest thinking and information on children's health issues, Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child enables parents to combine the best of conventional and alternative approaches. Part One explains the full spectrum of techniques that can be employed to effectively treat childhood health problems, providing an overview of the history, fundamentals, and uses of conventional medicine, herbal medicine, homeopathy, acupressure, diet, and nutritional supplementation. Part Two contains a comprehensive A-to-Z guide to the various health problems of childhood, from acne to chickenpox to thumb-sucking. Finally, Part Three offers guidance on using the therapies and procedures suggested in Part Two, from locating acupressure points to preparing herbal remedies. Written by a naturopathic physician, a medical doctor, and a pediatric nurse, this unique book gives parents easy access to current information and advice regarding their children's health and acts as a bridge between time-honored healing systems and mainstream medicine. Illustrated with line art.

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Genre : Health & Fitness
Author : Janet Zand
Publisher : Penguin
Release : 2003-01-06
File : 582 Pages
ISBN-13 : 1583331395


Smart Medicine Family Health Journal

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The perfect companion to Smart Medicine for a Healthier Childand Smart Medicine for Healthier Living, the most complete and accessible guides to integrated health care. Here is a book that makes it possible to keep track of your family's health, all in one place. Included are sections for recording children's growth and development, developmental milestones, and immunizations, as well as de-tailed dietary and health history information, with designated space to attach original copies of important records. Drawing on the Smart Medicine philosophy of integrating conventional medical treatments with a variety of alternative approaches, the author provides room to write down all observations about health, the types of treatments you use, and the responses to them. There are also helpful health notes and checklists throughout. This book makes it easier than ever to put smart medicine into action.

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Genre : Family & Relationships
Author : Janet Zand
Publisher : Avery
Release : 2004-08-19
File : 226 Pages
ISBN-13 : 1583331867


Bibliotheca Medica Canadiana

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Genre : Medical libraries
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Release : 2000
File : 386 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015079408236


Smart Medicine

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Genre : Family & Relationships
Author : Bruce Hensel
Publisher : Putnam Adult
Release : 1989
File : 312 Pages
ISBN-13 : PSU:000015933881


Smart Medicine For Healthier Living

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Author : Janet Zand
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Release : 1999
File : Pages
ISBN-13 : 1322973636


New Age

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Genre : Lifestyles
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Release : 1999
File : 140 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105113578400


The Publishers Weekly

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Genre : American literature
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Release : 2004
File : 974 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCD:31175028987173


A Mother S Guide To Raising Healthy Children Naturally

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Based on up-to-date, practical advice from top experts in the field of natural medicine, this book provides the necessary building blocks to raise a child who will thrive in body, mind, and spirit. The author shares her own experiences and covers everything from the benefits of breast feeding to views about immunizations.

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Genre : Family & Relationships
Author : Sue Frederick
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Release : 1999
File : 244 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0879839260