Complementary Medicine books

If your blood type is B, then you may enjoy your best health on a varied diet, including plenty of protein and a bit of dairy too. This title provides you with a checklist that helps you make the right food choices wherever you go. It includes listings of what's right for Type B in all of the main food, drink and supplement categories.

This is the first practical Reiki book from the traditional Japanese perspective.

Born to Walk presents the therapist with a powerful tool to assess and analyse movement. It breaks down walking into the 'essential events' that are required at each joint, then analyses how this series of events is integrated through the transfer of force along the Anatomy Train lines to create efficient human locomotion.

Covers the principles and issues of safety relating to herbal medicine, and examines the safety data for over 70 commonly used or contentious herbs. This book covers issues of quality, interactions, adverse reactions, toxicity, allergy, contact sensitivity, and idiosyncratic reactions.

This workbook complements Anatomy & Physiology for Therapists and Healthcare Professionals but can also be used in conjunction with any other book intended for level 2 or 3.

Suitable for Reiki novices, students and teachers alike, this is a comprehensive book on the system of Reiki. It includes information from sources such as living students of the Reiki masters, Mikao Usui, Chujiro Hayashi and Hawayo Takata. It offers an introduction for beginners and a chronological history of Reiki.

Responding to the recent revival of interest in herbal medicine, Elisabeth Brooke explores the origins and history of the practice of herbalism and discusses its use in a modern context. This new book will be perfect for anyone interested in the use of herbal medicine, in particular those who have read Brooke's best-selling earlier works including Herbal Therapy for Women...

Banish back pain and strengthen your back and neck with this clear and practical illustrated guide to a healthy back. ...

An authoritative study of anatomy, physiology and pathology also aims to connect the science of the body to a variety of alternative modalities to explore how humans exist within--and interact with--their environment, and how they experience existence in emotional and spiritual terms. Original.

A revolutionary behavioral/whole-body approach to back pain and fitness, from the coauthor of the perennially bestselling Younger Next Year series and back expert Dr. Jeremy James. The Younger Next Year Back Book method, which identifies behaviors that trigger pain and teaches new movements to heal the pain, is proven to reduce pain dramatically so that back pain sufferers can get on with their lives.

This unique cookbook for food and health professionals looks beyond intervening in symptoms of health problems and addresses the ways in which diet can be used to help correct underlying imbalances in the body. It also comes with downloadable PDFs of printable recipes that can be used by practitioners to provide extra support for clients.

As the body's energy suppliers, mitochondria have a serious impact on our health. This practical, evidence-based guide explains the potential consequences of mitochondrial dysfunction, and how personalized nutrition can optimise mitochondrial health and help, prevent or address chronic disease.

This exceptionally well-illustrated guide to the location and properties of acupoints has been fully revised and updated, and now includes all the major points.

The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies is a comprehensive encyclopedia of self-healing.

A comprehensive and practical handbook to medical acupuncture for treating musculoskeletal (MSK) problems. Perfect for use in clinic, it includes fully-illustrated instruction on MSK medical acupuncture and electro-acupuncture points and techniques, guidance on safety and treatment planning and overviews of the theory behind the practice.

* * Provides details on the full variety of diagnostic and therapeutic osteopathic procedures that can be applied to horses.

Secrets of Bach Flower Remedies is an accessible guide that will teach you how to utilise safe and simple remedies and enable your emotions to flow freely and positively.

Suitable for osteopathic students and practitioners, this title presents an approach that is based upon cranial osteopathic principles and provides the application of indirect, functional osteopathic manipulative methods for treating infants and children.