The natural way; an A-to-Z guide to alternative healing.1579124569 The natural way; an A-to-Z guide to alternative healing. Jager, Mariah. Black Dog and Leventhal 2005 215 pages $12.95 Hardcover R733 Jager, a health and fitness writer and a personal fitness trainer offers information, as the title of this attractively produced book suggests, on health-improving therapies and activities from acupuncture through yoga. For each of the 22 entries she gives an overview, discusses possible benefits, and gives contact data for an organization or two that can provide more information. Among the topics: aromatherapy, biofeedback, chiropractic, homeopathy, hydrotherapy hydrotherapy, use of water in the treatment of illness or injury. Although the medicinal and hygienic value of water was recognized by the early Greeks, hydrotherapy attained its widest use in the 18th and 19th cent. , imagery, juice therapy, naturopathy naturopathy /na·tur·op·a·thy/ (na?cher-op´ah-the) a drugless system of health care, using a wide variety of therapies, including hydrotherapy, heat, massage, and herbal medicine, whose purpose is to treat the whole person to stimulate , osteopathy osteopathy (ŏstēŏp`əthē), practice of therapy based on manipulation of bones and muscles. This school of medicine, founded by A. T. , and traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese Medicine Definition Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an ancient and still very vital holistic system of health and healing, based on the notion of harmony and balance, and employing the ideas of moderation and prevention. . ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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