Healing Foods
Hippocrates said: "Leave your drugs in the chemist's pot if you can heal the patient with food."

From green tea to herbal teas and herbal remedies and tonics, the guides in this catalogue will show you how to use fruits, vegetables, and herbs for the treatment and prevention of common ailments and diseases including addiction, attention deficit disorder, side effects of cancer treatment, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, impotence, menopause, PMS, rheumatoid arthritis, obesity and more.

Price: $39.90

Chinese Herbal Secrets: The Key to Total Health by Stefan Chmelik A simple, well-illustrated introduction to Chinese herbal medicine. Chinese Herbal Secrets lists both Chinese and Western herbs with their uses and effects. It also provides a complete breakdown of the principles of Chinese herbal medicine for the non-specialist, gives instructions on how to determine constitutional type, and shows how to choose the right herbs. Chmelik has studied and practiced in both China and England (he is president of the UK Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine), and he explains the principle underlying the therapies: illness occurs when there is a disharmony or an imbalance of forces in the body. Treatment is based on restoring balance. The very nature of the Taoist principles on which it is based stresses the oneness of everything, the inseparability of solid matter and energy and the fact that there is a common source of all phenomena and experience. In contrast, Chmelik points, out, the allopathic approach, combats ill-health with drugs that have an oppositional effect. Chmelik describes the framework of Chinese herbal medicine: Qi, yin-yang, the five elements, four seasons, 12 organs, and the basics of self-diagnosis. He then describes various health problems, and how they are viewed and treated. Pain, for example, is said to result from blockage of Qi and blood in the meridian channels, causing stagnation. A discussion of herbs, their healing properties, and their use completes this guide. Helpful exercises, homemade creams and tinctures for skin and hair, and delicious recipes are also included. Product Details Paperback 191 pages (April 1999) Authored by Stefan Chmelik Published by Avery Publishing Group ISBN: 0895299860

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