Ancient Herbs, Modern Medicine: Improving Your Health by Combining Chinese Herbal Medicine and Western Medicine
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (715 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0553381180 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This book shows how crucial integrative medicine can be in treating a whole host of illnesses and in getting healthy and staying well.” --Jack Canfield, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series . Kaptchuk, O.M.D., author of The Web That Has No Weaver: Understanding Chinese Medicine“I have personally benefited from Chinese herbal medicine under the care of Dr. “A valuable alternative perspective on health and illness.” --Ted J. Henry Han
Thorough and well written. Great resource. Thorough book and very informative.. Five Stars Amazon Customer very informative,. sunflower said Five Stars. wonderful
Ancient Herbs, Modern Medicine demonstrates the many important, highly effective ways Chinese medicine and Western medicine can complement each other in treating everything from allergies and insomnia to mental illness and cancer. The best of Eastern and Western medicine in an integrative healing system for the mind, body, and spirit.Now, for the first time, a Western physician and a doctor of Oriental medicine combine the unparalleled technological advances of the West with the unmatched wisdom and healing touch Chinese herbal medicine provides for many diseases and conditions that elude modern medicine. This accessible, comprehensive guide offers many informative and enlightening case studies and up-to-the-minute information on:• How integrative medicine combines the best of Western pharmacology and Eastern herbology• How integrative medicine helps fight the diseases and illnesses of our time, including allergies, asthma, and chronic fatigue syndrome, and eases and even reverses symptoms of arthritis, diabetes, depression, osteoporosis, AIDS, heart disease, and cancer--often without side effects• How Chinese medicine can help you recognize signs before an illnessbecomes a crisis• The importance of Western techniques in diagnosing serious diseases• Why Chinese medicine offers the most effective treatment for many chronic/recurrent illnesses • Restoring essential balance to the Five Energetic Systems--the Heart