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1) Acupuncture
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Learn about the ancient Oriental art of acupuncture, which can be used for treating various ailments painlessly and safely. Discover the origins and the philosophy of this ancient science and its practice. Learn step-by-step the different styles of acupuncture, and how different needles can be used for specific problems. Includes a detailed description of the meridian system, cupping, moxibustion and electro-acupuncture..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Does acupuncture work?"is a question that’s often met with controversy. Dr. Bauer discusses scientific evidence that demonstrates both the effectiveness of this technique and the medical conditions it has been known to help alleviate. He also provides valuable tips to help you prepare yourself and make the most out of each acupuncture session.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Acupuncture has recently received a great deal of attention but has yet to be convincingly proven to be medically effective beyond nonspecific placebo effects. In this episode, take a closer look at the practice's Eastern and Western origins, its medical claims, its false potential as a form of anesthesia, and more.
Series
Publisher
Rosen Publishing Group
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Cross-cultural sampling of techniques and methods developing the body-mind connection that have evolved in the worlds of health care, education, physical conditioning, self-defense, spirituality, psychology, and the arts. Provides a look at over 100 body-mind disciplines used today. Topics include: skeletal manipulation methods, movement therapy, and the potential benefits and risks.
Author
Series
Publisher
YMAA Publication Center
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A step-by-step guide to optimal mental health, blending the best of Western and Eastern medical traditions to address sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression. The authors explain how exercise, nutritious food, stress management, acupuncture, and qigong affect the body, so you can make healthier choices. To help you move forward on a new path, they provide practical advice and worksheets to start simple daily exercise routines, eat a plant-based diet,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A history of the rise and lasting impact of Black liberation groups in America, as seen through the Shakurs, one of the movement's most prominent and fiercely creative families, home to Tupac and Assata, and a powerful incubator for today's activism, scholarship, and artistry"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"24 Ways to Move More challenges readers to get active in new ways. Detailing two new activities for each month of the year, author Nicole Tsong describes her own experiences trying each movement, then lays out a road map for readers to embark on a similar adventure, starting at beginner level and moving up through "Reach" and "Adventure" goals. For example, readers can choose to walk 35 to 40 minutes twice a week for the whole month, or they can...
Publisher
Mayo Clinic Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Today, certain health conditions are not always best served by conventional medicine. Learn the ins and outs of integrative medicine with this comprehensive guide from the internal medicine experts at the Mayo Clinic. Once believed to be an alternative approach to patient care, recent studies have shown that integrative medicine is a valid option for reducing chronic pain, fatigue, depression, anxiety, as well as overall wellness. In fact, 1 in 3...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Our society has a technology problem. Many want to disconnect from screens but can't help themselves. These days we spend more time online than ever. Some turn to self-help-measures to limit their usage, yet repeatedly fail, while parents feel particularly powerless to help their children. Unwired: Gaining Control over Addictive Technologies shows us a way out. Rather than blaming users, the book shatters the illusion that we autonomously choose...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
We use huge numbers of pain killers administered in different ways. Drugs fall mainly into three types and the programme describes their origins and actions. Other ways of dealing with pain, without drugs, for example massage, acupuncture and relaxation offer effective alternatives to drugs in many cases.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Words like Naturopath and other less traditional terms to describe the healing process once were shunned by modern medicine and the general public. Today they are much more common and accepted. Procedures like acupuncture are prescribed by doctors routinely nowadays.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Bonura introduces you to a range of alternative care strategies that have proven benefits for stress management. These include spending time outside in nature, the mind-body technique of self-hypnosis, a fatigue-combatting diet, acupuncture, and massage.
Series
Publisher
Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Covers all aspects of the subject including therapies, conditions/diseases, herbs/plants, and people. Identifies numerous types of alternative medicine being practiced today, including reflexology, acupressure, acupuncture, chelation therapy, kinesiology, yoga, chiropractic, Feldenkrais, polarity therapy, detoxification, naturopathy, Chinese medicine, biofeedback, Ayurveda and osteopathy.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Biofield or energy therapies, although controversial, show ample evidence of a positive impact on health. Study the principles of acupuncture, tai chi, homeopathy, and Healing Touch, as well as clinical data on their use in treating a spectrum of conditions, including pain, stress, and cardiac disease.
16) Dope is Death
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
DOPE IS DEATH is the story of how Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, along with fellow Black Panthers and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America in 1973 - a visionary project eventually deemed too dangerous to exist in America.
Publisher
Empty Mind Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A ground-breaking journey across India, Tibet and China, to explore traditional medicine and natural ways of healing. With health care costs soaring in the west, looking eastward to alternative medicine may provide the only answer. In this comprehensive look into traditional eastern medicine we connect all three countries through the core philosophy of the Five Elements, Yin and Yang and the common belief that a life-force called Chi or Prana exists...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In the last few decades, a wide array of practices have gained greater acceptance as forms of treatment and healing. If you've ever considered herbal supplements, meditation, acupuncture, yoga, or a change of diet to promote better health, then you're already familiar with integrative medicine...Integrative medicine describes the addition of natural or holistic practices into the health-care paradigm to complement conventional Western medicine and...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Gork isn't like the other dragons at WarWings Military Academy. He has a gigantic heart, two-inch horns, and an occasional problem with fainting. His nickname is Weak Sauce and his Will to Power ranking is Snacklicious--the lowest in his class. But he is determined not to let any of this hold him back as he embarks on the most important mission of his life: tonight, on the eve of his high school graduation, he must ask a female dragon to be his queen.If...
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