Complementary-Therapy Books

Gunnel Minett presents an excellent, well-referenced discussion of an enormous range of information about breathing as a therapeutic intervention. Minett states that "Only three per cent of all waste products are eliminated through the faeces, seven per cent through urine and 20 per cent through the skin; the remaining 70 per cent is eliminated through exhalation." (p. 150) This is one of the few places where I would have liked to see more references.

This valuable book includes explanations of the many ways in which breathing can be therapeutic - way beyond the exchanges of gasses, the point at which western medicine generally ends its limited consideration of this topic.

Minett enriches her presentation with a survey of many ways in which breathwork has been developed in China, India and Tibet. Here, as in the rest of the book, simple exercises invite the reader to appreciate the benefits of breathwork experientially.

Minett's discussion extends into transpersonal benefits of breathwork, both in ancient and modern traditions. Readers who are not aware of the potent Rebirthing and Holotropic breathwork techniques will be fascinated to read about how people can retrieve and release traumatic factual and feeling memories from the time of their birth. These memories suggest a variety of ways in which we could bring greater healing to the birthing process as currently conducted in western hospitals.

Minett also suggests broader applications for breathwork, such as introducing this as a simple, easily learned and readily applied de-stressing technique in schools.

This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in learning more about breathwork.

This is a great book about how to feel better in these bodies we drive around. It talks about gravity and how it affects us. Carol lends valuable insight into Rolfing and our bodies. Her book is a must read!

In august 1990 I did 14 days of fasting followed by 7 days of building up, rigorously using this book. Everything was perfect with my health, during and afterwards. The book is a self contained guide to fasting and takes care of all stages and almost all aspects of it (it should in addition stress that fasting should be done using organic food). It is very easy to read. As for the Buchinger method, as Fermat would say, "I have no space here" to express the geniality of this method. I hope that medical science will not also take 350 years to prove the "medical theorem" that, given a broad class o circunstances, fasting is good for your health.

As an acupuncture student, I find that most of my texts are pathology oriented. I found it refreshing and compelling to read about 5 element theory from such a holistic perspective. This book combines 5 element theory with chi kung pratices and meditations as well as creative truisms about the 6 conditions of healing. In addition, Gilles explains the correlations between different areas of the body and emotional patterns. I highly recommend this book for any who is wanting more self awareness. I also highly recommend this book to other chinese medicine students who are craving a way to integrate the art back into their study of chinese medicine.

This book finally gives you the right questions to ask to start your journey into holistic and alternative healing. Feel lost? The chapters describing various alternative fields will lead you to someone IN YOUR LOCAL AREA to talk to. There are many charletans out there along with the many more licensed, reputable healers; this is the best book available to help you discern the difference. If you have even considered checking out alternative medicine, don't start without reading this book first.

Flu: Alternative Treatments And Prevention (Proven Strategies To Protect Yourself And Your Family) by Randall Neustaedter is a little pocketbook offering a complete and thorough understanding of the influenza virus and how to avoid contracting it. As every winter provides reasonable outbreak of the flu, Flu offers readers an understanding of how influenza attacks the body and why it can be deadly, the truth of flu vaccines, effective alternative therapies, and how to prevent or manage the flu at home or with homeopathy, herbs and diet. Now that we are facing "Bird Flue", Randall Neustaedter's Flu is especially timely and highly recommended for all readers concerned with the health of themselves and their family for its comprehensive and complete coverage of exactly what is necessary to in the whole process of flue prevention and treatment.

Folk Remedies From Around the World provides folk remedies not from solely American sources, but from folk cultures around the world, offering something different to those interested in more than Western medicine alone. Some of the comments and information may prove controversial to many - such as the comments against chemotherapy for treating cancer - but the remedies are specific and useful.

This was a very easy to follow book with loads of information and images. I have read others, but found this book to be easy to follow and fun to read. The way it was written has alowed me to learn how to use food to suit my needs. A must have for any food lover.

Holford and Burne provide an outstanding approach to using food as medicine. And why not? After all, what you ingest affects everything you do.

The book is a real eye opener about the use of everyday foods as medication. Personally, pointing out the dangers of the various types of medication for depression, heart conditions, anxiety, Alzheimers, diabetes and other modern diseases is preaching to the converted. Anyone choosing to read this book will already be interested in a drug-free approach to better health.

The strength of the book lies in its ability to explain complex information in easy-to-understand English and to make the reader think, "I can do that". It is difficult not to be enthused about discovering curative and preventative drug-free medication possibilities; the solution is as near as the nearest supermarket shelf.

On the other hand, with the explicit and detailed information on vitamin supplementation that the book provides, there is the very real possibility that an enthusiastic reader might actually go over the top in self-'medication' on the principle that if 200mcg of supplement is good for you, then 600mcg will be three times as good....

So, a fascinating read. Does it work? I am trialling some of the suggestions for a couple of conditions I have and they seem to be working very well indeed.

But even if you only found out how to control insulin spikes at meal times so that your body would not convert a lot of your food intake into stored fat, then the book will already have paid for itself several thousand times over (if, indeed, one can put a dollar price on life and good health).

I am a massage therapist and I sell this book to many of my clients. Everyone loves it! Jora illustrates the target areas in the body within the foot itself(got it)? Get it, you won't regret it; a masterful book from a renouned reflexologist. This one should be in everyone's library.