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Sarah Pritchard |
Chinese Massage Manual |
$30.99 $18.59 |
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| Chinese massage therapy has been practised for over 4,000 years. In China,
where it is called "Tui Na", it is still one of the most popular forms of
treatment for a wide range of complaints. Safe, holistic and effectiv, Tui Na is
a unique blend of hands-on massage technique with the principles of Chinese
medicine. The Chinese Massage Manual includes everything you need to start
practising on your friends and family. Follow the clear step-by-step
instructions, refer to the theory... |
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Master Chian Zettnersan |
Taoist Bedroom Secrets |
$14.49 $8.69 |
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| The book teaches to learn more about the deep sexual wisdom of Love. According to the traditional teaching, the Taoist bedroom secrets are the root of human happiness. They are based on the foundation of the ancient Chinese procedures of diagnosis, therapy, and treatment. This fascinating work focuses on the "jade stem" and the "jade gate," which symbolize the exchange of masculine and feminine energy.
This book is about the deep sexual wisdom of love as one of the "eight supporting pillars... |
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Christopher J. Markert |
Your Secret Energy Center : Taking Care of Your Dan-Tien |
$8.99 $5.39 |
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| The word Dan-Tien means "belly area," and ancient Chinese texts describe it as "the best place in the body." Sometimes it is also called the One-Point. In Japan it is known as Hara, which simply means "belly." The present work, Your Secret Energy Center, shows how we can make the best of each day by living in tune with our inner source of vitality and joy.
Your secret Energy Center i.e., Dan-Tien is a source of primal wisdom and vital energy that resides within each of us.... |
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Robert Svoboda |
Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda |
$21.95 $13.17 |
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| Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda explores the enduring features of humanity's longest and continually practised systems of medicine. These two indigenous healing arts arising independently in China and India communed and exchanged experience, techniques, and therapeutic substances over the epochs of their development. This book's interesting and valuable comparison provides a pioneer effort in examining side by side two great systems of medicine, studying closely the historical, theoretical and... |
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Kenneth G. Zysk |
Asceticism and Healing in Ancient India: Medicine in the Buddhist Monastery |
$8.42 $5.05 |
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| The rich Indian medical tradition is usually traced back to Sanskrit sources, the earliest of which cannot much antedate the common era. In this book, Asceticism and Healing in Ancient India, Kenneth Zysk shows that Buddhist scriptures, some centuries older their Sanskrit relatives, contain abundant information about medical practice and are our earliest evidence for a rational approach to medicine in India. He argues that Buddhism and the medical tradition were mutually supportive: that... |
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Daniel Santos |
Feng Shui for the Body |
$14.49 $8.69 |
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| Balancing Body and Mind for a Healthier Life. Feng shui means "the flow of
things." In this breakthrough book, the Chinese principles of energy flow,
usually applied to arranging one's home, are extended to the real house we
inhabit - our human body.
As Daniel Santos learns from these fascinating teachers to balance the energies of body and mind according to feng shui principles, he guides readers on a profound journey of self-discovery and self-healing. Postures, exercises,... |
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Darlena L'Orange |
Ancient Roots Many Branches |
$22.18 $13.31 |
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| Ancient Roots Many Branches takes us on a fascinating journey across cultures and through time.We journey to India, Egypt, China, Greece and the natives of America to explore and understand the diverse medical traditions of these cultures. Presenting a range of possibilities in our quest to health and hence growth and explorations, it offers practical suggestions to understand ourselves and to integrate these teachings in our lives. This journey through healing takes you from the... |
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Arun K. Sharma |
A Handbook of Medicinal Plants |
$138.99 $83.39 |
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| A Handbook of Medicinal Plants (A Complete Source Book), is the first book of its kind.
The book describes more than 1346 medicinal plants found in the world. The book includes vernacular names, description, distribution, part use, utilization, active principles, agronomic practices and colour plates (about 870 photographs). Separate chapters on organic farming, biofertilizers and biopesticides uses for sustainable cultivation of medicinal plants tips for medicinal plants cultivation and... |
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Penelope Ody |
Practical Chinese Medicine |
$24.95 $14.97 |
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| Take a holistic approach to your health and discover the ancient art of
Chinese medicine which is effective even today. Chinese medicine aims to cure
diseases by focusing on the person, the cause, and by identifying a range of
highly detailed syndromes and curing them with specific treatment programmes.
Practical Chinese Medicine will help you to discover the key to total health; it will be teach you how to heal yourself and your family of a wide range of common ailments from... |
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Dharmananda Saraswati |
Breath of Life |
$12.95 $7.77 |
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| The book is meant for increasing breath awareness used in many disciplines
to bring about balance and harmony between body, mind and spirit. The techniques
of stretching with breath knowledge and co-ordination can help muscle tone,
improve glandular movement and reactivate the internal organs. People with high
blood pressure and heart disease can benefit from the slow smooth movement with
breath co-ordination. The exercises in this book are drawn from some of those
author practised... |
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Dr. Stephen Gascoigne |
The Chinese Way to Health |
$31.99 $19.19 |
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| This highly illustrated and practical self-help guide introduces you to
the principles and techniques of Chinese medicine and shows you how to use them
in your daily life. According to Chinese philosophy, life energy - Qi - flows
throughout the body and directly affects our state of health. By developing an
understanding of this flow of energy, we can prevent illness as well as treat
symptoms when they arise. With clear, safe advice from an expert author and
consultants, there is no... |
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Scott Shaw |
Mastering Health |
$10.94 $6.56 |
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| Modern science teaches us that every element of this universe, from the smallest subatomic particles to the largest planet, is pulsating with energy. Over two thousand years ago, in ancient China, this energy was defined as Chi.
In the modern era, Chi is commonly understood to mean "Internal Energy". Chi is much more than that, however. Chi is that universal energy which fuels both the physical and spiritual universe. The readers can fill themselves with this vibrant energy, through the... |
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Daniel Santos |
Luminous Essence |
$23.95 $14.37 |
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| Blending Chinese medicine, the martial arts, and Native American knowing,
Daniel Santos challenges us to view the body and its healing in an exciting new
way. This book is about exploring a new way of being conscious of our bodies. It
addresses the relationship between body, mind and spirit. It is an inspiring
account of healing, presenting valuable insight into the magic and mystery of
the path toward wholeness. It will help you imagine and inhabit your body in a
new and wholesome... |
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Hakim Mohammed Said |
Hamdard Pharmacopoeia of Eastern Medicine |
$125.49 $75.29 |
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| Contents:
Preface
Survey of drugs : List of medicinal plants used in eastern medicines
Pharmacopoeia (As standardised by Hamdard)
Pictures of plant drugs used in eastern medicine
Pharmaceutical codex (Of eastern medicine)
Drug research : Need for research in plant drugs/Salimuzzaman Siddiqui
Cardio-vascular pharmotherapeutics of six medicinal plants indigenous to Pakistan and India:
I. New vistas in search for antihypertensive agents
II. Developments of... |
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Thomas Richard Joiner |
Chinese Herbal Medicine Made Easy |
$32.95 $19.77 |
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| Chinese herbal medicine is an ancient medical and healing tradition for
maintaining health and prolonging life. As more people turn to herbal cures for
common ailments, the need for accurate-and accessible-information is greater
than ever. Chinese Herbal Medicine Made Easy demystifies the principles of
herbal treatment. It offers simple explanations of Chinese medical theories,
describes medical terms in layperson's language, and lists multiple sources for
obtaining herbal formulas.... |
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Jiawen Miao |
The Chinese Way to Keep Fit |
$16.95 $10.17 |
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| This is a book of gentle, effective exercises designed to improve
circulation, correct poor posture, and build muscle tone. The movements are
based on traditional martial arts practices that not only offer physical
benefits but also strengthen the mind-body connection. A series of photographs
illustrates eachj set of exercises, which consist of dynamic sitting and
standing poses that require slow transitional movements from one posture to
another. |
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Dagmar Ehling |
The Chinese Herbalist's Handbook |
$41.95 $25.17 |
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| A clinical guide to the identification and application of Chinese
herbology used in medicine today.
Within the context of Oriental medicine, Chinese herbal medicine is one of the oldest treatment modalities.
Though it is not aws well known in the West, it is rapidly gaining popularity.
China has achieved full integration of traditional
Chinese and Western medicine and practitioners are usually traiined in both
practices. Patients are cross-referred on a continuous basis; they... |
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Charles Leslie |
Asian Medical Systems: A Comparative Study |
$16.49 $9.89 |
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| Asian Medical Systems provide fascinating opportunities to observe directly practices that continue ancient scientific modes of thought, and to analyse the historical processes that meditate their relationship to modern science and technology. Three great traditions of medical science evolved during antiquity in the Chinese, Indian, and Mediterranean civilizations, all based on humoral conceptions of health and illness. Folk curers throughout the world continue to practice humoral medicine, but... |
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Narayan Das Prajapati |
A Marketing Directory of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants |
$55.99 $33.59 |
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| A Marketing Directory of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants contains more than 25,000 addresses of key players viz. cultivators, planting material suppliers, traders, manufactures, exporters, extractors, organizations, universities, prominent personalities and consultants involved in medical and aromatic planting.
This title aims at facilitating the reader in attaining an overall view of the sector and is very useful in this regard.
About the Authors:
Mr. N.D. Prajapati is a... |
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Rev A G Stuart MD |
Chinese Materia Medica: Vegetable Kingdom |
$93.99 $56.39 |
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| Many years ago Dr F Porter Smith prepared a Chinese Materia Medica, which, though imperfect in many respects, was the only book of its kind to be had, and as such was much appreciated and very useful.
As this was in the early days of Mission work in China and the people who had need of such a work were few, but a small edition was printed, and this was long ago exhausted. As it was not thought best to reprint without revising, and a proper reviser who had time for the work, could not be... |
