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Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
383 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Collects home remedies from around the world for common illnesses and complaints, including practical cures, medicinal herbs, healing foods, green housecleaning, sustainable cosmetics, alternative therapies, and lifestyle changes.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Takes readers on a colorful and funny medical mystery tour to discover that while times may have changed, many of today's most reliable cure-alls have their roots in some very peculiar practices.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's easy to take a pill when we aren't feeling well. But did you know that the art of making medicines goes back thousands of years? Early remedies weren't always so easy—or effective. Some seemed downright disgusting. Wine infused with a venomous snake was used to cure fatigue and hair loss. Snail slime soothed burns, and a mixture of ear wax and mud treated headaches. Discover more about how medicine was practiced centuries ago and how,...
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
vii, 206 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A resource that first helps readers discern whether or not a problem can be treated at home offers information on treating common ailments through natural alternatives and provides basic instruction in emergency care.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
223 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A handy guide, Home Remedies provides families with ordinary household remedies to treat over 100 common ailments safely, effectively, and inexpensively in an easy-to-use A-to-Z format. Discover easy remedies to help care for everyday health problems with cures from a wide range of sources. Get time-tested, natural easements for coughs, cold and flu viruses, aches and pains, digestive complaints, sleep disorders, skin conditions, and even get some...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
176 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Traditional Chinese Medicine is one of the most ancient healing systems, yet modern science is showing that it endures as a powerful healing modality for todays world. A condensed version of The New Chinese Medicine Handbook, The Chinese Medicine Companion explains the key principles of this holistic healing method. Written by Dr. Misha Ruth Cohen, an internationally-recognized practitioner, lecturer, and mentor in the field of Chinese medicine, this...
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
208, 206 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Book of alternative medicine: An overview of complementary and alternative medicine discusses various treatments, including herbs and energy therapies, and examines how alternative and conventional therapies can be combined to treat twenty common conditions.
Book of home remedies: A resource that first helps readers discern whether or not a problem can be treated at home offers information on treating common ailments through natural alternatives...
15) Skull water
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Growing up outside a US military base in South Korea in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, Insu--the son of a Korean mother and a German father enlisted in the US Army--spends his days with his "half and half" friends skipping school, selling scavenged Western goods on the black market, watching Hollywood movies, and testing the boundaries between childhood and adulthood. When he hears a legend that water collected in a human skull will cure any sickness,...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
416 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Improve total health without prescriptions. Looking for natural, noninvasive ways to strengthen and heal your body? Here, Mayo Clinic experts explain how to achieve personal wellness through nontraditional medicine and home remedies. Their revolutionary approach to health addresses the whole person--body, mind and spirit--by combining conventional care with innovative practices such as mind-body techniques, acupuncture and massage therapy. With this...
17) Berry itchy day
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
25 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Molly and her family take a trip to their favorite berry-picking spot, but their fun is cut short by a swarm of pesky bugs!"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Draws on centuries of traditional Chinese, Ayurvedic, and biblical medicine to identify specific dietary choices, medicinal herbs, and mind-body practices for more than seventy common conditions, from hypothyroidism to autoimmune diseases. In Ancient Remedies, Dr. Axe explores the foundational concepts of ancient healing--eating right for your type and living in sync with your circadian clock. Readers will learn how traditional practitioners identified...
Language
English
Description
Did you know that you can help prevent high blood pressure, breast and colon cancer, senility and fragile bones all with one inexpensive daily supplement that keeps you healthy and strong? Or, that there's a natural way to rejuvenate your veins and arteries that can have you feeling brand new? Or, that you can overcome pain with nature's secrets to pain-free living? These are just a few of the fascinating natural cures and expert advice revealed in...
20) Nocebo
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that confounds her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino nanny who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.
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