The HIV Wellness Sourcebook: An East/West Guide to Living with HIV/AIDS and Related Conditions [Paperback]

Misha Ruth Cohen O.M.D. L. Ac. (Author), Kalia Doner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 15, 1998

Features targeted programs combining Chinese and Western medicine New treatments and therapies allow people with HIV/AIDS to live longer and live better.

Now, the focus is shifting toward improving the quality of their lives and finding new ways to manage the often-debilitating symptoms of the diseases and related conditions.

Misha Ruth Cohen, a noted specialist in the healing arts, here offers programs, combining the best of Chinese medicine and Western science, for treating digestive disorders, respiratory problems, diarrhea, skin problems, fatigue, pain, anemia, depression, and other maladies. She explains how to incorporate herbs, acupuncture, diet, nutritional supplements, stress reduction, and massage into a sensible comprehensive medical plan, which also addresses the spiritual, mental, and emotional needs of people with HIV/AIDS.

The HIV Wellness Sourcebook, the first book featuring such a multi-faceted approach, will empower readers to learn to coexist with HIV/AIDS and take control of their lives.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

The HIV Wellness Sourcebook: An East-West Guide to Living Well with HIV/AIDS and Related Conditions takes on an immense task: blending Chinese and Western medical therapies to manage HIV and restore balance to the mind, body, and spirit. Misha Ruth Cohen, a Chinese medicine researcher and practitioner, gives a compact course in Chinese medicine practices with its perspective on "the disharmonies associated with HIV infection." She describes clearly how Chinese medicine views the body, disease, the immune system (the body's ability to fight disease), and the progression from HIV to AIDS. She explains the basics of the Western view of the immune system, showing how Western and Eastern views both differ and complement each other.

The book details how to use diet, herbs, acupuncture, moxibustion (placing warm herbs on the protected skin at acupuncture points), acupressure, Qi Gong (exercises including meditation), and other healing techniques. Targeted treatment plans combine East and West for neurological disorders (such as neuropathy, fibromyalgia, and dementia), protozoal infections (such as Pneumoncystis carinii pneumonia and toxoplasmosis), candidiasis, mycobacterial infections, opportunistic viral infections, and more. The message: "You are in charge of your healing process and you can do a great deal to improve the quality of your daily life." --Joan Price

From Library Journal

Cohen, a licensed acupuncturist, researcher, and doctor of Oriental medicine, has collaborated with professional writer Doner to produce this informative resource for anyone seeking an understanding of Chinese medicine and its approach to HIV and AIDS. Cohen successfully demonstrates the complementary approach to treating a disease, which comprises the integration of Western and Chinese medical philosophies and treatments. She explains Eastern philosophies of healing, the different approaches to the immune system in Chinese and Western medicine, HIV herbal therapy, and specific treatment plans for HIV-related disorders and infections. Appendixes include a chronology of the use of Chinese medicine in HIV/AIDS treatment in the United States; herbal formulas for symptom management; locating Chinese medical practitioners and schools; and herbs, nutritional supplements, and professional products. The only current treatment of the topic, this is an excellent book for anyone looking for alternative approaches to treating AIDS. For academic medical libraries and HIV/AIDS collections.ACharles Wessel, Falk Lib. of the Health Sciences, Univ. of Pittsburgh
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks; 1st edition (June 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805051171
• ISBN-13: 978-0805051179
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,204,845 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for people living with HIV/AIDS!, October 15, 1998

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"jeekman" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The HIV Wellness Sourcebook: An East/West Guide to Living with HIV/AIDS and Related Conditions (Paperback)

This book provides such a great wealth of information concerning Eastern views of medicine and health. It is written in plain language, in order for the reader to understand the different aspects of Chinese medicine and how it relates to the HIV/AIDS virus.

A person who is not sold on Western views of treating HIV/AIDS will definitely like the alternative therapies and ideas presented in this book.

Chinese philosophies of healing fit so much better into "balancing" the body. So many Western doctors feel that prescribing pills is the only effective way to combat HIV and AIDS. Chinese medicine teaches a person to examine the "systems" of their body, and how to keep them in check. By modifying your lifestlye, and practicing "body balancing" you can empower yourself and your body for the battle against the HIV virus.

People with HIV and AIDS should start listening to their bodies, and not to Western medicine dogma!

5.0 out of 5 stars HIV sourcebook, an excellent source, September 10, 2005

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MKS, L.Ac (Washington DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The HIV Wellness Sourcebook: An East/West Guide to Living with HIV/AIDS and Related Conditions (Paperback)

This book is comprehensive and clear for both the Chinese Medical practitioner, and for the HIV patient.
Misha Cohen has done amazing work and research with HIV and Chinese Medicine, and we are fortunate to have this information neatly organized and at our fingertips.