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Natural Healing Wisdom & Know How: Useful Practices, Recipes, and Formulas for a Lifetime of Health

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Thinking about herbs and their value in healing? Wondering how acupressure works? Not sure what macrobiotics are? Wondering how to heal yourself through good nutrition and supplements? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this complete natural healing collection is a book you simply must own.

Whether you are interested for the sake of wellness or in need of natural healing for a condition or disease, you will find the information you need inside the cover of this book. The book itself is larger than an encyclopedia, 10 1/2 by 13 3/4". It includes chapters on naturopathy, herbalism, homeopathy, aromatherapy, Eastern healing methods, energy healing, flower essences, mind-body healing techniques, healing with foods, nutrition, diet and supplements, and other healing techniques. Wow ... nearly 500 pages of information, suggestions, tips, charts, and tables. Amazing!

My favorites are the chapters on nutrition and herbs. There are some things that at the moment I don't have time to do, like growing my own sprouts, but with suggestions for every condition from eating disorders to high blood pressure and everything in between, the pages of this book are sure to be frequently referenced in my home, like the next time one of us gets poison ivy. Since we live in a wooded area, that happens more frequently than I like to remember.

Like Susan Schenk, I also am quite interested in the section on targeted nutrition. Most people wait until they have an affliction before they do anything about it. In the hospital where I work, our insurance costs are skyrocketing, and the top five diseases and conditions causing this rise are totally preventable. Many of our health problems today are due to our lousy diet.

Interested in prevention and natural healing? This is one book you need to order!

The Natural Healing Wisdom & Know-How book is a tremendous encyclopedia and reference book for nearly every kind of natural healing modality you can think of: acupuncture, herbs, fasting, juicing, raw foods, ayurvedic, meditation, massage, homeopathy, crystals, reflexology, bach flowers , supplements, yoga, and much more. Included are 7,498 charts, lists, tip, instructions, diagrams and illustrations.

There is a very useful, complete index of ailments for easy reference to find natural remedies for those conditions.

Each healing modality includes many do-it-yourself formulas and recipes. For example, under aromatherapy you can find essential oils for complaints like insomnia, grief and depression, complete with specific recipes for formulas to treat those conditions. There are numerous herbal formulas and homeopathy prescriptions--remedies for all kinds of disorders in each category of healing.

There is an entire chapter devoted to healing with different nutritional methods such as macrobiotics, raw foods, fasting, supplements and more. As an author of a raw food book, I was amazed to see so much practical information on the raw food diet: types of raw diets, drying time for dehydrating specific foods, sprouting chart for specific seeds, pages & pages of raw food recipes, and even a listing of raw foods (produce, nuts, seeds, etc.) and their definitions!
Included in the nutrition chapter are several pages of "targeted nutrition" which I found particularly interesting. It lists foods to eat or avoid for each organ.

As an acupuncturist, I was also impressed with all the information on Chinese medicine, including the philosophy, and details about herbs, acupuncture, and acupressure (complete with charts).

In this book you will find numerous tips and tools for whatever ails you. There are some very obscure things I never heard of in my 30-some years of being informed of natural healing--things like oil for varicose veins, a test to see which of the seven eating styles you have, and sprout fasting. This is sure to be a great reference for all, and an instructional book for even the most seasoned natural healers and patients.

The information is extensive and includes bibliographical information, but the extra-large format is unwieldy and difficult to use. On top of that, add the VERY small print and the usefulness of this book takes a nosedive. The addition of a hard cover in a spiral binding would make it far easier to read and use the recipes and charts included in the text. Or several smaller, but larger-print volumes sold as a set or separately could work as well.
The articles are quite comprehensive and fairly well documented as to sources, but I am frustrated trying to overcome the physical presentation to research the subjects included.

I admit that I received this book thinking that it was another of those touchy-feely manuals on curing minor ailments through some combination of yoga and "positive energy." But when I did finally start looking through it, I discovered that the advice was both sensible and interesting.

The major chapters are as follows: Naturopathy, Herbalism, Homeopathy, Aromatherapy & Essential Oils, Eastern Healing Methods, Energy Healing, Flower Essences, Mind-Body Healing Techniques, Healing with Foods, Nutrition, Diet, and Supplements.

In Chapter 1: Naturopathy, I found advice on healing allergic reactions, bruises (cayenne liniment), burns, and colds. I tried to compare the advice dispensed to common knowledge and found that the opinions were sound, or at least not unheard of. For instance, "sweating therapy" is commonly used in Chinese households to get over the common cold.

If you did an Internet search for any of the given ailments, you'd probably find all of the advice, but having it densely crammed together in one manual is useful. The book is actually very large -- about the size of a 15" laptop, and each page is arranged newsprint style on what actually feels like newspaper (recycled paper?) -- three small-print columns with the occasional sketch drawing.

The next chapter I visited was 5, Eastern Healing Methods. I didn't think it'd be accurate, especially because all of the herbs and medicines would be referred to by their Chinese names (translated phonetically into English), but my parents corroborated much of the advice. For ease of use, the author also included Latin names in addition to Chinese names. I can't say for sure that Traditional Chinese Medicine is useful, but I do think this book accurately reflects the principles and advice of TCM.

The only chapter I skipped out of general disbelief was Energy Healing, which started out with descriptions of the First to Seventh Chakra... I didn't really get beyond that because I knew I'd spend the whole chapter rolling my eyes, but I would say that the chapter is clearly organized and includes lists of characteristics involved in every type of chakra energy.

Moving on... my favorite chapter was 9: Healing with Foods, Nutrition, Diet, and Supplements. This was a particularly fat section of the book that provides detailed information about various fruits and vegetables. Also included are sections on macrobiotics; natural home remedies like ginger footbaths, taro potato plasters, umesho tea; dried foods (dehydration); and raw foods. At the end of the chapter are healthful recipes.

Overall, I consider myself a skeptic about anything outside the realm of Western medicine but found a lot of new stuff in this book. My copy was a gift and something I wouldn't have thought about getting for myself, so this was truly a wonderful surprise.

I love this book. I dont think I can really express how useful this book is. It has such an amazing range of information on all types of healing modalities. I got this book because I was interested in all the different healing modalities that it covers but I didn't want to spend the time researching about each one. I found this book to be very convenient for a reference and to judge whether or not I am interested in a particular healing modality. It provides way enough info on each subject to practice it yourself. This book is descriptive and has many diagrams and black and white pictures to help you understand. Basically someone did the research on all these subjects for you and just compiled it together. Just the natropathy section ware it goes over basic home remedies from acne, boils,and broken bones to trauma, sunburn, and teething is worth getting this book. Be aware that it is huge. It is about 14 inches tall by 10 inches wide and 1.5 inches thick printed in very small print on newsprint paper, but still very good quality book. The info in it is WELL worth the 20 bucks.

This book is a great reference for anyone who considers that prevention, and alternative treatments of diseases are your best bet to enjoy a long and healthy life. I could describe this book as an encyclopedia of alternative medicine.
It is filled with common senses advises, and it goes over several healing methods and preventive solutions, that will help you stay away from harmful pharmaceutical drugs and unhealthy life styles. 20 pages are dedicated to naturopathy, 70 pages on herbalism (with men specific remedies, and women specific remedies), 10 pages on homeopathy, aromatherapy.
Eastern healing methods are described into details over 70 pages.
There are more than 50 pages related to energy healing. Flower essences are described in depth as well as mind-body healing techniques (including visualization, biofeedback...).
There are over 120 pages dedicated to nutrition and diets (with recipes and traditional diets). A big emphasis is made on raw food (It is not as complete and detailed as Susan Schenck's The life food factor but it gives you a good overview of good nutrition).
The tone of the book is very neutral. As a registered nurse into holistic nursing, this book is a great reference and a great tool. Anybody at home can use that wisdom to help the body through health disturbances or to prevent issues that otherwise may lead you to seeking the assistance of a more intense and conventional form of medicine.

I purchased this book to have it on hand as a reference. It seems to be quite comprehensive in covering the various schools of natural healing. I like the large pages and the print format used. I'm anxious to avail myself of the knowledge within its pages to use as an option to and/or to augment current medical practice.

This books' info will be used forever. I am so glad I bought it. It will be in my house for many years to come. Any healing technique you can think of is in this book. I can flip through it & always find something new. I recommend this book for anybody interested in natural healing, health, beauty and great wisdom.

This book is very well layed out and has a ton of great information. My daughter bought the book and I couldn't wait to get mine!

This book is everything the book states and more. Very detailed in all aspects, I really enjoy it.