Univ. of Georgia, Athens. Widely used textbook includes five new chapters, a number of changes in existing chapters, a revised treatment of the method of aliquot measuring, and new figures and other illustrations. Previous edition: c1996. DNLM: Pharmacy.
We are in the middle of a cultural revolution in the healthcare industry. Nearly eight thousand people practice TraditionalChinese Medicine in the US and thirty-five states currently offersome form of legal status for its practice. Many people are seekingalternatives to the Western, medical approach to health care. Tothese seekers, Voices of Qi is an invaluable aid inexploring what Traditional Chinese Medicine has to offer. AlexHolland has done an admirable job of presenting the basic tenetsand practices to this ancient tradition in a clear, concise andaccessible manner.
About the Author. Since 1937. Merriam-Webster is America's foremost publisher of language-related reference works. The company publishes a diverse array of print and electronic products, including Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition – America's best-selling desk dictionary – and Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster can be considered the direct lexicographical heir of Noah Webster. In 1843, the company bought the rights to the 1841 edition of Webster's magnum opus, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Corrected and Enlarged. At the same time, they secured the rights to create revised editions of the work. Since that time, Merriam-Webster editors have carried forward Noah Webster's work, creating some of the most widely used and respected dictionaries and reference books in the world.
New title! A concise guide to the essential language of medicine. More than 35,000 entries. Pronunciations provided for all entries. Covers brand names and generic equivalents of common drugs.
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With your hands you have potential to relieve everyday aches,pains and ailments without taking drugs, to improve your health,and to increase your vitality. Acupressure is an ancient healingart that uses the fingers to stimulate key points on the skin that,in turn, activate the body's natural self-healing processes. Withthis book, it is a skill you can learn now--and use in your ownhome. In Acupressure's Potent Points, Michael Reed Gach, founder anddirector of the Acupressure Institute of America, reveals simpletechniques that enable you to relieve headaches, arthritis, coldsand flu, insomnia, backaches, hiccups, leg pain, hot flashes,depression, and more--using the power and sensitivity of your ownhands. This practical guide covers more than forty ailments andsymptoms, from allergies to wrist pain, providing pressure-pointmaps and exercises to relieve pain and restore function.Acupressure complements conventional medical care, and enables youto take a vital role in becoming well and staying
This is an original and successful text which provides a series of tutorials in the problem-based approach to clinical medicine, as against the more common disease-based emphasis of most textbooks. It covers a full range of signs and symptoms as they are encountered in clinical practice and discusses them with the emphasis on those which are crucial in the differential diagnosis of the patient. Each chapter ends with an illustrated case history. Diagnostic algorithms help to summarise many of the cases and give an overview of the diagnostic pathway that has been set out in the text.
The American Indian medicine wheel was an ancient way ofcreating sacred space and calling forth the healing energies ofnature. Now, drawing on a lifetime of study with native healers,herbalist and ethnobotanist E. Barrie Kavasch offers a step-by-stepguide to bringing this beautiful tradition into your own life--fromvibrantly colorful outdoor circle designs to miniature dish,windowsill, or home altar adaptations. Inside you’ll find: ? Planting guides for medicine wheel gardens in every zone, fromdesert Southwest to northern woodlands ? A beautifully illustrated encyclopedia of 50 key healing herbs,including propagation needs, traditional and modern uses, andcautions ? Easy-to-follow herbal recipes, from teas and tonics to skincreams and soaps--plus delicious healing foods ? Ideas for herbal crafts and ceremonial objects, includingsmudge sticks, wind horses, prayer ties, and spirit shields ? Seasonal rituals, offerings, and meditations to bless andempower your garden and y
Integratingconventional and alternative medical approaches to healing, aphysician introduces a four-step program to heal the body andspirit, enhance recovery from illness, and build resistance todisease
Southwest EMS Education, Inc., Glendale, AZ. Pocket reference covers anatomy and physiology, basic electrophysiology, sinus mechanisms, atrial rhythms, junctional rhythms, ventricular rhythms, atrioventricular (AV) blocks, pacemaker rhythms, and an introduction to the 12-lead ECG. Previous edition: c1995. Color illustrations. Softcover.
“In this enlightening book, Dr. Charles Moss offers us theopportunity to heal our modern world through the wisdom of theages.” —David Simon, MD, cofounder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeingand author of Free to Love, Free to Heal “Dr. Charles Moss catapults the discipline of Five Elementacupuncture into the contemporary framework of an individual’sresponse to life’s stressors. His Five Adaptation Types each embodythe qualities of an element, and he lucidly animates them withsnapshot stories from his clinical practice. This is the inevitablenext step of integrating the classical Five Element model intomodern medicine’s understanding of mind-body dynamics.” —Joseph M. Helms, MD, president of Helms Medical Institute andfounding president of the American Academy of MedicalAcupuncture “Dr. Charles Moss, a masterful physician and acupuncturist,penetrates the mysteries of classical Chinese medical thinking togive us a truly useful guide to meeting life
As a medical intuitive,Myss has found that people often don't understand their purpose inlife. The resulting spiritual malaise leads in turn to depression,anxiety, fatigue, and physical illness. To help people find thispurpose our individual Sacred Contract -- Myss has developed aprocess for deciphering your own Contract using a theory ofarchetypes that builds on the work of Jung, Plato, and contemporarythinkers. With her signature motivational style, Myss explains how we canidentify our particular spiritual energies, or archetypes, and usethem to find out what we are here on earth to learn and whom we aremeant to meet. Both visionary and practical, Sacred Contracts is aunique tool for self-discovery and a powerful work of spiritualwisdom.
The Mosby Nurse's Pocket Dictionary. 33rd edition, has been compteteiy updated to meet the needs of both students and registered nurses practising within health care systems that continue to undergo rapid change. This established dictionary is comprehensive, up-to-date and remains the definitive pocket dictionary for nurses. FEATURES 7500 entries 90 clear, informative illustrations, many with a practice focus 8 indispensabte appendices inctuding two news ones: KEY GOVERNMENT REPORTS AND ACTS OF PARLIAMENT(1994-2004) and USEFUL WEB RESOURCES. major emphasis on nursing relevant to foundation and branch programme students provides information about topics such as research, professional development, ethics and quality issues that reflect the changing culture of health care delivery revised anatomy, physiology, medicine, pathology, pharmacology and other health care disciplines that provide the information that nurses need to help them give high quality care provides an es
How Doctors Think is a window into the mind of the physician andaninsightful examination of the all-important relationship betweendoctorsand their patients. In this myth-shattering work, JeromeGroopmanexplores the forces and thought processes behind thedecisions doctorsmake. He pinpoints why doctors succeed and whythey err. Most impor-tant, Groopman shows when and how doctors can-- with our help --avoid snap iudgments, embrace uncertainty,communicate effectively, anddeploy other skills that can profoundlyimpact our health.
According to Dr. Larry Malerba, modern medicine has perfectedthe short-term technical repair of the physical body at the expenseof the long-term psychological and spiritual well-being of thewhole person. In Green Medicine he examines this issue and providesa realistic blueprint for wellness and a valuable guide for thoseseeking deeper and more lasting healing. Written in an accessiblestyle, the book draws on a rich range of fields—physics,philosophy, Jungian thought, shamanism, alchemy, Eastern thought,Western esotericism, sustainability, orthodox medicine—to create agreen medical paradigm that represents a powerful integrativemedical perspective. Dr. Malerba interweaves case histories from his own practice withinnovative concepts from alternative and Western medicine in orderto address a number of crucial questions: What are the personal and environmental costs to the overuse ofpharmaceutical drugs? Is conventional medicine as scientific as it claims to be? How can conventi
Increased stress and traumatic events in our lives haveresulted in many millions of people who suffer from insomnia,nightmares, anxiety attacks, depression, and tension headaches.ACUPRESSURE FOR EMOTIONAL HEALING offers relief at your fingertips,quickly and safely, for a wide range of emotional problems. Itexplains how emotional distress becomes lodged in the body asmuscular tension and blocked energy, and shows how acupressure canrelieve not just the resulting physical symptoms, but also theiremotional source--often without the need for extensive talk therapyor medication. Acupressure stimulates the same points used in acupuncture, butinstead of needles, firm finger pressure is used on the surface ofthe skin. The pressure releases neurochemicals called endorphinsthat relieve pain. As in acupuncture, specific pressure points areconnected with internal organs and energy pathways in the body(called meridians) that regulate the flow of electrical energy toall systems. Unlike acupuncture, acupressure
Discover why admissions officers from the nation’s top medicalschools selected these essays of worthy applicants With only a limited number of spaces available every year to thethousands ofqualified applicants to the nation’s top medicalschools, a serious candidate must finda way to set himself orherself apart from the crowd. The essay is your one chancetohighlight the personal qualities and achievements that theapplication and MCATscores do not reveal. As Essays That Worked for Medical Schools demonstrates, there isno such thing asthe perfect submission. The winning essays cover awide range of interesting topics. If there is any similarity, it isthat they are written from the heart. One applicant writes abouthis work as a counselor for mentally ill adults and teens. Anothertells about the life-changing experience of delivering much neededsupplies to a leprosy village in West Africa. And a third applicanttalks about time spent volunteering at a local senior center. Fromthe thousands sub
Written by two renowned authorities who specialize in the treatment of breast cancer, a surgeon and an oncologist, this lucid step-by-step guide has established itself as the indispensable book women need to make informed decisions about the care that is right for them.
America’s perceptions about the inevitable effects of aging areabout to be completely rethought, thanks to groundbreaking newinformation from an internationally known expert on hormones andantiaging medicine. Thierry Hertoghe, M.D., has an importantmessage to share: people are aging unnecessarily. Based on thirty-five years of scientific studies, The HormoneSolution: Stay Younger Longer with Natural Hormone and NutritionTherapies is the first book that offers a pre*ive programto counter memory loss, weight gain, wrinkles, shrinking musclemass, impotence, hair loss, and a host of other signs and symptomsof aging. Dr. Hertoghe offers an effective program of hormonereplacement therapy using safe, low doses of natural hormones—inconjunction with a healthy diet and vitamin and mineralsupplements—to help people maintain physical, mental, and emotionalhealth and literally restore their bodies to a state that’s threeto twelve years younger than their actual age. He identifies thefifteen main, crucial horm
Ablow offers pragmatic advice... ！ recommend this book. The tone is friendly and helpful, and because of [the author's recent medical school experience] he can tell you what you need to consider and the consequences of your choices with his own experiences freshly in mind....The organization and presentation are logical and easy to follow.., a walk through the entire process,including applications, and the ultimate rejection or acceptance.The book offers useful advice on college major, course selection and extracurricular activities. The author's pragmatism translates into sound advice for continued moral and intellectual development during a potentially dehumanizing process....This book offers practical suggestions about a very stressful and oftenambiguous process. High school and college students considering a career in medicine would benefit from the one or two evenings needed to read it. Anyone involved in advising students would also find it useful. 作者简介： KEITH RUSSELL ABLOW, M.D.,
