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The Healing Practices of the Knights Templar and Hospitaller: Plants, Charms, and Amulets of the Healers of the Crusades
by Jon G. Hughes• Presents a traditional &“cure-all&” or leechbook of the ailments the Crusaders would have encountered and the remedies their mediciners would have employed, including recipes for many cures and instructions • Includes a comprehensive herbal, listing all the medicinal plants and materials needed to make the remedies, potions, elixirs, and unctions of the cure-all • Details the author&’s travels in the steps of the Crusader physicians where he met with healers still employing the mediciners&’ practices During the Crusades, chivalric knightly orders, such as the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller, brought along monastic mediciners to treat the sick and wounded. These mediciners not only employed the leading cures of medieval Europe but also learned new methods from the local folk-healers and Arabic healing traditions they encountered on their journeys. Presenting a traditional &“cure-all&” or leechbook of the Crusader physicians, the author shares a comprehensive encyclopedia of the ailments the Crusaders would have encountered and the remedies their mediciners would have employed. He details recipes for many cures and a range of magico-medical applications such as charms, spells, enchantments, and amulets used to address the new illnesses of strange and foreign lands. The author includes a detailed and comprehensive herbal, listing all the plants and materials needed to make and administer the remedies of the cure-all. He also details his travels in the steps of the Crusader physicians throughout Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, Morocco, and the island of Rhodes where he met with healers still following this healing path who shared their practices with him. Revealing how the healers of the Crusades helped elevate Western medical knowledge through the integration of wisdom from their Middle Eastern counterparts, Hughes shows how their legacy continues through the many effective remedies and healing modalities still in use today.
The Healing Remedies Sourcebook: Over 1000 Natural Remedies to Prevent and Cure Common Ailments
by C. Norman ShealyLoaded with more than 1,000 natural remedies, The Healing Remedies Sourcebook will teach you how to naturally treat common problems, including stress, anxiety, depression, headaches, allergies, the common cold, high blood pressure, even diabetes and obesity. Based on eight therapeutic backgrounds--Chinese herbal medicine, ayurveda, traditional folk remedies, herbalism, aromatherapy, homeopathy, flower remedies, and vitamins and minerals--this sourcebook is comprehensive and easy-to-use. Simply look up your ailment in the extensive list and find the corresponding remedies, treatments, and answers you need. Whether you’re looking for the ancient Chinese remedy for arthritis or your grandmother’s solution for hiccups, this jam-packed reference book is sure to cure what ails you.
The Healing Secrets of Food
by Deborah KestenEating fills more than physical needs, which might be why we are inclined to gorge on fatty foods when feeling tired or depressed. Deborah Kesten posits that different types of food affect, not merely reflect, emotions, that how one prepares and proceeds to dine actually affects not only our emotions, but also our physical and social well-being. Kesten encourages the reader to take a kaleidoscope approach to food that appreciates its true multidimensionality. Combining scientific fact with traditional food practices from around the globe, Kesten provides reasons and ways to benefit from the six healing secrets of food -- socializing, feelings, mindfulness, appreciation, connection, and optimal eating.
The Healing Self: A Revolutionary New Plan to Supercharge Your Immunity and Stay Well for Life
by Deepak Chopra Rudolph E. TanziAfter collaborating on two major books featured as PBS specials, Super Brain and Super Genes, Chopra and Tanzi now tackle the issue of lifelong health and heightened immunity. We are the midst of a new revolution. For over twenty-five years Deepak Chopra, M.D. and Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D. have revolutionized medicine and how we understand our minds and our bodies—Chopra, the leading expert in the field of integrative medicine; Tanzi, the pioneering neuroscientist and discoverer of genes that cause Alzheimer's Disease. After reaching millions of people around the world through their collaborations on the hugely successful Super Brain and Super Genes books and public television programs, the New York Times bestselling authors now present a groundbreaking, landmark work on the supreme importance of our immune system in relation to our lifelong health. In the face of environmental toxins, potential epidemics, superbugs, and the accelerated aging process, the significance of achieving optimum health has never been more crucial—and the burden to achieve it now rests on individuals making the right lifestyle choices every day. That means you. You—not doctors, not pharmaceutical companies—are ultimately responsible for your own health.Chopra and Tanzi want to help readers make the best decisions possible when it comes to creating a holistic and transformative health plan for life. In The Healing Self they not only push the boundaries of the intellect to bring readers the newest research and insights on the mind-body, mind-gene, and mind-immunity connections, but they offer a cutting-edge, seven-day action plan, which outlines the key tools everyone needs to develop their own effective and personalized path to self-healing.In addition, The Healing Self closely examines how we can best manage chronic stress and inflammation, which are immerging as the primary detriments of well-being. Moreover, Chopra and Tanzi turn their attention to a host of chronic disorders such as hypertension, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and Alzheimer’s Disease, known to take years and sometimes decades to develop before the first symptoms appear. Contemporary medical systems aren’t set to attend to prolonged low-grade chronic inflammation or the everyday infections and stresses that take their toll on the body and can lead to disease, aging, and death. Thus, learning the secrets of self-healing is not only urgent but mandatory for optimum health. The Healing Self then is a call to action, a proven, strategic program that will arm readers with the information they need to protect themselves and achieve lifelong wellness. There is a new revolution occurring in health today. That revolution is you.
The Healing Shower
by Judge Joe Brown Lake Payne Ywanda Scott Penny Juan Roberts John Sibley Eloise Laws Stevie WonderIt's time for loved ones to come together and celebrate positive energy before an ill family member goes off to receive intensive surgery, i.e. cancer. It's an occasion for wishing a person well ona safe and healthy road to recovery.
The Healing Slow Cooker: Lower Stress, Improve Gut Health, Decrease Inflammation
by Jennifer Iserloh&“[Iserloh] marries high-octane superfoods (such as mushrooms, ginger, and turmeric) with the comfort of a Crock-Pot, yielding 60 recipes.&” —Modern Farmer This collection of sixty set-it and forget-it recipes aims to support a variety of wellness goals for optimal health. From Detox and Calm to Rebuild and Strengthen and more, each chapter&’s recipes utilize specific ingredients that help lower stress, decrease inflammation, and improve gut health. Combining the convenience of a slow cooker with accessible ingredients like ginger, mushrooms, chocolate, and turmeric, these dishes are simple enough for home cooks of any skill level. Each chapter comes with a detailed guide to the featured healing ingredients, making it easy to explore how they benefit the body. Start the journey to healthful eating with the flip of a switch! &“These dishes . . . are packed with fiber and antioxidants, making it easy to get healthy.&” —Oprah.com &“The recipes are simple, call for easy-to-find ingredients, and should—thanks to the ease of the slow cooker process—appeal to even novice home cooks interested in adding anti-inflammatory dishes to their repertoires.&” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) &“Nurture your body and your soul with these slow cooker recipes that can help improve gut health and lower stress.&” —Yours, &“The Best Slow Cooker Recipe Books&”
The Healing Soup Cookbook: Hearty Recipes to Boost Immunity and Restore Health
by Cara Harbstreet MS, RD, LD Julie Harrington RDWarm your heart, nourish your body—the healing power of soup. Move over apples—it's a bowl of soup a day that can really keep the doctor away. The Healing Soup Cookbook is your complete guide to discovering the health (and flavor) benefits that a bowl of hearty, nourishing soup can bring to your life. Don't wait until you've got a cold to stir up some delicious chicken noodle soup. The more than 90 recipes in this soup cookbook run the gamut from traditional classics to more exotic fare. Not only do these soups make perfect meals all on their own, they are also packed with healthy ingredients that combat inflammation, boost your immune system, warm you up, and help keep away colds. The Healing Soup Cookbook includes: 90+ soup recipes—From tomato soup to chili and Asian noodle bowls, the tasty one-pot dishes in this soup cookbook are sure to satisfy your cravings—as well as help you heal with anti-inflammatory ingredients. Broth and beyond—Whether you want to make your own or just pick some up at the grocery store, this soup cookbook has all the information you need to make sure you're using the right broth. Info at a glance—Pick the perfect soup for you with complete nutrition information and helpful labels that tell you whether a soup is vegetarian, gluten-free, freezer-friendly, and more. Serve up spoonfuls of better health—The Healing Soup Cookbook will show you how.
The Healing Spirit: Embracing the Healing Spirit Between and Within Us
by Vincent L. PerriThe Healing Spirit explores the idea that there is healing in dialogue. Using examples from Judaic, Christian and Buddhist philosophies and drawing on his personal and professional experiences, Dr. Perri explains how he believes the healing spirit emerges when two people unconditionally encounter each other. Introducing his concepts of the invisible matrix, archetypal language, and the naked essentials of relation he draws on the works of Martin Buber, Carl G. Jung and Abraham Joshua Heschel and their germinal contribution to the topic. The Healing Spirit can be a valuable guide to anyone in the healing or helping professions or anyone who simply wishes to help another. The Healing Spirit explores many of the personal encounters of people in the depths of sorrow, and how meaningful interpersonal dialogue generated the essence of spirit in their lives. Dr. Perri embraces the idea that spirit emerges both within and between us when spirit is beckoned. It is the spirit that heals. It is The Healing Spirit.
The Healing Therapies Bible: Godsfield Bibles
by Claire GillmanThe Healing Therapies Bible profiles more than 50 therapies, explaining the principles on which they are based, their history in practice, and wherever possible, shows them in action.New healing techniques are now being taught all over the world. Some are associated with a particular healer, such as Brandon Bays' The Journey and Vianna Stibal's Theta Healing. Others respond to our spiritual ascension, such as crystal healing with new-generation, high-vibration crystals and flower remedies. Some have longer histories, and have evolved from a wealth of traditions - such as Mindfulness meditation, with its roots in Buddhism and western stress reduction techniques, and regression therapy, more recently popularized by Harvard Psychiatry Professor Dr Brian Weiss. Also included are the classic techniques of complementary therapists, such as massage, reiki, reflexology and aromatherapy.
The Healing Therapies Bible: Godsfield Bibles (Godsfield Bibles Ser.)
by Claire GillmanThe Healing Therapies Bible profiles more than 50 therapies, explaining the principles on which they are based, their history in practice, and wherever possible, shows them in action.New healing techniques are now being taught all over the world. Some are associated with a particular healer, such as Brandon Bays' The Journey and Vianna Stibal's Theta Healing. Others respond to our spiritual ascension, such as crystal healing with new-generation, high-vibration crystals and flower remedies. Some have longer histories, and have evolved from a wealth of traditions - such as Mindfulness meditation, with its roots in Buddhism and western stress reduction techniques, and regression therapy, more recently popularized by Harvard Psychiatry Professor Dr Brian Weiss. Also included are the classic techniques of complementary therapists, such as massage, reiki, reflexology and aromatherapy.
The Healing Tree: Botanicals, Remedies, and Rituals from African Folk Traditions
by Stephanie Rose Bird"A beautiful blend of folklore, botanical science, acquired wisdom, and spiritual guidance." —from the foreword by Luisah Teish "If you want to learn about the reciprocal spiritual connection between humans and trees, you're going to love this beautiful book." —Tess Whitehurst, author of The Magic of Trees Reclaiming traditional botanical and herbal practices has never been more important than it is today. So much of our future depends on our ability to use ancient earth knowledge. In this crucially important book, author Stephanie Rose Bird recounts the story of the sacred wood: how to live in it, learn from it, and derive spiritual enrichment from it, as well as how to preserve and protect it. The Healing Tree offers functional, accessible recipes, remedies, and rituals derived from a variety of African and African American traditions to serve mind, body, soul, and spirit. The Healing Tree celebrates the forest: its powers, spirits, magic, medicine, and mysteries. Bird shares how trees have provided her with personal healing, then allows us to share in that process for our own benefit. Bird's book follows her own personal journey, but Africa is always her touchstone—the persistent and tenacious ancestral mother wisdom and spiritual foundation that refuses to fade away. The Healing Tree preserves this knowledge, presenting it as relevant and viable and demonstrating in intimate detail how vestiges of that knowledge took root in the Western Hemisphere, in African American culture, and more broadly in American culture in general. Previously published as A Healing Grove, this updated edition includes a new preface by the author and a source guide for the botanicals discussed within.
The Healing Wisdom of Africa: Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community
by Malidoma Patrice SoméThrough The Healing Wisdom of Africa, readers can come to understand that the life of indigenous and traditional people is a paradigm for an intimate relationship with the natural world that both surrounds us and is within us. The book is the most complete study of the role ritual plays in the lives of African people--and the role it can play for seekers in the West.
The Healing Wisdom of Dreams: Discover Your True Self through Lucid Dreaming, Journaling, and Visioning
by Kathleen Webster O'MalleyA guide to trusting in the wisdom of our nightly visions and describing how engaging with our dream world can give us a sense of direction, help us to heal current and past hurts, including pre-birth trauma.We can analyze and interpret our dreams, but we can do so much more: when we understand and engage with our dreams, we are able to tap into a special, deeper kind of healing. The process of healing is not about putting the same pieces back together; rather, it is about reclaiming what is already within us that could never be broken, the essence of who we are as individuals and as interconnected parts of a greater whole. In THE HEALING WISDOM OF DREAMS, health and wellness practitioner Kathleen Webster O'Malley gently guides us through the process of using our dreams to heal unwanted patterns and live more authentically.She provides specific tools for enhancing dream recall, including dream journaling, and brings in the practices of dream incubation--how to ask our dream a question and receive and interpret an answer--lucid dreaming, and Tibetan dream yoga practices. Nightmares are inevitable when we start to dive deeper into our vulnerabilities and traumas, and O'Malley discusses how to re-vision them as urgent messages that serve to deliver profound realizations. She explores the more mystical side of dreaming: visions from ancestors and spirit guides, animal guides, and archetypes that appear in our dreams. Finally, she encourages us to grant ourselves permission to be playful in our dreams, to envision ourselves as archeologists unearthing our hidden gifts.
The Healing Wisdom of Mary Magdalene: Esoteric Secrets of the Fourth Gospel
by Jack AngeloAn in-depth study of the heart-centered teachings of Mary Magdalene• Explains how the Fourth Gospel of the New Testament, specifically the Gospel of Signs, is actually a direct transcription of Mary Magdalene’s oral teachings• Reveals Mary Magdalene as a gifted visionary teacher and the best qualified disciple to lead the Jesus movement after his death• Details how the Gospel of Signs outlines 7 key steps for personal transformation and healingThe discovery and translation of the Gnostic Gospels have revealed Mary Magdalene to be a gifted visionary teacher and the best qualified disciple to lead the Jesus movement following his death. Yet, according to most scholars, only a few fragments of her actual teachings have survived. Sharing more than 20 years of research, inspired by a profound experience at the cave in southern France where Mary Magdalene is reputed to have spent her final years, Jack Angelo reveals that the Fourth Gospel of the New Testament, traditionally attributed to John, is actually a direct transcription of Mary Magdalene’s oral teachings. He explains how the Fourth Gospel was recast by more conservative members of the Jesus movement, such as Peter and Andrew, to hide Mary’s authorship and suppress her role as head disciple. Delving deeply into the many layers of meaning within the “Gospel of Signs”--the first 11 chapters of the Fourth Gospel which describe seven of Jesus’ miracles--he shows how Mary’s teachings outline seven key steps for personal transformation and profound healing. For example, the sixth sign describes the shamanic healing of a blind man when Jesus spits on clay and smears the paste over the man’s eyes. Angelo explains how the deeper meaning of this sign is about perceiving with the “eyes of the heart.”Beyond the beauty and simplicity of Mary’s wisdom for personal transformation and healing, Angelo also shows how Mary’s heart-centered teachings embody the resurgence of feminine energy that is vitally needed to restore balance to the psyche and health of humanity as well as to Earth.
The Healing Yoga Deck: 60 Poses and Meditations to Alleviate Pain and Support Well-Being
by Olivia MillerFrom the author of Essential Yoga: Sixty poses, meditations, and sequences to help alleviate and prevent pain and enhance overall well-being. Whether you&’re a yoga novice interested in pain prevention and relief, or if yoga is a part of your everyday routine, this handy collection of illustrated poses can help you take control of your health. You&’ll find step-by-step instructions, and options for more or less of a challenge—ensuring that people of different ages and physical abilities can safely reap all the benefits. Learn to perform sixty yoga poses, meditations, and recommended sequences to alleviate pain, prevent chronic conditions, and boost your well-being, including: Energy boosters Neck, shoulder, and back helpers/Posture supporters Hip helpers/Leg strengtheners Bone builders/Better balance Digestive helpers Anxiety and stress relievers
The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
by T. R. ReidT. R. Reid shows how all the other industrialized democracies have achieved something the United States can't seem to do: provide health care for everybody at a reasonable cost.
The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
by T. R. ReidA New York Times Bestseller, with an updated explanation of the 2010 Health Reform Bill Bringing to bear his talent for explaining complex issues in a clear, engaging way, New York Times bestselling author T. R. Reid visits industrialized democracies around the world--France, Britain, Germany, Japan, and beyond--to provide a revelatory tour of successful, affordable universal health care systems. Now updated with new statistics and a plain-English explanation of the 2010 health care reform bill, The Healing of America is required reading for all those hoping to understand the state of health care in our country, and around the world.T. R. Reid's newest book, A Fine Mess, will be published by Penguin Press in Spring 2017.
The Healing of Individuals, Families and Nations
by John L. PayneThis book sheds new light on the relationships between victims and perpetrators, be they from governments and regimes, wars, sexual abuse or crime.
The Healing: One Woman's Journey from Poverty to Inner Riches
by Saeeda HafizIn this memoir of upward mobility through an unexpected route, a young black American woman signs up for lessons in yoga and clean eating as signifiers of her new middle class status, little realizing that her new lifestyle will bring her face to face with the inner demons fed by the domestic violence, addiction, and poverty she witnessed as a child.Graduating, getting established in your career, and dating another professional are things many young middle-class women expect to do and take for granted. But when your parents don't support you and you have siblings in prison, those milestones seem monumental. What does growing up poor do to your self-esteem? How do patterns of stress and family violence, poor diet and poor health continue to affect you even after you escape to a higher income bracket? And what can one woman do to turn around the cycle of racism, poverty, and intergenerational suffering? Hafiz gives a frank account of the anxiety and rewards of becoming "middle class" through a complete change of diet and adopting habits such as traveling and doing yoga. While her peers pursue one kind of African American dream by climbing the corporate ladder, Hafiz finds meaning in learning to cook macrobiotic food and practice meditation. By doing so, she recovers from chronic health conditions and heals from the family trauma she has inherited.
The Health Anxiety Workbook: Practical Exercises to Overcome Your Health Worries
by Taylor M. Ham MS, LMFTBreak free from health anxiety with proven strategies and activities Occasional worries about your health are normal. But too much anxiety—especially if it's unfounded—can get in the way of your peace and happiness. The Health Anxiety Workbook can help. You'll explore where extreme health concerns come from and find tangible ways to keep them from controlling you. With a variety of writing prompts and activities, you'll build the skills to manage stress and intrusive thoughts, and take a more positive view of your health and your body. Understand health anxiety—Learn the causes and symptoms of health anxiety so you can identify and manage your thoughts and feelings. Take a proven approach—Discover simple, proven strategies and exercises based on the latest in cognitive behavioral therapy. Find support—See that you're not alone with anecdotes from real people who've recovered from health anxiety using these techniques. Alleviate overwhelming worries about your health with the simple tools in this evidence-based anxiety workbook.
The Health Care Revolution: From Medical Monopoly to Market Competition
by Carl F. AmeringerThis book explains how the revolution of America's market-based health care system came into being when the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress prompted the antitrust agencies of the federal government to change the rules of the health care system. Ameringer lays out the key events that led up to this regime change; explores its broader social, political, and economic contexts; examines the views of both its proponents and opponents; and considers its current trajectory.
The Health Delusion: How to Achieve Exceptional Health in the 21st Century
by Aidan Goggins Glen MattenHow can it be that even with all the advances modern healthcare has made, we're experiencing record levels of ill health – from diabetes, heart disease and cancer, to osteoporosis, dementia and depression? We're more health conscious than ever before, and no matter which way we turn we're bombarded with promises of the best thing for living longer and healthier lives. But the truth is, the messages are flawed and if we follow them, we won't achieve the good health we long for. Something, somewhere, has gone horribly wrong.At last, cutting through the misinformation, The Health Delusion has the answers, all backed by hard science. It exposes the shocking truths behind our diet, health and pharmaceutical industries – and how they consistently put our health in jeopardy in favour of boosting their profits, as well as showing how the media makes things even worse by misleading us at every turn. So how can we put things right? Providing a complete 21st-century guide to optimal health at every stage of life, The Health Delusion gives us the real story, and offers us a detailed plan of the foods, supplements and lifestyle changes needed for total wellness.
The Health Fix
by Dr Dr Ayan Panja'The only health manual you will ever need' - Dr Rangan ChatterjeeStarting with the experience of his own illness, Dr Ayan Panja, NHS GP and lifestyle medicine expert, brings a unique personalised framework to tailor targeted lifestyle-based interventions to you, with his groundbreaking new book THE HEALTH FIX. Unlike many approaches to health and wellbeing, THE HEALTH FIX focuses on the 'why' rather than just the 'what' with a toolkit:-Learn how to elegantly tighten up on the 8 factors which affect your health the most day to day-Improve your ability to control your habits-Understand the interplay between your symptoms and your biology-Experience the subtle power of "how, what and when"-Generate your own targeted lifestyle prescription -Apply the 'fixes' that are relevant only to you-Feel the difference within 8 weeksWith the rising tide of non-communicable disease such as long Covid, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal conditions and increasing mental health need, Dr Ayan blends in the science and evidence into eye-opening case studies which demonstrate how the patient story lays everything out. The unique HEALTH FIX toolkit will help you change your health for good by understanding the story of you.
The Health Fix
by Dr Dr Ayan Panja'The only health manual you will ever need' - Dr Rangan ChatterjeeStarting with the experience of his own illness, Dr Ayan Panja, NHS GP and lifestyle medicine expert, brings a unique personalised framework to tailor targeted lifestyle-based interventions to you, with his groundbreaking new book THE HEALTH FIX. Unlike many approaches to health and wellbeing, THE HEALTH FIX focuses on the 'why' rather than just the 'what' with a toolkit:-Learn how to elegantly tighten up on the 8 factors which affect your health the most day to day-Improve your ability to control your habits-Understand the interplay between your symptoms and your biology-Experience the subtle power of "how, what and when"-Generate your own targeted lifestyle prescription -Apply the 'fixes' that are relevant only to you-Feel the difference within 8 weeksWith the rising tide of non-communicable disease such as long Covid, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal conditions and increasing mental health need, Dr Ayan blends in the science and evidence into eye-opening case studies which demonstrate how the patient story lays everything out. The unique HEALTH FIX toolkit will help you change your health for good by understanding the story of you.
The Health Habit: 7 Easy Steps to Reach Your Goals and Dramatically Improve Your Life
by Elizabeth RiderDiscover your Health Habit for the life you want to live-and never slide backward again!What if the best health of your life isn't just about what you do-or don't-eat? The secret to having the healthy body and life you want isn't just in a rigid way of eating. It's in developing your own Health Habit. Coined by nutritionist and author Elizabeth Rider, your Health Habit is a skill, or a set of skills, that allows you to make the best choices that serve you most. By focusing on action-not just theory-you won't even have to think about "being healthy." You just will be-without the deprivation, shame, and OMG-do-I-really-have-to-choke-that-down overthinking and fear that come with restrictive diets. With her fresh look at healthy living, 28-Day Kick-Start Plan, 50 starter recipes, and online community, Elizabeth will get you started, keep you motivated, and connect you to health-conscious people around the world.