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| Aromatherapy |
 The
Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy
by Valerie Ann Worwood
The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy is my personal favorite aromatherapy book. It is excellent
for beginners, yet full of useful information. I especially like the "bacteria busters party formula"
which consists of five essential oils and can be used as a room spray or in a diffuser.
The book includes information on making your own essential oils, using essential oils for beauty, pets, atmosphere,
cooking, various ailments, people of all ages, and uses at home and the office.
- Randi Kuhne |
The Fragrant Mind: Aromatherapy
for Personality, Mind, Mood, and Emotion
by Valerie Ann Worwood |
The Fragrant Heavens:
Spiritual and Vibrational Aromatherapy
by Valerie Ann Worwood |
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| Healing Back Pain Naturally |
 Healing
Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
by John E. Sarno
Chronic pain can be a technique the subconscious mind uses to divert your attention from emotional pain. Through
awareness of this process, you can remove the cause of your physical pain by redirecting your attention to your
emotions, or merely by acknowledging/affirming that the cause is emotional.
According to the author emotions such as repressed anger, low self-esteem and fear of pain and additional injury
cause the mind-body connection to produce physical pain through localized mild oxygen deprivation. He does not
believe most back pain is caused by structural problems such as herniated discs, disc degeneration, strenuous exercise,
poor posture, incorrect body mechanics during movement or lifting, or a sedentary lifestyle. Nor does he believe
it is helped by even the best of physical therapies or exercise programs designed to strengthen the back.
For some people, this is difficult to believe. Being a hypnotherapist, I had no difficulty accepting the author's
contoversial ideas. He is correct in saying that it can be difficult to let go of traditional beliefs about the
causes and treatment of back pain. However, once you get beyond that, you will find his advice to be remarkably
accurate and helpful. I highly respect his methods, which include building your confidence in his system before
returning to normal physical activity.
Though beliefs are essential to this system, it is not a placebo affect which you will experience. It is a new
way of directing your energies, of dealing with your subconscious, which allows you eliminate emotionally induced
pain.
I'm sold on the concept myself, and would like to let others know about it. The copy I read was from my local library.
You don't have to buy the book to benefit from it! But please, if you have back pain (or other chronic pain) do
read this book!
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Also by Dr. John Sarno:
The Mindbody Prescription
: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain
Dr. John Sarno caused quite a ruckus back in 1990 when he suggested that back pain is all in the head. In his bestselling
book, Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection, he claimed that backaches, slipped discs, headaches, and other
chronic pains are due to suppressed anger, and that once the cause of the anger is addressed, the pain will vanish.
Relieved Amazon.com readers call this book "liberating" and say "it sounds too good to be true,
but it is true." Sarno has returned with The Mindbody Prescription, in which he explains how emotions including
guilt, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem can stimulate the brain to manufacture physical symptoms including
fibromyalgia, repetitive strain injuries, migraine headaches, hay fever, colitis, ulcers, and even acne. If these
psychosomatic problems all sound a little Freudian, what with the repression of emotions in the unconscious, it's
because Sarno unapologetically borrows from Freud for the basis of his theory and cites childhood trauma as a major
source of emotional problems. He also says that his program is a "talking cure" of sorts, since patients
must be convinced their pain is rooted in their emotions before healing can begin.
The book reads a bit like psychology text, with Sarno quoting from psychoanalytic theorists including Heinz Kohut
and Graeme Taylor and the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition). Sarno
walks through the neurophysiology of mindbody disorders, lists the symptoms of dozens of disorders that he believes
are emotion-based, and offers a basic program for overcoming psychosomatic pain and illness. His recovery plan
includes meditation and sometimes psychotherapy, including behavior modification, and stopping any medication or
physical therapy. While Sarno's ideas seem radical, they were commonly implemented earlier in the 20th century,
when psychoanalysis was at its peak of popularity, and they promise to become more accepted in our current era
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Bipolar Disorder
(formerly known as mainc depression) |
 Dancing
with the Serpent
by Patricia A. Bloise
A fascinating journey detailing one person's experiences with mental illness. The book is a spiritual quest for
wholeness and presents alternative explanations for the causes of bi-polar disorder, including spirituality and
kundalini. |
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| Chakras |
 Chakra
Therapy: For Personal Growth & Healing
by Keith Sherwood |
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| Children |
Your Child and Vitamin
E
by Wilfrid E. Shute, M.D. |
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| ADD & Hyperactivity |
I found these books at a local health food store. They all looked well-written, and I thought they would be a very
useful addition to this section.
- Randi Kuhne |
 Help
for the Hyperactive Child:
by William G. Crook, M.D.
paperback
A Good-Sense Guide for Parents of Children With Hyperactivity, Attention Deficits and Other Behavior and Learning
Problems |
 No
More Ritalin
by Dr. Mary Ann Block
"What does a mother do when doctors make her daughter gravely ill with drugs, then can't get her well? If
you're Mary Ann Block, you become a physician to get your child well yourself. Dr. Block was compelled to go to
medical school at the age of 39 to save her daughter. Today, her daughter is a healthy adult as a result of her
mother's determination and devotion.
In her ground breaking book, No More Ritalin:Treating ADHD Without Drugs, A Mother's Journey, Dr. Block shares
her painful and shocking journey through the dark days of her daughter's doctor-induced illness. She goes on to
shatter the conventional view of drugging children who have been labeled with ADHD.
Dr. Block, medical director of the Block Center, looks for and treats the underlying health problems causing the
ADHD symptoms. In her book, she discusses the causes of these symptoms, explains her medical approach and offers
parents many things they can do themselves, at home, to help their child."
- Steven Zacharius, Kensington Books (used with permission) |
ADD: The Natural Approach
by Nina Anderson and Howard Peiper |
 The
Natural Approach to Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD): Drug-Free Ways to Treat the Roots of This Childhood Epidemic
(Keats Good Health Guide)
paperback
by Ronald L. Hoffman |
 Homeopathic
Remedies for Children's Common Ailments
(A Keats Guide to Good Health)
by Carolyn Dean, M.D |
 Ritalin-Free
Kids: Safe and Effective Homeopathic Medicine for ADD and Other Behavioral and Learning Problems
by Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, Robert Ullman, Edward Chapman |
You will find some additional books on this subject on The Healing Arts page:
http://swiftweb.com/ha/book2.html including:
 Stopping
Hyperactivity: A New Solution
by Nancy O'Dell (Contributor), Patricia A. Cook
For more information see the
Stopping Hyperactivity: A New Solution website at:
http://www.stophyper.com/ |
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| Color Therapy |
Form, Sound, Colour and
Healing
by Theo Gimbel (The founder of England's Hygeia College of Color Therapy)
Personally, I like very practical books. When I began my studies on color therapy several years ago, I found Theo
Gimbel's books to be the most useful. Some are out of print and will take a little longer to get. Form,
Sound, Colour and Healing and Healing
Through Color are my favorites. |
Healing With Color &
Light
by Theo Gimbel |
The Colour Therapy Workbook
by Theo Gimbel |
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| Diet & Nutrition |
 Eat
Right for Your Type: The Individualized Diet Solution to Staying Healthy, Living Longer & Achieving Your
Ideal Weight
by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo, Catherine Whitney
hardcover |
 Cook
Right for Your Type: The Practical Kitchen Companion to Eat Right 4 Your Type, Including More Than 200 Original
Recipes...
by Dr. Peter J D'Adamo, Catherine Whitney
hardcover |
 Easy
Breadmaking for Special Diets: Wheat-Free, Milk- And Lactose-Free, Egg-Free, Gluten-Free, Yeast-Free, Sugar-Free,
Low Fat, High To Low Fiber
by Nicolette M. Dumke
paperback
Note: Lacks any soy breads, otherwise, an excellent cookbook. |
 Allergy
Cooking With Ease: The No Wheat, Milk, Eggs, Corn, Soy, Yeast, Sugar, Grain, and Gluten Cookbook
by Nicolette M. Dumke, William Crook
paperback |
 The
Allergy Self Help Cookbook: Over 325 Natural Foods Recipes, Free of Wheat, Milk, Eggs, Corn, Yeast, Sugar and
Other Common Food Allergens
by Marjorie Hunt Jones
paperback |
 The
Complete Food Allergy Cookbook: The Foods You've Always Loved Without the Ingredients You Can't Have!
by Marilyn Gioannini
paperback |
 The
Rotation Diet Cookbook: A 4-Day Plan for Relieving Allergies
by Jill Carter, Alison Edwards (Contributor)
paperback |
 My
Kid's Allergic to Everything Dessert Cookbook
by Mary Harris, Wilma Nachsin (Contributor)
paperback |
 Feeding
Your Allergic Child: Happy Food for Happy Kids
by Elisa Meyer
paperback |
 Your
Child's Food Allergies: Detecting and Treating Hyperactivity, Congestion, Irritability and Other Symptoms Caused
by Common Food Allergies
by Jane McNicol
paperback |
 The
3-Day Energy Fast |
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| Adelle Davis |
Adelle Davis' book Let's
Eat Right to Keep Fit was my introduction into the world of nutrition and natural healing over 25 years ago.
I have seen amazing things happen to those who have followed her advice. Her vitamin C spray recipe for burns (look
in the index under "burns") is truly remarkable!
- Randi Kuhne |
Let's Get Well
Another of Adelle Davis' excellent books.
- Randi Kuhne |
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| Wilfrid E. Shute, M.D. |
Doctor Wilfrid E. Shute's
Complete Updated Vitamin E Book
Health Preserver:
Defining the Versality of Vitamin E
Dr. Shute's work was respected by Adelle Davis, and she referred to it in her books. |
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| Richard A. Passwater |
| The Antioxidants:
The Amazing Nutrients That Fight Dangerous Free Radicals, Guard Against Cancer and Other Diseases--And Even Slow
the Aging Process |
| Beta-Carotene and Other
Carotenoids: The Antioxidant Family That Protects Against Cancer and Heart Disease and Strengthens the Immune
System |
| Cancer Prevention and
Nutritional Therapies |
| Creatine: Enhancing
Muscular Functioning |
| Lipoic Acid: The
Metabolic Antioxidant (Keats Good Health Guides) |
 Pycnogenol:
The Super 'Protector' Nutrient
by Richard A. Passwater, Chithan Kandaswami |
| Supernutrition for Healthy
Hearts: The Total Protection Plan for the Prevention and Cure of Heart Disease Through Vitamins, Diet, and
Exercise |
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| Harvey and Marilyn Diamond |
In Fit for Life Natural
Food Hygienist Harvey Diamond explain the basics of Natural Hygiene in a very practical, humorous, easy to understand
and easy to believe way. Marilyn presents recipes for a transitional diet to help ease the reader into a new way
of eating.
I bought the book several years ago after seeing them interviewed on television. I was impressed by their glowingly
healthy appearances. After following the diet, I found their ideas to be exactly what they had said, particularly
for promoting healthy and complete digestion and increasing energy. I became a vegan (total vegetarian) because
of this book.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is seeking improved health, better digestion, weight loss and /or increased
energy. I found some of the recipes to have too many ingredients for my busy lifestyle (and full refrigerator);
they were easily simplified to suit my preferences without compromising quality or effectiveness.
- Randi Kuhne |
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| General Information |
 Healing
Centers & Retreats
by Jenifer Miller
Jenifer Miller, a very lucky former editor at "Spa"
magazine, visited every single place in this inspiring guide
to spas, glorious getaways, and healthy hideouts throughout
the U.S. and Canada. In addition to usual pampering suspects
(Canyon Ranch, Miraval), there are centers focused on
treating ongoing health conditions like migraines and
chronic pain. |
Hands of Light: A Guide
to Healing Through the Human Energy Field
by Barbara Ann Brennan |
Light Emerging: The Journey
of Personal Healing
by Barbara Ann Brennan, Thomas J. Schneider |
The American Holistic
Health Association's Complete Guide to Alternative Medicine Vol 1
by William Collinge |
Alternative Medecine
Resource Guide
(Medical Library Association Co-Publishing Program)
paperback
by Francine Feuerman, Marsha J. Handel |
Healing Centers &
Retreats
by Jenifer Miller
Hot springs. LomiLomi massages. Aromatherapy. Invigorating
natural environments. Feeling better yet? "Healing Centers
& Retreats: Healthy Getaways for Every Body and Budget"
lists 200 destinations throughout the U.S. and Canada, from
the luxurious Canyon Ranch Spas to centers for chronic
disease treatment to holistic getaways that start as low as
$100. So relax already! |
Diabetes and Hypoglycemia:
How You Can Benefit from Diet, Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, Exercise, and Other Natural Methods
by Michael T. Murray |
Family Guide to Natural
Medicine: How to Stay Healthy the Natural Way
Readers Digest Staff |
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| Gary Null |
 Gary Null's
Ultimate Anti-Aging Program |
 Healing With Magnets
by Gary Null |
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| Herbs |
Back to Eden
by Jethro Kloss
The Classic Guide to Herbal Medicine Natural Foods and Home Since 1939 |
The Herb Book
by John B. Lust |
The Natural Remedy Bible:
Everyone's Guide to the Natural Method of Healing
by John Lust, Michael Tierra |
The Herbal Pantry
Cookbook
byEmelie Tolley, Chris Mead |
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| Homeopathy |
Everybody's Guide to
Homeopathic Medicines: Safe and Effective Remedies for You and Your Family
by Stephen Cummings, Dana Ullman (Contributor)
Complete Guide to Homeopathy
by Andrew Lockie, Nicola Geddes (Contributor)
The Family Guide to Homeopathy:
Symptoms and Natural Solutions
by Andrew Dr. Lockie, William Shevin
The Consumer's Guide
to Homeopathy: The Definitive Resource for Understanding Homeopathic Medicine and Making It Work for You
by Dana Ullman
Homeopathic Medicine
for Children and Infants
by Dana Ullman
Natural Medicine for
Children: Drug-Free Health Care for Children from Birth to Age Twelve: A Practical, Comprehensive Guide to
Herbs, Homeopathy,
by Julian Scott
Homeopathic Medicine
at Home: Natural Remedies for Everyday Ailments and Minor Injuries
by Maesimun Panos, M.D. Panos, Jane Heimlich, Robert Mendelsohn
The Complete Book of
Homeopathy
by Michael Weiner
Healing With Homeopathy:
The Complete Guide
by Wayne B. Jonas, Jennifer Jacobs (Contributor)
A Beginner's Introduction
to Homeopathy
by Trevor M. Cook
Emotional Healing With
Homeopathy: A Self-Help Manual
by Peter Chappell
Science of Homeopathy
by George Vithoulkas, William A. Tiller
An Alternative Path:
The Making and Remaking of Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia
by Naomi Rogers |
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| Music Therapy |
 Sound
Healing
Dean Evenson
audio CD
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| Yoga |
Richard Hittleman's Yoga:
28 Day Exercise Plan
(Also available as larger
paperback) |
Chakra
Therapy: For Personal Growth & Healing
by Keith Sherwood |
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| Deepak Chopra |
Boundless Energy: The
Complete Mind/Body Program for Overcoming Chronic Fatigue (Perfect Health Library)
by Shaye Areheart, Deepak Chopra |
Boundless Energy: The
Complete Mind/Body Program for Overcoming Chronic Fatigue/Cassette
(Perfect Health Library)
audio cassette |
Perfect Digestion: The
Key to Balanced Living
hardcover |
Perfect Digestion: The
Key to Balanced Living/Audio Cassette
audio cassette |
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| Andrew Weil |
| Interview
with Dr. Weil |
| Eight Weeks to Optimum
Health |
| Health and Healing |
The Roots of Healing:
The New Medicine
Michael Toms, Andrew Weil |
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