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From the Heart Through the Hands
: :This book is for people who like to touch and be touched, and for those who long to be touched more. It is for those who feel comfortable communicating through their hands and for those who wish to feel more ease in transmitting care through touch. It is for people whose responsibility or job or gift it is to oversee or to help take care of the elderly and ill members of our society. It is for sons and daughters caring for aging parents with physical impairments that effect a ...
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Microsystems Acupuncture: The Complete Guide: Ear - Scalp - Mouth - Hand
: :In the last fifty years, microsystem acupuncture has emerged as a safe and effective therapeutic option for a wide range of conditions, from cardiovascular and neurological disorders to obesity and nicotine dependence. Its worldwide acceptance is largely due to the ability of microsystem acupuncture to provide access for treatment, even in the event of extreme local sensitivity to pain. This book is a comprehensive overview of ear, scalp, mouth, and hand acupuncture to help you understand the relationships between these microsystems and the body. Integrating new and established methods, the ...
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Shiatsu Therapy for Horses
: :In this major book, leading practitioner Pamela Hannay provides a photographic guide to communication, health, and healing through shiatsu.
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The Art of Massage: A Practical Manual for the Nurse, the Student and the Practitioner
: :1942. A newly issued version of this classic text on massage from Kessinger Publishing. Partial Contents: The History of Massage; The Physiological Effects of Massage; The Therapeutic Applications of Massage; The Procedures of Massage; Massage of Special Regions; Recent Progress in Massage; and more.
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BodyWork Shiatsu: Bringing the Art of Finger Pressure to the Massage Table
: :For the first time, an expert in the Asian art of finger-pressure massage shifts the practice of shiatsu from the floor to the massage table--increasing the comfort of the patient, conserving the energy of the therapist, and augmenting the effects of the treatment. Skillfully integrating current Western scientific research with traditional energetic concepts and techniques of shiatsu, Carl Dubistsky provides a new perspective on this ancient healing art. His analysis of the muscular anatomy of the points and pathways is unique in Western literature, making shiatsu techniques more accessible and ...
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The Classic of Difficulties: A Translation of the Nan Jing
: :A translation of the Nan Jing, by Bob Flaws. At last, a clinically useful translation of this seminal acupuncture classic! The Nan Jing is considered one of the four foundation texts of Chinese medicine but, until now, translations of it were either too poor or too scholarly for practitioners to use. Using nigel Wiseman's translational terminology, Western readers can read the text that codified Chinese pulse examination and five-phase acupuncture using the 60 transport points on the arms and legs.
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Hand and Foot Reflexology
: :Here's a revolutionary way to fine-tune your relationship with your body, reduce stress, and feel better all over: Stimulate the reflexes in your hands and feet!It's all in this hands-on encyclopedia of personal reflexology information. Here, Kevin and Barbara Kunz (authors of The Complete Guide to Foot Reflexology) bring you their unique self-health approach to wellness. Through reflexology, they teach you how to free and channel your pent-up energy -- and to prevent and correct common health problems.With more than 500 detailed instructions, this book includes:* Why your feet and ...
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Clinical Reflexology: A Guide for Health Professionals
: :This introductory resource focuses on the integration of reflexology into a variety of specialist clinical settings. It covers theory and practice, exploring the nature, status, and potential of reflexology within contemporary health care.
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Meridian Exercises: The Oriental Way to Health and Vitality
: :This introductory resource focuses on the integration of reflexology into a variety of specialist clinical settings. It covers theory and practice, exploring the nature, status, and potential of reflexology within contemporary health care.
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Sticking to the Point: A Rational Methodology for the Step By Step Formulation and Administration of a TCM Acupuncture Treatment (vol. 1)
: :A new, revised edition of the first book for students and practitioners which explains how to do TCM style acupuncture. This book explains in depth how to do a complex, individualized TCM pattern discrimination, how to arrange and make sense of a welter of confusing signs and symptoms, and how to think using TCM terms and statement of fact. Western students and beginning practitioners will find this book an invaluable aid in honing their ability to understand and use TCM. Although specifically about acupuncture, the method presented in this book ...
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