Healthy Solutions

by Russell, David N., Ph.D.; Sneyd, Lynn Wiese

• ISBN13: 9781591201083
• ISBN10: 159120108X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-15
• Publisher: Basic Health Pubns

Summary

Consumer health text offers an alternative way to approach healing. Topics include cultural perspectives of medical practice, health and disease, symptoms and causes of disease, the language of science in medical models, remedy preparation techniques, ailments and therapies, the nature and nutritional effects of common foods, and more. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Foreword	ix
Robert Sardello
Introduction	1	(6)
PART ONE The Nature of Health
Cultural Perspectives of Medical Practice	7	(5)
Life and the Body	12	(6)
Health and Disease	18	(5)
Symptoms and Causes of Diseases	23	(5)
The Whole Person	28	(9)
The Language of Science in Medical Models	37	(252)
PART TWO Therapies for Common Ailments
How to Use the Therapy Section	45	(6)
Remedy Preparation Techniques	51	(5)
Ailments & Therapies
Accidents and Trauma	56	(9)
Aging: Care of the Elderly	65	(7)
Cleansing the Body	72	(4)
Colds and Flu	76	(11)
Coughs and Respiratory Ailments	87	(18)
Dental Health	105	(7)
Digestive Dysfunction	112	(30)
Ear Ailments	142	(16)
Eye and Vision Problems	158	(6)
Fever	164	(6)
Headache	170	(4)
Heart Ailments	174	(5)
Infant Care	179	(13)
Muscle and Joint Pain	192	(9)
Pain	201	(4)
Pregnancy and Birth	205	(4)
Psychological Issues	209	(15)
Reproductive Health	224	(11)
Skin Problems	235	(15)
Sleep Disorders	250	(4)
Urinary System Difficulties	254	(9)
PART THREE The Therapeutic Nature of Foods
The Nature and Nutritional Effects of Common Foods	263	(6)
Special Diets	269	(10)
Materia Medica	279	(10)
Bibliography	289	(6)
Index	295	(12)
About the Authors	307