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9780007110698

5 Secrets of Health and Happiness : Chinese Wisdom to Nourish Your Life

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    9780007110698

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  • Copyright: 2001-06-01
  • Publisher: Natl Book Network
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Table of Contents

Author's Note xi
Introduction xiii
Why a Healthy Lifestyle?
1(15)
Can I Avoid Getting Ill if I Live Healthily?
3(1)
Chinese Medicine and our Energy
4(1)
Chinese Medicine and Health
4(1)
Is this Just Another Fad?
5(1)
The Chinese and Logevity
6(1)
Lifestyle in `Modern' Times
7(1)
Lifestyle in the West before Industrialization
8(1)
Adapting to the 21st Century
9(2)
Being Aware of the Need for a Healthy Lifestyle
11(1)
The Results of Lifestyle Changes
11(1)
Can a Healthy Lifestyle Always Restore my Health?
12(1)
Do I have to be Perfect?
13(1)
How Long will it Take to Change my Habits?
13(1)
How to Read this Book
14(1)
Summary
14(2)
The Secret of Healthy Eating
16(36)
Balancing Our Diet
17(1)
The Correct Proportions of Foods
18(1)
Research on the Food Proportions in our Diet
19(3)
Phlegm and Damp-forming Foods
22(2)
Dealing with Weight Problems
24(1)
Meat-eating or Vegetarian - Which is the Healthy Choice?
25(2)
Dietary Tips for Vegetarians
27(1)
How Anna Changed her Diet
28(3)
Eating Healthily
30(1)
Eating Good Quality Food
31(1)
Eating Fresh Fods which are not `Spoiled'
32(1)
Enjoying our Food
33(1)
The Temperature of Food
34(3)
The Taste of Food
37(4)
Eating in the Right Conditions
41(3)
Becoming Sensitive to our Dietary Needs
44(2)
Simon's Diet
46(1)
Indira's Diet
47(2)
Hannah's Diet
49(1)
Summary
50(2)
The Secret of Balancing Our Emotions
52(27)
Emotions as a Cause of Disease
52(1)
The Internal Causes of Disease
53(1)
Emotions as a Cause of Disease
53(2)
Anger
55(1)
Fear, Anxiety and Worry
56(1)
Sadness and Grief
57(1)
Joy
58(1)
Our Attitude to our Emotions
59(2)
The Spectrum of our Emotional Traumas
61(1)
Dealing With Our Emotions
61(1)
The Power of Taking Pleasure from the World
62(1)
The Power of Keeping in Good Humor
63(2)
The Power of Developing a Positive Attitude
65(1)
Dealing with `Stuck' Emotions
66(1)
Gaining Perspective on our Emotions
67(1)
Talking and Writing Therapy
68(2)
The Power of Positive Goals
70(4)
Discharging Blocked Feelings
74(1)
Lifestyle and our Emotions
75(2)
Chinese Medicine and our Emotions
77(1)
Summary
78(1)
The Secret of How to Work, Rest and Exercise
79(32)
Work and Exercise
80(1)
Balancing our Work, Rest and Exercise
81(1)
Overwork
82(3)
Underactivity
85(3)
Internal and External Exercise
88(2)
Overexercising
90(1)
Activity, Rest, Age and Constitution
91(1)
Qigong Exercises and their Benefits
91(2)
A Qigong Stretch
93(3)
Exercising in the `Spirit' of Qigong
96(1)
A Cleansing Qigong Exercise
96(1)
Learning Qigong
97(1)
How Much Qigong should I do?
98(1)
Seven Tips for Creating an Exercise Routine
98(1)
A Morning Qigong Exercise - Patting the Body
99(4)
Rest and Sleep
102(1)
Our Posture when we Sleep
103(1)
The Midday Nap
104(1)
If I have Difficulty Sleeping
104(2)
A Qigong Exercise before Sleeping
106(1)
Making Time for Rest and Relaxation
107(1)
Ways we can Rest and Relax
107(1)
A Simple Relaxation Exercise
108(1)
Resting after Pregnancy
109(1)
Summary
110(1)
The Secret of Protecting Ourselves from the Environment
111(24)
Old Wives' Tales in the West
112(1)
Why are the Climatic Causes Important?
113(1)
Cold and Wind
114(1)
Cold
114(5)
Wind
119(5)
Damp, Dryness and Heat
123(1)
Damp
124(4)
Dryness
128(1)
Heat
129(2)
Climatic Factors Combining Together
131(1)
Keeping Healthy with the Seasons
132(1)
Diet, Work, Rest, Exercise and Keeping Healthy
133(1)
Summary
133(2)
The Secret of Respecting Our Constitution
135(19)
What is Jing?
135(1)
Our Internal Battery
136(1)
Our Jing at Birth
137(1)
Using up our Jing
138(1)
The Signs of a Depleted Constitution
139(1)
Preserving our Jing
140(1)
Sexual Activity and our Jing
141(2)
Our Jing in Pregnancy and Childbirth
143(1)
Four Important Stages in our Lives
144(1)
Living within the Confines of our Jing
145(1)
Strengthening the Quality of our Jing
146(1)
Activating the Tan Tien
147(2)
A Qigong Exercise for the Tan Tien
149(1)
Qigong and Jing
150(1)
Checking the Strength of our Jing
151(1)
Constitution and the Ears
151(1)
The Strength of the Jaw Line
151(1)
Our Physique and Stamina
152(1)
Summary
153(1)
Staying Healthy and Preventing Disease
154(42)
Lifestyle adjustments to prevent or improve
Anxiety and Panic Attacks
155(2)
Asthma
157(3)
Back Pain
160(2)
Colds and flu
162(3)
Constipation
165(2)
Depression
167(3)
Diabetes
170(2)
Diarrhea
172(3)
Headaches
175(2)
Hypertension
177(2)
Indigestion and Heartburn
179(1)
Insomnia
180(3)
Joint Problems
183(3)
Menopausal Hot Flushes
186(1)
Period Pains
187(2)
Post-viral Syndrome
189(3)
Premenstrual Syndrome
192(1)
Skin Conditions
193(3)
Where do I Start?
196(10)
Find Ways to Become Motivated
197(2)
Find Ways to Make Changes as Enjoyable as Possible
199(2)
Make Changes at the Speed you Want to Make them
201(2)
Turn any Changes into Regular Good Habits
203(2)
Summary
205(1)
Keeping Healthy and Preventing Disease - A Seven-Step Plan for Healthy Living
206(23)
Lifestyle Questionnaire
212(8)
Some Basic Recipes
220(1)
Cooking Grains
220(2)
Cooking Beans
222(1)
Cooking Seaweed
223(6)
Glossary 229(4)
Notes 233(6)
Reading List 239(2)
Useful Addresses 241(6)
Index 247

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