Spontaneous Healing How to Discover and Enhance Your Body's Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal Itself

by Weil, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780804117944
• ISBN10: 0804117942
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-04
• Publisher: Ballantine Books

Summary

The body can heal itself. Spontaneous healing is not a miracle but a fact of biology--the result of the natural healing system that each one of us is born with. Drawing on fascinating case histories as well as medical techniques from around the world, Dr. Andrew Weil shows how spontaneous healing has worked to resolve life-threatening diseases, severe trauma, and chronic pain. Weil then outlines an eight-week program in which you'll discover: - The truth about spontaneous healing and how it interacts with the mind- The foods, vitamins, supplements, and tonic herbs that will help you enhance your innate healing powers- Advice on how to avoid environmental toxins and reduce stress- The strengths and weaknesses of conventional and alternative treatments- Natural methods to ameliorate common kinds of illnessesAnd much more! "From the Paperback edition."

Author Biography

Dr. Andrew Weil is a leader in the new field of integrative medicine, which combines the best ideas and practices of Western and alternative medicine. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, he is director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona and founder of the Center for Integrative Medicine in Tucson, which is advancing the field worldwide. He is also the author of the New York Times bestseller 8 Weeks to Optimum Health. His Web site, "Ask Dr. Weil," is in the top five of all health-related programs on the Internet.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Healing System
Prologue in the Rain Forest	p. 11
The Faces of Healing: Kristin	p. 22
Right in My Own Backyard	p. 28
The Faces of Healing: Harvey and Phyllis	p. 47
Testimonials	p. 54
The Faces of Healing: Al	p. 66
Medical Pessimism	p. 72
The Faces of Healing: John	p. 84
The Healing System	p. 87
The Faces of Healing: Oliver	p. 107
The Role of the Mind in Healing	p. 110
The Faces of Healing: Mari Jean	p. 131
The Tao of Healing	p. 134
The Faces of Healing: Jan	p. 143
The Faces of Healing: Ethan	p. 147
The Faces of Healing: Eva	p. 154
Optimizing The Healing System
Optimizing Your Healing System: An Overview	p. 159
A Healing Diet	p. 168
Protecting Yourself from Toxins	p. 191
Using Tonics	p. 213
Activity and Rest	p. 233
Mind and Spirit	p. 242
An Eight-Week Program for Optimal Healing Power	p. 262
If You Get Sick
Making the Right Decisions	p. 273
Considering the Alternatives	p. 294
Seven Strategies of Successful Patients	p. 306
Managing General Categories of Illness: Secrets of a Hygeian Practitioner	p. 311
Cancer as a Special Case	p. 329
Afterword: Prescriptions for Society	p. 341
Acknowledgments	p. 347
Finding Practitioners, Supplies, and Information	p. 349
Notes	p. 354
Index	p. 364
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