Catalog Search Results
Publisher
Empty Mind Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A ground-breaking journey across India, Tibet and China, to explore traditional medicine and natural ways of healing. With health care costs soaring in the west, looking eastward to alternative medicine may provide the only answer. In this comprehensive look into traditional eastern medicine we connect all three countries through the core philosophy of the Five Elements, Yin and Yang and the common belief that a life-force called Chi or Prana exists...
Author
Publisher
Better Link Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Cupping therapy delivers healing effects by improving blood circulation, promoting smoother flow of qi through meridian points and dispelling cold and dampness in the body. It involves local suction on the skin through vacuum created by heating and subsequent cooling of the air in the cup. Because of its easy application and immediate effects, cupping therapy has been practiced in China since time immemorial and remains to this day as a form of traditional...
Author
Publisher
Welbeck Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Explore the wonderful world of some of the most incredible natural forms on our planet - fungi. At the centre of countless superstitions, folkloric tales and magical beliefs, as well as appearing in recipes and medicines both traditional and modern, mushrooms have incredible powers. Featuring images of over 100 fascinating species, sourced from the archives at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Magic of Mushrooms shows that from saving lives to expanding...
Author
Publisher
Cico Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Improve the overall health and balance in your life with Korean wellness practices and traditions of mind and spirit, nature, skincare, food as medicine, and natural healing. Join holistic wellness and integrative nutrition expert Isa Kujaswski, MPH, RDN, to discover Korean wellbeing concepts and centuries-old healing traditions. Explore the mind and spirit practices of sohwakhaeng (small but certain happiness), Kuok Sundo breathing (a form of meditation),...
Author
Publisher
Better Link Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Gua Sha is a natural therapy for expelling toxin and preventing diseases. A simple scraping plate coupled with scraping oil, when applied to the body repeatedly, can reach the effect of smoothing Qi and blood, stimulating main and collateral channels, expelling toxin, and alleviating pain.
Series
Publisher
Duke University Press
Language
English
Description
"The Mexico Reader is a vivid and comprehensive guide to muchos M�exicos-the many varied histories and cultures of Mexico. Unparalleled in scope, it covers pre-Columbian times to the present, from the extraordinary power and influence of the Roman Catholic Church to Mexico's uneven postrevolutionary modernization, from chronic economic and political instability to its rich cultural heritage. Bringing together over eighty selections that include...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Columbia Pike Teen Book Club - Nov 2023 - Native American History Month
For Fans of Reservation Dogs
Morris Award Winners
More Lists...
For Fans of Reservation Dogs
Morris Award Winners
More Lists...
Description
"Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi's hockey team. Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything...
Author
Series
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Tu Youyou had been interested in science and medicine since she was a child, so when malaria started infecting people all over the world in 1969, she went to work finding a treatment. Trained as a medical researcher in college and healed by traditional medicine techniques when she was young, Tu Youyou started experimenting with natural Chinese remedies. The treatment she discovered through years of research and experimentation is still used all over...
Author
Publisher
Hay House Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Access the gifts of transformation, heal the self, and live in harmony with one another and with the Earth by journeying through the wisdom wheel--a fresh take on the traditional medicine wheel--its archetypes, and its four wisdom challenges. The teachings of the medicine wheel have existed from the beginning of time. Today, however, we are creating modern paradigms of shamanism while drawing on the sacred traditions of the past. In this book, shamanic...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Go, an imprint of Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Follows Robyn Moreno as she sets out on a journey of personal growth to discover her true self with the help of wisdom from friends and family and traditions passed down by her ancestors.
14) Manual de remedios caseros: sencillos consejos para prevenir y curar cualquier malestar o enfermedad
Author
Publisher
Diana
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Español
20) Uncle Poison
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
A healer on healing, medicine & religion...Filmed in the modern city of Caracas, capitol of Venezuela, Uncle Poison is an intimate portrait of a traditional faith healer, set against the backdrop of his community's Easter celebrations. Every day Benito Reyes receives people at his house looking for all sorts of cures.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request