Contents: Alternative care--what's out there -- Beautiful skin, teeth, hair and nails -- Curing chronic conditions without drugs -- Detox and rejuvenate -- Drug-free remedies for good digestion -- Eat well to stay health -- Key vitamins and minerals for women -- Lift your spirits, relieve your stress naturally -- Natural cancer care -- Natural medicine cabinet -- Natural mind boosters -- Natural relief...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Alt UncommonSummary: Enlightened centers on Amy Jellicoe, a 40-year-old woman who returns home to California after a month's stay at a holistic treatment facility, a result of having a mental breakdown at work triggered by her self-destructive ways. Amy returns to her old life with a new cultivated approach and perspective, which includes daily meditation and exhorting the power of self-help and inner healing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ENLNaiman, Ingrid.
Summary: "In the 1950s the use of herbal cancer salves for tumor destruction and removal had a 75 to 80 percent success rate; but with the advent, first of radiation and later of chemotherapy, the method went underground. In this fascinating and useful book, the author demystifies and revives a major natural method of therapy."-- from publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books [distributor] 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.99 NAISummary: Creator of Spring Forest Qigong, Master Chunyi Lin, describes and demonstrates his technique and exercises which are based on the ancient Chinese tradition of Qigong. Several students discuss their experience with Spring Forest Qigong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 613.7148 SPRMosconi, Lisa
Summary: "Menopause and perimenopause are still a black box to most doctors, leaving patients exasperated as they grapple with symptoms ranging from hot flashes to insomnia and brain fog. As a leading neuroscientist and women's brain health specialist, Dr. Lisa Mosconi unravels the mystery by revealing how menopause doesn't just impact the ovaries--but it's a hormonal show in which the brain takes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2024
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Summary: "A safe, comprehensive, and easy-to-use guide to using cannabis--including CBD and THC--to ease chronic and acute health issues such as pain, insomnia, inflammation, depression, anxiety, grief, stress, and more, from the founder of a global cannabis wellness network and an osteopathic physician. With legalization of recreational cannabis in 10 states and medical marijuana in 33 states, interest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Provides basic health information on complementary and alternative medicine therapies, including dietary supplements, biologically based therapies, mind-body medicine, manipulative and body-based therapies, and energy-based therapies, along with facts about alternative treatments for specific diseases and conditions. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Omnigraphics, Inc. 2022
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Summary: "Complete Guide to Natural Home Remedies is a comprehensive guide including 100+ recipes and nearly 70 applications to understanding how to use herbs and oils to help the mind, body and soul. Herbal remedies include everything from teas to ointments to tonics and tinctures. They help with ailments such as bug bites and stings, food poisoning, insomnia, shingles, sore throat, acne, arthritis and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Creator of Spring Forest Qigong, Master Chunyi Lin, describes and demonstrates his technique and exercises which are based on the ancient Chinese tradition of Qigong. Several students discuss their experience with Spring Forest Qigong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 613.7148 SPRMasterson, Jim
Summary: "A lifelong horse person, Jim Masterson developed his method for the purpose of releasing tension and improving movement in the performance horse. An interesting benefit was that it led to improved communication and trust, and a better overall relationship with the horse. Since dogs go with horses "like peanut butter and jelly," Jim says, it was only natural that he began to use his bodywork on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trafalgar Square Books 2023
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 636.7089 MASPerrakis, Athena
Summary: "Athena Perrakis is one of the world's leading experts on crystal wisdom and the founder of America's largest retailer of gemstones, Sage Goddess. In Crystalpedia, she collects the wisdom, history, and ancient powers of 182 of Earth's most sacred stones. She also shares how being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at thirty-eight set her on a path of self-healing, combining conventional medicine...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2023
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Summary: "Childhood pain is a widespread problem, yet it often goes untreated. The result can be long-term ill health. Drawing on the latest research, two leading voices on pediatric pain show parents, teachers, and medical practitioners how to help when they are needed most, attuning adults to practical strategies that make real difference in kids' lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 PEAOtter, Isabel
Summary: Featuring peek-through gatefolds and questions to encourage active reading, this invitation into the world of art and color introduces kids to basic art styles, such as mosaics, portraits, sculptures and landscapes, with the help of adorable animal friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiger Tales 2024
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Summary: "In 1946, Eva leaves behind the rubble of Berlin for the streets of New York City, stepping from the fiery aftermath of one war into another, far colder one, where power is more important than principles, and lies are more plentiful than the truth. Eva holds the key to a deadly secret: Project Bluebird -- a horrific experiment of the concentration camps, capable of tipping the balance of world...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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Summary: Part searing indictment of our healthcare system, part generational family memoir, part call to action, a physician and thought leader on bias and racism in healthcare recounts her journey to finally seizing her own power as a health equity advocate against the backdrop of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2024
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Summary: "The biography of one of the most famous abortionists of the nineteenth century-and a story that has unmistakable parallels to the current war on reproductive rights"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RESTELL, MADAME SYRNoonan Gores, Kelly
Summary: "When we receive diagnoses from medical professionals, we are often so overwhelmed that we give up authority over our own health and well-being. But the truth is, we have more control over our health and life that we have been led to believe, and that belief is at the core of our body's capacity to heal itself. Based on the groundbreaking documentary of the same name, Heal follows two people on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beyond Words 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 NOOWeisberg, Mark B.
Summary: "A doctor's guide to tools and techniques for taming all kinds of pain. You can understand and manage your intractable pain using the ABC method in this transformative chronic pain book. Chronic pain is common. Millions suffer from chronic back pain, fibromyalgia, headaches, and many other forms of chronic, intractable pain, and can't find relief after years of treatment. Chronic pain suffers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Publishing Group 2023
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Summary: Confidence is key when it comes to color! Join Lee Monroe as she shares the tips and tricks from her most popular art class useful for every crafter at any skill level. Using fine art and design knowledge, she shares an overview of color theory that demystifies the concepts. Learn the color fundamentals and get a clear understanding of how the saturation of the color pigment changes as white,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: C&T Publishing, Inc. 2024
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Summary: This handsome book is about choosing color combinations not necessarily for a specific use. Each spread contains about seven photographs and a color palette, like paint chips. The color palettes provide inspiration and reliable combinations for use in any number of projects: home decor, fashion; wedding celebrations, table settings, cake decorating, garden design -- imagination and circumstance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 700 OTTWright, Jennifer
Summary: "Madame Restell is a sharp, witty Gilded Age medical history which introduces us to an iconic, yet tragically overlooked, feminist heroine: a glamorous women's healthcare provider in Manhattan, known to the world as Madame Restell. A celebrity in her day with a flair for high fashion and public, petty beefs, Restell was a self-made woman and single mother who used her wit, her compassion, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RESTELL, MADAME WRIWarden, Anoushka
Summary: When a woman can't stand sex with her third serious boyfriend, she embarks on a journey of desperation and self-discovery in which she'll try anything to fix it, but maybe desire and long-term love just don't go together. -- Adapted from book jacket summary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2024
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Summary: When ten-year-old Alyssa is diagnosed with the rare genetic connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, she vows not to let it stop her. Unfortunately, her efforts to avoid being "too sensitive" lead her to neglect not only her health but other aspects of her life as well. Twenty years later, she's finally forced to confront the reality of her condition head on. When she finds herself...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Hen Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Provides consumer health information about the causes and management of various types of acute and chronic pain, along with prevention strategies and coping tips. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Omnigraphics, Inc. 2021