Sherman, Aliza
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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.7 SHECorkhill, Melissa
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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Summary: "The unlikely story of how the psychedelic drug MDMA emerged from the shadows to the forefront of a medical revolution--and the potential it may hold to help us thrive"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.7 NUWBstan-Dzin-Rgya-Mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV
Summary: Examines non-western medicine, including Tibetan methods of healing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First-Run Features 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KNOGraedon, Joe.
Summary: "A guide to healing foods and home remedies reported to and verified by Joe and Terry Graedon, including their carefully researched responses on how and why such treatments work. The core of this title is organized as Q&As between the general public and the Graedons. It contains as much information as a voluminous encyclopedia of home remedies, yet it's quick, easy, inviting, and fun to read,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.3 GRAGruver, Kathy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Infi[n]ity Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Alt GruverShealy, C. Norman
Summary: If you are interested in using safe, natural home remedies to treat your everyday ailments, then look no further. Also, offers alternatives to caffeine and sleeping pills, laxatives and antacids, and recommends remedies to strengthen your mind and body, lift your mood, calm your nerves, and enhance your resistence to infection and illness. In addition, you can learn about the eight alternative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Lifelong 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615 SHEBlaylock, Russell L.
Summary: No matter how you feel right now, Dr. Blaylock’s Prescriptions for Natural Health will give you the lifeline you need. In this book you will discover the key diet and lifestyle factors you must embrace to achieve peak health and wellness—right now and in the years to come.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Humanix Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615 BLASummary: "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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610 COMSummary: In this two-section program licensed massage therapist Richard Sager presents a step-by-step tutorial on how to give a Swedish massage. Demonstrating on a draped male client, he begins by clearly explaining four styles of strokes: effleurage (sliding), petrissage (kneading), friction (cross fiber), and tapotement (rhythmic tapping). Sager also advises on draping methods, on ways to rest the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Embraced by a growing number of practitioners, hypnotherapy is used to treat everything from phobias to allergies. But does it really work? This program tackles the question with the help of medical science and researchers. Led by science education specialist Dr. Kathy Sykes, the program focuses on the two main components of hypnosis, trance and suggestion. Sykes examines the neurological...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: What takes place in the brain and body during meditation? Can science shed any light on what is essentially a spiritual practice? This program pursues that possibility, examining the effects of meditation on the human mind, nervous system, and anatomy. Accompanied by physicist and science education expert Dr. Kathy Sykes, viewers meet practitioners and medical researchers who have developed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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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 SPRSummary: Is chiropractic care more than just "back cracking"? In this program, Dr. Kevin Soden explores the practice of chiropractic medicine, and its theory that the body can heal itself. Founded by D. D. Palmer, chiropractic care uses spinal manipulation to help people rid themselves of pain and illness. With the assistance of experts in the field, Dr. Soden investigates the myths and misconceptions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: At Camphill Village U.S.A., there are no patients and no caregivers. Only villagers live and work there-people with and without mental disabilities whose joint mission is to help each other enjoy meaningful lives. This program uses scenes of community activities and interviews with villagers to explore the Camphill movement's remarkably effective group living model. Camphill Village U.S.A.,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Can human touch really treat and cure medical conditions, even those affecting the body's vital organs? Scholar and science communicator Dr. Kathy Sykes investigates, speaking with reflexology practitioners and skeptical mainstream scientists. Despite the supposedly exotic beginnings of touch therapies, Sykes's inquiry begins in upstate New York, where reflexology originated in the 1930s, then...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: When his American doctor suggested shoulder replacement surgery, veteran reporter T. R. Reid decided to investigate other options. This program documents his three-week stay at a clinic in southern India dedicated to the ancient practice of Ayurveda, a form of Hindu medicine. Reid's treatment involves astrology, entreaties to the Hindu god of healing, and a seemingly bizarre regimen of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1999