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Self-Healing with Chinese Medicine

A Home Guide to Treating Common Ailments
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Self-Healing with Chinese Medicine explores the ancient ecological principles of Chinese medicine to explain how illness occurs and how the body can be nurtured back to health. Clive Witham presents clear illustrations and step-by-step instructions for self-care treatments addressing common disorders such as colds, high blood pressure, backache, nausea, menstrual pain, and depression. By applying concepts like yin and yang, elemental balance, and flow, readers learn to assess their own ailments and adopt lifestyle changes, dietary therapies, and manual techniques like acupressure and Gua sha to restore balance and build resilience.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in natural health, traditional Chinese medicine, and holistic self-care methods. It suits those who wish to understand their body's natural rhythms and want clear, hands-on guidance to manage and improve common health issues without relying solely on conventional medicine.

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In this practical and easy-to-follow guide, acupuncturist Clive Witham addresses how and why illness in the body occurs according to Chinese medicine and what we can do to restore ourselves back to health.

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Transform your health with the ecological approach of ancient Chinese medicine

Addresses how and why illness in the body occurs according to the natural principles of Chinese medicine.

Shares self-care treatments for a number of common health disorders, from colds and high blood pressure to backache, nausea, menstrual pain, and depression.

Offers clear illustrations and step-by-step instructions for hands-on treatment modalities and techniques such as acupressure, massage, and Gua sha.

The human body is a part of nature and as such is governed by the universal principles of the natural world. When we turn to ancient Chinese medicine, we find a unique ecological approach to understanding how our body functions. Basic concepts like yin and yang, the balance of the elements, flow and blockage, dampness and dryness explain the effects of change on our body systems, thus providing tools for how to keep our body healthy and flourishing.

In this detailed and easy-to-follow guide, licensed acupuncturist and health promoter Clive Witham addresses how and why illness in the body occurs and what we can do to nurse ourselves back to health. With clear illustrations and step-by-step instructions, he shares effective and proven self-care treatments for a number of common health disorders, from colds and high blood pressure to backache, nausea, menstrual pain, and depression.

The simple application of the core principles of Chinese medicine provides the backdrop of how you can use food therapy, manual techniques of acupressure and Gua sha, exercise, and lifestyle advice to make the changes you need from within. You can learn to assess your own ailments, understand the main syndromes and illness patterns, and become proactive in lifestyle changes that can alleviate symptoms and support recovery.

Self-Healing with Chinese Medicine allows you to manage your own healing process, delve into a fresh perspective of the natural world to maintain balance and flow in your body system, and build up resilience with simple self-care.

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Praised by experts, the book offers practical tools and techniques to promote healing and vitality. Philip Carrgomm highlights its encouragement to take charge of one’s health through nature-based understanding, while classical acupuncturist Rebecca Bond calls it a comprehensive and practical guide full of dietary advice, exercises, and manual therapies to support self-healing and balance in everyday life.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781644117057

Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 June 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Findhorn Press

Edition: 2nd Edition, New Edition of The Book of Oriental Medicine

Illustration: Includes 4-page color insert and 152 b&w illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 751g

Pages: 292

About the Author

Clive Witham L.Ac., M.Sc., is a licensed acupuncturist and the director of the Komorebi Institute and the Gua sha Center in Spain. For more than a decade, he ran a chronic illness clinic in North Africa. The creator of Ecology in Motion Gua sha, he specializes in Gua sha and promoting the knowledge of ancient Chinese healing as a viable, practical world medicine. The author of several books, including Holographic Gua Sha and Facial Gua Sha, Clive lives in Barcelona, Spain.

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