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This book has the potential to profoundly transform your world view. Using high-speed photography, Dr. Masaru Emoto discovered that crystals formed in frozen water reveal changes when specific, concentrated thoughts are directed toward them. He found that water from clear springs and water that has been exposed to loving words shows brilliant, complex, and colorful snowflake patterns. In contrast, polluted water,... (more)

Snake Oil Science: The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Snake Oil Science: The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine

by R. Barker Bausell

Millions of people worldwide swear by such therapies as acupuncture, herbal cures, and homeopathic remedies. Indeed, complementary and alternative medicine is embraced by a broad spectrum of society, from ordinary people, to scientists and physicians, to celebrities such as Prince Charles and Oprah Winfrey. In the tradition of Michael Shermers Why People Believe Weird Things and Robert Parks's Voodoo... (more)

Bad Science

by Ben Goldacre

Guardian columnist Dr Ben Goldacre takes us on a hilarious, invigorating and informative journey through the bad science we're fed by the worst of the hacks and the quacks! When Dr Ben Goldacre saw someone on daytime TV dipping her feet in an 'Aqua Detox' footbath, releasing her toxins into the water and turning it brown, he thought he'd try the same at home. 'Like some kind of Johnny Ball cum Witchfinder... (more)

Love, Medicine and Miracles: Lessons Learned about Self-Healing from a Surgeon's Experience with Exceptional Patients

Love, Medicine and Miracles: Lessons Learned about Self-Healing from a Surgeon's Experience with Exceptional Patients

by Bernie S. Siegel

Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant of the immune system. The truth is: love heals. Miracles happen to exceptional patients every day--patients who have the courage to love, those who have the courage to work with their doctors to participate in and influence their own recovery. "Run, don't walk, to the nearest bookstore and get this amazing book that explains how you can 'think' yourself sick or... (more)

Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine (Alternative Health)

Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine (Alternative Health)

by Michael T. Murray, Joseph E. Pizzorno

The perfect balance between the latest research and age-old wisdom This completely revised and expanded second edition of the classic reference work arms you with the latest information on the extraordinary healing powers of natural medicine. Michael Murray and Joseph Pizzorno , two of the most trusted naturopathic doctors in the world, have teamed up once again to bring you cutting-edge natural remedies for... (more)

Natural Choices for Women's Health: How the Secrets of Natural and Chinese Medicine Can Create a Lifetime of Wellness

Natural Choices for Women's Health: How the Secrets of Natural and Chinese Medicine Can Create a Lifetime of Wellness

by Laurie Steelsmith

Are you unhappy relying on antibiotics for every illness, painkillers for menstrual cramps, and caffeine just to feel “normal”? Are you fed up with an endless cycle of colds, flus, headaches, digestive problems, and fatigue? Do you want to experience freedom from menopausal hormone fluctuations and hot flashes? Natural Choices for Women’s Health explores these issues and many more, offering a groundbreaking... (more)

1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses

1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses

by Victor S. Sierpina

Alternative health practices have had a tradition of providing relief to people for hundreds—in some cases, thousands—of years, but doctors often suggest just one course of treatment, and you may not realize how many options are available. Here is the only all-in-one guide with professional medical advice from leading practitioners in five different fields—conventional medicine, homeopathy, traditional Chinese... (more)

Essential Oils Desk Reference (3rd Edition)

Essential Oils Desk Reference (3rd Edition)

The Herb Book

by John B. Lust

Soothe your nerves, cure your cough, color your fabrics, perfume your bath, stimulate your lover, spice your sauces, stop your nightmares, freshen your breath -- with herbs... The most complete catalog of nature's "miracle plants" ever published.

You Can Heal Your Life

by Louise L. Hay

Title: You Can Heal Your LifeBinding: PaperbackPublication date: 2006Pages: 253

The Possibility of Everything

by Hope Edelman

From the bestselling author of Motherless Daughters , here is the real-life story of one woman’s search for a cure to her family’s escalating troubles, and the leap of faith that took her on a journey to an exotic place and a new state of mind. In the autumn of 2000, Hope Edelman was a woman adrift, questioning her marriage, her profession, and her place in the larger world. Feeling vulnerable and isolated,... (more)

The Healing Sourcebook: Discover your own path to better health and inner peace

The Healing Sourcebook: Discover your own path to better health and inner peace

by David Vennells

There are so many therapies, healing practices and alternative medicines on offer, at so many levels, that it can be confusing. David Vennells is experienced in most of them. After being asked many times by clients and patients What can I do to help myself or family/friend get well he decided to write the answer. Here is the distilled wisdom of many years practice; a number of complementary therapies which are... (more)

Linda Goodman's Star Signs: The Secret Codes of the Universe : Forgotten Rainbows and Forgotten Melodies of Ancient Wisdom

Linda Goodman's Star Signs: The Secret Codes of the Universe : Forgotten Rainbows and Forgotten Melodies of Ancient Wisdom

by Linda Goodman

The Master Astrologer's Classic Spiritual and Physical Self-Help Guide She has helped millions improve their lives, loves, and businesses through her bestselling books, Sun Signs and Love Signs. Here, in her most personal book yet, Linda Goodman, America's premier astrologer, has written an enlightening and remarkably accurate cuide to help you discover all the powers you possess. How can you achieve financial... (more)

Heal Your Body

by Louise L. Hay

This book offers positive new thought patterns to replace negative emotions. It includes an alphabetical chart of physical ailments, the probable causes, and healing affirmations to help you eliminate old patterns.

Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing

Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing

by Caroline Myss

Anatomy of the Spirit is the boldest presentation to date of energy medicine by one of its premier practitioners, internationally acclaimed medical intuitive Caroline Myss, one of the "hottest new voices in the alternative health/spirituality scene" ( Publishers Weekly ). Based on fifteen years of research into energy medicine, Dr. Myss's work shows how every illness corresponds to a pattern of emotional and... (more)

Sugar Blues

by William F. Duffy

The classic, bestselling expose+a7 on the dangers of sugar reveals how this commonly ingested ingredient in countless foods is highly addictive and causes a host of medical problems from depression to coronary thrombosis. Reissue. PW.

Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine

Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine

by Simon Singh

The truth about the potions, lotions, pills and needles, pummelling and energizing that lie beyond the realms of conventional medicine. Whether you are an ardent believer in alternative medicine, a skeptic, or are simply baffled by the range of services and opinions, this guide lays to rest doubts and contradictions with authority, integrity, and clarity. In this groundbreaking analysis,... (more)

Strategies: A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Journey

Strategies: A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Journey

by Tami Brady

It is estimated that 4-8 million people in the United States suffer with Fibromyalgia . Another one million also have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Some statistics state that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia may directly affect 5% of the world's population. I am one of the individuals in this growing epidemic. In 1997, after a chaotic year of intense medical and psychological testing, I was diagnosed ... (more)

The miracle of garlic & vinegar and other exciting natural wonders (Globe mini mag)James Edmond O'Brien

The miracle of garlic & vinegar and other exciting natural wonders (Globe mini mag)

by James Edmond O'Brien

When the Body Says No - The Cost of Hidden Stress

When the Body Says No - The Cost of Hidden Stress

by Gabor Mate M.D., Gabor Mate

In this accessible and groundbreaking book -- filled with the moving stories of real people -- medical doctor and bestselling author of Scattered Minds , Gabor Maté, shows that emotion and psychological stress play a powerful role in the onset of chronic illness. Western medicine achieves spectacular triumphs when dealing with acute conditions such as fractured bones or life-threatening infections. It is less... (more)

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Tags: alternative medicine

by Masaru Emoto

by R. Barker Bausell

by Ben Goldacre

by Bernie S. Siegel

by Michael T. Murray, Joseph E. Pizzorno

by Laurie Steelsmith

by Victor S. Sierpina

by John B. Lust

by Louise L. Hay

by Hope Edelman

by David Vennells

by Linda Goodman

by Louise L. Hay

by Caroline Myss

by William F. Duffy

by Simon Singh

by Tami Brady

by James Edmond O'Brien

by Gabor Mate M.D., Gabor Mate