A clear and comprehensive reference on the full range of healing herbs and remedies

• An indispensable guide to the herbal remedies most used in the Anglo-American and European traditions
• Defines each remedy in terms of its main pharmacological actions and usual therapeutic applications
• A useful reference to the application of traditional medicines for modern health problems for the professional and lay use.

Naturopath Karina Francois will show you how to achieve optimum health to give you the vitality, peace, happiness and freedom you desire and deserve to achieve an extraordinary lifestyle. Master your body and mind to an amazing future. You'll learn: 1. How to gain clarity about which foods are vital to help create a clean healthy body. 2. What your body cells really need based on your physiology. 3. The truth about proteins, carbohydrates, fats and the important role that they play in your nutrition. 4. That you never have to go on a diet again or get caught up in the trends of yo-yo dieting. 5. How to regain your healthy weight with easy to follow clean recipes that all your family will really enjoy. 6. The truth about addictions, overeating, undereating, cravings and how to overcome these to put an end to emotional eating. 7. How to achieve and maintain ultimate health and wellbeing through simple easy lifestyle practices

This book is useful for those interested in pursuing Alternative Cancer Therapies and/or Integrative Orthodox Treatments. Practitioners and cancer researchers will find a clear, evidence-based approach with up to date information describing over 300 alternative cancer treatments from around the world. Although technical aspects of Oncology and Pharmacology are discussed, students and novice researchers will find this book useful, supportive, educational and most of all a tool for learning to improve outcomes. The reader will find quick-reference tables for cancer cell types along with specific anticancer remedies, herbs and isolates of various levels of proven efficacy. The book contains illustrations, diagrams, graphs and photographs of Notable People in Cancer Research over the centuries with their historical discoveries. It also contains a glossary of terms and an extensive index for cross-referencing. Various paradigms of thought in formulating cancer diets are discussed. In a world with ever-increasing rates of cancer, this book gives inspiration, hope, and empowerment to those who face the challenges of the future.

Aromatherapy for Health Professionals covers the full spectrum of theory and practice from essential oil science and the foundations of practice to the application of aromatherapy for specific conditions. The fourth edition of this highly successful book provides a clear and authoritative introduction to aromatherapy as practiced in modern health care settings. It gives valuable information for any health professional wishing to develop their understanding of the subject, providing the in-depth knowledge needed to use essential oils in the practice environment. NEW FOR THIS EDITION

• Two new chapters – Wound Care and Bereavement – provide valuable additions to the text
• The chapter ‘Aromas, Mind and Body’ has been enhanced
• Several new essential oils – giving properties, indications and cautions – have been added
• New case histories illustrate the practical application of theory and techniques described
• References have been updated and new research added

The book is supported by a CD-ROM of ancillary tables covering essential oils for general use in health-care settings including indications for safe, therapeutic uses of essential oils; those to be used with caution; and essential oil definitions.