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From a mild headache to crippling arthritis, pain is part of many people's everyday experience. But there is a natural alternative to pharmaceutical medicine.
This book is your indispensable guide to relieving pain the natural way, using a wide variety of methods including breathing and relaxation techniques, diet, yoga, massage, herbal poultices, balms, compresses, teas and rubs. Did you know pineapple has anti-inflammatory properties? And peppermint can relieve a headache? Or that you can alleviate joint pain by massaging specific points on the wrist? Featuring key insights into understanding pain and why we feel it, plus scientifically proven techniques that can help make it go away, this essential handbook is your painkilling arsenal for combating a whole range of common ailments.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
Why do we feel pain?
PART 1: HOW PAIN IS TRANSMITTED
The sensory neurons that send rapid pain signals to the brain
The psychological and emotional aspect of pain
Medications: pros and cons
Acute or chronic pain
A holistic approach to relieving chronic or recurring pain, through diet, breathing techniques, relaxation and topical treatments
PART 2: A PAIN-FIGHTING DIET
Diet, acidity and silent inflammation
Guidelines for an anti-inflammatory diet
The Top 10 pain-fighting foods
Tips on avoiding common problems such as heartburn, stomach pains and headaches
PART 3: DEEP BREATHING AND RELAXATION
The pain-fighting power of breathing and relaxation exercises
Breathing exercises to try at home
Quick and simple relaxation exercises
PART 4: PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR COMMON AILMENTS
Case-by-case advice on how to alleviate pain in a variety of natural ways for a range of everyday common ailments, including:
Headaches; Backache; Toothache; Sore throat; Tendinitis; Muscle pain; Breast pain; Arthritic joint pain; Burns; Cramp and Strains & sprains
