Popular Alternative Medicine Therapies

By ARTRELLA MaCK

This book is an invaluable reference if you are deliberating which course of treatment to adopt to your health needs. It features clear, readable and concise explanations of the most popular alternative/complementary medicine therapies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: ARTRELLA MaCK
• Release date: Feb 13, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386968382

ARTRELLA MaCK

I grew up during a time when going to the doctor was the absolute last resort.  There were numerous homemade remedies for what ailed you.  The ones I remember the most were castor oil, raw onions and turpentine.  If I had a fever, raw onions wrapped in cloth was used to cure it.  If I had a heavy chest cold, I was given turpentine mixed with sugar.  (Don’t try this today folks.)  The most offensive remedy for illness was castor oil.  It was the vilest, slimiest tasting stuff imaginable and I still shudder at the thought of its taste; but it did the trick.  As a matter of recourse, the very first consideration by my parents for whatever ailed me was castor oil.  For example, if I had a cough, out came the castor oil.  If I was constipated, out came the castor oil.  Needless to say, I tried not to cough or show any signs of being ill, which never worked because my mother seemed to know when I wasn’t feeling well no matter how much I denied otherwise.   Those childhood memories remained with me even though I was healthy until late adulthood (Perhaps, because of my disdain and fear of castor oil.) and I rarely saw a doctor.  It was not until I began to experience health issues, such as sinus, and aches and pains in my knees that I began to think of alternative ways to fix the pain.  Since I didn’t want to be tied down to popping pills, I felt there must be a better way to heal whatever physically bothered me.  Thus, my relationship with alternative medicine was born.  It happened when I became nauseous while watching television one day and instinctively placed my fingers on my wrist.  To my surprise the nausea went away, almost immediately.  It was then that I realized I was on to something and after googling alternative ways to alleviate sickness and pain I found that what I had done was called acupressure.  I became obsessed with finding out everything I could about acupressure.  Of course, you know one thing leads to another, and so I began my research on alternative medicine with this book being one of the results. 

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