Chinese Home Remedies: Harnessing Ancient Wisdom for Self-Healing

By Lihua Wang

Book Overview

An expert in traditional Chinese medicine shares more than 1,000 remedies in this A-to-Z guide to herbs, massage, food therapy, and more.

A teacher and practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine, Lihua Wang has spent decades perfecting and refining remedies for everything from acne to addiction. Now she offers her wealth of healing knowledge in this comprehensive reference guide covering more than a thousand ailments.

Rooted in the ancient philosophy of Taoism, traditional Chinese medicine approaches the human body as an energy system that, when blocked, experiences imbalances that manifest as illness. The remedies found here provide an excellent complement to the modern treatments of Western medicine.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564148084
• ISBN13: 9781564148087
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: New Page Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Over a thousand remedies blending traditional Chinese medicine with ancient folk remedies

Lihua wang, L.A.c.'s Chinese Home Remedies: Harnessing Ancient Wisdom For Self-Healing presents over a thousand remedies blending traditional Chinese medicine with ancient folk remedies. From apple slices used to relieve itchy skin to curing a hangover - or preventing one - and dealing with depression, an A-Z organization makes it easy to locate a common condition, while 'do and don't do' cautions, food remedies, exercises, Chinese herbs and tips on when to see a doctor make each listing valuable. A recommended pick.

Surprisingly Effective

I got the book as a birthday gift. After leafing through it, I admit that I had my doubts about some of the treatments listed in there. I never imagined that the needles on the hairbrushes can work like acupuncture needles. After I tried it for my knee pain, to my surprise, it worked. I haven't had the opportunity to try other treatments in the book (thank god), but I will keep it handy just in case.

Pretty Good

I am glad I bought this book. It's got a pretty good variety of pains and illnesses and most of the instructions are simple and easy to do. The meditation exercise it described helped my anxiety attacks and the yeast treatment for acne did seem to reduce my friend's acne. Overall, I found the book very useful.