The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Well Being: For Mind, Body & Spirit

By Julian Jessel-Kenyon, Richard Craze, Mike Dixon

Book Overview

Stay healthy and stay happy by taking control of your own well-being Featuring both conventional and alternative therapies, hundreds of color illustrations, boxed entries, and extensive cross-referencing, this must-have reference is divided into nine easy-to-use sections that contain vital information on: * Whole Body Well-Being: Caring for the internal organs, skin, immune system, ears, eyes, muscles, joints, and other body parts. * Men's Health: Impotence, aging, hair loss, fatherhood, prostate problems, weight, testicular problems, and other male concerns. * Women's Health: Gynecological and breast problems; menopause, contraception and fertility; pregnancy and childbirth; and more. * Children's Well-Being: Common childhood ailments; behavioral problems, bedwetting, and hyperactivity. * Restoring Well-Being: Coping with and recovering from illnesses ranging from depression to cancer; and ways to combat potential dangers like high cholesterol. * Maintaining Well-Being: Facts on food safety, nutrition, supplements, and exercise. * Lifestyles: Stress management for home and office. * Mind, Body, and Spirit: Living life to the fullest, emotionally and physically, at any age. * Therapeutic Well Being: Numerous forms of healing, including acupuncture, aromatherapy, herbalism, chiropractic, osteopathy, and yoga. 256 pages (all in color), 8 1/4 x 10 7/8.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806919779
• ISBN13: 9780806919775
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.5" x 0.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great book to help improve your life :)

This book is a mixture of a dictionary and how-to guide. It is a great book to learn about the functioning & care of the human body, as well as alternative medicine. It also has lots of nice pictures. This book is divided into sections (seen below): Section One: Whole Body The basic anatomy and functions of the human body. Section Two: Men's Health Covers everything from healthy relationships & fatherhood, to aging & health. Section Three: Women's Health Covers many subjects from beauty treatments through pregnancy & aging. Section Four: Children Infancy problems, common child illnesses, preventing accidents, behavioral problems, and so on. Section Five: Restoring Covers lots of health problems. Depression, fears & phobias, addictions, eating disorders, infections, heart care, cholesterol, asthma, acne, sunburn, fatigue & exhaustion, back pain, cancer, AIDS, arthritis, and much more. Section Six: Maintaining Maintaining health. Food safety, environmental health, healthy eating, energy & exercise, daily dietary requirements, weight, supplements, special diets, vegetarianism, alcohol & caffeine, drugs & smoking, dental care. Section Seven: Lifestyle Stress, Personal Stress, Stress at work, Managing Stress, Stress & Health, The effects of stress, Communication, Positive Thinking, Making Decisions, Improving Memory, Relaxation & breathing. Section Eight: Mind, Body, and Spirit Emotional Health, Groups & Friends, Self-Esteem, Assertiveness, Life Skills, Financial Well-Being, Job Satisfaction, Work & Leisure, Hobbies & Interests, Time Management, Self Care, Sleep, Overcoming Trauma, Midlife Time, Separation & Divorce, Bereavement, Living with Illness, Allergies, Prayer and Meditation, Guide for Happiness. Section Nine: Therapeutic Guide to different kinds of therapy. Nutritional Therapy, Naturopathy, Herbal Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Homeopathy, Bach Flower Remedies, Aromatherapy, Ayurveda, Acupuncture and Acupressure, Massage, Chiropractic, Reflexology, Spiritual Healing, Yoga, and so on. Hope this review helps :)

life long help

THIS IS A LIFETIME SELF HELP BOOK. FULL OF COMMON SENCE CAN REALLY CUT DOWN THE READER'S ANXIETY WHEN UP AGAINST LIFE EVENTS. EVERY PAGE IS INFORMATIVE AND GOES FROM HOW TO DEAL WITH SLEEP DISORDERS TO PREPARING VACATION PERIOD FOR THE KIDS. HOW TO STAY HAPPY AND SUCCESSFULL IS A WAY OF LIFE; THIS BOOK HEPS.