free ebooks review rapidshare, megaupload |
|
|
Ebook home > science > medicine >
77 Ways to Improve Your Wellbeing: How to Use Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Enhance Your Physical, Mental and Spiritual Health
77 Ways to Improve Your Wellbeing: How to Use Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Enhance Your Physical, Mental and Spiritual Health Summary:By Angela Hicks
In China, people send greetings by wishing a person 'a long and healthy life'. Our natural state is to be healthy and happy. This includes having a calm mind, a healthy body and emotional resourcefulness. This book reveals the profound, yet simple health maintenance secrets that Chinese medicine has developed over many centuries. These secrets enable us to deal with stress and return to our natural balance. In this book, you will discover guidelines about many aspects of our lifestyle including: UNDERSTANDING OUR OWN PARTICULAR CONSTITUTION EATING WELL FOR OUR OWN UNIQUE NEEDS BEING EMOTIONALLY RESILIENT AND USING SETBACKS TO GROW FINDING THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN WORK, REST AND EXERCISE RECOGNIZING HOW OUR ENVIRONMENT AFFECTS US By practising these secrets, Angela Hicks shows us how to recover the ability to nourish and protect our energy, overcome illness, and feel an easy joy in simply being alive. IntroductionI still remember when I first studied Chinese medicine. As I learned parts of the theory about yin and yang, qi and the Five Elements my perspective on life was transformed and, over thirty years later I’m still fascinated – and healthy! I found one particular part of the theory especially empowering. It was the knowledge of what causes disease and how we can remain healthy. Chinese medicine had a viewpoint about the prevention of disease that was totally new to me. It was sensible and down-to-earth and yet capable of changing lives. Before studying Chinese medicine I had never really thought about why we become ill. I had assumed that some people were ‘unlucky’ and became unhealthy whilst others were lucky and managed to stay well. Health seemed to be a game of chance. Times are changing. Thankfully many people now understand that there are underlying causes to their illnesses and that they can participate in their own wellbeing. At the same time there is an impending crisis within the medical profession. Deaths from cancer, strokes and heart disease are increasing. A stay in hospital seems to risk infection and the costs of the National Health Service are spiraling out of control. This is good reason for us to look after our own health and to keep ourselves well. The Chinese have one of the few cultures that has preserved accurate knowledge about how to stay healthy. This lifestyle advice has been documented in a way that it is easy to follow. By following it we have a better chance of remaining well throughout our lives. This book describes many of these useful ways in which Chinese medicine suggests we can keep ourselves well. It is written in the form of seventyseven ‘wellbeing tips’. Understanding these ‘tips’ will enable us to improve and maintain our health and prevent many illnesses in the future. I have also included modern research that backs up the Chinese view. As a teacher and practitioner of Chinese medicine I often hear stories of patients who have improved their health enormously or who are now maintaining good health by changing lifestyle. In this book I have drawn many examples from these people. Some people have gained this lifestyle advice from a practitioner. Going to a practitioner for treatment can be an important step when we are ill. These treatments can also help to maintain our health. But if we only have treatment ‘done to us’ and go back to the lifestyle that has made us sick, we may not stay well. This book is for all of us who want to sustain our health. It provides guidelines to enable us to do so. I hope you can receive the benefits that so many have enjoyed. Good luck and good health!Contents Author’s note x Introduction xi Chapter 1. You Can Be Really Well 1 You really can live longer! 1 What’s in this for you? 2 An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure 4 Living a qi enhancing lifestyle 5 The true ‘pill’ – lifestyle change 5 Listen to your body 6 What will be the benefits? 6 How to read this book 7 Chapter 2. The Secrets of Healthy Eating 9 Eat food as medicine 9 Wellbeing tips 1–21 1. Balance the proportions of your food 10 2. Rely on ‘economical’ foods in your daily diet 13 3. Choose vegetables – full of rich, life-enhancing qi 15 4. Avoid too much raw and cold food 17 5. Don’t overdose on ‘rich’ foods 18 6. Know your phlegm and damp forming food 19 7. Lose weight effortlessly! 21 8. Be an ‘almost’ vegetarian 22 9. If you are vegetarian – be a well-balanced one 25 10. Take good-quality food 27 11. Avoid ‘spoiled’ foods 29 12. An enjoyable diet is the most nourishing 29 13. Know the temperature of your food 33 14. Not too hot or cold – keep it balanced 35 15. Blend the tastes of your food 36 16. Find tasty substitutes 40 17. Eat regularly and in the right conditions 42 18. Try sprouting – nutritious food from tiny seedlings 46 19. Know how and when to drink fluids 48 20. Drink green tea or other healthy drinks 49 21. Be alert for food sensitivities 50 Chapter 3. Balance Your Emotions 55 Our emotions and our health 55 Wellbeing tips 22–36 22. Emotions are a key to good health 57 23. Anger makes qi rise 60 24. Fear makes qi descend and worry knots the qi 62 25. Grief and sadness dissolve qi 64 26. Joy slows qi down 66 27. Take pleasure from the world 67 28. The importance of humour 69 29. Gain perspective on your emotions 71 30. Become present to your bodily ‘felt sense’ 72 31. Learn from your difficulties 77 32. Use talking therapy 78 33. Use writing therapy 79 34. The importance of positive goals 80 35. Release your blocked feelings 84 36. Get help when you need it 86 Chapter 4. Adjusting Work, Rest and Exercise 88 The balance of work, rest and exercise 88 Wellbeing tips 37–55 37. Balance yin and yang in your work and rest 89 38. Convalescence – the forgotten secret 92 39. The positive effects of fulfilling work 94 40. Keep your life regular 95 41. Points to relieve smoker’s cravings 96 42. Exercise while you work 98 43. Walk your way to health 99 44. Sleep – the best natural cure 101 45. Sleep in a healthy posture 103 46. Take a ‘power’ nap 104 47. Make time for rest and relaxation 106 48. Scan your body to relax 107 49. Exercise can be ‘internal’ or ‘external’ 109 50. Exercise according to your age, activity, build and constitution 113 51. Know the 70% principle for all activity 114 52. Find an exercise routine 115 53. Find a regular practice space 116 54. Exercise in the ‘spirit’ of qigong 118 55. A simple self-exercise more effective than massage 120 Chapter 5. Protecting Yourself from the Environment 123 How the weather effects our health 123 Wellbeing tips 56–65 56. Take extra care when there’s a cold snap 124 57. Your pain might be caused by cold! 126 58. Cold can cause infertility and other lower body symptoms 128 59. A well-kept secret – the effects of ‘wind’ 130 60. How to prevent colds, flu and other acute problems 133 61. Tired all the time? ‘Damp’ could be the cause 135 62. Protect yourself from the effects of damp 137 63. Dryness – of course it dries you up! 139 64. Know how to beat the heat 140 65. Flow with the seasons to stay healthy 143 Chapter 6. Respecting Your Constitution 145 Our constitutional essence and long-term health 145 Wellbeing tips 66–77 66. Conserve your constitutional essence 146 67. How to check your constitutional strength 149 68. Accept your limits and live within their confines 150 69. Your sexual activity affects your constitutional essence 152 70. ‘Do the month’ after pregnancy 155 71. Important transformation times that can change your life 157 72. The male menopause is not what you think! 160 73. After a miscarriage take time to rest 160 74. Strengthen your constitutional essence at the dantien 161 75. What you learn from a good teacher becomes yours for life 164 76. Use Chinese metal balls as a simple longevity tool 165 77. ‘Scrape’ on the back to strengthen constitution 166 Chapter 7. Staying Healthy and Preventing Disease 168 Asthma 169 Anxiety and panic attacks 172 Back pain 175 Chronic fatigue syndrome 178 Colds and flu 181 Constipation 184 Depression 187 Diabetes 189 Diarrhoea 193 Headaches 195 Hypertension 198 Indigestion and heartburn 201 Insomnia 203 Joint problems 206 Menopausal hot flushes 209 Period pains 211 Premenstrual tension 213 Skin conditions 215 Chapter 8. Sixteen Tips To Improve Your Lifestyle 218 Tip no. 1 Four important stages of integrating lifestyle changes 218 Tip no. 2 Refine your intention 218 Tip no. 3 Know what’s stopping you 219 Tip no. 4 Prepare to change your lifestyle 219 Tip no. 5 Put your lifestyle plan into action 220 Tip no. 6 Completion and integration – make a new adjustment 221 into a regular habit Tip no. 7 Find ways to become motivated 221 Tip no. 8 Make your goals specific and achievable 222 Tip no. 9 Allow yourself some imperfections 223 Tip no. 10 Take teeny tiny steps 224 Tip no. 11 Do what you find enjoyable 225 Tip no. 12 Find healthy substitutes 226 Tip no. 13 Change at your own speed 226 Tip no. 14 It takes a month to change a habit 227 Tip no. 15 See yourself changing your lifestyle 227 Tip no. 16 Don’t just read about it – use it! 228 Notes 230 Glossary 237 Reading list 240 Useful addresses 241 Index 242 Please select one mirror to download
Guest should register an account Register
NEWER EBOOKS
OLDER EBOOKS
Sponsored Links77 Ways to Improve Your Wellbeing: How to Use Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Enhance Your Physical, Mental and Spiritual Health Keywordstips wellbeing chapter qi medicine balance constitutional secrets constitution effects emotions disease essence changing regular important practitioner activity enable damp chinese medicine angela hicks changing thankfully learned parts impending crisis studying chinese changing lives healthy chinese medical profession remain healthyBookmark 77 Ways to Improve Your Wellbeing: How to Use Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Enhance Your Physical, Mental and Spiritual HealthHyperlink code:
77 Ways to Improve Your Wellbeing: How to Use Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Enhance Your Physical, Mental and Spiritual Health download copyrightThis site does not store 77 Ways to Improve Your Wellbeing: How to Use Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Enhance Your Physical, Mental and Spiritual Health on its server. We only index and link to 77 Ways to Improve Your Wellbeing: How to Use Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Enhance Your Physical, Mental and Spiritual Health provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete 77 Ways to Improve Your Wellbeing: How to Use Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Enhance Your Physical, Mental and Spiritual Health if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately. |
|
Architecture
Audiobooks
Business
Cooking & Diets
Cultures & Languages
Database
Engineering Tech
Games
Graphic Design
Hardware
History
Internet
Magazine
Microsoft
Novel
Personality
Programming
Science
Security
Software
Study
Theology & Occultism
Web Development
(