Medicine Books

This book is filled with life changing information that everyone could benefit from: whether one is facing these challenges or want to prevent them. It is such an inexpensive and basic remedy, no wonder we have missed it before. Just think, it took a severe situation for Dr. Batmanghelidj to discover the body's greatest need and how it can repair itself -- given the right amounts on a daily basis. (I have found a wonderful source for sea salt at www.RealSalt.com, it tastes great and makes whatever you cook or bake taste even better than using other kinds of salt, even other sea salts. Plus it has natural iodine and other trace minerals fully intact as nature intended.)

Truth seekers will love this book as well as his other books because he has revealed a clear path to wholeness. Truth seekers will also want to read another book I highly recommend, its written by medical journalist Dr. Morton Walker, called "Olive Leaf Extract" (nature's antibiotic). (It can be found on the web or can be ordered at bookstore: www.eastparkresearch.com, they have the pharmaceutical grade of Olive Leaf Extract.)

I believe with the resources of these 2 books & Real Salt, one will be more than equipped to handle what life will throw your way.

The book was very informative and certainly convinced me to keep drinking water and avoid soda pops, etc. It really made sense.

If one desire health that is the book of first choice to getting better..

Dr. Batmanghelidj was an amazing man, and an even more amazing MD.

Before I had heard or read anything about this blessed person, I had begun drinking more water, from personal experience with spinal disc problems, realizing that a type of chronic, mild dehydration seemed to aggravate that condition, and retaining enough water kept it at bay.

After reading this book, "Obesity, Cancer, & Depression: Their Common Cause & Natural Cure," I comprehended more of the reasons and physiological facts (which are presented in easily comprehensible terms) for what I had already instinctively accepted on my own.

Also, from this book, I learned why salt is so vital a companion with water, and how natural sea salt, from which the accompanying minerals have not been removed, is vitally different from table salt. I learned more clearly how to successfully manage my daily routines of sea salt and water.

I have always loved salt and used it liberally, never having bought the "program" against it, and I've always craved natural, salt-cured ham and bacon (which is hard to find in these days of insane conflicts on what's actually healthy; I hope to write more on that later, in a blog entry on my Amazon-Connect Author Profile Page). I'm very thankful to this book, though, that I now understand what table salt has been lacking (which it had in its natural beginnings, but purveyors had removed).

I've reviewed several sea salt offerings on Amazon, and am still happily using those I purchased from Pacific Resources Organic Sea Salt, Coarse Ground, 2.2-Pound Bag (Pack of 4) and Coarse Granulated Original Himalayan Crystal Sea Salt, though I still recommend all the salts I reviewed. The mineral content in some are different, depending on where they are collected. I liked the fact that magnesium is in the Pacific Resources salt, because that is one of the minerals I have been deficient in, causing horrible cramping attacks which are immediately relieved by that sea salt, as my review explained. If not for Dr. Batman, however, I would not have learned the vital differences among types of salts (which I began studying on Amazon's buying pages, after I had read this book).

There's a lot more valuable information in this book than what I've mentioned here. This book should be a health resource on every "coffee table"... (Oops! Sorry! Couldn't help that caffeine humor slip. Read the book to see the inside joke.)

I would recommend any and all of Dr. Batmanghelidj's offerings on the Water Cure. I chose this one to begin with because, from what I could tell from my research, it was the most recent he had published, actually fairly close to his death. What it explains most clearly is how most diseases have been identified with separate, ugly medical terms; yet all of them (including aging) appear to relate directly to a single cause. Chronic, low-grade dehydration.

I'm deeply thankful that this man was able to impart his considerable knowledge and wisdom prior to his returning to his place in heaven, which he has earned many times over.

We weren't born to live forever. At least not yet in this time and space incarnation. But while I'm here, I would like to be as pain free and productive as possible. Dr. Batmanghelidj's collected knowledge has greatly assisted me on both those fronts.

Due to the work he has left with us, I'm sure this man is in a state of ultimate peace.

With undying respect (and humor slipping freely, as I believe this man's spirit would appreciate),
Linda Shelnutt

This book is wonderfully well written and I gained a lot of understanding from reading it. I was afraid of cancer before reading this book. Now I know cancer does not have to be something we dread or have to go through proceedures that kill more than the cancer to help us overcome it. I am rereading and rereading to gain the understanding on the obesity section of the book . The depression section also helped me to understand what I had gone through all those long years and why those drugs messed me up further. I don't have to go there again. Read all of the books written by F.Batmanghelidj, they are all very well written in laymans terms and encouraging. Blessings to you and yours... love ,Kay

I tried using one of the plant energy experiments on a dead Dogwood tree in our front yard that was killed by lightning over twenty years ago and within four weeks of using the twenty minutes worth of Reiki energy on the dead tree stump, there appeared four new sprouts right beside the stump that were little Dogwood trees.

In the back of the book there is a personal journal for a month worth of your energy healing and journal to learn if you are actually living in the moment being aware and grounded or spending the majority of your day zoned out on other things like daydreaming/ worry Etc...

While this book seems largely unknown in the Reiki community, it is a most wonderful resource. It really does help understand the process of living in the moment and feeling the energetic effects of simply being.

The author describes the journey that this book represents not as being a "how-to" guide for Reiki, but as a "why-to." Narrin truly feels that Reiki cannot be adequately described, and therefore she leaves that to the reader to find their own Reiki experience. Thus, the book is left to be a journey into understanding the tangible, real-life benefits of approaching life holistically and with intention.

I strongly reccomend this book to everyone, not just Reiki practitioners. It will honestly enrich our human experience. Jus the author's personal story related in the book is wonderful, and it is so nice to see a Reiki book that isn't regurgitating the same information as every other.

After reading and studing this book, I have found that the insights Janeanne Narrin brings, along with the "ways" to learn about, and get into contact with this energy bring to life something we all "know" exists. It allows us to step by step tune in and tune up!..

Good reading, and a better study guide.... much "fuller" than any other I have studied...I recommend highly and am hoping Janeanne creates a sequal ...

I love the attention to detail and the beautiful artwork that this book contains. The layout is well done and I find it causes me to be drawn into the text. The exercises are interesting and unique to most Reiki books. Her descriptions make the practice of Reiki easy to understand and the drawings are helpful. The storys add interest and give a refreshing perspective. Certainly a lot of thought has been given to the creation of this very useful Reiki book.

Having read Janeanne's book from the perspective of a novice in the world of Reiki, I was especially drawn in by her stories of personal transformation. My goal in learning about Reiki is similar: to transform my life through new methods AND new perspectives, which her book helps me do. I would highly recommmend this to anyone who is new to Reiki and is looking for a CONTEXT of Reiki in their life's pursuits.

I think that this is an excellent, useful handbook. I am a psychiatrist and found the psychiatry section particularly helpful for a recent overseas trip.

I stay part time in rural India and this book is awesome. It addresses issues that I had begun to believe I would never find solid information about. It also gives treatment options that keep Third World Medicine in mind. Very practical.

I recently spent some time in a small, rural clinic in sub-saharan Africa, and this book was by far the most useful tool I had. This is not at all a book on disease theory or etiology - it is purely practical. Concisely, what to suspect, how to diagnosis, and how to treat (e.g., step-by-step instructions on how to Giemsa stain a blood smear). One feature I especially appreciated was how this book doesn't make any assumptions about what diagnostic tools you have available; it explains how to best make decisions both with and without radiology, bacterial cultures, etc. The size of this book of course precludes certain information, the incorporation and discussion of WHO treatment guidelines is incredibly valuable.

I had this book among several others while working in rural Uganda. I quickly forgot the other texts and had this stuffed in my back pocket on the wards and going for housecalls. I'm an internist, so when a measles outbreak started I really appreciated the great section on managing this disease. This text contains the essentials for all aspects of medicine in tropical, resource-poor settings as well as great nutritional information. I will bring this book whenever when workng abroad.

I used this book on a medical humanitarian mission to Africa because I didn't want to lug my huge textbooks around. It was the perfect size to fit in my carry on and fanny pack. The material was clear, concise, and up to date. I used it every day of my trip, and would recommend it to physicians or other health care professionals.

".....
Pain: Clinical Manual provides nurses,
pharmacists, and physicians with a comprehensive,
invaluable guide to an interdisciplinary approach for the care of patients with pain.

Committed to improving the care of patients with pain,
the authors along with contributors apply scientific knowledge and their clinical experience to PROVIDE PRACTICAL TOOLS AND GUIDELINES for the care of patients in all clinical settings and all age groups....."
[from the back cover of book]

set book for a course i taking
comprehensive covering all aspects of the course content
useful tool in research for the course

I think this is a wonderful book, and I would say that even if I had not written a short part of it.

The intended audience for the second edition is wider than for the first. Experts on specific health problems detail pain problems specific to those disorders.

Very helpful for pain stradgies for patients.

Ten years + ago I took a class in Pain management where McCaffrey's first book was the text. It was an incredible learning experience. Imagine, physcians prescribe less pain medication than needed to resolve pain and nurses give about half that amount. Why? Because as a society we are fearful of addiction and we make judgements about people who have difficulty handling pain. We don't realize the true cost of 'toughing' it out. This book is comprehensive and readable. Ms. McCaffrey et al make their case for intelligent pain control rather than knee jerk reactions. By far a blue ribbon winner in this category.

A good systems based approach to the principles of veterinary pathology. Useful graphics and photographs. Recommended for students of veterinary science/medicine.

This book is very good for pathology but its very useful in a lot of classes. It contains a lot of good pictures and the information is very thorough.

This book has almost, if not everything you would like to know concerning veterinary pathology. It is huge and a bit bulky and it kind of sucks if you have to carry it with you for every class session, but it definitely holds a lot of interesting information.

This is a very great book. Every day I read a little bite of it. You can be sure you'll learn a new thing in each page. A must read for all species Clinicians, not only Vet Pathology students.
A great book. One of the best I know in this area.

The book is easy to read, learn and understand, A+, great photos, all veterinary diseases covered

Amy D. Shojai is the author of 16 pet books, and a nationally known writer of pet care and behavior topics. In Shojai's latest book, PET CARE IN THE NEW CENTURY, [she] interviewed nearly 100 experts ... including members of the ACVS, ACVIM, and other speciality colleges. Never before has the veterinary profession been able to offer such amazing medical treatments and such a high level of preventative care. "I am amazed that a person can create a book that covers all aspects of modern veterinary care," says Robert A. Taylor, DVM, ACVS. "This book will prove to be an invaluable resource to companion animal lovers, students and the profession."
---ACVIM SPECIALIST QUARTERLY, August 2001, Newsletter of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Shojai interviewed nearly 100 experts for the 315-page book, including many members of American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS), American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM), and other speciality colleges. Chapters discuss how modern medicine builds on past success; the way veterinarins are trained; advances in diagnostic tools, medications and surgery; how research studies work; and what questions to ask and where to find specialists (or research trials) to meet the needs of your dog or cat. An A-to-Z guide of a wide range of conditions is listed. The book also includes inspirational true stories of dogs and cats that have benefited from today's most innovative treatments.
---ACVS Newsletter, Summer 2001

[Shojai's] new work features the latest medical advances for cats and dogs. It also includes true stories of miraculous recoveries from pet lovers. Success stories in the book include: a two-pound pooch that's saved her owner's life nine times; Ronald McDonald house for pets; kidney transplants, cancer cures, open heart surgeries, dramatic arthritic treatments, behavioral help and paralysis cures using lasers. Also included in the book is an easy-to-use A-to-Z reference for specific health and behavior problems and frank dicussions on ethical issues such as how much to spend, cloning pets, organ donors and other areas.
---Herald Democrat, Texas

Here is an up-to-date reference book covering modern veterinary care. More than a hundred veterinarians, among them quite a few from Penn, explain many health and behavior conditions, arranged alphabetically . . . The appendix lists veterinary colleges in the United States and their websites. A specialist has completed additional training and is a "Diplomate" of a veterinary specialty college. The appendix gives contact information. The human-animal bond brings up ethical questions, which are thoughtfully covered. . . The difficult subject of genetics is briefly covered. This book covers many advances in veterinary medicine and shows you how to take advantage of them. It's a worthwhile addition to the library of dog and cat owners.
---Bellwether "Animal Crackers" Book Review, publication of University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

This book is a must for any pet owner. I have an extensive collection of pet health books, and most of them do not contain the new, state-of-the-art medical and technological options that this one does. In addition to the newest information available, the book is inspiring for any pet owner facing illness, as various treatment options are easily explained in detail. It is also a terrific book to review before a veterinary visit so appropriate issues and questions can be addressed.

Well written, the book is accessible to readers unfamiliar with the concepts presented as well as appealing to someone already versed in the practice of communication with plant spirits. Even if no healing is pursued, realizing the wonder of plants and gaining an awareness of their gift of life to us will be a blessing to us all!

A good insight into a persons journey into plant consciousness, the author who works as a healer shares her stories as well as those of her students from their own perspectives.
The main thrust of the book is to let the reader accept spirituality and once that happens you can recognize it everywhere. Excerpts and references to Jeremy Narby and Rick Strassman show the different approaches of each, and Pam's book. This is not a science book, it is a book about spiritual healing of the self and uses the authors and others experiences to illustrate this.. Like Stephen Buhner's 'Lost language of plants' but more hippie!!

This is a must for anyone wondering about whether plants are intelligent and what they can do. In non ordinary reality plant spirits are a very important part of our evolution of consciousness, according to many researchers in the field of shamanism. Did you know that plants proceeded all forms of animals as evolution developed on this planet. And there is every indication that they reached high level of intelligence just like animals (including man) but before them. Did you know that plants make up 99% of the biomass of this planet? Have you ever seen a picture of what a plant "spirit" looks like.

Well, these are all things this book brings to the front and if this is of interest to you then this is the book for you. It is well written and combines science and esoteric mysteries and attempts to look at the many facets of plants and how they are and might be able to heal humans even more when attention is put onto their ability to communicate with us. They are waiting, are you up to it?.

"Whether a newcomer just discovering the healing properties of herbs or a well-seasoned herbalist, after reading Plant Spirit Healing, readers will never approach plants in quite the same way again. The plants seemed to beckon me, right from the pages, to their world...one so much richer now as I grow to understand and follow the `spiral path through the triple aspect of heart, soul, and spirit.' Pam Montgomery's resounding wisdom invites every reader to embrace the invisible as a way to deepen their personal relationship with the plant allies.

Plant spirits are the main characters, but the sights, senses and sounds - all the beings of the natural world - are such vital, supportive players and substantiate the author's emphasis on the interconnectedness of everything in nature. Pam's masterful weaving of eloquently layered insights, traditional wisdom, scientific basics, and rich stories has gifted us with a grand installment in field of herbal healing."

(Kim Isaacs - Natural Foods Caterer, Herbalist, Editor; Staunton, VA)

Would you like to be more than a friend to our green beings? Would you like to co-create with them? Have one or more plant spirit allies? Receive their plant spirit medicine? This book will change your view of the plant world and guide you to a deeper and richer connection to the spirits of plants. I recommend this book as an indispensable guide on how to access and use plant consciousness.

Read the stories slowly, and savor them. This book gives glimpses into a world most of us don't get to see. The veterinarians' tales run the gamut from moving to hilarious, and the respect and love they share with the animals with which they come into contact shines on every page. Great stuff. My daughter, 14 now, has read the book several times, and has shared it with her classmates. When you've journeyed through the stories here, you'll look at animals -- from the squirrels at your bird feeder, to the cat sleeping on your lap -- differently.

This is light reading but very enjoyable and well written. If you love animals, then this will certainly put a smile on your face. Not the usual vet stories since these come from zoos. The title alone makes you want to read it!

An eel walks into a bar...
Debugging a bug...
Healthcare for dragons...

Although these may sound like lead-ins for some silly animal jokes, they are actually just a few of the topics described in'The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes.' 'Rhino,' captures the stories of 29 wildlife vets and their remarkable, and sometimes strange patients. Whether you have a genuine interest in veterinary medicine, or just wild and exotic animals in general, this is an absolute must read. The stories are funny, poignant, miraculous,and yes, on occasion, sad. But no other book I know of does a better job of making both humans and animals come to life as does this small volume of vignettes. By the end of the book one is not only left with the hope that a sequel is already in the making, but with a renewed passion for the four-legged, two legged, and yes, even no-legged neighbors we share this planet with.

Now, where does one get shoes for a rhino?

Rhino has special appeal because of its various points of view and authors; because of its short essay-length articles; because of the variety of animals and ailments; because of the connections between animal health and human health. In short, it's a terrific book and an easy read, and I've had rave reviews from ages 11 to 76. It would make a great Christmas list book, as its appeal is to a wide audience.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book from top to bottom. I loved reading about how caring, resourceful, and innovative these zoo veterinarians are. In many cases, they are doing something for the very first time in recorded history, and they manage to do it in most cases successfully and with a wonderful sense of humor. And it's clear they care deeply for their patients, even though they are not "pets". Kudos to Drs. Spelman and Mashima for sharing these charming stories.

Check out Dr. Sarno's work on back pain, Doc Don Colbert's "Deadly Emotions" and "A More Excellent Way" by Henry Wright. The last two are Christian-based books, so they include the mind-body-spirit connection.

I am considered a successful woman, educated and accomplished, yet like many others, suffered significant physical and emotional abuse as a child of old world parents. While there is a wide variety of therapy and therapists, I never felt successful at it. I never felt free of the "deep feelings of rejection", or cured of depression. I was profoundly affected by reading this book and was ready to fly anywhere I could engage in EMDR therapy. I did find a psychiatrist locally who agreed to work with me and it has absolutely changed my life. I experienced profound realizations and consider myself "cured", finally free from past negative experiences. I'm not a healer, don't know all the buzzwords like immunoneuropsychology. I just know that this book completely turned me over and shook me up and showed me the possibility of life-altering changes within me.
If you have a science background, and enjoy reading about biochemistry, another great book on the physical/emotional connection is "Molecules of Emotion" by Dr. Candice Pert.

Maggie Scarf is at her best in this case study exploration of the way the body stores life's traumas. The idea of a body-mind connection is hardly new; it's even fashionable. What Scarf offers the reader, in addition to a compelling read, are real insights into how these traumas can be identified, how they become locked in the body, and, most impressively, how they may be unlocked. Secrets, Lies, Betrayals: The Body/Mind Connection,like her landmark study of women and depression, Unfinished Business, is a "must read" and a "must know."

For anyone who loves to read case studies and is interested in how the brain works and how things in our past affect everything from our personalities to our health and relationships.

Our bodies hold on to painful episodes from the past. Early trauma and deeply buried feelings become woven into the fabric of our physical being. These echoes from the past cause disruptive patterns in life and relationships. Our bodies can hold the knowledge of situations and events we have forgotten, yet are deeply rooted in experiences of the past. Memories exist within the body's nervous system.

Harmful events long since slipped beneath the surface of awareness are lodged in our brain and surface at unexpected times with symptoms such as emotional swings, panic, feeling helpless and powerless, fear of the future, along with physical ailments, like greater susceptibility to colds, 'low energy,' changes in sleep patterns -- even nightmares. Sometimes symptoms develop when aspects of a person's past history are so stuck in your body and psyche that they erupt endlessly into current day existence.

Many are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, once considered to be related to military combat malfunctioning, but is not at all uncommon these days. The latest scientific findings show that 60% males, 51% females had signifigant PTSD as adults, some trauma going back to parental neglect during their childhoods. In the aftermath, studies show that women are more than twice as likely to suffer needlessly, as the aftereffects can persist for years undiagnosed and untreated.

Mrs. Scarf uses narratives to tell the secret stories of 'volunteers' willing to share their secrets (shame-related, motivated by love and loyalty, those kept from Self, etc.). She writes: "for what could be more secret, more mortifying and shame-ridden, than those painful, sometimes overwhelming remembrances of the past that most of us don't want to examine candidly, even think about, much less reveal to other people?"

As Peter Fonda put it in his memoir, DON'T TELL DAD: "I would prefer to never again think of the dark parts of my past." He's not alone in wishing the painful episodes could just disappear. This book shows they never do.

She recognizes Dr. Bessel van der Kolk in Boston to be the 'father of present-day research in this field.' The author admits experiencing painful symptoms when she wrestles with contradictory memories of her mother. She interviewed so many doctors, therapists, and psychologists for this book, it's as if she was receiving "free" therapy as a result.

Trauma can be caused by a threat to the physical integrity of another person, according to the DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL to which she refers. She lists 'Acts of Violence' and 'Emotional and Economic Attacks' in Appendix 2, listing and giving examples of what affects us all. Some are Intimidation, Threats, Disrespect (putting you down in front of other people), Destructive Criticism, among others.

She attended a writing class at Yale taught by Susan Cheever, so she would be able to present her findings for the ordinary person to understand and be able to learn from the admissions of others. The people interviewed by Mrs. Scarf knew the secrets they revealed would be used in a book. She expresses her appreciation for their candidness and willingness with this statement, "I have wondered about you, worried about you, admired you; above all, learned from you."

She has received several National Media awards from the American Psychological Foundation, has written three previous books, and is a contributing editor to 'The New Republic.'

The reader can learn things from her research, such as "one can't eliminate childhood memories, but can see those things in perspective as what they are, more finite in size."

"Ducky's" book is extremely detailed and informative about many aspects of human sexuality while remaining quite interesting and upbeat...an excellent for read for anyone over 18.

Ducky's book is a refreshing, exciting, humorous, non-judgemental and straight forward approach to answering sex questions people think about, talk about with friends and don't talk about...she even covers questions we never thought to ask.

This book has shed light in my personal life but also helped me in counseling my patients on issues of sex and sexuality. I love that Ducky stresses clear communication with your partner, that sex is not just what happens when we are naked, but that even eye contact and cooking together leads to the bonds that help us feel safe with our sexual partner. I also love that she counsels women to loveand embrace thier body type no matter what they look like. And as an author, Chinese Medicine & Healthy Weight Management, I admire her ability to write with such clarity, organization and personality!

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There is no technical word usage to make you put the book down! Ducky does a great job keeping the answers simple and to the point! Great resources section and I really loved the "tales of" sections. It's always great to read about things you never had the guts to ask about. I've been a fan of Ducky's advice for years and now I can keep it on my bookshelf. I learned a lot from this book and got explinations on things I'd always wondered about. Great job Ducky!!

All I can say is I loved this book! Very informational, Awesome read. I recommend it to everyone.

I love this book! It is so fun and easy to read, like the author is just speaking to the reader conversationally. The book has lots of tidbits and facts and hints I didn't know, it's very useful! I especially loved the chapter on foreplay, with suggestions of leaving the clothes on for an extra ten minutes to see how excited you can get each other, the chapter on body image with the top fourteen things that make a person sexy from a poll of over 500 people, the emphasis on creativity and the sexiest organ--the brain! Ducky sounds super sex positive and I believe this book would benefit anyone, any gender, any type, any age. It is inspiring and made me feel good about myself and sex.