The Body Owner's Manual: An Acupuncturist's Teachings on Health and Well-Being

By Deborah A. DeGraff

Today, acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and other nontraditional ways of healing are gaining newfound acceptance and validity in the Western medical world. In this comprehensive book, acupuncturist Deborah DeGraff presents an all-purpose health care guide based upon preventive care and the balance of energy, or qi.By keeping your body, mind, and spirit in harmony, you can enjoy good health. The Body Owner's Manual is your personal guide to reaching -- and maintaining -- that balance. This book outlines the many facets of alternative medicine and helps you form your own individual plan for diet, exercise, relaxation, and detoxification.Included is a self-care dictionary that lists common ailments and how to use preventive and holistic care to remedy them. Finally, real people share inspiring and encouraging stories of how they've used acupuncture and holistic medicine to recover from asthma, cope with grief, quit smoking and more. With The Body Owner's Manual, you'll learn how to use your body's natural energy to achieve the physical and spiritual balance that equals good health.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425165035
• ISBN13: 9780425165034
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Best TCM Book I have bought so far

Comprehensive and well-organised. DeGraff has simplified the complexities of Chinese healing into words easy to understand. There are categorised topics on helps and cures for various symptoms like cold, cold sores, weight gain with/without overeating, stress. Complete with diagrams to illustrate massage points for the different parts of your body. If you are facing health problems that Western medicine cannot help, this will be the book for you.

Easy reading informative view of how to take care of you sel

This is an easy reading informative view of caring for yourself and the different aspects of your spiritual and physical side. Lots of comprehensive suggestions of how to take care of everyday problems in a body's life. Open minded to both western and eastern medicine with alternative views for your to maintain a healthy, happy body/home for your inward self. Recommend highly.

Helpful reference book that's easy to read and informative

DeGraff has simplified the complexities of Chinese healing into words easy to understand. There are categorised topics on helps and cures for various symptoms like cold, cold sores, weight gain with/without overeating, stress. Complete with diagrams to illustrate massage points for the different parts of your body. If you are facing health problems that Western medicine cannot help, this will be the book for you.

An upbeat approach to thoughtful self-care.

Just a word from the proud mother of the author to correct your spelling of her last name. It is spelled DeGraff, with a capital G. Well-written, well-organized, a helpful book for everyone.