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Chinese Holistic Medicine in Your Daily Life: Combine Acupressure, Herbal Remedies & Qigong for Integrated Natural Healing
Discover a self-care approach for treating specific ailments and enhancing wellness. This book shares the foundational concepts of Chinese medicine and shows you how to integrate acupressure, herbalism, Qigong, diet, and lifestyle so that you can achieve optimal health outcomes. The ancient wisdom and practical techniques in this guide will help prevent the onset of disease, improve your day-to-day wellness, and promote longevity. Chinese medical physician Steven Cardoza provides integrated healing prescriptions for dozens of common conditions, including: Praise:
"The conceptual basis of Chinese medicine isn't simple, but it has availed countless people over the course of centuries. If you want to employ TCM as a potent tool in your own health arsenal, Chinese Holistic Medicine in Your Daily Life can help."― Energy Times
"The conceptual basis of Chinese medicine isn't simple, but it has availed countless people over the course of centuries. If you want to employ TCM as a potent tool in your own health arsenal, Chinese Holistic Medicine in Your Daily Life can help."― Energy Times
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432 pages, Paperback
Published February 8, 2017
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September 4, 2025
This book cuts through "what they always say about that kind of stuff" that I had always thought I probably should never be associated with and made me much less afraid of this sort of practice. The reason this society has survived so long might partially be due to its medicine.
Regarding herbal remedies, I am always drinking some kind of tea of this or that. Some I like, some I dislike. I fully believe all of them are good for me.
I have tried Qigong but I have not investigated Acupressure very in depth as of yet, even though this book assures the reader it is always a safe practice. I glanced at Youtube and it seemed like where you might be like wringing your hands until you felt better but I only looked fleetingly at it and might be wrong.
It didn't change how I liked the book.
Regarding herbal remedies, I am always drinking some kind of tea of this or that. Some I like, some I dislike. I fully believe all of them are good for me.
I have tried Qigong but I have not investigated Acupressure very in depth as of yet, even though this book assures the reader it is always a safe practice. I glanced at Youtube and it seemed like where you might be like wringing your hands until you felt better but I only looked fleetingly at it and might be wrong.
It didn't change how I liked the book.
February 9, 2017
An astounding and very integrative manual to natural healing!
Steven Cardoza compiles extensive knowledge of the fundamentals of each branch of Chinese medicine and indicates how to properly integrate them to achieve synergistic benefits. This is phenomenal, since there are many manuals dedicated to each branch independently, but in this book all are reviewed from a cohesive whole approach. And this is definitely the great thing about this book!
In the first part, he very intelligently provides us with the foundations for making the shift from western to eastern cultural paradigm, with the aim of facilitating more productive learning. The holistic approach to preserving health considers emotional balance, mental and spiritual status, environmental factors, the lifestyle, and on the other hand the physiological interconnections of organs and their imbalances, the patterns of disharmony that can cause illness.
The second part develops the practice of everything learned to apply it in a holistic self-care for better health. There are indications for each branch, such as lifestyle and diet, acupressure for self-care, herbal tonics, high-level Qigong practices for each organ that the author learned from Master Hong Liu. This last point seems to me is golden.
Towards the end of this part, there is a useful compendium of some diseases ordered alphabetically and the treatment to recover health faster by combining the branches in a unified way.
My gratitude to the Publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to review the book
Steven Cardoza compiles extensive knowledge of the fundamentals of each branch of Chinese medicine and indicates how to properly integrate them to achieve synergistic benefits. This is phenomenal, since there are many manuals dedicated to each branch independently, but in this book all are reviewed from a cohesive whole approach. And this is definitely the great thing about this book!
In the first part, he very intelligently provides us with the foundations for making the shift from western to eastern cultural paradigm, with the aim of facilitating more productive learning. The holistic approach to preserving health considers emotional balance, mental and spiritual status, environmental factors, the lifestyle, and on the other hand the physiological interconnections of organs and their imbalances, the patterns of disharmony that can cause illness.
The second part develops the practice of everything learned to apply it in a holistic self-care for better health. There are indications for each branch, such as lifestyle and diet, acupressure for self-care, herbal tonics, high-level Qigong practices for each organ that the author learned from Master Hong Liu. This last point seems to me is golden.
Towards the end of this part, there is a useful compendium of some diseases ordered alphabetically and the treatment to recover health faster by combining the branches in a unified way.
My gratitude to the Publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to review the book
February 10, 2017
Steven Cardoza's Chinese Holistic Medicine in Your Daily Life: Combine Acupressure, Herbal Remedies & Qigong for Integrated Natural Healing is a detailed, thorough and comprehensive book on Integrated Healing based on TCM principles.
I was absolutely glad when my request was approved in Net Galley and I got my hands on this book few months back. Let me tell you - this isn't a light read, but rather an intensive read for those interested in TCM or studying TCM or practicing TCM. There are illustrations throughout the book, but you will have to read, re-read and probably come back and forth, as you read to really understand and comprehend.
This book covers a range of topics, multiple TCM methodologies and gives the reader an insight into how one can combine the different Natural and Holistic Methods for best results. I loved the illustrations for key Acupuncture Points and certain TCM concepts, the detailed explanation on Diagnosis, Symptoms, Disharmony Patterns and also, ideas on integrating adjunctive treatment methodologies.
If you are looking for a book that covers multiple aspects of TCM, treatment protocols, diagnosis and give you a comprehensive insight into TCM, you have it with this book. I absolutely thank the publishers and Net Galley for giving me an opportunity to read this wonderful book.
**I was provided an eARC by Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd through Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.
I was absolutely glad when my request was approved in Net Galley and I got my hands on this book few months back. Let me tell you - this isn't a light read, but rather an intensive read for those interested in TCM or studying TCM or practicing TCM. There are illustrations throughout the book, but you will have to read, re-read and probably come back and forth, as you read to really understand and comprehend.
This book covers a range of topics, multiple TCM methodologies and gives the reader an insight into how one can combine the different Natural and Holistic Methods for best results. I loved the illustrations for key Acupuncture Points and certain TCM concepts, the detailed explanation on Diagnosis, Symptoms, Disharmony Patterns and also, ideas on integrating adjunctive treatment methodologies.
If you are looking for a book that covers multiple aspects of TCM, treatment protocols, diagnosis and give you a comprehensive insight into TCM, you have it with this book. I absolutely thank the publishers and Net Galley for giving me an opportunity to read this wonderful book.
**I was provided an eARC by Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd through Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.
October 20, 2016
This book was an extremely informative one, especially as I try to keep an open mind about healing. The plus side was the great information, however, it is a book for someone heavily invested in reading dense topics. There were very few illustrations and the illustrations that were included were not details, nor in color. It's a well organized book, with diagnosis, techniques, suggestions, that I might be able to keep in mind, but overall it was a very intense book. After reviewing it, I went back to the table of contents to see if I could easily pinpoint something specific (such as headache), and it does a great job in breaking down remidies for Qigong, Acupoints, Patent, Beneficial Foods, and Food Remedy, however, again, it's not something I could easily focus on. I had to go back to the individual chapters to understand even after reading normally.
November 28, 2016
I received this book, for free, in exchange for an honest review.
This book certainly appears to have been written by someone both quite knowledgeable and compassionate in their area of expertise. Even with this going for it, the book fell flat with me as it placed its focus in ways that didn't work well with me. The areas that I would personally skim over (general background about Qi) were given great detail. On the other hand, things I would like a great deal of detail on (accupressure, herbals) didn't have enough. That being said, this book could certainly be good for certain readers, just not for me.
This book certainly appears to have been written by someone both quite knowledgeable and compassionate in their area of expertise. Even with this going for it, the book fell flat with me as it placed its focus in ways that didn't work well with me. The areas that I would personally skim over (general background about Qi) were given great detail. On the other hand, things I would like a great deal of detail on (accupressure, herbals) didn't have enough. That being said, this book could certainly be good for certain readers, just not for me.
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February 5, 2017* A copy of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley/Edelweiss for the purpose of an honest review. All conclusions are my own responsibility and I was not compensated for this review.
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