Chinese medicine: tongue diagnosis
Appendix 8 Traditional Chinese medicine: tongue diagnosis ATTRIBUTE1 DESCRIPTION1 CAUSE1 Colour Pale Red Deep-Red Purple Blue Deficiency of yang (tongue also wet) or Blood deficiency (dry tongue) Heat Severe heat…
Appendix 8 Traditional Chinese medicine: tongue diagnosis ATTRIBUTE1 DESCRIPTION1 CAUSE1 Colour Pale Red Deep-Red Purple Blue Deficiency of yang (tongue also wet) or Blood deficiency (dry tongue) Heat Severe heat…
Chapter 11 Chronic venous insufficiency Matthew Leach, ND, RN, PhD AETIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is a pathological disorder of the venous system, characterised by impaired venous blood…
Appendix 6 Taxonomic cross-reference of major herbs BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME Achillea millefolium Yarrow Aesculus hippocastanum Horse chestnut Agathosma betulina Buchu Agropyron repens Couchgrass Albizia lebbeck Albizia Alchemillia vulgaris Lady’s…
Chapter 8 Congestive respiratory disorders David Casteleijn, ND, RN, MHSc , Tessa Finney-Brown, ND OVERVIEW AND AETIOLOGY Congestive respiratory disorders are conditions that present with mucus build-up in the upper…
Chapter 6 Respiratory infections and immune insufficiency David Casteleijn, ND, RN, MHSc , Tessa Finney-Brown, ND OVERVIEW Respiratory infections are caused by pathogenic invasion and colonisation.1 Upper respiratory tract infections…
Appendix 3 Food sources of nutrients Order is roughly indicative of ranking of content. NUTRIENT COMMON FOOD SOURCE Vitamins A Liver, sweet potato, carrots, spinach, butternut pumpkin, dandelion greens, butter,…
Chapter 1 Naturopathic case taking Greg Connolly, BA, ND NATUROPATHIC PHILOSOPHY AND PRINCIPLES For naturopaths, the patient-centred approach to case taking with its emphasis on rapport, empathy and authenticity is…