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Hand Reflexology: Stimulate Your Body's Healing System

Author: Louise Keet

Use pressure points on the hands to stimulate the body’s healing system. That’s reflexology, and it has been a popular therapeutic tool for more than 5,000 years. Here are more than two dozen treatments—each lasting from 10-15 minutes—that can balance and detoxify the body, combat stress, and improve emotional well-being. Relieve the symptoms of common ailments, including headaches, indigestion, muscle aches, colds, and motion sickness. Alleviate the discomforts of pregnancy and menopause. Soothe a fussy baby. Hand
reflexology is safe for everyone, including children and the elderly—and, because it can be done discreetly in small spaces, it’s a great alternative to traditional foot reflexology. Color photos illustrate every treatment, and information on reflexology theory and basic techniques help you maximize its benefits.

Table of Contents:

Introduction     6
Why reflexology?     6
Why hand reflexology?     6
Why is reflexology so popular?     8
Who can reflexology help?     8
History of reflexology     10
Modern reflexology     11
Clinical evidence     12
How does reflexology work?     14
The theories behind reflexology     16
Reflexology and the hand     22
Cross-reflexes     24
Anatomy and physiology of the body     26
A hand reflexology session     40
Things to bear in mind     42
Preparation     44
Opening moves     48
Closing moves     50
Basic techniques     52
How to use the treatments     57
Treating common conditions: Treating yourself: 10-minute treatments     58
Head conditions     60
Ear, nose and throat conditions     62
Neck and shoulder conditions     64
Hand and wrist conditions     66
Respiratory conditions     68
Digestive conditions     70
Urinary conditions     74
Reproductive conditions     76
Balancingthe body systems: Treating others: 10-minute treatments     78
Skin conditions     80
Musculo-skeletal system     82
Circulatory system     84
Immune system     86
Nervous system     88
Endocrine system     90
Respiratory system     92
Digestive system     94
Urinary system     96
Reproductive system     98
Specialized hand reflexology: Treating yourself and others: 15-minute treatments     100
Pregnancy, weeks 14-36     102
Pregnancy, weeks 37-40     104
Babies     106
Young children     108
Menopause     110
Golden years     112
Terminal illness     114
Coping with stress     116
Counteracting stress     118
Emotional wellbeing     120
Nutrients and detoxification     122
Index     124
Acknowledgements     128

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Author: Betty Wedman St Louis

Fast and Simple Diabetes Menus provides more than 125delicious and easy diabetic-friendly recipes, plus guidelinesfor adapting menus and recipes to accommodate complicatingfactors that often accompany diabetes, including high bloodpressure, high cholesterol, kidney disease, and celiac spruedisease. Based on the latest exchange lists and research, thebook includes four weeks of menus.

Betty Wedman-St. Louis, Ph.D., R.D., C.N.S., is a former president of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. She is the executive director of the American College of Nutrition and the author of several cookbooks for people with diabetes. She lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.