Massage with Aromatherapy or Control High Blood Pressure Without Drugs

Massage with Aromatherapy

Author: Hinkler Books

Massage is an effective way to relieve stress, anxiety, and tension. A massage using essential oils combines the balancing properties of the oils with the relaxing and therapeutic benefits of touch. Massage and Aromatherapy features a step-by-step guide to the art of massage. Massage techniques are practical, fully illustrated, and easy to follow.

 

Essential oils have a powerful therapeutic affect and can also relieve stress, delight

the senses, and lift the spirits. Discover how to combine massage with essential

oils for emotional and physical health and well-being, learn how to use and

blend oils, and find out how to use oils for health and beauty.

 

If you’re stressed, out of balance, or simply wanting to lift your spirits and enjoy the fragrances of essential oils, Massage with Aromatherapy will show you how to unwind. Flash cards take you step by step through a complete aromatherapy massage session. You’ll also learn how to make pampering and therapeutic treatments, such as a footbath, facial spritz, and perfume.

 

Massage with Aromatherapy, the DVD, includes a complete step-by-step guide

to massage for health and relaxation. This 66-minute DVD also explainshow

to use essential oils for natural healing, well-being, and beauty.  Massage with Aromatherapy, the booklet, explains everything you need to know about massage and essential oils, including the many uses of oils and how massage can benefit you.

 

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Control High Blood Pressure Without Drugs: A Complete Hypertension Handbook

Author: Robert L Rowan

Now completely revised and updated, the proven hypertension treatment plan that reduces your reliance on potentially harmful medications

Hypertension is called the silent disease because it often gives no warning signs or symptoms. Its impact can be devastating: Both coronary heart disease and strokes are closely related to hypertension. But there is hope. In this fully updated and revised edition of his classic work, Dr. Robert L. Rowan draws on the latest medical findings to help you prevent high blood pressure, cope with it if it occurs, and lower your blood pressure through sensible, inexpensive natural means. He explains how to work with your doctor in developing a program that suits your personality, age, physiology, weight, and personal habits. Here, you'll learn all you need to know about:

• New tests that indicate the presence of high blood pressure in the absence of symptoms

• Alternative techniques -- from acupuncture to biofeedback to aromatherapy -- that can relieve stress and lower blood pressure

• Natural hypotensive therapies, exercises, and foods -- including the amazing cholesterol-fighting omega-3 oils

• Prescription and over-the-counter drugs that can affect blood pressure

• The lowdown on diet, including a month of healthful menus and dozens of quick-and-easy recipes

With a comprehensive list of helpful Web sites and a fully updated bibliography, Control High Blood Pressure Without Drugs brings you the information you need to manage your blood pressure and live a healthier life.

Table of Contents:

	Preface	9
Part I.	The Basics	13
1.	Could You Have Hypertension?	15
2.	The Dangers of High Blood Pressure	24
3.	Measure Your Pressure	31
4.	Diastolic and Systolic Pressure--What Does Each Mean?	39
5.	What Happens When You Learn You Have High Blood Pressure?	44
6.	Do It for Yourself	53
Part II.	Your Diet or Your Life	59
7.	The Truth About Salt	61
8.	Obesity Is a Hypertension Issue	76
9.	Are You Really Hungry?	86
10.	Eat Right/Feel Right	92
11.	The Rice Diet and Other Diet Choices	99
12.	Cholesterol As a Culprit	116
13.	Fiber Is Important	127
14.	Sugar Is Not Sweet to Your Body	130
15.	Diabetes and Kidney Disease and Hypertension	133
16.	Hypertension: A Risk Factor for Stroke	139
17.	Working Together: The Pump and the Hose	143
18.	Potassium, Calcium, and Magnesium and High Blood Pressure	151
Part III.	Your Style of Living	161
19.	Smoke Gets in Your Blood	163
20.	Alcohol and Illegal Drugs and Hypertension	173
21.	Sleeping with Hypertension	182
22.	Hypertension and Aging	186
23.	Women and High Blood Pressure	191
24.	Impotence and Hypertension	194
25.	Stress and Hypertension	199
26.	Complementary (Alternative) Therapies for Hypertension	215
27.	Biofeedback: Training Your Body to Reduce Hypertension	222
28.	Folk Medicine and Other Traditions	231
29.	Exercise Combats Hypertension	236
30.	Walking Your Blood Pressure Down	248
Part IV.	Hypertension Drugs	255
31.	About Antihypertensive Drugs	257
32.	Herbs, Vitamins, and Minerals and Hypertension	273
Part V.	Shopping and Cooking with High Blood Pressure	281
33.	A Life of Healthy Eating: Recipes to Lower Your Blood Pressure	283
	Sparky Seasoning Mix	284
	Grains	284
	Veggie Pasta Sauce	284
	Lasagna Without Guilt	286
	Spaghetti with a Gobble	287
	Swimming with the Tuna	288
	Vegetables	288
	Hot Vegetable Bean Dip	288
	Herbal Zucchini Combo	289
	Broccoli (or Other Vegetable) Soup	290
	Escalloped Corn Pudding	291
	Terrific Taco Salad	292
	Meat, Poultry, and Fish	293
	Sweet and Sour Roast Pork	293
	"Lite" Beef Stroganoff	294
	Oriental Beef and Vegetable Stir-fry	295
	Oriental Chicken and Vegetable Stir-fry	296
	Chicken and Spanish Rice	296
	Chicken Salad	297
	Tuscany Chicken	297
	Tuscany Turkey	298
	Broiled Sesame Fish	298
	Dizzy Dill Fish	299
	Spicy Baked Salmon	300
	Fruits and Desserts	300
	Apple Crisp	300
	Jiggling Mold	301
	Bran Apple Bars	302
	Zucchini Bread	303
	Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies	304
Appendix 1.	Sodium in Foods	313
Appendix 2.	A Week with the DASH Diet	317
Appendix 3.	A Comparison of Saturated Fat, Total Fat, Cholesterol, Calories, and Sodium	325
Appendix 4.	A Walking Program to Reduce Blood Pressure	333
	Glossary	337
	Additional Resources	343
	Index	345