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Chapter 2: Meet Your Health Care Team of the Future
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Chapter 3: Cracking the Code of Chinese Medicine
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Chapter 4: Chinese Medicine
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Chapter 5: Your A-Z Guide to Making Natural Remedies
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Chapter 6: Treating Common Health Problems Naturally
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Chapter 7: The Chinese Way to Women's Health
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12. Explain the principles of traditional Chinese medicine in treating women's health problems.
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Chapter 8: Homeopathic Remedies for Women
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13. Suggest homeopathic remedies for common health problems of women, such as PMS, moodiness and irritability, cystitis, vaginitis, menopasual hot flashes and menopausal mood swings.
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Chapter 9: Maternity Medicine
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14. Suggest homeopathic remedies for a pregnant woman.
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Chapter 10: Can You Take Herbs During Pregnancy?
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Chapter 11: The Natural Health Guide to Children's Health
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16. For certain childhood illnesses_colds and flu, fever, ear infections, sore throats, and diarrhea and stomachaes_suggest natural alternative therapies and contrast them with conventional medicine.
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Chapter 12: 26 Herbs for Better Health
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18. List various forms of herbs and their applications.
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Chapter 13: 5,000-Year-Old Medicine for Today's Colds and Flu
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19. Discuss traditional Chinese medicine approach to treating colds and flu.
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Chapter 14: Say Good-bye to Colds and Flu
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20. Describe the role played by three herbs_echinacea, astragalus and goldenseal_in the treatment of colds and flu.
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Chapter 15: Antibiotic Protection Without Antibiotics
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21. Descrbe the adverse effect on the body's immune system caused by the misuse and overuse of antibiotics.
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Chapter 16: Plants as Antibiotics
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22. List various plants_echinacea, astragalus, goldenseal, berberine, etc._and their immune-stimulating properties.
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Chapter 17: Plants as Medicines
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23. Describe the use of St. John's wort for its antidepressant qualities.
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Chapter 18: The New Generation of Antioxidants
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24. Descrbe the role played by free radicals and antioxidants in the body's immune system.
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Chapter 19: How to Use Vitamins and Minerals as Home Remedies
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25. Describe how the right supplements can be used to treat indigestion, poor concentration, insomnia and other common ailments.
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26. Describe how extra vitamins and minerals can help you to strengthen weak links in your individual body chemistry to reduce your chances of developing a serious illness.
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Chapter 20: Immune-Building Wonder Herbs
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27. Understand the science behind five important immune-stimulating herbs: echinacea, astragalus, ligustrum, shiitake mushrooms and licorice.
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Chapter 21: Power Up Your Immune System
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28. Explain how stress, sugar, obesity, alcohol, insufficient rest and undernourishment can compromise your immune system.
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Chapter 22. Enter the Energy Zone
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29. Explain how body uses carbohydrates, fats and proteins to manufacture energy.
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30. Recommend the correct proportions of the three types of nutrients for high energy throughout the day.
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31. Describe how various minerals_magnesium, potassium, zinc and chromium_ contribute to the body's energy processes.
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Chapter 23. Power Up with High-Energy Herbs
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Chapter 24. Four Steps to Relieving Ear Infections Without Antibiotics
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33. Describe 4 steps to relieve ear infection in young children without the use of antibiotics.
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Chapter 25. Natural Stress Relief
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Chapter 26. Soothe Your Frazzled Nerves
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Chapter 27: Natural Remedies For Depression
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Chapter 28: Lifting the Fog of Depression
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Chapter 29: How to Sharpen Your Mind
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38. Explain how brain processes thoughts and memories, and discuss the opinion of several experts as to the effectiveness of herbs and nutrients in enhancing brain power.
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Chapter 30: Keep Your Circulatory System Healthy
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39. Discuss the properties and applications of 4 herbs_ginkgo, bilberry, centella and butcher's broom_in increasing the blood flow through the vascular system and heal circulatory disorders.
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Chapter 31: Nights of Peaceful Slumber
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41. List four best-researched herbs for insomnia and calming nerves.
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Chapter 32: Getting the Sleep of Your Dreams
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42. List various causes of insomnia and suggest natural remedies to induce peaceful night slumber, and contrast the actions of natural medicine with conventional prescription drugs.
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Chapter 33: Melatonin: A Cure For All?
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43. Discuss various claims made with regards to the beneficial effects of melatonin and weigh the available evidence to suggest its effectiveness in treating salient disorders.
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44. Answer questions regarding the action, dosage, timing, side effects and drug interactions of melatonin.
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Chapter 34: How Cleansing Can Improve Your Health
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Chapter 35: The Basics of Detoxing Your Liver
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Chapter 36: Herbs & Nutrients For Weight Loss
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Chapter 37: Echinacea for Dummies
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Chapter 38: Medicinal Mushrooms
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Chapter 39: Health Benefits of Algae
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Chapter 40: New Uses for Aloe Vera
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Chapter 41: Mint as Medicine For Your Whole Family
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Chapter 42:. The Healing Power of Garlic
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Chapter 43: Zinc: The vital Immune Nutrient
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Chapter 44: Ten Drugs I Would Never Take
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57. List 10 synthetic drugs and provide alternative natural remedies to cure common maladies.
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Chapter 45: Herbal Remedies for 30 Common Conditions
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58. Discuss how herbs work as preventive medicine and point out similarities and dissimilarities between the way herbs and over-the-counter medicines work.
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Chapter 46: Superherbs
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Chapter 47: Stocking Your Herbal Medicine Chest
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Chapter 48: Six Hormones
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62. For the following six hormones, list their common usage and suspected risks, and identify the most likely ways to naturally increase their levels in the body: estrogen, testosterone, pregnenolone, DHEA, melatonin, and growth hormone.
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Chapter 49: Ephedra: Potent Herb, Potential Problem
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