Body Wisdom: Secrets for Achieving Health, Happiness & Longevity

by Gerald Senogles, Katy Cauker

Overview

In Oriental Medicine, covering up symptoms with drugs is not good enough. So it is to the Oriental Medical system with its knowledge and understanding we turn to learn why we develop disease conditions and how to treat the root causes so the body can return to the natural state of health to which we are all entitled.

Section One of Body Wisdom covers the basics of how your body works: the parts of your body that run your body, and for the most part, determine your current state of health. We will look at some symptoms that can arise if there are malfunctions in these basic components.

Section Two looks at some particular diseases or conditions common and important enough to warrant their own chapters, plus some other issues that can impact your health and happiness. This is a more fun and freewheeling section that includes chapters on everything from back pain to menopause; from bone strength to diet and nutrition; from arthritis to sinusitis; from the common cold to cancer; and many points in between.

Even though the chapters in Section Two deal with a broad range of subjects, they consistently refer back to the information given in Section One. In this sense these two sections (and all of Body Wisdom) are of a single fabric and as you read the chapters in Section Two, your understanding of the basic workings of your body, as presented in Section One, will grow!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780578570075
Publisher:	Senogles Inc
Publication date:	09/30/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	206
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Dr. Gerald Senogles graduated from the New England School of Acupuncture in 1977 and is one of the first 50 graduates in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in the United States. He apprenticed with Dr. Cheung Wai Tak in 1977-78. Dr. Senogles was a member of the acupuncture sub-committee of the Oregon Medical Board for six years. In 1988, he received his Doctor of Oriental Medicine Degree from the International Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Research Institute in Hong Kong. Dr. Senogles has been in private Oriental Medicine practice in the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon since 1979. To learn more, visit his website at www.medfordacupunctureclinic.com
Katy Cauker creates art developed around the ideas she finds relevant to her personal life and the world we live in. Her paintings often utilize natural forms as images symbolic of the concepts and emotions she is working with. She has art in public places, and paintings in collections in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Argentina. Her work is widely shown and can be found on the world wide web at www.katycauker.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Dedication

Introduction

SECTION ONE: The Basis of Health

1.  The Ways of Energy: What Is it and What Does It Do for You?

2.  Blood: The Precious Liquid

3.  Systems: Where Would You Be without Them?

4.  The Heart and Circulatory System

5.  The Digestive System: You Aren’t What You Don’t Eat (or Digest!)

6.  The Lungs: and Respiratory System

7.  The Kidneys: Old Age and Death

8.  The Vectors of Dying

9.  The Liver: Organ of Overreaction

10.  It’s All One: The Interactions of Organs and Glands

SECTION TWO: Other Health Related Problems and Solutions

11.  How Acupuncture Works

12.  It’s Wrong. Period!

13.  The Blood Speech: Blood, How Important Is It?

14.  Blocked Energy (Chi)

15.  The Big C: Reducing Your Risk of Cancer

16.  Getting Well: What Does It Take to Really Solve Health Problems and What Do You Have to Go Through?

17.  Hot and Cold Colds

18.  Phlegm Fatale

19.  Don’t Need A Break: Bone Health and Strength

20.  Shelf Defense: Protecting Yourself from Fake Food and Other Dietary Abominations; Plus the Basics of Nutrition

21.  Men... a Pause!

22.  Your Back! Managing Back Problems

23.  Sneak Attack! Assaulted 

by the Biotechnology Industry

24.  Getting Up Again: The Use and Abuse of Stimulants

25.  Bleeding Injuries: The Treatment of Bleeding, Bruising, and Swelling

26.  My Friend, Friend: An Interview with World Class Bodybuilder, Jack Friend

27.  Knee/Joint Pain: Investigating Some of the“Modern” Supplements Used for this Problem

28.  Yin and Yang: The Elemental Dance

29.  Why Me? Why Do Bodies Develop Medical Problems in the First Place?

30.  Conclusion

The Author and the Artist

Editorial Reviews

In this debut book about salubrious “Secrets,” Senogles, one of the first graduates in acupuncture and “Oriental Medicine” in the United States, shares his wealth of disease prevention knowledge. In openly believing that “health, happiness, and enthusiasm are our birthright, and that they are attainable,” the author parlays over 40 years of private medical practice into a manual that promotes fitness through root-cause determination rather than ascribing to a symptom-driven state of perceived wellness. ...

Split into two sections, the first aims to demystify the integral, vital, and interlocking organic functionalities of the human body and make this often complicated information comprehensible to the average person. ...

This explanatory simplicity creates an appealingly relatable quality to the narrative and has the potential to quell the squeamishness some readers experience when perusing medical texts for help. ...

Even more accessible is the book’s second section, which delves into the numerous, intricate biological systems that operate the body and the most common maladies that can plague these areas.

...this sage volume remains a timely, neighborly nudge to regularly examine their diets, exercise levels, and general sense of well-being. And the work serves as a reminder to prioritize the cultivation of optimum health and wellness by becoming an active monitor.

Achieving the natural state of health remains the goal of this practical, beneficial guide...

-- Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2019-11-01
An acupuncturist and Eastern health expert offers alternative medicine wisdom.

In this debut book about salubrious "Secrets," Senogles, one of the first graduates in acupuncture and "Oriental Medicine" in the United States, shares his wealth of disease prevention knowledge. In openly believing that "health, happiness, and enthusiasm are our birthright, and that they are attainable," the author parlays over 40 years of private medical practice into a manual that promotes fitness through root-cause determination rather than ascribing to a symptom-driven state of perceived wellness. Readers need to first understand and be open to the origins of his methodology; Senogles touts traditional Eastern medicine as a supremely effective alternative health system for the human body. Split into two sections, the first aims to demystify the integral, vital, and interlocking organic functionalities of the human body and make this often complicated information comprehensible to the average person. Many of the chapters spotlight a hypothetical case at a clinic and the techniques used to alleviate the issue. "Tired Tom" complains of low energy, and the author adroitly describes the complex inner mechanisms of cellular metabolism, but in layperson's terms. This explanatory simplicity creates an appealingly relatable quality to the narrative and has the potential to quell the squeamishness some readers experience when perusing medical texts for help. The same can be said for segments on blood's life-sustaining capacity, stress treatments, acupuncture benefits, digestion processes, and some important guidance about how to preserve kidney function well into advanced age.

Even more accessible is the book's second section, which delves into the numerous, intricate biological systems that operate the body and the most common maladies that can plague these areas. Senogles delivers strategies for optimal bone health, sound ways to avoid everyday toxins, and the building blocks of proper, non-genetically modified nutrition ("Shelf Defense"). Though some segments are overly short and only scratch the topic's surface, others provide more in-depth discourse. The volume is attractively embellished by debut illustrator Cauker's line drawings, which demarcate chapters in a creative fashion. Overall, the author coaches readers on the benefits of using safe, natural methods to fix ordinary problems except, of course, for what he calls "The Big C." The grave seriousness of a cancer diagnosis is outside the scope of this manual, although he suggests that his tips might stave off the development of that disease. The book's disclaimer smartly states that Senogles' advice should not be considered a definitive or conclusive diagnosis or treatment for illnesses. He counsels readers with serious conditions or symptoms to consult a medical professional. Still, whether or not readers ascribe to Eastern medicine, this sage volume remains a timely, neighborly nudge to regularly examine their diets, exercise levels, and general sense of well-being. And the work serves as a reminder to prioritize the cultivation of optimum health and wellness by becoming an active monitor.

Achieving the natural state of health remains the goal of this practical, beneficial guide heavily influenced by Eastern medicine.

Kirkus Reviews