Hot and Cold Health: Handbook of Natural Medicine, East and West

by Richard Gary Heft

Overview

Controlling, increasing, decreasing, preserving or destroying the hot, cold, dry, airy, watery, thick, thin, nutrient (building, cleansing) and or poisonous nature, substance, fuel of the BODY every STRUCTURE cell, tissue, nerve, gland, organ, bone, muscle, artery; hormone, antibody, blood, enzyme, acid, urine stool FUNCTION digestion, respiration, circulation, reproduction, locomotion, immunity healthy, diseased stone, tumor, cancer, virus, etc. via diet: food (animal, plant), herbs, exercise, sun, earth and spiritual practice is the science and combined natural self-healing practices of Western Naturopathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda (India) that maintain health, prevent and cure most disease.

Most disease can have several causes (poor diet, drugs, sedentary lifestyle, climate, etc.). Poor diet tends to dominate, and is many times curable if not too severe solely via correct diet (animal, plant foods, herbs), which is why I and others I counseled were able to CURE:

GIRD, heartburn, stomach flu, body odor, eczema

Anal fissure, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, common cold

Crohn's, anemia, miscarriage, impotence

Atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, angina, obesity

Psoriasis, rashes, tumors, cancer (breast, pancreas)

Insomnia, yeast, bladder infection, anxiety, sinusitis

Plantar Fasciitis, arthritis, neuralgia, edema, cellulite

Attention Deficit Disorder, poor vision

Correct diet varies as many diseases (anemia, arthritis, insomnia, PMS, dysmenorrhea, infertility, impotence, GIRD, etc.) can have multiple dietary causes. The same foods, herbs that help cure one disease may worsen another.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780974791708
Publisher:	R. G. Heft Publications
Publication date:	12/05/2003
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Licensed Acupuncture Physician (FL 1992- 2002), former owner, operator: Food and Thought health food store, Hollywood, FL (1984-2001), natural foods cooking teacher, practitioner of Naturopathy, Chinese medicine and Ayurveda has questioned and counseled 1,000's, the majority, repeat, daily, weekly customers 60 - 80/ day, 5 - 6 days/ week, 17 years, always ask, "What do you eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner?", observe weight, skin condition, purchases (input/ cause = output/ effect) and then analyzed, explained with simple words: building, cleansing, thick, thin, hot cold, dry, moist, airy. Many were eating poorly, too much or too little building (animal, plant) or cleansing (fruit, vegetables, juices), which required simple dietary changes (do more the opposite), including herbs (ht, cold, dry, moist, etc.), which is why I and others were able to cure the aforementioned diseases (see full description)

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Disclaimer
Dedication, Special Thanks
Introduction

SECTION I. Natural Medicine, East and West
1. Western Biology, Diet and Nutrition
2. Eastern and Western Herbs
3. Vitamins, Minerals and Enzymes
4. Traditional Chinese Medicine
5. Ayurvedic Medicine
6. Blood and Body Fluids
7. Spleen
8. Stomach and Small Intestine
9. Large Intestine and Urinary Bladder
10. Liver and Gall Bladder
11. Heart
12. Lungs
13. Kidneys
14. Asian Diagnosis and Treatment

SECTION II. Diseases A- Z, Natural Cures

15. "A" Diseases
Acne, AIDS, HIV, Aging, Alzheimer Disease, Anal fissure, Anemia, Anger, Anxiety, Arteriosclerosis, Atherosclerosis, Arthritis, Asthma, Athlete's foot, Attention Deficit Disorder, Autoimmune Illnesses

16. "B" Diseases
Blood type, Blood Pressure, Body Odor, Bones, Breast lumps, Bronchitis

17. "C" Diseases
Cancer, Candidiasis, Celiac Disease, Cellulite, Cholesterol, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Circulation, Cirrhosis, Cold hands, feet, Common cold, Flu, Constipation, Cough, Crohn's

18. "D" Diseases
Depression, Detoxification, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Diuretics, Dizziness, Drugs, Dysmenorrhea

19. "E- F" Diseases
Ear Infection, Eczema, Edema, Endometriosis, Eyes, Fear, Fever, Fibrocystic breasts, Fibroids, Fibromyalgia, Forgetfulness, Frigidity

20. "G- H" Diseases
Gall Stones, GERD, GIRD, Gout, Gums, Hair, Hearing, Heartburn, Hemorrhoids, Hepatitis, Hernia, Herpes, High blood pressure, Hormones, Hot Flashes, Hysteria

21. "I- J" Diseases
Impotence, Infertility, Inflammation, Insomnia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Itching, Jaundice

22. "K- O" Diseases
Kidney Stones, Menopause, Menorrhagia, Metrorrhagia, Menstrual (includes PMS), Miscarriage, Multiple Sclerosis, Nails, Nausea, Numbness, Obesity, Osteoporosis

23. "P- R" Diseases
Pediatric, Perspiration, Plantar Fasciitis, Pneumonia, Pregnancy, Prostate, Psoriasis, Rashes, Reproduction, Restless Leg Syndrome, Rosacea

24. "S" Diseases
Seizures, Shaking, Shingles, Sinusitis, Skin disease, Sleep Apnea, Snoring, Sore lower back, Sore throat, Sprains, Sweaty hands, feet

25. "T- Z" Diseases
Teeth, abscess, Thyroid, Tinnitus, Tremors, Tumors, Urinary Tract Infection, Varicose veins, Weight loss, Worms, Yeast Infection, Zollinger-Elison Syndrome

SECTION III. Daily Practices
26. Cooking Class
27. The Way of Breathing
28. Internal Exercise
29. Spiritual Practice
30. Meditation

Bibliography
About the author

Editorial Reviews

Alana

5.0 out of 5 stars

Very Helpful Book

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2020

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This author is so incredibly knowledgeable. I read the first edition of this book many years ago and knew back then that he could help me find the right dietary balance for my body. With this newer version of the book, Richard Heft digs deeper into the energetics of food and herbs, drawing on both Traditional Chinese Medicine and Dietary Therapy and Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of healing. Each of us will fall, to one degree or another, into a particular internal pattern, as though within our bodies we each have our own personal "weather system". For example, I tend to love vegan meals but too many and my body becomes too cold and too damp if I Eat more raw salads and fruits than is good for me, so my goal is to provide my body with food, herbs and supplements that increase internal warmth and help dry up excess dampness. This book offers many suggestions and lots of tools that support your body in finding its natural balance.

Pati1967

5.0 out of 5 stars

A must have!!!

Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2019

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A great handbook to use as a " Go to book" for what ails you. Easy to read and navigate. Will make you want to eat the way you should to have a better quality of life. These principles should have been taught to us growing up and so they could be used throughout our lives. Especially about sugar and salt and how poisonous they are.

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