Traditional Healer's Handbook

Traditional Healer's Handbook

Author: Hakim G. M. Chishti N.D.

ISBN: 978-0892814381

Price: Rs. 1400.00 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition

Book Overview

This comprehensive guide to healing synthesizes the principles and practices of Hippocratic, Chinese, Ayurvedic, and Persian medicine, and includes the first English translation of one of the handbooks of Avicenna, whose writings have been classics in herbal and dietetic medicine for more than 1,000 years. Based on the philosophy that "food is the best medicine," Avicenna's canon provides simple and effective diagnostic techniques and therapies for maintaining health and strengthening the immune system. Includes a botanical guide for the 100 most-used healing herbs and recommended treatments for 400 conditions, including diet and nutrition, herbology, and aromatherapy.

Browse this title within our Health and Fitness collection. Edition details: Images in this review, English, 416 pages. Reference ISBN: 978-0892814381.

About the Author

A Fulbright Research Scholar, Hakim G.M. Chishti, N.D. studied traditional healing in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India, and has twenty years of practical experience in Unani natural medicine. He is the author of The Book of Sufi Healing (Healing Arts Press, 1991).

Book Specifications & Quick Facts

Reading Level
General / Adult
Language & Format
English • Images in this review
ISBN Reference
978-0892814381
Publisher
Healing Arts Press
Pan-India Delivery
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What is this book about?

This comprehensive guide to healing synthesizes the principles and practices of Hippocratic, Chinese, Ayurvedic, and Persian medicine, and includes the first English translation of one of the handbooks of Avicenna, whose writings have been classics in herbal and dietetic medicine for more than...

Who should read this book?

Valuable for university students, educators, and scholars seeking authoritative reference material and structured subject mastery.

Why Readers Pick This Edition

  • You’ll love this as a serious, go-to reference that bridges ancient wisdom with practical healing. Drawing from Hippocratic, Chinese, Ayurvedic, and Persian traditions, it gives you time-tested ways to understand the body, strengthen immunity, and treat everyday conditions naturally. The rare English translation of Avicenna’s work, plus detailed botanical profiles and diet-based therapies, makes this a premium handbook you’ll keep returning to—whether you’re a practitioner, student, or deeply curious about holistic health.
  • Published by Healing Arts Press.
  • Language: English.
  • Page count: 416.

Catalog Description

This comprehensive guide to healing synthesizes the principles and practices of Hippocratic, Chinese, Ayurvedic, and Persian medicine, and includes the first English translation of one of the handbooks of Avicenna, whose writings have been classics in herbal and dietetic medicine for more than 1,000 years. Based on the philosophy that "food is the best medicine," Avicenna's canon provides simple and effective diagnostic techniques and therapies for maintaining health and strengthening the immune system. Includes a botanical guide for the 100 most-used healing herbs and recommended treatments for 400 conditions, including diet and nutrition, herbology, and aromatherapy.

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