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Combining the best that Eastern and Western medicine can offer to help you understand, treat, and prevent of digestive conditions, diabetes, and obesity. All the while, boosting your immune system!By blending modern research with ancient practices, this book will help readers stay positive and keep motivated along their journey toward better health and overall well-being.
The authors have helped thousands of people through the use of surgery, pharmaceuticals, acupuncture, herbs, qigong, tai chi, meditation, and life-style counseling. They explain how Western medicine has substantiated a long-held understanding of the gut held by Eastern medicine "
that digestive health significantly impacts and is impacted by sleep, emotions, movement, food, and social support".
The authors discuss how sleep, exercise, nutritious food, stress management, acupuncture, and qigong favorably impact the gastrointestinal system. These modalities restore balance in the nerves, hormones, and neurotransmitters that improve digestion and metabolism. A special section is devoted to discussing the human gut microbiome, the bacteria we harbor in our intestines, and how the microbiome is essential to our health.
- Drs. Kuhn and Kurosu strongly recommend a collaborative approach, encouraging readers to engage with their Western healthcare providers so that serious conditions can be addressed safely.
- They share ideas about how the reader can create a multidisciplinary care team, involving practitioners of both Eastern and Western healing systems.
- The explain the science behind meditation, acupuncture, and qigong.
- You will learn how the microbiome is essential to good health.
- Readers are offered recommendations of proven Eastern and Western therapeutic interventions that will calm the mind, decrease stress, improve sleep and nutrition, strengthen digestion, and normalize metabolism.
- Includes a step-by-step guide and qigong exercises designed to promote overall gastrointestinal health.
Digestive disease is complex and requires a multifaceted approach for successful treatment. By blending the ancient wisdom of Eastern Medicine with cutting-edge Western discoveries,
True Wellness for Your Gut will help you stay positive and achieve optimal health, whether through prevention or treatment of digestives conditions, diabetes, and obesity.
List of contents
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1: The Gut - An East/West Perspective
- A Brief History of the Gut
- The History and Philosophy of Western Medicine
- The History and Philosophy of Eastern Medicine
- The Science behind Eastern Healing Modalities
- Western Health-Care Providers and Eastern Medicine
Chapter 2: The Gastrointestinal System in Health and Disease
- Understanding Our Digestive System
- The Human Microbiome
- The Second Brain (or The Gut Brain Axis)
- How Chronic Inflammation Affects Digestion and Metabolism
- How Sleep Affects the Gut and Vice Versa
- Common Digestive and Metabolic Illnesses
- Gastrointestinal Problems
- Diabetes
- Obesity
Chapter 3: The True Wellness Approach to Gastrointestinal Problems
Chapter 4: The True Wellness Approach to Diabetes
Chapter 5: The True Wellness Approach to Obesity
Chapter 6: Qigong for The Gut
- Benefits of Qigong
- Qigong for Healing and Prevention of Gastrointestinal Diseases
Chapter 7: General Principles of Self-Healing
- The True Wellness Checklist
Conclusion
Appendix A - Elimination DietAppendix B - Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load AcknowledgmentsRecommended Reading and Resources Glossary Index About the Authors
About the author
Catherine Kurosu, MD, LAc, graduated from the University of Toronto School of Medicine in 1990 and a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology in 1995.
In 2006, she became a diplomate of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine. 2009, she was certified as a medical acupuncturist through the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Helms Medical Institute. Dr. Kurosu is a diplomate of the American Board of Medical Acupuncture. She has a master of science in Oriental medicine, from the Institute of Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in Honolulu. 2015, she became a licensed acupuncturist. 2018 she became a diplomate in Oriental medicine through the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
Dr. Kurosu lives on O'ahu with her husband, and daughter, where she practices integrative medicine, blending Western and Eastern approaches to patient care.
