The international bestselling author of Secrets of Longevity shares seventy-five simple and delicious recipes for living a healthier, happier, and longer life.A thirty-eighth generation practitioner of Chinese medicine, Dr. Mao has helped countless patients and readers bolster their health and increase their longevity. Now he builds on the advice shared in his previous books with this collection of kitchen-friendly, palate-pleasing recipes designed to enhan...

Read Maoshing Ni's posts on the Penguin Blog.A guide to natural healing that combines the wisdom of Eastern tradition with Western medicine and nutritional science.Secrets of Self-Healing ranges from treating common ailments with healing foods and herbs to the all-round balancing of mind and body that is essential for vitality, wellness, and longevity.In Part One, Dr. Mao explains that diet, exercise, self-awareness, a posi...

The Neijing is one of the most important classics of Taoism, as well as the highest authority on traditional Chinese medicine. Its authorship is attributed to the great Huang Di, the Yellow Emperor, who reigned during the third millennium BCE. This new translation consists of the eighty-one chapters of the section of the Neijing known as the Suwen, or "Questions of Organic and Fundamental Nature." (The other section, called the Lingshu, is a technical bo...

Secrets of Self-Healing ranges from treating common ailments with healing foods and herbs to the all-round balancing of mind and body that is essential for vitality, wellness, and longevity.In Part One, Dr. Mao explains that diet, exercise, self-awareness, a positive emotional life, living in harmony with the environment, and spiritual growth are crucial for vibrant, lasting health. He shows, for example, how simple self-assessments can help prevent disease, how negative e...

What if you could live again and again, until you got it right?On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards its second cataclysmic ...

Our great-grandmothers didn't need nutrition lessonsthen again, they weren't forced to wade through aisle after aisle of packaged foods touting outlandish health claims and confusing marketing jargon. Over the last few decades, we've forgotten what "real food" isand we're left desperately seeking foods that will truly nourish our bodies. We're disillusioned with the "conventional wisdom" for good reasonit's gotten us nowhere.Achieving optimal health without calorie-counting, diet foods, or fe...

A renowned physician shares her complete 10-day digestive tune-up for women, with important revelations about good gastrointestinal health.Many so-called cures for women’s bloating and indigestion, from juice cleanses to specialty diets, are based on junk science. For women seeking true relief from that overall feeling of discomfort in any size jeans, Dr. Robynne Chutkan has the perfect plan for feeling light, tight, and bright in ten days. Gutbliss offers...

While coconut oil has been used as food and medicine by many cultures around the world for centuries, Western countries are just beginning to discover this miraculous oil. Once incorrectly maligned as a "bad" fat, modern science has proven that, in fact, pure coconut oil contains no trans fats and is great for your health! Coconut Oil for Beginners guides you through the many benefits and uses of coconut oil: Master 17 beauty recipes for do-it-yourself applications such as Coconut Herbal S...

These "Timeless Secrets" Free You From Medicine's Most Dangerous Myths. It's Time to Finally Reclaim the Youthfulness, Vitality and Abundant Health You DeserveFlying in the face of mainstream medicine and society's many health myths, here is a book that finally proves that good health is by far the most valuable possession you can ever have. More than that: radiant health is not only easily achievable – no matter where you are right now – it's your natural...

In The Infertility Cure, Dr. Lewis outlines her simple guidelines involving diet, herbs, and acupressure so that you can make use of her experience and expertise to create a nurturing, welcoming environment for a healthy baby.Dr. Randine Lewis offers you a natural way to support your efforts to get pregnant.The Infertility Cure addresses: Advanced maternal age Recurrent miscarriage Immunological fertility problems Male-factor infertility H...

A four-step program to restore the gastrointestinal system including recipes and meal plans: "A trove of health and life-enhancing information." —David Perlmutter, MD, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Grain BrainDr. Vincent Pedre understands gut problems firsthand. He suffered from IBS for years before becoming an expert in functional medicine and learning how to heal his body from the inside. Dr. Pedre used his own experien...

Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) is a slow and relaxed moving meditation. It is also a sophisticated martial arts system. Through practicing Taijiquan, you are able to calm down the mind, locate your spiritual center, and consequently find your entire being. From the relaxed moving exercise, you can bring your physical body into an ultimate level of relaxation and natural ease, resulting in smooth Qi (inner energy) and blood circulation. This is a key to maintaining health and recovering from sic...