When Chicken Soup is Not Enough

Publisher: Frederick Fell Publishers, Inc.

When we go to the doctor, we want him to give us some kind of medicine that will make things right again, we want him to fix us because we don't like and don't have time for the nonsense of being sick. Like taking our car to the mechanic to be fixed, we describe the problem and wait for the m"mechanic" to zero in and fix it. Unfortunately, unlike our cars, our bodies are sometimes afraid to go back on the road after an accident. And, they may get a headache when they've been ried up in traffic for two hours, or when someone leaves a dent in their fender. Although we sometimes expect them to be fixed like machines, our bodies need more. Unlike other books dealing with stress and illness, this one explains the critical role our unconscious mind plays in creating illness and injury, and teaches us how to deal with it. This landmark book on what makes us sick and what keeps us well unlocks the door to permanent wellness through the midn-body connection.

A graduate of the University of California Medical School at San Francisco, and the UCLA "Medical Acupuncture for Physicians" program, Ralph R. Retherford, M.D., is one of the pioneers of the promotion of exercise and a healthy diet to prevent heart diseas and other degenerative diseases. He has lectured widely on this, other preventative medicines, and the message of the mind-body connection. Dr. Retherford believes that many of our injuries and illnesses flow out of undercurrents in our lives - When you are able to pinpoint the origin of your illness or injury, your rate of improvement is often twofold. He currently heads the Center for Mind-Body Healing in Sonora, California, where he resides.