Lymphatic Therapy for Toxic Congestion
Selected Case Studies for Therapists and Patients

Margaret McCarthy (Author)

9780443073540, Elsevier Health Sciences

Paperback / softback, published 18 November 2002

140 pages
27 x 18 x 1 cm, 0.54 kg

"The rapidly growing popularity of complementary therapies has created a vital need for the book you have in your hands. This volume will become a classic, for it breaks new ground in treatment, integrating basic research with clinical practice, and the reporting of new observations. Margaret McCarthy has thoroughly succeeded in her goal of writing for anyone, patient, physician, complementary therapist, or medical researcher. Case studies are fascinating documentaries of real people facing difficult health problems, struggling to find relief. McCarthy describes her cases with a clear and engaging style, referencing and integrating relevant data from published science. Anatomic terms are thoroughly described and a glossary makes it an easy read for anyone. Her clinical discoveries can help all of us understand ourselves." ames L. Oschman is the author of Energy Medicine the scientific basis also published by Elsevier Science.
outstanding book! There is much that the established therapist can take and use from this book"Skill Bulletin, November 2002
book will become a classic textbook in the twenty first century... Written in a way it can be understood by the physician, complementary therapist and researcher alike...A modern day book for modern therapists"Massage World, December 2002

In this twenty-first century our external environment contains innumerable hazards to our health and wellbeing. These impose new and ever greater challenges to our immune systems. As our immune systems become over-loaded and the number and variety of medical problems from which we suffer increases. Often conventional medicine is ill-equipped to deal with these problems. In consequence dealing with chronic illness is becoming a growing burden for society and healthcare providers. In Lymphatic Therapy for Toxic Decongestion Margaret McCarthy describes the relationship between degenerative disease and physiological malfunction within the body. She then goes on to demonstrate how an integrated therapy, which draws on a variety of approaches, may be used to assess the body as a whole and to promote restoration of health simply, effectively and economically, without the use of expensive drugs or equipment.

• Practical approach uses case histories to explain how and when to use specific techniques.
• Well illustrated with high-quality line drawings to clarify the text.
• Straightforward style is easy to read and understand.
• Written by an experienced practitioner for the most accurate, authoritative perspective on lymphatic therapy.

Section 1. Eliminating a narrow approach to diagnosis
Bioenergy in Crisis: The Lymphatic Connection
Uncovering the Body's Hidden Language and the Discovery of the Immune System Response
How to Use the Immune System Response
Why are the Filters of the Body so Important?
Why Massage is Beneficial to Lymphatic Drainage

Section 2. The Practice of Lymphatic Drainage - Case Studies
Back Pain
Irritable Bowel Syndrome and an Unexpected Breast Abnormality
Arthritis
Degeneration of Cervical Spine
Frozen Shoulder
Mercury Sensitivity
Asthma
Adult Asthma
Metal Congestion Causing Mood Swings and Reactive Hypoglycaemia
Diabetes
Cobalt
Bad Skin and a Hormonal Imbalance
Let the Body Choose

Section 3. Appendices
Therapist Exercises
Patient Exercises
List of Suppliers

Glossary
Index

Subject Areas: Complementary medicine [MX]