Bircher-Benner Manual Vol. 2: For Patients with Liver and Gallbladder Conditions

This book is based on the decades of knowledge and experience of the world famous Bircher-Benner Clinic. This book is a huge help for you as a patient to assist you on the road to recovery and to prevent illness. It enables you to understand the scientific basis and causes of illness and gives valuable direction on nutrition in interconnected levels, is ready to use practically, and is supplemented by a wide variety of tested good-tasting nutritional recipes by the Bircher-Benner Clinic. You will receive a deep insight into the causes of illenes and get into your hands this highly effective way to permanent healing. For physicians, this book is a great time-saver and valuable aid in guiding their patients. Table of contents: Preface to the 32nd edition Introduction The structure and function of the liver The enterohepatic cycle as a vicious circle The tasks of the liver Scientific bases of the order therapy for liver-gallbladder disease The problem with small amounts of alcohol The different disease forms of the liver-gallbladder system The general appearance of the failing liver function and first measures Inflammation of the liver (hepatitis) Liver cirrhosis (cirrhotic liver) Liver failure as the final stage of liver cirrhosis Tumour diseases of the liver Diseases of the gallbladder Gallbladder carcinoma Bile-duct stones (choledocholithiasis) Postcholecystectomy syndrome Plant remedies for liver-gall diseases (phytotherapy, spagyrics) Treatment of infections Hydrotherapy Compresses Gushes The baths Washes Compresses and applications Description of some water applications and compresses Homeopathic therapy, miasmatically inherited consequences of diseases and traumas The new scientific acupuncture Neural therapy according to Huneke The healing plan The healing regime Treatment of hepatitis Treatment of liver cirrhosis Treatment of gallbladder inflammation (Cholecystitis) To prevent and avoid relapses The four diet stages Diet Stage 1- The raw-juice regime Diet Stage 2 The Stage 3 Diet The Stage 4 Diet Small substitution table for animal products that must be left out in the stage-3 diet The Recipes Juices Healthful Teas Birchermuesli Raw vegetables and Salads Salad dressings Milk Types Butter, plant and vegetable fats and oils- Light cooking and steaming Soups Vegetables Salads of cooked vegetables Potato dishes Cereal Dishes Sauces Sandwiches Desserts List of recipes Bibliography Glossary See more