Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... AROMATHERAPY Aromatherapy is part of an ancient natural healing tradition which utilizes the health - giving effects of the essential oils of plants , and their aroma . These are imparted to the body through massage , baths and teas ...
... AROMATHERAPY Aromatherapy is part of an ancient natural healing tradition which utilizes the health - giving effects of the essential oils of plants , and their aroma . These are imparted to the body through massage , baths and teas ...
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... aromatherapy , self - massage is also possible . Jackson ( 1986 ) devotes a chapter to how this can be achieved , claiming that it is easy , and almost as effective as full - scale treatment . Massage loosens tight muscles and blocked ...
... aromatherapy , self - massage is also possible . Jackson ( 1986 ) devotes a chapter to how this can be achieved , claiming that it is easy , and almost as effective as full - scale treatment . Massage loosens tight muscles and blocked ...
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... aromatherapy 143-6 availability 153-4 cancer treatment 174-5 cardiovascular ailments 160-1 cost 153-4 digestive ailments 164-5 healing concept 134 health centres 208 interpretation of illness 156 ionization therapy 146 marginalizing of ...
... aromatherapy 143-6 availability 153-4 cancer treatment 174-5 cardiovascular ailments 160-1 cost 153-4 digestive ailments 164-5 healing concept 134 health centres 208 interpretation of illness 156 ionization therapy 146 marginalizing of ...
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reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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