Optimal Health is a comprehensive overview of holistic medicine - from how to understand your symptoms and choose a doctor to building an optimal healthy mental, physical and spiritual body. With a strong focus in Oriental medicine, Dr. Martin has amassed a great wealth of material including information about homeopathic medicine, the importance of nutrition, healthy sexuality, men's health issues, women's health issues, pediatrics and more. A special section on specific conditions and how to treat them is included. Dr. Randy Martin, OMD, PhD, LAc, CCH, QME has given a special gift with this book by presenting a more universal and holistic philosophy to the practice of modern medicine.
Randy W. Martin, O.M.D., L.Ac., Ph.D., C.C.H., Q.M.E., is a graduate of the California Acupuncture College and SAMRA University of Oriental Sciences. He holds a Doctorate in Oriental Medicine and is a Certified Classical Homeopath. He also has extensive post-graduate training in nutritional counseling and herbal medicine. Dr. Martin uses a holistic approach to health, analyzing and diagnosing problems from a broad perspective. An active member of the community, Dr. Martin also teaches and is a frequent speaker on all aspects of holistic health throughout the United States. He is a member of the National Center for Homeopathy, the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, and the California Association of Oriental Medicine. He is on the national list of honor role physicians for the treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and on the National PMS Registry for the treatment of PMS.
"Optimal Health by Dr. Randy Martin has condensed and synthesized a huge volume of natural health information into a simple and clear presentation on how to get and keep our true health; Optimal Health!" Dr. Jack Tips, Apple-A-Day - Austin, Texas
This book's approach on how to obtain your best overall health utilizes mind, body and spirit to incorporate a total approach to wellness. Instead of simply treating a disease, Dr. Randy Martin, OMD, PhD, LAc, CCH, QME urges us to examine the origins of the problem, the underlying total health and life situation of each individual. The emphasis is on "constitutional homeopathy" and not a one-shot Western medicine approach of treating the symptom at the expense of the entire being.
Once a course of treatment is determined, it may not necessarily be an "instant cure-all," but it will be another step and effort toward total well-being. The author combines his back-ground in Oriental and holistic medicine with classical and acute homeopathy, acupuncture, acupressure, Oriental and Western herbal medicine and nutrition.
There are user-friendly acupuncture and acupressure charts, as well as an in-depth section on Yin and Yang and the role of awareness, meditation and stress reduction. Outside stresses, such as pollution, poor nutrition and self-sabotaging behavior are also discussed, along with suggestions on how to approach a positive cure.
There are specific tools offered so that the individual can ask the right questions and make the right choices when it comes to medical care. Optimal Health is about empowerment and control of one's well-being. The book includes a wide variety of specific ailments along with recommendations for cures and treatments, as well as an explanation of how we can control our illness and wellness.
This book is a great reference tool as well as a comprehensive collection of various disciplines, combined in a manner that works for the overall enhancement of health. Sonia von Matt Stoddard for the Whole Life Times, August 2000.
Dr. Randy Martin, OMD, PhD, LAc, CCH, QME combines Oriental medicine, homeopathy, and nutrition in this user friendly guide to holistic health. Optimal Health is your birthright, he proclaims. Instead of cutting out or covering up symptoms, we can learn to use symptoms as our guides to better health. The book includes quizzes, so you can learn if you are a Yin or a Yang type, or which of the Five Elements (fire, metal, earth, water, or wood) is predominant in your body/mind dynamic. These quizzes are fun to do and help you understand a lot of Eastern medicine quickly.
Even thought the book is easy to read, there is so much information you probably will not read it from cover to cover. It deserves a place on your bookshelf where you can turn to it often.
If you have ever wanted to integrate the various natural approaches to health, Dr. Martin has done it for you here. He makes it clear that the right diet for you depends on many factors, mostly unique to you and your genetic predisposition. The book helps you learn these factors or points you to the specialists who can tell you. Finally, Dr. Martin takes us through several dis-eases and tells us what we might do using a variety of methods: homeopathy, acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, nutrition, and supplements. Hold this book in your hands, open to any page and you will believe in your ability to control your own health. Marylyn Rands, Auroran Magazine, July-August 2000, pg. 59.
Optimal Health is a comprehensive overview of holistic medicine - from how to understand your symptoms and choose a doctor to building an optimal healthy mental, physical and spiritual body. With a strong focus in Oriental medicine, Dr. Martin has amassed a great wealth of material including information about homeopathic medicine, the importance of nutrition, healthy sexuality, men's health issues, women's health issues, pediatrics and more. A special section on specific conditions and how to treat them is included. Dr. Randy Martin, OMD, PhD, LAc, CCH, QME has given a special gift with this book by presenting a more universal and holistic philosophy to the practice of modern medicine.
