Understanding the Messages of Your Body How

We are all born with certain parts of our bodies that are less healthy than others, and as the stresses and traumas of life accumulate, these areas become what Dr. Jean-Pierre Barral calls our bodies' "weakest link." This is especially the case with our internal organs. In Understanding the Messages of Your Body, Dr. Barral discusses each organ and its complex relationship with the rest of the body, explaining how pain can originate with an emotional upset that creates distress in an organ, or how a physically damaged organ can cause emotional problems. To Dr. Barral, the body's vital viscera are like a beautifully complicated timepiece, each part in subtle but perpetual motion relative to the others. Problems arise when a trauma or malfunction puts the system out of alignment. This book helps us to recognize and interpret the signals sent to us by our organs, and provides exercise tips and nutritional and psychological recommendations to promote their health and enhance our overall well-being. Understanding the messages of our bodies, according to Dr. Barral, is the first step toward preventing future illness and achieving optimal health. Book jacket.

TIME magazine named Jean-Pierre Barral, D.O. (UK) one of the top 100 practitioners in alternative medicine to watch out for in the new millennium in the 1999 feature, Innovators: TIME 100 The Next Wave, Alternative Medicine. Dr. Barral was trained at the European School of Osteopathy in Maidstone, England. A well-known clinician and teacher in his native France and throughout Europe, he has authored many osteopathic textbooks. His works in English include Visceral Manipulation (with Pierrre Mercier, D.O.), Visceral Manipulation II, The Thorax, Urogenital Manipulation, Manual Thermal Evaluation, and most recently, Trauma: An Osteopathic Approach.

Dr. Barral is presently Academic Director of the International College of Osteopathy in Saint Etienne, France, and the Chairman of the Department of Visceral Manipulation on the Faculty of Medicine at Paris du Nord. He practices osteopathy in Grenoble, France.

Introduction	p. xi
Your Body Talks, Listen to It!	p. 1
The Human Body, A Well-Oiled Machine	p. 3
In Our Organs, the Echo of Our Emotions	p. 4
In Our Behavior, the Echo of Our Organs	p. 4
Our Weak Link	p. 5
The Brain	p. 6
Thank Goodness, We Have Psychosomatic Reactions!	p. 7
Emotions for Life	p. 9
The Great Spectacle of Our Emotions	p. 9
The Body Has Its Own Memory	p. 12
What Do Our Organs Think?	p. 15
Body, Mind, Same Story!	p. 16
Too Much or Not Enough	p. 18
Your Body Speaks, Listen to It!	p. 21
Healing an Emotional Problem by Treating an Organ	p. 24
Healing an Organ by Treating an Emotional Problem	p. 25
What If An Organ Has Been Removed?	p. 25
What Your Organs Think	p. 27
The Organ Person	p. 29
The Brain, The Big Boss	p. 30
How the Brain Works	p. 30
The Limbic System and the Organs: An Intimate Relationship	p. 33
When the Limbic System Isn't Working as well as It Should	p. 34
How to Take Care of Your Brain	p. 39
From a Physical Point of View	p. 39
From a Nutritional Point of View	p. 39
From a Psychological Point of View	p. 39
The Lungs and the Bronchial Passages: A Lot of Wind or Just a Breeze	p. 41
How the Respiratory System Works	p. 41
When the Lungs Don't Work as well as They Should	p. 45
Lung-Bronchial Passage People	p. 47
How to Take Care of the Lungs	p. 54
From a Physical Point of View	p. 54
From a Nutritional Point of View	p. 56
From a Psychological Point of View	p. 57
The Heart: It Beats and Throbs	p. 58
How It Works	p. 58
When the Heart Doesn't Work as well as It Should	p. 60
Heart People	p. 62
How to Take Care of the Heart	p. 69
From a Physical Point of View	p. 69
From a Nutritional Point of View	p. 71
From a Psychological Point of View	p. 72
The Breasts: Most Feminine of Symbols	p. 73
How They Work	p. 73
When the Breasts Are Not as well as They Could Be	p. 74
Breast People	p. 75
How to Take Care of the Breasts	p. 81
From a Physical Point of View	p. 81
From a Nutritional Point of View	p. 82
From a Psychological Point of View	p. 83
The Gallbladder: A Small Pocketful of Annoyance	p. 84
How the Gallbladder Works	p. 84
When the Gallbladder Doesn't Work as well as It Should	p. 85
Gallbladder People	p. 86
How to Take Care of the Gallbladder	p. 89
From a Physical Point of View	p. 89
From a Nutritional Point of View	p. 90
From a Psychological Point of View	p. 90
The Liver: Our Deeper Self and Emotions	p. 92
How the Liver Works	p. 93
Why Take Care of Your Liver?	p. 97
When the Liver Isn't Working as well as It Should	p. 98
Liver People	p. 102
How to Take Care of the Liver	p. 110
From a Physical Point of View	p. 110
From a Nutritional Point of View	p. 111
From a Psychological Point of View	p. 114
Cholesterol and the Liver	p. 115
The Stomach and the Duodenum: Our Social Self	p. 120
How the Stomach and Duodenum Work	p. 121
The Stomach: A Grinding Pouch	p. 121
The Duodenum: A Cocktail Shaker	p. 121
When the Stomach Isn't Working as It Should	p. 122
Stomach-Duodenum People	p. 123
How to Take Care of the Stomach	p. 131
From a Physical Point of View	p. 131
From a Nutritional Point of View	p. 132
From a Psychological Point of View	p. 133
The Pancreas and the Spleen: Severe Emotional Shock Absorbers	p. 135
How They Work	p. 135
The Pancreas	p. 135
The Spleen	p. 135
When the Pancreas and Spleen Don't Work as well as They Should	p. 136
Pancreas-Spleen People	p. 137
Zooming in on the Spleen	p. 141
How to Take Care of the Pancreas and Spleen	p. 143
From a Physical Point of View	p. 143
From a Nutritional Point of View	p. 144
From a Psychological Point of View	p. 145
The Intestines: A Long and Winding Road	p. 146
How the Intestines Work	p. 146
When the Intestines Don't Work as well as They Should	p. 147
Intestine People	p. 150
How to Take Care of the Intestines	p. 156
From a Physical Point of View	p. 156
From a Nutritional Point of View	p. 156
From a Psychological Point of View	p. 157
The Kidneys: Two Non-Identical Twins	p. 158
How the Kidneys Work	p. 158
When the Kidneys Don't Work as well as They Should	p. 159
Kidney People	p. 162
"Genitality," or Our Reproductive Potential	p. 167
How to Take Care of the Kidneys	p. 168
From a Physical Point of View	p. 168
From a Nutritional Point of View	p. 169
From a Psychological Point of View	p. 171
The Bladder: Constant Control	p. 171
How the Bladder Works	p. 171
When the Bladder Doesn't Work as well as It Should	p. 173
Bladder People	p. 174
How to Take Care of the Bladder	p. 177
From a Physical Point of View	p. 177
From a Nutritional Point of View	p. 177
From a Psychological Point of View	p. 178
The Genital Organs: Our Origin and Future	p. 179
How the Genitals Work	p. 179
The Importance of Our Sense of Smell	p. 183
When the Genitals Don't Work as well as They Should	p. 185
A Turning Point in One's Life	p. 188
Genital People	p. 190
How to Take Care of the Genitals	p. 194
From a Physical Point of View	p. 194
From a Nutritional Point of View	p. 196
From a Psychological Point of View	p. 197
The Skin: Our Showcase	p. 199
How the Skin Works	p. 199
When the Skin Isn't Working as well as It Should	p. 202
Skin People	p. 203
How to Take Care of the Skin	p. 204
From a Physical and Nutritional Point of View	p. 204
From a Psychological Point of View	p. 205
Taking Care of Our Messenger	p. 207
Our Most Precious Possession	p. 209
The Quest for Balance	p. 209
Your Health Itinerary	p. 210
Educating Our Children and Young Athletes	p. 211
Respecting the Balance Within Our Body	p. 212
How Complementary and Alternative Medicine Can Help Us	p. 224
Visceral Manipulation Therapy	p. 226
Acupuncture	p. 228
Sophrology	p. 230
Bach Flower Remedies	p. 231
Other Therapies	p. 232
More About Visceral Manipulation	p. 235
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Understanding the Messages of Your Body How to Interpret Physical and Emotional Signals to Achieve Optimal Health

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