From a mild headache to crippling arthritis, pain is part of our everyday experience. But you don't have to reach straight for the medication...

This book is your indispensable guide to relieving pain the natural way, using a wide variety of methods including breathing and relaxation techniques, diet, yoga, massage, herbal poultices, balms, compresses, teas and rubs. Did you know pineapple has anti-inflammatory properties? And peppermint can relieve a headache? Or that you can alleviate joint pain by massaging specific points on the wrist? Featuring key insights into understanding pain and why we feel it, plus scientifically proven techniques that can help to make it go away, this essential handbook is your painkilling arsenal for combating a whole range of common ailments. Make trips to the pharmacy a thing of the past!

A guide to relieving pain the natural way, using a wide variety of methods including breathing and relaxation techniques, diet, yoga, massage, herbal poultices, balms, compresses, teas and rubs.

Dr Yann Rougier has devoted his extensive career in medicine to studying the interrelation of mind, body, nutrition and the immune system, particularly with regard to cancer and other degenerative diseases. He is a founding member of the Institute for Applied Neuronutrition and Neurosciences and the WHealth-Found – a fund dedicated to the prevention and therapeutic support of chronic degenerative diseases.

b>Marie Borrel is a journalist and writer on natural health topics.