Healing Arts, The

Synopsis

Series on traditional, alternative and scientific methods of medicine around the world, considering their historical background and how they are practised today.
1: How herbalism has changed from a rural tradition to a science-based pharmacological discipline. Focuses on a British couple who make their owm medicines and on the work of Dr Paul Balaiche, the first professor of herbalism at the University of Paris Nord.
2: The human hand as healing agent: massage, bone-setting and osteopathy.
3: The old-style Chinese theory that there is only one illness, the disruption of the balanced way, or the forces yin and yang.
4: The practice of restoring health by balancing the three forces of kapha, pitta and vata - treating the whole body rather than an isolated organ.
5: Holistic medicine is the medicine of the whole person: mind, body and spirit. Follows the work of Dr Patrik Pietroni, the leading British exponent of holism.
6: The work of the Pain and Stress Releif Clinic in Boston, which mixes alternative and conventional medicine in a radical approach to intense and chronic pain.
7: Founded at the end of the 18th century, homeopathic medicine is based on the idea that ‘like cures like’. As vaccines became more important, faith in homeopathy faded, but in recent years, interest has revived. Follows the work of George Vithoulkas, a leading exponent of homeopathy, who runs a clinic in Athens.
The possibility that the mind could cause or cure illness was ridiculed as scientific medicine took hold in the 19th centurry. Now the situation has changed dramatically, and patients are turning to the world of faith and hope.
The need for a more healthy diet and doctors who are searching for nutritional answers to a wide range of medical problems.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 9 x 50 min.

Year of production

1986

Availability

Sale; 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £225.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

Subjects

Medical sciences

Keywords

complementary medicine; holistic medicine; homoeopathy; traditional medicine

Sections

Title

Herbalism

Synopsis

1: How herbalism has changed from a rural tradition to a science-based pharmacological discipline. Focuses on a British couple who make their owm medicines and on the work of Dr Paul Balaiche, the first professor of herbalism at the University of Paris No

Title

Touch

Synopsis

2: The human hand as healing agent: massage, bone-setting and osteopathy.

Title

Balanced way, The: China

Synopsis

3: The old-style Chinese theory that there is only one illness, the disruption of the balanced way, or the forces yin and yang.

Title

Balanced way, The: India

Synopsis

4: The practice of restoring health by balancing the three forces of kapha, pitta and vata - treating the whole body rather than an isolated organ.

Title

General practice

Synopsis

5: Holistic medicine is the medicine of the whole person: mind, body and spirit. Follows the work of Dr Patrik Pietroni, the leading British exponent of holism.

Title

Pain and Stress Relief Clinic, Boston USA, The

Synopsis

6: The work of the Pain and Stress Releif Clinic in Boston, which mixes alternative and conventional medicine in a radical approach to intense and chronic pain.

Title

Homeopathy

Synopsis

7: Founded at the end of the 18th century, homeopathic medicine is based on the idea that 'like cures like'. As vaccines became more important, faith in homeopathy faded, but in recent years, interest has revived. Follows the work of George Vithoulkas, a

Title

Mind and body

Title

Nutrition and exercise

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact

Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)

Email

BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com

Web

https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 20 8433 1009

Address

BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK

Notes

The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’