Bircher-Benner 19 Manual for patients with hypertension, cardiovascular disease and arteriosclerosis

Table of Contents
Preface to the 17th edition
Introduction
The healthy heart, an astounding organ
The heart and its functions
The systemic circulation
The pulmonary circulation
The capillaries and the basic substance of the soft connective tissue
Degeneration and regeneration, and the obsolescence of calorie calculation
Arteriosclerosis, a widespread disease
The risk factors for cardiovascular diseases
The problem of small amount of alcohol
Oxidative stress, an important contributing cause
What precisely is arteriosclerosis and how does it develop?
The importance of fat metabolism, obesity and cholesterol
The importance of fatty acids
Saturated fatty acids
Unsaturated fatty acids
Monounsaturated fatty acids
Polyunsaturated fatty acids
The pharmacological effect of the omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids
The suitable ratio between polyunsaturated fatty acids
The risk of oxidation of highly unsaturated oils
The problem of vegetable margarines, cream and butter
The importance of cholesterol
The cholesterol metabolism
The effect of nutrition on the cholesterol levels in the blood
Cholesterol metabolism disorder and gallstones
Cholesterol and coronary heart disease
The importance of proteins and amyloidosis
The importance of carbohydrates and sugar for arteriosclerosis
The importance of vegetarian nutrition int the prevention of coronary heart disease
The effect of almonds and nuts on arteriosclerosis
The effect of fruits and vegetables on arteriosclerosis
The antioxidative effect of vegetarian raw food, the importance of secondary plant
Substances
The importance of wholemeal cereals
Bircher-benner's healing diet and order therapy
Hypertension
Blood pressure regulation
Pulmonary hypertension
Treatment of hypertension with medication
Angina pectoris
Stable angina pectoris
Unstable angina pectoris
Prevention and treatment of heart attack
Heart attack
The risk factors for heart attack
Caring for a heart attack

About the Author: Dr. med. Andres Bircher grandson of Dr.med. Maximilian Bircher-Benner. Medical studies in Zürich and Geneva, ten years practice as a hospital physician in anaesthesiology, intensive care, emergency medicine, surgery, paediatrics, psychosomatics, haematology, geriatrics, psychiatry and psychotherapy, medical specialist(Facharzt) in an administrative position at Zürich university hospitals, teaching analysis with Brian Kenny, chief physician (Chefarzt) of a hospital for internal medicine in Zurich and later in Western Switzerland, medical specialist (Facharzt) in TCM and acupuncturist in Vienna; studies of neural therapy, manual therapy and traditional homeopathy, successful completion of medical specialist (Facharzt) training in balneology, climatology and physical medicine in Germany, scientific work on food energies, dietetics and the effects of regulatory medicine. Dr. med. Andres Bircher is the medical manager of the Centre for Scientific Natural Medicine Bircher-Benner.