| Description |
449 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction by Andrew Weil, M.D. -- Part I: Major Areas of Treatment -- 1 Think Horses, Not Zebras -- 2 Sound Mind, Sound Body: MindBody Medicine Comes of Age -- 3 Food for Thought: Dietary Supplements, Phytonutrients, and Hormones -- 4 Traditional Chinese Medicine: Three Thousand Years of Evolution -- 5 Acupuncture: From Yellow Emperor to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) -- 6 Western Herbal Medicine: Nature's Green Pharmacy -- 7 Naturopathic Medicine: "Do No Harm" -- 8 Homeopathy: Like Cures Like -- 9 Chiropractic: Thigh Bone Connected to the Knee Bone -- 10 Ayurvedic Medicine and Yoga: From Buddha to the Millennium -- 11 Spirituality and Healing: As Above...So Below -- 12 CAM Insurance: Who Pays How Much to Whom for What -- 13 We're Not in Kansas Anymore: Toward an Integrative Medicine -- Part II: CAM Therapies for Specific Conditions -- General Precautions -- Acne -- Aids -- Alcoholism -- Allergies -- Alzheimer's Disease -- Anxiety -- Arthritis -- Asthma -- Atherosclerosis -- Attention Deficit Disorder -- Bedwetting (see Enuresis) -- Birth Defects -- Bronchitis -- Bruises -- Buzzing in the Ears (see Tinnitus) -- Cancer -- Cardiovascular (Heart) Disease and Cholesterol -- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome -- Cervical Spondylitis -- Chronic Fatigue -- Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Liver Disease -- Colds/Flu -- Colic -- Constipation -- Dementia and/or Memory Loss -- Dental Craniomandibular Disorder -- Depression -- Diabetes -- Diarrhea -- Diverticulitis -- Dyslexia -- Ear Infection (see Otitis Media) -- Eczema -- Enuresis -- Epilepsy -- Eye Disorders -- Fibromyalgia -- Gastrointestinal (Stomach and Intestinal Disturbances) -- Hay Fever -- Headaches -- Heart Conditions -- High Blood Pressure -- Impotence -- Infertility -- Insomnia -- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) -- Ischemia -- Kidney Stones -- Liver Disease -- Lupus -- Memory Disorders -- Me;nire's Disease -- Menstrual Symptoms, Menopause, and PMS -- Mononucleosis -- Nausea -- Obesity -- Osteoporosis -- Otitis Media -- Pain -- Parkinson's Disease -- Prostate or Prostatic Hypertrophy (Prostate Enlargement) -- Psoriasis -- Respiratory Problems -- Schizophrenia -- Sciatica -- Scleroderma -- Sexual Dysfunction -- Sinusitis -- Sprains -- Substance Abuse -- Tendinitis -- Thyroid Dysfunction -- Tinnitus -- Tonsillitis -- Tuberculosis -- Ulcers -- Vaginitis -- Varicose Veins -- Vertigo -- Yeast Infections (see Vaginitis) -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"What are the most effective therapies in complementary and alternative medicine? How can they be used to prevent illness and enhance the quality of life? What is the scientific evidence of their safety and effectiveness? And finally, for which medical conditions do they work best?" "Based on an enormous body of research, including new research funded by the National Institutes of Health, The Best Alternative Medicine is the first book to provide authoritative, scientifically based answers to these questions. Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier, Director of the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Program at the Stanford University School of Medicine, rigorously evaluates the most common forms of alternative medicine and delivers research-based evidence about hundreds of individual treatments, organized both by therapeutic discipline and specific illness and disease. Easy to understand and free of jargon, this book offers definitions, background, and examples of specific treatments from a multitude of therapies, including Mind/Body Medicine, European Herbs, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Naturopathy, Homeopathy, Spiritual Healing, Acupuncture, Dietary and Nutritional Supplements, and Ayurvedic - East Indian - Medicine."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-432) and index |
| Subject |
Alternative medicine.
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| LC no. |
99026629 |
| ISBN |
0684842076 |
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0743200268 paperback |
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0743200276 paperback |
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