The Best Alternative Medicine is the only book available today that both evaluates the major areas of alternative medicine and addresses how they can be used to treat specific conditions. Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier explains such popular therapies as mind/body medicine, herbal and homeopathic remedies, spiritual healing, and traditional Chinese systems, discussing their effectiveness, the ailments each is most appropriate for, and how they can help prevent illness. In the second part of the book, which is organized alphabetically, he draws on the latest National Institute of Health (NIH)-sponsored research to present clear recommendations for the prevention and treatment of health concerns ranging from acne to menopause to ulcers. Combining valuable guidance about alternative treatments with definitive health advice, The Best Alternative Medicine will be the standard reference for the increasing number of people integrating alternative medicine into their personal and organizational heath-care programs.
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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
Ménire'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
f0 Tendinitis
Thyroid Dysfunction
Tinnitus
Tonsillitis
Tuberculosis
Ulcers
Vaginitis
Varicose Veins
Vertigo
Yeast Infections (see Vaginitis)
Bibliography
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