The Alternative Medicine Sourcebook

Consumer health information about alternative and complementary medical therapies, including treatments for specific diseases and conditions. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources.

Provides consumer health information about alternative and complementary medical therapies, including dietary supplements, mind-body medicine, and manipulative and body-based therapies, along with facts about alternative treatments for specific diseases and conditions.

"This book provides a comprehensive review of alternative medicine, and how it can supplement traditional medical approaches to disease"--

Providing a first-stop resource for consumers, articles are gathered here from government sources such as the NIH, FDA, and CDC as well as from organizations like Alternative Health Benefit Services, American Massage Therapy Association, Ayurvedic Institute, and American Chiropractic Association. Coverage includes medical systems such as Ayurveda and Native American Medicine; mind-body interventions such as prayer, hypnosis, and guided imagery; dietary interventions that include vitamin therapies, fasting, and detoxification; additional therapies including dance therapy, Alexander, reflexology, and Reiki; treatments for specific diseases like hepatitis C and cancer (including a host of controversial treatments like mistletoe and Cancell); skeptical points of view; and, as usual in volumes in this series, a substantial section of further resources. The first edition was published in 1999. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Provides basic consumer health information about complementary and alternative medical therapies.

"This book provides a comprehensive review of alternative medicine, and how it can supplement traditional medical approaches to disease"--

Provides basic consumer health information about alternative and complementary medical therapies, including treatments for specific diseases and conditions. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources.