| Description |
449 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-432) and index. |
| Summary |
"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". -- Jacket. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. 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 -- |
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Pt. 2. 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 Ottis media) -- Eczema -- Enuresis -- Epilepsy -- Eye disorders -- Fibromyalgia -- Gastrointestinal (stomach and intestinal disturbances) -- |
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Hay fever -- Headaches -- Heart conditions -- High blood pressure -- Impotence -- Infertility -- Insomnia -- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) -- Ischemia -- Kidney stones -- Liver disease -- Lupus -- Memory disorders -- Meniere's disease -- Menstrual symptons, memopause, 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 infection (see Vaginitis). |
| Subject |
Alternative medicine.
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Complementary Therapies.
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| ISBN |
0684842076 |
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9780684842073 |
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9781416575214 paperback |
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1416575219 paperback |
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