The Alternative Medicine Handbook: The Complete Reference Guide to Alternative and Complementary Therapies Book

An expert in alternative medicine gives you the rundown on what works, what doesn't--what can help and what can harm you. In this comprehensive yet user-friendly volume, Dr. Barrie Cassileth covers over fifty alternative and complementary therapies. Briefly, but thoroughly, she shows the reader how to evaluate everything from acupuncture, flower remedies, hypnosis, and enzyme therapy to homeopathy, acupressure, aromatherapy, naturopathy, and crystal healing. In clear, nontechnical language, the origins of each therapy, the reasons practitioners say it works, the scientific evidence, and the places to go for treatment are all examined. Dr. Cassileth includes methods that might have no scientific basis but seem to work and forthrightly warns against those that may be dangerous to your health. Arranged alphabetically by type of therapy, with illustrations throughout, The Alternative Medicine Handbook is your guide to safe alternative therapies. With alternative medicine being incorporated by mainstream doctors and managed-care plans into the care of their patients, consumers need The Alternative Medicine Handbook, an objective source that will tell them what the therapies are and give them sound advice about their use.Read More