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The PDR Family Guide to Natural Medicines and Healing Therapies
The PDR Family Guide to Natural Medicines and Healing Therapies Disappointed with conventional medical treatment? Tired of the run-around from managed care? Take advantage of all your options--and reap the rewards of better health--with this unique consumer's guide to affordable, effective health care alternatives. — From age-old secrets of harmony, balance, and well-being to the very latest nutritional disco... more »veries, you'll find all the alternatives thoroughly discussed in this one, indispensable home handbook. Now you can take advantage of the best that the healing arts offer--without falling victim to rip-offs and fraud. You'll learn:
Which widely available herbs, vitamins, and minerals act like potent prescription medications
How certain natural remedies interact with conventional drugs
Self-help techniques that stave off--and even reverse--chronic problems and disease
Which claims are realistic--and which are false
How to locate and choose a qualified practitioner
The best ways to protect yourself from incompetents, charlatans, and quacks
Here are all the latest findings on:
Acupuncture and Acupressure ¸ Aromatherapy ¸ Ayurvedic Medicine
Detoxification ¸ Energy Medicine ¸ Environmental Medicine ¸ Homeopathy
Hypnosis ¸ Light Therapy ¸ Massage ¸ Meditation
Mind/Body Medicine ¸ Naturopathic Medicine ¸ Orthomolecular Medicine
Tai Chi and Qigong ¸ Yoga
This impartial guide, from PDR®, America's most trusted drug reference, sifts out the help from the hype, and points you to new and "rediscovered" treatments that really work.« less
Kristin S. reviewed The PDR Family Guide to Natural Medicines and Healing Therapies on
It's a handy reference when interested in different types of therapy, but half the book is about herbs and I have many other books that are more inclusive herbal books than this one.