The Best Alternative Medicine
Dr. Kenneth R. PelletierBased on an enormous body of research, including new research funded by the National Institutes of Health, "The Best Alternative Medicine" is the first book to provide authoritative, scientifically based answers to these questions. Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier, Director of the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Program at the Stanford University School of Medicine, 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. Easy to understand and free of jargon, "The Best Alternative Medicine" offers definitions, background, and examples of specific treatments from a multitude of therapies, including Mind/Body Medicine, European Herbs, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Naturopathy, Homeopathy, Spiritual Healing, Acupuncture, Dietary and Nutritional Supplements, and Ayurvedic -- East Indian -- Medicine.
Dr. Pelletier's assessment of a particular approach is threefold, beginning with "What Works," progressing to "What Does Not Work," and concluding with "What's in the Works," where he cites the most promising unpublished and ongoing research inthat field.
For readers who wish to address a specific medical illness or condition, but have no idea what remedies they can rely on, "The Best Alternative Medicine" also includes a major section organized by condition, with bulleted points of brief, clear, researched information. Alphabetically