Alternative Holistic Medicine category: 2492 books

A pioneering local textbook covering curriculum requirements for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) students. Legal, ethical, and professional practice issues are essential curriculum components of all Complementary and Alternative Medicine courses. Statutory bodies, professional associations,...

Are your teeth making you sick? This helpful guide through biological dentistry is must-read for anyone with a compromised immune system – or who wants to make wise dental choices to sustain their current health. Learn about the risks of mercury amalgam fillings, gold crowns and dentures. Explore...

You need not continue to be bound to those glandular characteristics of your life which do not please you. These influences, through the findings of science and the mystical principles of nature, may be adjusted. The first essential is that of the old adage: “Know Yourself.” Have revealed...

The importance of intuition in aromatherapy blending, essential and base oil selection and bodywork is the focus of Gill Farrer-Halls' authoritative new book. Drawing on her extensive experience as a practicing aromatherapist and aromatherapy teacher, she explores ways of increasing intuitive awareness...

Drawing on comparative fieldwork in the UK, Pakistan and Australia, this book provides the first systematic assessment of pathways and access to CAM and how it is used in health practice and by individuals with cancer. Giving fresh and invaluable insights into how differing health and societal...

Are you confused and overwhelmed about how to make good, natural health choices for yourself, your family and your pets? "The Busy Person’s Guide To Natural Health" is a concise guide to help you approach health and healing in a natural fashion, tapping into the body’s tremendous...

Planet Medicine is a major work by an anthropologist who looks at medicine in a broad context. In this edition, additions to this classic text include a section on Reiki, a comparison of types of palpation used in healing, updates on craniosacral therapy, and a means of understanding how different...

Every parent dedicates their time, efforts, and hopes to protect their children’s wellbeing. Especially for those with children who suffer chronic illnesses or conditions, the need to maintain not only their health, but also their happiness becomes essential. However, while traditional and conventional...

The United States of America statistically rates among the highest in medical expenditures, highest in rates of cardiovascular disease, highest in most disease categories and numbers of chronic condition cases, yet lowest in in effectiveness for management of chronic conditions particularly.  This quandary...

This book investigates the ways in which the evidence base is influencing complementary and alternative medicine in general and Ayurveda and allied health practices in particular. The latter have traditionally been prevalent in Asia and are now increasingly attracting interest worldwide. The book...

The eighth volume of Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine aims to provide a multi-faceted "whole evidence" analysis of the management of Alzheimer's disease in Chinese and integrative medicine. Beginning with overviews of how Alzheimer's disease is conceptualized and managed in...

This is a concise handbook providing a quick clinical reference on Chinese medicinal treatments for many diseases, based on Traditional Chinese Medicine theory and practice. Organized by different clinical conditions and diseases, it provides clinicians and healthcare professionals with definitions...

Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine: Adult Asthma provides a "whole evidence" analysis of the Chinese medicine management of adult asthma. Evidence from the classical Chinese medicine literature, contemporary clinical literature, the outcomes of clinical trials and experimental studies...