alternative medicine
March/April 1997
“COMING OF AGE” By Debbie Feldman
By Burton-Goldberg Group
Future Medicine Publishing, Inc 1995
This encyclopedia puts all the schools of
alternative medicine under one roof. The Guide is packed with
lifesaving informations and alternative treatments from 380 of
the world’s leading alternative physicians. Over 200
serious health conditions are covered—from cancer to
obesity, heart disease to PMS—this book gives you dozens
of actual patient stories and physician treatments to show you
how this medicine really works.
By Michael Murray and Joseph Pizzorno
Prima Publishing, 1991
Drawing on the best of centuries-old
wisdom and modern knowledge and supported by the latest
scientific investigation, “The Encyclopedia of Natural
Medicine” explains the principles of natural medicine and
outlines their application through the safe and effective use
of herbs, vitamins, minerals, diet, and nutrition. Maladies
covered include migraines, premenstrual syndrome, diabetes,
herpes simplex, depression, osteoporosis, and more.
Edited By Jennifer Jacobs, MD
Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1996
This lavishly illustrated guide offers an
invaluable resource for making important health care decisions.
From accupressure to Zen meditation, each therapy is presented
with detailed information on how it works, its aims, and its
medical principles. The book is endorsed by the American
Holistic Health Association. 250 full-color illustrations.
By Andrew Weil, MD
One of the most authoritative and
important voices on health and healing today presents a
powerful new concept—that the body has within it a
healing system, responsible not only for remissions of
life-threatening diseases but also for day-to-day maintenance
and for positive responses to everyday illnesses. Weil is the
director of the University of Arizona College of
Medicine’s Program in Integrative Medicine.
By Everett C. Koop and Marc Micozzi, MD
Churchill Livingstone, Inc 1996
A text for students and practitioners
working in medicine, health, and science, offering a broad
understanding of complementary and alternative medicine.
Describes the development and key ideas and approaches of
systems and therapies including homeopathy, herbalism, healing
touch, ayurveda, Chinese medicine, and curanderismo, reviewing
the status of scientific research in each field and discussing
the relevant cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts in
which to view complementary and alternative systems.
By Christiane Northrup, MD
With more than 270,000 copies in print,
“Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom” has
emerged as a new classic guide to women’s physical and
emotional well-being. This completely revised edition offers
solutions women trust for their most pressing health concerns.
The book explores true contemporary medicine—bringing
together the best conventional treatments and the full range of
alternative therapies with the individual’s own natural
healing power.
By James S Gordon, MD
Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1996
Manifesto for a New Medicine provides an
understanding for the use and applications of alternative
therapies with a strong guide teacheing how to blend the best
of traditional &alternative methods. Dr. Gordon’s
Manifesto for a New Medicine uses case studies to demonstrate
the successful applications of medical alternatives, teaching
the basics of integration processes.
