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This is a guide to the wide range of available alternative therapies. It contains comparisions between alternative and orthodox medicine, a list of common ailments with recommendations on effective treatments and a quick A–Z reference guide to common symptoms and remedies.

This is a guide to the variety of alternative therapies available and their suitability for treating a whole host of ailments. The book contains background information on alternative medicine and how it differs from orthodox healing, and provides a detailed look at the range of therapies available from acupuncture to hypnotherapy to Chinese medicine and reflexology. It also includes a list of common ailments with recommendations on safe, effective treatment and a quick A–Z reference guide to common symptoms and ailments.
Part 1 The therapies: diagnosis and therapy systems; bodywork; balance and movement; plant, food and mineral therapies; oriental therapies; environmental therapies; psychotherapy and counselling; hypnosis and hypnotherapy; relaxation therapies; crystal and gem therapies; light and sound therapies. Part 2 The ailments: problems of the head, respiratory system, heart and blood, muscles, bones and joints, nervous system, skin and of the digestive and urinary systems. Part 3 Quick reference and information: a-z of ailments; a-z of therapies;useful addresses.

C. NORMAN S HEALY M.D., Ph.D., is the founder of the American Holistic Medicine Association and a world-renowned neurosurgeon. He is the director of the Shealy Institute in Springfield, Missouri―a center for comprehensive health care and pain and stress management.