This is the most comprehensive, most thoroughly researched, most carefully referenced and most up to date information available on natural medicine and its applications to specific health problems. It details diagnostic procedures and therapeutic modalities, presents an extensive materia medica of natural medicines, and covers syndromes and over 70 specific health problems and their treatments.
This third edition of the text which is contained in the CD has been entirely updated throughout and includes a new chapter on cancer, new chapters on recent laboratory tests, and new chapters on mushrooms and on other popular natural products.
History and background of natural medicine, toxicity and detoxification, scientific documentation of the healing action of nature
Supplementary diagnostic procedures
Description of technique and discussion of clinical application of diet analysis, food allergy testing, immune function assessment, fatty acid profiling, hair mineral analysis and other diagnostic approaches
Therapeutic modalities
Descriptive, practical, scientific and historical review of the common modalities of natural medicine, including botanical medicine, nutritional therapy, therapeutic fasting, exercise therapy, hydrotherapy, counselling, acupuncture, homeopathy, and soft tissue manipulation
Syndromes and special topics
Syndromes and therapies relevant to many diseases; chronic candidiasis, chronic fatigue syndrome, food allergies, immune support, maldigestion, and others
Pharmacology of natural medicines
Pharmacology, and clinical and scientific indications for, and folk use of over 60 herbal medicines, special nutrients and other natural agents
Specific health problems
In-depth study of over 70 specific diseases and conditions, viewed from a natural health perspective, reviewing key diagnostic criteria, pathophysiology of a disease, and therapeutic rationale.
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