Stephen Gascoigne
Previously published as The Manual of Conventional Medicine for Alternative Practitioners. Explains conventional disease processes and terms with clarity to give you confidence in your practice. Each chapter discusses alternative and conventional ideas of the system under examination, clear disease classifications tailored for the alternative practitioner and diseases which are commonly seen in the clinic. The discussion of each disease takes the format of definition and introduction, symptoms, complications which may occur and how to recognise them, investigations normally used, conventional treatment and alternative management. This last section contains information about how to deal with cases complicated by prescribed drugs, how to assess the severity of a case (and also includes details of the corresponding TCM syndrome). Information is included about the actions in terms of TCM to allow practitioners to understand how these have an effect on the case. At the end of each chapter there is information on how to recognise serious situations. Has rapidly established itself as a bible for alternative practitioners.
486pp, 12x8½, illus. Paperback
Published price £40.00 -- You save £4.00 ... 10%
John Spencer & Joseph Jacobs
This popular, evidence-based overview of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) emphasizes clinical research, analyzes the effectiveness of each therapy, and presents practical information on how these therapies can be used to treat health conditions and diseases. It not only acquaints the reader with information about CAM, but provides evidence for the effectiveness of various therapies used to treat medical conditions ranging from allergies to psychiatric conditions - in all populations relevant to CAM including children, women and the elderly. Summary tables embedded throughout highlight clinical data, statistics, and major research findings. More thorough documentation in this edition is achieved through new tables and added commentary on the quality of studies, making research findings more relevant and useful.
"NETQUOTEVAR:This book is an important contribution to the effort to make unconventional medicine more approachable for health care professionals. Even for the reader who is already familiar with alternative medicine, this book is likely to provide new and valuable information." - Ted J. Kaptchuk, O.M.D. , The New England Journal of Medicine.
"If you need a comprehensive and authoritative yet readable guide to CAM this is it. The authors all 36 of them seem to have genuinely put aside their instinctive bias as enthusiasts to give the reader detailed, objective and thoughtful summaries of the place of CAM in the management of a whole range of conditions...This is a book which stands head and shoulders above the myriad texts on the subject of CAM and it should be on the shelves of anyone who is interested in its evidence base which probably means everyone who practices it or is in any way responsible for it." - Adrian White , Complementary Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine.
512pp, 9x6, illus. ... Paperback
Published price £37.99 -- You save £4.60 ... 12%
Grace Halliday
Written for the therapists dealing with patients suffering from a wide variety of common ailments and degenerative diseases. Most of these problems are related to dysfunction of the lymphatic system and the resulting toxic build-up. Deep Lymphatic Therapy restores the lymphatic system ennabling it to remove toxins, metabolic wastes and cellular debris from the body. Grace Halliday has been a leading practitioner of this therapy for over 50 years.
144pp, 10x7.5, illus. ... Paperback
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Steven Bratman & Andrea Girman
This handy, pocket-sized reference provides quick information on herbs and supplements - including 145 herbs, 20 supplements, and 75 conditions. Extremely thorough, it offers reliable references and a unique system that rates the current knowledge of therapeutic efficacy for each herb/supplement used in a particular treatment. Content is consistently structured and features an Appendix on Clinically Tested Brands at the end of the book.
A logical and consistent organization enables the reader to quickly consult the efficacy of herbal use to treat a specific condition. Evidence-based content includes a unique system that rates the current, scientific knowledge of therapeutic efficacy for each herb/supplement used in a particular treatment. Helpful Appendix describes clinically tested brands. References do not rely heavily on one source.
1200pp, 7.5x4.5 ... Paperback
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Henry Lindlahr
Originating in Europe in the early twentieth century, the Nature Cure movement laid the foundations for much of complementary medicine and naturopathy as we know it today. Dr Henry Lindlahr was one of the pioneers of Nature Cure who popularised the movement in the West. Eloquent and passionate about his theories, in this ground-breaking book Dr Lindlahr outlines the principles and practical applications of Nature Cure, to create a comprehensive philosophy of natural therapeutics. He considers the role of diet, natural remedies and preventative therapies as well as other practical ways to maintain and promote physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing. Philosophy of Natural Therapeutics is in many respects a work that remains as relevant today as when it was written. Well ahead of its time, it highlights the interdependency of humankind, offers methods to prevent disease, and lays down the basic natural laws upon which health depends.
352pp, 8.5x5.5 ... Paperback
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Su Fox
Provides information about common medical conditions, underlying causes, signs and symptoms, and indications and contraindications for massage. Easy-to-follow, double-indexed format.
160pp ... Paperback
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Provides clearly presented information about prescribed drugs and their effects that is readily accessible and relevant in everyday practice. Includes information on how to manage patients who take prescribed drugs, illustrates how patients may reduce or stop their medication in appropriate and selected cases, and a discussion of the energetic qualities of prescribed drugs from the perspective of Chinese medicine.
280pp, 8.25x5.75 ... Paperback
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Pip Hardy & Tony Sumner
A practical and supportive handbook for anyone thinking of setting up and running their own therapy/healthcare practice.
208pp ... Paperback
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Jean-Pierre Barral
While Jean-Pierre Barral's previous books, Visceral Manipulation and Visceral Manipulation II, focus on the abdomen, in The Thorax the author turns his unique gaze to the thoracic cage and its contents. Barral begins by describing the thorax as an area of conflict and contrast: it must protect the organs enclosed within, yet must also allow exchanges with the neck and abdomen. Problems with either of its dual roles of protection and exchange lie at the root of most thoracic disorders. Detailed descriptions and illustrations are provided of tests for dysfunction and treatment of the nonaxial joints, fasciae and viscera of this important area of the body. Among the special topics contained in this volume are global and local listening of the thorax; utilization of the completed Adson-Wright test; cervical attachments of the pleura; intrasternal tests and treatment; utilization of various access points to the phrenic nerve; and stretching along the orientation of the coronary arteries. The Thorax is an important book for all practitioners who wish to broaden their skills in visceral manipulation.
182pp, 10x7, illus. ... ISBN 0939616122 ... Hardback
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John Ball
Understanding Disease explains with a minimum of jargon how diseases occur, what the main symptoms are, and how they may affect us. Complete with illustrations, this concise guide is written for those working in alternative medicine and those without a medical background who want a clearer understanding of the ways in which common illnesses develop and the terms used to describe them.
272pp ... Paperback
Published price £10.95 -- You save £2.50 ... 23%
