With over fifty of the most forward-thinking and well-known alternative physicians on its editorial board, and contributions from over 400 aalternative doctors explaining their treatment methods, this 1000-page tome compiles a massive amount of useful and cutting-edge medical information. It provides:

• An overview of Alternative Medicine
• A complete overview of how the human body works,
• A brief holistic self-care guide,
• An report on the current state of medical freedom in the United States and the dangerous ongoing bias of established conventional medicine against safe and inexpensive natural treatments
• Detailed explanations of a long list of Alternative Therapies
• Explanations of the causes of numerous health conditions with recommendations for prevention and treatment. 
   

It’s useful of course for looking up all possible alternative treatments for a specific heatlh problem, but if you are interested in new appraoches to health,  this is also fascinating reading. The creativity of the researchers and practitioners and the sheer number and variety of different treatments that have worked for people testify to the body’s amazing ability to balance itself if given a chance. It's also a guarantee that "definitive" won't last for long!

Since this is a comprehensive survey, although the editors believe all the treatments described have merit, they are not equallly proven, and the editors do not recommend one treatment over another. This can be confusing when there are a number of different  possibilities. However, having a grasp of the whole terrain is invaluable when you do consult a practitioner, and you can probably home in on one or more treatments that make sense to you.

The treatments are divided into those that are labeled “self-care” and those that need to be applied by a qualified practitioner.

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