Extremely accessible reference work on natural healing from the point of view of the “four cornerstones of health”: 1) Positive mental attitude, 2) Healthy lifestyle, 3) Health-promoting diet, and 4) Supplementary measures, which include nutritional supplementation, breathing, posture, bodywork, and exercise...

• Do no harm: use safe, effective, natural therapies.
• Nature has healing powers: the physician's job is to enhance the body's natural power to heal itself.
• Identify and treat the cause: find the cause, rather than just suppress the symptoms.
• Treat the whole person: administer to the patient's physical, mental/emotional, spiritual, and social sides.
• The physician is a teacher: educate and motivate patients to take more responsibility for their health.
• Prevention is the best cure: health-supporting life habits prevent disease.
• Establish health and wellness: increase the patient's positive physical and mental state.

Written by two naturopaths who have authored many other books and are associated with Bastyr University http://www.bastyr.edu/default.asp

The book is laid out with a chapter for larger subjects like immune function, detoxification, and stress management, and a chapter for each illness or symptom covered, along with a complete index and notes for all references. The chapters offer a summary of the main points in the article at the beginning, a detailed discussion of the problem and possible treatments, and a treatment summary with recommended actions, and specific nutritional and herbal supplements.

It’s easy to look things up and the specificity of the recommendations is very helpful.

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