Alternative Cures: More than 1,000 of the Most Effective Natural Home Remedies

by Bill Gottlieb

When your health is at risk, you want to consider every option.

In Alternative Cures, three hundred of America’s top doctors and natural healers–herbalists, nutritionists, homeopaths, and naturopaths–share more than one thousand safe and effective remedies for many health concerns. Inside you’ll discover

• a nutrient that blocks the side effects of arthritis drugs
• a two-nutrient combo that can help cure chronic fatigue
• an herbal “cocktail” that stops common flu symptoms in twenty-four hours
• an amino acid that works as well as Viagra
• a group of remedies that rein in high blood pressure
• a natural hormone cream that rebuilds bones
• a home remedy that stops sugar cravings immediately

Plus, there are easy-to-follow illustrations of healing exercises and pain-relieving pressure points–along with guidance on when to seek a professional. Alternative Cures provides not only health advice but peace of mind.

“A valuable resource of alternative and integrated medicines.”
–Elson M. Haas, M.D., author of The False Fat Diet

Genres: Health, Reference, Nonfiction

816 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 26, 2002

About the author

Bill Gottlieb has spent his lifetime learning about and writing about health—and helping millions of Americans achieve their health goals.

For 20 years (1976-1995), Bill worked at America’s leading health and wellness publisher, Rodale, Inc. He started as an associate editor of Prevention Magazine in 1976, and became a senior editor of Prevention in 1978 and assistant managing editor in 1980. In 1982, he was promoted to managing editor of Prevention Magazine Health Books, and in 1984 to executive editor. In 1986, he became editor-in-chief of Rodale Books, including Prevention Magazine Health Books. From 1986 to 1995, Bill was the editorial executive who helped lead Rodale Books from $100 million to $250 million in yearly sales, managing an editorial staff of 125 people, and supervising the publication of 75 books a year, including the mega-selling The Doctors Book of Home Remedies (16 million copies sold).

A longtime spiritual practitioner, Bill decided to leave Rodale in 1995 to become the volunteer publishing director of The Dawn Horse Press, the publication division of his spiritual community, Adidam.

Reviews

[Fishface · Rating 3 out of 5]

This has lots and lots of interventions for lots and lots of health problems. Almost all of them are things that you can do on your own, too. The book doesn't go out too far on a limb, sticking to basic preventive care, good nutrition, practices like massage likely to help anyone in distress, and well-established non-Western treatments like acupressure.

[Kevin M. Labadessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has many alternative remedies for all kinds of ailments. Quick read and will be great for reference.

[Deborah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love finding any natural way to heal a problem rather then turning to pills of doctors. This book is full of wonderful ideas on how to creat remidies in your own home and shows how we can prevent illnesses from occuring in the first place.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book looks frickin' awesome.

[Book Haunt · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great reference book for natural remedies!