Collins Alternative Health Guide

by Steven Bratman

The interest of the public in alternative healthcare is large and growing. This book will bring a comprehensive database of information relating to alternative cures and therapies to a wide trade audience. The Collins Alternative Health Guide will be broken into four sections complete with cross references that will link entries from one section to the next. These sections 1. In depth A to Z descriptions of various conditions including symptoms, alternative treatments, and herbs and supplements that are commonly used with the condition. 2. Herbs and An item by item description of commonly used herbs and supplements. 3. Diet and What you can do to maintain a healthy diet, including discussions on organic diets and vitamins and minerals. 4. Alternative A description of alternative therapies from reflexology to aromatherapy.

976 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

I spent many years writing books on evidence-based evaluation of alternative medicine, but only now, late in life, have I found what feels like my calling. These days, I write fairly difficult popular science books on biology-related topics for those who like to be intellectually challenged. My previous claim to fame was inventing the word "orthorexia nervosa."

I grew up as something of a child prodigy under the false belief that I was talented in mathematics. After graduating with a math degree, I returned to college to do pre-med and go to medical school (to make a living). It was then that began to notice that I loved biology; but I thought nothing of it. Now, retired, after raising a family, I seem to have at last found my way to doing what I love.

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I read this book, it was without enthusiasm. Since then, I see that there are positive points with alternative medicine. The foreign doctors who have come to America, I've found, have a tendency to overprescribe whatever medicines are the vogue commercially. This gives alternative medicine more credence.