The Drug Natural Medicine Advisor

Covers "prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, and natural remedies ... side effects .. color guide to pills and herbs; interactions with food and other drugs ... how to prepare natural remedies; vitamins, minerals, and nutritional supplements"--Back cover.

Lists symptoms, possible ailments, medicines, and treatments for thousands of health problems, and explains when it is important to contact your physician

Holistic Mental Health is a concise guide that will answer all your questions on the current treatment options for mental health issues. It compares traditional western medicine to alternative or holistic therapies answering the question which treatment is more effective. Too often the public is misled with partial information and inaccurate statements from the media and pharmaceutical company influenced physicians on treatment alternatives using anything other than prescription medications to treat mental illness. Side-effects of medications used for mental disorders are discussed, as well as possible interactions and side-effects of alternative therapies. Holistic Mental Health compares traditional treatment with alternative therapies for disorders such as Alzheimer's, Anxiety, ADHD, depression, headaches/migraines, Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and gives recommendations backed by clinical research.

The World Health Organization has acknowledged that the majority of people living in developing countries continue to use traditional medicine. Increased levels of immigration and migration also mean that health professionals are more likely to come into contact with patients using them. Traditional Medicine is therefore a vital and timely book which covers medical systems practised on five continents, including: * traditional European folk medicine* Aboriginal/traditional medicine in North America* traditional medicine in the Colombian Amazon Tropical forest* traditional medical practice in Africa* traditional Chinese medicine* Indian Ayurvedic medicine* Japanese Kampo medicine * Korean medicine* traditional medicines in the Pacific* traditional Jewish medicine.Each section, written by an acknowledged expert, gives information on history, philosophy, methods of practice, safety issues, evidence, and examples of medicines. Traditional Medicine will be a crucial resource for complementary and alternative practitioners and students worldwide and for healthcare providers working in a multicultural society enabling them to interact effectively with their patients.Steven B Kayne is Honorary Consultant Pharmacist at Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital and Honorary Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde, School of Pharmacy, Glasgow, UK.

Dr. McKenna offers information on the herbal remedies, nutritional supplements, and dietary changes that can combat bacterial infections without the use of antibiotics.

Uses composite case histories to discuss the major areas of alternative medicine, including herbal remedies, homeopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture, and hypnosis, and explains how they differ from western medicine.