Alternative Medicine: The Christian Handbook, Updated & Expanded Edition

The most complete resource of its kind on alternative medicine

• Herbal remedies, dietary supplements, and alternative therapies. Their specific uses. Which ones really work (and which ones don't).

What to watch out for
• Christian versus non-Christian approaches to holistic health
• Clinically proven treatments versus unproven or quack treatments
• Truths and fallacies about supernatural healing
• Ancient medical lore: the historical, cultural, and scientific facts
• And much, much more

Alternative Medicine is the first comprehensive guidebook to nontraditional medicine written from a distinctively Christian perspective. Keeping pace with the latest developments and research in alternative medicine, this thoroughly revised edition combines the most current information with an easy-to-use format. University lecturer and researcher Donal O'Mathuna, PhD, and national medical authority Walt Larimore, MD, provide detailed and balanced answers to your most pressing questions about alternative medicine—-and to other questions you wouldn't have thought to ask.

Also includesTwo alphabetical reference sections:Alternative therapiesHerbal remedies, vitamins, and dietary supplementsA description of each therapy and remedy, an analysis of claims, results of actual studies, cautions, recommendations, and further resourcesHandy cross-references linking health problems with various alternative therapies and herbal remedies reviewed in the book