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Revised, updated, and expanded to reflect the latest thinking and information on children's health issues, Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child enables parents to combine the best of conventional and alternative approaches. Part One explains the full spectrum of techniques that can be employed to effectively treat childhood health problems, providing an overview of the history, fundamentals, and uses of conventional medicine, herbal medicine, homeopathy, acupressure, diet, and nutritional supplementation. Part Two contains a comprehensive A-to-Z guide to the various health problems of childhood, from acne to chickenpox to thumb-sucking. Finally, Part Three offers guidance on using the therapies and procedures suggested in Part Two, from locating acupressure points to preparing herbal remedies. Written by a naturopathic physician, a medical doctor, and a pediatric nurse, this unique book gives parents easy access to current information and advice regarding their children's health and acts as a bridge between time-honored healing systems and mainstream medicine. Illustrated with line art.
Written by a medical doctor, a naturopath, and a registered nurse, this is the definitive A-to-Z guide to the most common childhood illnesses and injuries and their treatments. It discusses herbal and homeopathic remedies, diet, and nutritional supplements as they apply to healing; offers an alphabetical listing of childhood health problems and treatments; and examines each suggested therapy.
What do Mark Twain, David Beckham, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Mother Teresa have in common? All have been enthusiastic fans of homeopathy, the alternative medical tradition that treats “like with like.” Homeopathy has an incredible history of support by many of the most respected people of the past 200 years, and modern science is finally catching up. In The Homeopathic Revolution, Dana Ullman blends vivid personal stories and quotes from these and other luminaries from a variety of eras and fields with a new definition of homeopathy as “nanopharmacology”–one that will help people, including skeptics, start to understand its value. After explaining why conventional medicine is inade...
Written by a medical doctor, a naturopath, and a registered pharmacist, Smart Medicine for Healthier Living is a complete A-to-Z guide to the most common disorders and their treatments, using both alternative care and conventional medicine. Comprehensive and easy-to-follow, Smart Medicine for Healthier Living is divided into three parts. Part one explains the full spectrum of approaches used to effectively treat common health problems. It provides an overview of the history, fundamentals, and uses of conventional medicine, herbal medicine, homeopathy, acupressure, aromatherapy, diet, and nutritional supplements. It also includes a helpful section on home and personal safety. Part two contains a comprehensive A-to-Z listing of various health problems. Each entry clearly explains the problem and offers specific advice using a variety of approaches. Part three provides step-by-step guidance on using the many therapies and procedures suggested for each health problem. Smart Medicine for Healthier Living is a reliable source that you and your family can turn to time and time again, whenever the need arises.
The perfect companion to Smart Medicine for a Healthier Childand Smart Medicine for Healthier Living, the most complete and accessible guides to integrated health care. Here is a book that makes it possible to keep track of your family's health, all in one place. Included are sections for recording children's growth and development, developmental milestones, and immunizations, as well as de-tailed dietary and health history information, with designated space to attach original copies of important records. Drawing on the Smart Medicine philosophy of integrating conventional medical treatments with a variety of alternative approaches, the author provides room to write down all observations about health, the types of treatments you use, and the responses to them. There are also helpful health notes and checklists throughout. This book makes it easier than ever to put smart medicine into action.
Eighty-one million Americans have cardiovascular disease, the arterial damage that leads to the heart attacks and strokes that account for 36 percent of all deaths in the U.S. But few people know that boosting the body's levels of a single molecule of nitric oxide can help prevent, control, and even reverse cardiovascular disease.
A veteran nutritionist and health writer reveals some of the health secrets she has learned in the course of her career--the diagnostic tools and truly miraculous substances that can have a dramatic impact.