false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177032238m/676297.jpg 676297 1 <I>Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine</I> weighs three pounds and nine ounces, has 946 pages, and is as informative as it is hefty. The authors are naturopathic doctors--they focus on promoting health and treating disease with nontoxic, natural therapies. Naturopathic medicine follows these seven principles: <ol><li>Do no harm: use safe, effective, natural therapies. <li>Nature has healing powers: the physician's job is to enhance the body's natural power to heal itself. <li>Identify and treat the cause: find the cause, rather than just suppress the symptoms. <li>Treat the whole person: administer to the patient's physical, mental/emotional, spiritual, and social sides. <li>The physician is a teacher: educate and motivate patients to take more responsibility for their health. <li>Prevention is the best cure: health-supporting life habits prevent disease. <li>Establish health and wellness: increase the patient's positive physical and mental state.</ol><p> This book shows you how to improve your health through a positive mental attitude, healthy lifestyle, health-promoting diet, and supplements, with plenty of practical tips. Learn disease prevention through enhancing key body systems. The bulk of the book details natural remedies for treating more than 70 ailments. Each includes symptoms, description, therapeutic considerations (with discussion of studies), and a treatment summary, including nutritional supplements and botanical (herbal) medicines. If you have a disease, this book will give you a valuable perspective on natural treatments. If you're well, it will give you many pointers for maintaining and enhancing your health. <I>--Joan Price</I> 662298 29 12 1997 Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Revised Second Edition total:41|5:20|4:15|3:5|2:1|1:0| 41 177 65 7 4 0 false false Tue Dec 30 12:02:06 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 12:04:10 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Nov 02 17:44:01 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 17:45:20 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 04 10:03:39 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 10:07:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 18 10:03:38 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 10:13:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 03 07:03:51 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 07:05:19 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Thu Apr 19 18:24:07 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 21 14:15:15 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Jun 29 13:53:47 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 13:58:42 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 02 13:00:04 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 13:00:04 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Nov 01 19:31:52 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 19:31:52 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 08 16:43:23 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 16:43:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Aug 14 08:07:58 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 08:07:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 23 08:44:24 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 08:44:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 21 10:19:37 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 10:19:37 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Jul 07 13:36:53 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 13:37:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 30 21:40:57 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 21:40:58 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sun May 17 19:06:07 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 19:06:07 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue May 12 18:30:44 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 18:30:44 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 08 23:21:23 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 23:21:23 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat May 02 10:19:44 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 10:19:44 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Apr 29 12:44:33 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 12:44:33 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=676297