Healing Without Medication: A Comprehensive Guide to the Complementary Techniques Anyone Can Use to Achieve Real Healing

by Robert S. Rister

Today's health-conscious individual is fully aware of the side effects of pharmaceutical products. Diarrhea, nausea, impotence, hair loss - it's enough to make one believe the cure is worse than the disease. Indeed, sometimes it is. This work is a comprehensive guide to combining the best of science and nature for more than 300 health conditions. It is also a guide to more than 150 nutritional supplements and to dozens of treatment methods one can control.

Genres: Health

738 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 2003

Reviews

[Laurie · Rating 5 out of 5]

The title is a little off; Rister's goal seems to be using naturopathic methods as adjuncts to conventional ones, rather than replacing them. In some cases there are methods that work fine on their own without any alleopathic additions, but for the most part, he aims to have his vitamins, minerals, and herbs help cure (and prevent the oh so common side effects of modern medicine) rather than do it on their own. Nothing in the world will allow me to live without insulin injections, but I might be able to hold off complications with some of these methods.

The book is a huge encyclopedia. One section is a massive list of illnesses and conditions that tells you what to take and in what amounts. The next section is the vitamins, herbs, and minerals. He tells you what they do, how much is available in foods, how much you need for certain conditions, and which forms are most assimilable. He warns about what the over dose levels are, what they meds they might interact with, and when they are contraindicated. He also has a section on the macronutrients: protein, fat, and carbs.

This is the most thorough book I've seen on these methods. I like that he is realistic about what vitamins and minerals can do; as far as I can tell, he's not selling snake oil. He does not bring out miracle cures, but ways to help you live more comfortably. He's not selling any of these vitamins and herbs; he's not making money by telling you to use these things (unlike some authors of books touting mega vitamins).

He has sourced his material from over 10,000 articles from medical and technical libraries and from correspondence with researchers. The digital edition has been updated as recently as last month (April 2017). You could not get any fresher information. This is a great resource.

[Phil Calandra · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Healing Without Medication" is a comprehensive guide to using alternative methods in the treatment of numerous health conditions. The author is and herbalist with twenty years of experience in complementary health care. Although the book seems somewhat outdated, it appears to be a good source of information that is a good compliment to traditional western medicine.

[Penny Tunnell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite comprehensive

This is organized very well and easy to pick up and put down as each segment is concise. Great resource on disease, homeopathy, and vitamin functions.