Disappointment with conventional healthcare has led to an unprecedented interest in natural alternatives. At the same time, holistic medicine and therapies have aggressively marketed themselves as safe and effective, and most of the time this is the case. But enthusiasm for alternatives is not always justified – not every therapy can cure every ill, not every supplement enhances health.
Alternative healthcare is big business. The opportunity for individuals to take greater control of their health has given scope to every kind of company to manufacture, promote and sell natural therapies and medicines.
Pat Thomas is passionate about the concept of alternative healthcare, but she is equally passionate about getting to the truth, and will not hesitate to criticise where appropriate in order to give the consumer a real choice. Written from the point of view that choice without information is no choice at all, it is first and foremost a consumer publication and will become the bible of alternative healthcare.
Other books by Pat Thomas Cleaning Yourself to Death Headaches: The Common Sense Approach Pregnancy: The Common Sense Approach
What Works, What Doesn't : The Guide to Alternative Healthcare
Description
Table of Contents
Part I Getting Down to Basics
1 Sante
2 Becoming Your Own Health Expert
Part II The Alternatives
3 Avoiding Disappointment
4 Acupuncture
5 Aromatherapy
6 Ayurveda
7 Biofeedback
8 Fasting and Detoxification
9 Flower Essences
10 Herbal Medicines
11 Homeopathy
12 Hypnotherapy
13 Massage
14 Meditation
15 Naturopathy
16 Osteopathy & Chiropractic
17 Placebo
18 Spiritual Healing
19 Traditional Chinese Medicine
20 Urine Therapy
21 Yoga
Part III Appendices
Appendix 1 What Type of Therapy?
Appendix 2 Drug-Herb Interactions
Appendix 3 Helpful Organisations
References
Author Description
Pat Thomas is Contributing Editor of the newsletters Proof! and What Doctors Don’t Tell You and author of the bestselling Cleaning Yourself to Death. A psychotherapist and counsellor, she has also written Pregnancy – The CommonSense Approach and Headaches – The CommonSense Approach. She is a frequent contributor to magazines and newspapers and appears regularly on TV and radio.