| Prescription for Natural Cures: A Self-Care Guide for Treating Health Problems with Natural Remedies Including Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements, Bodywork, and More |  | Authors: James Balch, Mark Stengler
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
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Pages: 736
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Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 2
ISBN: 0471490881
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.535
EAN: 9780471490883
Publication Date: October 12, 2004
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 another "encyclopedia" without a central philosophy February 19, 2010
D&D
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is yet another of those encyclopedia-type listings. This is a big book (700 pages) with the usual fatal flaw: it doesn't have any kind of integrating philosophy or central principle.
It is a sort of dictionary. At the end are 150 not very helpful pages attempting to address diet/nutrition, herbs, homeopathy, aromatherapy, acupressure, bodywork, exercise and "natural" hormones. The first 500 pages cover, in alphabetic order, over a hundred conditions from Abscesses, Acne, Aging, AIDS to Varicose Veins, Warts and Yeast Infection. No attempt is made to link any of these conditions - for instance, Chinese Traditional Medicine knows that kidney is connected with bones, teeth, ears, and head hair.
Too many so-called health books are like this - ones on homeopathy and herbs too. They lack any focus on causation, there is no consideration of a unifying thread or starting point which, when addressed, could clear a number of seemingly different symptoms. (Homeopathy claims to do this but why, for example, is ignatia overwhelmingly given for just one symptom - grief?)
Those who have studied Chinese Traditional Medicine (CTM) understand my point. CTM looks for, and addresses, a root cause for all the symptoms presented by a specific person. Too many health books, just like the conventional medical system, see patients as a collection of parts, conditions or diagnoses, each separate item to be fixed by a different specialist or herb or nutritional supplement (or combinations), for example.
Although the book purports to list "root causes" for each condition, it doesn't really do so. For instance, the so-called root causes for anorexia and bulimia are listed as weight-obsessed culture, dieting, family problems, chemical imbalance, low levels of serotonin and nutritional deficiencies like zinc. Laughable when anorexia usually starts within a year of the BCG vaccination against polio, which is given to teenagers (but the anorexia is mostly in females - young males affected by the BCG may start drinking quite heavily or, these days, resort to illegal drugs). (Yes, it's quite shocking that this link is totally ignored by conventional medicine and the media.)
I would like to see more health books "boiling down" to main, or "umbrella", causes and issues. The body is not a machine such as a car, in which replacing the battery (perhaps a kidney or a heart in a human) or adding engine oil (the equivalent say of putting a few selected adaptogens or vitamins into a body) will put it back on the road in good working order.
This is not a book I would want to use or keep.
 Excellent Guide April 12, 2009
Michael Scott (Norfolk, UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a big fan of natural remedies as well as conventional medicine. This book does an excellent explanation of both natural (homeopathy) based medicine as well as the author has an interest in chinese medicine as well.
If you are concerned about your health in anyway then always visit your GP as the primary source of information but using this for everyday aches and pains is well worth a try.
The power of placebo! :-)
Broaden your horizons September 9, 2006
163 ways to be happy
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
It might not be your health bible but it is certainly a good resource guide of holistic medicine. A book well worth considering for anyone serious about his or her wellbeing. The authors present an overview of basic alternative therapies, including nutrition (healing foods) and supplements, as well as traditional Chinese medicine. I think it is a good book for any open-minded person. Another, great book of similar subject matter is "Cure the Incurable" by Tombak. In fact these two books should be sold together as they support and complement each other.
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