Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 512 pages
- Published by: Zondervan; 1 Exp Upd edition January 1, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0310269997
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0310269991
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 7.3 x 1.4 inches
- Weighs: 1.8 pounds
Product Description
Easy to use, this thoroughly revised and expanded edition of Alternative Medicine keeps pace with the latest findings and developments in alternative medicine. Here is the most comprehensive, current, well-balanced, and trustworthy information available from both a scientific and a biblical perspective.
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The most complete resource of its kind on alternative medicine
Herbal remedies, dietary supplements, and alternative therapies
Their specific uses
Which ones really work (and which ones dont)
What to watch out for
Christian versus non-Christian approaches to holistic health
Clinically proven treatments versus unproven or quack treatments
Truths and fallacies about supernatural healing
Ancient medical lore: the historical, cultural, and scientific facts
And much, much more
Alternative Medicine is the first comprehensive guidebook to nontraditional medicine written from a distinctively Christian perspective. Keeping pace with the latest developments and research in alternative medicine, this thoroughly revised edition combines the most current information with an easy-to-use format. University lecturer and researcher Dónal OMathúna, PhD, and national medical authority Walt Larimore, MD, provide detailed and balanced answers to your most pressing questions about alternative medicineand to other questions you wouldnt have thought to ask.
Also includes
Two alphabetical reference sections:
Alternative therapies
Herbal remedies, vitamins, and dietary supplements
A description of each therapy and remedy, an analysis of claims, results of actual studies, cautions, recommendations, and further resources
Handy cross-references linking health problems with various alternative therapies and herbal remedies reviewed in the book
Reader Reviews
Excellent book. Arrived early and in very good conditions. Very please with the service.
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