Alternative Cures: The Most Effective Natural Home Remedies for 160 Health Problems by Bill Gottlieb

As the editor-in-chief of Prevention Magazine Health Books, Bill Gottlieb created the 10-million copy self-care bestseller, The Doctors Book of Home Remedies, and was the author of the 1.5 million copy alternative health bestseller, New Choices in Natural Healing. Now, Bill has once again created a groundbreaking booka book that can help anyone safely, successfully and naturally self-treat 160 everyday and serious health conditions: Alternative Cures. To write this unique book, Bill interviewed over 300 of America's top natural cliniciansdoctors, herbalists, nutritionists and more. You'll discover over 1000 of their most effective, practical and safest natural remedies for an A-to-Z of health problems, from arthritis, back pain and high cholesterol, to repetitive strain injury, weight gain and yeast infections. Plus, every chapter of Alternative Cures has a guide to the best alternative and conventional professional care for the condition it covers. And, you'll find essential safety information for every remedy featured in the book. Once you look at it, we think you'll agree: There's never been a more useful, reader-friendly, get-better book about alternative health and healing than Alternative Cures. Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Review Pick an ailment--any ailment--and chances are, Bill Gottlieb can succinctly crystallize the problem, propose its root cause, and describe a handful of nonmedical remedies for treatment. Creator and supervising editor of the bestselling Doctors Book of Home Remedies, this 25-year veteran of the health field draws from more than 300 alternative care practitioners (including holistic nutritionists, licensed acupuncturists, massage therapists, and the occasional swami) to present a thick textbook worthy of gracing the reference shelf of any family or health provider. Serious physical ailments like asthma, HIV and AIDS, stroke, and cancer receive equal attention with pesky afflictions like oily hair, acne, nightmares, and wrinkles. Mental health ailments, such as guilt, anxiety, grief, and shyness, also get their due. Gottlieb's stance is not that individuals should shun their primary care physicians to rely solely on herbs, better nutrition, and other alternative paths. Rather, he seeks to educate readers on the biological effects of such practices and tinctures, to share their documented benefits in helpful detail. Each ailment receives a sidebar titled Guide to Professional Care, in which Gottlieb outlines symptoms that warrant immediate medical attention. Other sidebars highlight especially helpful treatment--from aromatherapy to meditation--for various troubles. Gottlieb provides an section on alternative healing where he elaborates on the process, benefits, and safety of each general treatment referred to in the book (from acupuncture to yoga therapy). Complete information, an engaging writing style, and visually appealing graphics make this encyclopedia-style book very easy to digest. --Liane Thomas Review Alternative Cures is a valuable resource of alternative and integrated medicines--a great mixture of therapies from excellent expert clinicians makes it an essential book for your health library. -Elson M. Haas, M.D., author of seven books, including The False Diet and The Staying Healthy Shopper's Guide From the Inside Flap Alternative Cures The Most Effective Natural Home Remedies for 160 Health Problems Welcome to Alternative Cures, the most complete, up-to-date, and effective compendium of natural remedies every collected in one resource. Unlike most books on alternative healing, which feature the perspective of just one expert and discuss just one problem, Alternative Cures features the expertise of 300 practitioners of alternative care and provides natural home remedies for 160 health problems. If you're tired of taking medications that never really solve your health problem (and deliver body-hurting side effects in the bargain), and if you want the best advice on which natural remedies to use, this is the book for you. And don't worry about safety. For every problem discussed, you'll find information on when professional care is a must. There's also a complete guide to the possible side effects of natural remedies and how to avoid them. In the pages of this book, you'll meet hundreds of experienced natural clinicians eager to help you with your problem. Here's just a small sample. The doctor from Virginia who cured his own chronic fatigue--and recommends two nutrients that he says make all the difference in solving the problem. The chiropractor from California who tells you a simple exercise that can immediately relieve back pain--and stop in from recurring. The doctor from Florida who gives his patients with angina a super-powerful (but litte-known) form of vitamin E that he says virtually eliminates the risk of a heart attack. The herbalist from New York who says that taking just the right amount of one herb can immediately stop menstrual cramps--and can often cure cramping in just 3 months. The nutrition specialist from Montana who recommends that her clients take a special supplement that stops the storage of fat, allowing them to lose 10 or more pounds--by doing nothing more than this natural pill! Those are just five of the remarkable home remedies in Alternative Cures--and there are hundreds more! It's like having your own team of expert natural healers on call 24 hours a day. Enjoy it in good (and better!) health. From the Back Cover Alternative Cures is a valuable resource of alternative and integrated medicines--a great mixture of therapies from excellent expert clinicians makes it an essential book for your health library. --Elson M. Haas, M.D., author of seven books, including The False Diet and The Staying Healthy Shopper's Guide More than 1,000 remedies, doctor-proven to be as effective as or even better than drugs or surgery! A nutrient that blocks the side effects of arthritis drugs (page 44) A quick exercise that can cure back pain (page 74) A two-nutrient combo that can help cure chronic fatigue (page 153) An herbal cocktail that stops the flu in 24 hours (page 261) A little-known supplement that prevents a hangover (page 310) An amino acid that works as well as Viagra (page 374) A natural hormone cream that rebuilds bone (page 466) A home remedy that stops sugar cravings immediately (page 492) In this unique book, 300 of America's best alternative-oriented M.D.'s, herbalists, nutritionists, naturopaths, homeopaths, and other holistic healers reveal their most effective natural remedies for 160 everyday and serious health problems. Plus, you'll find: 60 easy-to-follow illustrations for healing exercises and pain-relieving pressure points Dozens of resources for natural products and practitioners An at-a-glance guide to understanding 22 alternative healing modalities For every problem, expert advice on when to seek professional help About the Author Bill Gottlieb has been writing and editing in the field of health for more than 25 years. The former senior vice president and editor in chief of Rodale Books, he was the creator and supervising editor of the 10-million-copy bestseller The Doctor's Book of Home Remedies and author of New Choices in Natural Healing. His writing has appeared in Prevention, Reader's Digest, Men's Health, Health, Women's Sports and Fitness, Bottom Line/Health, and many other national publications. He lives in northern California.