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Summary: Awesome Guide....
Review: I've owned this book for over a year now and have found it to be loaded with exceptional information!!
It's the perfect book for those wanting to try an "alternative" approach to regular medicine...kinda like using Naturopathy.
This book is direct, concise, and very basic. I have utilised it for many different situations and have found that the results were exactly as stated.
Although it recommends products by a brand/company name (which seems like they're pushing a certain company), using another has proven just as effective!
I highly recommend this book as a take-along to any health food store!!
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Summary: Very informative and useful reference guide
Review: This book is jam packed with infomation about nutrition and remedies to common ailments such as headaches, dry skin and allergies. In part 1, the authors discusses the basics of nutrition, vitamins from A to Z including its food sources, the ABC's of minerals including its food sources, a section on water, amino acids, antioxidants, enzymes, natural food supplements, and a chart on herbs and their uses. In part 2, the authors discusses the common disorders a person may face such as athma, brusing, or insomia. The disorder is explained then is given a list of nutrients or supplements that are very important, or helpful in combating or preventing the disorder. Then a list of herbs, recommendations on what to do and considerations on what to do are given about that disorder. In part 3, remedies and therapies are discussed. Some of the remedies and therapies which are discussed in the book are acupressure, acupuncture, aromathera[y, essential oils, blood perification, colon cleansing, enemas, exercise, fasting, juicing and preparing for and recovering from surgery. At the end of the book, it includes a glossary, manufacturer and distributor infomation(Company name, address including phone number and e-mail address and/or website if they have one). The book also has a list of Health and Medical Organizations and suggested books to read.
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Summary: Healthy Hints
Review: This is a great reference guide for anything that ails you.
You can use it before going to the doctor, or try your luck at the many home remedies. It is very informative and helps one to live a long and productive life. I have the original and the updated volume, I use both, depending on the subject matter. I did not give it five stars since I like a little more of an 'Asian' flair to my health remedies. It is worth the money, though, and I feel I have reaped the benefits over and over and have recouped my original investment.
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Summary: *The* primary alternative medicine reference work...
Review: "Prescription For Nutritional Healing" is perhaps the most condensed dictionary of practical alternative medicine available. The book contains so much information that it actually boggles the mind it can fit into one book. The book starts out with a large section entitled "Elements of Health." In this section, the Balch team discusses vitamins, amino acids, enzymes, herbs, natural food supplements and their history and uses. There is a helpful herb chart that lists the herb, the effective parts of the herb, most of its phytonutrients, its uses, and comments such as toxicity. This section is a primer for those who want to know a little bit about the nutrients they will be taking.The next section, which makes up the bulk of the book, is the "Disorders" section. It goes from Abscesses to Yeast Infections, covering a host of common and rare disorders in between. For each disorder, a treatment plan is outlined by name and dose, and nutrients are grouped according to how helpful they are in treating each disorder. For instance, with regard to the common cold, Zinc lozenges are listed as "essential," while Olive Leaf extract is only listed as "helpful" (mind you, I disagree with their evaluation of olive leaf). Then they list effective herbs, followed by "recommendations." These recommendations are often common sense suggestions and additional useful information written in an easy to understand manner. Finally, there is a "consideration" section for each disease. Here the authors report on recent research and possible other helpful ideas. Many charts and tables are dispersed throughout the disease section, such as poison control center numbers, STD symptoms, pregnancy tests, and nutrient robbing chemicals and foods. The book ends with a brief description of therapies, a glossary of terms, and a list of supplement manufacturers. Overall this is an extremely useful book, which lists virtually every alternative therapy that has been found effective in clinical and controlled studies. Some of the recommendations are based on shaky evidence, and sometimes the authors confuse certain facts (for instance they suggest cancer patients eat almonds because of their laetrile content, but sweet almonds contain no laetrile; only bitter almonds do) but nonetheless, most of their claims are backed by competent studies. The third edition came out very soon after the second edition. This demonstrates how fast research into alternative therapies is moving. Also, the third edition integrates a lot of mainstream medicine into its pages, making it extremely helpful and useful to those who might only dabble with alternative medicine on occasion. I bought the first edition in the early 1990s, and whenever I have a basic question or get sick, I usually go to this book first. I am not a doctor, and obviously nobody should forsake his or her doctor and simply follow the suggestions in this book! Kudos to the Balch team for setting the standard and keeping up with recent research!
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Summary: Good, informitive everyday sicks book
Review: This book is great for reaference and for learning with! It includes every illness imaginable and then some. You get a detailed discription of the illness (illnesses listed in ABC order) and a list of medications and herbs that benifit healing in there level of importance. You are told the recommended dosage to take as well as the system to be benifited. This is a good all around reference book.
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Summary: I gave it to my mother
Review: She's always wondering what symptom matches what disease? What pill causes this side effect? This book seems to have helped her; at least, she's stopped calling me to ask these questions, she's spending less money on prescriptions and she appears to be more informed and less likely to panic. So, even though I've not opened the cover of this book, I'd give it a 4.5 star rating, because anything that can reassure my mother about her health MUST be good.
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Summary: The best resource on nutritional health
Review: This book is the best resource for nutritional health I've come upon, and I've read many. It is comprehensive, organized and easy to use and, like a dictionary, a must for every home library.
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Summary: A Wealth of Information
Review: This book contains a wealth of information for those seeking a nutritional solution to health problems. It is divided into three parts with the first section devoted to a discussion of the relationship between nutrition, diet and wellness and the importance of vitamins, minerals, water, amino acids, antioxidants, enzymes, natural food supplements and herbs. The second part contains descriptions of common disorders and nutritional recommendations for their cure and the third part gives an overview of such traditional treatments as juicing and hydrotherapy. Although many general references are made to the latest research , this book is in no way a resource on research in the health field.
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Summary: Premiere alternative medicine reference
Review: I know of no better book than this as a comprehensive reference to the non-alopathic treatment of a wide range of physical ailments. I bought the book for my wife after she had spent hours reading the copies at the Drug Store ( yes, the Rite Aid drug store near where our daughters live has a copy on display at the Pharmacy counter ) and the Health Food Store. With our own, in-home copy, she can mark the book and show it to friends and use it any time day or night.
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Summary: i want this book!
Review: i've read parts of this book this book, and i also own the second edition. the only reason i'm not buying this book right now is that the ISBN number is NOT 1-58333-083-6. i use this book in my business as a nutritional advisor and the trade paperback isn't sturdy enough. when you get this book in the comb binding, please inform me; the longer i don't have it the more it costs me.
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