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Summary: A must-have home reference book
Review: This book has been an invaluable reference many times-relieving pain and discomfort more than a few times--and leaving me fuming that the doctors I visited didn't bother to provide information that could have been helpful. It has made me realize just how many doctors work with blinders on--hand the patient a prescription or tell them to "live with it" if the prescription doesn't work. This book does offer more--it explains why certain health problems arise and provides research and various alternative remedies--the ones the doctor didn't tell you about because they don't involve prescriptions. The book has in-depth topic discussions, provides the reader with the trade-offs involved in various remedies, and all-in-all, is simply a wonderful reference book that pays for itself many times over. It's all about what you can do to help yourself. NOTE: If they truly want to help patients, all doctors should read this book!!!
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Summary: Wonderful Book
Review: This book has taught me so much. It is informative and expects you to understand the actual process of illness as well as healing. I can't wait for them to update it with a 3rd edition.
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Summary: Fabulous Reference Book for natural healht
Review: This book is an excellent reference source for alternative medicine. Easily laid out and full of info.
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Summary: An Excellent Overview of Natural Medicine
Review: This is a great book for the general public as well as naive health care professionals to learn about Natural Medicine. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THIS BOOK AND STUDY IT. YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT. I have learned that I am eating totally wrong and am setting myself up for a cardiovascular disaster. And I'm a doctor and should know better! Now I can set things straight.Yeah, I'm an M.D. and have been trained to treat my patients with chemicals (Allopathic Medicine), but I have been trying to expand my knowledge base about the practice of medicine and luckly stumbled on Dr. Murray's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine. I will integrate what I have and will learn about Natural Medicine in my everyday practice (and my own life!). I feel that, with certain exceptions, Natural Medicine should be tried first. Only when that fails or is inappropriate should Allopathic Medicine be used. There is a growing trend for M.D.'s to use Natural Medicine in their practice. ...
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Summary: Very good
Review: This is an easy readable and very complete book. You get more then the average advice you find in books, it is so complete! I first bought it as a present for a friend, but I had trouble giving it away, so I ordered another one to keep.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: This is the best summary guide to natural medicine that I have read. It is complete and well written, with good explanations and recommendations. My #1 reference.
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Summary: Author's comment on revised, 2nd Edition
Review: We are very excited about the revised and expanded second edition of the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NATURAL MEDICINE. It is substantially updated, expanded, and improved over the first edition (which has sold over 400,000 copies by the way). We have tried to make the book "reader friendly." If you are not familiar with our work, let me tell you that over the past 20 years Dr. Pizzorno and I have reviewed over 50,000 scientific studies that have validated the use of diet, nutritional supplements, herbal medicines, and other natural compounds in the promotion of wellness and treatment of disease. What the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NATURAL MEDICINE provides is a crystallization of this information along with our extensive clinical experience. The recommendations given are sound, reliable, clinically proven, and extensively referenced. The ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NATURAL MEDICINE helps the reader navigate through the sometimes confusing field of "alternative" medicine to find the results they are looking for. If you want to get results using natural medicines, you must use the right medicine, at the right dosage for the right indication. Many natural products have shown superior results to over-the-counter and prescription drugs. As a bonus, they are also safer with fewer side effects and less expensive.
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Summary: Awesome! Directly Applicable, Informative, Relevant Info!
Review: When I bought this book, I had no idea how powerful an effect it would have in my life. As a science afficianado (and probable borderline hypochondriac), I have taken vitamin supplements for years "just in case" I might not be receiving proper nutrition from my modern microwave and fast food regimen. The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine is an eye-opening discovery of the side of medicine that is too often missing in the world of the M.D.: treating the cause of an illness, not just it's symptoms.
The writing is comprehensive yet precise, including evidence of the therapeutic effect of a given supplement, it's method of action (pharmacology), and even caveats about any weaknesses in supporting studies, including whether evidence comes from statistically meaningful double-blind controlled studies or from clinical or cultural experiences.
If you are the type of person to take supplements, exercise, or eat healthy and natural foods out of a desire to protect your health, I highly recommend you BUY AND READ THIS BOOK! And if, on the other hand, you don't do any of the above, and you have a medical condition or take any presription or over-the-counter medication, or just generally feel yucky, I would definitely urge you to BUY AND READ THIS BOOK!
And Finally, if you are currently in the medical field, or typically prescribe or endorse only synthetic drugs manufactured by American Pharmaceutical companies licensed by the FDA, please BUY AND READ THIS BOOK!
Then again, I'm probably biased; after acting on the information in this book, I feel better than I have in a long time. And as any scientist will tell you, such results are not statistically significant ; )
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Summary: Awesome! Directly Applicable, Informative, Relevant Info!
Review: When I bought this book, I had no idea how powerful an effect it would have in my life. As a science afficianado (and probable borderline hypochondriac), I have taken vitamin supplements for years "just in case" I might not be receiving proper nutrition from my modern microwave and fast food regimen. The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine is an eye-opening discovery of the side of medicine that is too often missing in the world of the M.D.: treating the cause of an illness, not just it's symptoms.
The writing is comprehensive yet precise, including evidence of the therapeutic effect of a given supplement, it's method of action (pharmacology), and even caveats about any weaknesses in supporting studies, including whether evidence comes from statistically meaningful double-blind controlled studies or from clinical or cultural experiences.
If you are the type of person to take supplements, exercise, or eat healthy and natural foods out of a desire to protect your health, I highly recommend you BUY AND READ THIS BOOK! And if, on the other hand, you don't do any of the above, and you have a medical condition or take any presription or over-the-counter medication, or just generally feel yucky, I would definitely urge you to BUY AND READ THIS BOOK!
And Finally, if you are currently in the medical field, or typically prescribe or endorse only synthetic drugs manufactured by American Pharmaceutical companies licensed by the FDA, please BUY AND READ THIS BOOK!
Then again, I'm probably biased; after acting on the information in this book, I feel better than I have in a long time. And as any scientist will tell you, such results are not statistically significant ; )
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