Textbook of Natural Medicine 3/e

Description

Unsurpassed in its authority and scope, the 3rd Edition of the most
thoroughly researched and carefully referenced text on natural
medicine has been revised to include the most up-to-date information
on its application to specific health problems. With over 90 well-
known contributors and 10,000 citations of peer-reviewed research
literature, practitioners will find accurate, detailed pharmacologic
information on herbs and supplements, and crucial knowledge for
making recommendations to patients.



Key Features

*Clearly organized into 6 distinct sections and written by the
leaders in complementary and integrative medicine for an easy-to-
reference, authoritative text.

*Covers in-depth, evidence-based natural medicine approaches on over
75 specific diseases for the most comprehensive information on the
actual practices and recommendations of naturopaths and complementary
practitioners.

*A glossary of Section V clarifies and defines terms allowing
botanical information to be read with ease.



New to this Edition

*Every chapter has been updated to include the latest research and
knowledge on natural medicine.

*Natural medicine interventions in Section V include a section on
Drug Interactions to help practitioners avoid adverse interactions
between natural and conventional medicines.

*36 chapters have been added to sections on Philosophy of Natural
Medicine, Therapeutic Modalities, Syndromes and Special Topics,
Pharmacology of Natural Medicines, and Specific Health Problems to
bring readers up to speed on newly emerging and important treatments.

*Four appendices have been added ?Current Hormone Replacement
Therapy Prescriptions, Glycemic Index, Seligman Attributional Style
Questionnaire, and The Optimal Food Pyramid.




Table of Contents
Volume I Section I: Philosophy of Natural Medicine 1. Functional
medicine in natural medicine 2. Hierarchy of Healing -Therapeutic
order 3. The History of Naturopathic Medicine, Chapter 1: The
Emergence of an American School of Healing 4. The History of
Naturopathic Medicine, Chapter 2: Decline and Rejuvenation ?
Politics and Professionalization 5. Philosophy of naturopathic
medicine 6. Placebo and healing 7. Positive mental attitude 8.
Research in complementary and alternative medicine 9. Women in the
history of medicine Section II: Supplementary diagnostic procedures
10. Adrenal stress test 11. Apoptosis assessment 12. Bacterial
overgrowth of the small intestine breath test 13. Cell signaling
analysis 14. Comprehensive digestive stool analysis 15. Erythrocyte
sedimentation rate 16. Fantus test for urine chloride 17. Fatty acid
profiling 18. Female hormone profiling 19. Folic acid status
assessment 20. Food allergy testing 21. Functional assessment of
liver phrase I and II detoxification 22. Hair mineral analysis 23.
Heidelberg pH capsule gastric analysis 24. Immune function assessment
25. Intestinal permeability assessment 26. Laboratory tests for the
determination of vitamin 27. Lactose intolerance breath test 28. Male
hormone profiling 29. Metal toxicity assessment 30. Mineral status
evaluation 31. Oral manifestations of nutritional status 32. Rapid
dark adaptation test 33. Urinary organic acids profiling for
assessment of functional nutrient deficiencies, gut dysbiosis, and
toxicity 34. Urinary porphyrins for the detection of heavy metal and
toxic chemical exposure 35. Urine indican test (Obermeyer test)
Section III: Therapeutic modalities 36. Acupuncture 37. Ayurveda: the
science of life and mother of the healing arts 38. Blood type diet
39. Botanical medicine ?a modern perspective 40. Environmental
medicine 41. Exercise prescription 42. Glandular therapy 43.
Homeopathy 44. Hydrotherapy 45. Manipulation 46. Nutritional medicine
47. Non-pharmacological control of pain 48. Peat therapeutics and
balneotherapy 49. Preventive Genomics 50. Rotati