Complementary Therapies

The authors identify the nutritional deficiencies and dependencies caused by our diet that lead to malnutrition and other serious dietary diseases. The book features a 12-step program for developing an individualized diet and a 30-page section on the nutrient content of common foods.

This encyclopedia is the definitive source for alternative health care for Canadians. It features a detailed A to Z reference of ailments and disease, with the latest information on the natural cures that have been proven to assist in their treatment. Detailed information will also advise readers of potential drug interactions that can occur when supplements are taken alongside prescribed medications.

The Edward Bronfman Family Foundation Research Clinic in Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis is dedicated to researching alternative forms of therapy to alleviate the pain associated with Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (SPMS) and is associated with Mount Sinai Hospital's Wasser Pain Management Centre. It offers treatments and clinical trials in acupuncture, cannabis, Botulinum Toxin A (Botox), chronic pain management, and sex therapy and counselling.

Authors of this book present a new paradigm; we are deeply connected to nature through our microbiomes, the rich microbial ecosystem of our guts and skin. They show how to nurture our microbiome to ensure its biodiversity important in leading healthier and happier life.

This book will be of interest to those who have a genetic legacy of Alzheimer’s disease in their family. It shows how to mitigate the impact of genetics through nutrition, exercise, and through the concepts of cerebral reserve and brain plasticity. The book is instructive and reassuring, and it serves as a useful guide through the mysterious twists of the brain.

This book shows you how to take control of your health, boost your energy, and reduce or eliminate the need for medication with the latest scientific research and proven exercise plans.

This book offers a practical whole-self approach to wellness and healthy living. Each chapter explores one of the twelve interconnected forms of energy that contribute to your overall health and vitality. Chapters cover self-responsibility and love, breathing, sensing, eating, moving, feeling, thinking, playing and working, communicating, sex, finding meaning, and transcending.

This book provides clear, easy-to-understand explanations of what type 2 diabetes is, what causes it, and how to determine if you are at risk.  It outlines an easy-to-follow program for preventing diabetes by eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, and reaching and maintaining a healthy weight. This guide also includes sections on gestational diabetes and the increasing threat that type 2 diabetes poses to at-risk children.

This book provides a comprehensive spectrum of stress relief and relaxation techniques, including yoga, meditation, time management and aromatherapy. It brings a holistic approach with step-by-step instructions for activities and inspiring personal stories.

In addition to conventional medicine, many people with MS also use some forms of alternative medicine. There is a growing evidence and interest in the effects of lifestyle factors, such as diet and exercise on MS. This guide provides the accurate and unbiased information people with MS, their friends and family, health care professionals, and educators need to make responsible decisions about alternative therapies.

As one of the most reliable sources on alternative medicine, this website provides information on a variety of health topics that fit into the scope of alternative and complementary medicine including extensive coverage of herbal medicine. An A - Z index provides easy access to health topics. Both health professionals and health consumers may find it useful.

This is a comprehensive guide to disease-fighting foods. It's a manual of which foods to eat and how often, in what amounts, and how to add them to your family's diet in unique and delicious recipes. It will help you discover power foods, the nutrient-packed whole foods that have been shown in scientific studies to lower the risk of many chronic diseases.

The book covers such things as definitions, cost, safety, regulation, legal and ethical issues and a range of practical issues, diagnostic techniques, and risks and benefits of complementary therapies and medicines. The main part of the book is organized by medical conditions, outlining for each the treatments available, ranked according to level of evidence of effectiveness, followed by risks and benefits, and their effectiveness in relation to conventional treatment.

This is a handbook of meditations, analogies, and reflections that offer pragmatic techniques for diffusing anger, converting fear, and cultivating love in every arena of life-a wise and exquisite guide for bringing harmony and healing to one's life and relationships.

Authors show how to use your brain to achieve health, happiness and spiritual growth. Your brain is capable of incredible healing and constant reshaping. Through a new relationship with your brain you can transform your life. In Super Brain, Chopra and Tanzi guide you on a fascinating journey that envisions a leap in human evolution. The brain is not just the greatest gift that Nature has given us.

The book blends sacred wisdom and practical techniques, combining Eastern and Western medicine with 5,000 years of energy and spiritual healing secrets. It emphasizes the power of soul over matter, and teaches techniques for self-healing and healing others by removing matter, energy, and spiritual blockages. Included are step-by-step protocols for weight loss, cancer recovery, emotional balance, and maintenance of good health.

Gastroenterologist Anil Minocha, M.D., combines the wisdom of traditional Eastern healing with the advancements of conventional Western medicine to offer a wide range of easy-to-use, affordable, and effective at-home natural therapies that can strengthen digestion, keep the colon clean and the bowels moving, and improve overall health. He also suggests alternative remedies for a host of common digestive complaints.

This website provides an overview of treatment options for people living with arthritis, including medications, surgery and natural treatments. Medication section provides information about the many drugs used to treat arthritis and arthritis-related conditions through the Arthritis Today Drug Guide. Surgery section describes different types of joint procedures and the section on alternative treatment discusses use of nutritional supplements, vitamins and other natural treatments.

Master Lam Kam-Chuen provides a gentle, step-by-step Tai Chi program suitable for people of all ages and at all stages of fitness. These exercises can be performed anytime, anywhere and they require no special equipment or clothing. They can be done alone or with other, at home or outside.

 The "Prescription for Nutritional Healing" is a trusted, comprehensive source on dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals and herbs. Written by a medical doctor and a certified nutritional consultant, this comprehensive guide to nutritional, herbal, and complementary therapies discusses natural healing programs for some 300 health conditions.

This book is designed to educate patients suffering from CFS/FM about their illnesses and to teach them coping skills that will improve their quality of life. It knowledgably sheds light on these invisible and misunderstood conditions and epidemics many people are straggling to understand. It covers causes, symptoms, diagnosis and available medications. The book also discusses the value and limitations of alternative and complementary therapies.

The book explains how the eye functions and what nutrients influence these physiological processes, and includes tailored, easy-to-understand instruction on which foods and nutrients will target the reader's specific concerns. Author uses clear, accessible language to translate research from hundreds of clinical studies in ophthalmology and nutrition to show how we can restore and maintain eyesight by changing our diet.

This revised and fully illustrated book offers practical advice by using the red light/green light rating system to evaluate supplements and alternative treatments. It also gives helpful tips on how to treat common ailments and how to use alternative treatments in conjunction with traditional medicine.

Your mood, thoughts, and emotions can affect your perception of pain and even your ability to heal. In fact, your past life experiences influence your current physical challenges. This book offers a revolutionary new treatment approach, mindfulness-based chronic pain management, that helps you harness your mind’s power to quiet your pain and put you in control.

The book shows how the  process of neuroplastic healing works using real life cases of patients experiencing chronic pain, recovering from stroke and other brain injuries. It describes natural, non-invasive avenues into the brain provided by the forms of energy around us—light, sound, vibration, movement—which pass through our senses and our bodies to awaken the brain’s own healing capacities without producing unpleasant side effects.

Drawing on forty years of pioneering work, the author offers a seven-stage program for relief through food and nutritional supplements, Chinese medicine, psychotherapy, meditation, and guided imagery. It also addresses the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of a journey out of depression.

This website provides a discussion of various types of complementary therapies and their uses in treating arthritis. There is a description of each type of treatment, its safety, risks and benefits, research findings related to its effectiveness and recommendations for use of a therapy based on the existing evidence.

Based on Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn’s renowned mindfulness-based stress reduction program, this book shows how to use natural, medically proven methods to heal the body, mind, and spirit.

According to the author, arthritis is avoidable even in the later stage of life. However, for those who do develop osteoarthritic conditions, this book offers a blend of commonsense advice, dietary info, targeted exercise, and tips on useful supplements. According to the author, sufferers can often entirely avoid the use of medication, injection therapy, surgery and slow the disease’s progress by following advice offered by this guide.

This resource provides concise articles for the 400 most commonly used and prescribed herbs and supplements. It uses the evidence-based A-F grading scale that evaluates effectiveness of each herb and supplement. Articles are easy to read, and include uses, dosage information, safety considerations, and interactions with drugs and other herbs and supplements.

A majority of chronic illnesses have no medical cure. The best therapy, asserts the author, is self-care. This comprehensive guide suggests healthy behaviors and holistic approaches while acknowledging the barriers people face in applying them.

A neurologist with a personal history of migraines offers readers the revolutionary dietary cure that has worked for him and continues to work for his patients: a diet low in wheat, sugar, and processed foods, and high in organic, protein-rich animal products. He also includes comprehensive, research-based information that explains what the brain goes through during a migraine headache, the phases of the migraine, and how a diagnosis is made.

This publication is for people living with cancer. It explains different types of pain and different ways of managing pain in cancer patients, including pain medications and alternative therapies. 

This comprehensive, user-friendly guide to treating neck pain is good a good resources for selecting an effective nonsurgical plan for treatment of pain in the neck and upper back. It identifies the various causes of pain and details the range of medical treatments and physical and alternative therapies available. He explains the least invasive treatments as well as more invasive and less common interventions.

Clients of the Meir Schneider Self-Healing Method experience their own capacity to bring about recovery, reversing the progress of a wide range of degenerative conditions including eye disease. The book offers simple techniques to gain great vision such as sunning and palming. Such exercises are not only strengthening but also restorative and deeply relaxing.

In this book the benefits and types of yoga are fully explained along with safety guidelines and the importance of correct posture and breathing. This is followed by detailed yoga "menus" to help readers crate a yoga program tailored to their individual needs. The book is broken down into four parts: yoga for exercise, yoga for health, yoga for mental balance and relaxation, and yoga for mind and spirit.

Dr. Jeffrey S. Bland lays out a road map for good health by helping us to understand body processes and the root causes of chronic illness. As Bland teaches us, no two people have the identical form of any disease, so with the right personalized program, we can safely and effectively manage and ultimately cure what ails us.

This comprehensive resource, for anyone interested in alternative approaches to healing, contains more than 600 easy-to-follow recipes for essential oil treatments and aromatherapy.

Dr. Amy Lee Hawkins provides women with a complete guide to understanding and using BHRT to diminish or eliminate the symptoms of menopause. The book covers the basics of hormones, discusses the controversy surrounding hormone replacement, details hormone treatment principles, and provides a guide to maintaining a healthy weight and metabolism.

This book explains the basic principles of spinal health, showing how the body naturally lets go of stored pain and disease once the flow of vital energy has been restored. He also explains different chiropractic techniques, why adjustments keep the communication flowing clearly through the body and why many of the health complaints we associate with aging may in fact be the result of old injuries and therefore may be treatable.

This comprehensive guide to natural oral care offers simple, at-home dental procedures that anyone can do. It offers dental self-care strategies and practices that get to the core of the problems in our mouths, preventing problems from taking root and gently restoring dental health. Readers are taken on a tour of the ecology of the mouth and introduced to the physiology of the teeth and the sources of bacteria and decay.

This resource is intended for persons living with chronic illnesses who are considering alternative treatments. This resource helps to assess available options for alternative treatments and to make better decisions on the use of vitamins, herbal supplements, acupuncture and other complementary therapies.

This is a comprehensive guide to healing digestive problems safely, inexpensively and naturally. Good digestion is fundamental to good health, and even such common problems as chronic heartburn and gas can have harmful effects on virtually every cell in your body. The book offers easy-to-follow programs for correcting digestive problems without drugs, specific treatments for certain gastric conditions, natural remedies and guidelines on designing a healthy tailored diet. 

Fibromyalgia is often considered an elusive or imaginary disease because its symptoms are so diverse. In this valuable resources,  Dr. William S. Wilke dispels myths and misinformation about this condition, presents new treatments and alternative therapies and shares his experience treating patients with fibromyalgia.