Textbook of Natural Medicine

by Pizzorno & Murray

• ISBN13: 9780443059452
• ISBN10: 0443059454
• Edition: 2nd
• Copyright: 1999-09-03
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone

Summary

This is the most comprehensive, most thoroughly researched, carefully referenced and up-to-date text on natural medicines and complementary modalities, and their applications to specific health problems available. This groundbreaking text will provide healthcare professionals with a wide range of tests, and approaches to managing or treating over 100 conditions and health problems. It provides accurate, detailed pharmacological information on a wide range of herbs and supplements, crucial facts about makingrecommendations to patients, or for familiarizing self with supplements patients may be taking themselves. The text is organized into six sections and supported by user-friendly reference charts, and easy-access tables, plus numerous patient handouts andforms.

Table of Contents

Philosophy of Natural Medicine

Functional medicine in natural medicine

Hierarchy of Healing -Therapeutic order

The History of Naturopathic Medicine

The Emergence of an American School of Healing

The History of Naturopathic Medicine

Decline and Rejuvenation Politics and Professionalization

Philosophy of naturopathic medicine

Placebo and healing

Positive mental attitude

Research in complementary and alternative medicine

Women in the history of medicine

Supplementary diagnostic procedures

Adrenal stress test

Apoptosis assessment

Bacterial overgrowth of the small intestine breath test

Cell signaling analysis

Comprehensive digestive stool analysis

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Fantus test for urine chloride

Fatty acid profiling

Female hormone profiling

Folic acid status assessment

Food allergy testing

Functional assessment of liver phrase I and II detoxification

Hair mineral analysis

Heidelberg pH capsule gastric analysis

Immune function assessment

Intestinal permeability assessment

Laboratory tests for the determination of vitamin

Lactose intolerance breath test

Male hormone profiling

Metal toxicity assessment

Mineral status evaluation

Oral manifestations of nutritional status

Rapid dark adaptation test

Urinary organic acids profiling for assessment of functional nutrient deficiencies, gut dysbiosis, and toxicity

Urinary porphyrins for the detection of heavy metal and toxic chemical exposure

Urine indican test (Obermeyer test)

Therapeutic modalities

Acupuncture

Ayurveda: the science of life and mother of the healing arts

Blood type diet

Botanical medicine a modern perspective

Environmental medicine

Exercise prescription

Glandular therapy

Homeopathy

Hydrotherapy

Manipulation

Nutritional medicine

Non-pharmacological control of pain

Peat therapeutics and balneotherapy

Preventive Genomics

Rotation diet: a diagnostic and therapeutic tool

Soft tissue manipulation: diagnostic and therapeutic potential

Spirituality and Healing

Therapeutic fasting

Tibetan medicine

Unani medicine

Syndromes and special topics

Autoimmune disease

Cancer support

Chronic candidiasis

Food allergies

Functional Detoxification

Homocysteine metabolism: nutritional modulation and impact on health and disease

Hyperventilation syndrome

Immune support

Intestinal Parasite

Maldigestion

Role of dietary fiber in health and disease

Sports nutrition

Stress management

Pharmacology of natural medicines

Alkylglycerols

Allium cepa (onion)

Allium sativum (garlic)

Aloe vera (Cape aloe)

Angelica species

Artemisia absinthium (wormwood)

Artemisia annua (sweet wormwood)

Boron

Bee products

Beta-carotene and other carotenoids

Bromelain

Camellia sinensis (green tea)

Capsicum frutescens (cayenne pepper)

Carnitine

Catechin [(+)-cyanidanol-3]

Centella asiatica (gotu kola)

Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh)

Citicoline

Coenzyme Q10

Coleus forskohlii

Commiphora mukul (mukul myrrh tree)

Crataegus oxyacantha (hawthorn)

Croton lechleri (dragon's blood)

Curcuma longa (turmeric)

Dehydroepiandrosterone

Echinacea species (narrow-leafed purple coneflower)

Eleutherococcus senticosus (Siberian ginseng)

Ephedra species

Epilobium spp (small flowered willow herb)

Fatty acid metabol

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