COMPLETELY REVISED AND EXPANDED Burton Goldberg rec dicine aint a =Definitive —— Guide PHYSICIANS Erte “If you are interested in alternative TREATMENTS eer medicine of any kind, and want the oe 200 Health security of authenticity in this field, Problems x a: . 1Cc1 . Chen ana you'd better get Alternative Medicine: Medicine Therapies The Definitive Guide.” Explained V Hundreds of —DEEPAK CHOPRA, M.D., Self-Help Tips Founder, Chopra Center for Well-BeingCopyright © 2002 by AlternativeMedicine.com All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, except brief excerpts for the purpose of review, without written permission of the publisher. q CELESTIAL ARTS PO. Box 7123, Berkeley, CA 94707 www.tenspeed.com Distributed in Australia by Simon & Schuster Australia, in Canada by Ten Speed Press Canada, in New Zealand by Southern Publishers Group, in South Africa by Real Books, in Southeast Asia by Berkeley Books, and in the United Kingdom and Europe by Airlift Book Company. Design by Toni Tajima and Felipe Lujan-Bear Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data on file with the Publisher First printing, 2002 Printed in the United States of America 2.345 6 — 06 05 04 03CONTENTS Important Information ...... 2.0.0... ix a Editorial Board} Contributors and Consultants adv Introduction by Burton Goldberg... 1 Part One: Medicine for the 21st Century Magnetic Field Therapy. —— Medicine Understanding Alternative Medicine... 4 How the Body Works... 2... 17 Holistic SelfsCare a Medical Freedom 0k Part Two: Alternative Therapies lacement Theray 358 ‘Naturopathic Medicine. 22379 Acupuncture... ees. sees ee eee 62 Osteopathic M Applied Kinesiology... 02... n Oxygen Therapies. Aromatherapy v.22... cess 76 Prolotherapy. . .... ‘Ayurvedic Medicine............... 86 Qigong and Tai Chi. . Biofeedback Training and Sound Therapy... Neurotherapy 94 Traditional Chinese Medicine Detoxification Therapy 2 168 Diet Energy Medicine. Enzyme Therapy... eee 229 (Ostenacthritis 33 Flower Essences 237 Rheumatoid Arthritis __534 Guided Imagery... wee 245, Gout 535