Alternative medicine
Subtitle: expanding medical horizons : a report to the National Institutes of Health on alternative medical systems and practices in the United States
By: prepared under the auspices of the Workshop on Alternative Medicine.
Contributors: National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents
Published: 1994
Place of publication: [Washington, DC]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Alternative medicine.
Notes: Work can be ordered from Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954 using order processing code 7578 and order #017040005377.

"...However, it should be pointed out that this document does not reflect endorsement of these therapies or recommendations for research by the NIH, the U.S. Public Health Service, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Mind-body interventions ; Bioelectricmagnetics applications in medicine ; Alternative systems of medical practice ; Manual healing methods ; Pharmacological and biological treatments ; Herbal medicine ; Diet and nutrition in the prevention and treatment of chronic disease; title: pt. 2. Conducting and disseminating research; title: pt. 3. Conclusion, appendixes, glossary, and index.; title: pt. 3. Conclusion, Appendix A: Participants at the Uncoventional Medical Practices Workshop ; Appendix B: Comments of the Panel on Mind-Body Interventions ; Appendix C: WHO guidelines for the assessment of herbal medicines : Appendix D: Plant sources of modern drugs : Appendix E: The 20 most popular Asian patent medicines that contain toxic ingredients ; Appendix F: A guide for the alternative researcher; title: abbreviations and glossary; title: index.