Alternative healing: the complete A-Z guide Rev. ed.
Contributors: Kastner,Mark
Publisher: Henry holt & Company; Owlet
Published: 1996-12-01
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
Description: Alternative healing provides one of the most thorough introductions available to a wide variety of modern nontraditional medicine and healing practices. This completely updated, revised and expanded edition takes the mystery out of more that 150 different healing modalities by supplying clear, responsible, and practical information on each therapy, including its background, history, founders, common uses, terms, types of practitioners and goals. You will find such therapies as Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Guided Imagery, Herbal Medicine, Hydrotherapy, Past Lives Therapy, Rolfing, Shiatsu, and many more. This comprehensive guide also offers a valuable appendix that matches more than 100 health concerns with the five most widely used therapies for each and an extensive list of resources and organizations, a glossary, a listing of appellations, and a bibliography.
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