Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Nutrition, Alternative and Complimentary Medicine. Topics include: Includes a detailed review of complementary and alternative therapies, including common herbal remedies, dietary supplements. Informs you on which ones work and which ones are dangerous herbs. Stress reduction techniques included. Features illustrations, references, multiple hyperlinks. Edited by a multiple physicians with 70+ yrs of clinical experience.
Filled with detailed work-ups, treatments, pearls, illustrations, differential diagnosis, references....Everything you ever needed to know about Complementary and Alternative Medicine issues in an easy to read and navigate format created specifically for the handheld device. Edited by multiple specialists. The perfect text for internists, family physicians, urgent care, residents, medical students and mid-level providers.

Bio-Psychosocial-Mind-Body (mediation, yoga, stress reduction, hypnosis) | Bio-Mechanical (Chiropractor, massage) | Bio-Pharmacologic (Diet, aromatherapy, probiotics, antioxidants) | Bio-Energetics (Homeopathic, acupuncture, healing touch, magnets) | Other Therapies | Commonly Prescribed Herb’s: Aloe Vera | Black Cohosh | Camellia sinensis (Green tea) | Capsaicin | Chamomile | Chaste Tree Berry | Chondroitin Sulfate | Cranberry Juice | Cynara-SL | Dong quai | Echinacea spp | Escin (Horse-Chestnut) | Evening Primrose Oil | Feverfew | Garlic | Ginkgo biloba | Ginger | Ginseng | Glucosamine | Gugulipid | Hawthorne | Huperzine A | Iberogast | Kava-kava | Melatonin | Milk Thistle & Mistletoe | PC SPES | Peppermint | Psyllium | Pygeum Africanum & Co Q-10 | Red Clover | Red Rice Yeast | SAMe (S-adenosylmethionine) | Saw Palmetto | Soy | St. Johns Wort (Hypericum) | Tannins | Tea Tree Oil | Valerian | Willow Tree Bark | Zinc Lozenges | *Hazardous- Toxic Herbs Common Dietary Supplements: Antioxidants | Omega-3 Fatty Acids | Caffeine | Coenzyme Q10 (Ubiquinol) | Creatine | Lutein | L-Carnitine (Levocarnitine) | Performance Fuel | Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) | Androstenedione | Chromium | Soy | Zinc Gluconate or Acetate | Garlic | SAMe (S-adenosylmethionine) | Nutriceutical (Herbal) Agents | Special diets | Ergogenic Aids | Tea |
This text contains numerous illustrations and is fully referenced. No other text on the market provides such a collection of succinct and clinically relevant material that can be accessed at the bedside.