Heart Disease and High Cholesterol: Beating the Odds (Reducing Your Hereditary Risk) - Softcover

Conti, C. Richard; Tonnessen, Diana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201577828 ISBN 13: 9780201577822

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 1992

Synopsis

Discusses the hereditary risks of heart disease and the predisposition to high cholesterol and details the various manageable risk factors--including stress reduction, low-fat diets, and controlling medical conditions--that can reduce the risks. Original.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly

Written more for the practitioner than the lay person, this book on alternative herbal health care by Mills, co-director of the Centresic for Complementary Health Studies at England's University of Exeter, says plants are the major source of medicine for the world's population today. Unlike many guides to the medicinal uses of herbs, this one provides more than a passing look at their effects, dosage, preparation, chemical composition and pharmacology, covering approximately 60 common and not-so-common plant remedies described as tonics, cooling or warming agents, diuretics, expectorants or alternatives. Mills also offers extensive discussions of how herbs work on the various body systems, and supplies numerous references at the end of each herbal entry. Of particular interest is a clinical index summarizing the herbal approach to the treatment of diseases and conditions such as acne, anemia, bronchitis, colds, warts and morning sickness. Because the work reads much like a textbook, many readers may not find it particularly user-friendly. Still, some gratitude is due: Mills steers clear of the hype prevalent in pop alternative handbooks.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0201577828
• ISBN 13: 9780201577822
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164
• Illustrator: Mark Mona