The Natural Pharmacist: Your Complete Guide to Conditions and Their Natural Remedies - Softcover

Steven Bratman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 076151791X ISBN 13: 9780761517917

Publisher: Prima Lifestyles, 1999

Synopsis

This book is a comprehensive (to date of publication) evaluation of the evidence regarding alternative medicine treatments. Bottom line: basically, alternative treatments do not work. The few supplements and herbs said to be effective at the time of the book's publication have, almost without exception, subsequently been found ineffective.

About this title

About the Author

I practiced alternative medicine in the 1990s but gradually recognized that the field was intellectually bankrupt and that I should abandon it. This was a difficult recognition because my practice was very successful. I wrote two partially supportive alternative medicine that I now reject, and also a dozen or more books on evidence-based evaluation of alternative medicine and evidence-based medicine generally that I still endorse. After accidentally inventing the word "orthorexia nervosa" in 1997,  I went on to write and publish science fiction short stories, a comic novel on alternative medicine, a hard-science science fiction novel on immortality, and two rather challenging biology-based popular science books that are highly regarded by experts in their fields. A third popular science book is on its way on the origins of animal communication and human language.

From the Back Cover

Discover Nature's Treatment for Illnesses

From the Inside Flap

Discover Nature's Treatment for Illnesses
Did you know that scientific evidence suggests that many illnesses may be effectively treated naturally? It's true. Millions are discovering the power of natural remedies. With this book, so can you.
Inside you'll learn how to make colds shorter and milder, prevent and treat osteoporosis, reduce the discomfort of varicose veins, ease the pain of migraines, treat mild to moderate depression, and much more!
Includes an A–Z remedy guide by illness, including:
·Colds and Flus
·Migraine Headaches
·Arthritis
·Menopause
·Depression
·Varicose Veins
·Atherosclerosis
·PMS
·Osteoporosis
·High Cholesterol
·Alzheimer's Disease
·And much more
It's all here in simple, straightforward language. You'll find yourself turning to this helpful, trusted companion again and again.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 076151791X
• ISBN 13: 9780761517917
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288