title: Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide (2nd Edition)
author:  John W. Anderson 
description: "Weighty yet incredibly useful reference for anyone who wants to learn more about alternative medicine therapies." -<i> Cooking Light</i><br /><br />"This book could save your life." -Julian Whitaker, M.D.<br /><br />"If you are interested in alternative medicine of any kind, and want the security of authenticity in this field, you'?d better get <i>Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide.</i>" -Deepak Chopra, M.D.<br /><br />"In bookstores nationwide, titles on holistic cures by such authors as Andrew Weil, Dr. Dean Ornish and Christiane Northrop have been selling out for some time. Still, it may come as a surprise that one of the bestsellers in the field has no famous name attached: it's an 1,100-page reference book entitled <i>Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide</i>." -<i>Publishers Weekly</i>
zlib_text: THOMASJ. BATA LIBRARY 
  TRENT UNIVERSITY 
  
  Digitized by the Internet Archive 
  in 2019 with funding from 
  Kahle/Austin Foundation 
  https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofalOOOOunse 
  
  The Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine and Self-Help 
  
  The Encyclopedia of 
  Alternative Medicine 
  and Self-Help 
  Devised and edited 
  by Malcolm Hulke 
  Editorial assistant: Ann Walker 
  Alternative medicine adviser: John Newton 
  Medical adviser: Dr Philip Hopkins frcgp, mrcs, lrcp 
  Directory compiled by Robert Reginald 
  Schocken Books • New York 
  
  ^3 • £5 
  While every effort has been made to ensure 
  accuracy neither the publisher nor the editor 
  nor any other party involved in its preparation 
  can be held responsible for any loss or 
  disappointment suffered by readers, contributors 
  or directory-entrants occasioned by omissions 
  from or errors in this encyclopedia 
  First published by Schocken Books 1979 
  Text © Hutchinson Publishing Group Ltd 1978 
  Introduction © Malcolm Hulke 1978 
  Directory copyright © 