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Listed below are some of our favorite books. These pages contain books about general subjects such as healing protocols, herbs, and unusual volumes. Recommendations for books about specific conditions or substances are found on their pages here at this web site.

Treatments, Therapies and Protocols
Critiques of Conventional Medicine

Treatments, Therapies and Protocols

Alternative Medicine by the Burton Goldberg Group. Perhaps the definitive guide to alternative medicine. 380 leading edge physicians explain their treatments. If you want to know the basics or anything about everything from Ayurveda to Homeopathy, this is the book to consult.

Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine by Michael Murray N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D..
How would a naturopathic doctor treat your disease?  Nearly every health condition is listed here together with treatments, supplements and recommendations...an indispensable reference and the one we use the most. It forms the backbone of our information from which we embellish with other sources. Interestingly, after buying the textbooks from Bastyr University for several hundred dollars, we found this one which has much the same information and is even from the same authors! You'd think they would have told us that...

The Life Extension Disease Prevention and Treatment Protocols by Life Extension Foundation. This is another book we use to research a more conservative approach to natural medicine. The Life Extension Foundation has the advantage of eschewing mad scientists and odd reports for rigid, peer reviewed research based upon the world's scientifically published literature. It's rock solid and extremely useful.

Prescription for Nutritional Healing by James and Phyllis Balch. This book takes a more general nutritional approach for restoring health. It is perhaps more accessible for the lay person than the books above, and it is easier to reference. Each disease has a nice chart with recommendations and dosages. Plus it describes many nutritional supplements and tells what they are useful for.

The Natural Pharmacy by Skye Lininger (Ed.) This book does sort of the same thing as this web site used to do. It cross references substances with disease states. It is simpler and references only well-known nutrients so it is perhaps a good starting point for a beginning researcher.

Total Wellness by Joseph Pizzorno, N.D. This unique, valuable and highly interesting book also takes sort of the same approach as this web site. The difference is that it attributes illness to certain categories of malfunction, e.g. malfunctions in the immune or rejuvenation functions of the body. It tells you how to "diagnose" these malfunctions. Then it tells you how to restore them. 

The Antioxidant Miracle by Lester Packer, PhD. This is THE expert's explanation about the value of antioxidants. It is easy to read and full of interesting facts you probably didn't know. For example, did you know that antioxidants regulate gene expression? They do a lot more than fight free radicals.

The Nutraceutical Revolution by Richard Firshein, D.O. This holistically oriented physician discusses 20 of the natural substances he uses most in his healing practice. Most interesting are his case histories that contain the usual files of people left frustrated or sicker by conventional medicine who responded wonderfully to these nutraceuticals.

Smart Medicine for Healther Living. by Janet Zand LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreen MD,CNC, and James B LaValle, RPh, ND. Like it says, a practical A-to-Z reference to natural and conventional treatments for adults. Nothing cutting edge here but the combined advice of an MD, ND and OMD has about every option covered.

The Brain Wellness Plan. by Dr. J. Lombard and Carl Germano. Covering conditions ranging from ALS and MS, Parkinsonism, ADD and Depression, this book explores the causes of each, what conditions they can be confused with, what natural remedies have been effective, and it even gives a suggested protocol for treating them. 

Dr. Atkins Health Revolution by Robert C. Atkins, M.D. If you could only read one book about the difference between conventional medicine and its alternative, this would be it. Amusing, informative and insightful, it contrasts his complementary (alternative) approach and the usually ineffectual efforts of the medical establishment in numerous disease states. It is full of practical advice and interesting case histories of people who got well despite conventional medicine. I also enjoyed his little digs at his adversaries and the "compassionate" FDA.

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