Natural Health, Natural Medicine: The Complete Guide to Wellness and Self-Care for Optimum Health

A comprehensive health resource by Andrew Weil, MD, who is also the author of The Natural Mind and Spontaneous Happiness. The book serves as a reference guide for maintaining optimum health and treating common conditions, incorporating Weil's theories on healthy living, alternative healing, and the mind-body connection. The guide includes general diet and nutrition information, simple recipes, answers to common health questions, a catalogue of over a hundred home remedies, and practical tips. This edition has been updated with recent scientific findings and expanded coverage of low-carb diets, hormone replacement therapy, Alzheimer's, attention deficit disorder, reflux disease, autism, type 2 diabetes, erectile dysfunction, and the flu. Weil is a Harvard Medical School graduate and member of the advisory panel for the Congressional Study of Alternative Cancer Therapies. The handbook emphasizes preventative health maintenance, offers methods for creating a healthy lifestyle, provides information on guarding against serious diseases, and recommends natural treatments for specific common ailments.