Prescription for Nutritional HealingPenguin, 2006 - 869 pages Natural health's number-one bestseller for more than twenty years, completely revised and updated. With more than five million copies sold, Prescription for Nutritional Healing is the most trusted, comprehensive source on dietary supplements, vitamins, minerals, and herbs. A pioneer in the field of nutritional healing, Phyllis Balch passionately and meticulously researched and compiled this groundbreaking book. Now, a generation later, her message has more relevance than ever: consume fresh foods, avoid processed foods and those high in saturated fat, and optimize your intake of essential nutrients with the right supplements. Today's well-stocked vitamin and natural-health stores can be confusing, and people need Balch's clear, concise, landmark guide. To help them make sense of the mind-numbing array of choices that are available, readers of Prescription for Nutritional Healing will: - learn the basics of good nutrition; - find out how to balance vitamins and minerals so that the body can properly absorb both; - determine how best to treat 250 problems-from abscesses to wrinkles-using herbs, nutrition, and supplements; and - get the facts on other complementary therapies, like ayurveda, biofeedback, chiropractic care, and more. Prescription for Nutritional Healing is an essential resource for every health-minded consumer. |
Contents
Nutrition Diet and Wellness | 5 |
Vitamins | 15 |
Minerals | 30 |
Air | 41 |
Troubleshooting for Disorders | 136 |
Chemical Poisoning | 317 |
Circulatory Problems | 325 |
Common Cold | 332 |
Narcolepsy | 590 |
Oily Skin | 603 |
Pagets Disease of Bone | 610 |
Peptic Ulcer | 617 |
Pneumonia | 624 |
Poisoning | 631 |
Schizophrenia | 682 |
Senility Dementia | 688 |
Copper Deficiency | 339 |
Croup | 346 |
Dermatitis | 357 |
Diarrhea | 370 |
Drug Addiction Substance Abuse | 378 |
Ear Infection | 384 |
Endometriosis | 390 |
Epilepsy | 397 |
Lead Poisoning | 540 |
Lupus | 547 |
ManicDepressive DisorderBipolar | 555 |
Ménières Disease | 562 |
Mercury Toxicity | 570 |
Motion Sickness | 577 |
Mumps | 583 |
Sinusitis | 696 |
Skin Rash 705 | 754 |
Part Three Remedies and Therapies | 771 |
Ayurvedic Remedies | 777 |
Color Therapy Chromatherapy | 783 |
Glandular Therapy | 790 |
Juicing | 796 |
Breathing Exercises | 802 |
Sitz Bath | 808 |
Introduction | 817 |
Manufacturer and Distributor | 829 |
Health and Medical | 840 |
Suggested Reading | 851 |
About the Author 870 | |
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