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Complementary therapy books
As a recent convert to your page who is now more or less convinced that alternative remedies/practices are a “good” thing, can you recommend an introductory book which will provide sufficient background to further my interest but which is not so technical it’s boring?
The field of complementary health breaks down, essentially, into three areas: nutrition, herbal remedies and homeopathy. Then, of course, you have a myriad of different therapies and treatments from acupuncture to zero balancing which seems to be expanding all the time. My book, What Really Works, covers these treatments and more in detail.
I know you don’t live in London but the newly-published Health Guide (published by Green Guide Publishing) is an excellent reference to different treatments and what to expect. It recommends London practitioners but also gives contact details for the representative bodies of each different therapy so you can find a qualified practitioner closer to home.
The Guide, which costs £7.99, is available by mail order from the publisher. Send a cheque made out to Green Guide Publishing Ltd at Freepost, LON 1132, PO Box 17568, London N1 2BR. You can buy it at the normal price from Waterstones, Books Etc and many health food stores.
The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine by Michael Murray and Joseph Pizzorno is on the shelf of every practising nutritionist I’ve ever come across, but is not too technical for the layperson. It costs £17.95 and is available by mail order from The Nutri Centre (0171-323 2382) in London which has Europe’s largest library of complementary health books, (about 7,200 and access to another 70,000) including American publications, and is worth a browse next time you’re in London. If you mail order add £2 p&p.