Author : Jeremy Swayne
Publisher :
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 28,44 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780443060090
This authoritative new dictionary provides clear and up-to-date definitions and interpretations of concepts related to the principles and practice of homeopathy.
Author : Jay W. Shelton
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 39,85 MB
Release : 2010-10-29
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1615926720
The popularity of homeopathy has been increasing dramatically both in America and worldwide. Annual world sales of homeopathic remedies are approaching two billion dollars. In this thorough examination of homeopathy, physicist Jay W. Shelton analyzes the history, the remedies, the logical inconsistencies, and the effectiveness of this popular alternative medicine. Invented by German physician Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), homeopathy is based on two key principles: (1) the law of similars--symptoms induced in healthy volunteers after ingestion of a substance are the same symptoms in sick people that this substance will cure; and (2) the concept of "potentization"--the most diluted remedies have the greatest curative power. Shelton clearly shows that although these principles may have had the ring of science in the early 19th century, they are not well supported by today's science. And yet, most patients who visit homeopaths are better afterwards. Homeopaths assume the remedies are the cause. Shelton finds explanations based on known science to be better supported by the evidence. Unassisted natural healing, changes in lifestyle urged by the homeopath, the placebo effect, and cessation of harmful treatments are more probable causes of improved health. This being the case, he pursues the question why so many people continue to believe that the remedies themselves are responsible. Among the contributing factors Shelton notes: the plausible-sounding explanations of homeopathic theory, a fundamental misunderstanding among homeopaths of science and its methods, and, ultimately, the poor quality of education in critical thinking and science. This reasoned, balanced, and in-depth assessment will interest both homeopaths and conventional medical practitioners, as well as consumers curious about a well-known and much-publicized alternative medicine.
Author : Steven B. Kayne
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 36,4 MB
Release : 2006-01-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 070203682X
This 2nd edition gives every health professional and pharmacist the broad information they need to dispense and counter-prescribe homeopathic methods with confidence. Designed as both a complete source of initial information and an everyday reference, Homeopathic Pharmacy provides detailed information on the procedures, principals, and applications that are essential in the practice of homoeopathic medicine. It describes the application of homeopathy for both general situations, such as first aid, dentistry, sportscare, and petcare, and for specific situations, such as allergies, infections, and teenagers' problems. - Details procedures relevant to pharmacists and other health professionals - including manufacturing, dispensing, and counter-prescribing. - Outlines the theoretical principles of homoeopathic prescribing. - Describes the application of homeopathy for both general and specific situations. - Provides easy-to-use reference tables for 60 common remedies and the symptoms related to their prescription. - Critically reviews important research papers and provides a guide to designing research tools. - Discusses the legal status of homoeopathic remedies. - Gives an account of the historical development of homeopathy in Europe and beyond. - Contains practical information such as homeopathic pharmacopoeias, methods of preparation of homeopathic medicines, nomenclature for potencies, dosage forms, and interpreting, dispencing, and pricing prescriptions.Covers new developments in pharmacy. - Section on research expanded and improved, taking a more evidence-based approach. - Fully updated legal section incorporates legal status in the USA, Canada, and Europe.
Author : Denise Beaubien Bennett
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 14,15 MB
Release : 2014-04-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838919839
Drawn from the extensive database of Guide to Reference, this up-to-date resource provides an annotated list of print and electronic biomedical and health-related reference sources, including internet resources and digital image collections.
Author : Edzard Ernst
Publisher : Springer
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 43,46 MB
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 3319435922
This book traces the genesis, principles and practice of homeopathy, and discusses the reasons for its enduring popularity. Two hundred years ago, medicine had little to offer except blood letting and the administration of violent purgatives – practices which shortened the course of illness by hastening the death of the patient. Largely in reaction to what he correctly saw as the brutality and ineffectiveness of the medicine of his day, the eighteenth century German physician Samuel Hahnemann developed a system of therapeutics that he termed homeopathy. Ironically, while modern medicine has changed beyond recognition, homeopathy, with its roots in alchemy and metaphysics, continues to be practiced precisely as it was in Hahnemann’s day. Readers of this book will enjoy the story of homeopathy and its almost magical attraction, whilst learning much from the authors' rational and scientific discussion of the biological, chemical and psychological questions that this treatment raises.
Author : Keith M. Souter
Publisher : B. Jain Publishers
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 30,8 MB
Release : 2023-11-21
Category : Decision making
ISBN : 9788180565434
This book helps to understand what might be going on in our minds as we prescribe remedies.
Author : Peter W. McCarthy
Publisher : Singing Dragon
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 24,41 MB
Release : 2015-04-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0857011979
Finding the right criteria to use when judging Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is essential if it is to stand up to criticism from those concerned about the importance of evidence-based medicine. This edited volume highlights how CAM requires different research tools and techniques from conventional medicine, and examines effective methodologies for accurately assessing CAM. Addressing a problem which is often cited as the reason for a failure to appreciate the potential in CAM approaches to patient care, experts from a wide array of CAM modalities suggest the most effective research methodology for each particular therapy and illustrate how a lack of adherence to that methodology produces a less effective assessment. Disciplines covered include Traditional Chinese Medicine, homeopathy, herbal medicine, craniosacral therapy, qigong and yoga. Providing direction in research and the best criteria to appropriately assess each discipline, this book highlights and responds to the issues underlying research in CAM. It will be of interest to anyone involved in CAM research, in addition to CAM practitioners and students, western medical practitioners looking to include CAM in their treatments, and anyone studying research design and methodology.
Author : Alan Rees
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,33 MB
Release : 2001-03-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0313075492
From acupuncture to yoga, the increasing popularity of unconventional medical therapies has risen sharply during the past decade. Consumers are turning to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for a variety of reasons and are spending billions annually for treatments. Recognizing the growing need to locate authoritative CAM information, award-winning author Alan M. Rees has compiled a first-stop resource for those seeking information to guide their decisions. Noted health information expert Alan Rees organizes the best of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) information resources in this new guide for librarians and patients. The book is divided into twelve sections beginning with an overview of CAM terminology, safety concerns, ongoing research and education, and the movement towards integrative medicine. Best of lists of books, magazines, newsletters, CD-ROMs, and professional publications are augmented with contact information for several hundred CAM associations and professional groups, an extensive section on the Internet as a source of CAM-related information, and reviews of 355 popular books on CAM. Librarians will use the Source Book as a collection development tool. Consumers and students will find it an easy-to-use guide for locating hard-to-find resources about the latest in alternative medical therapies and treatments. This unique volume brings together in one volume print and electronic resources pertaining to an in-demand topi, provides recommendations of authoritative sources of current information on a wide variety of unconventional medical therapies, will fill the information gap in the rapidly growing field of CAM.
Author : Dr. Tapas Kumar Bhattacharyya
Publisher : Blue Rose Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 22,2 MB
Release : 2023-06-21
Category : Medical
ISBN :
Cancer has acquired the superior position to ruin the human races in the present decade. The rate of death by cancer infection is ever increasing. The modern Medical world is highly developped but it is unable to defeat this dreadful disease if the advanced stage is reached. So, we will have to detect the disease at the very primary stage. In this book, details study about the different type of cancers and also tumors are demonstrated in the easiest manner and very simple language so that every student, teachers and the practioners understand the inner matter of this book. This book contains different cancer preventing foods. Ultimately, it describes the drug actions of’ Carcinosin’ the well famous homoeopathic medicine.
Author : Ray Lester
Publisher :
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 27,4 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Best books
ISBN : 9781856044950
The New Walford highlights the best resources to use when undertaking a search for accurate and relevant information, saving you precious time and effort. For those looking for a selective and evaluative reference resource that really delivers on its promise, look no further. In addition to print sources, The New Walford naturally covers an extensive range of e-reference sources such as digital databanks, digital reference services, electronic journal collections, meta-search engines, networked information services, open archives, resource discovery services and websites of premier organizations in both the public and private sectors. But rather than supplying a list of all available known resources as a web search engine might, The New Walford subject specialists have carefully selected and evaluated available resources to provide a definitive list of the most appropriate and useful. With an emphasis on quality and sustainability, the subject specialists have been careful to assess the differing ways that information is framed and communicated in different subject areas. As a result the resource evaluations in each subject area are prefaced by an introductory overview of the structure of the relevant literature. This ensures that The New Walford is clear, easy-to-use and intuitive. - Publisher.
