The Alternative Medicine Cabinet is a wealth of natural health information. Easy-to-incorporate, practical advice about treating depression, better sleep, alternative cancer treatments and so much more. Without drugs or surgery.

CNS, New York Times bestselling author of The Fat Flush Plan Your Natural Medicine Cabinet features the most important and up-to-date information for healing nearly 200 common ailments using the most effective, fastest-acting, and affordable natural remedies available today. Its concise, user-friendly format is ideal for overworked moms, stressed-out dads, and anyone interested in simple, natural, drug-free alternatives for themselves and their children. This hip, easy-to-understand A-to-Z guide provides “best practices” for the speedy and effective treatment of key health problems. You will learn how to save money on health care, safely treat yourself and your family, and enhance your overall health and energy with supplements, superfoods, homeopathics, cell salts and flower essences. The author also recommends related books and web-based resources, carefully researched for your further, in-depth study. She outlines healthy foods to eat and those to avoid, shares effective energy-based exercises, and shows when craniosacral and chiropractic techniques are an effective adjunct to her recommended treatments. Your Natural Medicine Cabinet is an indispensable health resource that you can refer to time and time again.

When faced with common health emergencies, many of us automatically turn to over-the-counter medications. But we have another option--easy-to-use, safe, inexpensive, and highly effective natural medicines. Natural Medicine First Aid Remedies provides everything you need to know to treat a range of ailments and health concerns, including burns, muscle cramps, hot flashes, shock, sore throat, toothache--100 common health problems in all. (Next time you get a headache, try rubbing peppermint essential oil on your temples before you reach for the aspirin.) Natural Medicine First Aid Remedies tells how to equip your medicine cabinet with the ten most essential natural remedies including arnica (for pain and stiffness), echinacea (for colds), tea tree oil (for skin infections), aloe vera gel (for burns), activated charcoal (for food poisoning), and more. It explains how homeopathy, herbs, diet, essential oils, flower essences, nutritional supplements, reflexology, and gem therapy can provide healing benefits for various conditions. Written by health journalist Stephanie Marohn, Natural Medicine First Aid Remedies is based on medical research and draws upon protocols used by dozens of health care practitioners. Informative and unique, it is a reference that you will want to consult whenever faced with one of life's everyday medical emergencies, injuries, or discomforts.

While pharmaceutical companies rake in billions, the health of a nation continues to decline rapidly, leaving patients and physicians searching for answers in all the wrong places. The Empty Medicine Cabinet: The Pharmacist's Guide to the Hidden Danger of Drugs and the Healing Powers of Food wastes no time in explaining why this is so, offering solutions that target the cause of disease rather than the symptoms of poor health.Like most healthcare professionals, Dustin Rudolph, PharmD, entered the field of medicine with one goal in mind--to help his patients get healthy. As a pharmacist, Dr. Rudolph believed the best way to accomplish this was through pills, procedures, and surgeries. Boy, was he wrong! His story, life experiences, and professional expertise serve as the foundation for this book.The business model of a profit-based healthcare system is exposed, resulting in a steady stream of chronically sick, lifelong customers. Rudolph offers a cost-free, side-effect-free solution rooted in the discipline of lifestyle medicine and plant-based nutrition. Backed by an array of scientific studies, readers hear the truth in The Empty Medicine Cabinet.Heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, obesity, autoimmune diseases, and much more are discussed at length in part one. Part two presents the facts on using food as medicine. Many long-held beliefs in nutrition and health are called into question, answered emphatically and factually in simple, easy-to-understand layman's terms of the complex science behind it all. A surprising, yet accurate, review of the scientific literature is also undertaken on many popular, over-the-counter supplements taken by many in today's society.With a total of 50 mouthwatering, flavor-filled recipes included, The Empty Medicine Cabinet is one prescription you don't want to miss out on! It delivers the answers you've been looking for and the results to back it up.

The Nautilus Book Award–winning, comprehensive guide to natural, family health care remedies, by a naturopathic physician and acupuncturist. Are pharmaceutical drugs making you or your family sick? Do you want to use safe, earth-friendly medicine? Do you know how to effectively use supplements and natural remedies to build optimal health? Sixty-six percent of the U.S. population consults alternative health care providers, and over seventy percent take supplements. But many people don’t know how to use these methods effectively. The Green Medicine Chest offers a well-organized, straightforward guide for effectively using natural remedies, reducing your doctor bills, and improving your overall health. This family health companion shows you how to address: acne, bed-wetting, childhood vaccinations, colds, depression, diabetes, fatigue, food allergies, headaches, insomnia, low libido, low thyroid, menstrual cramps, prostatitis, teething, and much more. “Both scholarly and soulful, bot intellectual and entertaining, this gem of a book has inspiring information for general readers, as well as enough scientific rigor to appeal to health care professionals. Keep this on hand in the family library, or on the waiting room table for your patients. Highly recommended!” —Dr. Jillian Stansbury, N.D. “Reads like a good collection of short stories. Dr. Boice has such a warm and friendly voice, and the information she relays is thorough and practical in every sense of the word. I keep The Green Medicine Chest close at hand so when I hear the first sneeze, complaints of fatigue, or of encounters with poison ivy, I can come to the rescue with the types of treatments I prefer.” —Leigh Fortson, author of Embrace, Release, Heal

Kathy Gruver's book is so engaging, I could not put it down. it is personally and professionally mesmerizing - an invitation to anyone seeking freedom of the human spirit to soar, stretch and heal. The author achieves this through her own personal journey and ups and downs, seeking her own inner truth, testing out multiple healing arts modalities, and sharing her knowledge her wisdom, and her personal and professional experiences with anyone seeking this path of enlightenment. I could not stop learning from her or stop reading such engaging personal stories. This work is for anyone, lay and professional alike. - Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN Founder/ Director Watson Caring Science Institute

Parents worry about their kids, especially when it comes to their health. Conventional medicine has its place, but health conscious parents often worry about the serious side effects associated with many prescription drugs and other conventional treatments. Treatment Alternatives for Children is an easily accessible reference guide that enables parents to look up any number of childhood ailments—acne, ear infections, ADHD . . . you name it—and get all of the vital comparative information about the most common conventional and alternative treatments. For each side-by-side conventional/alternative comparison, readers get: • A description of the ailment each treats. • The generic and common brand names of each treatment. • Active ingredients. • How each treatment works. • Dosage, where applicable. • Treatment efficacy and timing. • Common mild side effects. • Less common serious side effects. Organized from “A” to “Z,” this book also covers a special “spotlight” on various important natural remedies and methods that can be used for a variety of ailments.