The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine Third Edition (For Fans of Holistic Healing) Paperback – Illustrated, July 10, 2012

Thank you for fast shipping! This is a great resource for naturopathic practitioners. My college book got stolen (it’s that good!) and this is a needed replacement!

Outstanding and amazing book! I have bought a couple for gifts. A great go-to for so many things. Written in scientific layman's terms - by this I mean that people with at least average intelligence can interpret most of it. I am a nurse of 30+ years and 2 degrees and I understood most of it. Some stuff I had to look up to supplement further and better understanding.Overall, it is realllllly informative. The authors have gone to great pains to do a lot of research, it seems. The information seems to be objectively presented. I have started following many of the recommendations and feel much better.At the time I first got this book (I ordered it because it was a great deal and I had interest in the topic) I had just torn a tendon in my foot. The first thing I did was look up natural healing enhancement of such an injury. I found that Tumeric & Bromelain would be helpful, and indeed they were. A month later I came down with an autoimmune condition with vision loss. This book helped me understand these conditions better, how our bodies heal, general wellness principles; and, of course, supplement recommendations for optimum wellness.I HIGHLY recommend this book.

It's all a world of nature and Michael T. Murray knows that, this book is filled with golden information that you could use in every medical situation you could think of, the most interesting for me, was the special topic sections from weight management and from detox and stress management, etc.Buy this you are not going to regret it, it's going to change your life

Invaluable guide for anyone wanting solid information on alternative healing...something other than the standard "pills or surgery" that are most commonly used in standard medicine today. While it gives much detailed information about alternate forms of treatment for many diseases, it is written in an accessible style. You don't need a degree in health care to understand what's in this book. It's a great reference. Anyone who believes that the body can heal itself naturally if given the means to do so should read this book. Highly recommended.

Purchased 8 years ago. Very good herbal medicine reference book with plenty of documentation. Loads of good info.

I have the kindle version of this book so can read it on several devices. I have learned so much from this book, I haven't finished it yet but am very impressed with the information in it and how it's written (not too technical but not dumbed down). I want to expand my reading material of natural medicine and naturopathic treatments and this book has been a great starting point. I don't believe conventional medicine is wrong, I believe the two should be working together with recognition of certain illnesses requiring natural medicine, and others perhaps requiring conventional treatment. Natural medicine is preventative and should be first on the list, conventional medicine should come later (excluding cases of physical assault or accidents where the ER is obviously the best place to go). I would recommend this book to anyone interested in health and wellbeing!

eye opening and life enhancing

The book starts out with a lot of information on general health. These are probably the most useful chapters and should be read in full. Everyone could benefit from this knowledge. After that, the book gets into particular ailments, blood pressure, boils, insomnia, etc. The book covers almost everything and each chapter quickly summarizes the data on each regarding natural treatments. I have kind of skipped around in these chapters as many of them aren't relevant to me, but the chapters I have read are very good and have offered insight to me, which is saying quite a bit since I have already studied natural medicine quite a bit.Overall I would say everyone should read this book, but of course that won't happen. If you are interested in this though, definitely pick up the book. It's a steal for how much good information it has.