Part 1: Choosing Health

1 Alternative Medicine: In Sickness and in Health Welcome to the wide world of alternative medicine.

2 Myths and Realities Alternative medicine isn't just for weirdoes.

Part 2: What's Up, Doc? Alternative Medical Practices

3 Osteopathy: Boning Up Hands-on modern medicine--one of the fastest-growing areas of alternative care.

4 Naturopathy: The Healing Power of Nature Whole-body health using diet, herbs, nutrition, and more--but hold the drugs.

5 Ayurvedic Medicine: Health from India A traditional healing system meets today's medicine.

6 Traditional Chinese Medicine The medicine of the mysterious East, based on thousands of years of experience. Can one billion Chinese people be wrong?

7 Holistic Dentistry: Sinking Your Teeth into Health Open wide for better dental health the natural way.

8 Chelation: Grabbing for Good Health This one's not for everybody--but it can really help heart patients. You might even be able to bypass surgery.

9 Oxygen Therapy: Airing Out Your Body We're not full of hot air--these treatments can help, but they're controversial.

Part 3: Acupuncture and Energy

10 Acupuncture: Getting Right to the Point The ancient Chinese art of using tiny, painless needles to help your health--or how sticking a needle in your earlobe helps your lungs.

11 Acupressure and Shiatsu: Press On! Who needs needles when you can use your fingers?

12 Reflexology: Rubbing It In The foot bone's connected to every other part of you.

Part 4: Homeopathy and Herbs

13 Homeopathy: Let Like Cure Like Tiny, tiny doses--big, big results.

14 Flower Remedies Stop and smell the roses--and also the lavender, gentian, honeysuckle, impatiens, violets...

15 Traditional Herbal Medicine Healing with traditional herbs from Europe and the Americas.

16 Ginseng and More: Traditional Chinese Herbs The herbal wisdom of China--a complex, time-tested system that really works.

Part 5: You Are What You Eat

17 Nutritional Supplements: Extra Help for Health What is all that stuff at the health-food store, anyway?

18 Juice Therapy: Drink It Down Five a day the juicing way.

19 Macrobiotics: The Brown Rice Way to Health Learning to love brown rice.

20 Detoxification Treatments: What a Waste Cleaning out your body the natural way.

Part 6: Getting in Touch

21 Chiropractic: Working Out the Kinks The best way to treat lower-back pain.

22 Massage: There's the Rub Massage for relaxation and better health.

23 Bodywork: Straightening Yourself Out The many methods for working out the kinks.

Part 7: Making Sense of It All

24 Aromatherapy: The Nose Knows Aromas and your emotions: Using essential oils.

25 Light Therapy: Light Up Your Life Resetting your internal clock, making SAD people happy, and more.

26 Hydrotherapy: Water, Water, Everywhere Have another drink--then take a bath.

27 Sound Therapy: Soothing the Savage Breast Getting in tune with your health.

Part 8: It's All in Your Mind

28 Yoga: Exercise Your Body--and Your Mind Body and mind together--an ancient idea that's new again.

29 Relaxation and Meditation: Rising Above It All Setting your mind--and body--at ease.

30 Use Your Head Using hypnosis, guided imagery, and biofeedback for better health.

Appendices

A Quick Reference Chart for Health Problems

B Common Health Problems

C National Organizations

D Read All About It

E Alternative Health Online

Glossary

Index