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Tables of Contents for Understanding Alternative Medicine
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
Varro E. Tyler
Preface
xi
Diversity in American Medicine
1
6
Philosophical Differences
7
20
Shamanism
8
2
Traditional Chinese Medicine
10
11
Ayurvedic Medicine
21
3
Herbs and the Ice Man
24
3
TCM Use and Endangered Species
27
16
The Trade in Bear Parts
28
3
Aphrodisiacs
31
2
Bear Farms and Parks
33
3
Ginseng: Poaching or Harvesting?
36
7
The Economic Growth and Social Acceptance of Alternative/Herbal Medicines in the United States
43
22
Safety and Efficacy
44
6
Herbal Politics
50
7
Herbal Business
57
2
AMA and Alternatives
59
3
Alternative Insurance
62
3
``Like Two Wings of a Bird''?
65
14
Medicine, Authority, and Wealth
67
3
The RCT Standard and Recent Studies
70
5
Acupuncture and Placebo Effect
75
4
Placebos, Spontaneous Remissions, and Nonspecific Factors in Healing
79
14
Approaching Therapy
82
1
Approaching Pain
83
1
Four Features of Effective Therapy
84
9
Herbal Medicine: The German Example
93
8
Bibliography
101
6
Index
107