Natural Health Bible     Revised 2nd edition
Author - Steven Bratman M.D.

Discover Which Herbs and Supplements Are Best for You
Do you know that safe and effective natural treatments exist for many of today's common health conditions? The most recent scientific research suggests that in addition to promoting better health, many herbs, vitamins, and supplements may be powerful weapons in the battle against specific diseases. Inside, you'll learn how the therapeutic wonders of natural medicine can benefit you. This revised and expanded second edition includes 100 new chapters covering the latest scientific evidence on the effectiveness of the most popular herbs, vitamins, and supplements. Every statement has been rigorously reviewed for accuracy by a medical doctor and a professor of pharmacology.

You'll learn what works for you—and what doesn't. Cross-referenced between conditions and treatments, this book includes:

·An A-Z guide to health conditions
·An A-Z guide to herbs, vitamins, and supplements
·Important dosage and safety information
·And much, much more!

Research in the field of natural medicine is growing exponentially. For this revised second edition of our best-selling The Natural Pharmacist: Natural Health Bible, we've added thousands of new studies. We've also translated over 100 non-English studies to report them accurately and scoured the research databases of the world to find older but meaningful studies that had been forgotten.

This book is now based on a research database that includes over 3,500 full-text studies. We've added 50 new chapters to Part 1, Conditions, 49 new chapters to Part 2, Herbs and Supplements, and expanded and updated existing chapters. The Natural Health Bible, Revised 2nd Edition is truly the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the science-based use of herbs and supplements.

Responsible and accurate, The Natural Pharmacist: Natural Health Bible is the source for information you and your loved ones can trust.
"Rigorous, comprehensive, up to date, and refreshingly accessible." —Rajiv R. Ratan, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Institutes of Medicine

"More objective than anything I've read on the subject." —Jan Fawcett, M.D.

About the Authors

Steven Bratman, M.D., is a physician whose practice integrates the best of conventional and alternative medicine. He believes that alternative medicine has both strengths and weaknesses, just like conventional medicine. This even-handed critique has made him a trusted party on both sides of the debate.
His books include The Alternative Medicine Sourcebook: A Realistic Evaluation of Alternative Healing Methods, The Alternative Medicine Ratings Guide: An Expert Panel Ranks the Best Alternative Treatments for Over 80 Conditions (Prima), the professional text Clinical Evaluation of Medicinal Herbs and Other Therapeutic Natural Products (Prima), Health Food Junkies, and the following titles in The Natural Pharmacist series: Your Complete Guide to Herbs; Your Complete Guide to Illnesses and Their Natural Remedies; Natural Health Bible, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition; and St. John's Wort and Depression. He is also co-author of The Natural Pharmacist: Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactions Bible.

Angelo DePalma, Ph.D., was trained as an organic chemist and held the position of senior scientist at a major pharmaceutical company. Dr. DePalma has been reporting on science, technology, and medicine for ten years. He is currently managing editor of Pharmaceutical Online, the Internet’s premier online pharmaceutical industry site.

David J. Kroll, Ph.D., is associate professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center, research director of the Duke Center for Integrative Medicine, and a consultant for pharmacists, physicians, and alternative practitioners on the indications and cautions for herbal medicine use. He received a degree in toxicology from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and obtained his Ph.D. in pharmacology and therapeutics from the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Kroll has lectured widely and has published articles, abstracts, and newsletters in a number of medical journals.