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Alternative Cures: The Most Effective Natural Home Remedies for 160 Health Problems

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I have had irritable bowel syndrome for years. It seems to have no cure with conventional medicine, so I bought Alternative Cures. The book recommended peppermint tea, which I found in the health food section of my local grocery store. I bought some and tried it, and my problems are greatly relieved! Sure was worth the cost of the book!

This is one of two books I bought and used, the other being Balch and Stengler, "Prescription for Natural Cures." The main difference between them is that the latter book is much larger and perhaps more comprehensive, and the other book also includes Acupressure, Bodywork, Stress Reduction, and Bach Flower remedies across all its areas.

While the other books is more recent (2004 versus 2000), and larger, and more detailed, on balance I recommend that both books be purchased. Each has insights and differing layouts that taken together lead to a better feel for a problem (e.g. menopause, hair loss) and to a personalized approach to using natural cures.

Both are excellent books, I am quite happy to have this one.

This is the most comprehensive, intelligent, and user-friendly reference book I've ever found on alternative remedies. And it's from Rodale Press, whom I've learned to trust. Anyone interested in alternative home remedies, especially parents, will want this around. Well done.

I bought this book strictly based on the high feedback rating it received here at Amazon. I am so glad to say that I am absolutely not disappointed.

The book is full of practical "cures" for almost every ailment your family will have. The advice is so practical that many of the needed items are in my kitchen. I particularly love the advice in the Headache chapter. The peppermint oil has helped my headaches already!

Every ailment and the advice given for it, is backed by the opinions of medical doctors. Even if you don't usually care what a real MD has to say, it is nice to know that the advice given in the book has been reviewed thoroughly.

Fantastic guide to alternative cures. Common sense advice that will have everyone using this as a reference year after year. It's easy to read and many of the cures are items that you will have at home in the pantry. It would make a great gift

I had hoped this book would offer a no-nonsense approach to alternative remedies to common health problems. While there are some helpful sections, many of the solutions to problems involve more ephemereal suggestions than concrete ones. I expected mostly suggestions for herbs and supplements, not so much of the new-agey (or perhaps ancient?) stuff about aligning chakras, etc.

This was a good collection of home remedies with a lot of good information on herbal supplements. When I bought this book, I was specifically looking for more "home remedies" that our grandparents would have told us about. Such as using simple household items that could be found in anyones house at any given time for many different ailments. My grandma had a cure for just about anything right in her own pantry. That kind of information is not in this book, but all around, an informative book.

This book has already helped me in many ways. I'm now lowering my cholesterol through supplement therapy instead of taking Statin Drugs, which can cause many side effects and no one knows the long term effects of some drugs out now. I also have Fibromyalgie and the advise in the book is helping that too! Thia is a great book. When we live in an age where doctors want you to take a drug for anything and everything, there ARE safe alternatives to some things and this book proves it.
I highly recommend it! Maggie Savitski

But not compehensive enough. If you use only this book, you will be in trouble. It is somewhat useful as a starting point, but you owe it to yourself to do further research on the cures mentioned in the book before commiting to any of them. Some of the problems listed in the book are of a very serious nature, nobody in their right mind would use this book as their sole source of informtion. Other problems are less severe and for those people this book would confirm a cure they may have heard of. But there really isn't enough to go on- this book is a secondary or tertiary source of reference and only somewhat handy. I am not strongly recommending this one.

I used this book for advise on how to get pain free from arthritis w/out taking prescription anti-inflamatoids. The advise they gave worked great!!