The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Seniors (Mass Market Paperback)

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Other titles in the Doctors Book of Home Remedies series:

The Doctors Book of Home Remedies
The Doctors Book of Home Remedies II
The Doctors Book of Home Remedies For Children
The Doctors Book of Home Remedies For Women
The Doctors Book of Home Remedies For Men
The Doctors Book of Home Remedies For Preventing Disease
The Doctors Book of Home Remedies For Dogs And Cats
High-Speed Healing
New Choices in Natural Healing
New Choices in Natural Healing For Women
New Foods For Healing
The Prevention Pain-Relief System
Symptoms: Their Causes & Cures
Women's Encyclopedia of Health & Emotional Healing
Age Erasers For Women
Health & Healing For African-Americans
Nature's Cures
The Healing Herbs

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 784 pages
• Publisher: Bantam; Reprint edition (January 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553582356
• ISBN-13: 978-0553582352
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,696,300 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If you think Ibuprofen is a "Home Remedy" You'll Love This., April 6, 2000

By	A Lover of Good Books (Gill, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Doctor's Book of Home Remedies for Seniors (Hardcover)

I found this book condescending and weak on useful health advice. Despite the "home remedies" title, the book's solution for just about anything that ails you is Ibuprofen. I expected far more emphasis on non-prescription health solutions from a book with the title "home remedies". The book's heavy emphasis on the side effects of prescription drugs made it clear that the authors assumed that the average senior is a prescription drug junkie and there is nothing in this book that will help such junkies kick their habits.

The medical advice in this book is very bland-- the same stuff you'll find in the magazines in your doctors' waiting rooms and in the mailings you get from your HMO. I did not find many home remedies listed here that my own doctor has recommended to me (for example, boric acid for recurrent yeast infections and tea tree oil.) There is no mention of low carbohydrate diets as an alternative to pancreas-destroying glyburide drugs for those in the early stages of Type II diabetes. There's nothing about Condoitin and Glucosamine Sulfate for arthritis. These are all "home remedies" that are gaining increased support from doctors because they work for many people and are far cheaper than expensive prescription drugs. Their complete omission from a book of this sort was a disappointment.

If you want to learn more about what you can do at home to help improve your health, save your money and use the rich health resources available on the Web!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save you money!, September 4, 2001

By	Mr. X "birdland620" (Macon, Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Doctor's Book of Home Remedies for Seniors: An A-to-Z Guide to Staying Physically Active, Mentally Sharp, and Disease-Free (Paperback)

If you consider taking OTCs pain relieviers and managing stress "home remedies," waste...er, spend your money on this overhyped collection of the same-old, same-old. If you want "real" home remedies, stick with the original books -- Home Remedies 1 and 2. This book is weak in its reporting and writing and fails to mention many of the current "in the news" health concerns (and promised solutions) for the elderly.