Complementory Medicine - A Ray Of Hope

The book represents a compendium of knowledge stemming fromour founder, Dr. Manohan Sood’s over 40 years of success working withcomplementary therapies and Dr. Dinshaw Printer, who has been researching and practicingcomplementary medicine and alternative treatment methods for over 20 years. Thebook is designed to serve as a comprehensive resource for Canadian Health careprofessionals covering various well-known alternative therapies that may beused to supplement conventional treatments.This book is a compendium of various well-known alternativetherapies, including nutrition, diet, herbal medicine, exercise, Homeopathy,ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, acupressure, chiropractic,osteopathic manipulation, massage, meditation, yoga, hypnosis, naturopathy,unani, laser and alternate therapy, etc. Alternative medicine proves to bebeneficial to a person's overall well-being, as the approach focuses on healingthe mind, body and spirit. The use of alternative therapies is increasingtoday, therefore this book is just an attempt to make a scientific basis ofmost of the alternative therapies that may be used as a supplement toconventional treatments. All these therapies are difficult to define as someare well-known or useful, whereas others are exotic and mysterious orineffective.