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From: bsimon@stsci.edu (Bernie Simon)
Subject: BOOK REVIEW: The Natural Health First-Aid Guide
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Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 11:35:48 GMT
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The Natural Health First-Aid Guide is a recently published book that
covers treament of a variety of first aid problems. The problems
covered include allergic reactions, bites and stings, injuries,
dizziness and fainting, heat prostration, and poisoning. In addition
to conventional first aid advice, it provides information on
alternative treatment of these problems where appropriate. The forms
of alternative treatment covered are herbalism, Chinese patent
medicines, homeopathy, Bach flower remedies, acupressure,
aromatherapy, and nutritional supplements. I can't vouch for the
competence of all this advice, but the homeopathic advice is
competent, if a bit thin. Because the nature of the nature of first
aid problems, the same treatments get recomended again and again. For
example, Bach's Rescue Remedy pops up a lot. And sometimes
conventional treatments which are perfectly fine and more readily
available than alternative treatments are ignored. For example, food
grade clay is recommended for mild food poisoning, but the book fails
to mention that Kaopectate, which can be found in any drug store,
contains it. Still, this book provides a wider variety of good advice
on lay treatment of health problems with alternative medicine than
I've seen anywhere else. The book is:

The Natural Health First-Aid Guide
Mark Haywell and the editors of Natural Health Magazine
Pocket Books, 1994
ISBN 0-671-79273-3


 
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