Alternative Books

I had read on the internet that magnesium might help my migraine problem, but I took too much and certainly didn't feel better. I then bought this book and got exactly what I wanted -- an explanation on why magnesium might work, directions on exactly what kind to buy (it's an unstable element so it must be combined with something else, but some combinations are more likely to make you ill than others), and how much to take (hint: start small!).

I only gave this four stars because even after I read the book and took magnesium properly, it -- once again -- seemed to *cause* a migraine instead of preventing one. The book does not describe this possibility or explain why it might happen. (Has this happened to anyone else?)

I have been a chronic daily headache sufferer for 6 years. The first breakthrough for me was reading Dr. Buchholtz's book Heal Your Headache: The 1-2-3 Program for Taking Charge of Your Pain. It helped me identify my triggers, it helped more than all the neurologists, alternative doctors and chiropractors combined, but I still had a headache about 15 days out of the month. Then I read Dr. Cohen's book and started taking 800mg of magnesium and this seems to be the last piece of the puzzle for me. I haven't had a headache since starting it a month ago, which hasn't happened in 6 years.

Another interesting thing, I started giving my 12 year old son magnesium too and the facial tic that he has had for years stopped. The neurologist had given him an MRI and said his brain was fine, but he had Tourettes syndrome and would need medication when the tics became too pronounced. I looked into the "dopamine inhibitors" that they were going to give him and they were pretty scary big time drugs. I'm so grateful that we won't need to put him on these drugs now. It's amazing how little doctors know about magnesium deficiencies.

My whole family is now taking magnesium, and we all feel better in different ways. Thank you, Dr. Cohen!

Good Luck to all you headache sufferers, I hope this is your answer too.

I can't recommend this book highly enough...It has changed my life. My family and friends have never seen me go a month without a headache....I am so happy, and it's like an entirely new life.

If you've tried magnesium before (like I did) but it didn't work for you, you may not have understood how much you need to take and why. Once I read this book, I made connections between a whole slew of problems/triggers.

I used to take Imitrex at least twice a week. I haven't taken one in a MONTH. I had two small headaches that asprin killed....and I also worked out heavily and did a few other things that usually bring on migraines.

Not one yet.

I expect to still get a few, but honestly I can say I am just beginning to see what I've been missing all of these years.

Please, please try this book. I do not know the author in any way. I just hate to think of anyone suffering needlessly after the relief I've achieved so far.

In order to give full disclosure, I ordered another book with the migraine diet in it at same time. I had been on that diet before, but not understood how tracking the foods worked. Two weeks after starting the magnesium supplements, I started the diet as well. I am off Diet Coke and all MSG. However, I had migraines when I was a kid, long before I ate or drank that kind of junk. I think all of this (mg and diet) helps to significantly improve the migraine threshold.

When I feel a headache coming on, I've taken the magnesium as he suggested and it has vanished.

Thank you for this book! It is the best money I've ever spent.

This book makes a lot of sense and opened my eyes to Magnesium as help for migraines. I have been taking Migrelief for a while now (it did help reduce the number of migraines for me) but thought the key benefit in it comes from Feverfew. Having read this book, I realized it may be magnesium that is really helping. I started taking Migrelief more regularly and supplementing with additional magnesium on high trigger days (e.g. rainy) and I am experiencing improvement.
I don't know if magnesium alone is a solution (I am also following diet and other recommendations from the "Heal your headache: 1-2-3 program" book), but I think it is worth trying and the book offers some good info.

THIS BOOK HAS GIVEN ME MY LIFE BACK! Before I read this book and tried the natural and easy treatment, I had migraine headaches and shoulder problems 5 out of 7 days of the week. In fact, I rarely had a day that I did not suffer from headaches and this went on for over 30 years! Since I have read this book and followed the easy to follow treatment program in it, my headaches are now fewer and fewer and milder and milder. Before this book and following it, I had to go to bed in a dark room when I had a severe headache and could not do anything but rest for days at a time. Now, I have my life back! And I truly believe that in time, continuing to follow this program, I will be pain free just about everyday. This is a very easy to follow book and it really works! If you have problems with migraines or any type of headache or even shoulder pain etc, I suggest you buy this book. It could be the best money that you ever spent on yourself. For me, the money that I spent on this book is worth every penny! Note that while I was reading this book, I also went on to research how stress is a MAJOR FACTOR with people who experience headaches and other types of pain and I have learned that STRESS is a MAJOR factor in most people with headaches, especially migraine headaches. Magnesium has not only prevented more headaches in my situation, I am now much more relaxed and do not have the shoulder and muscle aches or the migraines now.

An excellent book on magnetics, easy to read and understand. I was introduced to magnetic health products by a friend and have never felt better in my life. Sleeping on a magnetic mattress has convinced me of the power of magnets in health and wellness. I have a 10 year old springer spaniel with hip displaysia who also sleeps on magnets, she is an entirely new dog, more energetic and with less discomfort. After reading this book I can now comfortably talk magnets with my friends and family and highly recommend their use for a better quality of life.

Page History: Richard K. Page 103 and 104 Where can I receive info on undershirt designed for person having rotator cuff muscle.Have not yet the complete book, but am impressed. Truly believe magnets help.

Dr. Ronald Lawrence once again displays his views on "other forms" of health care. Having been an advocate of "alternative medicine" for many years one can read this book with joy and anticipated insight by a doctor that is steps ahead of the rest when it comes to alternative health care in the USA. Highly recommended reading for all.

This book helped me learn how to apply magnets to my body, what to expect, and how to communicate this knowledge to my neurologist. After suffering from a spinal cord injury and a cervical fusion the remainder of my discs were collapsing and I was suffering from horrible headaches and muscle spasms. Neurologists said I needed more operations and would end-up in a wheelchair if I didn't have them. Now, my doctor cannot believe the change and either can I. This book is VERY easy to understand and was hard for me to put down. I have recommended it to several people with disabilities of all sorts. We all know there is no magic wand. However, Dr Lawrence has relayed all the important information about the benefits and also misconceptions of magnet therapy. This book has helped me find a way to live with a problem I've had since a car accident in 1991. Get the facts so you dont waste your money on the many different magnetic devices on the market. Be an informed consumer and be pain free. I look forward to more of his writings on this topic.

I have started my own home based medical magnet distribution business and read this book whick offers a clear and comprehensive understanding about magnets and their medical properties that really work. Both for my own information, and as an invaluable sales tool, this book is a must have and had benefited me and my business enormously.

I live in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, so this book is especially useful to me, but I think it deserves a place in any respectable herbal book collection. It is easy to read and has tons of information including names, families, descriptions, habitats, related species, actions, parts used, traditional and current uses, harvesting, preparation and dosages of individual plants native to the Southern Appalachians, plus recipes and tips scattered throughout the book. I love it!

The cover of Patricia Kyritsi Howell's book carries an endorsement from writer Janisse Ray, "This book may save your life." Not only does it harbor a wealth of herbal and botanical and ethnographic information that can help you learn to heal yourself--it also shows glimpses of a way of life brought back into balance, in which the keys to health are not kept in the hands of the few but given freely to anyone with a modicum of knowledge and common sense. Highly recommended.

I find myself using this book as a reference quite often. It is very user friendly both to the beginer and experienced herbalist. Valuable information about the habitat, key actions , traditional and current uses, harvesting tips and medicinal preperations of the herb are right there I highly recommend it .

You don't have to live in the southern USA or be able to harvest plants yourself in order to find this guide indispensable in managing your health and well-being. As an urban dweller, I can find these herbs sold in bulk at whole foods stores, and I also use this book to help me analyze what's included in packaged herbal formulas and teas. The extensive Therapeutic Index lets me easily look up symptoms and locate the specified herbs, and the well-organized plant chapters let me know exactly how to use the herbs once I have them. The Simple Art of Medicine Making chapter early in this book is exactly what I have been needing: at last I am clear about when and how to make an infusion versus a decoction!

Patricia has a wonderful way with words that allows her to explain things that may seem confusing in a wonderfully clear and succinct manner. She includes hard science with her obvious love of the plants. Her knowledge is impeccable, her sense of humor is a joy, her passion is obvious. Thanks so much for writing this book for us lovers of the Appalachians!

Worth reading if you can find a copy, she was a trail blazer , going unapologetically in the honest direction of her impulses. Written in a very intimate way but not salacious at all.

Caroline Cossey was a successful model and appeared in rock videos such as SOME LIKE IT HOT, RIO, and others. She was outed as a transsexual and her modelling career was damaged. This book is a great read of a woman who has survived and thrived despite childhood abuse and transphobia as an adult.

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Cossey did a very good job of writing with this book and the book I Am Woman book that preceded. However, while the books probably do a lot to help those with chromosomal abnormalities they do a great disservice to the gender dysphoric community.

Cossey has a chromosome condition that most desiring to change genders do not have. The books written by Cossey have dazzled some people to the point that they look up to her as a role model for transsexuality and the lines between a genuine physical condition like Cossey's and a mental condition (gender dysphoria)get blurred.

Years ago I too was inspired and blinded by Cossey's book and got railroaded into a sex-change operation that turned out not to be right for me and it was all allowed to happen because the medical community also is blinded and proper Standards of Care are not in operation. That's how I was able to slip through the cracks. I am only one of many who have found out that we are non-transsexual gender dysphorics and can heal our gender dysphoria if we are honest and open about our lives and commit to psychotherapy.

The author would do good to come out with a third book apoligizing for all the people who read the last two books and were mezmerized and railroaded into surgery that was wrong for them. The author should become an advocate of better Standards of Care for the gender dysphoric so more people like myself are not damaged for the rest of their lives.

I have mixed emotions about this book, for purely personal reasons. I too have transitioned and indeed underwent surgery in May 2003. I read this book back to back with April Ashleys Odessey. It was a wierd sensation, like holding up a mirror to my own life. In the case of Caroline's story our lives diverged at around 17, when she showed a level of courage I lacked, it cost me 20 years of my life and a great deal of heartache to find my way back. This book like April's should never be out of print. It should be available in every school and every library. One thing that doesn't change is the level of general ignorance and the unbelievable disregard that journalists show for real peoples emotions and lives. Whereever you are Caroline I wish you all the happiness there is.

Caroline has done nothing less than a superb job in telling of her story and the may hardships and adventures. Her ability to convey these events as they took place is a very heart warming tale of her journey through a very difficult situation that some of us must make in our lives.

Her hardships are tempered with those of happy days where she had found many friends. Her vivid descriptions of the heataches is telling of the tribulations she has endured.

Her loves and tragic losses are given in such a way that the reader feels her pain as well as her joys. She now lives in the U.S.A. somewhere near Atlanta. But her life has and continues to bring many of us warmth and hope through her books.

This is one book that I have enjoyed reading and will always cherish my entire life. I only wish I had transitioned as early as her and had known this beautiful woman.

Like so many I would love her to autograph the book.

GREAT CONSOLIDATION OF CUTTING EDGE INFORMATION FOR PROFESSIONALS AND LAY PEOPLE WITH SELF HELP ADVICE.

This book is easy to read and understand even if you have very little knowledge of mental illness. Armed with the information I studied here I have started my son on a regime of fatty acids, minerals and vitamins. It's too soon to say what will happen but in just a few weeks his eye contact, memory and social skills have begun to improve. I believe every sufferer of schizophrenia should be taking nutritional supplements. Unfortunately, in the UK the protocol is to get them on drugs in order to make them well enough to be safe and that's it. I wonder what my son's life would have been like if I'd had this information seventeen years ago. If you have a mental illness or you care about someone who has this condition then find out everything you can about nutrition for the brain.

I spent the last twenty years trying to sort out my emotional roller coaster of a life and trying to figure out why I have extreme levels of many heavy metals. This book led me -- finally! -- to the answer. Seems I have a genetic zinc deficiency that causes me to retain heavy metals in my body, and a histamine disorder. And thankfully, there is a simple (not easy, simple) nutritional cure for it all. BUT PLEASE NOTE: The book did not diagnose me but led me to the Pfeiffer Clinic in Illinois. THEY diagnosed me and I am now on their program and heading toward the light at the end of a very long tunnel. If you have or know of anyone with bipolar disorders, schizophrenia, this is a must have book. The wealth of information is unsurpassed. I would know -- my bookshelves and computer are FILLED with other books who give this piece or that piece of the puzzle. This book puts all the possible scenarios in one place AND gives information I'd not seen in other sources on these topics. Nicely organized, well written. I can only thank the author from the bottom of my heart.

This book is very in depth, but if (like me) you are a lay-person looking for a cure, I would first recommend reading "Nutrition and Mental Health" by Carl C. Pfieffer. I found this was the key to finding out I was "histadelic". This book by Eva Eldman is like an encyclopedia of nutritional information for mental illness (don't be put off by the term "schizophrenia", this book is for people with mild depression, bipolar etc.). The only real thing I picked up from this book that I didn't get from Pfieffer's was that Vitamin B5 exacerbates histadelia. I'm curious why that is. The problem with this book for a person starting out on the natural healing pathway is there is way too much information in this book and it is possible you could miss your answer by going off on a tangent. It took me two years to finally stick to the simple regieme of calcium, methionine, B6 and zinc that is the key to beating histadelia. It was a catch 22 for me because I had to cure myself far enouth to be stable enough to stick to the answer I found in the beginning and stop obsessively latching on to everything else that possibly could have been the answer. I find the whole low-protein diet hard though.
Don't give up hope if you can't find a doctor! I thought there weren't any doctors in New Zealand that believe in this stuff but I was wrong! There are a few medical GP's that are pfieffer trained even down here in the remotest parts of the earth, so there's gotta be someone where you are (maybe 2-3 hours drive away) that can help!

This is an incredibly dense book. [...]. But I can not see how it could be written any more clearly. It is well written with good topical divisions and many side bars and jammed packed with information. I think of it as a "Bible" or encyclopedia on natural treatment of schizophrenia and similar disorders. I found it particularly helpful to understand the history of schizophrenia, seeing the illness as a disruption of cognitive and perceptual/sense functions. It does a great job of discussing the nutritional, toxic, and allergic/gut fungal overgrowth issues and bringing up some of the rarer issues. The knowlege I found here has already helped several people.

I have read several books about Vitamins and Herbs. By far this is my Favorite Book. This book has a break down of each item and how it can help and works in the body's system. I found out several interesting facts I did not know. I have poor health and this book has helped me to find vitamins, and herbs that really help. Not just throwing my money away on things that do not work. This has also helped a friend with Lupus, Heart problems.

VERY HAPPY I ORDERED THE BOOK.....ONE OF THE TOP 2 BOOKS I HAVE READ ON
HERBS & ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE....I AM AN AVID READER OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE LITERATURE AND FINDING & READING THIS BOOK WAS LIKE DISCOVERING A GOLD MINE..WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO EVERY ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE ENTHUSIAST.

I purchased this book for a relative since I already own a copy. It's a great book! I have many
similar Natural Healing Resource books; however, I find that I use this one the most. It's
written well, and has practical advice & suggestions for just about everything imaginable!
Well worth the price! No home should be without a copy!

A very clearly written guide for "alternative medicine" [which is in fact part of medicine which every doctor should use, as the only purpose in medicine is to try to heal or to bring relief]
A lot of information,written in a modest style, nothing "blown up".
Highly recommended.

Excelent book. recommend it to anyone

This is a well-researched and well-written report on a valuable addition to any health and energy regimen.

About the only book I could find on Rhodiola, Very informative. It is great read for anyone interested in using Rhodiola for Energy.

This book has a wonderful history of the plant and it was a terrific read. It made me want to go out and buy some Rhodiola to give it a try! The best thing you can say about a book is that it inspires you to take action of some kind.

I was very surprised that the book doesn't mention the Swedish Herbal institute brand, as this is the world's best selling and the only product in the Rhodiola category that has science behind it. (Evidently those Swedes put everything through human, double-blind placebo controlled trials in typical Swedish precision fashion). This book must have been written before this brand was in the USA.

Now that I've tried every single brand of Rhodiola, I wish that the authors had mentioned that there are great differences between them. I've found only two brands that are consistently good, and settled in on the Swedish Herbal Institute brand as my daily preference.

I loved the way that the authors separate this book into sections based on the health condition, so that you can browse the book and get good suggestions based upon whatever you have going on. All in all, a great read.

This book was most interesting and informative. I was already using Rhodiola, but now know multiple reasons and can recommend it to others.

I have had a number of health problems over the past several years which have dramatically impacted my imune system, energy, and vitality. I began taking a product (blend of Rhodiola and three other botanicals) formulated by Zakir Ramazanov and Don Bodenbach, and I feel better than I have in years, I have energy, and my body actually defends itself from stress and illness.

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This is a great little book that you can carry around with you and have a read whenever you have five minutes. I try to read a paragraph or two every day. Wonderful stuff to help keep you feeling positive and happy.

If you study this book and truly believe in God, and that God is absolute health, you can heal yourself without doctors or pills. I've done it.

This book contains helpful and enlightening approaches to life. Although I was not too spiritual myself during the time I read the book, I understood the author's messages and concepts. It is a pretty short read, but very full of information and I felt satisfied in the end. I am looking forward to viewing/reading more work from this author.

Little did I realise that after reading Autobiography of a yogi my life would have taken the turn that it did.Words cannot express my gratitude and thanks to Yoganandaji. Scientific Healing Affirmations is a great book to those who want to learn and feel the power of God's love. Yoganandaji tells us that we are all made divine beings and we can reach our true potential in life by focusing within and releasing our true beauty, strength, love and power. This book used properly will take you there, I'm just beginning to realise the power of having a strong will and conviction. Thank you

Way back in the 1920's long before Shaki Gawain and other proponents of affirmations and visualisation techniques spiritual Master Yogananda told us in simple poweful language how to use affirmations effectively.
His gurus had proven to him that mind can and does influence body and that it was possible to train the mind to do so at your will.
This book is easy to read but this is knowledge to be used in daily life.
Yogananda tells us that there is spiritual power in man's word and that you can arouse the life energy to cure what ails you.
I often read and re-read this book. I am grateful to my friend and author of "Wisdom From The Heart",Radha Singh for first guiding me to this precious little book.

I purchased the book to plan my tax strategy when selling an investment property that incurred significant gain. The sections on CRUTs, Installment Sales, and 1031 Tax Free Exchanges were very helpful and thorough. It is somewhat technical information, but written in a manner that a layman (non-CPA) can understand. My only complaint is that he doesn't address the implications of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) anywhere in the book, and it has become a VERY significant consideration for selling highly appreciated property. The other thing I noticed is that his evaluation of TIC 1031 Exchanges covers some of the risks, but neglects to mention that the vast majority of 1031 TICs include HUGE fees or loads. One I examined had a 20% profit to the sales company when the property was flipped to the 1031 investors. Most have 8% - 12% commissions to the salesman. Otherwise, I thought this was an extremely helpful book and I would recommend it...with the caveat that the reader get additional advice on the AMT.

Is a tremendously informative resource and well written so that a novice in real estate can understand and must have. It was so helpful, I purchased 4 more to give as gifts.

Understanding the tax implications of your investments is one of the most important things you can do as a current, or aspiring real estate investor. While Mr. Williamson's book will not make you a "tax expert" it will give you the foundational knowledge you will need in order to intelligently converse with your attorney/accountant, and to make wise investing decisions.

Chapters include information on: capital gains, tax basis, exclusions, exchanges, installment sales, and trusts. I have personally given this book to new agents in my company in order to familiarize them with the tax implications of real estate investing.

In the spirit of full disclosure, I should say that I am an attorney, real estate broker, investor, trainer, and author of another unique and highly readable book on real estate investing that can also be found here on Amazon -- The WealthLoop Series Beginner's Guide to Building Wealth Buying Houses: The Foolproof Roadmap to Real Estate Riches Without the Risks and Hassles of Landlording. Unlike many real estate investing books, it is written to be a genuine "How To" book that "takes you by the hand" and walks you through a step-by-step process for getting started in real estate investing -- investors across the country are giving it rave reviews. The book also includes sample leases, forms, and checklists, so that you can actually go out and implement the investing strategy it teaches as soon as you're done reading. You might want to check out the companion CD too -- The WealthLoop Series Beginner's Guide to Building Wealth Buying Houses (Combo Audio/Data CD): Author's Audio Commentary Plus Downloadable 32-page Marketing Manual, Checklists, Spreadsheets, and Forms.

A related program that's well worth checking out is:

The WealthLoop Series Beginner's Guide to Personal Wealth Creation (Combo Audio/Data CD): Audio Seminar With Downloadable 40-Page Action Manual and Active Link Library.

I believe that Williamson has written an informative book that's worthy of your time. Buy it if you are serious about making a success of real estate investing.

I have read a number of books about real estate tax planning, and this is by far the best. It is clear, to the point, and very readable. The author goes through the basics of how a capital gains basis is calculated, rules about stepping up basis, primary residence exclusion rules, etc. He then discusses various ways of deferring or eliminating capital gain consequences via 1031, installment sales, private annuity trusts, charitable remainder trusts and Roth IRAs. The chapter on private annuity trusts is one of the least known, yet most valuable strategies that exists. Buy this book!

This book answered all my tax and property questions quickly and precisely. It was well written and perfect for someone who is not a CPA or property specialist. Highly recommended.

This book is practical, easy to understand and provides the keys to increased vitality. If you have an interest in Ayurveda, it is a wonderful book which provides simple steps for incorporating the ancient practices into a modern life. Dr. Simon is a gift and so is his "how to" manual "Vital Energy".

I found this book very enlightening and user-friendly. I highly recommend it.

Vital Energy: The Seven Keys to Invigorate Body, Mind and Soul is a landmark contribution to health and wellness. The author poses two important questions:

1) Why are so many people overwhelmed by fatigue, lack of enthusiasm, and depression?
2) Why are so many people haunted by the sense that something vitally important is missing from their lives?

In pursing answers to these questions, Simon focuses on the idea that "we have learned a lot about how to treat illness but not much about how to create health." In medical school he learned that modern medicine can effectively deal with the symptoms of disease without necessarily helping them to heal.

Simon states, "I learned that health and illness were the consequence of the thoughts and choices people made." This personal discovery came to him through the tension that existed between his medical studies and his cross-cultural explorations of health and wellness in various parts of the world.

Healing is a holistic concept that has global reach. The idea of healing in many cultures is focused on creating a greater sense of unity across mind, body and spirit. Simon promotes the belief that the experience of happiness and health represents an essential unity across mind, body and spirit while unhappiness and disease represents some degree of disintegration. A broad view of healing is critical for reintegrating these essential connections and David SimonÕs ÒVital EnergyÓ is an essential contribution to everyoneÕs health and well being.

Dr. Simon does a marvelous job explaining how to tap into energy that we already have. Simon begins by helping us understand our own natures using "Earth-Wind-Fire" categories. From there, Simon advises on all sorts of areas such as the best types of foods for each elemental type, best type of physical activity, etc. Simon also advises on the importance of meditation and relaxation. Vital Energy is a very interesting and informative read, and a must-have for those who seek to improve their view of life and increase their energy.

Dr. David Simon has done an excellent job in describing ancient Ayurvedic wisdom for well being of body, mind and soul. Dr. Simon has explained in simple modern language the Ayurvedic principles for invigorating body, mind and soul. Although, being an Indian, I was familiar with many of the things stated by the author, the simplicity and clarity of the whole book has value- added to my own understanding of the ancient vedic science. Author has dealt with almost all the methods of reaching the source of vital energy which is available within all of us. Author's suggestions are not only very useful but so pratical that one can use them for one's own benifit without much of complex efforts.
I emphatically suggest everyone read this book, practice the principles told methodically and ENJOY invigorating VITAL ENERGY for body, mind and soul.
Lastly, but not in the least, this book must be kept on the book shelf for day to day reference till the time the principles get thoroughly ingrained in one's own Mind-Body system.