C. Norman Shealy - The Healing Remedies Sourcebook: Over 1000 Natural Remedies to Prevent and Cure Common Ailments

C. NORMAN SHEALY MD, PHD is the founder of the American Holistic Medicine Association and a world-renowned neurosurgeon. He is the director of the Shealy Institute in Springfield, Missouria center for comprehensive health care and pain and stress management. He has written many books, including Miracles Do Happen and The Self-Healing Workbook, and has also acted as consultant editor on The Complete Family Guide to Alternative Medicine.

KAREN SULLIVAN is the author of many books on alternative health and nutrition, including In a Nutshell: Vitamins and Minerals. She has also acted as general editor on The Complete Illustrated Guide to Natural Home Remedies and lectures widely on womens health and general health issues.

SHEILA LAVERY writes widely on healthcare for several magazines and newspapers. Her work, which often focuses on childrens health issues, has also been included in various encyclopedias of alternative health. She specializes in herbalism and aromatherapy, and she is the author of In a Nutshell: Aromatherapy.

EVE ROGANS began studying Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1981 and has undergone clinical training in China. She is the author of In a Nutshell: Chinese Medicine, and she works in a private practice where she specializes in pediatric acupuncture.

NON SHAW is a professional herbalist. She teaches herbalism, massage, and Bach Flower Remedies and has written the herbalism and Bach Flower Remedy sections in a range of health reference books. She writes for several health and womens magazines and is co-founder of a publication for independent herb users.

MARY CLARK has been a practitioner of healing and esoteric arts for over 20 years. She has studied Ayurveda, nutrition, herbalism, aromatherapy, and stress management and is trained in astrology and consulting the I Ching, with a focus on medical diagnosis. She uniquely combines approaches in her work for various corporations including Forbes, Sony, and Barnes & Noble.

PIPPA DUNCAN is former editor of one of the U.K.s leading health magazines and now works for a variety of monthly publications, specializing in childrens health. She has contributed to several reference books on family healthcare, including The Complete Family Guide to Alternative Medicine.

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First published in 1998 by HarperCollinsPublishers

First Da Capo Press edition 2012

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T HE INCREASED USE OF NATURAL medicines and remedies over the past decade has prompted one of the most exciting developments in healthcare in our time. Many of the tenets of modern medicine have been challenged, and the crisis that conventional healthcare is now facing is the result of its own philosophy. The main premise of conventional medicine is that curing disease will lead to good health. This ignores the fundamental concept that pathology is individual to the sufferer, and that prevention is ultimately more important than treatment for the population at large.

This idea is borne out by the fact that modern medicine is simply not as efficient or effective as we have been led to believe; indeed, evidence suggests that it may cause and create more fatal diseases than it cures, and despite the huge sums of money invested, the populations of the U.K., Australia, the U.S., and most of Europe do not live as long or as healthily as people from other cultures, where healthcare investment is substantially lower.