Alternative Medicine:
Expanding Medical Horizons
A Report to the National Institutes of Health
on Alternative Medical Systems and Practices
in the United States
Prepared under the auspices of the
Workshop on Alternative Medicine, Chantilly, Virginia
September 14-16, 1992
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
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Foreword
Preface
Executive Summary
Major Contributors
Part I: Fields of Practice
Mind-Body Interventions
Bioelectromagnetics Applications in Medicine
Alternative Systems of Medical Practice
Manual Healing Methods
Pharmacological and Biological Treatments
Herbal Medicine
Diet and Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of
Chronic Disease
Part II: Conducting and Disseminating
Research
Introduction
Research Infrastructure: Institutions and Investigators
Research Databases
Research Methodologies
Peer Review
Public Information Activities
Part III: Conclusion, Appendixes,
Glossary, and Index
Conclusion
Appendix A: Participants at the Unconventional Medical Practices
Workshop, Chantilly, Virginia, September 14-16, 1992
Appendix B: Comments of the Panel on Mind-Body Interventions on the
National Research Council's Reports on Alternative Medicine
Appendix C: WHO Guidelines for the Assessment of Herbal Medicines
Appendix D: Plant Sources of Modern Drugs
Appendix E: The 20 Most Popular Asian Patent Medicines That Contain
Toxic Ingredients
Appendix F: A Guide for the Alternative Researcher
Abbreviations and Glossary
Index
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