Absolute Beginner's Guide to Alternative Medicine

■ Herbs: licorice, wild cherry bark, thyme; tincture of mullein in warm water

three times a day

■ Homeopathy: bryonia (wild hops), monkshood, rumex, stannum—1 tablet 3

times daily until improved—maximum 2 weeks

■ Reflexology: work the lung and diaphragm reflexes on and beneath balls of

feet and webs between big toes and second toes

Depression

■ Acupuncture

■ Animal-assisted therapy

■ Aromatherapy: bergamot, geranium, jasmine, lemon balm, rose, ylang-

ylang; to bath add 15 drops geranium, 10 drops of bergamot, and 5 drops of

lavender

■ Exercise

■ Flower essences: gentian, hornbeam, mustard, gorse, sweet chestnut

■ Healing Touch

■ Herbs: St. John’s wort, valerian

■ Meditation

■ Reiki

■ Supplements: B vitamins

■ T’ai Chi

■ Therapeutic Touch

■ Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Diabetes

■ Biofeedback

■ Exercise

■ Herbs: blueberry leaf tea, 2 cups a day on a regular basis; 100–200 mg of co-

enzyme Q every day for a least 3 months to stabilize blood sugar

■ Yoga

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