Starting Points: Guide to Natural Healing

Nonfiction   l  Reference   l   Additional Material  l    Web Sites
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Nonfiction - 3rd Floor  

Nature’s medicines -  615.5 Mal                             

  Spontaneous healing - 615.5 Wei                             

  Natural alternatives to over-the-counter and prescription drugs - 615.535 Mur                         

  Natural cures “they” don’t want you to know about - 615.535 Tru                                                    

Reference - 1st Floor  

The Alternative Advisor - R 615.5 Alt

Treatments for hundreds of conditions. Includes nutrition and vitamin information. Illustrated. From Time-Life.  

Alternative Medicine: an Objective Assessment - R 615.5 Alt

Articles from the Journal of the American Medical assess the efficacy of many alternative/complementary medicines and therapies.                      

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Body-Mind Disciplines - R 615.5 Ill

Read thorough descriptions of the 125 body-mind disciplines such as homeopathy, Kripalu Yoga, the Alexander Technique meant to “awaken and activate the links between body, mind, and spirit.”                           

Encyclopedia of Healing Therapies - R 615.5 Woo

More than 90 alternative therapies and complementary options for over 200 health problems. Illustrated and with therapy ratings.   

The Alternative Pharmacy - R 615.535 Bro

Safe and natural non-drugstore treatments for 200 everyday ailments.     
 

Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine - R 615.535 Mur

Over 70 medical conditions in detail & how to maintain good health.                        

Prescription for Nutritional Healing - R 615.854

A to Z reference to drug-free remedies using vitamins, minerals, herbs, & supplements.     

Finding Additional Material

Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 615.5 – 615.8
In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library catalog from the Library or from your home computer by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog.  Good subject searches for this topic would be Health or Alternative Medicine.

eBooks
Visit EBSCOhost to search the collection of thousands of eBooks the Library has to offer. Library card required. Contact a reference librarian for additional details.

Articles
The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

·            The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference  R 050 R
       Search for articles on a subject within any given year.

       Health & Wellness Resource Center, EBSCOhost, and Infotrac Onefile  - Access from the Library or at home using your library card
       number at www.wppl.org.  Search for full-text articles in these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit the search to a
       certain year or even a certain magazine.

Web Sites

The Alternative Medicine Homepage: Alternative and complementary medicine resources gathered by the University of Pittsburgh including links to associations, specific conditions, databases, practitioners’ directory and more.  

                                                     
      
MedlinePlus Alternative Medicine: The latest news, research, statistics and helpful links from the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.    
      

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: The NCCAM, 1 of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH),  supports rigorous research on complementary and alternative medicine, trains researchers, and disseminates information to the public and professionals. 

North American Society of Homeopaths: NASH is the professional organization for the practice of homeopathic medicine (a method of treatment based on a theory known as the “law of similars”—the notion that the substance that caused a symptom can, in minuscule amounts, cure the symptom.) Includes a practitioner finder.

      
Preventive Medicine Research Institute: Dr. Dean Ornish’s site for disease prevention and reversal through lifestyle, yoga, and diet.       
       

Yoga Journal: Online articles, tips, poses, ask an expert, health, wisdom and much more from one of the leading
 magazines on yoga.

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