Clinical Naturopathy: An evidence-based guide to practice

 Clinical Naturopathy: an evidence-based guide to practice: 2nd edition articulates evidence-based clinical practice. It details the principles, treatment protocols and interventions at the forefront of naturopathic practice in the 21st century. Clinical Naturopathy equips you to critically evaluate your patients, analyse treatment protocols, and provide evidence-based prescriptions. Key features . A rigorously researched update of common clinical conditions and their naturopathic treatment according to evidence-based guidelines (over 5000 references) . New and expanded detail on the treatment of headaches, liver conditions, pain, and schizophrenia, with the addition of injecting nutraceuticals now covered . Dedicated chapter to 'Wellbeing' outlining the core principles of naturopathic practice . Expanded Diagnostics chapter including the emerging field of pharmacogenomics . An abundance of unique figures, tables, charts and treatment decision trees . Augmented appendices including: herb/drug interactions, laboratory reference values, food sources of nutrients, cancer medication interactions. Clinical Naturopathy: an evidence-based guide to practice: 2nd edition promotes the fundamentals of traditional naturopathy, while pushing the scientific boundaries and driving the steady evolution of the profession of naturopathic medicine. INDICE: 1 Naturopathic case taking 2 Naturopathic diagnostic techniques 3 Wellness, lifestyle and preventive medicine 4 Irritable bowel syndrome 5 Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease  6 Food allergy/intolerance  7 Liver dysfunction and disease  8 Respiratory infections and immune insufficiency  9 Asthma  10 Congestive respiratory disorders  11 Atherosclerosis and dyslipidaemia  12 Hypertension and stroke  13 Chronic venous insufficiency  14 Anxiety  15 Depression  16 Insomnia  17 Headache and migraine  18 Stress and fatigue  19 Diabetes type 2 and insulin resistance  20 Thyroid abnormalities  21 Dysmenorrhoea and menstrual complaints  22 Endometriosis  23 Polycystic ovarian syndrome  24 Menopause  25 Osteoarthritis  26 Fibromyalgia  27 Acne vulgaris  28 Inflammatory skin disorders-atopic eczema and psoriasis  29 Benign prostatic hypertrophy  30 Recurrent urinary tract infection 31 Autoimmune disease  32 Cancer  33 Paediatrics  34 Fertility, preconception care and pregnancy  35 Ageing and cognition  36 Bipolar disorder  37 Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder  38 Chronic fatigue syndrome  39 Human immunodeficiency virus  40 Pain management  41 Polypharmacy and drug-nutraceutical interactions  Appendix 1 Drug-herb interaction chart Appendix 2 Drug-nutrient interaction chart Appendix 3 Chemotherapy drugs and concurrent nutraceutical use Appendix 4 Food sources of nutrients Appendix 5 Laboratory reference values Appendix 6 Taxonomic cross-reference of major herbs

• ISBN: 978-0-7295-4173-2
• Editorial: Churchill Livingstone
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 923
• Fecha Publicación: 23/06/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés