The Arthritis Bible: A Comprehensive Guide to Alternative Therapies and Conventional Treatments for Arthritic Diseases Including Osteoarthrosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Gout, Fibromyalgia, and More

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Inner Traditions / Bear & Co, 1999 - 244 pages
The complete guide to available therapies for individuals suffering from osteoarthritis and other arthritic diseases.

• The most up-to-date information on this disease that strikes one in six people.

• Includes case histories, practitioners' perspectives, and a complete resource guide to the organizations, publications, and Internet sites devoted to arthritis.

For those suffering from arthritis and other arthritic diseases such as gout and fibromyalgia, The Arthritis Bible is a complete resource to available treatments--both alternative and conventional. One in six Americans are afflicted with arthritis, yet the traditional medical community continues to offer only the limited number of treatments found within the narrowly proscribed boundaries of Western medicine. And while many alternative therapies do provide relief, too many have become victims of the "flavor-of-the-month" mentality, their true merits being lost amidst hype and unwarranted claims before adequate research has been done.

The Arthritis Bible supplies wisdom on conventional drugs, exercise, physical therapy, diet, vitamins and minerals, traditional herbs, nutraceuticals, homeopathy, and folk remedies. It also advises how to choose the right medical approach and practitioner, and includes a complete resource guide to the organizations, publications and internet sites devoted to arthritis. For anyone seeking relief from the painful and often debilitating consequences of arthritic diseases, The Arthritis Bible is a must for the shelf.
 

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OSTEOARTHROSIS OSTEOARTHRITIS A CASE OF DYSFUNCTIONAL CARTILAGE
4
DEFINING THE DISEASE
4
SYMPTOMS OF OSTEOARTHROSIS
4
DIAGNOSIS OF OSTEOARTHROSIS
4
WHAT CAUSES OSTEOARTHROSIS?
12
WHO IS MOST AT RISK?
14
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL THERAPIES WORKING MIND AND BODY TO REDUCE DRUG DEPENDENCY
15
PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES
20
DIETARY THERAPY IN RHEUMATIC DISEASES
111
STOMACH ACID HYPOCHLORHYDRIA AND RHEUMATIC DISEASE
112
ORAL TOLERANCE THERAPY
116
VITAMINS AND MINERALS
118
VITAMIN ABETACAROTENE
119
B VITAMINS
120
VITAMIN C
121
VITAMIN D
122

ASPIRIN AND ITS OFFSPRING
23
ANALGESIC OPTIONS
24
THE FIRST NONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUG NSAID
25
SYNTHETIC NSAIDs
26
SIDE EFFECTS OF ASPIRIN AND OTHER NSAIDs
27
HOW NSAIDs HELP AND HURT
32
PAIN RELIEF WITH THE LEADING UNNSAID
34
THE CARTILAGE THERAPY REVOLUTION GLUCOSAMINE SAMe CHONDROITIN BOVINE CARTILAGE SULFUR GELATIN BOSWELLI...
36
CREATION AND DESTRUCTION
37
TREATING ROOT CAUSES
39
GOUT
57
WHAT CAUSES GOUT?
58
DIAGNOSIS
59
DIET AND NATURAL REMEDIES
60
RHEUMATIC DISEASES
63
RHEUMATIC DISEASES WHAT HOW AND WHY
64
DIAGNOSIS OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES
65
PROGNOSIS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
68
PROGRESSION OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
69
WHY ARTHRITIC TISSUES CATCH FIRE
70
WHAT CAUSES RHEUMATIC DISEASE?
73
A SPECIAL CASE
79
CAUSATIVE FACTORS AND PAIN MANAGEMENT AN ANALYSIS FROM THE FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
83
FACTORS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
85
BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH
86
FREE RADICAL STRESS AND CARTILAGE DEGENERATION
87
PAIN MANAGEMENT
88
GETTING THE RIGHT MEDICAL HELP
90
RHEUMATOLOGY NURSE PRACTITIONERS
91
HOLISTIC MEDICAL DOCTORS
92
CHIROPRACTORS
93
CONVENTIONAL MEDICINES FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES
94
DISEASEMODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUGS DMARDs
95
AN AGGRESSIVE NEW STANCE ON DMARDs
96
CYTOTOXIC DRUGS
100
CORTICOSTEROIDS
103
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS
106
CONSUMERS GUIDE TO RHEUMATIC REMEDIES
107
RANKING RHEUMATIC REMEDIES
108
BORON
123
SELENIUM
124
ZINC
125
TRADITIONAL HERBS
126
RANKING HERBS FOR ARTHRITIS
127
SECONDARY HERBS
136
NUTRACEUTICAL REMEDIES FROM NATURE
141
GLA
145
EMU OIL
148
BOVINE TRACHEAL CARTILAGE
150
CAPSAICIN Capsicum spp Chili Pepper
154
OPCs
156
DIETARY ENZYMES
159
SEA CUCUMBER
163
NEW ZEALAND GREENLIPPED MUSSEL
164
ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY
166
CLUES FROM THE HEART AND GUT
167
HOW MICROBES MIGHT CAUSE RHEUMATIC DISEASES
168
EARLY EVIDENCE FOR MICROBE THEORY
170
THE CHANGING FORTUNES OF MICROBE THEORY
172
GERMS ON TRIAL
174
ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY
175
ANTIBIOTICS AS ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUGS
178
ARE ANTIBIOTICS RIGHT FOR YOU?
180
HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES
182
THE PARADOX OF HOMEOPATHY
184
DOES IT WORK?
185
HOMEOPATHY IN ARTHRITIS
186
FOLK REMEDIES
187
BEE VENOM
188
COPPER BRACELETS
189
HONEY AND VINEGAR
190
RESOURCES ACUPUNCTUREACUPRESSURE CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE
191
MORE HERBAL OPTIONS
198
TOP HERBS SCIENTIFIC SUMMARIES
203
NOTES
212
BIBLIOGRAPHY
237
INDEX
240
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Craig Weatherby is a journalist and writer who has specialized in nutritioin, herbs, and complementary therapies since 1987. His research for The Arthritis Bible spanned two years and entailed extensive study of conventional rheumatology, therapeutic nutrition, physical therapy, infectious etiology of rheumatic diseases, and botanical medicines. Dr. Leonid Gordin is a board-certified member of the Academy of Pain Management. He practices at the Marino Center for Progressive Health where he is an expert in "functional medicine"--the fully scientific approach to holistic medicine that focuses on proven connections between physical and mental systems.

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