From the author of the 250,000-copy bestseller Sinus Survival, here is a complete guide to using holistic medicine to treat our most common illnesses. The Complete Self-Care Guide to Holistic Medicine is the most comprehensive mainstream guidebook available on holistic healing. Unlike any other health guide, it presents alternative and mainstream therapies side by side, providing full treatment programs for more than sixty-five illnesses and health problems --ranging from backaches to migraines, from arthritis to common colds. The book features an easy-to-follow wellness program and covers every possible range of illness that can be treated from home. Robert Ivker, D.O., is currently designing some of the first accredited courses in holistic medicine at our nation's medical schools. Ivker and his coauthors, Robert A. Anderson, M.D., one of the founding pioneers of board-certified holistic medicine in America, and medical writer Larry Trivieri, Jr., senior editor of Alternative Medicine, have crafted an essential guide that belongs in every home. Index. Bibliography.Robert Ivker, D.O., is a clinical instructor in the departments of family medicine and otolaryngology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and is president of the American Holistic Medical Association (AHMA). The author of Sinus Survival and the monthly column "Ask Dr. Ivker" in Natural Health magazine, he is one of the nation's most visible spokesmen for alternative medicine. He lives in Colorado. An award-winning physician and instructor, Robert A. Anderson, M.D., is the author of Stress Power! and Wellness Medicine and has taught at numerous universities. He lives in Wenatchee, Washington.