Alternative Medicine and Multiple Sclerosis

by Allen C. Bowling

Book Overview

These therapies are organized alphabetically so that readers can readily pinpoint a specific treatment and learn about its origins, merits, and possible uses in MS. They will find in-depth discussions... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1888799528
• ISBN13: 9781888799521
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Alternative Medicine and Multiple Sclerosis by Bowling

Multiple Sclerosis is a system that impacts the immune systemand the nervous system. There is a hereditary disposition tothe disease. The main damage involves lesions of the brain andspinal cord. The disease may relapse and remit during variousphases. The drug Betaseron may be employed for MS to decreaserelapses in both length and severity. Alternative medicinalprotocols may be employed i.e. acupuncture, exercise,biofeedback, chiropractic and massage therapy. Acupuncture has minor risks in the thoracic region for the lung and heart.Propolis has been found to stimulate and suppress immune function.A new area called Psychoneuroimmunology has developed whichimpacts both the nervous system and the immune system.Chelation therapy removes plaque from the blood vessels.Chiropractic has been known to help MS sufferers because lowback pain is reduced with gentle manipulation.Dental amalgum implications may be present in arthritis, lupus,Parkinson's and brain tumor. Decreases in dietary fat may assistMS sufferers. Gamma Linoleic Acid supresses excess immunesystem activity. Enzyme therapy improves both digestion andthe breakdown of complex food groups. i.e. proteinCertain exercises i.e. horseback riding improves the pelvis.This book is an excellent supplementary reference for MSsufferers. It will complement any formal program ofpharmaceutical medicines in place.Definition: A linoleic acid is a liquid unsaturated fatty acidessential in animal nutrition. The chemical composition is: C H O 18 30 2

An excellent starting point

To explore alternative medicine is to take a journey into aspects of healing that are outside of patentable pharmacology. The journey is easier with a map, but the map is only a starting point. When considering alternative medicine, we need to make our own decisions about approaches to health that often have not been studied in the way that patentable drugs have been studied. Even so, the journey should begin by learning what has previously been reported on the subject. Dr. Bowling's book is a fist-rate description of the terrain of alternative medicine. Unlike other MS-specific books about alternative medicine, his is based on a review of published literature rather than on personal experience, anecdote and fancy. Part of Dr. Bowling's accomplishment is that he has managed to catalogue a diverse and hard-to-define area. More imortantly, it describes, in succint and easy-to-understand and language, the published research that is available on about 40 different areas of alternative medicine. Don't buy the book thinking there is a cure for MS to be found in its pages. On the other hand, if you are looking for a starting point for understanding alternative medicine, then this book is a useful resource.

Good

This book was well-written and stayed on the subject very well.

Helpful

This book fulfills its claims. I found useful its review of numerous alternative approaches to MS. Clearly western medicine has not figured out the perfect response to the disease. This book is a way to be imformed of developments in both traditional and alternative medicine. Part of the nature of the disease is that no single treatment works for everyone. This is a good book for an overview of what options exist and whether they seem to work.

Enables the reader to find unconventional options

In Dr. Allen Bowling's Alternative Medicine And Multiple Sclerosis, he enables the reader to find unconventional options that may provide symptomatic relief when conventional therapies for multiple sclerosis are limited or otherwise unsatisfactory. Dr. Bowling explains the potentially dangerous interactions between complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies and medical treatments utilized in the management of MS; identifies CAM therapies that are possibly effective, low risk, and inexpensive; and exposes ineffective, dangerous, or needlessly costly alternative therapies. Alternative Medicine And Multiple Sclerosis is a very highly recommended and informative addition to any personal or professional multiple sclerosis reading list.