Richard Thomas (3) (1943–)

There is a big caveat attached to the review of this book, while it says that the therapies work it doesn't really offer proof, and seriously, if you're suffering from a serious illness you need to talk to your primary care physician at least before dealing with alternative medicine or therapies, some are contraindicated even when you're pretty sure you're doing nothing wrong. Let us not discuss my skin rash due to a normally benign sleep aid aromatherapy balm when I was undergoing chemotherapy.

This is an interesting book for those other therapies you could explore in order to try to help mitigate pain. Particularly long-term pain. There's a certain amount of paranoia in the book about long-term use of standard medicines but it glosses over the fact that herbal medicine is in fact a medicine and can both interact and negate other medical drugs.

It's a useful book in looking at alternatives if you want to explore that path but should be taken with a certain amount of critical thinking, it's well done, clearly explained and a useful exploration of the topic.… (mais)