A "radical" approach to holistic healing that examines the root causes and cures for ailments such as Alzheimer's disease, breast cancer, and heart attacks

• Offers cutting-edge detoxification and draining therapies to address the tremendous chemical onslaught of modern life

• Explains the profound health problems caused by dental amalgams, vaccinations, antibiotics, cosmetics

With the historic use of toxic mercury amalgam fillings, excessive courses of antibiotics, damaging childhood vaccines, and the many industrial pollutants and chemicals that have been spread into our air, water, and food over the past century, general holistic health guidelines are simply no longer adequate for most people. Only through radical measures--that is, getting to the true root or underlying cause of disease--can effective healing occur. In Radical Medicine, naturopathic physician Louisa Williams describes how to treat these and other modern-day "obstacles to cure," in order to ensure against future degenerative disease and achieve the optimal health that is our birthright.

Examining the many health problems triggered by dental amalgams and poor dentistry, Dr. Williams explains that our teeth are focal points for health issues that arise elsewhere in the body. She explores the impact of vaccinations, the excessive use of antibiotics, and the chemical-laden products used as health and beauty aids--which are linked to Alzheimer's disease, heart attacks, and breast and other cancers--and provides information on cutting-edge detoxification treatments as well as drainage and nutritional therapies. A practical guide for practitioners and patients alike, Radical Medicine offers a wealth of holistic, natural therapies for overcoming what is poisoning us and our world so we can achieve optimal health and well-being.

Louisa L. Williams, M.S., D.C., N.D., received her doctoral training in naturo-pathic medicine from Bastyr University. She also holds a master's degree in psychology and a degree in chiropractic. In 1984 she founded the Seattle Health Clinic, which specializes in environmental medicine and detoxification. She now lives and practices naturopathic medicine in Texas.

Acknowledgments

An Introduction to Radical Medicine

Part One
Understanding Disease Patterns and Initiating Treatment

1 The Four Miasmic Disease Tendencies
2 Drainage for Detoxification and Regeneration

Part Two
Detoxification of Toxic Metals and Chemicals

3 Toxic Metals
4 Toxic Chemicals

Part Three
Nutrition and Digestion

5 Diet: Healthy and Harmful Foods
6 Food Allergies: A Hidden Epidemic
7 Dysbiosis

Part Four
Blocks to Healing: Dominant Foci and Their Disturbed Fields

8 The History of Foci: A Major Historical Precedent
9 Development of a Dominant Focus
10 Clearing Foci: Neural Therapy and Auriculotherapy
11 The Dental Focus
12 The Tonsil Focus
13 Other Dominant Foci

Part Five
The Most Profound Holistic Treatment and Its Ugly Allopathic Twin

14 Constitutional Homeopathy
15 Vaccinations

Part Six
The Structural Component

16 Dental Malocclusions and TMD Syndrome
17 Musculoskeletal Dysfunction

Part Seven
Mental and Emotional Factors

18 Advanced Approaches to Psychospiritual Healing
Final Words

Appendix 1. Description of Holistic Practitioners

Appendix 2. Seven Patient Examples

Appendix 3. Energetic Testing Explained

Appendix 4. How Scientific Is Allopathic Medicine?

Glossary

Recommended Reading

Resources

Index