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Welcome to the Integrative and Complementary Medicine Guide

Integrative medicine is the discipline concerned with using the combination of conventional (allopathic) medicine and Alternative Medicine to address the biological, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of health and illness.

This guide provides high quality information available through the ACPHS Library and on the internet.

Trease and Evans' Pharmacognosy by William Charles Evans
Call Number: QV 752 E92P 2009 QV 752 E92P 2009 REF
ISBN: 9780702029332
Publication Date: 2009-05-27
This encyclopedic reference work on pharmacognosy covers the study of those natural substances, principally plants, that find a use in medicine.
Textbook of Natural Medicine - 2-Volume Set by Joseph E. Pizzorno; Michael T. Murray
Call Number: WB 935 T48 2021
ISBN: 9780323523424
Publication Date: 2020-07-13
Discusses every aspect of natural/integrative medicine including philosophy, diagnosis, therapeutics, pharmacology, and specific disorders and diseases.
Review of Natural Products by Facts and Comparisons Staff; John A. Beutler; Ara DerMarderosian
Call Number: QV 752 R484 2014 REF
ISBN: 9781574393682
Publication Date: 2014-11-13
Over 400 fully referenced, peer-reviewed monographs offer quick and easy access to herbal, botanical, and natural product information.
A Guide to Evidence-Based Integrative and Complementary Medicine by Vicki Kotsirilos; Luis Vitetta; Avni Sali
Call Number: WB 890 K677 2011
ISBN: 9780729539081
Publication Date: 2011-01-25
The book covers non-pharmacologic treatments for common medical practice problems, with the support of current scientific evidence. Approaches include advice for lifestyle and behavioural factors, mind-body medicine, stress management, dietary changes, exercise and sleep advice, nutritional and herbal medicine, acupuncture and complementary medicines that may impact on the treatment of the disease(s). Only proven therapies from current research are included, particularly from Cochrane reviews and research from systematic reviews, randomized control trials and published cohort and case studies.

Natural Medicines
Comprehensive herbal/natural drug information resource, including complementary and alternative therapies.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews This link opens in a new window
Cochrane reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions. The Cochrane Library provides other systematic reviews, abstracts, technology assessments, economic evaluations, and individual clinical trials.

NCCIH Multimedia Resources

The NCCIH Multimedia resources site was developed and launched to provide video, image, and audio resources with information about modalities and treatments.

TCM Database

School of Chinese Medicine: Medicinal Plant Images Database

A source of information on medicinal plants used in TCM is now available. The Database was established by the collaborative efforts of the School of Chinese Medicine and their University Library.

Search content at: Plant Images website.

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