"Solving the Depression Puzzle" by Rita Elkins M.H.

Depression - one of the top reasons Americans visit their doctors every year - is typically viewed as a one-dimensional health condition. Conventional medicine often sites a single cause (such as chemical imbalance) and recommends a single "cure" (antidepressant drugs like Prozac or Zoloft).

In Solving the Depression Puzzle, author Rita Elkins explains how depression is, in fact, multidimensional. Its causes are usually varied and interconnected, ranging from food allergies to prescription drugs to strained family relationships. Likewise, overcoming depression most often will require a multidimensional treatment. A combination of dietary regiments, natural supplements (such as St. John's wort) physical exercise and / or meditative therapies may be in order.

This accessible and reader-friendly guide provides an investigative approach to piecing together the complex puzzle we call depression. Armed with hundreds of facts on depression your doctor will never tell you, dozens of the latest research studies, and advice from leading experts in the field, Solving the Depression Puzzle will help you beat your depression and regain a joyful, optimistic outlook.

Paperback, 366 pages, English, Woodland Pub, 2001

"Healthy Healing" by Linda Page, Ph.D., Traditional Naturopath & Sarah Abernathy

Avoid side effects, drug interactions and high medical costs

In a world where your health seems lost somewhere between big business, insurance companies and government red tape, the all-new 14th edition of Healthy Healing offers a new choice.

You are the real champion of your health, not your doctor or even your naturopath. Healthy Healing is the only book on the market which allows you to customize your own personalized natural health program for more than 400 ailments.

Healthy Healing offers step-by-step recommendations on the foods you put on your table, the supplements you purchase, and the stress-relieving therapies and exercises you choose for healing. Natural remedies work--by themselves or with conventional protocols--for many health concerns. For over 25 years, Healthy Healing has proven this philosophy and is America's Original Guide to Natural Healing.

Paperback, 672 pages, English, Healthy Healing Publications, 2011

"Secrets of Alternative Healing" by Mariah Jager

An A-to-Z Guide to a Longer, Happier Life. Included topics: Acupuncture and Acupressure, Aromatherapy, Ayurveda, Biofeedback, Diet Therapy, Environmental Medicine, Flower Remedy/Essence Therapy, Herbal Therapy, Homeopathy, Hydrotherapy, Hypnotherapy, Juice Therapy, Light Therapy, Massage, Naturopathy, Osteopathy, Sound Therapy, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yoga and More.

Paperback, 216 pages, English, Black Dog & Leventhal, 2015

"A Soothing Broth" by Pat Willard

Honking and wheezing? Plumbing all messed up? Change of seasons got you down? Need a little pick-me-up?

Pat Willard has just the ticket to get you back on track.  While poring over weathered, vintage cookbooks, Pat found a treasure trove of recipes from the days when ailing family members were cared for at home, and everyday aches, pains, and complaints were dealt with by turning to the kitchen pantry.  With a style reminiscent of M.F.K.  Fisher and Laurie Colwin, and a tone as soothing as Pat's suggestions, A Soothing Broth includes recipes for homemade broths, tonics, juices, puddings, and teas.

If a sore throat has you croaking like a frog, relieve the pain with a vinegar and cayenne pepper beverage.  If you've overdone it at the gym, soak those aching muscles in a warm bath with some ginger and vinegar.  A paste of wheat germ and honey will relieve the itching and take down the swelling of that nasty bee sting.

You've got a cupboard full of cures in your kitchen, and A Soothing Broth shows you how to use them.

Hardcover, 224 pages, English, Broadway, 1998