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This book contains the best healing traditions of the world for the health advocates of the 21 st century and comprises the contributions from the experts in the field of holistic medicine and rehabilitation. It emphasises on the need fora sustainable holistic model of rehabilitation. The author has traced the historical evolution of the medicine and has revealed the complementary and alternative medicine and also the feasibility and effectiveness of holistic rehabilitation. It attempts to demonstrate exemplary medical models like Classical Chinese Medicine and Classical Homeopathy, so that health professionals can have a comprehensive understanding of the core values of the holistic medical systems of the world.

- Outlines the need for a new and sustainable model of rehabilitation
- Describes the ideological and intellectual roots of whole system approach of healing in comparison to the analytical or allopathic approach of medical intervention
- Philosophical foundations of Classical Chinese Medicine
- Brief summary oftherapeutic principles of Classical Homeopathy
- Description of food as a powerful therapeutic modality from the Western naturopathic tradition