Complementary Therapies and the Management of Diabetes and Vascular Disease provides an overview of the most commonly used of these therapies and discusses key issues for safe use by people with diabetes and associated vascular disease.

Features:

• It is an informative evidence-based text that will help health professionals understand complementary therapies commonly used by people with diabetes, their potential benefits, possible adverse events and how these could be minimised or prevented
• It describes clinical practice guidelines for the safe combination of complementary and conventional therapies in diabetes management
• It suggests appropriate advice to give people with diabetes and vascular disease about complementary therapies

Contents

1. Introduction to Diabetes
2. Complementary Therapy Use
3. Complementary Medicine and Safety
4. Integrating Complementary and Conventional Therapies
5. Nutritional Therapies
6. Essential Oils (Aromatherapy)
7. Counseling and Relaxation Therapies
8. Energy Therapies
9. Herbal Medicines and Interactions with Conventional Medicines Used to Manage Diabetes
10. Ayurvedic Management of Diabetes
11. Chinese Medicine Treatment of Diabetes
12. Australian Aboriginal Traditional Healing Practices
13. Massage and Reflexology
14. Naturopathy
15. Complementary Approaches to Managing Pain
16. Manipulative Therapies

Index

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