This book provides a clear and comprehensive presentation of all basic and most advanced approaches to complementary and alternative healing arts and sciences. Combining authority with accessibility and style on subjects ranging from Aromatherapy to Tantra, and Quantum healing to Medieval Chemistry in a fascinating fluid writing based on a firm reasoning of clinical evidence. The authors also explore modern medicine's encounters with traditional medicine. This is an admirably concise and interesting book covering the ancient practices to modern innovations and will be referenced for decades.