The Hepatitis C Help Book: A Groundbreaking Treatment Program Combining Western and Eastern Medicine for Maximum Wellness and Healing

by Misha Ruth Cohen and Robert Gish

Book Overview

Hepatitis C has been called "the emergent and preeminent public-health problem of the twenty-first century--surpassing HIV." It has also been dubbed "The Shadow Epidemic," because it is one of the most clandestine of viruses and infects healthy people who have no idea they are being attacked by something they can't even detect. Now, two experts on Hepatitis C have teamed up to write a complete guide to orthodox and alternative treatment options. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312252463
• ISBN13: 9780312252465
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

The Hepatitis C Help Book, Revised Edition

I'm a GI Nurse. Read a lot about Hep-C over the past 25yrs. This book is a great review for both health care professionals and patients alike. Very detailed, yet clear, easy to understand, very up to date. Dr.Robert Gish is a well know Hepatologist on the west coast, probably the leading one. Has the last word for Hepatitis care in California among local physicians. Patients come from all over the world to see him in his San Francisco clinic. And,... he's a really nice guy. Thanks for a great book!

A collection of important infomation, all in one book.

Very user friendly. Good information, all in one book. All you need to know in order to take good care of yourself and a live good quality life without the commercial western killer medications during a period of such a delicate disease.

Preparing to use The Hepatitis C Help Book to guide me through my treatment

As someone who's had hepatitis C for 40 plus years (diagnosed about 10 years ago) and who went 35 years without health insurance, I've depended on alternative/complementary medicine a great deal. As I prepare to begin treatment with interferon/ribavirin, I find this book invaluable for the practical information that it provides, which I'm certain will better enable me to deal with the side effects of the treatment. The chapter and sections I find most helpful are those dealing with Western Medical Treatment options, Chinese Nutritional Therapy, Acupuncture, Qi Gong, and the section on the Integrated Treatment Program (especially the chapters dealing with digestive, fatigue, depression and pain issues, which I understand are common side effects.) Finally, the Resource Appendix will be a great help in enabling me to find current information about helplines, networking, educational materials, chat rooms, message boards, lectures and workshops, and financial assistance; all of this will be essential to my clearing the virus and healing.

great & unique resource for people w/ hepatitis C

This is a "must read" book for anyone with hepatitis C, especially those interested in complementing Western medical advice with more holistic approaches such as acupuncture and herbs. The first edition helped me when I was going through treatment for hepatitis C and this revised edition is even more helpful. I was given a very low chance of success in clearing the virus with interferon & ribavirin, but since I had cirrhosis I needed to try. I credit weekly acupuncture, herbs, meditation, and qigong/tai chi, and other suggestions in this book for my beating the odds, and getting rid of the hepatitis C virus and the cirrhosis. Well, you can read more about my story on www.hepCmeditations.org if you want. I'm really grateful to have gotten through treatment successfully. The Hepatitis C Help Book has info you don't find anywhere else. The explanations of how Eastern medicine can help people with liver problems are illuminating. Certainly take this book to your acupuncturist, but the recommendations of foods to eat or avoid for particular symptoms is invaluable for everyone, and there are also recipes worth trying. Getting advice from both the Western and Eastern perspective made me feel like I had some choices and that I was getting the best of both worlds. And there's advice on mood, sex, fuzzy thinking, aches & pains, why stress is harmful, how meditation helps, and lots of self-help advice. Unique things and up-to-date explanations of the basics. I'm teaching a course on Hepatitis now and I refer to this book, and recommend it to people who ask my advice on dealing with hepatitis C and other liver problems.

Excellent coverage of an important topic

This book provides lots of practical and informative content concerning Hepatitis C. The book covers the subject from both the traditional and alternative medical points of view. Included are discussions of treatment options, lifestyle recommendations, and a good overview of the disease. The book is readable and well researched. If you or someone you know has this insidious and widespread disease this book should be at the top of your list of readings. Because Hepatitis C progresses with hardly any symptoms..it is important to take steps as soon as possible to deal with it. If you have been positively diagnosed...DO NOT WAIT. There are many things you can do from implementing simple lifestyle changes to undergoing severe chemotherapy that can influence the course of this illness. At the very least you can read this book!