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Published: March 28, 2009

Integrative health books blend the best of conventional and alternative medicine.

By researching your ailments this way, you can learn preventive health, simple nutritional remedies and how to nourish your body's natural healing ability.

Of course, books and Web sites shouldn't replace standard medical care. But as an ancient Chinese saying goes, "The superior doctor treats the disease before it occurs."

Here are a few examples, from credible professionals and practitioners.

•"The 24-Hour Pharmacist" (Collins, $14.95), www.dearpharmacist.com: Author Suzy Cohen recommends natural options for a variety of conditions and looks at issues such as how some medications deplete essential nutrients from your body, worsen arthritis, cause hair thinning or weight gain and interfere with sex drive.

You might also like: "Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy" (Rodale, $14.95) by Joe and Teresa Graedon. www.peoplespharmacy.com.

•"1,000 Cures for 200 Ailments" (Collins, $34.95): Offers professional advice from experts in five fields: conventional medicine, homeopathy, traditional Chinese medicine, herbalism and naturopathy. Lets the reader compare Western medicine with alternative approaches.

You might also like: "Your Best Medicine" (Rodale, $23.95).

•"Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child" (Avery, $21.95): Written by a medical doctor, a naturopath and a registered nurse, "Smart Medicine" offers both conventional and natural approaches to the most common infant and childhood disorders. The authors consider what works: Sometimes that's an herb, sometimes it's an antibiotic and sometimes it's both.

You might also like: "The Holistic Pediatrician" (Quill, $22.95).

•"Prescription for Natural Cures" (Wiley, $24.95): A physician/surgeon and a naturopathic doctor suggest some evidence-based treatments and also pass along tips from previous generations of doctors and natural health care practitioners from other cultures or advice they learned firsthand through patients.

You might also like: "Prescription for Nutritional Healing" (Avery, $24.95).

•"Yoga as Medicine" (Bantam, $20), www.drmccall .com. Timothy McCall, a practicing yogi and western-trained physician, uses science to show how yoga postures, breathing techniques and meditation can help treat conditions such as arthritis, heart disease, insomnia and obesity.

You might also like: "Yoga for Wellness" (Penguin Compass, $24.95).

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