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...field filled as much with dogmatists as doctors, this is nothing short of revolutionary. "There's a lot that conventional medicine does well," Weil says, "and in many cases, it's just what's called for. If I'm in a car accident, don't take me to an herbalist. If I have bacterial pneumonia, give me antibiotics. But when it comes to maximizing the body's natural healing potential, a mix of conventional and alternative procedures seems like the only answer...
...perhaps you'll find yourself in an herbalist's lair, a shop like the one run by Ron Teeguarden in Venice, Calif., crammed full of respectable-looking people seeking Astragalus, said by the Chinese to strengthen the immune system, or the prized Reishi mushroom, purported to help counter the effects of chemotherapy. Teeguarden, 44, who spent years in Asia studying herbalism, offers private counseling for $35 a session to clients who include John McEnroe and Lisa Bonet. And while you're in the neighborhood of California, you may even wander over to one of several Ayurvedic centers, where therapists ! will...
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...main stores catering to township residents. The new $2.8 million Lesedi City mall, east of Johannesburg, the largest yet built in any urban black area, houses 53 black businesses, including a supermarket, video library, disco and off-track betting parlor, as well as the local witch doctor and herbalist. Says Lesedi City Developer Gray Thathane, 56: "That's the march to freedom...
...lobby, a small group of newcomers ignore the desert vistas and seek out the nurse, the herbalist, the dietician, the three pools, four racquetball courts, six tennis courts and beauty salon. They disperse to the appropriate locker room where, overdressed in clothes, they encounter the smug incumbents. In the women's room, all physical indignities, personal tribulations and great accomplishments are revealed and shared. Shelly, a Chicago mother of two and an architecture student, says, "Being here is most akin to the experience of having a baby...