Product Description Carefully documented and written in a readable style, "Close-to-Nature Medicine" is packed with value for scientist, medical practitioner, and layperson alike. "Must" reading for anyone interested in photomedicine, microminerals, or the scientific basis of complementary and alternative medicine as well as in the science and social psychology of nutrition. Far from repeating the common teachings of the natural medicine literature, "Close-to-Nature Medicine" represents a novel, serious, theoretical, and practical approach to the scientific study of certain critical natural healing systems in the human body. "Close-to-Nature Medicine" includes: --a thorough, up-to-date discussion of Biophotonic Therapy, the use of extracorporeal or intravenous light to activate the chemiluminescence of the blood cells--the original immune system that is a legacy from humankind's distant oligocellular ancestors. The author provides a body of theory that places BT into its proper evolutionary and physiological contexts, describes such phenomena as the "phosphorescence of wounds", and details the track record of BT as an effective treatment of disseminated viral infections that resemble HIV and smallpox. Biophotonic Therapy is the leading phototherapeutic treatment of infectious diseases. --a chapter on the Theory of the Red Blood Cells, including the 19 criteria for the animal magnetoreceptor that the RBCs match and the solution of several key anomalies in neuroscience. This theory appears to solve the "binding problem" of human consciousness, otherwise known as the cellular basis of consciousness and considered by some to be the leading unsolved problem in the life sciences. No longer unsolved.... ; --original and little-understood information on nutrition, including a detailed description of Transdermal Microminerals, a discussion of Max Gerson's nutritional-medicinal therapy of tuberculosis and cancer, and a critique of sources of nutrition information such as the nutrition guidelines of the Institute of Medicine; --an analysis of certain critical issues in biodefense, including the likely identity (al Qaeda) of the Anthrax Mailer and the likely origin (the United Kingdom's biodefense program) of his anthrax; --an explanation of what makes Scientific Rejectionists tick and how to handle them; and much more besides. Plus illustrations and appendices. From the Publisher Rather than saying what a terrific book "Close-to-Nature Medicine" is, we simply wish to underline its most important point, which is contained in the first sentence: "Human beings have a chemiluminescent immune system. " The book explains why this is the case, where this chemiluminescent/biophotonic immunity originated, and why Biophotonic Therapy is the most reliable and thoroughly tested means of activating it. This book will have achieved success if each reader responds by demanding that Biophotonic Therapy be thoroughly tested as soon as possible as a treatment of HIV in Africa and elsewhere. It is very shocking that, after 20 years of a devastating epidemic in which millions have died in agony, the medical establishment has still failed to test this excellent therapy. Please read the book, then, as best as you can, exert your influence to insist on the testing of Biophotonic Therapy against HIV. From the Author "Close-to-Nature Medicine" is a distillation of my 11 years of work in the rich and fascinating space between standard and alternative medicine. From the Inside Flap Close-to-Nature Medicine views the body as the product of billions of years of evolution, an archeological dig with layers of interacting systems and potentials. Scientific detective work, conceptual thinking, and insights drawn from history, logic, and social psychology can help identify these natural mechanisms and put them to use in the form of low-cost Appropriate Technology for the benefit of humankind. In this book can be found the history, mechan