Book excerpt: ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY TREATMENT IN NEUROLOGIC ILLNESS provides comprehensive coverage of alternative remedies and techniques used to treat and alleviate symptoms of neurologic disorders. Like other volumes in the Medical Guides to Complementary and Alternative Medicine series, it provides integrated coverage of traditional allopathic and complementary approaches and how they can be applied as viable treatment options. It discusses the strengths and weaknesses of clinical studies and offers a practical approach to various neurologic symptoms and syndromes. By understanding these alternative therapies, medical students and practitioners will feel more comfortable recommending complementary therapies to their patients. A volume in the Medical Guides to Complementary and Alternative Medicine Series