Sacred Medicine is a book of inclusion. It does not prescribe nor preach nor proselytize - it illustrates, informs, and illuminates." From the foreword by Dr. Gabor Mate, author of When the Body Says No and In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts. In 2007, Lissa Rankin left a promising career in medicine to tend to her own health and well-being. Her search to discover why people really get sick and what truly optimizes health outcomes launched a bestselling book, two television specials, and a revolution in the way we look at mind-body medicine. But so many questions remained for this doctor and skeptic. How is it that some people do everything right and stay sick, while others seem to do nothing extraordinary yet fully recover. How does faith healing work -or does it. What's behind the phenomenon of spontaneous remission -and is this something we can influence. Can we make ourselves miracle-prone. Certain that, if she looked hard enough, she would find the answers, Dr. Rankin embarked on a decade-long journey to explore these questions and more. The result is Sacred Medicine, both a seeker's travelogue and a discerning guide to the sometimes-perilous paths available to patients when wellness fads, lifestyle changes, and doctors have failed them. In Sacred Medicine, you'll follow Dr. Rankin around the world to meet healers gifted and flawed.