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Healing Herbs: The Ultimate Guide To The Curative Power Of Nature's Medicine

Author: Castleman, Michael

Synopsis
In addition to remedies for more than 200 conditions and diseases, this guide contains an A-to-Z encyclopedia of 100 herbs used in traditional healing, tracing their history, folklore and medicinal use, and summarizing the latest scientific research on their many benefits--as well as potential hazards--enabling readers to use them safely and effectively. TP: Rodale.

Synopsis
Suddenly herbs and how-to herbals are popular again. But while other books tend to rehash traditional uses of herbs and old wives' tales, this book reviews world-wide scientific literature on which herbs really work and how to use them safely. 7 photographs; 100 illustrations. --This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title

Synopsis
Profiles one hundred of the most frequently used medicinal plants, tracing their history, folklore, and healing properties and offering an accessible A-to-Z encyclopedia that lists remedies for common ailments. Reprint. PW.

The publisher, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.
The Healing Herbs provides the information you need to use the earth's wonderful bounty of medicinal plants confidently, effectively, and above all, safely. It examines 100 of the most widely used, most easily available, most familiar, and most fascinating medicinal plants, tracing their history, folklore, and healing properties, and summarizing the latest scientific research on their many benefits. The Healing Herbs also explains where to find the herbs, how to take them, store and prepare them, even how to grow them.

The Healing Herbs also includes an easy-to-use A-to-Z herb encyclopedia, plus a section titled Prevention and Treatment: A Fast-action Guide to Using the Healing Herbs, including: Conditions--from ear infection to stress, A-to-Z conditions and the herbs you can use to treat and prevent specific symptoms and diseases; Healing Actions--from antibiotic to sedative, an A-to-Z list of medicinal uses with herbs as a natural alternative to certain medicines; Other Uses--some unusual uses for the healing herbs, for example as insect repellent or memory improvement. Both Conditions and Healing Actions include special precautions about certain herbs, whether in preparation, long-term use, or short-term effects.

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In addition to remedies for more than 200 conditions and diseases, this guide contains an A-to-Z encyclopedia of 100 herbs used in traditional healing, tracing their history, folklore and medicinal use, and summarizing the latest scientific research on their many benefits--as well as potential hazards--enabling readers to use them safely and effectively.

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