The Healing Herbs: The Ultimate Guide to the Curative Power of Nature's Medicines - Hardcover

Castleman, Michael; Hendler, Sheldon Saul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0878579346 ISBN 13: 9780878579341

Publisher: Rodale Pr, 1991

Synopsis

Offers advice on using readily-available herbs to cure a variety of ailments, and includes herbal history and lore

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Castleman writes about health and sexuality. For thirty-five years, his journalism focused on health defined broadly, including optimal wellness, mainstream medicine, alternative therapies, nutrition, fitness, and sexuality. Castleman also writes mystery novels set in San Francisco.

From the Inside Flap:

"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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rodale Pr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0878579346
• ISBN 13: 9780878579341
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1