This comprehensive and accessible guide to nature's affordable pharmacy and organic beauty aids includes step-by-step instructions for making herbal remedies, tips on aromatherapy, a mini-encyclopedia of herbal prescriptions, and more. 250 color photos. 50 color illustrations.
Amazon Sales Rank: #683039 in Books Published on: 1998-12 Original language: English Number of items: 1 Binding: Hardcover 480 pages
From the Inside Flap The Woman's Book of Healing HerbsPractical and elegant, this is the ultimate book on herbs for female-only health problems. You'll find page after page of teas, tinctures, supplements, formulas, masks, compresses, and more. Special blends for relaxation, rejuvenation, and healing. Tonics that prevent or relieve colds and flu, hot flashes and menstrual cramps, digestive upsets, mood swings, pelvic pain, urinary tract infections, and much more.The book, based on modern scientific evidence, kicks off with a look at the long tradition of herbal healing, then provides lavishly illustrated profiles of the 50 top healing herbs for women. Next, you'll find step-by-step directions, with color photos, for making tonics, compresses, and other herbal medicines in your kitchen with everyday equipment.A special section of the book, arranged alphabetically, offers herbal remedies for more than 80 health complaints, from altitude sickness to water retention. Throughout, the authors emphasize safe and effective use of herbs for problems ranging from everyday complaints (like sage for bad breath and rosemary for headaches) to long-range concerns (like hawthorn for heart health and astragalus for immunity). Included are popular herbs like echinacea for colds and St.-John's-wort for depression as well as up-and-coming herbs like kava-kava for anxiety and black cohosh for menopausal symptoms.A major section on botanicals that beautify spells out exactly which herbs can help clear up blemishes, lighten sun-induced age spots, heal chapped lips, smooth crow's-feet and other fine wrinkles, eliminate dandruff, moisturize dry skin and nails, relieve puffy eyes, perk up tired skin, and revitalize dry, oily, or graying hair.The authors also give special attention to herbs valued for their power to lift mood and bolster emotional health: botanicals that boost energy, enhance sexual desire, improve memory, sharpen concentration, reverse midafternoon slump, and take the edge off stress and nervous tension.You'll learn which kinds of tablets and capsules to look for when shopping for herbs. But you'll also learn how to use aromatherapy, essential oils, flower essences, liniments, lozenges, creams, ointments, and other herbal alternatives to over-the-counter medications.This unique blend of historical lore and modern science draws on the wisdom of the world's most trusted herbalists. These are the herbal experts that more and more doctors consult when women ask about herbal treatments. Here, women get that advice first-hand, in easy-to-understand language. And a detailed list of purchasing sources makes it easty to find the herbs recommended throughout the book.The Woman's Book of Healing Herbs is the one book on which women can rely to help them explore "nature's pharmacy" and select remedies for their unique needs. From the Back Cover Herbal Medicine for Women Only!In this elegantly illustrated book, top herbalists offer inside advice on how to use herbs to look and feel your best, relieve more than 125 common health problems, and strengthen your immunity against illness. You'll find:* Step-by-step directions for making your own herbal medicines* Dosage and recommendations for hot new herbs like black cohosh-- "nature's estrogen"-- and kava-kava, the popular anti-anxiety herb* Special sections on aromatherapy, dream pillows, and herbs for rejuvenation and relaxation* Herbal remedies for female-only problems like morning sickness and PMS, plus much moreThis beautiful book also features:* Lavishly illustrated profiles of 50 top healing herbs for women, from aloe to yellow dock* Full-color photographs, including herbs in their native settings* Recipes for medicinal teas, soups, formulas, and blendsThe Woman's Book of Healing Herbs is perfect for women who are looking for simple ways to use medicinal herbs to treat everyday health problems, relieve stress, and beautify their skin, hair, and nails.About The Authors:Sarí Harrar is Health News Editor for Prevention magazine and co-author of Fat to Firm at Any Age, among other health books. Sara Altshul O'Donnell is Alternative Medicine Editor for Prevention magazine and co-author of Women's Choices in Natural Healing.
Most helpful customer reviews 10 of 10 people found this review helpful. Great book, easy to use, especially for beginners herbs. A customer, this book is very informative and has a lot of great solutions that are easy to make. The list of where to buy herbs are very helpful, plus it gives ideas on where else to look. It's a good book for newcomers to herbal remedies because it lists the types of herbs useful in preventive and curative measures. Generally a great resource for home. 11 of 12 people found the following review helpful. Interesting, but lacks important information Pharmiechick I really love this book. It's pretty organized, and is useful in pairing mode diseases / problems with herbal medicines. It is interesting, and I love the pictures, like many of the beauty products. I have some problems with it anyway. The book contains a list of 50 most common plants, and when the list of safety precautions has many interactions with other medicines, herbs, for example, missing Coumadin (warfarin), as the interaction is treated with willow bark in this book. Warfarin, but also interactions with Ginseng, Dang Shen, devil's claw, garlic (in large quantities) and Ginkgo biloba. Some of these drugs are still in the top 50 in this book, not to mention they can cause problems with warfarin. I think it's a really negative aspect of this book, because people without a pharmacy or medical history may not be aware of such problems, and some do not even know how herbal medicines (which they are!) Consider not know to check interactions or even to see if they wanted. Not another point, the book mentions that the FDA has no guidelines for the purity of herbal products, as it was not for the prescription and over-the-counter medication is. So can not get exactly what you think you are when you buy an herbal product if you use this book, I suggest you ask the pharmacist what brand of herbs suggest, because most of the pharmacists know which brands are most reliable other. In addition, you should always ask your doctor before taking herbal remedies if you are using, and when the pharmacist is your medication history, tell them what they are, too. Just because herbs are natural does not mean they are safe! 10 of 11 people found this review helpful. It 's time that he wrote a book about herbs for a client to understand the only thing I like most about this book is that it covers everything! Not only that the grass is supposed to do for you, but the side effects .... that the FDA has to say, think what MD, clinical studies. I like the way the book was out! Search by topic! Read 7 reviews ....