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A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America by Steven Foster,James A. Duke Pdf
At a time when interest in herbs and natural medicine has never been higher, the second edition of this essential guide shows how to identify more than 500 healing plants. 300+ color photos.
Summary: Here is the first fully illustrated practical guide to the healing properties of herbs. Offering a beautiful photographic survey of more than 120 medicinal herbs with important therapeutic properties and a section on their historical uses, The Complete Medicinal Herbal is a must for every home book shelve. All the parts of the plants that can be used medicinally are shown, from fresh flower petals or leaves to the root, bark, and juice. Each entry details the plant's chemical constituents, its actions, and its therapeutic applications -- from exotic ma huang, used in China to treat asthma for 5,000 years, to humble cabbage, which has been effective against stomach ulcers in clinical tests. A special how-to section explains the preparation of herbal remedies. There are more than 250 safe treatments to help alleviate common complaints -- from ordinary coughs, colds, and headaches to special treatments for skin conditions, digestive problems, and children's illnesses -- even detailed lists of herbs for the elderly.
The Complete Guide to Growing Healing and Medicinal Herbs by Wendy Vincent Pdf
This book will guide you through the step-by-step process of learning about and growing your own healing herbs, starting with the basics of what each herb can do and proceeding to show you everything you need to cultivate them yourself. The first things you will learn in this guide are the basics of all healing herbs, starting with a complete breakdown of the numerous healing herbs known to be easily cultivated in temperate climates. Matching the right herbs to your region, you will then be able to start learning about how herbs grow, as well as what they need from the soil, water, the weather, and feeding. You will learn which plants grow best together and which style of herbs are going to be best for selling and which are best for personal growing. Experts in the field of healing herbs have provided their insights into issues such as how to harvest the healing herbs best and how to dry or preserve them for use as healing materials. Learn how you can make a number of common treatments for various ailments with your herbs and how you can benefit best from your newfound garden.--COVER.
National Geographic Guide to Medicinal Herbs by Rebecca L. Johnson,David Kiefer Pdf
A resource organized by body system lists the key herbal remedies available, their uses, and cautionary advice, in a book that includes full-color photos, a glossary and several thematic indexes.
Complete Guide to Medicinal Herbs by Penelope Ody Pdf
The Complete Guide Series is the perfect first reference for a new enthusiast to natural health care. Assuming the reader has limited prior knowledge of the subject, each guide offers self-assessment questionnaires, profiles of key constitutional types, and extensive coverage of the most popular remedies for everyday complaints. Special attention is given to providing the most current information on self-help recommendations, sources of remedies, nutritional advice, botanical Latin names, and helpful addresses. These highly authoritative and accurate reference books offer an easy and appealing approach to understanding and using the most successful approaches to natural healing.
The Complete Natural Medicine Guide to the 50 Most Common Medicinal Herbs by Heather Boon,Michael Smith Pdf
The most current scientific information from the world's leading medical journals. Although there is growing consumer awareness of alternative and complementary medicine, there is a lack of comprehensive information available on herbal products. While pharmacists, physicians and other health care professionals sometimes offer advice, their patients want more information. The Complete Natural Medicine Guide to the 50 Most Common Medicinal Herbs is a comprehensive, fully-illustrated reference to the 50 most commonly prescribed herbs. A complete description of each herb is featured along with its other common names, possible adverse effects, therapeutic uses for treating illness and disease as well as potential drug interactions. Some of the herbs included are: Aloe Vera Evening Primrose Goldenseal Scullcap Burdock Tumeric Tea Tree Oil Meadowsweet This guide is written by professional pharmacists, one a naturopathic doctor, using the most current research and clinical testing. The authors' easy-to-understand text, combined with the latest findings and clear directions for safe dosages, makes this practical reference on medicinal herbs a primary resource of data.
A Handbook of Native American Herbs by Alma R. Hutchens Pdf
The author of ‘the bible on herbalism’ returns with a portable guide on North American medicinal herbs—for the professional and amateur herbalist alike Based on the now-classic reference text Indian Herbalogy of North America, this illustrated pocket guide is the perfect companion for those eager to expand their knowledge of herbal healing. Through detailed descriptions and illustrations, Alma R. Hutchens walks readers through: • 125 of the most useful medicinal herbs found in North America, and their uses • How to create herbal remedies for common ailments • The herbal traditions of North America and other lands Entries include staples of folk medicine such as echinacea and slippery elm as well as common kitchen herbs—from parsley to thyme to pepper—whose tonic and healing properties are less widely known.
Author : Charles W. Fetrow,Juan R. Avila Publisher : Simon and Schuster Page : 720 pages File Size : 50,5 Mb Release : 2000-09 Category : Health & Fitness ISBN : 9780743400701
The Complete Guide To Herbal Medicines by Charles W. Fetrow,Juan R. Avila Pdf
Two prominent pharmacists offer this guide to herbal remedies, featuring more than three hundred herbal medicines, along with a glossary of medical terms and detailed descriptions of each remedy, potential drug interactions, dosages, and more. Original.
Author : Tina Sams Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA Page : 195 pages File Size : 51,5 Mb Release : 2015-01-30 Category : Health & Fitness ISBN : 9781627881944
“Guides you step by step through the how and why of medicinal herbs in a down to earth and experienced manner.” —Susanna Reppert Brill, The Rosemary House, Mechanicsburg, PA Ever wondered about the benefits of dandelion, chickweed, and elder? Healing Herbs is an essential reference for the beginning herbalist, featuring 20 common herbs, many of which are considered weeds, that can often be found in hedgerows, meadows, and wild places. Along with medicinal information, this book includes traditional folklore and fortifying recipes for each edible or medicinal plant, and plenty of easy-to-follow instructions to help fill a backyard herbalist’s medicine chest with remedies to keep the whole family happy and healthy. Healing Herbs is conveniently organized by plant, making it easier for the home herbalist to find, identify, and use healing plants from the backyard. Herbalist Tina Sams identifies the twenty most common and healthful herbs and over one hundred natural remedies that are easy, inexpensive, and effective. This illustrated guide is fundamental for any nature-lover’s library “The Healing Power of Herbs is a lovely, insightful introduction into the wonderful world of herbs and herbal healing. One finds all of the essential information and more including intelligent discussions on herb safety, herb gardening, herbal preparation, and remedies for common ailments. The author’s message is to reinforce the realization that while powerful, herbs are all around us and they are our allies in health.” —Rosemary Gladstar, herbalist author of Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs
The Earthwise Herbal, Volume II by Matthew Wood Pdf
In this companion volume to The Earthwise Herbal: A Complete Guide to Old World Medicinal Plants, Matthew Wood, an expert herbalist who has used medicinal herbs with tens of thousands of patients over a twenty-five-year career, provides detailed descriptions of New World (North American) herbs and their uses. Organized as a materia medica (names and descriptions of herbs/plants are listed alphabetically), the book explains the use of the whole plant (not just “active ingredients”) in the treatment of the whole person and describes symptoms and conditions that the plants have been successful in treating—from digestive ailments, headaches, and high blood pressure to asthma, skin rashes, and allergies, to name a few. Wood, who has systematically studied ancient and traditional herbal literature, takes a historical view and presents information in a thoughtful, engaging, nontechnical style. In addition, he provides remarkable case studies as well as insight into the “logic” of each plant—its current and past usage, pharmacological constituents, and other elements that together produce a comprehensive portrait of each herb.
Medicinal Plants of North America by Jim Meuninck Pdf
This exquisitely detailed full-color field guide, by biologist and herbal and medical plant expert Jim Meuninck, provides identification, practical information, and skills for the location of and use of medicinal plants. The pages of this book re-connect us to our roots and the knowledge that medicinal plants and wild plant foods provide the chemicals every body needs to obtain optimum health and prevent disease. Meuninck moves the user from simple and familiar plants toward less common plants more difficult to identify. Each of the 122 plants has a color photograph, plant description, and location. Identification of plants are grouped from common to rare in the environment and where they are found: prairies, woodlands, mountains, deserts, and wetlands. Relevant facts about each plant such as toxicity, historical uses, modern uses, as well as wildlife/veterinary uses are also listed. Additional information included in this extraordinary field guide: explanations of how each plant affects the human body; cultural and ethnic uses of medicinal herbs and cooking spices; others creatures who consume the plants; a list of most recommended garden herbs; web site resources, and much more. The Author's Notes provide personal experiences and novel skills honed from over forty years of experience. They include: gardening tips, recipes, formulations, humor, successful experiences, and more. There is no field guide as all-encompassing and detailed as this one, yet it's portable and easy to understand.
This Book provides all the basics Herbal Healing, starting with a complete breakdown of Essential Healing Herbs, health uses and common uses. Plants have been used for medicinal purposes long before the prehistoric period. Ancient Chinese writings and ancient Unani manuscripts Egyptian papyrus described the use of herbs. Evidence exists that Indian vaids, Unani hakims, European and Mediterranean cultures were using herbs for over 4000 years as medicine. Treatment with medicinal plants is considered very safe as there is no or little effects. These remedies are synchronization with nature, which is the biggest advantage. However, the golden advantage is that, use of herbal treatment is independent of any age groups or sexes. This book will guide you through: - Importance of medicinal plants - Essential type of medicinal plants - Benefits of Herbal medicine - Herbal medicine precaution - Standardization and regulation - Adverse effect of herbal medicine and drug interaction - Medicinal plants for common ailments - Herbal medicine for weight loss - Herbal medicine for energy and vitality - Herbal remedies for anxiety and depression Learn how you can make various regular treatments for different ailments with your herbs and how you can profit best from these medicinal plants. A complete guide to herbs and their healing process consist of remedies for various common ailments, such as coughs, colds, headaches, childhood illness, digestive problems, weight loss, energy issues, anxiety and depression issues followed by an A-to-Z used of over 70 medicinal herbs.
Herbal Medicine for Beginners by Katja Swift,Ryn Midura Pdf
"Show herbalists-in-training how to use a limited number of versatile, medicinal herbs to craft herbal remedies for common ailments, from allergies to fevers to headaches"--Publisher marketing.