Herbs for Home Treatment
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Herbs for Home Treatment

A Guide to Using Herbs for First Aid and Common Health Problems

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Herbs for Home Treatment

A Guide to Using Herbs for First Aid and Common Health Problems

About this book

A comprehensive guide to the use of herbal remedies to cure common ailments and improve your general health. In Herbs for Home Treatment, Anna Newton explains the advantages of using herbs, and provides herbal remedies to cure common ailments and improve general health. She provides easy-to-follow instructions on creating your own apothecary with a small number of versatile herbs, as well as advice on everything from preventing and treating common illnesses to creating tinctures, oils and ointments. This user-friendly guide contains detailed sections on how to deal with common illnesses, including problems of the digestive, respiratory, circulatory and nervous systems, and suggests essential herbs as well as those which are also useful to have in the cupboard. Anna offers advice on how to get the best out of herbs for general health, including how to maintain energy levels, slow the ageing process, increase stamina, revive libido, improve your mood and recover from a serious illness. She also shares information on dosages, possible allergies, and when to seek professional help. The guide also gives guidance on how to make a first-aid kit for when travelling abroad, and a list of retailers of herbs and professional herbalists. If you want to look after your health, Herbs for Home Treatment gives you all you need to do so in a user-friendly way and will inspire you to create medicines from your own herbs.

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Information

Publisher
Green Books
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9781900322423
eBook ISBN
9781907448768
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Dedication page
  8. Introduction
  9. Part One: Opting for herbs
  10. Chapter 1: Why herbs?
  11. Chapter 2: How to get the best from this book
  12. Chapter 3: General precautions
  13. Chapter 4: Herbs and the environment
  14. Chapter 5: Tea, tincture or tablets?
  15. Chapter 6: Dosage
  16. Chapter 7: Choosing the right herbs for the situation
  17. Chapter 8: How to combine herbs
  18. Chapter 9: What if it doesn't work?
  19. Part Two: Ailments and treatments
  20. Chapter 10: The circulatory system
  21. Chapter 11: The digestive system
  22. Chapter 12: The muscular and skeletal systems
  23. Chapter 13: The nervous system
  24. Chapter 14: The respiratory system
  25. Chapter 15: The skin
  26. Chapter 16: The urinary and reproductive systems
  27. Part Three: Improving your vitality
  28. Chapter 17: Maintain good energy levels
  29. Chapter 18: Increase your mental and physical stamina
  30. Chapter 19: Revive your libido
  31. Chapter 20: Feel motivated and happy
  32. Chapter 21: Defy the ageing process
  33. Chapter 22: Make a full recovery from a serious illness
  34. Part Four: Creating your own home apothecary
  35. Chapter 23: Buying from reputable sources
  36. Chapter 24: Growing your own herbs
  37. Chapter 25: Drying herbs
  38. Chapter 26: Making your own tinctures, infused oils, syrups and ointments
  39. Part Five: Herbal fist-aid kits for travelling
  40. Chapter 27: Travelling in Western countries
  41. Chapter 28: Travelling in remote and exotic places
  42. Appendix 1: Common and Latin herb names
  43. Appendix 2: Glossary of actions
  44. References
  45. Bibliography
  46. Resources
  47. Index
  48. Back cover