Dr. Duke's Essential Herbs: The Only Herbs You Need to Disease-Proof Your Body, Boost Your Energy, and Lengthen Your Life - Hardcover

Duke, James A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1579541836 ISBN 13: 9781579541835

Publisher: Rodale Books, 1999

Synopsis

Combining the most powerful natural substances. Dr. Duke has created a "cocktail" for heart disease that may well have the calcium channel-blocking punch of a leading pharmaceutical--and without the side effects.

Do you legs ache after standing? Are you bothered by hemorrhoids? Do you think there's no help for varicose veins? Dr. Duke tells you about horse chestnut capsules--and the ancillary herb that may further enhance their performance.

Alcohol, Hepatitis C, environmental toxins, and other serious attacks on your liver now have an astonishing first line of defense in milk thistle.

Don't get rid of your dog, but do add saw palmetto, which helps avert prostate problems, may keep your hair from thinning, and boosts both sexes' libido. Dr. Duke compares it to the widely prescribed alternative--and you can judge which lands firmly in the plus column.

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From the Publisher

"If it exists, count on Duke to dig it up." --People magazine

From the Back Cover

"If it exists, count on Duke to dig it up. In his years as a leading botanist for the U.S. government, he combed the Latin American jungles for little-known herbs and, back at the lab, charted the healing powers of thousands of plants. Now Duke's passion is helping herbal medicine--led by popular remedies such as St. John's wort and echinacea--spread like kudzu." --People magazine Dr. Duke's Essential Herbs13 VITAL HERBS YOU NEED TO Disease-proof your body * Boost your energy
* Lengthen your life
At a time when good health is at the top of everyone's most-wanted list, the world of herbal cures and home remedies has exploded. But how can you tell what herbs are best for you? Whom can you trust? Now, one of the nation's foremost authorities on herbs and the author of the million-copy bestseller The Green Pharmacy opens his own herbal medicine chest to reveal 13 key herbs that keep you healthy and strong lifelong. In Dr. Duke's Essential Herbs , you'll learn the secrets behind his top 13 herbs and how to make them part of your regimen for healthy living. Dr. Duke shares his personal prescriptions for: Bilberry * Hawthorn
* Celery seed
* Horse chestnut
* Echinacea
* Kava kava

* Evening primrose
* Milk thistle
* St. John's wort
* Garlic
* Saw palmetto
* Ginkgo
* Turmeric Often entertaining, occasionally provocative, and jam-packed with helpful facts backed by solid research, Dr. Duke's Essential Herbs is the right prescription for our times. Praise for Dr. James Duke: "He's a genius. He maintains the highest levels of scholarly research. And he's a hell of a nice guy."--Michael Balick, director, New York Botanical Gardens (in The New York Times ) "One of the world's greatest experts on herbs. The 'Duke of Herbs.'"-- Better Nutrition magazine "Perhaps the world's leading authority on medicinal plants."--New Age Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1579541836
• ISBN 13: 9781579541835
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240