The Country Almanac of Home Remedies: Time-Tested & Almost Forgotten Wisdom for Treating Hundreds of Common Ailments, Aches & Pains Quickly and Naturally - Softcover

Mars, Brigitte; Fiedler, Chrystle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592336310 ISBN 13: 9781592336319

Publisher: Fair Winds Press, 2014

Synopsis

Natural Wisdom for Curing Every Ache, Pain, and Ailment

As little as a few decades ago, folk remedies were a part of everyday life. More often than not, our grandparents would go to their garden or kitchen pantry before they went to a doctor to treat everyday health complaints. Today, scientific studies are proving what Grandma knew all along--natural remedies are oftentimes just as effective as modern cures, have fewer side-effects, and cost just pennies. Moreover, natural remedies have stood the test of time. Peppermint has been used as soothe upset stomachs long before Pepto-Bismal and ginger has been used for its antibiotic properties for thousands of years in Asian medicine. Learn how to quickly and naturally treat over 100 common conditions with everyday cures:

-Use Apple Cider Vinegar and Honey to break up congestion

-Black or Green Teabags will take the sting out of a bad sunburn

-Drink Beet, Celery, and Cucumber juice to soothe a shingles outbreak.

-Inhale oil of Geranium to calm a hot flash

-Apply a Witch Hazel compress to treat varicose veins

-Pumpkin Seeds improve male potency

-Burnt Toast soaks up internal toxins

-Epsom Salt bathes heal the lymphatic system

Filled with thousands of surprising cures, each entry gives multiple remedies for each condition from herbs, to healing foods, to acupressure and yoga poses. Hundreds of step-by-step illustrations show you the right way to administer a treatment from making herbal tinctures to applying a poultice. Dosage guidelines are given for every remedy as well as safety guidelines, contraindications, and when to call a doctor.

About this title

About the Author

Brigitte Mars is an herbalist with over 35 years' experience in natural medicine and a founding member or the American Herbalist Guild. She lived for two and a half years on solely wild edible plants while living in a teepee in the Ozarks. She has taught herbal medicine at noted wellness institutions incuding Omega Institute, Naropa University, Esalen Institute, and Kripalu. She has been featured on Dateline and blogs about herbs and natural food for the Huffington Post.

Chrystle Fiedler is the author of over a hundred articles on health topics for many national publications including Woman's Day, Better Homes & Gardens, Prevention, Natural Health, Arthritis Today, Remedy, Medizine's Health Living, Spirituality & Health, The Health Monitor Network, Great Health, Vegetarian Times, Bottom Line/Women's Health, Heart Healthy Living and Health magazine.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fair Winds Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592336310
• ISBN 13: 9781592336319
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288