Herbs for Common Ailments: How to Make and Use Herbal Remedies for Home Health Care. A Storey BASICS® Title - Softcover

Gladstar, Rosemary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1612124313 ISBN 13: 9781612124315

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC, 2014

Synopsis

In this Storey BASICS® guide, best-selling author and master herbalist Rosemary Gladstar shows you how to use 56 common herbs to safely address a wide range of everyday ailments. Covering everything from burns, wounds, and bruises to headaches, congestion, and insomnia, Gladstar offers dozens of easy-to-make recipes for herbal remedies that will soothe your woes without the harsh ingredients found in commercial pharmaceuticals. Keep your family happy, healthy, and safe with the natural healing power of herbs.

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EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Homemade herbal recipes from renowned herbalist Rosemary Gladstar are the natural alternative to a medicine cabinet stocked with commercial pharmaceuticals.  In this informative guide, Gladstar profiles more than 50 herbs that are safe and effective for treating common ailments and injuries, including headaches, colds, insomnia, burns, and cuts. Discover recipes for salves, teas, tinctures, and more, along with instructions for making an herbal first aid kit. With decades of experience, Rosemary Gladstar is the perfect mentor to help you begin exploring the wonderful world of herbal medicine.

About the Author

Rosemary Gladstar is the best-selling author of Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide and Rosemary Gladstar’s Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health, which draw on her 40-plus years of experiences studying and teaching about the healing properties of herbs. She is a world-renowned educator, activist, and entrepreneur, and the founding director of Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center, the International Herb Symposium, and the New England Women’s Herbal Conference. Gladstar is founding president of United Plant Savers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation and preservation of native American herbs. She was the original formulator for Traditional Medicinal herbal teas and has led herbal educational adventures around the world. She is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon, and serves on the board of the Association for the Advancement of Restorative Medicine and The National Health Freedom Coalition. She lives in Vermont.
 

Edition details

• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1612124313
• ISBN 13: 9781612124315
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 128