Home Herbal - Softcover

Penelope Ody

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0751301663 ISBN 13: 9780751301663

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers, 1995

Synopsis

This is a practical family guide to making and using safe, effective herbal remedies for a wide range of common ailments, including colds, headaches, insomnia and indigestion. The easy-to-use ailment-by-ailment guide features herbal remedies presented like recipes, listing the quantity of each herb and other ingredients needed, together with clear step-by-step photos and instructions for making them. The life stages chapter highlights health problems specific to different age groups and recommends herbal remedies to enhance health and prevent illness.

About this title

From Library Journal

At first glance, Ody's Home Herbal looks like a coffee-table book in which the artistic effect outweighs the substance. But this profusely illustrated guide is packed with information, creating a real "visual dictionary" of herbal remedies. While most such guides mention terms like infusions, decoctions, tinctures, compresses, and ointments, this book uses excellent photographs to reveal the actual process of preparing them. Equally detailed illustrations track herbs through their stages of growth and preservation. There is clear instruction here on the harvesting, preparation, and therapeutic properties of 60 herbs, with particular attention given to specific ailments and the needs of people at different stages of life. The A to Z Guide to Healing Herbal Remedies covers much of the same material, but in a quick reference format and without illustrations. The focus is different: this book lists herbs that are already prepared in the form of capsules, teas, extracts, oils, and tinctures and are commercially available in drugstores and supermarkets. There are two listings, one by ailment, one by herb, with coverage of dosage, benefits, precautions, and preventative and curative functions. These two books complement each other in purpose and information presented; much of the content is not repetitive (e.g., Ody covers bedwetting, while Elias and Masline cover AIDS; Ody lists herbs alphabetically by botanical name and Elias and Masline by common name). A library would do well to have several books on herbal medicine. Ody's is essential for libraries having no illustrated herbal books; Elias and Masline's meets the needs of patrons interested in convenience rather than the painstaking preparation of herbs.?Valerie Vaughan, Hatfield P.L., Mass.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

This blends Eastern and Western medicine in a guide which tells how to maintain health through herbal remedies and applications. Over 200 photos supplement health profiles, preventive treatments, and a directory of over 60 herbs used in treating common ailments. Especially valuable here are the lists of ingredients and proportions for making herbal mixes at home: something lacking in many herbal coverages. -- Midwest Book Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0751301663
• ISBN 13: 9780751301663
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144