Herbal Remedies Handbook

✍ Scribed by Dr. Andrew Chevallier

• Publisher: DK
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 290
• Edition: 1 edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Dr. Andrew Chevallier brings his knowledge and practical expertise in herbal medicine to ordinary people looking for safe, effective treatments for common ailments. Enhancing health and well-being. Today, herbal medicine is widely acknowledged as a successful therapy for many chronic conditions that diminish the quality of life, such as digestive problems, skin disorders, and difficulties arising form menopause.

In this book, Dr. Chevallier explains how herbal remedies work to stimulate the body's defenses against illness and its natural ability to heal itself. Treating yourself. In common with other holistic therapies, herbal medicine focuses equally on the underlying causes of illness and on its signs and symptoms. Herbal Remedies Handbook gives as much weight to the steps needed for individuals to correctly diagnose and treat themselves as to the 66 key remedies described, and their therapeutic uses. For ease of reference, the self-help section is arranged by ailments grouped according to the part of the person to be treated.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Foreword 9......Page 10
Introduction 10......Page 12
WHAT IS HERBAL MEDICINE?......Page 14
Why Use Herbal Remedies? 14......Page 16
Herbal Health 16......Page 19
Are Herbal Remedies Safe? 18......Page 20
How Remedies Work 20......Page 22
Around the World 22......Page 24
USING HERBAL REMEDIES......Page 26
Making herbal medicines 26......Page 28
Types of herbal remedy 30......Page 32
Herbal remedies at home 34......Page 36
The home herbal 36......Page 38
The herb garden 38......Page 40
SAFETY AND QUALITY......Page 42
Safety concerns 42......Page 44
Dosage and sensible use 44......Page 46
Pregnancy and after 46......Page 48
Tips for home use 48......Page 50
How to buy remedies 50......Page 52
A–Z OF HERBAL REMEDIES......Page 54
A–F 54......Page 56
G–L 135......Page 137
M–R 162......Page 164
S–Z 196......Page 198
COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS......Page 259
Head 259......Page 261
Throat, chest, and lungs 261......Page 263
Digestion 262......Page 264
Circulation and heart 263......Page 265
Blood, metabolic 264......Page 266
Bladder and urinary tract 265......Page 267
Joints, muscles, and bone 266......Page 268
Skin 267......Page 269
Women’s health problems 268......Page 270
Mental and emotional problems 271......Page 272
Supporting immune function 272......Page 274
Glossary 276......Page 275
Resources 278......Page 280
Index 280......Page 282
Acknowledgments 288......Page 290