Healing Foods
Hippocrates said: "Leave your drugs in the chemist's pot if you can heal the patient with food."

From green tea to herbal teas and herbal remedies and tonics, the guides in this catalogue will show you how to use fruits, vegetables, and herbs for the treatment and prevention of common ailments and diseases including addiction, attention deficit disorder, side effects of cancer treatment, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, impotence, menopause, PMS, rheumatoid arthritis, obesity and more.

Price: $21.90

The Herbal Drugstore by Linda B. White, Steven Foster Packed with hundreds of proven herbal remedies, this rich and rewarding resource shows readers how to ease symptoms, fight disease, and super-charge immunity-without drugs or chemicals. Includes: pain relievers, heart health boosters, cold and flu cures, blood pressure easers, weight loss helpers, and more. This is one of the most comprehensive and well-written herbal guidebooks available. The opening pages are devoted to important discussions about herb usage, including safety tips (such as never giving herbs to children younger than 2 years old without your doctor's approval), dosage information, and how to make your own herbal remedies. It has a quick-glance chart of familiar ailments, along with a listing of commonly used drugs and herbal alternatives. (Example: According to the chart, bladder infections are routinely treated with antibiotics, but numerous herbal remedies exist, including bearberry, cranberry, goldenseal, goldenrod, and Oregon grape root.) The meat of the book, however, is devoted to an alphabetized listing of ailments as well as extensive discussions of herbal remedies, dosages, and ongoing treatments. (Example: Under "sinus infection," readers will find a list of symptoms, a sympathetic write-up about the causes and different kinds of infections, and a list of numerous herbs and treatments, from echinacea to the Chinese herb astragalus.) Entries address minor ailments such as a hangover to serious diseases like diabetes and Parkinson's disease. The book closes with a thorough index and a listing of manufacturers that sell herbs. Without a doubt, this is the book for treating common ailments with herbs. Anyone interested in exploring alternatives to prescription drugs will find safe and sound advice within these informative pages. Product Details Paperback 610 pages (April 2002) Authored by Linda B. White, Steven Foster Published by Signet ISBN: 0451205103

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