Jump-start your weight loss with Master Your Metabolism. Author Lewis Harrison, a professional herbalist, has produced a comprehensive program that combines ancient herbal wisdom with current, cutting-edge medical research on naturally increasing metabolism. Harrison will show you how to navigate the hundreds of products on the herbal market for safe, effective results that can last a lifetime.Master Your Metabolism includes:--Secrets to reducing food cravings--The Glycemic Index, and what...

The most comprehensive and practical guide available to the extraordinary healing powers of natural medicine.From the world-renowned naturopathic doctors and bestselling authors of The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods comes the authoritative third edition of the classic reference work, revised and expanded to include the latest cutting-edge natural therapies for the most common ailments. Michael Murray and Joseph Pizzorno focus on promoting health and treatin...

Did you know Cayenne pepper can stop bleeding? Or that garlic helps alleviate a toothache and honey soothes a burn? Become an effective first responder with this quick-reference handbook that spells out hundreds of life-saving techniques, commonsense tips, and time-tested herbal remedies that everyone should know.When an emergency situation arises, simple home remedies can play a vital role in easing symptoms and providing immediate help. This friendly and accessib...

Traditional herbalists or wise women were not only good botanists or pharmacologists; they were also shamanic practitioners and keepers of occult knowledge about the powerful properties of plants. Traveling back to the healing arts of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, The Herbal Lore of Wise Women and Wortcunners takes readers deep into this world, through the leechcraft of heathen society and witches’ herb bundles to the cloister gardens of the Middle Ages. It a...

Enhancing your brain’s functioning and performance and developing new learning, memory and attention skills is a long term process so before committing to any nootropic regimen that claims to help you in boosting mental alertness, cognition, memory, focus and mood, you should get an in-depth understanding of what nootropics are, how they work and what potential health benefits and side effects they have. Nootropics come in different forms and shape; they’re built different and their action...

Here is a complete guide to aromatherapy, a modern healing technique with ancient origins. Essential Aromatherapy organizes essential oils into alphabetical listings, providing their profiles, applications, and the physical and emotional conditions that warrant their use. Also included are detailed treatments for a variety of ailments and special circumstances.

Now, more than ever before, women are taking control of their own health and vitality by choosing herbal remedies as an alternative to traditional medicine. Because every year there are new research findings that women and their health providers need to know about, author Amanda McQuade Crawford, M.N.I.M.H, has used her clinical expertise to develop Herbal Remedies for Women.“[Amanda] is not afraid to speak the truth about women’s health issues and...

The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism places the function of western herbs in their true historical context, apart from homeopathy, traditional Chinese medicine, and Ayurveda. Recently there has been a revival of interest in western herbalism, but practitioners haven't been able to explore its benefits due to a void of information on the topic—the system of medicine the herbs fit into had all but disappeared. To remedy the situation, herbalist Matthew Wood has researched t...

Updated and expanded second edition of the leading reference book on the clinical use of medicinal mushrooms.Written by a biochemist and herbalist with over 20 years' experience of working with medicinal mushrooms, this book provides an in-depth resource for healthcare practitioners. It covers 20 of the most widely used species and contains sections on their use for cancer and other health conditions, as well as discussion of the different formats of mushroom supplement available ....

Lets be clear: the medicines that doctors prescribe for Type 2 Diabetes will not cure you!These doctors know it, and yet they continue to juggle different medicines, trying to find the right combinations instead of focusing on eliminating the cause of the disease.Dr. E. Barrett Hall, who has spent years conducting diabetes research and was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, explains that the disease is primarily caused by consuming bad foods that force your pancreas to work to...

Like the citizens of every recorded society, we have turned to incense, potpourri and pomanders to add to the quality of space we inhabit. Even today, people travel many kilometres just to sit and walk in a beautiful garden - just as they did in the days of the Gardens of Babylon. And why? Because it is instinct that the very essence of nature is a healer to our spirit and to our soul. Of course our bodies respond to aromas! We dont need science to tell us that. Go sit in a beautiful garde...

There is a place for big-name pharmaceuticals, but who can argue that when a holistic medicinal cure is available, that it shouldn’t be used? Homegrown medicinal herbs are a hugely untapped resource when it comes to tackling illness and injury. They offer many of the benefits of pharmaceuticals and in many cases they do so without the significant side effects and bank-breaking cost!‘Homegrown Medicinal Herbs: Tips for growing and Using Core Essential Herbs at Home' takes a look at ...