Herbs For Home Treatment

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A comprehensive guide to the use of herbal remedies to cure common ailments and improve your general health.

In Herbs for Home Treatment , Anna Newton explains the advantages of using herbs, and provides herbal remedies to cure common ailments and improve general health. She provides easy-to-follow instructions on creating your own apothecary with a small number of versatile herbs, as well as advice on everything from preventing and treating common illnesses to creating tinctures, oils and ointments.

This user-friendly guide contains detailed sections on how to deal with common illnesses, including problems of the digestive, respiratory, circulatory and nervous systems, and suggests essential herbs as well as those which are also useful to have in the cupboard. Anna offers advice on how to get the best out of herbs for general health, including how to maintain energy levels, slow the ageing process, increase stamina, revive libido, improve your mood and recover from a serious illness. She also shares information on dosages, possible allergies, and when to seek professional help. The guide also gives guidance on how to make a first-aid kit for when travelling abroad, and a list of retailers of herbs and professional herbalists.

If you want to look after your health, Herbs for Home Treatment gives you all you need to do so in a user-friendly way and will inspire you to create medicines from your own herbs.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction (p. 8)
• Part 1 Opting for Herbs
• Chapter 1 Why herbs? (p. 11)
• Chapter 2 How to get the best from this book (p. 15)
• Chapter 3 General precautions (p. 16)
• Chapter 4 Herbs and the environment (p. 18)
• Chapter 5 Tea, tincture or tablets? (p. 21)
• Chapter 6 Dosage (p. 25)
• Chapter 7 Choosing the right herbs for the situation (p. 28)
• Chapter 8 How to combine herbs (p. 30)
• Chapter 9 What if it doesn't work? (p. 32)
• Part 2 Ailments and Treatments
• Chapter 10 The circulatory system (p. 34)
• Chapter 11 The digestive system (p. 46)
• Chapter 12 The muscular and skeletal systems (p. 68)
• Chapter 13 The nervous system (p. 80)
• Chapter 14 The respiratory system (p. 94)
• Chapter 15 The skin (p. 113)
• Chapter 16 The urinary and reproductive systems (p. 135)
• Part 3 Improving Your Vitality
• Chapter 17 Maintain good energy levels (p. 151)
• Chapter 18 Increase your mental and physical stamina (p. 155)
• Chapter 19 Revive your libido (p. 158)
• Chapter 20 Feel motivated and happy (p. 160)
• Chapter 21 Defy the ageing process (p. 162)
• Chapter 22 Make a full recovery from a serious illness (p. 164)
• Part 4 Creating Your own Home Apothecary
• Chapter 23 Buying from reputable sources (p. 167)
• Chapter 24 Growing your own herbs (p. 169)
• Chapter 25 Drying herbs (p. 173)
• Chapter 26 Making your own tinctures, infused oils, syrups and ointments (p. 175)
• Part 5 Herbal First-Aid Kit for Traveling
• Chapter 27 Travelling in Western countries (p. 181)
• Chapter 28 Travelling in remote and exotic places (p. 183)
• Appendix 1 List of common and Latin herb names (p. 185)
• Appendix 2 Glossary of actions (p. 189)
• References (p. 191)
• Bibliography (p. 193)
• Resources (p. 195)
• Index (p. 197)