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Enhance your well-being with 22 herbs that promote vitality, longevity, and general well-being. Best-selling author and respected herbalist Rosemary Gladstar describes the benefits of each herb and its contributions to supporting a healthy lifestyle. In addition to general preparation tips for the herbs, you’ll find 15 recipes for tinctures, teas, tonics, and more, including Longevity Tonic, 7-Herb Long-Life Soup, and Brain Tonic Tincture.
List of contents
CHAPTER ONE: Perspectives on Aging
CHAPTER TWO: The Herbal Home Medicine Chest
CHAPTER THREE: How to Create Long-Lasting Good Health
CHAPTER FOUR: Recipes for Longevity and Well-Being
Recommended Reading
Resources
Index
About the author
Rosemary Gladstar has been practicing, living, learning, teaching, and writing about herbs for over 50 years. Considered a star figure in the modern herbal movement and often referred to as the "godmother of American herbalism", Rosemary is the author of twelve books including Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginners Guide, Herbs for Children’s Health, Rosemary Gladstar’s Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health, Herbal Healing for Women, and Herbal Healing for Men. She is the co-founder and former director of both The International Herb Symposium and The New England Women’s Herbal Conference, the Founding President of United Plant Savers, and the co-founder and original formulator of Traditional Medicinal Tea Company.
She is also the author and teacher of the popular home study course, The Science and Art of Herbalism, which continues to inspire and teach many thousands of students around the world. In 2018 Rosemary was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for her life’s work from the National University of Naturopathic Medicine. She recently moved from her home at Sage Mountain ~ an herbal retreat center and botanical sanctuary where she lived for 30 years ~ to a smaller haven where she plans to write more, tend to her new gardens, and spend more time with the plants.
Summary
Rosemary Gladstar shows you how to enhance your well-being in middle age and beyond using herbal remedies that effectively and safely promote vitality. With in-depth profiles of 22 medicinal herbs, preparation instructions, and dosage guidelines, you’ll discover how you can use astragalus to regenerate your body’s immune system, bilberry to ease eye problems, and milk thistle to rebuild damaged liver cells. You’ll be amazed at how herbal treatments can help support your nervous system, activate your metabolism, and keep your bones and joints healthy.
Foreword
Feel youthful naturally with herbal treatments that build energy reserves, protect against free radicals, and enhance overall health of body and mind.