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An introduction to everything you need to enhance your life using nature's pharmacy.
This tiny guide will teach you everything you need to know about herbalism, the therapeutic use of plants as medicine for holistic healing, also known as Phytotherapy.
The Little Book of Natural Herbalism and Natural Healing demonstrates how herbs can be used to strengthen the body's functions and enable it to heal itself, often without resorting to antibiotics. Whether you want to learn how to use herbs for common everyday ailments or how to grow your own herbs and use them in cooking, this trusty tome is the perfect companion.
Herbal ImmunityIn Nature's Pharmacy there are herbs that act as protectors and immune boosters.
ElderberryThis rich, dark purple berry has been used for hundreds of years in Europe. It has proven health-supporting properties. Full of flavonoids - an important group of plant substances - due to elderberry's anti-viral action, this flu-fighter is good to take during the winter season as a preventative.
List of contents
- Chapter One: About Herbalism
- Chapter Two: Holistic Health and Healing
- Chapter Three: Natural Alternatives to Antibiotics
- Chapter Four: Herbal Immunity
- Chapter Five: Herbs that Return us to Normality
- Chapter Six: Ancient Adaptogens and Tonics
- Chapter Seven: Anti-ageing Herbs
- Chapter Eight: Herbal Gardens
- Chapter Nine: Medicinal Herb Teas
About the author
Marlene Houghton PhD has always been interested in natural health therapies, having studied herbalism (phytotherapy), holistic nutrition, and related natural therapies. She has over twenty years of experience working in orthodox medical settings in top London teaching hospitals. She is a nutritional therapist and a traditional herbalist as well as a nutrition consultant for a well-known group of health stores. She regularly contributes articles on traditional herbalism and aromatherapy to Echo World, a mind, body and spirit magazine, and has written three books: An Astrological Apothecary, Simply Herbalism, In Focus: Essential Oils & Aromatherapy.
Summary
This tiny guide will teach you everything you need to know about herbalism, the therapeutic use of plants as medicine for holistic healing, also known as Phytotherapy.
