This guide is the most complete work ever written on the medicinal plants of western North America. It offers the best information in the world on the current popular and traditional uses of the nearly 500 species covered, much of it available for the first time. More than 530 color photographs illustrate the plants and their flowers, leaves, and fruits. The descriptive text combines scientific, ethnobotanical, and cross-cultural information, making this field guide unique. An index to medical topics is helpful for quickly locating information on specific ailments. Symbols next to the plant descriptions provide quick visual warnings for poisonous and allergenic plants. Organized by flower color for fast identification, this guide is an essential aid to appreciating native plants and the wild areas they inhabit.

A Peterson Field Guide To Western Medicinal Plants And Herbs (Peterson Field Guides)

Foster, Steven

HOBBS, CHRISTOPHER

Reference

Mariner Books

Featuring more than five hundred plants and herbs of western North America, an authoritative guide provides a wealth of information on these plants, including their location and their medicinal uses, accompanied by color photographs and an index toFeaturing more than five hundred plants and herbs of western North America, an authoritative guide provides a wealth of information on these plants, including their location and their medicinal uses, accompanied by color photographs and an index to medical topics that covers a vast array of ailments. Simultaneous. medical topics that covers a vast array of ailments. Simultaneous.

A Field Guide to Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs (Peterson Field Guide Series)

Science & Math

Roger Tory Peterson Institute

national-wildlife-federation

Biological Sciences

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

People have been using herbs to fight disease and promote wellness since prehistoric times. In recent years, science has gotten into the act and amassed quite a respectable body of evidence to support what healers the world over have been saying for centuries – herbal remedies work. Experiencing the heartbreak of psoriasis? A little dandelion root can clear it up. Grandpa’s sciatica acting up again? St. John’s Wort ought to put the spring back in his step. Got a bad case of poison ivy? Stop the itch with echinacea. Ginger tames the morning sickness beast – lavender and peppermint leaf also work well. Use licorice, chamomile, and wild yam root to pacify an irritable bowel. 
If you’re one of the millions of people who feel let down by conventional health care, or who’ve experienced unpleasant or harmful side effects from modern medicines, Herbal Remedies For Dummies is a book you’ll want to have. Written by fourth-generation herbalist Christopher Hobbs, it gets you up to speed on what you need to know to: <ul>
<li>Choose safe and effective herbal products</li> <li>Treat scores of common ailments and conditions</li> <li>Find specific herbal remedies for women, men, and kids</li> <li>Grow and harvest herbs</li> <li>Create herbal products at home</li> </ul>
Chris clears up much of the confusion surrounding herbal medicines. He anticipates just about every question you’re likely to have about herbal medicine, and he provides concise, interesting answers laced with fascinating details from history and folklore. From alfalfa to yerba santa, he describes an array of best natural remedies, and he supplies: <ul>
<li>Easy-to-follow instructions on how to select the best herbal products</li> <li>A Symptom Guide – simple and easy herbal remedies for more than 80 common conditions, listed alphabetically by symptom</li> <li>An Aroma Guide – an A-to-Z guide to 100 easy-to-find medicinal herbs</li> <li>More than fifty recipes for healing teas, oils, tonics, and more</li> </ul>
This friendly, caring, and accessible introduction to the world of herbal medicine is an important resource for anyone looking for a safe, easy-to-use alternative, or supplement, to conventional medicine.

Herbal Remedies for Dummies

Parenting & Relationships

For Dummies

“Christopher Hobbs and Elson Haas...take a complicated field and...make sense of it.” ―Ron Lawrence, MD, PhD, Director, Council on Natural Nutrition 
Don’t forget to take your vitamins! It’s good advice. But everybody’s needs are different. Age, lifestyle, gender, ethnicity, diet, and habits all play a role in determining which vitamins and minerals you need more or less of in your diet. Like traffic lights, vitamins help regulate your body’ most basic functions at the cellular level. And just like those red, green and amber beacons, they must be synchronized―not too many or too few―to get you through your life’s journey in good shape. Now Vitamins For Dummies shows you how to have green lights all the way. Confused by vitamins? Mystified by minerals? Can’t tell the difference between gingko and ginseng? In this straight-talking guide, two experts cut through the confusion and help you: <ul>
<li>Get a handle on what each vitamin mineral and supplement does</li> <li>Create a personalized supplement program</li> <li>Understand the fine print on the labels</li> <li>Combat or prevent specific ailments</li> <li>Enhance memory, mood, and energy</li> <li>Slow the aging progress</li> </ul>
Drawing upon their years of experience in clinical practice as well as the latest scientific research into nutritional supplements, Chris Hobbs and Elson Haas, MD, tell you, in plain English, what you need to know to make informed decisions about which supplements you take. They cover: <ul>
<li>The ABCs of vitamins</li> <li>All about minerals</li> <li>Amino acids and proteins―the body’s building blocks</li> <li>The importance of fats and oils</li> <li>Common supplements for digestion</li> <li>Super-foods and other great supplements</li> <li>The top 40 herbal supplements</li> </ul>
As an added bonus, Vitamins For Dummies features a quick-reference, A-to-Z guide to treatments for 90 common complaints. From acne to motion sickness to varicose veins, the authors describe complete healing programs that include vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements and lifestyle changes. Your complete A-to-Zinc guide to vitamins, minerals, herbs and other nutritional supplements, Vitamins For Dummies is your ticket to good health and long life.

Vitamins For Dummies

Haas, Elson

Echinacea preparations have a solid track record in clinical and laboratory studies, and thousands of doctors currently recommend them for a long list of infectious diseases. Having gone through eight printings since its publication in 1990, this valuable handbook gives the full picture on the herb most frequently used for the treatment of colds and flu. Topics include the history of echinacea, how to use it, and the best kinds of preparations. Growing tips are also included.

Echinacea: The Immune Herb

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

Botanica Press

With an all-new section on Hepatitis C, this book provides up-to-date, practical information on how the liver works, dietary guidelines for maintaining liver health and ways to improve digestion and assimilation. Includes holistic treatments for a variety of liver-related complaints--poor digestion, PMS, acne, and more.

Natural Liver Therapy

Movic, Michael

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Botanica Pr

Usnea: The herbal antibiotic and other medicinal lichens (Herbs and health series)

Learn how to use milk thistle to help heal and protect the liver from hepatitis, cirrhosis, environmental toxicity, alcoholism, drug abuse, and more. Milk Thistle includes the history, folk uses, and recent scientific testing of this herb, the most important for liver protection.

Milk Thistle: The Liver Herb

Medical Books

This complete digestive and liver herbal includes scientific reviews, stress-relieving techniques, and diet and food therapy. It also offers helpful recipes for the liver flush, yogurt, cleansing, and relaxing teas.

Foundations of Health: Healing With Herbs and Foods (Herbs and Health Series)

This handy manual describes the use of valerian to nourish the nerves and help relieve emotional stress, sleeplessness, nervousness, menstrual and intestinal cramps, and muscle pain. It also includes home cultivation methods.

Valerian: The Relaxing and Sleep Herb (The Herbs and Health Series)

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