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Fully updated and authoritative, this revised edition of DK's Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine makes this classic, completely illustrated reference guide even bigger and better than the original. Featuring more than 550 medicinal plants and the most current scientific research, this volume provides a comprehensive guide to healing with the world's oldest form of medicine. A unique photographic index profiles over 550 plants, with detailed information on habitat and cultivation, parts used, active constituents, therapeutic properties, and traditional and current uses. A special section profiles 100 of the most common plants, featuring herbal preparations and recommendations for self-treatment. Guidelines on growing, harvesting, and storing medicinal plants also demonstrate making remedies for home use. In addition, accessible text offers fascinating insight into the chemistry of plants and their healing properties, explaining how and why they work as medicines within the body. The major herbal traditions of different cultures- Europe, India, China, Africa, Australia, and the Americas- are vividly described. A review of herbs from a historical perspective reveals the connection between medicinal herbs and cultural beliefs toward healing. Offering extensive coverage of all that herbs are- from cultural traditions to chemical components to self-treatments for common ailments-this Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine is the ultimate reference for anyone interested in exploring the healing benefits of medicinal plants.
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Discover a simpler, more natural way of life. Pour yourself a cup of chamomile tea, find a quiet corner, and browse through the wealth of natural remedies, household tips, and beauty secrets presented in this tried and true guidebook. Now updated and expanded, Jude's Herbal Home Remedies offers more than 800 treatments, tinctures, tonics, and teas, using many easy-to-find herbs, as well as a comprehensive herbal index with over 200 illustrations.
"... her words ring with a voice of experience and common sense. She does not simply toss us a book full of symptomatic remedies and leave it at that. [She] takes a holistic approach to health and offers enough sensible reminders to make this book readable."
The Herb Companion
"This gentle, interesting book is a treasure chest of information on 'how to' heal, cleanse, rejuvenate, plant, gather, and prevent. I, for one, am happy to have this herbal in my pantry."
Sweet Fern
"Jude's Herbal Home Remedies is much more than just another book on the virtues of medicinal herbs. It is packed with information on natural and environmentally friendly concoctions that can save you hundreds [of dollars]."
The Growing Edge
Customer Reviews:
definitely a keeper.......2007-07-15
i bought this book when i first got interested in herbalism. now most everything i know on taking care of day-to-day illnesses comes from this book. sore throats, headaches, stomach problems, ear problems... it's indispensable. also, it's very well organised and has several indices, so you can search by herb or by complaint. it's a keeper!
FABULOUS!.......2005-07-20
I have just started learning about herbal remedies and leading an herbal lifestyle, and this was one of the first books I read on the subject. I strongly recommend this book to any herbalist - beginners or pros. Jude's recipes are easy to follow - and they are wonderful. I've made my own soap and lotions so far...and they have turned out beautifully. This book has changed my life and opened my eyes to a healthier way of living.
Heal Yourself Without Prescriptions!.......2005-01-10
Herbal Home Remedies By Jude C. Todd, CH, MH, is a household guide to living more simply and benefiting from what our earh and our garden provide us naturally. The author is a master herbalist with her degree from Dominion Herbal College and is widely respected as an authority in the subject which has been her focus for forty years. She explains which plants can be used for health and healing and how and where these should be found or grown. The book is easy to use as the alements and treatments are listed in categories, often with several different natural treatments suggested. She also gives many recipes which have been time tested and proven. You will also find natural and effective cleaners, air fresheners, laundry aids, insect repellent, as well as some tasty uses of herbs in foods. At the back of the book you'll find drawings of many of the plants used in the formulas for safe identifications. This is a fascinating book for those of us unfamiliar with the territory and a must for the serious herb user
A must have.......2004-09-09
If you are a wise woman, healer, medicine woman, or herbalist then add this wonderfull little book to your shelves. I was very pleased to have an older copy of this book and use it all the time. Buy this book along with HERBS AND THINGS and HEALING WISE and you will have a complete herbal library.
Keep it Handy.......2004-07-12
The author gets right to the heart of it with the signature of the herbs---terrific! Not many books out there that tell you exactly what to do, and how much dosage! I've been looking and hers is the best yet! I advise you to keep it handy on your kitchen shelf as you'll be able to use it every day! A great book!
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Healing with Herbs and Home Remedies A-Z is a fresh and easy step-by-step guide, set up in an A-Z format. This all-inclusive book will help you take control of your nutritional challenges and create the good health you deserve!
Herbs have been used from the time of recorded history for every facet of life—health, healing, energy, creativity, work, love, birth, death, regeneration, meditation, survival, and more. They are all-encompassing and timeless, as nature itself is infinite and eternal. Therapeutic herbs have a unique spirit, with wide-ranging properties and far-reaching possibilities for medicinal activity.
Customer Reviews:
healing with herbs is an easy, cheap way out of the doctor's office .......2005-08-06
Great, easy, cheap. No trips to the doctor necessary. Just find the ailment, take the herb, rub the oinment or abstain from whatever. This book is your fast road to health.
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The Doctors Book of Herbal Home Remedies: Cure Yourself With Nature's Most Powerful Healing Agents : Advice from 200 Experts on More Than 140 Conditions (Prevention Health Books)
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Book Description
Unlike most herb books based on the expertise of a single author, this guide culminates from interviews with more than 250 of the top holistic doctors, researchers, naturopaths and herbalists, including the authors of Germany's benchmark Commission E reports, experts from the National Institute of Medical Herbalists in Britain, and faculty from Columbia University's Rosenthal Center for Alternative and Complimentary Medicine, one of the most prestigious alternative medical programs in the country.
The expert advice is applied to 111 health problems, from everyday complaints like back pain and toothaches to more serious disorders like arrhythmia and depression. Complete with dosage instructions, this authoritateive guide enables even novice herbalists to access proven, professional advice on the best in herbal healing.
Customer Reviews:
Good for reference but not bible...........2002-12-06
This book discusses each herb by what ailment it can help. From aches and pains, insomnia, and yeast infections; this book lists remedies to over 100 problems. Each herb summary is easy to read and lists the type, dosage, other healing effects, how long it takes etc. It even gives you recipes and information on making your own remedies. There is also a neat section on pet herbal remedies. The only thing that concerned me is that there wasn't alot mention of how the herbs might interact with other herbs or prescriptions you maybe taking. Myself taking an anti-depressant, I know that it is not reccommended taking St. John's Wort. All it says is to check with your doctor as you would any drug. Overall it was a good reference book, but as I have said before never get all your information from one book.
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Good reference book.......2002-03-19
A great book to have if you are looking for alternate or additional healing methods. I like that she not only focuses on herbs but on vitamin supplements and some old fashioned remedies that are still useful. The things the doctors don't tell you that you should be eating to help naturally fight your aches and pains before you head for the pills.
great basic reference.......1999-06-16
I find this to be a great reference guide when looking for basic information on herbal remedies.
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Great hands on information.......2006-11-12
Let me say that Jo Ann Gardner is one of my favorite garden writers. Her books are filled tried and true herbal information.She writes from her own experiences.Her advice is easy to apply in your own garden.
As an Herb Educator/Speaker I find she gives accurate and well written herbal history to use in my presentations.I turn to her books often.
Livind With Herbs is a great read. Try making "Jo Ann's Kitchen & Garden Herb Salt" on page 186. If you don't already grow the herbs in this recipe (or any other metioned in the book) Jo Ann gives you the advice to make you feel you can succeed .
Still useful, if slightly dated..........2005-07-20
Pick up the May/June issue of The American Gardener or September issue of Herb Companion and you will find an article by Jo Ann Gardner about herbs. Gardner wrote LIVING WITH HERBS a few years back, so in some ways the information in her book should reflect her thinking then, while the articles should reflect her experiences since writing the book. For example, she began harvesting herbs drying them in bunches (some not all herbs dry well using this approach) and discovered that other ways of preserving the essences of the herbs worked better with some plants. First she used string and then she moved to the use of rubber bands. I too use rubber bands because they contract as the herb stems shrink, and you are less likely to loose a bunch of dried herbs. And, while Gardner eschews them, I use paper sacks as they catch falling material, particularly lavender buds/blossoms and the like. However, the current Herb Companion shows a photo accompanying Gardners article where of bunches of herbs are drying on a nifty `under-window' rack, and tied with string, some stems are falling on the floor!!
Gardner says some herbs dry best hanging in bunches and some on drying racks (you can cheat by drying some of them in an oven on low heat), and some should be macerated while green and frozen or put up or in jars of oil or vinegar. LIVING WITH HERBS is a useful book, because you not only read about Gardner's experience with 100 or so of her favorite herbs (growing, preserving, using) you also discover some culinary applications (jellies, rolls, breads, salts, etc.) If you don't grown herbs yourself, you can order them from a number of sources. Gardner has provided a useful if somewhat out-of-date bibliography that lists books and sources she prefers, but her gardening information is still useful.
Fabulous Book!!.......1998-12-10
This book was so helpful. I went to the library for books on herb gardening and returned home with a bag full. This book was the only one I felt compelled to purchase. It contains tons of great information accompanied by interesting annecdotes. This book is a must for anyone interested in growing and--more importantly--using herbs everyday. Oh, it also has lots of great recipes!!
Refreshing........1998-12-05
" Though herb books are everywhere you turn these days, a classic guide for the home gardener hasn't been produced in my opinion since Adelma Simmons'HERB GARDENING IN FIVE SEASONS. Until now. Jo Ann Gardener's new book should be the herb classic for this generation. It was refreshing to read an herb book so full of deep, personal, first hand knowledge...Gardener grows her herbs in the harsh environs of a farm on a windy peninsula in Cape Breton. Isolated, with no phone or vehicle, she's has to rely on her resourcefulness to make her herb gardens work. They became so abundant she was able to start her own business, "Jo Ann's Kitchen & Garden". In her book, she shares all the methods she's developed over the years for growing and harvesting herbs, using them in the home and intergrating them into the landscape. Though I've looked through lots of herb books over the years, I found many, many fresh original ideas here. In the heart of the book, "The Herbs in MY Life: 74 Herb Portraits" all the information is based on Gardener's experience. They are deeply personal rather than encyclopedic and a true joy to read...A definite classic for the herb garden book shelf. Pinetree Garden Seeds Catalog, New Gloucester, Maine"
I thought the book was excellent........1998-11-26
Who new there was so much to write about on herbs. This book loaded with useful information about herbs and how you can use them. I would recomend this book to anybody who love's herbs or even plants. I would mention some of the parts of the book that I found intresting but I don't want to spoil the book on anyone. I really enjoyed the book Jo Ann, Thanks.
Book Description
Learn the proper use of vitamins, minerals, healing oils, tinctures, and healing remedies from the "Grandmother of Health."
Customer Reviews:
An alright book but not my style.......2005-10-27
It is never advertised on this book that so much of it deals with a unique spiritual outlook, such as with chakras, mind and body connections, and such. Because reading the back of the book, the front of it, or even in the title never lets the reader know this, I have to drop a point just for that alone. Usually it's clear if I'm buying a book just on herbalism, or on TCM, Ayurveda, etc....it should have been said here as well. Furthermore they didnt jump into the book right. It starts right off with the chakras as if the reader has already been given a few chapters before and just never read them.
Text is easy to understand and, while not written badly, it's clear Kroeger was more of a healer than a writer. Chapters are broken up rather abruptly and without warning -- the same as their introductions.
Besides the unusual healing outlook, I did enjoy several things about this book. For one, the healing hands chapter speaks of some interesting things. While not all of them make sense to me, they are unique and worth reading about it. Curious on the nervous breakdowns and fallen arches, for example. Emotions is a chapter I did have issues with, as I never saw jealousy causing lung troubles, etc, my mind doesn't wrap around this. I'm not putting down anyone's beliefs that DO, but really - no warning on this before buying the book?? The inner organ chapter was a saver, but overall just not my cup of tea.
Chapter fifteen is the "home remedies" This is all put in a simple table that lasts for pages and pages of the book. Simple: Health issue, then vitamin minerals box, then finally Spices/Herbs/Kitchen Aids reading straight across. It's all jotted this way without words for sentences. This is the herbal remedies and recommendations. How .... enlightening. There is obviously not enough to room to really list WHY the remedies are there, what she's seen happen with them, etc, etc, just a jot down of what to do.
This 'Table' lasts from 113 to 291.
Really I do admire Hanna Kroeger, she was an amazing woman and healer. This book, though, is not something I'd recommend to anybody. It does have a large amount of information, but on what exactly I don't really know at all times. Some of the info is scanty at best, and the quick jotted home remedies in a table with only 3 sections across sadly isn't what I expected.
If you are a fan of Kroeger, read this book, but otherwise pick something else up.
Best book of home remedies!.......2003-11-13
I would recommend any book written by Hanna Kroeger, but this one is absolutely essential to anyone interested in natural healing. In the introductory chapters, the author gives a description of the physical organs and subtle bodies and how to use the natural magnetic and electric powers of our bodies to heal ourselves and others. This sort of healing might be compared to what is most commonly known as "Reiki." The bulk of the book is a reference of diseases and disorders with herbs, vitamins and minerals that heal the specific conditions. This book is invaluable. I refer to it a few times a week. If you only own one book of home remedies, let it be this one.
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The Science of Teaching with Natural Dyes
Jeanne M. Buccigross
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Natural Dyes offer a variety of hands-on activity for learning or teaching about the science of natural dyes and dyeing at any grade level. This book includes the basics of dyeing with natural dyes, dozens of recipes, an introduction to the physics of light and color, the chemistry of dyes and dyeing and the biology of plant dyes. Each dye is presented in the recipe section along with relevant cultural information and the name or class of the chemical substances in the dye.
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Herbs have been cultivated for thousands of years for their aromatic, health-giving, and culinary qualities. Today they are also valued as attractive additions to any garden or as sweet-smelling decoration in the home. In this book, herb expert Barbara Segall, Food writer Louise Pickford, and stylist Rose Hammick pool their knowledge to celebrate every aspect of herbs, from growing conditions in beds, borders, and containers, and indoors to decorative ideas for herbs in the home. Cooking with herbs is explored in 35 recipes, from snacks to sweet things. The book ends with a directory of 75 common herbs. With special photography by Caroline Arber and William Lingwood. *over 30,000 copies sold in hardcover *Includes profiles of the top 20 herbs, such as basil and lavender. *The perfect gift for anyone who enjoys growing and using herbs indoors or out--cooks, gardeners, aromatherapy fans; herbal tea drinkers, and more.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent for the crafter and herb lover!.......2007-07-17
I really enjoyed reading this book and am reading it again right now. I loved the recipes and the photos are great. Good reference book for those getting into the field of herbs, whether it be for growing or for crafting.
Had to have one for myself.......2005-11-27
I bought this book as a gift, but had to buy two so I could keep one. It covers all the standard herbs in the standard way, but what stands out in this little book are the photos of some very creative uses for the herbs. The "cooking with herbs" section is also well done and I've actually used some of the recipes! The print is very small, but the typeface is clear and simple so that helps to keep it readable.
Book Description
Find out how to use beloved, classic plants in fresh ways with the help of this photo-filled garden guide. Plant fragrant thyme around a walkway, add a pretty trellis of multicolored sweet peas to a vegetable garden, and train climbing roses over an arch for a romantic entranceway. Your garden will be beautiful.
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