Herbs for Home Treatment is a comprehensive guide to the use of herbal remedies to cure common ailments and improve your general health. It includes advice on:
- preventing and treating common illnesses
- creating your own tinctures, oils and ointments
- maintaining your energy levels and increasing your mental and physical stamina
- basic herbs to have at home, and those that are useful but not essential
- assembling a first-aid kit for travelling, both in Europe and more remote areas
- where to buy good-quality herbal products and find a professional herbalist.
There are detailed sections on the common problems of the digestive, respiratory, circulatory and nervous systems, as well as chapters on slowing down the ageing process, reviving libido and recovering from a serious illness.
If you want to look after your own health, Herbs for Home Treatment gives you all you need to do so in a user-friendly way and will inspire you to create your own medicines from your own herbs.
Introduction
Chapter 1 Why herbs?
Chapter 2 How to get the best from this book
Chapter 3 General precautions
Chapter 4 Herbs and the environment
Chapter 5 Tea, tincture or tablets?
Chapter 6 Dosage
Chapter 7 Choosing the right herbs for the situation
Chapter 8 How to combine herbs
Chapter 9 What if it doesn’t work?
Chapter 10 The circulatory system
Chapter 11 The digestive system
Chapter 12 The muscular and skeletal systems
Chapter 13 The nervous system
Chapter 14 The respiratory system
Chapter 15 The skin
Chapter 16 The urinary and reproductive systems
Chapter 17 Maintain good energy levels
Chapter 18 Increase your mental and physical stamina
Chapter 19 Revive your libido
Chapter 20 Feel motivated and happy
Chapter 21 Defy the ageing process
Chapter 22 Make a full recovery from a serious illness
Chapter 23 Buying from reputable sources
Chapter 24 Growing your own herbs
Chapter 25 Drying herbs
Chapter 26 Making your own tinctures, infused oils, syrups and ointments
Chapter 27 Travelling in Western countries
Chapter 28 Travelling in remote and exotic places
Appendix 1 List of common and Latin herb names
Appendix 2 Glossary of actions
References
Bibliography
Resources
'This book inspires and instructs with clarity and accuracy'
- Jekka McVicar
'This book is brilliant! Clear, concise and can be dipped into when specific information is required'
- Brian Hay, MD Culpeper UK
Anna Newton
Anna Newton studied Herbal Medicine at the University of Wales, and has run a successful herbal medicine practice in Cheltenham for the past six years. She is a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists and the College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy.
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