Browsing Posts tagged Herbs
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In Herbs for Home Treatment, Anna Newton explains the advantages of using herbs—and provides herbal remedies—to cure common ailments and improve general health. She provides easy-to-follow advice on creating your own apothecary with a small number of versatile herbs.
Learn how to:
- Prevent and treat common illnesses with herbs
- Avoid some of the adverse side effects that are common with chemical-based medicines
- Grow and store herbs, and create tinctures, oils, and ointments for a home apothecary
This user-friendly guide to herbs and their medicinal properties explains how to deal with common illnesses—including digestive, respiratory, circulatory and nervous system conditions. Newton suggests essential herbs everyone should have on hand, and offers advice on how to get the best out of herbs for general health, including how to maintain your energy level, increase your stamina, and improve your mood. Inside you’ll find information on dosages, possible allergies, and clues for when it’s time to seek professional help. Also included is guidance on how to make your own apothecary, how to concoct a first-aid kit for when traveling abroad, and a list of herb retailer and professional herbalists.
Herbs for Home Treatment: A Guide to Using Herbs for First Aid and Common Health Problems
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If you are a dedicated cat lover, you know the amazing intoxicating effect catnip can have on most cats. But did you also know that catnip can help calm a frantic feline during an extended car trip? Or that catnip can ease feline gastrointestinal disease? In fact there are many common herbs that can do wonders for you cat’s health. In 10 Herbs for Happy, Healthy Cats you’ll find 10 of the safest, most versitile herbs for feline health. You’ll learn everything you need to know about growing these herbs and buying or making your own herbal teas, tintures, capsules, or poultices. You’ll also find expert advice on calculating the proper dosage of a herbal remedy and administering it to your cat–including how to catch that feisty feline and help make the medicine go down easily!
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Shows you how to grow vegetables and fruit, using organic methods, even if you don’t have a garden; all that is necessary is a couple of pots or a window box.
Kitchen Harvest: Growing Organic Fruit, Vegetables & Herbs in Containers
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Since 1973, Storey’s Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
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This collection of captivating and original stories for children and adults alike tell how the Creator gave us seven common herbs. Spiritual allegories are used to teach us to be caretakers of Mother Earth. Good for young readers.
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Fight Colds and Flu
Lower Cholesterol
Beat Depression
Banish Fatigue
Enhance Memory
Lose Weight
And More!
An ancient Chinese legend: Once there was a man who knew 100,000 healing properties of herbs. He taught his son 80,000 secrets. On his deathbed, he told his son to visit his grave in five years, and there he would find the other 20,000 secrets. When the son went to his father’s grave, he found, growing on the site, the tea shrub….
Teas are the gentle, natural, most beneficial way to absorb the healing properties of herbs–easily and inexpensively. A simple cup of tea not only has the power to soothe and relax but to deliver healing herbal agents to the bloodstream more quickly than capsules, tinctures, or infusions. Feeling tired? Rose hip tea will rev you up and beautify your skin. Need some help with your diet? Ginger tea will provide the boost you need and help aching joints too. Hot or iced, these pure and simple drinks offer delicious ways to stay healthy and revitalize you from the inside out. This unique guide offers:
An A-Z listing of common ailments followed by the teas best used to treat them
Instructions on how to create your own medicinal kitchen
Advice on creating your own tea blends
Descriptions of the top 100 herbs and their secret healing properties
And much, much more!
20,000 Secrets of Tea: The Most Effective Ways to Benefit from Nature’s Healing Herbs
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Brimming with fresh vegetables, herbs, flowers, and fruit, the kitchen garden is a celebration of the seasons from deep roots in the South – at times being the difference between being well-fed or hungry. The kitchen garden has now become fashionable addition to urban, suburban, and country homes. The book contains a planting guide for a variety of garden examples, charts, is essential reading for all gardeners ready to produce food for their tables.
The Southern Kitchen Garden: Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs and Flowers Essential for the Southern Cook
