Xandria Williams
Xandria Williams explains all you need to know about how to detox using herbs, including a four-week herbal cleansing and revitalising programme tailored to your unique needs. Toxins are an increaingly large part of our lives. They can be ingested through foods, inhaled or absorbed through the skin and can seriously affect your health. The Herbal Detox Plan helps you to remove the toxins, restoring health and vitality.
224pp, 8.5x5.5 ... Paperback
Published price £7.99 -- You save £4.20 ... 53%
Linda White & Steven Foster
The Herbal Drugstore is the only place where you can compare mainstream drug treatments and their herbal alternatives for close to 100 common health problems. You'll find herbs that have the same healing powers as many prescription and over-the-counter medications-- only they're cheaper and gentler, with few or no side effects. Whether you need fast first-aid or long-term relief, The Herbal Drugstore has a remedy for you. Here's just a sampling: Immobilized by arthritis? Rub on capsaicin cream, a natural pain reliever made from hot peppers; Can't sleep? Start snoozing with valerian-- it's as effective as Valium, but it isn't addictive; Want to lose a few pounds? Get a helping hand from psyllium, an herbal alternative to appetite suppressants; Feeling stressed? Calm jangled nerves with ginseng-- it won't undermine alertness; Battling bronchitis? Clear up that cough with licorice, a natural expectorant; Need help with high blood pressure? Turn to hawthorn - it has much in common with beta blockers, except for the side effects. The Herbal Drugstore features these and many more herbal remedies - 712 in all! They're profiled right next to their pharmaceutical counterparts, so you can make your own comparisons and decide which treatments are best for you. Remainder mark. Shop soiled.
624pp, 9.25x6.5 ... Hardback
Published price £29.95 -- You save £20.00 ... 67%
Edzard Ernst
An examination of issues concerning all healthcare professionals with an interest in western herbal medicine. From a brief look at the history of medicinal plants and ancient texts, the book moves on to view phytotherapy in its current context and its position within the scientific community. The regulation of herbal products is a topical subject, and a whole chapter is given over to this important area, discussing current EU requirements. Also discussed is the quality of herbal medicines and the issue of standardization.
120pp, 8.5x5.5 ... Paperback
Published price £19.99 -- You save £13.00 ... 65%
Rosemary Gladstar
The physical and emotional changes that occur at every stage of a woman's life are discussed in detail. Adolescents will discover remedies for such problems as irregular menstrual cycles, mood swings caused by "raging" hormones, acne and other skin problems. For women of childbearing years there are safe treatments for PMS, yeast infections, morning sickness, and postpartum discomforts - even varicose veins and stretch marks. Older women facing the effects of the reduction of estrogen and progesterone will appreciate Gladstar's suggestions for nonchemical therapies, as well as her ideas for increasing energy and preventing osteoporosis. From the step-by-step instructions on the preparation of herbal medications to a Materia Medica describing the healing properties of commonly recommended herbs, this book provides a wide variety of ways to enjoy the healthful bounty of herbs. "The most complete women's herbal guide I have ever read." Earl Mindell. Remainder mark.
352pp, 9x7.5 ... Paperback
Published price £11.99 -- You save £7.80 ... 65%
Corinne Martin
A handbook for the home herbalist, detailing how to identify, gather and prepare different wild plants for medicinal use. There are full descriptions of 52 medicinal herbs common to North America - plants such as valerian, used for insomnia; red clover, for coughs; and elderberry, for fever. For each species, the author gives details on its appearance, where it is found, how to harvest and prepare it, and the recommended dosage for specific ailments (including cautions about conditions that preclude the use of the herb). The introduction features instructions for making teas, tinctures, salves, and syrups. A line drawing of each herb is provided to aid in identification.
228pp, 9x6, illus. ... Paperback
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Letha Hadady
An authoritative reference, 'this book offers practical advice on how to use a variety of herbs, teas, extracts and pills as safe and inexpensive alternatives or complements to Western treatments. Letha Hadady presents simple yet thorough diagnostic methods that will allow readers to evaluate their well-being to prevent illness, boost immune strength and promote health. Among the remedies covered in this extensive volume are: delicious teas that reduce fat and cholesterol; kitchen spices that relieve colds, asthma and headaches; natural remedies for PMS; help for fertility problems and menopause without synthetic hormones; individualised remedies for sexual dysfunction, fatigue and insomnia; herbs to improve memory, concentration and performance; and natural anti-depressant medicines. "I've read a lot of books on alternative medicine through the years and I thought that I knew something about the subject. But when I read 'Herbal Secrets for Total Health' I learned something new on every page" - Bill Thompson, Associated Press News. Slightly shop soiled.
502pp, 10x7.5 ... Paperback
Published price £12.99 -- You save £7.00 ... 54%
Dian Dincin Buchman
Buchman explores the beautifying properties of 250 natural substances, from herbs and flowers to fruits, minerals and vitamins, that can help you look and feel your best. Special chapters deal with skin, hair, eyes, hands, feet, and even teeth. There are scores of detailed recipes for creams, lotions, packs, shampoos, rinses, balms and remedies that do everything from chasing away wrinkles to soothing your hands to helping you sleep - and all the ingredients are natural. Remainder mark.
256pp, 8½x5½ ... Hardback
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Roger Phillips & Martyn Rix
Designed to give gardeners and cooks who are passionate about herbs ideas for choosing, planting and maintaining a selectionof some of the finest herbs.
96pp, 8.5x6, illus. ... Paperback
Published price £7.99 -- You save £4.00 ... 50%
Leslie Tierra
A practical compendium of herbal wisdom and healing methods, covering and integrating Chinese healing principles with Western herbalism. Three sections explain how to use herbs, how to regain and maintain health, and how to obtain and make one's own healing tools. Rare, out of print title.
288pp, 10x8.5, illus. ... Paperback
Published price £13.99 -- You save £6.00 ... 43%
Mary Carse
A simple to follow guide for beginners with staged lessons followed by questions that help to focus on the most important parts of the lessons. Also a thorough reference for experienced herbalists. Divided into three sections, the first discusses botanical families, preparation of herbs, and agents (classification of herbs according to how they work in the body). Part two, the main body of the self-taught course, is an alphabetical index of the herbs and ailments for which they should be used. Various appendices comprise the last section, which includes lists of the first herbs one should grow or collect, how to make an herbarium, and a list of the trees and plants contained in the course.
238pp, 9x6 ... Paperback
Published price £10.99 -- You save £6.00 ... 55%
D Armstrong
An accessible guide to herbal remedies rates various treatments based on independent scientific research, includes a handy reference on a wide range of therapeutic herbal treatments and products, and offers advice on finding effective remedies and avoiding unsafe products.
220pp ... Paperback
Published price £10.99 -- You save £7.20 ... 66%
David Hoffmann
This is the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to the use of herbal medicine in healing. Clear, step-by-step advice shows you how to diagnose and safely treat a wide range of complaints - from acne and depression through to tinnitus and whooping cough - without any harmful side effects. David Hoffmann offers a unique, holistic approach that will enable you to restore and maintain your well-being. Remainder Mark.
288pp, 9.5x7.5 ... ISBN 0007145411 ... Paperback
Published price £10.99 -- You save £5.50 ... 50%
Julia Lawless
This comprehensive guide provides a general introduction to aromatics, showing their changing role throughout history and their modern applications in aromatherapy, herbalism and perfumery. Covers botanical origins, aromatherapy applications, methods of extraction, creative blending guidelines, a comprehensive list of essential oils and their properties, and a therapeutic index based on body systems.
144pp, 9.75x6.25, illus. ... Paperback
Non Shaw
This fresh approach to herbal medicine shows how to make and take herbal preparations for safe and effective home use. Covers the history of herbalism across many cultures and traditions, step-by-step information on how to make all forms of herbal preparations, a detailed materia medica of the most useful herbs for home treatment, and a comprehensive reference section on the treatment of common ailments.
144pp, 9.25x6.25, illus. ... Paperback
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Jeanne Rose
This varied herbal gives guidance on herbal remedies for common ailments, using herbs in homemade cosmetics, herbs for pregnancy and for children, herbs for diets, fasting and body cleansing, herbs for pets, herbs as pesticides and fertilizers in gardening, sports herbology, herbal and homoeopathic first aid, aromatherapy and colour therapy, and many other useful tips for using herbs around the home. Remainder mark. RARE, out of print.
223pp, 8.5x5.5, illus. ... Paperback
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Jekka McVicar
Based on the highly acclaimed Jekka's Complete Herb Book, this is an authoritative guide to growing culinary herbs. Inluded in this boxed set you'll find a large format paperback, profusely illustrated in full colour, along with six packs of seeds - sage, summer savory, parsley, coriander, basil and chives.
Boxed Set
Published price £9.99 -- You save £5.00 ... 50%
Akira Tsumura
The president of Japan’s largest kanpo herb manufactory presents the history, philosophy, art and practice of Kampo, describing its modern practice as a blend of traditional herbal remedies and modern medical practice. Includes case histories.
284pp, 11x8 ... Paperback
Published price £23.95 -- You save £14.96 ... 62%
Kava: Nature's Answer to Stress, Anxiety, and Insomnia answers the many questions anxiety sufferers are asking about available treatments. With conclusive documentation of kava's effectiveness and a detailed account of scientific evidence, this balanced, comprehensive book promises to be the definitive guide to the year's newest herbal discovery. Remainder mark.
Paperback
Published price £9.99 -- You save £4.00 ... 40%
Mechthild Scheffer
The Bach flowers are catalysts for growth - keys to the soul - for those times in our mental development when the personality shuts itself off from the directions issued by the soul. In the process by which lives unfold, this book helps people in a straightforward and even playful way to make practical use of the potential the Bach flowers offer for transforming energy. It explores beyond simply taking the drops and can help at all stages of mental development, whatever intellectual or spiritual qualities the reader starts out with. Keys to the Soul links the original source of the Bach flower energies with contemporary techniques and knowledge from the field of work with psychological and spiritual awareness. The programme of exercises gives everyone the opportunity to develop his or her own personal Bach flower profile, and this in turn makes self-diagnosis considerably easier.
256pp, 9.5x6.75, illus. ... Paperback
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Christopher Hobbs
Medicinal Mushrooms is a modern handbook for exploring and understanding the rich traditions of healing fungi in Eastern and Western cultures. Christopher Hobbs thoroughly documents and details the nutritional and health benefits of over 100 species of edible fungi. Medicinal Mushrooms is the most complete work on the culture, health-promoting, and medicinal uses of mushrooms ever published! Learn how medicinal mushrooms can help prevent and treat Cancer, benefit people with HIV/AIDS, assist people with heart disease, strengthen immune function, nourish eyes and digestion and heal skin ailments.
264pp, 9.5x7, illus. ... Paperback
Published price £15.99 -- You save £9.00 ... 56%
Susanne Fischer-Rizzi
Plant lovers, herbalists, and wildcrafters alike will relish the author's expert descriptions of thirty-three common herbal plants. A wide range of the plants' offerings are explored through tasty and unusual culinary recipes, healing medicinal preparations, cosmetic uses, and aromatherapies. And the book's numerous illustrations capture the very special beauty and character of each herb.
320pp, 11x8 ... Paperback
Published price £12.99 -- You save £5.00 ...38%
Dr Thomas David
During a trip to the Amazon to demonstrate a revolutionary surgical technique, Dr Thomas David was given a tea used by the people of the Amazon rainforest to treat a variety of ailments. Dr David began testing the plants that compose this tea in his clinical research in Europe and soon discovered that they had an amazing effect among patients suffering from cancer and AIDS and other diseases that compromise the immune system. Backed by some of Europe’s leading physicians, ‘Miracle Medicines of the Rainforest’ contains a complete explanation of Dr David’s CoD Tea, the clinical research that has been done on the tea, and Dr David’s comprehensive therapeutic programme, as well as his own extraordinary story of adventure and medical discovery in the heart of the Amazon.
146pp, 10.25x7.25, illus. ... Paperback
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Eric Meyer
Meyer lists many more than two hundred natural medicines and their particular properties. In a home reference section that alone makes Mother Nature, M.D. an invaluable addition to the bookshelf, Meyer list common ailments alphabetically, and prescribes a natural medicine-based plan for the healing process. Holistic and completely responsible in his approach, Meyer adds to each "prescription," two important sections: nutrition and lifestyle. With gentle, authoritative, and responsible advice, Mother Nature, M.D. offers consumers risk-free alternatives to the risky pharmaceuticals of today's medical marketplace.
298pp, 9.25x7 ... Paperback
Published price £11.99 -- You save £6.00 ... 50%
Johnny Acton & Nick Sandler
Everything is here, from insight into the extraordinary role of fungi in history and folklore to the vivid evocation of the thrill of the mushroom hunt, from an exploration of the wonderful growth of mushrooms to their magical properties. There are identification guides to the edible species featured, and colour photographs to aid identification. The title also contains 70 recipes. Some feature familiar varieties such as roasted vegetables with ceps and chargrilled field mushrooms with avocado salad. Others introduce species which are less well known, such as horn of plenty baked in red wine. All are imbued with the spirit of the mushrooms themselves.
160pp, 10x9, illus. ... Reinforced Paperback
Giuseppe Pace
All over the world, mushrooms fascinate people. From the earliest times, they have been associated with magic, witchcraft, religious ceremonies, and special healing rites. But for most of us, mushrooms are something to eat and enjoy, both as a special additional flavoring for cooked foods, and as the central ingredient in both delicate and hearty dishes. Mushrooms and fungi of all kinds have been used as food, and poisonous ones are easily mistaken for edible varieties which look very much alike. Some of the most appealing mushrooms may be poisonous, so the first task of the mushroom hunter is to become familiar with the enormous variety of mushrooms. Secondly, every mushroom hunter needs to determine the best seasons and locations to find the most desirable species. This is the appeal of Mushrooms of the World. In the first part of the book the author describes more than 1,000 species and varieties of mushrooms from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, from the Mid-east to the Far East. About 400 species are described in the text; the rest are described and illustrated in 300 splendid color plates. In the second part of the book, with the help of drawings and photographs of more species (some of which are very rare, and of great interest to mycologists) the author expands on several important mushroom subjects including: prejudices regarding the edibility of mushrooms and fungi; mushroom poisoning and first-aid remedies; the cultivation of common and exotic species; and a brief history of mycology. To complete the book, the author has added directions for the identification of the principal genera of mushrooms, a glossary of technical terms, an index of the genera, species and synonyms, a bibliography, and a short list of mushrooms commonly found in North America.
310pp, 11.5x8.5, illus. ... Hardback
Published price £23.99 -- You save £11.00 ... 46%
