Includes over 100 Recipes for Health and Healing! There have been many books written on herbal medicine. This book differs from most because it is based on the empowerment model, which aims to help people take responsibility for their own health. Herbal medicine is useful for a range of common complaints, and gentle and effective herbs can offer benefit where conventional medicine sometimes fails. Included is this concrete and practical primer are all the essentials you need to know about healing herbs and their properties including, a brief history of herbalism and how herbs heal, a glossary that includes how to use herbs and the benefits of each, the body's systems and the herbs that make them work better, and an herb dictionary. In a world that is becoming more and more illness and disease focused, it is clearly important for individuals to learn about natural therapies and take their health into their own hands.
