Prescription for Herbal Healing: A Practical A-Z Reference to Drug-free Remedies Using Herbs and Herbal Preparations - Softcover

The popularity of herbal medicine has exploded during the past decade, with herbal remedies becoming increasingly available in drugstores and even supermarkets. Prescription for Herbal Healing brings to herbal medicine the same in-depth, easy-to-understand information and accessible style that Prescription for Nutritional Healing successfully brought to diet and nutritional supplements. The book is divided into 3 parts for easy reference. Part 1 discusses the basic principles of herbal medicine and outlines the properties and characteristics of some 160 single herbs and 60 herbal combination formulas. Part 2 describes more than 150 common disorders from acne to yeast infection, conveniently arranged in alphabetical order, and names the herbal therapies that can be used in the treatment of those conditions. Part 3 is a guide to using various kinds of herbal and other alternative therapies. It includes self-diagnostic tests and boxed insets that offer detailed information on a wide variety of topics. Complete coverage of Chinese and ayurvedic herbs makes this volume comprehensive, and thorough scientific references lend it an authority not found in other herbal books. It is the definitive herbal resource, a necessity for any health-conscious consumer.

Phyllis A Balch is co-author of the best-selling Prescription for Nutritional Healing and has been a leading nutritional counsellor and advocate of natural therapies for more than 2 decades. She is the founder and owner of the health food store "Good Things Naturally" in Greenfield, Indiana and frequently lectures on the subject of nutrition and natural healing.