Groves, Maria Noël
Summary: "Groves shows you how to read your body's signals and support your own wellness with herbal remedies and other natural treatments. You'll learn how each of your major body systems--respiratory, digestive, immune, nervous, memory, reproductive, circulatory, and more--optimally functions, and you'll discover how to use natural remedies to nourish and repair problem areas, restore lost vitality,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2016
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Summary: A thorough resource explains how to plant, grow and harvest more than 100 herbs and details their many uses in cooking, home beauty and home healing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2011
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Summary: "In Herbal Adventures, you'll pull on your boots and discover the magical plants that are growing just beyond your door. Explore nearby parks, fields, and forests, then make all sorts of tasty and useful things for your family and friends! Start with a delicious homemade soda, flower petal pancakes, or a soothing balm for cuts and scrapes. Sip herbal tea that's fit for the fairies, craft syrup...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Young Voyageur Press, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2018
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Summary: Color pictures of 169 healing plants, lichens, and mushrooms of North America (2-4 pictures/plant for easy identification). Here you'll find the most powerful medicinal plants & mushrooms of North America. This book is for both beginners and seasoned herbalists, and covers identification, color photos, edible uses, medicinal uses, harvesting instructions, a medicinal index, and much more! The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capital Printing Co 2019
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Summary: Morgan grew up feeling disconnected from her Haitian roots and suffering from the trauma of racism. To heal herself, she found a connection with the natural world around her: slowing down, respecting the seasons, and growing or foraging plants in her local area. Here she shares her methods of homesteading for anyone to practice in their own life, offering regenerative and sustainable ways of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.3 MORBrownell Grogan, Barbara
Summary: "Easy to follow, approachable, and authoritative, this is a reference to using spices for maximum health and wellness. It's packed with practical information, including the benefits of spices, their history as natural remedies, creating spice blends, safety tips, common uses, and delivery systems. An A-Z guide of 40 spices identifies their preventative and curative potential, and each...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2020
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Summary: The Energetics of Western Herbs, Vol 1, is a groundbreaking reference work for over 220 botanical remedies used in Western herbal medicine. Comprehensive and detailed, it draws on Chinese and Greek herbal medicine to integrate traditional herbal energetics with the latest findings in plant pharmacology. The traditional vitalistic and modern scientific systems of herbal medicine are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Snow Lotus Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.3 HOLHoughton, Marlene
Summary: 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. Houghton helps readers tackle everyday ailments and takes the guesswork out of using herbs to keep them feeling well. Herbal medicine is useful for a range of common complaints, and gentle and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc. 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "On this special edition of Volunteer Gardener, hosts Sheri Gramer and Tammy Algood highlight the colors, fragrances, and endless possibilities of herbs."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nashville Public Television, Inc. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.7 VOLSchmidt-Ulmann, Mélanie
Summary: A twelfth-century German Benedictine abbess, Hildegard of Bingen is widely regarded as one of the true pioneers of holistic medicine and natural healing, developing concepts that were ahead of their time. Introducing her 10 key principles including, preventative health advice, fasting, the mind-body connection, meditation and ecological considerations, this practical book brings her original...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eddison Books 2019
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Summary: "The Korean Herbal Apothecary, written by Qi Alchemy founder, Grace Yoon, addresses herbalism and medicine making from the perspective of Korean ancestral traditions"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fair Winds Press 2023
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Summary: A collection of projects--such as chamomile bubble bath and scented room spray--using plants and produce that can be easily grown in your garden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kyle Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 ROBNaiman, Ingrid.
Summary: "In the 1950s the use of herbal cancer salves for tumor destruction and removal had a 75 to 80 percent success rate; but with the advent, first of radiation and later of chemotherapy, the method went underground. In this fascinating and useful book, the author demystifies and revives a major natural method of therapy."-- from publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books [distributor] 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.99 NAIShealy, C. Norman.
Summary: C. Norman Shealy's comprehensive and authoritative guide is an indispensable reference, containing all you need to know about healing with complementary and alternative techniques and therapies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Element 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.5 SHEShimer, Porter
Summary: "Discover how the Native-American tradition uses plants and herbs, heat, movement and sound, visualization, and spirituality to heal dozens of everyday ailments and illnesses--from back pain to insect bites to flu and sore throat and much more. Broken into sections, the book covers such topics as "The Healing Spirit" (including dream therapy, spirituality, and prayer), "The Native American Spa"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tess Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.88 SHIHolmes, Peter
Summary: The Energetics of Western Herbs, Vol 2, is a groundbreaking reference work for over 220 botanical remedies used in Western herbal medicine. Comprehensive and detailed, it draws on Chinese and Greek herbal medicine to integrate traditional herbal energetics with the latest findings in plant pharmacology. The traditional vitalistic and modern scientific systems of herbal medicine are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Snow Lotus Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.3 HOLRose, Lisa M.
Summary: Plants of the Midwest provide an wealth of botanical diversity. Whether you are already adept at finding, identifying, harvesting and safely using wild medicinal plants, or are just starting out, this guide will help you wildcraft your way to wellness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.3 ROSCohen, Bevin
Summary: "From urban apartments to wild countryside, The Artisan Herbalist teaches how to identify, grow, harvest, forage, and craft 38 herbs into an assortment of teas, tinctures, creams, and salves to be used at home, shared with friends, or sold at market."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2021
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Summary: "A guide to growing and harvesting healing plants, with advice on how to create herbal preparations and in-depth discussions of the properties and uses of various plants"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2021
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Summary: "A rediscovery of the forgotten legacy of the Jewish medicinal plant healers who thrived in eastern Europe's Pale of Settlement, from the Middle Ages through the modern era"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 581.6 COHYance, Donald R.
Summary: "Explains how adaptogenic herbs work at the cellular level to enhance energy production and subdue the pro-infammatory state behind degenerative disease. Explores the author's custom adaptogenic blends for the immune system, cardiovascular health, thyroid function, brain health, and cancer treatment support. Provides more than 60 monographs on herbs and nutritional compounds based on more than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.321 YANCabrera, Chanchal
Summary: "In Holistic Cancer Care, Chanchal Cabrera, a consulting medical herbalist with more than 20 years specializing in holistic oncology, provides an in-depth guide to using herb-based therapies in conjunction with conventional treatments"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2023
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Summary: "Herbal Medic covers first-aid essentials, such how to assess a situation and a person in need of treatment and distinguish between illness and injury, as well how to prepare and use herbs when there is no access to conventional medical treatment"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.3 COFGilbert, Cyndi
Summary: Botanical medicine is one of the main therapies employed by naturopathic doctors, and many women are now turning to natural remedies for treating and preventing health problems, either as an alternative or as a complement to conventional health care. This pursuit of optimum health care can often be confusing and overwhelming because of the wide range of information that is available. Gilbert...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Robert Rose Inc. 2015