Books like Herbal remedies by Asa Hershoff

Learn how herbal medicines can support health and reduce reliance on conventional drugs.

A practical guide to vitamins, minerals, herbs, and diet therapy, detailing their functions, food sources, and healthy recipe alternatives that support therapeutic nutrition.

Anne Kennedy guides readers through the therapeutic uses of common herbs, offering practical recipes to soothe everyday ailments while embracing natural self‑care and alternative medicine approaches.

"For those who need to know what doctors and pharmaceutical companies are doing to people's health . . . this belongs in the library of every home."-- Lendon H. Smith, M.D., author of Feed Your Body Right Prescription Alternatives is an easy-to-use, immediate reference for all the information you need about how medications affect your body, what you can do to counteract imbalances, and what alternative treatments work best."FDA approved" doesn't mean it's safe!Prescription drugs can deplete the body of essential vitamins and mineralsStudies show that H2 blockers for heartburn can cause bone lossDrugs to treat diabetes can increase risk of heart disease and deathCovering the major prescription drugs in use today and their dangerous side effects, natural health expert Dr. Earl Mindell lays the foundation for a sound body with safer alternatives to these medicines.New drugs and natural alternatives for:Heart diseaseDiabetesObesity-related ailmentsAsthmaADD

A roadmap for easily navigating through the complexities of Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese Herbal Medicine: Modern Applications of Traditional Formulas presents information about herbal formulas in a practical and easy-to-access format. Bridging the gap between classroom study and the clinical setting, the book supplies information on disease symptoms and their corresponding Chinese herbal formulas. Drawing from more than 20 years of experience, the author includes more than 840 formulas that can be used to tailor herbal formulas to meet the specific needs of every patient. Integrating traditional medicine with allopathic terminology, the book provides quick reference to both Chinese and Western diagnoses. Part I provides the herbal formulas in tables, giving quick and easy access to the information. Part II contains allopathic symptoms listed in alphabetical order within each chapter. These two sections allow users to compare back and forth between TCM and allopathic diagnoses. In addition, Part III lists 640 single herbs arranged by the Traditional Chinese Medicine classification system and organized into tables so that practitioners can quickly scan for the similarities and differences of each herb. A number of cross-referenced indexes make it easy to find single herbs and herbal formulas either by their Pinyin, English, or Botanical Latin name. The wealth of information and range of topics covered combined with the straightforward presentation make the book a useful clinical desktop reference and guide for practitioners and students.

A comprehensive reference of standardized natural herbs and dietary supplements, detailing therapeutic uses, plant preparations, extraction methods, dosing guidelines, and clinical applications, supporting evidence-based medical and complementary practices.