The Natural Medicine Chest: Natural Medicines to Keep You and Your Family Thriving Into the Next Millennium

Eugene R. Zampieron, Ellen Kamhi

M. Evans and Company, 1999 - Health & Fitness - 244 pages

Open your medicine cabinet and take a look inside. How many pills, tablets, and bottles of syrups do you have that contain chemicals you can't even pronounce? For every ache and ailment, there is a medical prescription. But what about the cures that have been working for centuries? What about nature's medicines? The Natural Medicine Chest is a beautifully illustrated guide which provides the history, descriptions, research, and uses of over 100 healing herbs, foods, and nutrients.

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Contents

• A BRIEF HISTORY OF BOTANICAL MEDICINE: 1
• HOW SAFE ARE HERBS?: 21
• MEDICINAL COMPONENTS FOUND IN HERBS: 27
• THE NATURAL MEDICINE CHEST: 45
• Common Weed Wondrous Medicine: 65
• A Womans Best Friend: 72
• Breathe a Little Easier with Ephedra: 79
• Ancient Remedy for the Mind and Memory: 89
• The Anticancer Beverage 06: 99
• The Sweet Root Used for Candy and Medicine: 105
• Its More than a Plate Decoration: 111
• Gigantic Gourd Guardian of Health: 117
• The Mushroom of Immortality: 124
• A Mans Berry Best Friend: 131
• Australias First Aid Kit in a Bottle: 138
• The Root That Brings Sweet Dreams: 146
• HERBS FROM THE SHAMANS GRADEN: 151
• Fruit Food and Farmaceutical: 157
• Rainforest Panaceas: 163
• The Bittersweet Botanical: 170
• Balance Hormones with Barbasco: 176
• Rub it pon me belly like a Guava Jelly: 183
• AllPurpose Allspice: 191
• Magnificent Mango: 198
• Bromelain for the Bumps and Bruises of Life: 206
• The Sweet and Sour Sedative: 213
• RESOURCES: 221
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 229

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Natural Medicine Chest: Natural Medicines to Keep You and Your Family Thriving Into the Next Millennium; G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
• Authors: Eugene R. Zampieron, Ellen Kamhi
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: M. Evans and Company, 1999
• ISBN: 0871318822, 9780871318824
• Length: 244 pages
• Subjects: Health & Fitness / Herbal Medications