Simple, safe, and effective herbal home remedies for women of all ages! From menstruation to menopause, learn how to prepare natural treatments for acne, PMS, morning sickness, hot flashes, yeast infections, and more. For centuries women have turned to herbs to cope with a wide variety of health problems and conditions. Comprehensive and easy-to-use, Herbal Healing for Women explains how to create remedies--including teas, tinctures, salves, and ointments--for the common disorders that arise in the different cycles of a woman's life. Covering adolescence, childbearing years, pregnancy and childbirth, and menopause, Rosemary Gladstar teaches how herbs can be used to treat the symptoms of conditions such as acne, PMS, morning sickness, and hot flashes. A complete women's health-care manual, Herbal Healing for Women discusses: -Common disorders and the herbs that are effective for treating them -How to select and store herbs -Preparation of hundreds of herbal remedies -An alphabetical listing of herbs, including a brief description of the herb, the general medicinal usage, and when necessary, warnings about potential side effects. By explaining the properties of specific herbs and the art of preparation, Rosemary Gladstar demonstrates not only how to achieve healing through herbs but good health as well.
Sobre o autor(a)
Gladstar, Rosemary
ROSEMARY GLADSTAR tem mais de 40 anos de experiência no estudo e no ensino das propriedades curativas das ervas. É educadora, ativista e empresária de renome mundial, fundadora do Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center, do International Herb Symposium e da New England Women's Herbal Conference. É presidente fundadora da United Plant Savers, uma ONG dedicada à conservação e preservação das ervas nativas americanas. Recebeu um título honorífico da National University of Natural Medicine em Portland, Oregon, e dirige a Association for the Advancement of Restorative Medicine e a The National Health Freedom Coalition. Mora em Vermont. |
| ISBN | 9780671767679 |
| Autor(a) | Gladstar, Rosemary |
| Editora | S&s/Simon Element |
| Ano de edição | 1993 |
| Páginas | 304 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |