Prescription for Herbal Healing: An Easy-to-Use A-Z Reference to Hundreds of Common Disorders and Their Herbal Remedies |

Prescription for Herbal Healing: An Easy-to-Use A-Z Reference to Hundreds of Common Disorders and Their Herbal Remedies

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The popularity of herbal medicine has exploded during the past decade, with herbal remedies becoming increasingly available in such conventional outlets as 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.

This book is divided into three parts for easy reference. Part I discusses the basic principles of herbal medicine and outlines the properties and characteristics of some one hundred sixty single herbs and sixty herbal combination formulas. Part II describes more than one hundred fifty common disorders, conveniently arranged in alphabetical order from acne to yeast infection, and names the herbal therapies that can be used in the treatment of those conditions. Part III is a guide to using various kinds of herbal and other alternative therapies. In addition, it includes self-diagnostic tests and boxed insets throughout, which offer detailed information on a wide variety of topics.

Complete coverage of Chinese and Ayurvedic herbs make this volume entirely comprehensive, and thorough scientific references lend it an authority not found in any other herbal book. Prescription for Herbal Healing is the definitive herbal resource and is a necessity for any health-conscious consumer.

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The Herbal Twin Has Arrived!!

Review Date: May 19, 2002

Reviewer: G. Haim,

We all loved the book "Prescription for Nutritional Healing" by James F. Balch and Phyllis A. Balch, and now comes its long awaited twin; The same winning format, the same width of knowledge, and this time - the best herbs to treat (almost) every ailment. Besides an overview of the principles of herbal healing, the first part of the book describes a long list of herbs that are mentioned throughout the book, the scientific evidence of their benefit, and various considerations for use, alone and/or with other herbs. However, this part is missing a listing of active constituents (future edition?). The second part excells in bringing an alphabetical listing of various health conditions and summarizing, in a clear-cut table, the herbs that can be used, the doses, some ready formulas, and a short comment on action. I loved this format in the first book, and find myself praising this format in the present book. Need to treat an ailment? - just open the right page, and the table of beneficial herbs is right in front of your eyes. The story goes on - "Herbs to Avoid", general "Recommendations" and "Considerations" - all written by a super-expert in the field. Amazon found a very strange way to show us the contents of a book ("look inside") but never exposed "real" pages. Just give a customer a chance to look at a page from the second part of this book and he will know what this book is all about. In the third part I found the information I needed to prepare my own herbal extracts. The tips are invaluable and the various techniques for herbal healing are very well discussed. Ms. Balch made our life much easier and healthier by introducing two superb books where in a glance one can match nutritional healing with herbal healing for a wide array of common health problems. It's time to go one further step - to move both books to the CD format...

A wonderfully comprehensive work

Review Date: August 22, 2004

Reviewer: Robert, Vienna, Austria

I found a flyspeck on page 407 so I'm giving this book 1 star---No, this is quite simply the most complete and the most reader friendly book on herbal medicine in print today, Phyllis Balch's finest effort. Free from the biases of authors who are selling particular products or promoting their in-store information kiosks, Prescription for Herbal Healing was obviously written to help real people get well with simple remedies at the lowest possible expense in the shortest possible time with the least risk of side effects (and when I checked MedLine, there were no reports of adverse results from using baby oil). I like it even better than the Prescription for Nutritional Healing books that are, for reasons I can't understand, for better known. Even if you think you've seen it all in herbalism, buy this book.

WELL WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION!!!

Review Date: July 23, 2006

Reviewer: AC Tins, washington, DC

There are not many things left in this world that give you MORE return on your money than you pay for. Both this book and it's companion, Prescription for Nuitritional Healing are worth their weight in GAS! I know the old standard was gold.. but Gas is worth more now. All kidding aside, I've kept both books close by since the day I purchased them. And Reccomend both books to anyone with ailments that require expensive medications. They just may surprise you!

Try herbs for healing

Review Date: December 26, 2007

Reviewer: Y2bjs Reviews, Melbourne Australia

In 2001 i developed some sort of problem,which was stomach or possibly liver related.I used to drink alot,and i got kind of giddy from it during the day.Something internal was telling me to give the drink away.I did but the lightheadedness stayed.I went to the doctor about it,after some blood tests,they couldnt find one thing wrong with me.Now this lasted about a year on and off.Certain things seemed to trigger it,and i couldnt figure out what to do about it.The doctors seemed useless to me,i wondered if i would get out of this problem i had because even though i didnt drink,there was some days i felt realy out of it.Now i wouldnt take herbal remedys without checking with a doctor first.One day i decided to type in my symptoms on the internet and hit search to see what would happen.Alot of things came up about herbal remedys.So i experimented with some of the bitters herbs,and i couldnt believe what an instant difference it made.One herb which i had the most success with is lavender.First time i took it i knew i was onto something good.Another one was dandelion root,i had them in a tea.There was mixtures of bitters herbs i tried,and some liver tonics.But the tea was the most effective for me.These days every now and then i may feel it a little,just to remind me im not 22 anymore.I do not take the herbal teas unless i need to,because they are less effective if you always take them.Which is why if you have something similar i certainly would give alcohol the boot as i did.I can tell you prior to this i payed little attention to herbal remedys,but they have sold me these days.I experimented with quite a few different herbs,just to see which ones were the most effective.All the time getting better and better.So if you have an ailment of some description,seriously look into this,sometimes you may have to experiment to find the right herb for your case.

I love this book.

Review Date: October 8, 2008

Reviewer: Elaine Simon,

I had this book when I had cancer in 2003; it was wonderful. It was the most extensive and knowledgeable book on herbs for cancer that I have ever seen. It's chock full of information. What I also appreciated very much is that she discusses the various chemotherapies and what herbs to take to complement them. I had never seen anything like that. And when she said that anybody who had Hodgkin's should never take ascorbic acid, that was information never seen. It was a wonderful companion during my illness and I am very grateful for it. I wish that it was updated.