The Healing Herbs provides the information you need to use the earths wonderful bounty of medicinal plants confidently effectively and above all safely. It examines 100 of the most widely used most easily available most familiar and most fascinating medicinal plants tracing their history folklore and healing properties and summarizing the latest scientific research on their many benefits. The Healing Herbs also explains where to find the herbs how to take them store and prepare them even how to grow them. The Healing Herbs also includes an easytouse AtoZ herb encyclopedia plus a section titled Prevention and Treatment A Fastaction Guide to Using the Healing Herbs including Conditionsfrom ear infection to stress AtoZ conditions and the herbs you can use to treat and prevent specific symptoms and diseases Healing Actionsfrom antibiotic to sedative an AtoZ list of medicinal uses with herbs as a natural alternative to certain medicines Other Usessome unusual uses for the healing herbs for example as insect repellent or memory improvement. Both Conditions and Healing Actions include special precautions about certain herbs whether in preparation longterm use or shortterm effects. show more