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This is one of the first books to replace specific conventional medications with herbal equivalents. As the natural precursors of today's pharmaceuticals, herbs can reduce, even eliminate, dependence on medications. Arranged by ailment, herbal alternatives are offered for more than 500 prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs. More than 100 ailments are covered, and an encyclopedia details more than 70 medicinal herbs.

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After years of living in awe of the mysterious fungi known as mushrooms-chefs, health enthusiasts, and home cooks alike can't get enough of these rich, delicate morsels. With updated production techniques for home and commercial cultivation, detailed growth parameters for 31 mushroom species, a trouble-shooting guide, and handy gardening tips, this revised and updated handbook will make your mycological landscapes the envy of the neighborhood.

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Acquire herbal healing wisdom with this guide to gathering, drying, storing, and blending 25 common herbs. Create your own all-natural home medicine cabinet filled with teas, tinctures, salves, syrups and lozenges.

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This complete guide presents everything you need to know to enhance your health, beauty and emotional well-being through the practice of aromatherapy. Kathi Keville and Mindy Green, who are masters in the fields of herbalism and aromatherapy, offer a fresh perspective on the most fragrant of the healing arts and discuss such topics as:

• The history and theory of fragrance.
• Therapeutic uses of aromatherapy for circulation, digestion, respiration, immunity, and more.
• Instructions for creating personal beauty and skin-care products.
• Techniques for the home distillation and blending of essential oils.
• A materia medica listing the origins and uses of commonly available essential oils.

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People are increasingly using natural remedies for health and healing and there are lots of wonderful ways to use herbs.

This e-handbook discusses 10 essential herbs and their uses. You will learn how to choose and use natual remedies, how to make teas, oils, salves and tinctures. Recipes for herbal aids include:

• Making an Herbal Tincture
• Making an Infused Oil
• Soothing Calendula Skin Salve
• Calming Chamomile Bath Bags
• Echinacea-root Tea
• Lavendar Headache Compress
• Breath Easy Peppermint Steam

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Before the days of supermarkets and drug stores, families learned to use natural and herbal ingredients that were readily available and easy to apply for all sorts of purposes such as beauty aids, health remedies, and household products.

This e-handbook shows you how to make skin care products, tonics, sachets and more. Recipes for home care and maintenance, infants and animals include:

• Syrup to Soothe Sore Throat
• Chest Rubs for Chest Colds
• Basic Soap Recipe
• Sweet Nighttime Sachet
• Fabric Softener
• Diaper Rash Ointment
• Herbal Flea Collar

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If your feet are giving you trouble, locate your problem in this e-handbook and try the recommended natural remedies to help put your feet back on the path to comfort and wellness.

Chapters in this handy reference guide include:

• Living with Arthritis
• Beating Athlete’s Foot
• Healing and Preventing Blisters
• Keeping Calluses under Control
• Soothing Dry, Cracked Soles
• Curing Itchy Feet
• Sweet Relief for Sore, Achy Feet

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Natural and herbal remedies can enhance your overall health as well as treat the more specific conditions of the skin.

In this e-handbook you will find a list of essential vitamins that are beneficial to the skin, rituals for beautiful skin, skin care basics and what you can do to beat the signs of aging.

INSTANT DELIVERY ITEM: When you order this e-book* we will provide you with a link for the e-book on the confirmation page. Simply click on the link and save the file to your computer — no more waiting for delivery or paying expensive shipping and handling fees.

Mother Earth News Wiser Living E-Handbooks are packed with practical information, innovative ideas and creative projects right at your fingertips. By supporting digital products like this one you are helping save millions of trees a year. Order your downloadable PDF and start reading today!

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It happens every year. It starts innocently enough — a runny nose, some sneezing here and there. Then the sinus congestion and scratchy throat arrive, making breathing and swallowing difficult and uncomfortable. It's cold and flu season again, and you're left bleary-eyed and groggy, suffering through a myriad of ineffective conventional medications.

Try a different method this year, and learn to beat the bugs and stay healthy through the seasons — naturally! Fighting the Influenza is a comprehensive new E-book comprised of articles taken directly from the Herbs for Health archive that will help you create a winning game plan with herbs that boost your body's defenses and speed up your recovery.

Herbs have the power to strengthen your body's natural defenses, ease the pain and discomfort of colds and flues and bolster long-term health. Learn to determine the differences between cold and flues, use various herbal and vitamin supplements to benefit your body, choose the right foods when you're feeling under-the-weather, and more with Fighting the Influenza from the publisher of Herbs for Health.

INSTANT DELIVERY ITEM: When you order this e-book* we will provide you with a link for the e-book on the confirmation page. Simply click on the link and save the file to your computer — no more waiting for delivery or paying expensive shipping and handling fees.

*E-Books are Eco-friendly! By supporting digital products like this one you help conserve resources and energy that comes with printing standard books. Order your downloadable E-book and start reading today!

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Avoid mysterious chemical concoctions, and let nature bring you back to the healthy, beautiful state we were meant to be in. Containing 250 pages of helpful tips and remedies, the Natural Health E-book Projects Collection helps you explore the secrets to natural beauty; take an herbal approach to health and more with the Natural Health E-book Projects Collections.

For the first time, Mother Earth News is proud to offer the complete Natural Health E-book Projects Collection. This comprehensive set includes 7 useful e-handbooks with titles ranging from "Natural & Herbal Family Remedies" to "Herbal Treatments for Healthy Hair". The Natural Health E-book Projects Collection is packed with practical information, innovative ideas and creative projects to inspire natural health and beauty.

E-book Projects Included in the Collection:

• Making Herbal Hand Creams & Salves
• Herbal Treatments for Healthy Feet
• Herbal Treatments for Healthy Hair
• Herbal Remedies for a Lifetime of Healthy Skin
• Natural & Herbal Family Remedies
• 10 Essential Herbs for Lifelong Health
• Sleep & Relaxation: A Natural and Herbal Approach
• Growing Herbs for Cold and Flu
• Herb Tea for Long Health