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The definitive source for choosing the optimal herbal therapy- thoroughly revised and updated.

Millions of Americans are turning to herbal therapies to heal what ails them - either as an alternative or as a supplement to traditional medicine. From the most trusted name in natural healing, Phyllis A. Balch's new edition of Prescription for Herbal Healing provides the most current research and comprehensive facts in an easy-to-read A- to-Z format, including:

• Information on more than 200 herbs and herbal combination formulas, ranging from well-known herbs, such as ginseng and St. John's Wort, to less familiar remedies, such as khella and prickly ash
• Chinese and ayurvedic herbal combinations
• Discussion of more than 150 common disorders from acne to yeast infection, and suggested herbal treatment therapies

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More then 119 herbs for growing, cooking and healing are covered in this glossy-paged guide from MOTHER EARTH NEWS. The Guide to Women's Health covers a variety of topics for women of every age. From learning which herbs you should be using at what age, to strengthening your bones, this guide is filled from cover-to-cover with valuable information, tips, advice and recipes for women's health.

This 100-page guide has helpful tips and advice for which ever stage of life you're in. Articles in this guide include:

• 5 Herbs for Women's Health
• Color Your Hair Naturally
• Natural Fertility Enhancers
• Healing by Way of Berries
• Breathe Well, Be Well
• And much more!

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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 for the common disorders that arise in the different cycles of a woman's life. Covering adolescence, childbearing years, pregnancy and childbirth, and menopause, author Rosemary Gladstar teaches how herbs can be used to treat the symptoms of conditions such as acne, PMS, morning sickness and hot flashes. She includes remedies ranging from teas and tinctures to salves and ointments. 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

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Nicholas Culpeper's The English Physitian: or an Astrologo-Physical Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of This Nation is more commonly known as "Culpeper's Complete Herbal." It was first printed in September 1653 (Culpeper died in January 1654) and immediately became a classic reference that is as fascinating today as it was more than 350 years ago. Breverton's Complete Herbal is a reworking of that classic text for a modern-day audience. The book identifies each of Culpeper's herbs and spices, with a description of their appearance and Latin name/family, plus descriptions of the herbs' uses in medicine, dyeing and/or cuisine from the Greeks to the present day. Informative and entertaining, this book is packed with interesting facts associated with herbs. For example, most herbs have their uses attached to their old names: Lungwort cured lung illnesses, Fleabane was strewn to get rid of fleas, Wolfbane poisoned wolves, and Henbane killed chickens. Arranged alphabetically, Breverton's Complete Herbal describes 250 herbs and spices while containing feature sidebars and spreads on scented herb/medicinal gardens, the great herbalists, and New World herbs.

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The kitchen is the room that's most likely to hold the remedies for household emergencies or even common ailments, and years ago, every household practiced kitchen medicine. Doctors were expensive and people were self-reliant-even when it came to health care.

Today, doctors are more expensive and we've become much less self-reliant. Now Kitchen Medicine revives that lost tradition of the kitchen as pharmacy.

Learn how:

• Fennel wards off symptoms of menopause
• Garlic reduces cholesterol levels
• Lemon relieves rheumatism
• Ginger treats a cold
• An olive oil purge can eliminate gallstones
• Sore joints are eased with mustard