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Author: Brigitte Mars
Publisher: Fair Winds Press (MA)
Published: 2014-04
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1592336310
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents a collection of popular, all-natural, traditional remedies for a variety of common ailments, ranging from backache and sunburns to ear infections and gout.
Author: Brigitte Mars
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Published: 2011-01-01
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1610595238
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Country Almanac of Home Remedies presents hundreds of natural and time-tested methods for treating hundreds of common ailments including burns, insect bites, skin rashes, PMS, and upset stomach. The book includes thrifty and easy remedies that can be made from items commonly found in the pantry, refrigerator, and garden. Readers get DIY solutions they can use for quick relief of common ailments through natural alternatives--without a trip to the pharmacy. For example, using a paste of crushed up aspirin and water to calm the inflammation of sunburn. Each remedy references the latest studies and medical advice to tell readers why it works—i.e. valerian root is a mild version of the prescription drug valium thus making a cup of valerian tea the perfect remedy for stress, PMS, and other nervous conditions.
Author: Brigitte Mars
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Published: 2014-04-01
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1627880283
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNatural Wisdom for Curing Every Ache, Pain, and Ailment As little as a few decades ago, folk remedies were a part of everyday life. More often than not, our grandparents would go to their garden or kitchen pantry before they went to a doctor to treat everyday health complaints. Today, scientific studies are proving what Grandma knew all along—natural remedies are oftentimes just as effective as modern cures, have fewer side-effects, and cost just pennies. Moreover, natural remedies have stood the test of time. Peppermint has been used as soothe upset stomachs long before Pepto-Bismal and ginger has been used for its antibiotic properties for thousands of years in Asian medicine. Learn how to quickly and naturally treat over 100 common conditions with everyday cures: —Use Apple Cider Vinegar and Honey to break up congestion —Black or Green Teabags will take the sting out of a bad sunburn —Drink Beet, Celery, and Cucumber juice to soothe a shingles outbreak. —Inhale oil of Geranium to calm a hot flash —Apply a Witch Hazel compress to treat varicose veins —Pumpkin Seeds improve male potency —Burnt Toast soaks up internal toxins —Epsom Salt bathes heal the lymphatic system Filled with thousands of surprising cures, each entry gives multiple remedies for each condition from herbs, to healing foods, to acupressure and yoga poses. Hundreds of step-by-step illustrations show you the right way to administer a treatment from making herbal tinctures to applying a poultice. Dosage guidelines are given for every remedy as well as safety guidelines, contraindications, and when to call a doctor.
Author: Reader's Digest Staff
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780276430152
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere's no need to run to a doctor for every cut, graze or cold. Long before the age of hi-tech medicine, people healed themselves at home using time-tested techniques, many of which are still valuable today. 1,001 Home Remedies shows you how to treat common ailments and health complaints safely, effectively and cheaply - and at home. From bee stings to bunions, heat rash to hiccups, warts to wrinkles, 1,001 Home Remedies contains safe, easy and effective treatments for more than 120 common ailments and injuries. With trustworthy advice from doctors and health experts, 1,001 Home Remedies contains the very best herbs, foods and household healers to help you feel better fast, without expensive drugs and with fewer side effects. The introductory material includes sensible precautions and notes on growing herbs such as aloe vera, garlic and rosemary and using home remedies.
Author: D. C. Jarvis
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Published: 2013-05-31
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 1473385504
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn in-depth study of traditional folk medicine in Vermont, written by a formally trained doctor. Folk medicine is an imperative aspect of many Vermonters’ lives and health. Trained medical doctor D. C. Jarvis set out to investigate this traditional approach to herbal medicine and produced this little guide to provide knowledge and understanding of the nature and long-successful uses of folk medicine. An invaluable read for anyone interested in daily increased vitality. The chapters featured in this volume include: - Vermont Environment and the Life Span - The Animal Laws - Your Beginning - Your Racial Pattern and Vermont Folk Medicine - The First Yardstick of Your Health - The Instincts of Childhood - Potassium and Its Uses - The Usefulness of Honey - The Usefulness of Kelp - The Importance of Iodine - Castor Oil and Corn Oil - Medical Reasoning Behind Vermont Folk Medicine
Author: Linda B. White, M.D.
Publisher: Fair Winds Press (MA)
Published: 2013-12
Total Pages: 515
ISBN-13: 1592335756
DOWNLOAD EBOOK500 Time-Tested Home Remedies and the Science Behind Them is a comprehensive, authoritative family reference provides you with quick, efficient relief for hundreds of common ailments.
Author: Editors of Storey Publishing's Country Wisdom Bulletins
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2012-02-22
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 1603762817
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe bestselling Country Wisdom Almanac provides hundreds of ideas and methods for living the good and simple life, plus information on weather, gardening, buying produce and cooking by season, holidays, frost dates, moon phases, and more. Divided into the four seasons and then organized into 373 individual tips, the Country Wisdom Almanac presents a wide variety of ways to live a simpler, more self-sustained life year round. Each season offers home-improvement ideas (wallpaper a room in the Fall or build a stone wall in the Spring), crafts (create gorgeous homemade decorations for Christmas, Halloween, or the Fourth of July), recipes (use seasonal produce to create fresh, healthy meals), gardening advice (what and when to plant in order to get the maximum results from your land), and more.
Author: Alvin Wood Chase
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2020-02-11
Total Pages: 966
ISBN-13: 1945186615
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Classic Collection of Original Medical Remedies and Household Recipes Written by traveling physician Dr. Alvin Wood Chase, this reprint of Dr. Chase’s Recipe Book and Household Physician, on Practical Knowledge for the People, features a well of practical information on dozens of topics and subjects, including: Home remedies for illnesses and injuries Nursing and midwifery Food Household maintenance Beekeeping Medical terminology and diseases And many more! The book provides an in-depth look into more than eight hundred wildly varied and fascinating “recipes” which helped, and can still help, people with everyday health concerns and various household chores. It also gives readers a unique look at what life was like more than 130 years ago.
Author: Reader's Digest (Australia) Pty, Limited
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9781921344893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing materials that are often inexpensive and readily available, this book will help you to help yourself, without recourse to expensive drugs and visits to the doctor. It provides information on the most appropriate, practical and sound health suggestions available, while at the same time ensuring 'first do no harm'. While we owe a lot to modern-day medicine, there is a place in our lives for tried-and true traditional home remedies. Many remedies were developed out of need - there were no alternatives - while nowadays people turn to these treatments out of a desire to be self-sufficient. From bee stings to burns, heat rash to hiccups, warts to wrinkles, here are medically approved treatments for more than 100 health problems, with remedies that are easy, safe, clever and effective.
Author: Old Farmer’s Almanac
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2021-08-17
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 1571988955
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHappy New Almanac Year! It’s time to celebrate the 230th edition of The Old Farmer’s Almanac! Long recognized as North America’s most-beloved and best-selling annual, this handy yellow book fulfills every need and expectation as a calendar of the heavens, a time capsule of the year, an essential reference that reads like a magazine. Always timely, topical, and distinctively “useful, with a pleasant degree of humor,” the Almanac is consulted daily throughout the year by users from all walks of life. The 2022 edition contains the fun facts, predictions, and feature items that have made it a cultural icon: traditionally 80 percent–accurate weather forecasts; notable astronomical events and time-honored astrological dates; horticultural, culinary, fashion, and other trends; historical hallmarks; best fishing days; time- and money-saving garden advice; recipes for delicious dishes; facts on folklore, farmers, home remedies, and husbandry; amusements and contests; plus too much more to mention—all in the inimitable Almanac style that has charmed and educated readers since 1792.
