Customer Reviews

The Complete Book of Natural and Medicinal Cures

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My scores are based on the usefulness of this book for foraging medicinal plants.

Overall rating: 3 stars

Number of plants: 2 stars

Treatment lists: 3 stars

Treatment details: 3 stars

Picture types: none

Plant identification: 1 stars

Who will find it useful: novice herbalists, parents, hypochondriacs, self-sufficient folks

Notes: Published by the editors of PREVENTION MAGAZINE, this book covers the treatment of over 300 aliments with vitamins, minerals, and herbs. Only 100 pages of the large book are devoted to herbal treatments, less than 1/6th of the entire book. Still, the other information in this book can help new herbalists see the big picture when it comes to staying healthy. It assumes you would either buy the herbs from a store or maybe grow some of the more common "garden" herbs. There's no mention of using wild plants.

The book lacks a glossary or any way to easily look up what plant(s) would help a particular condition.

This is a book about vitamins and herbal assistance to boost immune systems... you are NOT going to find a cure for anything here .... except for the authors cure for his poverty! This book is a waste of money and effort. He says nothing of real value here... unless of course you are interested in spending more to get worthless information off the authors website???