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Folk Remedies That Work: By Joan and Lydia Wilen, Authors of Chicken Soup & Other Folk Remedies [Paperback]

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Publication Date: April 12, 1996

From the popular authors of Chicken Soup & Other Folk Remedies, this updated and revised edition of Live and Be Well features a range of remedies to cure whatever ails you, including a new section on the popular kombucha tea mushroom. Folk Remedies That Work offer a wide variety of helpful solutions for everything from arthritis to headaches to wrinkles -- with an emphasis on natural medicine that is practical, time-test, and doctor approved.

Inside you'll find remedies that will help you to:

Lose weight safely
Give up smoking
Get a better night's sleep
Get rid of a canker sore in 48 hours
Ease the pain of arthritis
Improve your sex life

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Inside you'll find remedies that will help you to:

Lose weight safely
Give up smoking
Get a better night's sleep
Get rid of a canker sore in 48 hours
Ease the pain of arthritis
Improve your sex life

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Product Details

Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Revised edition (April 12, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060951648
ISBN-13: 978-0060951641
Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great to read whenever one comes down with a malady, June 7, 2007

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It gives you many good home remedies and tips. Some weird remedies too but they do work.

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I have the other book also "Chicken Soup & other Folk Remedies. Between the two I'm learning how to eat right. Little late but one is never too old to learn! It is informative and entertaining at the same time! Highly recommend both of these books!

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5.0 out of 5 stars reference
This is a great reference book with all the home remedies your grandmother told you about and you forgot...now you can have them again at your finger tips...and they work..

Published 12 months ago by C. Yates

4.0 out of 5 stars Chock full of good home remedies
This book is well written and full of good home remedies. I cannot wait to start using them as the need arises. Read more

Published on August 28, 2009 by SLM

5.0 out of 5 stars Sisters Rock~
The Wilden sisters are fantastic. Simple remedies that work so well I have not seen a medical professional in ages. Read more

Published on March 29, 2009 by R. Barnhurst

2.0 out of 5 stars ok... better than ok!!!!
I do not find myself going back to it. I read it a while ago. Probably ok.Nothing positive or negative remains in my mind . I picked it up again after saying it was just ok. Read more

Published on November 26, 2008 by angela render

4.0 out of 5 stars Great little book to have around
I love this book for the obvious..to look up different remedies,some a bit out there!! and some worth a try,instead of popping pills or buying expensive drugs,syrups etc.

Published on April 12, 2008 by David Mahon

5.0 out of 5 stars very natural remedies
I have read this book & enjoyed it immensely. (I just received it today.) It's quick, easy short "cures" for everyday issues. Some are obvious & some are just cute. Read more

Published on February 28, 2008 by Dawn Stewart

3.0 out of 5 stars OK but over rated
I just found it not very helpful...I have seen much better...it was a
disappointment. Check out any of the books by the Balch s instead.

Published on October 11, 2007 by Candace Mike N Elmo

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In the (translated) words of Greek philosopher Aristotle, "Dine well on cabbage just before starting out for a big evening" Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
classic folk remedy, affirmation fifteen times, flashing three times, starting first thing, oatstraw tea, pure virgin olive oil, affirmation ten times, yarrow tea, sleep that way, bee propolis, white washcloth, growing tea, aloe vera plant, eat foods rich, seed tea, least fifteen times, garlic pills, raw honey, least twelve times, fresh carrot juice, aloe vera juice, most health food stores

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Gem Therapy, Kombucha Tea Mushroom, New York, Laurel Farms, Gerald Epstein, Paul Neinast, Silva Mind Method, Betsy Pryor, Crystal Gardens, Joyce Kaessinger, Keep Off, Ray Wunderlich, United States, Arlene Dahl, Barbara Stabiner, Classic Sore Throat Remedy, Color Therapy, Connie Barrett, Department of Agriculture, Healthier Heart

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Alternative Medicine by Future Medicine Publishing in Back Matter
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Chicken Soup & Other Folk Remedies by Joan Wilen in Front Matter, and page 217
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