Herbs for Your Health: A Handy Pocket Guide for Knowing and Using 50 Common Herbs [Paperback]

Steven Foster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1996

Herbs for Your Health provides a quick, pocket-size reference for 50 of the most common herbs. This book has sold over 150,000 copies.It is four color, with photographs of each herb and comprehensive benefits, dosages and usages.

Editorial Reviews

Review

50 common herbs are explored in a title which uses small yet clear color photos to provide an identification guide and overview of herbal preparations. From picking and preparing the herbs to being careful of dosage and side effects, this provides excellent, practical advice. -- Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Steven Foster has over 20 years experience in the field of medicinal herbs. He has authored numerous books on this subject, and is well renowned and respected in his field.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Interweave Press (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1883010276
• ISBN-13: 978-1883010270
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,190 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Steven Foster is the author or co-author of seventeen books, including National Geographic's A Desk Reference to Nature's Medicine (2006, with Rebecca Johnson), a 2007 New York Public Library "Best of Reference." He is senior author of three Peterson Field Guides, including A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs (with Dr. James A. Duke), 2nd edition, 2000, A Field Guide to Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs with Christopher Hobbs, (2002), and A Field Guide to Venomous Animals and Poisonous Plants of North America (with Roger Caras, 1995). My goal is simply to explore the relationship between people and plants in words and images. My travels have taken me to every continent except Antarctica, mostly in search of medicinal plants to photograph from the Amazon rainforest to the highlands of Vietnam, resulting in a photographic library of over 200,000 images. In 1974, I began my career at the Herb Department of the Sabbathday Lake, Maine, Shaker Community, America's oldest herb business dating to 1799. It has been an extraordinary journey, and it is my pleasure to share my experience through my books.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent quick reference and introdution to Hebs, July 31, 2002

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This review is from: Herbs for Your Health: A Handy Pocket Guide for Knowing and Using 50 Common Herbs (Paperback)

This is an excellent reference for writers that need to know herbal properties, as well as a great introduction into using them for personal care. Has great clear pictures of what the herbs look like in their native form,tell your sources to find them, gives you medical status, how to prepated, dosage and cautions.

Super work at a great price!!