Natural Medicine First Aid Remedies: Self-Care Treatments for 100+ Common Conditions [Paperback]

Stephanie Marohn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2001

When faced with common health emergencies, many of us automatically turn to over-the-counter medications. But we have another option—easy-to-use, safe, inexpensive, and highly effective natural medicines.

Natural Medicine First Aid Remedies provides everything you need to know to treat a range of ailments and health concerns, including burns, muscle cramps, hot flashes, shock, sore throat, toothache—100 common health problems in all. (Next time you get a headache, try rubbing peppermint essential oil on your temples before you reach for the aspirin.)

Natural Medicine First Aid Remedies tells how to equip your medicine cabinet with the ten most essential natural remedies including arnica (for pain and stiffness), echinacea (for colds), tea tree oil (for skin infections), aloe vera gel (for burns), activated charcoal (for food poisoning), and more. It explains how homeopathy, herbs, diet, essential oils, flower essences, nutritional supplements, reflexology, and gem therapy can provide healing benefits for various conditions.

Written by health journalist Stephanie Marohn, Natural Medicine First Aid Remedies is based on medical research and draws upon protocols used by dozens of health care practitioners. Informative and unique, it is a reference that you will want to consult whenever faced with one of life's everyday medical emergencies, injuries, or discomforts.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Marohn's Natural Medicine First Aid Remedies covers many of the same situations as the ACEP manual but draws on complementary medicine therapies rather than traditional medicine. Marohn, a former senior editor of Alternative Medicine magazine, has included remedies from homeopathy, reflexology, essential oils, herbal medicine, and stone/crystal therapy, as well as nutritional supplements and food therapy. This is home care, not emergency first aid; no instructions are provided on setting broken bones or evaluating open head wounds. The author states clearly that this manual includes coverage of "ailments that can benefit from self-care as the first line of treatment," acknowledging that some health problems will need further treatment by a medical practitioner. The strength of this book is that it provides alternative medicine information to treat some common conditions. Covering the topic of first aid from different perspectives, these books are both recommended for consumer health collections. Marge Kars, Bronson Methodist Hosp., Kalamazoo, MI
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 443 pages
• Publisher: Hampton Roads Pub Co; 1 edition (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571742182
• ISBN-13: 978-1571742186
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,963 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Natural first aids aplenty, July 9, 2004

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This helpful book explores the other option: safe, easy to use, inexpensive and effective natural medicines. It explains how homeopathy, herbs, diet, essential oils, flower essences, nutritional supplements, reflexology and gem therapy can provide wonderful healing benefits without the risk of serious side effects.

The top ten first aid natural remedies include Arnica, Rescue Remedy, Echinacea, a herbal healing salve, Lavender essential oil, Tea Tree essential oil, Peppermint oil and balm, Aloe Vera, Activated Charcoal and homeopathic Belladonna. Other valuable natural remedies are Cayenne, Ginger, Eucalyptus oil and St John's Wort tincture.

The main body of the book lists 102 common conditions, from abscesses, acne and allergies to viral infections and warts, and how to deal with them. The next section takes an in-depth look at the various therapies: essential oils, flower essences, food therapy, herbal medicines, homeopathy, nutritional supplements, reflexology and stone/crystal therapy.

The Endnotes section includes extensive bibliographic references under the aforementioned conditions from A to Z. This valuable reference work concludes with an index.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From oils and flower essences to food therapy, December 8, 2001

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Consumer seeking a solid home health guide to natural remedies will find here a virtual 'bible' of information from how to treat burns and cramps to handling a toothache or nail problems. Each condition outlines several alternative treatment choices, from oils and flower essences to food therapy, herbal medicine and nutritional substitutes.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easily searchable, August 8, 2007

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This review is from: Natural Medicine First Aid Remedies: Self-Care Treatments for 100+ Common Conditions (Paperback)

Good succint articles and easy to search index make the book useful. Specific recommendations for remedies make shopping for product easier - if only the essential oils were more readily available! Well written without heavy philosophical statements.