An Essential Update of the Classic Herb Reference With Over 1 Million Copies in Print!
A decade ago, The Healing Herbs set the standard for consumer guides to herbal medicine. This newly revised, expanded edition takes you to the cutting edge of herb research-- and shows you how to get the most from nature's oldest remedies.
Whether you're a first-time herb user or experienced in herbal medicine, The New Healing Herbs provides essential information for making medicinal plants part of your self-care regimen. Inside you'll find...
* Groundbreaking discoveries about the therapeutic benefits of popular herbs such as echinacea, ginkgo, and St. John's wort * In-depth profiles of up-and-coming herbs-- including 12 not featured in the original edition * Clear, concise dosage instructions and safe-use guidelines * Valuable advice for buying, storing, and preparing herbal remedies * Fascinating facts from the 5,000-year history of herbal medicine * A comprehensive cure-finder chart for more than 100 common conditions
The New Healing Herbs provides a 21st-century perspective on a time-honored therapeutic tradition. It's the only resource you need to answer all your questions about herbal medicine and to use herbs with confidence.
“I have been searching for a user-friendly, objective herbal guide for years. Michael Castleman has finally provided one! This book will tell you what you need to know about how to use nature’s medicines effectively.” --Joe Graedon, author of The People’s Pharmacy --This text refers to the
Mass Market Paperback
edition.
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Discover how to get the most from nature?s oldest remedies
In this revised edition, The New Healing Herbs provides up-to-date profiles of 100 of the most widely used medicinal plants, detailing the therapeutic benefits and healing properties of each of these amazing natural cures. Inside you?ll find:
? Valuable advice for buying, storing, and preparing herbal remedies
? Clear, concise dosage instructions and safe-usage guidelines
? A comprehensive cure-finder chart with treatments for more than 100 common conditions--Ginkgo to improve and even reverse symptoms of macular degeneration...Cinnamon to treat cuts and scrapes...Marshmallow to boost immunity...St. John?s wort to speed healing...Coffee for weight loss...Ginger for colds...Apples as a source of first aid...And much more!
--This text refers to the
Mass Market Paperback
edition.
Michael Castleman is a journalist and novelist, author of more than 2,000 newspaper, magazine, and Web articles, 12 consumer health books, and three mystery novels.
He is "one of the nation's leading health writers" (Library Journal). For 35 years, he has been a prolific freelance medical journalist focused on optimal health, mainstream medicine, alternative therapies, nutrition, fitness, and sexuality. His nonfiction books have a combined total of more than 2.25 million copies in print. His comprehensive guide to herbal medicine, The Healing Herbs, recently expanded and updated as The New Healing Herbs, 3rd Edition (Rodale, 2009), has sold more than 1 million copies.
Three of Castleman's books have been Book of the Month Club Selections: The Healing Herbs; Blended Medicine (Rodale, 2000), a home medical guide that combines mainstream and alternative therapies; and Nature's Cures (Rodale, 1996), a scientific investigation of 33 alternative healing arts, everything from acupuncture to yoga. Two have won "Health Book of the Year" awards from the American Library Association: Blended Medicine and Nature's Cures. One was in print for 28 years, Sexual Solutions. Foreign-rights sales have included: the British Commonwealth, Germany, France, Latin America, Spain, Finland, and China.
Castleman has also written widely for magazines, among them: Smithsonian, Reader's Digest, Prevention, Family Circle, Redbook, Self, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, New Woman, Men's Health, Men's Fitness, Men's Journal, Psychology Today, Playboy, Parenting, Child, Natural Health, Natural Solutions, Mother Jones, and Salon.com, among others. Twice he has been nominated for National Magazine Awards--in 1997, for "Harm With Every Puff: How Smoking Hurts," in Mother Jones, and in 1996, for "The Real Truth About Breast Cancer," in San Francisco Focus.
His newspaper articles have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, San Francisco Examiner, and San Jose Mercury-News, among others.
Castleman's R-rated mystery series is set in San Francisco, and features newspaperman-sleuth Ed Rosenberg. Titles include: The Lost Gold of San Francisco (2003, movie option) Death Caps (2007) and A Killing in Real Estate (2010).
Castleman earned an M.A. in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism (1979), and returned to teach medical journalism there (1995, 1996). He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Michigan (B.A., 1972).
Castleman grew up in Lynbrook, New York, a Long Island suburb of New York City. Since 1975 he has lived in San Francisco with his wife, a family physician. They have two adult children. In his free time, he enjoys jazz, blues, yoga, downhill skiing, and scuba diving.
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5.0 out of 5 starsIn Depth Guide to 100 Healing Herbs, July 10, 2002
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This review is from: The New Healing Herbs: The Classic Guide to Nature's Best Medicines Featuring the Top 100 Time-Tested Herbs (Paperback)
I first checked the book out from the library for a health project, and now I'm intent on buying it! This book has so much information on 100 of the most popular herbs, including pictures of the plant, theraputic uses, safety concerns, cultivation, and etc. I strongly recommend this book for any beginner (or advanced) herb users.
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Very nice book! I bought it not knowing anything about herbs, and now I'm filled with useful information! I love how Castleman lays out the book, nicely organizing each herb with general stats, history of the herb, therapeutic uses, new discoveries, Rx recommendations, safety factor, and so on. It's an easy, fun read that really gets you into herbal medicine. I'd definately recommend this book!
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Great Book. It's easy to reference and gives the needed info I need. I'm not an expert on herbs and I don't have time to study them thoroughly so this book really helps me. I have kids and so another book that I thoroughly love is The ABC Herbal Book by Steven H. Horne, it's a great book on keeping your kids healthy (it's focus is a lot on extracts from herbs).
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