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This comprehensive guide offers sound information on herbal alternatives to standard antibiotics, making it an indispensable addition to every family’s medicine cabinet.

With antibiotic-resistant infections on the rise, herbal remedies present a naturally effective alternative to standard antibiotics. Herbal expert Stephen Harrod Buhner explains the roots of antibiotic resistance, explores the value of herbal treatments, and provides in-depth profiles of 30 valuable plants, noting the proper dosages, potential side effects, and contraindications of each.
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“In this timely book, Buhner reveals that plants are the people’s medicine, possessing attributes that pharmaceuticals never will.”



“Humans have misused antibiotics to the point that these drugs are becoming worthless. In Herbal Antibiotics, Buhner argues that by turning to plants for healing, we would be working with nature―and improving our chances of surviving the superbugs.”



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The Essential Guide to Building Your Natural Defenses

Bacterial infections are on the rise, and pharmaceutical antibiotics are increasingly powerless to stop them. Pathogenic bacteria are tenacious survivors; they outsmart modern medicine and become virulent "superbugs," resistant to antibiotics and increasingly deadly.

Stephen Harrod Buhner offers conclusive evidence that plant medicines, with their complex mix of multiple antibiotic, systemic, and synergistic compounds, should be our first line of defense against resistant infections. His indispensable reference explains the roots of antibiotic resistance, explores the value of herbal treatments, and provides in-depth profiles of the most reliably effective herbs, giving you the confidence to identify the best herbal formulas and make medicines yourself.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Storey Publishing, LLC; 2nd edition (July 17, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1603429875
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1603429870
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.25 x 9 inches
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Stephen Harrod Buhner is the author of Herbal Antivirals, Herbal Antibiotics (now in its second edition), and 17 other works including Herbs for Hepatitis C and the Liver, Sacred Plant Medicine, The Lost Language of Plants, The Secret Teachings of Plants, and Ensouling Language. He speaks internationally on herbal medicine, emerging diseases, complex interrelationships in ecosystems, Gaian dynamics, and musical/sound patterns in plant and ecosystem functioning. He is a tireless advocate for the citizen scientist, the amateur naturalist, and community herbalists everywhere. He lives in New Mexico.

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Customers find the information in the book well-researched and scientifically explained. They also say it's an awesome book for natural antibiotics and herbal solutions. Readers describe the book as well worth the money and an invaluable asset. Opinions are mixed on the ease of reading, with some finding it easy and well-written, while others say it's intimidating and difficult to comprehend.

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This book is pretty amazing! It takes some commitment to get through the whole book but you can just browse through parts of it. I am a victim of being prescribed way too many antibiotics. I'm forced to treat and cure my own infections now using things like umf-rated manuka honey and garlic. Reading this book is very validating for me. It's well written, well researched and extremely important reading for everyone who cares about their health. It teaches you how to make herbal medicine/tinctures to treat various infections, and details all the properties of medicinal foods and herbs.I highly recommend this book! It's juicy with relevant information for healers, medicine-makers, naturopaths and herbalists. If you've also been failed by modern healthcare, this book is a true gem.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2013
You MUST own this book if you care about your own life - and/or if you have any loved ones, or family at all that you care about.
Further - If you have a health professional, a hospital administrator, or a health policy maker in your circles - you should also plead with them to read this book..... in the hopes that a grass-roots effort can somehow begin to shift the paradigm of the (now totally lost) war on infectious disease.

Just yesterday (May 9th) - A top news outfit had a headline which linked to a story about a new resistant strain of Gonorhea in Hawaii that is TOTALLY RESISTANT TO ALL ANTI-BIOTICS, but even more sad was the article's discussion of how Government officials may intervene requiring pharmacuetical companies to develop a new anti-biotic to deal with this most recent issue. We all know by now that the definition of insanity: is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results - obviously no one involved with this news story has ever heard of Stephen Buhner.

The data showing the population rates of common infections now becoming resistant infections have rounded the corner and are now plotted vertical upwards for many bacteria, and with new ones joininng these ranks everyday (stories like the above issue in Hawaii are more and more - at least once a week now). While this might sound alarmist - it's actually all very very it's true, notat all alarmist and totally grounded reality.

We are arriving at the point where no one's circles will go untouched by a resistant infection, whether it be yourself, a family member or a close friend, or a despised but dedicated co-worker (cough, cough, sneeze).

And on that contageous note - as equally important, be sure to keep a close watch for this book's soon to be released companion title "Herbal Anti-Virals".

This book is such a timely gift from Stephen to all of humanity - arriving while we helplessly teeter on the razors edge of a very dangerous vertical cliff with regard to a mass casuality event for which the Western Medicine paradigm will be totally useless.

This book is equally relevant for a protecting yourself from the inevitable deadly regional or even worldwide massive uncontrollable resitant bacterial outbreak - or if you've just recently aquired a paper-cut at work last Tuesday and you want to be careful. If that paper cut starts looking a little red, and continues to grow more and more don't ignore it and hope that it just goes away - and if it worsens and you end up having to go to the Emergency Room - that paper cut might also very quickly become your secondary concern.

No...don't go to the hospital if you can avoid it - the resistant infections you'll be exposed to there, and which you might acquire there can have you in intensive care and on life support just 72 hours later. But what's even more scary now is the fact that these deadly resistance bacteria once largly confined to hospitals are now more and more commonly being aquired outside of hospital environments. They've taken to the streets, and yes - they are even in thar building where you work, where you initially got that bothersome paper-cut lastTuesday, that you at first thought was nothing.

The Western medical establishment truly does not know what to do but Stephen Buhner does - and with elegance, and plentiful clinical and scientific references to support the information he's provided in this book.

This book is so good and so essential and so tremendously well researched and referenced and just loaded with details - that it very easily could end up saving your life, while the Hospital staff tells you that they've tried everything, and now doesn't know what to do.

It is something that is necessary because of the horrible miscalulation and errors of a totally wrong-minded model within the structure of conventional western medicine. A wrong paradigm born out of reductionist logic and an abundence of arrogance towards the inate intelligence of the survival mechanisms that exist within nature.

I dare say - that a considerable cross-section of the earth's human population - as a species really almost doesn't deserve to be able to own this book for what been allowed to be duped by arrogant western medicine paradigms, and for allowing it to still conitinue down the same road, albeit with ample warning.

No matter the sum Stephen ever realizes financially in return for having authored this book (even if it's in the billions - which I personally think he deserves) - this book will still forever and permanently remain generous to the human race on Stephen's behalf.

Buy the book - it very well could save your life or the life of a loved one - especially in the case of an infection for which the hospital staff has said "I'm sorry we've tried everything, there's nothing else we can do". Yes, Buy the book.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2024
Great info and super funny, dry humor.
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I love this book! It’s very thorough and gives in depth information on effective herbs. I love that it gives medicine-making instructions that are easy enough for anyone to follow.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2024
I have skimmed through this book of Herbal Antibotics and so far I am so impressed. As a family we are wanting more natural options for medicines and this book will become a vital piece in our library.
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2023
The first part of the book clearly and extensively explains bacteria, how they work, how they learn how to become resistant and why they have. This underlying knowledge is a really great foundation to understanding how other types of antibiotic and antimicrobial agents, specifically from plants, lichens, etc. continue to be effective where pharmaceutical antibiotics may not be. When it comes to the specific treatments and dosages, an inexperienced lay person or armchair herbalist who thinks they are an herbalist but isn't, is going to be massively overwhelmed and potentially hurt themselves or someone else. Plus these recipes for treatment are long and complicated. It could easily make the reader believe that if they don't or can't follow these protocols, their treatment of a bacterial illness or infection will be ineffectual. This is not true. There are many ways to treat MRSA, for example, and if the treatment protocols in the book can't be done by the reader, my advice is to do more research into antibiotic plants medicines because there are numerous simpler protocols to treat MRSA other than how this book recommends. That said, if you are interested in using antibiotic and healing plant medicines, you'll learn a lot from this book.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2023
Well, I kind of have a long story but I’ll try to make it short. I have had 20 surgeries on my right knee involving many replacements the last one being in 2016. Fast forward to August, 2022 I came down with a staff infection in the knee replacement and got extremely sick, the pain was unbelievable worst pain I have ever experienced . It nearly took my life. I was medevac’d to a well known specialty hospital for emergency surgery. Fast forward six months later when the doctor took me off antibiotics within a week the infection came back so I had to go back on antibiotics and I guess we all know what being on heavy duty antibiotics can do to the body, they actually make infections morph into a strain that is resistant to antibiotics. I knew that I needed to do some thing about it. I have Dr B’s book on antivirals and I love it so I got the anabiotic book also. I have been taking the tinctures suggested by Dr. B which is licorice root, Rishi, and most importantly Cryptolepis .
I healed myself. No emergency room let’s take your knee out now cuz that’s what they do with stage two prosthetic infection!!!! BUY THIS BOOK IT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE. I was only on the antibiotics for about 4 weeks with the tinctures but went completely off the antibiotics again and have just been on the tinctures; it’s been a month now and my knee is doing great. I get the tinctures from Woodland essence. They are one of the only herbal venues that has true Cryptolepis.
Herbamama also has it. Please buy this book, buy all of his books he is FANTASTIC…!!!!! SAVED MY LEG PEOPLE!!!!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2024
lot of good information

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Satosi
5.0 out of 5 stars A great deal of useful, practical knowledge in this book
Reviewed in Canada on January 12, 2023
Treating my own UTI at the moment using home homeopathics & herbal recommendations from this book - juniper berry for this type of infection, for anyone who is wondering. I am drinking a single drop of the essential oil in very warm water, twice a day, as well as applying juniper berry essential oil to my abdomen, mixed with castor oil for maximum penetration. I will be going to buy some actual berries tomorrow & plating a bush this year for my own medicinal use. I absolutely love plant medicine. It's always there for us.

Why did I not go to the doctor, you might ask? I did. Got blood & urine tests done, but good luck actually getting in to see a doctor for treatment here in Canada. Much like most other countries, our medical systems have gone to #%!@ so it's up to us to look after ourselves.

This is something I knew long ago base don my own observations & direct expeprience, and have been using natural medicine for many years as my ancestors did / still do. Avoiding doctors & pharmaceuticals is one of the reasons people in my family live to very old ages. Diagnostic tests can be helpful, without a doubt, but pharmaceutical drugs are killers for the most part. We have what we need to heal us in the forests, on the land, in the waters, if we care to learn.

Grab this book. It could save your life, or the lives of friends, family & community members.
Koudy
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 7, 2024
Really informative reference book to keep you away from the pharmaceuticals !!
I bought this on my kindle first then decided to buy it in paperback so it was easier to look things up.
Highly recommend.
Patrick
5.0 out of 5 stars Livre super important à notre époque
Reviewed in France on January 31, 2019
A notre époque où les antibiotiques s'essouflent, il est grand temps de retrouver la sagesse des plantes. Tout est expliqué dans les moindres détails, rien ne manque, même les nombreuses études scientifiques qui confirment l'efficacité des plantes. Seule déception, mais ce n'est pas de la faute de l'auteur: la plupart des plantes sont tropicales et donc difficiles à faire pousser en Europe...
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5.0 out of 5 stars medical and natural versions for conditions given
Reviewed in Australia on June 10, 2024
very authoritative with both the medical and natural recommendations given for each condition in great detail.
Vero
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
Reviewed in Spain on March 23, 2018
Muy buen libro para poder hacer frente a las infecciones bacterianas sin antibióticos de farmacia. Incluso trae recetas para hacer algunas tinturas.