The Natural Medicine Chest is an illustrated guide which provides the history, description, research and tests of over 50 healing herbs and foods.
Do you know:
- The plant that can take the place of a first-aid kit?
- The best herbs for pregnancy and labor?
- The plant that is a remedy for asthma?
- The culinary spice that is safer than aspirin and works on nausea better than Dramamine?
- The leaf that can substitute for sugar?
From aloe vera to wild yams, The Natural Medicine Chest thoroughly covers each healing element that Nature has given us.
A clear explanation of botanical herbal medicine as practiced in this country. While the authors make clear that these substances can offer real benefit, they make equally and often inadvertently clear that self-diagnosis and treatment is not a reliable route to take.
Naturopath practitioners Zampieron and Kamhi (a nurse with a doctorate in public health) give a brief, accurate history of botanical medicine in America including a fresh outlook on Andrew Carnegie’s “medical thug,” Abraham Flexner. Flexner’s 1910 Carnegie-funded report on medical education is revered in the allopathic establishment as a cornerstone of our current medical education and treatment systems. Unfortunately, it stopped the development of herbalism and other alternative therapies cold.
Many herbalists work under the supervision of a licensed medical practitioner. Interested readers can follow guidelines here for tracking down such herbalists.
Natural Medicine Safety
The authors discuss safety: natural does not mean safe. They give careful alerts as to interactions between herbal and pharmaceutical drugs, as well as the possibilities for abuse and allergic reactions. Next, Zampieron and Kamhi explain what is known of the medicinal components found in herbs and how they are extracted to form useful preparations. They also provide an extensive list of herbs and other plants such as aloe, St. John’s Wort, parsley; also bananas, guava, pineapple, among many others.
Very intriguing and well-presented.
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