Integrating the top three systems of herbal medicine--Chinese, Ayurvedic and Western--this handbook explains how to use these herbs separately or together for optimum effect.

Discover how cayenne pepper promotes hair growth, why cranberry juice is good for asthma attacks, how to make a potent juice to flush out fat, what herbs to use to rid your pet of fleas, and much more. This simple guide to self-care will benefit beginning and experienced herbalists with its advice for family, pets, garden and household. Eight-hundred remedies and recipes in all!

This updated edition of The Village Herbalist provides a complete guide to the art and practice of herbalism, as well as an introduction to the herbalist's role in family and community life. Inspirational profiles of practicing herbalists from across the country add a human touch to the authors' wealth of practical herbal knowledge. The Herbalist's Way includes time-honored healing wisdom from...