The intelligent person's guide to 66 herbal remedies, their properties, and uses: essential reading for anyone wishing to make informed choices about their own health care

The origin and traditions of herbal medicine
- How herbal medicine is practised today
- Using remedies safely, including quality controls and precautions
- Making your own remedies, including infusions, tinctures, and creams
- What ailments and conditions best respond to herbal remedies
- How to choose the most effective remedy
- Key remedies and the conditions they can treat
- Self-help treatments for the whole family, at all stages of life
- Written by a qualified medical herbalist with his own practice and first-hand research knowledge

- Author's Introduction
- Understanding Herbalism
- Choosing a Remedy
- Herbal Self-help
- Index
- Acknowledgments

A natural approach to healing common and chronic ailments