Alternative medicines offer a holistic approach to health and wellness, often focusing on the mind-body connection and natural healing methods. These practices, which are used either alongside or instead of conventional treatments, encompass a wide range of therapies. Let’s delve into the different types of alternative medicines and understand their benefits and applications. Acupuncture Acupuncture…
A Taste of Heritage © 2006 by Alma Hogan Snell Few cookbooks have characters. Even fewer plant books do. But this book distinctly does. It is not an ordinary cookbook nor an ordinary plant book. It is an extraordinary combination of wild plant knowledge, historical and modern recipes, natural medicine, and advice for life. It…
Synergistic and Iatrogenic Potentials when some herbs are usedconcurrent with Medical Treatment or Medical Health Care by Michael Moore THE REASON FOR THIS LIST:A list of side-effects written by a toxicologist or a pharmacognosist will deal ONLY with potential problems that a particular constituent may cause, and seldom treats a plant as a Gestalt. They…
With 150,000 copies of its first edition in print, PDR for Herbal Medicines has almost instantly become oneof the nation’s leading pharmacological references. The reasons for its phenomenal reception are evident.Hundreds of herbal remedies now fill the shelves in virtually every supermarket and pharmacy, and thepopularity of self-medication with “natural” supplements continues to rise, making…
There’s a number of different ways herbs have traditionally been used. Most are easily prepared at home, and I have made and used most of them. In fact, Debra St. Claire has put out a very good set of video tapes called, “Herbal Preparations and Natural Therapies”. She shows how to make different preparations using…
You don’t have to identify with the goddess or Earth Mother labels to get going with holistic treatments for your everyday health needs. If you already buy organic produce, make an effort to eat whole foods, and tend to choose Method products over Windex, it only makes sense that that you’d approach your health, wellness,…
by Harold Ward PRACTISING medical herbalists have long recognized the need, evidenced in an increasing public demand, for a popular-priced manual containing an exposition of their attitude towards problems of health and disease, together with a comprehensive and descriptive cyclopedia of the remedies they use, with such other information as is likely to be of…
What you will need:Glass jar (mason jars work well) of an appropriate size, and a same-sized measuring cup80 or 100 proof vodka, preferably organic (‘Rain‘ is one brand)Fresh or dry herbal materialMuslin or cheesecloth; knife and cutting board
Alma Hogan Snell A Vision of Cooking Food is something I seem destined to care about. In fact, my gift with food came to me after my grandmother Pretty Shield had a vision about it when I was very young. In her dream there was a young woman in the middle of a stream. Then…
Introduction There are essentially 11 different kinds of Preppers and Homesteaders: Survivalist Lone-Wolf Preppers Homesteaders Urban Preppers Bug-Out Preppers Rural Preppers Technical Preppers Medical Preppers Economic Preppers News and Current Event Preppers Community Preppers This posting will provide information on the different types of preppers and homesteaders, and show you where to find additional information….
