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I grew up with a mother who firmly believed in natural remedies and so I was well into my 20s when I first dared to take an aspirin. I grew up with herbal teas for all kinds of childhood ailments, such as licorice root, elderberry, mint, and fennel. Of course cold compresses against fever were always used and various lozenges for sore throats and cough.
I was therefore very excited to get this modern version of home remedies from my childhood for a review. The author has done a wonderful job collecting background on a lot of herbs. Following a thorough introduction to herbs and their benefits and uses, the next chapters are then focused on various ailments and contain numerous recipes from teas to soups and tinctures. The recipes are comprehensive, but easy to follow.
Recipes include such more known healing mixes as wild yam tincture to a heavy metal detox soup. There is a blood pressure broth as well as white willow tincture. The recipes start off with a general introduction explaining the basis of this application, then the detailed recipe with expected yield as well as recommended dosage. In addition, as appropriate, the author has included warnings for cases in which the normally beneficial tea or tincture should not be applied due to posible negative consequences. Wild yam tincture being one of the cases since it is to be avoided by people suffering from endometriosis. The author, importantly, does not discount physicians, but in some cases even advises that a healthcare provided should be consulted before starting a regimen with a herbal remedy.
Overall, I learned quite a bit from this book and also now understand where some of the remedies that my mother used came from. I really enjoyed this book and recommend it to anyone interested in natural remedies.
The
opinions expressed in this post are my own and have not been influenced
by any third party. I was given a free book for review purposes.
