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Ayurveda: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Wellbeing teaches us to reconnect with our natural biocircadian rhythms and nurture our intimate relationship with nature. The simple, daily applicable wisdom of Ayurveda can help lead you out of the doctor's surgery and on a journey towards self-healing. Expert practitioner Geeta Vara reveals a holistic approach to health care that can be customised for you. The book focuses on food as medicine, detoxification, movement, meditation, natural store cupboard remedies and daily rituals that you will love.

Home Apothecary is your practical, beautifully guided journey into herbal healing and natural living. Inside, you’ll discover how to create soothing salves, tinctures, teas, and balms from ingredients you can grow, forage, or find at your local market. Whether you’re a curious beginner or a seasoned herbal enthusiast, each minute brings you closer to mastering age-old techniques that nurture both body and spirit.

All ancient and indigenous peoples insisted their knowledge of plant medicines came from the plants themselves and not through trial-and-error experimentation. Less well known is that many Western peoples made this same assertion. There are, in fact, two modes of cognition available to all human beings - the brain-based linear and the heart-based holistic. The heart-centered mode of perception can be exceptionally accurate and detailed....

The author's beautiful and provocative exploration of the sacredness and folklore of ancient fermentation is revealed through 200 plants and hive products. This book includes 120 recipes for ancient and indigenous beers and meads from 21 countries and six continents - and the most complete evaluation of honey ever published. 

This comprehensive guide demystifies medical cannabis for seniors, providing expert guidance on safe and effective use to alleviate common aging symptoms, from a credentialed primary care physician and cannabis specialist. With sixty million Americans over sixty-five and twice that number over fifty, many are seeking alternatives to often-harmful pharmaceuticals. Medical marijuana helps with multiple symptoms of aging, such as chronic pain, anxiety, and insomnia, with relatively low toxicity if used properly.

High blood pressure is one of the leading causes of disability or death due to stroke, heart attack, heart failure and kidney failure. After improving for a period of several years, the tables seem to have turned again. Now, even with the awareness and risks involved with this silent killer, high blood pressure continues to claim more lives and has become a serious problem. Nutrition and exercise are the keys to healthier living and Dr. Colbert explains how to make them work.

Weaving together herbal and medical traditions from around the world into a singular cohesive model, this groundbreaking book guides herbal practitioners to a comprehensive understanding of the practice and philosophy of healing with herbs. Sajah Popham presents an innovative approach to...

Herbalist Maria Noël Groves shows you how to read your body’s signals and support your own wellness with herbal remedies and other natural treatments. You’ll learn how each of your major body systems—respiratory, digestive, immune, nervous, memory, reproductive, circulatory, and more—optimally function, and you’ll discover how to use natural remedies to nourish and repair problem areas, restore lost vitality, support your body as a whole, and prevent future problems.

Whether you're an everyday user or just starting out on your healing journey with cannabis, you'll find answers to your questions and science-backed evidence to support your use. Let Reefer Wellness jumpstart your deep and meaningful journey into the wonderful and nuanced world of modern cannabis and get ready to unlock its incredible healing potential.

What's the best natural product to help with my anxiety? Could cannabis cure my insomnia? Can you overdose on CBD oil? Will CBD gummies get me high? Cannabidiol, more commonly known as CBD, has become the hot new wellness ingredient, appearing in everything from oils to edibles and skincare...

Modern Psychedelics is a judgment-free handbook that compiles contemporary research and ancient knowledge to guide adult readers who are interested in the mindful exploration of these misunderstood, extraordinary, powerful substances. We are currently in the midst of a massive psychedelic...

Herbs, Vitamins, & Supplements for Wellness & Beauty is the newest edition of the bestselling classic, Herbs That Heal. This ultimate guide is the only herbal book you’ll ever need. It includes all commonly utilized Western and Amerind herbs as well as unique and frequently used Eastern medicinal plants. The book is arranged from A to Z, with scientifically updated herbal entries. Fully indexed for ease of access, this edition contains new chapters on vitamins and supplements as well as cosmetic botanicals, with updated research findings. 

"Königin der Beikräuter" – dieser Ehrentitel wurde der Brennnessel von Rudolf Steiner verliehen. Sie spielt nicht nur in ökologischer Hinsicht eine wichtige Rolle – Insekten und Vögel fliegen auf sie, und sie dient als Raupenfutterpflanze für über 30 Falterarten –, auch uns Menschen bietet sie als Heilpflanze eine beispiellose Fülle an gesunden Inhaltsstoffen. So finden wir im Brennnesselkraut Karotinoide für die Augen und als Immunbooster, die Vitamine aus der B-Gruppe für gute Nerven, Vitamin E für Fruchtbarkeit und als Radikalenfänger, Vitamin K für gesunde Knochen und Wundheilung.

Löwenzahn ist reich an Vitaminen und basenbildenden Mineralstoffen; der Korbblütler stimuliert den Stoffwechsel, hilft bei Verdauungsproblemen, stärkt Knochen und Muskeln, entgiftet, reinigt die Leber und das Blut, dient der Krebsprophylaxe und hemmt das Tumorwachstum. Außerdem wirkt Taraxacum antiviral, antibakteriell, antioxidativ und antientzündlich, beugt Diabetes und Osteoporose vor und reduziert Übergewicht. Als Überlebenskünstler versorgt uns Löwenzahn mit Lebenskraft.

Kaum eine Heilpflanze ist besser erforscht und heilkräftiger als "die Mutter aller Heilpflanzen". Dank seiner Vielseitigkeit wird Salbei seit alters her bei unterschiedlichsten Krankheiten und Beschwerden verwendet. Besonders bewährt hat sich das aromatische Heilkraut bei Erkältungen, Atemwegserkrankungen und in der Mundhygiene; es kommt aber auch bei übermäßiger Schweißbildung, Diabetes, Zahnfleischentzündungen, Verdauungsproblemen wie Blähungen, Völlegefühl oder Sodbrennen, Menstruationsbeschwerden, Akne und anderen Hauterkrankungen, Konzentrationsschwäche und Nervosität zum Einsatz.

A thoughtful and compelling case for the power and potential of natural medicine to heal the human body, from best-selling author Dr Andreas Michalsen. This illuminating book has the power to transform your health and change your life. We are living longer than ever before, but our prolonged lives have come at a price: a rise in chronic diseases like digestive disorders, high blood pressure, heart disease, arthritis and cancer. These diseases pose a challenge to conventional medicine, which controls symptoms but doesn't address the underlying cause. 

Bestselling author Dr. Josh Axe explains how to treat more than seventy diseases, lose weight, and increase vitality with traditional healing practices passed down through the ages. “Engaging, accessible and comprehensive.” —Amy Myers, MD, author of The Autoimmune Solution Long before the...

The expertise of Mayo Clinic available to you in this guide to integrative therapies can help you achieve personal wellness. Discover how techniques and therapies once seen as alternative are being used alongside conventional medicine and how you can integrate them into your life, too, whether you’re seeking to manage a chronic condition or boost your overall well-being. 

The Essential Guide to CBD is an authoritative but user-friendly primer on CBD. CBD has splashed across the nation’s headlines, taken the country by storm, and has everyone from Coca-Cola to Starbucks considering adding this new “miracle supplement” to their drinks. But the FDA has only...

Thanks to cutting-edge research, the medical and mental health communities are rediscovering the transformative power of psychedelics. And among the psychedelics showing the most promise for opening and healing the mind is the psilocybin mushroom. This friendly, fact-packed companion to magic mushrooms offers a full guide to having the most successful and beneficial experiences—whether you’re a complete newcomer or have dabbled in psychedelics before.