Healing Herbs Handbook

Remedies for Natural Living

Brownell Grogan Barbara

Today, more and more people are trying to live healthily and fight illness without resorting to the pharmacy – and they are turning to herbs to achieve their goal. This approachable handbook, with photographs for easy identification, helps you understand and take best advantage of herbal medicine. It offers a brief introduction to the basics – such as choosing, growing, and preparing herbs – and then features an A-Z compendium of common health issues and how to treat them.

About the Author

Barbara Brownell Grogan, principal for Rivanna Publishing Ventures, is former editor-in-chief of National Geographic Books and a certified health coach through New York's Institute for Integrative Nutrition. At National Geographic she developed the health line of reference books. She is coauthor of 500 Time-Tested Home Remedies and the Science Behind Them and editor of USDA's Guide to Infant Nutrition, 2018. Barbara and a team of health writers post a monthly column, "The Remedy Chicks", at everydayhealth.com. She lives in Charlottesville, VA. Deanna Gabriel Vierck, CCH CN, is a certified clinical herbalist and holds a BS in Biology, Public Relations, and Earth Science from Central Missouri State University. Deanna received her clinical training at the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism. She lives in Boulder, CO.

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