Steven Foster, Virginia M Tyler

Tyler's Honest Herbal (eBook, ePUB)

A Sensible Guide to the Use of Herbs and Related Remedies

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The newest and most current version of the original The Honest Herbal, Tyler's Honest Herbal: A Sensible Guide to the Use of Herbs and Related Remedies contains easy-to-understand and accurate information on over 100 of the most commonly used herbs and their therapeutic and medical uses. Readers will find that this book serves as a guide to essential scientific data about herbs and to folkloric uses of herbal remedies. Tyler's Honest Herbal discusses and evaluates how herbs work, what plants they come from, and uses research to determine the effectiveness of the herb. It contains the latest information on many different types of herbs, such as:
-- echinacea
-- garlic and other alliums
-- ginkgo
-- ginseng and related herbs
-- peppermint
-- St. John's wort
-- witch hazel

As evidence of their popularity, herbs and herbal product sales figures soared to 5 billion dollars in 1998, up from $500 million in 1992, making it one of the fastest growing markets in the United States. Tyler's Herbs of Choice is a clear and accessible choice for keeping up-to-date in this expanding field and a must-have for anyone interested in finding out current information on the uses of herbs and herbal medicine.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136745010
• Artikelnr.: 38268470

Autorenporträt

Steven Foster

Inhaltsangabe

ContentsPreface Preface to The New Honest Herbal (ital) Preface to The
Honest Herbal (ital), Third Edition Preface to Tyler's Honest Herbal,
(ital) Fourth Edition Pros and Cons Laws and Regulations I. Herbs and
Related Remedies Alfalfa Aloe Angelica Apricot Pits (Laetrile) Arnica
Barberry Bayberry Betony Black Cohosh Blue Cohosh Boneset Borage Bran Broom
Buchu Burdock Butcher's-Broom Caffeine-Containing Plants Calamus Calendula
Canaigre Capsicum Catnip Cat's Claw Celery Seed The Chamomiles and Yarrow
Chaparral Chickweed Chicory Coltsfoot Comfrey Cranberry Cucurbita Damiana
Dandelion Devil's Claw Dong Quai Echinacea Ephedra (Ma Huang) Evening
Primrose Eyebright Fennel Fenugreek Feverfew Fo-Ti (He-Shou-Wu) Garcinia
Garlic and Other Alliums Gentian Ginger Ginkgo Ginseng and Related Herb
Goldenseal Gotu Kola Grape Seed Extract Hawthorn Hibiscus Honey Hops
Horehound Horsetail Hydrangea Hyssop Jojoba Oil Juniper Kava Kelp Lettuce
Opium Licorice Life Root Linden Flowers Lobelia Lovage Milk Thistle
Mistletoe Mormon Tea Muira Puama Mullein Myrrh Nettle New Zealand
Green-Lipped Mussel Pangamic Acid ("Vitamin B 15") Papaya Parsley Passion
Flower Pau d'Arco Pennyroyal Peppermint Pokeroot Pollen Propolis Pygeum
Raspberry Red Bush Tea Red Clover Rose Hips Rosemary Royal Jelly Rue Sage
St. John's Wort Sarsaparilla Sassafras Savory Saw Palmetto Schisandra
Scullcap Senega Snakeroot Senna Spirulina Suma Tansy Tea Tree L-Tryptophan
Uva Ursi Valerian Wild Yam Witch Hazel Wormwood Yellow Dock Yohimbe Yucca
Summarized Evaluation of Herbal Remedies Summary Chart Index Reference
Notes Included