ALFALFA FOR A HEALTHY HEART...EPHEDRA FOR WEIGHT LOSS...OREGANO FOR COLDS...CHAPARRAL FOR CAVITY PREVENTION... For five thousand years healing herbs have gently cured disease, soothed aches and pains, and promoted vibrant health. Now this comprehensive, thoroughly up-to-date guide profiles one hundred of the most widely used medicinal plants, tracing their history, folklore, and healing properties and summarizing the latest scientific research on their many benefits. From aloe for soothing wounds to white willow for reducing pain, you'll learn where to find them, how to tahe them, store them, and prepare them, even how to grow them yourself to safely harness their active ingredients. The Healing Herbs also includes an easy-to-use A to Z herb encyclopedia and a fast-action guide to conditions and diseases such as: -- ARTHRITIS ASTHMA -- ATHLETE'S FOOT BAD BREATH -- BURNS CANCER COLD AND FLU COLD SORES COLIC -- CONSTIPATION COUGHS DEPRESSION DIABETES -- DIARRHEA EAR INFECTION FEVER FLATULENCE GOUT -- HEADACHE HEART DISEASE HEMORRHOIDS HERPES -- HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HIGH CHOLESTEROL INSOMNIA -- MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS MIGRAINE -- MOTION SICKNESS PMS PSORIASIS STRESS ULCERS -- URINARY TRACT AND YEAST INFECTIONS -- AND MUCH MORE! I have been searching for a user-friendly, objective herbal guide for years. Michael Castleman has finally provided one!... This book will tell you what you need to know about how to use nature's medicines effectively." -- Joe Graedon, author of The People's Pharmacy