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Herbal Healing
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Seven Herbs
Plants as Teachers
Matthew Wood
$11.95
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Matthew Wood stands as one of the greatest
healers of our time. His understanding of the use of herbs and homeopathy goes light years beyond just understanding
the actions of particular substances. He is someone who knows the spiritual reality that shapes each plant
and can see the way this works with the soul reality of the person seeking healing. In Seven Herbs,
Wood uses seven stories from Genesis to describe successive initiations through illness toward health. In
so doing, he reunites herbalism with homeopathy, religion with science and offers us the seeds of a lifetime's
exploration into the realities of health and illness. Outstanding!
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The Book of Herbal Wisdom
Matthew Wood
$20.00
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This book is a real find for anyone interested in plants, the nature of healing, or herbal remedies and
applications. You will learn more by reading just one chapter of Herbal Wisdom than by reading
ten other books on herbs and healing. The Book of Herbal Wisdom offers the reader centuries of indigenous
knowledge about healing, integrates these viewpoints both generally and for each plant, and demonstrates
in depth how over 40 specific plants act as healing agents. Wood's depth of both knowledge and experience
is unparalled and his work is among the most important of our day. Recommended without reservation!
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Vitalism
Matthew Wood
$16.95
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The story Vitalism tells unfolds like a Tree of Life, each branch bringing its special
gifts fully connected to the source. For those of you who are not familiar with Wood's work in this area,
let me say that it is perhaps the most significant document concerning the development of "alternative" healing
modalities to ever appear. If you have ever been confused about whether to approach an illness with herbs,
homeopathic remedies, flower essences, or Anthroposophical medicine, please read this book. Wood clearly
traces not just the origins of each approach (excluding Anthroposophical medicine - keep reading to learn
why I mention it), but their relationships to one another. Wood reveals how herbalism as a body of knowledge
sprang forth as the medieval mind entered the spiritual/physical contemplations of the High Rennaissance;
how Hahnemann took that viewpoint yet another step when he developed homeopathic preparations from the then-standard
herbal Materia Medica; how the many different schools of homeopathic thinking came into existence and gave
us tremendous insight and knowledge; where and how flower essences fit into the scheme of things; and how
an untutored, intuitively brilliant American farmer set the course for the revival of Western herbalism.
This is what Rudolf Steiner intuitively knew as he set about reuniting herbalism and homeopathy within Anthroposophic
medicine. Having this knowledge (wonderfully lively reading, by the way) will inspire and free you - unhesitatingly
and highly recommended!
Note: Vitalism is a reworking of Wood's The Magical Staff, and contains a substantially
rewritten and expanded chapter on the elusive, yet extremely influential American herbalist, Samuel Thomson.
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Rosemary Gladstar's Family Herbal
A Guide to Living Life with Energy, Health, and Vitality
Rosemary Gladstar
Foreword by James A Duke, Ph.D.
Hardbound, dustjacketed, beautifully designed and presented
$24.95
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The herbal that has it all!
I ordered copies of this book for our book shop sight-unseen
simply because I enjoy Rosemary Gladstar's other herbal books
so much. I expected to find another book reflecting her love
of plants and knowledge of herbs, and containing many of her
outstanding formulas for various things. What I really found,
and what I am jumping up and down in excitement about, is
nothing less than the best family health and wellness guide,
the best introduction to plant lore, the most loving guide
to living in wholeness on our earth I have every seen!!!!!
It's fun to read, too - I could barely put it down long enough
to write this review and I'm going back to it the minute I'm
finished.
The publishers must have thought as I do, also, because they
have put extra effort into the binding (extra heavy, signature
stitched, beautiful), the paper selection (heavy, semi-gloss),
the layout - two column text with many boxes of extra stories,
insights, lore, the need for beautiful photos (lots of
color photos of plants, people and more), the size (an extra
friendly 7.5" x 7.5" x 1.5"thick). In short,
this is a book that will last as long as it's usefulness (several
generations) and will gladden the heart every time it's used.
Rosemary has divided the Family Herbal into 9 well-organized
chapters, two appendices packed with basic information, herbal
resources and an excellent index.
- Eco-Logical Herbalism
- A Prescription for Life - the basics of healthy living,
where herbs fit in
- Taming Stress and Anxiety
- Home Remedies for everyday Ailments
- Recipes for Radiant Beauty (I've been using her facial
system for over 5 years with outstanding results!)
- For Children (includes great sections on the needs of
the sick child beyond remedies, dosage for children and
more)
- For Women
- For Men
- For Elders
Appendix I: The Herbal Apothecary: An A-to-Z Guide
Appendix II: The Art of Making Herbal Remedies
I can't think of any homecare situation that isn't covered
here - and there is much that goes beyond the basics. This
book is as joyous as its author and very, very thorough. Mini-biographies
and vignets of some of our most wonderful herbalists are an
extra attraction.
If you can have only one book on herbal remedies, this is
the one to get!
Rosemary Gladstar is a national treasure, a leader and
a visionary in the field of folk herbalism for more than
three decades. . . . Don't leave this book on a shelf -
it belongs on the kitchen counter, where it can be used
every day!
- Tieraona Low Dog, M.D.
Member, White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative
Medicine
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The New Age Herbalist
Richard Mabey
$22.00
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The New Age Herbalist is an outstanding, comprehensive
guide to the healing properties of plants and the ways our
bodies respond to them. It is filled with photographs, drawings,
clear descriptions of over 200 plants and their uses, introductory
human physiology. The New Age Herbalist goes beyond
the medicinal uses of plants by offering thorough information
about the culinary and cosmetic uses and a guide to gardening
and cultivation. Highly recommended as an introduction or
reference.
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The Way of Herbs, Revised
Michael Tierra
$16.95
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I began my exploration into the realm of the healing plants
about 20 years ago with the first edition of The Way of
Herbs. At that time, it was almost the only really in-depth
herbal available. Since that time, Michael Tierra has expanded
and revised the original book several times and the result
is a true classic - an excellent herbal covering over 140
Western herbs and 31 Chiness herbs, diagnostic techniques
from both cultures, dietary approaches to assist healing,
and a "how to" on purchasing, growing and storing
herbs. I consider The Way of Herbs an essential herbal
reference.
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Medicine Grove
A Shamanic Herbal
Loren Cruden
$14.95
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With her characteristic sensitivity and impeccable balance,
Loren Cruden guides the reader toward an understanding of
both the physical actions and the spiritual reality underlying
herbs. Her softly-spoken wisdom introduces herbs as healers
of body, soul and spirit and integrates them into our spiritual
as well as physical lives. In addition to beautifully thoughtful
essays on our various relationships to the kingdom of the
helpful plants, there is an extensive Materia Medica, tips
on cultivation, and thoughts on the role of herbs in sacred
ritual.
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Common Herbs
for Natural Health
Juliette de Bairacli Levy
$11.95
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It's hard to say which is more of a classic, Common Herbs
for Natural Health or Juliette de Bairacli Levy, the book's
author. Long before most of us had even thought of it, Juliette
was blazing a trail that many would later follow toward a
simple, healthy life in harmony with the Earth and it's creatures.
Common Herbs was first published in 1974, but has been
out of print for nearly 20 years. Those lucky enough to have
original copies clung to them like the treasures they are.
Having a copy of Common Herbs on your bookshelf
is like having a wise woman just down the road, someone
whose very living distinguishes the essential from the non-essential.
Juliette knows plants and animals at a depth that sparkles
forth like the Water of Life in a fairy tale. We are very
grateful to Susun Weed for bringing this treasure back into
print.
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Herbal Healing for Women
Rosemary Gladstar
$12.00
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This is probably my all time favorite herbal book. Rosemary
is someone who is absolutely vibrant and joyous about her
work with herbs and shares this quality beautifully on every
page. Not to mention that she really knows a lot and
has packed an enormous amount of information and wisdom into
a single volume. Or, that her heart-awareness of Mother Earth
is food for the soul. Then, there's the fact that her formulas
and recipes are fun, really fun, to make and use. Herbal
Healing for Women is not only the most complete women's
herbal around, it is also the most inspired and the most inviting.
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The Herbal Menopause Book
Herbs, Nutrition, and Other Natural Therapies
Amanda McQuade Crawford
$16.95
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I really love what Amanda Crawford has done in this book.
She explains in clear yet complete terms the physiological
events that underlie a wide variety of menopausal symptoms,
then goes on to offer suggested healing approaches that are
themselves so well-explained that the reader is empowered
to chart her own course. She also offers several healing modalities
for each symptom, as appropriate: herbal, nutritional, physical
exercise, stress releasing techniques, body work, etc. Her
herbal suggestions are presented as both tincture and tea
compounds, with complete instructions on making your own.
Everything I have tried is highly effective and has led me
to explore many avenues in addition to the one's Amanda offers.
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Planting the Future
Saving Our Medicinal Herbs
Edited by Rosemary Gladstar and Pamela Hirsch
$22.95
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Planting the Future is the result of the collaboration
of over 40 of the most respected herbalists practicing in
the US. These members of United Plant Savers, an organization
dedicated to preserving America's native medicinal plants,
have focused their attention on endangered medicinal plants
- resulting in this book which is as much an in-depth herbal
as it is a cultivation guide. Actually, I am so overwhelmed
with the deep level of research and experience, the clear
writing and presentation, and the fact that the cultivation
instructions may well enable both the survival of endangered
wild species and the continued use of these effective gifts
of nature that it is hard to find words to express the true
greatness you will find in Planting the Future. If
you like to garden, if you use herbs, if you love the world
of plants, if you care about our planet - you will find an
abundance of knowledge and insight to interest and inspire
you in Planting the Future. Includes color photographs
of all the medicinal herbs that are discussed.
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