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The Green Pharmacy: The Ultimate Compendium of Natural Remedies from the World's Foremost Authority on Healing Herbs: 1

The Green Pharmacy: The Ultimate Compendium of Natural Remedies from the World's Foremost Authority on Healing Herbs: 1

by James A Duke Ph.D. (Author)

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    Illustrated 2012

    $16.05
Synopsis

With A-to-Z entries that include over 120 health conditions, James Duke's The Green Pharmacy is an authoritative, readable guide to the world of herbal healing. From traditional folk remedies to groundbreaking laboratory studies, Dr. Duke provides up-to-date information and age-old folk wisdom about nature's most potent plants. You'll find scores of natural remedies that can replace or enhance costly pharmaceuticals, including: Relief for aches and pains ranging from arthritis, angina and back pain to menstrual cramps and sciatica. Remedies for gastrointestinal problems from constipation and flatulence to inflammatory bowel disease and ulcers. Herbs that can reduce your risk of cancer, heart attack, high blood pressure and osteoporosis. Cures for infections ranging from colds and flu to sore throat and yeast infections. Herbal drinks that reduce fever. And much more. The Green Pharmacy includes easy how-to instructions for preparing herbal compresses, teas and infusions. Plus, Dr. Duke provides an easy rating system to quickly identify the most effective herbal remedies for each condition.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 640
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: St Martin's Press
Published: 13 Jan 2012
ISBN 10: 0312966482
ISBN 13: 9780312966485

Media Reviews
The Green Pharmacy is full of helpful, practical information about using plants as medicines...I plan to consult it often. --Dr. Andrew Weil
The Green Pharmacy is a tour de force by the world's leading authority on the herbal healing traditions...a treasure house of practical advice for the newcomer and pearls of wisdom for the herbal practitioner. --Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D., President of Bastyr University, Seattle, and author of Total Wellness
If you are bewildered by all the books that have been published on herbal healing, this is the one to buy! --Mark J. Plotkin, Ph.D., ethnobotanist and author of Tales of a Sharman's Apprentice
Filled with gems of wisdom--a treasure of information from a man who knows a smuch as anyone in the world about medicinal plants. --Jean Carper, bestselling author of Miracle Cures

The Green Pharmacy is full of helpful, practical information about using plants as medicines...I plan to consult it often. --Dr. Andrew Weil
The Green Pharmacy is a tour de force by the world's leading authority on the herbal healing traditions...a treasure house of practical advice for the newcomer and pearls of wisdom for the herbal practitioner. --Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D., President of Bastyr University, Seattle, and author of Total Wellness
If you are bewildered by all the books that have been published on herbal healing, this is the one to buy! --Mark J. Plotkin, Ph.D., ethnobotanist and author of Tales of a Sharman's Apprentice
Filled with gems of wisdom--a treasure of information from a man who knows a smuch as anyone in the world about medicinal plants. --Jean Carper, bestselling author of Miracle Cures

The Green Pharmacy is full of helpful, practical information about using plants as medicines...I plan to consult it often. Dr. Andrew Weil

The Green Pharmacy is a tour de force by the world's leading authority on the herbal healing traditions...a treasure house of practical advice for the newcomer and pearls of wisdom for the herbal practitioner. Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D., President of Bastyr University, Seattle, and author of Total Wellness

If you are bewildered by all the books that have been published on herbal healing, this is the one to buy! Mark J. Plotkin, Ph.D., ethnobotanist and author of Tales of a Sharman's Apprentice

Filled with gems of wisdom--a treasure of information from a man who knows a smuch as anyone in the world about medicinal plants. Jean Carper, bestselling author of Miracle Cures


The Green Pharmacy is full of helpful, practical information about using plants as medicines...I plan to consult it often. --Dr. Andrew Weil

The Green Pharmacy is a tour de force by the world's leading authority on the herbal healing traditions...a treasure house of practical advice for the newcomer and pearls of wisdom for the herbal practitioner. --Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D., President of Bastyr University, Seattle, and author of Total Wellness

If you are bewildered by all the books that have been published on herbal healing, this is the one to buy! --Mark J. Plotkin, Ph.D., ethnobotanist and author of Tales of a Sharman's Apprentice

Filled with gems of wisdom--a treasure of information from a man who knows a smuch as anyone in the world about medicinal plants. --Jean Carper, bestselling author of Miracle Cures

Author Bio

James A. Duke, Ph.D., is the author of several books on the healing power of plants, including the bestseller The Green Pharmacy (more than one million copies in print). He retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1995, after serving as chief of the Medicinal Plant Resources Laboratory. He remains active in ReNuPeru, a medicinal herb garden in the Peruvian Amazon that's maintained by the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research. His own garden is on a 6-acre farmette in Fulton, Maryland, where he lives with his wife, Peggy.