Body into Balance
An Herbal Guide to Holistic Self-Care
Published on 22. March 2016
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-61212-807-8 (ISBN)
Description
Achieve your optimal health by learning to use herbs most effectively. Clinical herbalist Maria Noël Groves helps you understand the root causes of diabetes, hypertension, nerve pain, thyroid disorders, and so much more, while also teaching you how to make natural medicine an integral part of your daily self-care routine.
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Language
English
Place of publication
North Adams
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Full-color; photographs and il
Dimensions
Height: 261 mm
Width: 255 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1194 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61212-807-8 (9781612128078)
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Maria Noël Groves is the author of Herbal Remedies for Sleep, Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies and Body into Balance. She is a clinical herbalist and herbal medicine teacher with more than two decades of experience, and a registered professional member of the American Herbalists Guild. She writes for numerous publications including Herbal Academy’s The Herbarium, Taste for Life, Remedies, Herb Quarterly, and Mother Earth News. Her business, Wintergreen Botanicals, is based in Chichester, New Hampshire.
Content
Introduction: Achieving a Natural Balance
Part 1: The Foundations of Good Health
1. Your Body’s Basic Needs
2. Herbal Nutrition
3. Stress and Energy
4. Relaxation, Mood, and Sleep
5. Digestion and Elimination
6. Detoxification: Cleanup Time!
Part 2: Going Deeper and Tying It Together
7. The Immune System: Tending Your Inner Army
8. The Respiratory System: Breathing Deeply
9. Blood Sugar: Not Too Sweet
10. The Cardiovascular System: Your Body’s Superhighway
11. Memory and Cognition: Sharpening Your Mind
12. Managing Pain: Listening to Your Taskmaster
13. The Thyroid: Butterfly in Balance
14. Your Skin and Connective Tissue: Keepin’ It Together
15. Reproductive Vitality: The Canary in the Coal Mine
16. Longevity and Vitality: Aging Gracefully
17. Children and Animals: Herbal Medicine for the Whole Family
Part 3: Buying and Making Herbal Remedies
18. Harvesting, Buying, Storing, and Using Herbs
19. DIY Herbal Remedies
Appendix I: The Latin Names of Herbs
Appendix II: Learn More
Index
Part 1: The Foundations of Good Health
1. Your Body’s Basic Needs
2. Herbal Nutrition
3. Stress and Energy
4. Relaxation, Mood, and Sleep
5. Digestion and Elimination
6. Detoxification: Cleanup Time!
Part 2: Going Deeper and Tying It Together
7. The Immune System: Tending Your Inner Army
8. The Respiratory System: Breathing Deeply
9. Blood Sugar: Not Too Sweet
10. The Cardiovascular System: Your Body’s Superhighway
11. Memory and Cognition: Sharpening Your Mind
12. Managing Pain: Listening to Your Taskmaster
13. The Thyroid: Butterfly in Balance
14. Your Skin and Connective Tissue: Keepin’ It Together
15. Reproductive Vitality: The Canary in the Coal Mine
16. Longevity and Vitality: Aging Gracefully
17. Children and Animals: Herbal Medicine for the Whole Family
Part 3: Buying and Making Herbal Remedies
18. Harvesting, Buying, Storing, and Using Herbs
19. DIY Herbal Remedies
Appendix I: The Latin Names of Herbs
Appendix II: Learn More
Index