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This compact encyclopaedia details various herbs used in natural remedies and explores their benefits for restoring and maintaining health.

The Famous Book of Herbs describes each herb in detail and features information on the various uses and benefits of every plant included. A perfect short read for those interested in herbalism.

The chapters featured in this volume include:

- Tonics

- Herbal Smoking Herbs

- Enjoyment

- Purity

- Benefit

- Reducing and Slimming

- Intemperance

- Abscesses

- Acidity

- Acne

- Anaemia

- Asthma

- Backache

- Biliousness

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Fitness

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Publié par	Read Books Ltd.
Date de parution	08 septembre 2016
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781473357952
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	4 Mo

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THE FAMOUS
BOOK OF HERBS
DESCRIBING NATURAL REMEDIES FOR RESTORING AND MAINTAINING PERFECT HEALTH

Extract from the Pharmacy and Medicines Act, 1941.
Section VIII ( i ) Subject to the provisions of this Act, no person shall take any part in the publication of any advertisement referring to any article, or articles of any description, in terms which are calculated to lead to the use of that article or articles of that description for the purpose of the treatment of human beings for any of the following diseases, namely, Bright s disease, cataract, diabetes, epilepsy or fits, glaucoma, locomotor ataxy, paralysis or tuberculosis.
None of the articles listed herein are recommended, offered or claimed as suitable for the treatment of Bright s disease, cataract, diabetes, epilepsy or fits, glaucoma, locomotor ataxy, paralysis or tuberculosis.
Copyright 2013 Read Books Ltd. This book is copyright and may not be reproduced or copied in any way without the express permission of the publisher in writing
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Contents
A Short History of Herbalism
HERBS FOR PERFECT HEALTH Tonics Middle Age Herbal Smoking Mixtures and Cigarettes Slimming Herbs, etc.
COMPLAINTS AND MINOR AILMENTS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER followed by their correct Herbal Treatment
SLIPPERY ELM FOODS MATERNITY INFANTS AND CHILDREN S REMEDIES
HEALTH BEVERAGES
CULINARY HERBS, SPICES, ETC.
TOILET REQUISITES
HERB SIMPLES
POWDERED HERB SIMPLES
PILL SIMPLES
INDEX
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WE ARE OFTEN ASKED
A Short History of Herbalism
Herbalism ( herbology or herbal medicine ) is the use of plants for medicinal purposes, and the study of such use. It covers all sorts of medicinal plants, natural remedies or cures, traditional and alternative medicines. Modern medicine tends to categorise herbalism firmly as an alternative therapy as its practice is not strictly based on evidence gathered using the scientific method. Modern medicine does make use of many plant-derived compounds however, as the basis for evidence-tested pharmaceutical drugs. Phytotherapy also works to apply modern standards of effectiveness testing to medicines derived from natural sources.
Medicinal plants have been identified and used throughout human history. Archaeological evidence indicates that the use of medicinal plants dates at least to the Paleolithic age, approximately 60,000 years ago. Written evidence of herbal remedies dates back over 5,000 years to the Sumeranians, who created long lists of useful plants. A number of ancient cultures wrote on plants and their medical uses. In ancient Egypt, herbs are mentioned in Egyptian medical papyri, depicted in tomb illustrations, or on rare occasions found in medical jars containing trace amounts of herbs. The earliest known Greek herbals were those of Diocles of Carystus, written during the third century BC, and one by Krateuas from the first century BC. Only a few fragments of these works have survived intact, but from what remains scholars have noted that there is a large amount of overlap with the Egyptian herbals.
Seeds likely used for herbalism have been found in archaeological sites of Bronze Age China dating from the Shang Dynasty, and herbs were also common in the medicine of ancient India, where the principal treatment for diseases was diet. De Materia Medica (an encyclopaedia and pharmacopoeia of herbs and medicines), written between 50 and 70 AD by a Roman physician, Pedanius Dioscorides, is a particularly important example of such writings; focused on the diet and natural remedies. The documentation of herbs and their uses was a central part of both Western and Eastern medical scholarship through to the eighteenth century, and these works played an important role in the development of the science of botany too. Dandelion for instance, was used as an effective laxative and diuretic, and as a treatment for bile or liver problems, whilst the essential oil of common thyme was (and is) utilised as a powerful antiseptic and antifungal. Before the advent of modern antibiotics, oil of thyme was additionally used to medicate bandages.
The fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were the great ages of herbal remedies; with many corresponding texts being published. The first Herbal to be published in English was the anonymous Grete Herball of 1526. The two best-known herbals in English were The Herball or General History of Plants (1597) by John Gerard and The English Physician Enlarged (1653) by Nicholas Culpeper. Culpeper s blend of traditional medicine with astrology, magic and folklore was ridiculed by the physicians of his day, yet his book - like Gerard s and other herbals, enjoyed phenomenal popularity. Natural medicines gradually waned in popularity as the 1900s progressed however, and the twentieth century also saw the slow erosion of plants as the pre-eminent sources of therapeutic effects.
Despite this, today the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that eighty percent of the population of some Asian and African countries use herbal medicine for some aspect of primary health care. Pharmaceuticals are prohibitively expensive for most of the world s inhabitants, half of which lives on less than two American dollars a day. In comparison, herbal medicines can be grown from seed or gathered from nature at little or no cost. In actual fact, many of the pharmaceuticals currently available to physicians have a long history of use as herbal remedies, including opium, aspirin, digitalis and quinine. As is evident from this incredibly short history of herbalism and natural plant remedies - it is an aspect of human medicine with an incredibly long, varied and intriguing record. With many such traditional cures still used in the present; the multifaceted uses of plants continues to surprise us. We hope the reader enjoys this book.
HERBS FOR PERFECT HEALTH Tonics Middle Age Herbal Smoking Mixtures and Cigarettes Slimming Herbs, etc.
1. H. H. HEALTH HERBS
(NON-APERIENT)
No household should be without this splendid mixture of herbs designed to keep every member of the family in perfect health.
Health Herbs are designed to keep all the functions of the body working correctly. Taken regularly they strengthen the body s organs, cleanse and enrich the blood, and regulate the system. Moreover, they tone up the digestion, steady the nerves and increase vitality. This is making no undue claim for them, for these are the body s normal functions if one is in perfect health-the birthright of every man, woman and child. But to the majority of folk, the vitality of mind and body that comes from perfect fitness is almost unknown. Imperfect working of the organs is so common that countless people are, so to speak, ill without knowing it. All this can be changed by regularly taking this infusion of Health Herbs.
Not a Medicine. -It must be undertsood that this is not a medicine, nor an aperient-it is a health drink. A wineglassful each morning before breakfast is sufficient and those who start the day in this manner will find they can carry through the heaviest day s duties with surprising energy and ability.
The Family. -The benfit of a daily beverage which tones up the health of the whole household, will be clear to every housewife. The Health Herbs in varying doses are suited to every member of the family. For children they mean more resistance to epidemics and chills and an end to that peevishness and tiredness which result from sluggish organs. Their effect on school-children, especially towards end of term, will be found particularly beneficial.
The business members of the family will, by taking these Herbs regularly, find themselves more energetic, brighter and clearer in mind and more fit to cope with the day s work. Taken in the morning, their effect will be felt throughout the day, with none of that weary and jaded feeling with which one so often returns home at night. Tiredness, lack of confidence and inability to concentrate (often resulting only from failure of the body to eliminate waste products) give place to a clear mind and full vitality which come from a perfectly-functioning body. Most benefit of all will, we believe, be felt by the busy housewife herself. Not only will she have a fitter and happier household, but her own health will be so much improved, that her unending duties will cease to be burdensome. We are confident that these Herbs will prove a very great contribution to health and therefore to happiness wherever they are used.
1. H. H. HEALTH HERBS. 3/3 per packet .
110. H. H. HEALTH PILLS. The equivalent of the Health Herbs in Pill form. Ideal for the business man or woman. *1/7 1/2 and 3/10 per box .
T1. BALM TISANE FOR GENERAL HEALTH. We have incorporated several of the ingredients of our Health Herbs in our Tisane T1, which is made in a teapot like ordinary tea. It forms a pleasing and healthful daily beverage for family use in place of ordinary tea. 3/3 per packet .
NOTE. -Boxes of Pills now contain 45 and 135 Pills instead of 40 and 120 as formerly. * Postage 2 1/2 d. on small size when ordered alone .
MIDDLE AGE. To many men and women who have passed their fortieth year, it is a source of justifiable pride that they neither look nor feel their age; but they should realise-however reluctantly-that they cannot work, or play, with the same vigour as formerly. Less strenuous forms of exercise must be followed, but the muscles must not be allowed to become flabby nor the body to spread. It is easier for a man than for a woman-for her, not only is there a slackening of physical activity, but there is often an actual suffering, which in many cases can quite easily be relieved. The important thing at this time of life is not to brood over the chan