Today's Herbal Health: The Essential Guide to Understanding Herbs Used for Medicinal Purposes

For thirty years and after a million copies, Louise Tenney's Today's Herbal Health - now in its sixth edition - has been the essential reference book for anyone interested in maintaining optimal health and overcoming disease. Concise and comprehensive listings of over 175 medicinal herbs and botanicals-including hoodia, rhodiola, mangosteen, boswellia, bitter orange fruit, and elderberry, as well as glucosamine, ginseng, and echinacca-allow quick and easy reference to the information you need.

Also included is a valuable overview of the most common ailments and how to treat them with herbs and other natural therapies. Today's Herbal Health also covers important information on nutrition for children and adults and includes real-life accounts from people just like you that provide incredible evidence of how effective herbs are in maintaining great health.

This thirtieth anniversary edition of Today's Herbal Health marks the founding of Woodland Publishing in 1977. Committed to helping everyone understand and use the healing power of nature, Woodland continues a rich tradition of healing that began before Hippocrates and continues with the latest research.