The Herbal Healing Handbook: How to Use Plants, Essential Oils and Aromatherapy as Natural Remedies (Herbal Remedies)

by Cerridwen Greenleaf

Overview

Plants, Essential Oils and Aromatherapy as Natural Remedies

“Trust your intuition, go with your instincts, and listen to your heart. By following these three simple guidelines, you’ll be able to craft healing, and more importantly, meaningful and inspired ideas to enrich your life.” ―Arin Murphy-Hiscock, author of The Herbal Alchemist's Handbook

The Herbal Healing Handbook is a spiritual guidebook for using plants, essential oils, aromatherapy, and other natural elements to treat ailments and help prevent illness.

Heal the natural way. In her latest work, bestselling author Cerridwen Greenleaf shares the healing power of plants, roots, herbs, essential oils, aromatherapy, and all things natural remedies. If you are tired of automatically turning to chemical treatments, or just want to have more plant-based care options, The Herbal Healing Handbook is the book for you.

Draw upon ancient knowledge. While health care debates rage all around us, one way to take good care of yourself and your loved ones is with the “kitchen cabinet cures” in this book. When our great grandmothers needed to attend to the cuts, bruises, colds, flu’s fevers and other illnesses their family suffered, they didn't have a corner drugstore. Instead, these wise women relied on simple wisdom, common sense, and pantries well stocked with herbal remedies. These preparations were made from plants that grew in the kitchen garden or wild weeds gathered outside. The Herbal Healing Handbook combines the wisdom of our elders with a modern kitchen herbalist’s sensibility.

In The Herbal Healing Handbook you will:

• Learn about natural remedies you can DIY
• Treat inflammation and pain
• Build energy
• Improve your attitude and mindset
• Gain key knowledge about plants, roots, essential oils and aromatherapy

If you enjoyed natural medicinal books like The Healing Power of Essential Oils, Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine, or The Green Witch, you’ll love The Herbal Healing Handbook.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633537149
Publisher:	Mango Media
Publication date:	12/01/2020
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	255,606
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Cerridwen Greenleaf has worked with many leading lights of the Wiccan world and has led ritual and magic workshops throughout North America. She is the author of 5-Minute Magic for Modern Wiccans, The Book of Kitchen Witchery, and The Magical Home, all published by CICO Books, and her Witches’ Spell Book series for Running Press are bestsellers, selling over 70,000 copies. She blogs at yourmagicalhome.blogspot.com and lives in San Francisco, CA.

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From the book:

Growing and drying herbs for your own use is one of life’s simple pleasures. For a blissful brew with the power to calm any storm, add a sliver to ginger root and a teaspoon each of chamomile and peppermint to a two cups pot of boiling water.

Herbal teas nourish the soul, heal the body and calm the mind: Blackberry leaf tea reduces mood swings and evens glucose levels aiding in weight management. This miraculous herbal even helps circulation and such issues as inflammation and varicose veins. It is helpful to cancer patients and is believed to be a preventative.

Cardamom is a favorite of expectant mothers everywhere as it calms nausea and morning sickness; this East India fragrant is excellent for digestion and clears and cleans your mouth and throat. Anyone who likes cinnamon will love cardamom.

Nettle raises your energy level, boosts the immune systems and is packed with iron and vitamins.

Fennel is excellent for awakening and uplifting and is excellent for digestion and cleansing. Fennel also is a natural breath freshener.

Catnip is terrific for children and can calm fretful adults with no residual "hangover" effect. At the first inkling of a sore throat or impending cold, drink a warm cup of catnip tea, and head off to bed and you will awaken feeling much better. Catnip soothes the nervous system and can safely help get a restless child off to sleep.

Echinacea lends an increased and consistent sense of well-being and prevents colds and flu. It is a very powerful immune booster.

Ginger Root calms and cheers while aiding digestion, nausea and can also fend off coughs and sore throats.

Dandelion root grounds and centers, provides many minerals and nutrients. This wonderful weed is also a cleanser and a wholly natural detoxifier.

Table of Contents

Introduction: How We Lost Our Connection to Nature and How We Can Get It Back 11

Chapter 1 Major Healing Herbs 13

Chapter 2 Grow Your Healing Garden 45

Chapter 3 Eating Healing Food 58

Chapter 4 DIY Herbal Salves, Lotions, Potions, and Skin Soothers 82

Chapter 5 Teas, Tinctures, Oxymels, and More! 105

Chapter 6 Your Healing Pantry 128

Chapter 7 Essential Oils and Aromatherapy 156

Chapter 8 Practices to Accompany Your Herbal Cures 178

Chapter 9 Herbal Detox for Your Home for a Happy Healthy Family 201

Conclusion: The Magic of Herbs and Plants 217

The Victorian Art of Floriography: The Meaning of Flowers 219

About the Author 242