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Green Guide to Health from Plants

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Description:For thousands of years man used what was very much to hand - plants - to form the basis of natural cosmetics, remedies and preventatives. Generation after generation, the secrets of plants were handed down until, in modern times, they lost credence with advocates of 'modern' medicine. Now, at last, we are rediscovering the value of the vital properties of these plants.Jean Palaiseul, in The Green Guide to Health from Plants, has gone to great lengths to record the wisdom of our ancestors before it is lost. Describing more than 150 plants - herbs, flowers, vegetables, etc. - he shows the validity of 'an apple a day ...' (it contains essential minerals, vitamins, pectin, sugar, amino acids), the value of honey-suckle (it is rich in salycylic acid - the primary ingredient of aspirin), the effectiveness of cowslip lotion to soothe bruises, aches and inflammations, the beneficial results of a mixture of water cress and honey on the complexion.Copiously illustrated with beautiful line drawings and categorized in alphabetical order, this is a unique manual, of use to anyone with an interest in natural health and beauty.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Green Guide to Health from Plants. To get started finding Green Guide to Health from Plants, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: For thousands of years man used what was very much to hand - plants - to form the basis of natural cosmetics, remedies and preventatives. Generation after generation, the secrets of plants were handed down until, in modern times, they lost credence with advocates of 'modern' medicine. Now, at last, we are rediscovering the value of the vital properties of these plants.Jean Palaiseul, in The Green Guide to Health from Plants, has gone to great lengths to record the wisdom of our ancestors before it is lost. Describing more than 150 plants - herbs, flowers, vegetables, etc. - he shows the validity of 'an apple a day ...' (it contains essential minerals, vitamins, pectin, sugar, amino acids), the value of honey-suckle (it is rich in salycylic acid - the primary ingredient of aspirin), the effectiveness of cowslip lotion to soothe bruises, aches and inflammations, the beneficial results of a mixture of water cress and honey on the complexion.Copiously illustrated with beautiful line drawings and categorized in alphabetical order, this is a unique manual, of use to anyone with an interest in natural health and beauty.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Green Guide to Health from Plants. To get started finding Green Guide to Health from Plants, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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