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All other photos iStock, Thinkstock, and Shutterstock.com. ISBN: Print 978-1-942411-09-3 | eBook 978-1-942411-10-9 CONTENTS Introduction NO-NONSENSE HERBAL KNOW-HOW PART 1 1. Herbal Medicine and You 2. The Herbal Workshop THE HERBS PART 2 3. The Fabulous Five: Your Must-Have Herbs CHAMOMILE ECHINACEA GARLIC PEPPERMINT CALENDULA 4. The Thirty Worthy: Thirty Herbs for Beauty and Overall Health ALOE VERA ARNICA BLACK COHOSH BURDOCK CAYENNE CLOVE COMFREY EUCALYPTUS GERANIUM GINGER GINSENG GOLDENSEAL HOPS HYSSOP LAVENDER LEMON BALM LICORICE MULLEIN PASSIONFLOWER RASPBERRY ROSEHIPS ROSEMARY SAGE SELF-HEAL SLIPPERY ELM ST. JOHN’S WORT THYME VALERIAN WITCH HAZEL YARROW THE REMEDIES PART 3 (PLUS A FEW PRODUCTS) 5. Face and Hair Care ACNE CHAPPED LIPS COLOR-DAMAGED HAIR CROW’S FEET & LAUGH LINES DANDRUFF DRY SKIN DULL, DRY HAIR ECZEMA OF THE FACE OILY HAIR PUFFY EYES ROSACEA SPLIT ENDS 6. Body Care ATHLETE’S FOOT BODY ACNE BODY ODOR CONTACT DERMATITIS DRY SKIN ECZEMA FOOT ODOR HAND & NAIL CARE HYPERPIGMENTATION PSORIASIS SPIDER VEINS/VARICOSE VEINS SUNBURN 7. Under the Underwear ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION JOCK ITCH MENSTRUAL PAIN & CRAMPS PAINFUL SEX URINARY TRACT INFECTION VAGINAL ODOR YEAST INFECTION 8. Mental Health and Wellness ADDICTION & SUBSTANCE ABUSE ADHD ANXIETY–OCD ANXIETY–PTSD BIPOLAR DISORDER DEPRESSION EATING DISORDERS INSOMNIA MEMORY PROBLEMS MOODINESS NERVOUS TENSION STRESS 9. Common Ailments ALLERGIES BACKACHE BLISTER BRUISE BUG BITES BURN CANKER SORE/COLD SORE COLD & FLU CONSTIPATION CUTS & SCRAPES DIARRHEA EARACHE FEVER FLATULENCE GASTROINTESTINAL DISTRESS (GI DISTRESS) HEADACHE & MIGRAINE HEARTBURN/INDIGESTION HEMORRHOIDS HIVES JOINT & MUSCLE PAIN LARYNGITIS NAUSEA/MORNING SICKNESS POISON IVY PMS SINUSITIS SLEEP DEPRIVATION SORE THROAT SPRAIN/STRAIN TOOTHACHE WARTS 10. Around the House ANT INFESTATION DISH DETERGENT DISINFECTANT FLEAS FURNITURE POLISH LAUNDRY MICE MOLD & MILDEW MOTHS PET ODOR 11. The Day After BREAKUP DEATH OF A PET DRINKING BINGE FENDER BENDER HOME FROM THE HOLIDAYS INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT LAYOFF OR FIRING MOVING HOUSE OVEREATING TV BINGE WATCH Glossary Herbal Beauty Care Kit Mental Wellness Care Kit Resources References