It's hard to make a great book even better, but we've done it. The revised and updated Doctors Book of Home Remedies cuts through the clutter of health information to deliver the best, straightforward advice from the nation's top doctors and specialists. Covering new ground in every chapter, this indispensable health classic now offers even more valuable tips for addressing serious problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and depresion, as well as solving a variety of everyday health complaints such as pizza burn and motion sickness. From acne to age spots, from teething to pet problems, you'll have the information you need to help the whole family, right in the privacy of your own home. Organized in a handy format with a comprehensive index, every chapter provides easy-to-follow remedies that show you how to use things you probably have around the house. You'll find out how to make the most of common foods such as honey, bananas, and oatmeal. You'll learn which vitamins and over-the-counter medications you should use and when. You'll even discover new ways to make the mind-body connection and how to tap into the unique healing power of the herbs that might be growing in your own backyard. Among the thousands of helpful remedies are those that will show you how to: * Control excessive worrying * Calm a rapid heartbeat * Prevent jet lag * Relieve ulcer pain * Cope with carpal tunnel syndrome * Head off your next headache * Soothe an upset stomach * Get a good night's sleep * Stop a nosebleed * Conquer weight problems Trusted. Valued. Essential. The Doctors Book of Home Remedies is sure to address your most frequent health questions with practical, useful answers. this book endures as a superb one-stop resource that will offer you and your family peace of mind for many years to come.

500 Time-Tested Home Remedies and the Science Behind Them is a comprehensive, authoritative family reference provides you with quick, efficient relief for hundreds of common ailments.

From angina and arthritis to high cholesterol and varicose veins, more than 1,500 remedies for 120 common ailments. Here's the at-home healing guide written especially for seniors, from the people who know home remedies best -- the editors of The Doctors Book of Home Remedies. This indispensible resource shares advice and easy self-help solutions from more than 350 doctors who specialize in the health concerns of older men and women. Here are steps you can take to avoid common problems associated with aging, solutions to problems you may already have, advice on when you should consult a doctor, and how to manage your medications. So whether it's a serious issue such as prostate problems or an everyday complaint such as back pain, you'll find the answers inside: Age Spots * Anemia * Bone Spurs * Clumsiness * Constipation * Denture Discomfort * Diabetes * Diarrhea * Eczema * Emphysema * Fatigue * Foot Pain * Gallstones * Glaucoma * Gout * Hair Loss * Hearing Loss * Hip Pain * Incontinence * Insomnia * Lowered Sexual Desire * Macular Degeneration * Memory Loss * Neck Pain * Phlebitis * Poor Appetite * Sciatica * Shingles * Snoring and Sleep Apnea * Tinnitus * Ulcers * Urinary Tract Infections * and much more A comprehensive guide to staying fit, energetic, and pain-free, The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Seniors brings you the safest, simplest ways to live better longer ... without a prescription or a doctor's visit.

The advice of experts is applied to over 100 health problems, from everyday complaints, such as back pain and toothaches, to more serious disorders, including arrhythmia and depression.

There's no need to run to a doctor for every cut, graze or cold. Long before the age of hi-tech medicine, people healed themselves at home using time-tested techniques, many of which are still valuable today. 1,001 Home Remedies shows you how to treat common ailments and health complaints safely, effectively and cheaply - and at home. From bee stings to bunions, heat rash to hiccups, warts to wrinkles, 1,001 Home Remedies contains safe, easy and effective treatments for more than 120 common ailments and injuries. With trustworthy advice from doctors and health experts, 1,001 Home Remedies contains the very best herbs, foods and household healers to help you feel better fast, without expensive drugs and with fewer side effects. The introductory material includes sensible precautions and notes on growing herbs such as aloe vera, garlic and rosemary and using home remedies.

Simple, practical, and inspiring tips, recipes, and wellness advice. This practical and inspiring little book offers over 1,000 wellness tips for boosting your immune system, caring for burns and wounds, improving your complexion, reducing stress, and much more. Find simple and effective home remedies such as: To relieve a dry, irritating cough: to 1/3 pt (200ml) boiling water, add the juice of 1 lemon, 2 tsp honey, ¼ tsp cinnamon, 1 clove garlic, and a sprig of rosemary. Stir well, cover and leave for 15 mins. Strain and sip slowly. To relieve eczema, steep ½ ounce (13 grams) chamomile flowers in 1 pint (600 milliliters) boiling water for 20 minutes and add to a bath. To relieve tension in the upper body, sit cross-legged, block the ears with your fingers. Breathe in, then breathe out making a humming sound to lengthen the exhalation. Repeat 10 times before going to bed. To remove makeup, coat the fingers with almond, sunflower, or avocado oil and spread evenly over the face and neck. Remove the oil with tissues. Saturate a black tea bag with warm water. Press over clean lips for 5 minutes. Repeat if desired. Black tea is high in tannic acid, retains moisture, and keeps lips smooth and taut. To give hair a shine, mash an over-ripe banana; combine with 3 drops of almond oil. Massage into dry hair, leave on for 15 minutes. Shampoo as usual. Many of the hints found here are the product of tradition passed from one generation to another. They cover advice on care of the body from head to toe, a common sense approach to first aid and using medicines, recipes for non-toxic cleaning solutions, ways to alleviate common ailments with ingredients you probably already have on hand, and more.

A handy guide, Home Remedies provides families with ordinary household remedies to treat over 100 common ailments safely, effectively, and inexpensively in an easy-to-use A-to-Z format. Discover easy remedies to help care for everyday health problems with cures from a wide range of sources. Get time-tested, natural easements for coughs, cold and flu viruses, aches and pains, digestive complaints, sleep disorders, skin conditions, and even get some tips to help babies and women's health.

This National Geographic guide to healing foods and natural, herbal, home remedies is carefully researched by the authors and conveyed in the same friendly and authoritative personality as in their popular call-in radio show. In the book, organized as Q&As between the general public and the Graedons, they report how and why such treatments work and also offer a dozen new recipes for food so good for you, it serves as preventive medicine. This book contains as much information as a voluminous encyclopedia of home remedies, yet it's quick, easy, inviting, and fun to read. Presented alphabetically by ailment and then, within each of those, by food or remedy, the book offers the basics of three standard diets for health, weight control, and fitness, along with a dozen new recipes for preparing food to match the diets. It includes a helpful index and cross-referencing system, making the book both a good shelf reference and an entertaining browse. This book builds on the reputation of The People's Pharmacy and adds the extra value that comes from a partnership with National Geographic.