The Honest Herbal - A Sensible Guide To The Use Of Herbs And Related Remedies

by Virginia Tyler

Offers information on over 100 of the most commonly used herbs and their therapeutic and medicinal use. Now in its third edition, this book presents essential botanical information and folklore uses of herbal remedies in language that can be easily understood by a wide variety of readers.

Genres: Nonfiction

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Ferne Nicole · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have mixed feelings with this book. There is alot of interesting information, although the author did summarize homeopathy incorrectly in the beginning. Maybe not incorrectly but slightly misinformed. I don’t technically agree or believe in homeopathy myself in some cases, but they reason why homeopathy is the use of diluted medicines is because the medications in questions are poisons. I could go down the rabbit hole on that topic, but not right now.

Anyways, again, lots of information. Not really up to date of course, but there is enough. I don’t really like the parts where the author backs his information up with detailed talk of lab experiments done on animals and what happened to them when given a specific herb to test if the herb in question is actually beneficial. Kinda gives the book a dark, almost sinister vibe and made me not want to finish it. Even if the explanation is brief. So, if you’re sensitive to that kind of stuff or don’t agree with it then be warned.

Interesting information, and a lot of support to back up his information. Just weird, bad energy that I really can’t shake. He also called Native Americans “American Indians” when talking about herbal remedy traditions and/or origins for select herbs. I’m sure you can get the same useful information from this book in a different, more modern, less aggressive and less discriminative book of herbs. Just sayin’.