The Healing Power of Herbs: The Enlightened Person's Guide to the Wonders of Medicinal Plants

by Michael T. Murray

Discover the Natural Healing Wonders of Medicinal Plants
Enlightened consumers of health products want more than just pills that block out symptoms. Some of the most powerful preventatives for ailments are not located in prescription drugs but in common herbs found in your kitchen or your local health food store.
In this up-to-date and carefully researched book on botanical medicine, Dr. Michael T. Murray brings you the latest scientific findings about the power and efficacy of medicinal herbs.
Dr. Murray addresses such topics
·The magic of common food herbs and spices—onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric
·Hebal tonics—Chinese or Korean ginseng, Siberian ginseng, angelica
·Herbal sedatives—valerian, St. John's wort
·Herbs for asthma, hay fever, immune-system enhancement, bladder infections, diabetes, herpes, and menopause

Genres: Health, Nonfiction

432 pages, Paperback

First published January 6, 1992

About the author

Dr. Murray is one of the world’s leading authorities on natural medicine. He has published over 30 books featuring natural approaches to health. His research into the health benefits of proper nutrition is the foundation for a best-selling line of dietary supplements from Natural Factors, where he is Director of Product Development. He is a graduate, former faculty member, and serves on the Board of Regents of Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington.

Reviews

[Suzanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always reading.

[Jennifer Ritchie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tons of information here, straightforward and scientific and well-organized. A lot of books about herbs will start saying weird things like “herbs infused in moonlight are extra magical,” or they’ll attempt to back up a claim that a certain herb has antimicrobial properties by saying, “Doctors used this during the Civil War to prevent gangrene in soldiers’ wounds.” Not the kind of thing that really inspires confidence.

This book is totally different. It includes a lot of advanced chemistry terms as it analyzes the chemical constituents of the various plants and explains their pharmacology, and it even includes the chemical diagrams of some of the plants’ main chemical components. There are tons of citations of studies in which the plants’ therapeutic properties were tested, as well as information on dosage and toxicity. The only real drawback is the fact that the book is 30 years old, so any recent research is naturally not included.

[Helen Fleischer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finished the explanatory text, the rest is reference, for which it will be kept.

[Jasmine · Rating 4 out of 5]

The information is wonderful, I just wish it was a little more comprehensive. Like 10 times bigger should do the trick ;)

[Mariana · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good book but I'm not how he chose which herbs and conditions to include.

[hissi · Rating 5 out of 5]

very informative