The first thing that anyone who wants to get into home remedies needs to do is get one or two good reference books. Home remedies, herbs and natural substances, are like any other treatment and may have reactions with each other or standard medications you may be taking. Be sure to study up on any herbs or other plants you may want to try using. Below is a list of reference guides that I would recommend for everyone whether you are starting out or a long time herbal healer.
- Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine: The Definitive Home Reference Guide to 550 Key Herbs with all their Uses as Remedies for Common Ailments-
- The Family Herbal: A Guide to Natural Health Care for Yourself and Your Children from Europe’s Leading Herbalists-Barbara and Peter Theiss
- Herbs for Natural Beauty: Create Your Own Herbal Shampoos, Cleansers, Creams, Bath Blends, and More-Rosemary Gladstar
- Natural Remedies Guide for Beginners: Natural Treatments and Herbal Recipes for Healing Yourself without Prescriptions and Achieving Fabulous, Skin and Body-Elizabeth Parker
- Rodale’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs-Claire Kowalchik
- Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide: 33 Healing Hers to Know, Grow, and Use-Rosemary Gladstar
- The Wild & Weedy Apothecary: An A to Z Book of Herbal Concoctions, Recipes & Remedies, Practical Know-How & Food for the Soul-Doreen Shababy
- 200 Tips, Techniques, and Recipes for Natural Beauty-Shannon Buck
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