Herbal Prescriptions After 50: Everything You Need to Know to Maintain Vibrant Health

by David Hoffmann

A guide to herbal remedies that promote longevity and address the health concerns of the baby boom generation - Offers herbal remedies for minor and more serious conditions associated with aging - Proposes health-promoting remedies for each of the body's major systems - Includes more than 150 herbs and their actions and indications, preparation methods, and recommended dosages In this complete and natural-approach guide to healthy aging, medical herbalist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594771804
• ISBN13: 9781594771804
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Healing Arts Press
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

An important acquisition for any library

HERBAL PRESCRIPTIONS AFTER 50: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO MAINTAIN VIBRANT HEALTH offers a fine approach to healthy aging and comes from a medical herbalist who examines the unique needs and herbal effects on those over fifty. His treatments focus on prevention and longevity but also cover common ailments such as hypertension, insomnia, and arthritis. Over a hundred herbs by both common and Latin names are revealed, along with important information on possible side effects with synthetic drugs. An important acquisition for any library seeking a serious book on herbal remedies which is age-specific in approach and well reasoned in medical applications.