El Recetario Herbario Las mejores alternativas naturales a los medicamentos

by White, Linda B.; Foster, Steven; Herbs for Health Staff

• ISBN13: 9781594860232
• ISBN10: 1594860238
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-12
• Publisher: Rodale Books

Summary

Ease Symptoms, fight disease, and supercharge immunity-all without drugs or chemicalsYou're about to enter an entirely different kind of drugstore. One where herbal medicines are offered right alongside conventional pharmaceuticals. The Herbal Drugstore is the only place where you can compare mainstream drug treatments and their herbal alternatives for close to 100 common health problems. You'll find herbs that have the same healing powers as many prescription and over-the-counter medications. But herbs are cheaper and gentler, with few or no side effects. Whether you need first aid in long-term relief, The Herbal Drugstore has a remedy for you. Want to lose your love handles? Get a helping hand from psyllium, an herbal alternative to appetite suppressants Can't sleep? Start snoozing with Valerian-it's as effective as Valium, but nonaddictive Feeling stressed? Calm jangled nerves with Kava-Kava-and it won't undermine alertness Battling bronchitis? Clear up your cough with licorice, a natural expectorant Trying to topple high blood pressure? Turn to Hawthorn. It has much in common with beta blockers-without the side effects.The Herbal Drugstore features these and many more herbal remedies-712 in all. Each is compared to its pharmaceutical counterpart so you can decide which treatment is best for you.

Author Biography

Linda B. White, M.D. has written for Nutrition Science News and Runner's World and lives in Golden, Colorado.

Steven Foster, one of America's most respect natural health authorities, is the author of 17 books including Tyler's Honest Herbal. He lives in Fayettesville, Arkansas.

Table of Contents

Prologo	xi
PRIMERA PARTE: PUNTOS DE PARTIDA PARA USAR EL RECETARIO HERBARIO
Introduccion: El poder de las hierbas medicinales	3	(5)
¿Que es la medicina herbaria?	8	(13)
Orientacion herbaria	21	(11)
Como comprar y usar productos herbarios	32	(12)
Como preparar remedios herbarios en su casa	44	(563)
SEGUNDA PARTE: FARMACOS Y SUS ALTERNATIVAS HERBARIAS
Las hierbas y sus equivalentes farmaceuticos	55	(16)
TERCERA PARTE: RECETAS PARA REMEDIAR MALES COMUNES
Acidez	71	(5)
Acne	76	(7)
Adiccion a fumar	83	(7)
Ampollas	90	(4)
Angina de pecho	94	(6)
Ansiedad	100	(10)
Arritmias cardiacas	110	(6)
Artritis	116	(11)
Asma	127	(8)
Bronquitis	135	(7)
Bursitis y tendonitis	142	(5)
Calculos biliares	147	(5)
Calculos renales	152	(7)
Caspa	159	(2)
Claudicacion intermitente	161	(6)
Colesterol alto	167	(6)
Conjuntivitis y orzuelos	173	(4)
Cortadas y raspones	177	(7)
Degeneracion macular	184	(3)
Depresion	187	(7)
Derrame cerebral	194	(6)
Deseo sexual reducido	200	(8)
Diabetes	208	(7)
Diarrea	215	(5)
Displasia cervical	220	(7)
Diverticulosis	227	(5)
Dolor de garganta	232	(7)
Dolor de muelas	239	(3)
Dolor en los senos	242	(4)
Dolores de cabeza	246	(8)
Eczema	254	(9)
Endometriosis	263	(8)
Enfermedad del corazon	271	(11)
Enfermedad de las encias	282	(4)
Enfermedad del higado	286	(6)
Enfermedad de Parkinson	292	(6)
Estrenimiento	298	(4)
Estres	302	(11)
Fatiga	313	(7)
Fibromas	320	(5)
Fiebre del heno	325	(8)
Flatulencia	333	(3)
Gota	336	(7)
Hemorroides	343	(5)
Herpes genital	348	(5)
Herpes labial	353	(5)
Herpes zoster	358	(7)
Hiedra, roble y zumaque venenosos	365	(5)
Indigestion	370	(7)
Infecciones por hongos en la piel	377	(4)
Infecciones del oido	381	(4)
Infecciones de los senos nasales	385	(7)
Infecciones vaginales	392	(4)
Infecciones de la vejiga	396	(6)
Insomnio	402	(7)
Lesiones deportivas	409	(7)
Mareos causados por movimiento	416	(4)
Menopausia	420	(10)
Molestias menstruales	430	(10)
Moretones	440	(5)
Nausea	445	(5)
Nauseas matinales del embarazo	450	(4)
Osteoporosis	454	(8)
Perdida de la memoria	462	(6)
Picaduras de insectos	468	(7)
Presion arterial alta	475	(8)
Problemas al amamantar	483	(4)
Prostata agrandada	487	(5)
Quemaduras	492	(5)
Quemaduras solares	497	(4)
Quistes en los senos	501	(5)
Resaca	506	(5)
Resfriados y gripe	511	(15)
Sindrome de fatiga cronica	526	(6)
Sindrome del intestino irritable	532	(6)
Sindrome del tunel carpiano	538	(4)
Sobrepeso	542	(6)
Ulceras	548	(7)
Ulceras en la boca	555	(3)
Urticaria	558	(5)
Venas varicosas	563	(4)
Verrugas	567	(5)
Verrugas genitales	572	(5)
CUARTA PARTE: DETALLES Y PROPIEDADES DE LAS HIERBAS
Una mirada a fondo a las hierbas mas comunes	577	(1)
Agnocasto	578	(1)
Agripalma	578	(1)
Aloe vera	579	(1)
Arnica	580	(1)
Astragalo	580	(1)
Avena	581	(1)
Baya de sauco	581	(1)
Calendula	582	(1)
Castano de la India	582	(1)
Cayena	583	(1)
Cimifuga negra	584	(1)
Cola de caballo	584	(1)
Corazoncillo	585	(1)
Curcuma	585	(1)
Diente de leon	586	(1)
Etedra	587	(1)
Equinacia	587	(1)
Escutelaria	588	(1)
Espino	589	(1)
Fenogreco	589	(1)
Frambueso	590	(1)
Gayuba	590	(1)
Genciana	591	(1)
Ginkgo	592	(1)
Ginseng	592	(1)
Ginseng siberiano	593	(1)
Gordolobo	593	(1)
Gotu kola	594	(1)
Hidraste	594	(1)
Jengibre	595	(1)
Kava-kava	596	(1)
Malvavisco	596	(1)
Manzanilla	597	(1)
Marrubio	597	(1)
Matricaria	598	(1)
Palmera enana	598	(1)
Primula nocturna	599	(1)
Psyllium	599	(1)
Regaliz	600	(1)
Romero	600	(1)
Semilla de lino	601	(1)
Tilo	602	(1)
Una de gato	602	(1)
Valeriana	603	(4)
RECURSOS
Tiendas de productos naturales	607	(4)
Glosario	611	(8)
Escritores colaboradores	619	(4)
Indice de terminos	623