Your Natural Medicine Cabinet: A Practical Guide to Drug-Free Remedies for Everyday Complaints

I collect books like this, and Your Natural Medicine Cabinet is my new favorite, the one I turn to first. It's easy to find the information and the book is actually a pleasure to read. It's the only reference book I've found on natural healing that you could sit down and read from cover to cover. The only limitation - and the author is upfront about it - is that it does not try to be encyclopedic. She says she is trying to keep the book manageable and not overwhelming. She gives just one page of suggestions for each health condition. A bigger and more comprehensive will have more information, but for some people - especially people new to natural healing - it can be hard to decide where to start when you have too many recommendations. Even though it is presented as an introductory book, it has quite a few suggestions that I have never come across, even though I have been studying natural healing on my own for 20 years now. Most books like this cover supplements, herbs and diet. A few add in homeopathy, flower essences and cell salts. Your Natural Medicine Cabinet includes these approaches plus it even has tips from chiropractors, craniosacral practitioners and acupuncturists that are suitable for home care. It also tells you where to go for more information. It has lots of recommendations for books, websites, and YouTube videos. I recommend this book if you are new to natural healing. If you are already knowledgeable, I would get it anyway, because you'll pick up some useful tips. Also this book makes an ideal gift when you're trying to introduce friends and family to natural healing, because it's so much fun to read.

What a treasure trove of tips and resources! This book reads like your best friend is an expert on health and natural remedies, and she is sitting at your kitchen table sharing ideas and tips and telling stories based on her experiences with clients and colleagues. She speaks conversationally, with asides and funny remarks. She mentions books, web sites and other resources. You come away totally inspired about creating the best health possible for yourself and your family. I read it cover to cover, including all of the 60 conditions, because I didn't want to miss anything. There is much new to me, even though I've used integrated health care with natural and "alternative" methods for more than 20 years. P.S. This is a new, retitled and expanded (twice as long) version of A Healer in Every Home by same author. She also wrote a dog & cat edition of A Healer in Every Home.

Really enjoy reading this book, which pushed me to break out my 45-year-old homeopathy kit again. A day after starting the book, I burned myself on the oven door while cooking and found no burn ointment in my cabinet, so I referenced burns in the index and found that while I'd given away my remedy specific for burns I still had Cantharis, a specific for sunburn, so I gave my self 2 quick doses before bed. At that time, I had constant pain, moderate redness and small blistering. By morning I had no pain, no blistering, and only pale pinkness at the burn site. Let me underscore that my kit is 45 years old. How's that for longevity? Definitely going to read through this reference and keep it handy!

This book is exactly what I needed for a reference guide to natural remedies. The book covers a great many conditions and gives excellent advice on how to treat them. The descriptions of the homeopathic remedies and how to use them is especially helpful. The author also gives reference to many books and websites to direct readers to experts in nutrition,lifestyle, brain health,energy medicine ...pretty much every resource needed for optimal health. This is the first book I turn to for practical remedies and I love it so much that I gave three copies to family members!

It is a gift.

Covers homeopathy, biochemical cell salts, nutrition, etc. I purchased this as a gift for my daughter in law, and then another for myself. Especially helpful for those who are not sure where to start with alternative choices for health issues. We jumped in specifically for baby issues, colic, teething etc. Also contains some specific information regarding the difference between cell salts and homeopathy. Overall a must have for anyone into natural healing.

Excellent reference for home remedies. Save your money and your health and stay out of the doctor’s office. So many valuable and practical solutions are at our disposal without needing to waste time and money on minor health issues by going to a clinic or getting a prescription. You know more than you think you do, especially if you’re a mom! Trust your instincts!

index leaves MUCH to be desired , so if you bought it start a note of topics you want to try etc. because theres a good chance its not in the index! come on now its 2012, edit and get a indexer if you don't have time. I did like parts of it but it is a bit all over the map. If you are interested in Homeopathy ~ check out: the WONDERFUL : THE FAMILY GUIDE TO HOMEOPATHY BY ALAIN HORVILLEUR M.D. He writes with sincerity and much compassion ~ which is always nice to receive when one is not feeling well. Always maintain only a joyful mind - - Pema Chodrun Em

Easy explanation of homeopathy medicines for home treatment of ordinary illness. Explained how to take homeopathic medicines and how to give.