People's Pharmacy Quick and Handy Home Remedies

A guide to healing foods and home remedies from coconut for diarrhoea to Oolong tea for eczema, from Listerine for acne and dandruff to pickle juice for hiccups, the People's Pharmacy personalities Joe and Terry Graedon report the best of the anecdotes they have heard over the years, in this easy-to-use, Q & A-based paperback guide to home remedies, healthy diet, and foods that heal. It contains as much information as a voluminous encyclopaedia of home remedies, yet it's quick, easy, inviting, and fun to read. As well as carefully researched responses on how and why such treatments work, there are also a dozen new recipes for food so good for you, it serves as preventive medicine. Organised alphabetically by ailment and then, within each of those, by food or remedy. Offers the basics of three standard diets for health, weight control, and fitness, along with a dozen new recipes for preparing food to match the diets. Includes a helpful index and cross-referencing system, making the book both a good shelf reference and an entertaining browse.