| The Green Pharmacy Guide to Healing Foods: Proven Natural Remedies to Treat and Prevent More Than 80 Common Health Concerns Contributor(s): Duke, James A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1594867135 ISBN-13: 9781594867132 Publisher: Rodale Books OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: "The Green Pharmacy" set the standard for consumer herb references. Now, Dr. Duke turns to the broader and even more popular subject of food as medicine, drawing on more than 30 years of research to identify the most powerful healing foods on Earth. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Healing - Health & Fitness | Diet & Nutrition - Nutrition - Health & Fitness | Herbal Medications |
| Dewey: 615.321 |
| LCCN: 2008041588 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.5" W x 9" (1.40 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Upon its publication more than a decade ago, Dr. James Duke's The Green Pharmacy quickly set the standard for consumer herb references. A favorite of laypeople and professionals alike, the book sold more than a million copies and solidified the author's reputation as one of the world's foremost authorities on medicinal plants. In The Green Pharmacy Guide to Healing Foods, Dr. Duke turns to the broader and even more popular subject of food as medicine, drawing on more than thirty years of research to identify the most powerful healing foods on earth. Whether he is revealing how to beat high cholesterol with blueberries, combat hot flashes with black beans, bash blood sugar spikes with almonds, or help relieve agonizing back pain with pineapple, Dr. Duke's food remedies help treat and prevent the whole gamut of health concerns, from minor (such as sunburn and the common cold) to more serious (like arthritis and diabetes). Dr. Duke has assigned a rating to each remedy, according to his evaluation of the available scientific studies and anecdotal reports. Many of the healing foods recommended here are proving so effective that they may outperform popular pharmaceuticals--minus the risk (and cost). |
Contributor Bio(s): Duke, James A.: - James A. Duke, Ph.D., is the author of several books on the healing power of plants, including the bestseller The Green Pharmacy (more than one million copies in print). He retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1995, after serving as chief of the Medicinal Plant Resources Laboratory. He remains active in ReNuPeru, a medicinal herb garden in the Peruvian Amazon that's maintained by the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research. His own garden is on a 6-acre farmette in Fulton, Maryland, where he lives with his wife, Peggy. |