The People's Pharmacy Quick and Handy Home Remedies: Q&As for Your Common Ailments by Joe Graedon and Terry Graedon

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“The Graedons offer evidence-based answers to questions about home remedies for common health problems.” –Book News Inc.

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THE PEOPLE'S PHARMACY: Quick & Handy Home Remedies (Q&As for your common ailments) By: Joe and Terry Graedon These are strange and frequently disturbing times, times when a source of entertainment frequently tells you the medicine your doctor wants you to "try" - well there's a strong possibility it might kill you. Kill you, cause blindness, render skin rashes or heart stoppage. This is not to say you should distrust your doctor or his medicines, but ideal, before you might meet an unfriendly medicine, you could encounter a home remedy, say an ounce of vinegar, soaking your raisins in sloe gin one which could keep you away from the medicine altogether. It was affirming when I learned my new doctor also takes the Joe and Terry Graedon's email newsletter. The book is divided into three parts - Home Remedies for specific ailments, Favorite Foods, and their nutritional bonuses and finally, Eating for Health. The Joe and Terry Graedon are not physicians but scholars who hold graduate and doctoral degrees respectively. This book will compliment any family bookcase as a helpful guide to what ails you, when your complaint isn't life threatening. Part I, (sample cases) Complaint: Canker Sores -- Aloe vera, baking soda, baking soda, buttermilk, green beans, kiwi, Mylanta even styptic pencil. They present a letter from a sufferer, and then they offer their response. It's valuable to hear the patient's complaints and helpful to be able to try some of the suggested solutions. They present instances from acne to wound card. Complaint: Plantar Fasciitis, solutions using cherry juice, others using fish oil came in. Complaint: Heartburn brought solutions from using almonds, baking soda, banana, broccoli even chewing gum. Complaint: Nail Fungus was controlled with cornmeal, dandruff shampoo, hydrogen peroxide, iodine. Listerine, urine and Tea Tree Oil. Second portion, Part I, Favorite Foods From coffee through mustard, pineapple to hot peppers, cinnamon to cherries, they have chosen 24 in all. For instance, oolong tea has been helpful for fibromyalgia. Part II: Fine a discussion on certain popular diets and some menu suggestions along with select recipes. In these times when so many lack medical insurance, an investment in this book might be a good idea. [...] [...] [...] [...]