First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This ebook covers all the necessary details on natural cures, mainly herbal natural cure. Whatever you want to know on the subject, you will get all the information in this ebook. After you finish reading the ebook, you will discover so many facts on herbs and herbal cures, which you were unaware of, until you read this ebook and also a lot of wrong notions you might have had, will be eradicated. Also, read the ebook carefully as it contains a lot of valuable information, which you can apply in your everyday life. This is an educative piece of information, yet adequate effort has been made to make as much reader friendly as possible.

A collection of folk cures and remedies from around the world offers a fascinating testimonial to the imagination and resourcefulness of earlier times

Discover The Clinic In Your Kitchen Even Before Charaka Compiled The Samhita, His Treatise On Ayurveda, In The Second Century B.C., Women And Men Were Using Herbs From Their Kitchens, Fields And Forests To Alleviate Pain And Cure Sickness. But With The Coming Of Western Medicine, Such Indigenous Practices Were Condemned Out Of Court As &Lsquo;Unscientific&Rsquo;. This Book, The Outcome Of Over Three Decades Of Journeying And Interactions With Barely Recognized Vaids, Ohjas And Small Community Physicians, Attempts To Document These Practices, While Presenting Also The Findings Of Western Science That Has Only Recently Begun To Acknowledge And Legitimize Them. Forty Of The Most Common Herbs In Every Indian Kitchen, Including Well-Loved Familiars Such As Garlic, Ginger And Pudina And The More Special Saffron, Almonds And Figs, Are Described Here As Known In Local, Specialized Healing Traditions. The Botanical Profile Of Each Herb Is Followed By An Extensive Record Of Its Medicinal Uses In Particular Ailments, With Detailed Notes On The Preparation And Dosage Of Each Remedy And An Extensive Bibliography Of Research Articles. Comprehensive And Separate Glossaries Of English And Non-English Technical Terms And Unfamiliar Herbs, A Multi-Language Index Of Plant Names, And Detailed Illustrations Make Home Remedies A Unique Reference Guide To Rediscovering A Host Of Remedies For The Most Commonly Encountered Ailments.

Natural cures your doctor never told you.