The Green Pharmacy Guide to Healing Foods: Proven Natural Remedies to Treat and Prevent More Than 80 Common Health ConcernsUpon 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). |
Contents
| 10 | |
| 16 | |
Making the Most of What You Eat | 31 |
Altitude Sickness 40 Angina 43 Asthma 46 Athletes Foot 54 Backache | 57 |
Bad Breath 62 Bladder Infections 66 Body Odor 71 Bronchitis 73 Bruises 80 Burns 83 Bursitis 88 Canker Sores | 94 |
Diarrhea | 151 |
Dry Mouth | 159 |
Fatigue | 167 |
Hangover | 201 |
Headaches | 209 |
Heart Disease | 218 |
Hemorrhoids | 224 |
High Blood Pressure | 232 |
Hives | 241 |
Insect Bites and Stings | 247 |
Intermittent Claudication | 254 |
Other editions - View all
The Green Pharmacy Guide to Healing Foods: Proven Natural Remedies to Treat ... James A. Duke No preview available - 2009 |
Common terms and phrases
according acid active adding American amounts anti-inflammatory antioxidant apple apply avoid bacteria beans benefits better blood body bone calcium called cancer cause celery cells chemicals cholesterol cold comes common compounds contains daily develop diet digestive disease doctor drink effective extract fiber fish foods fresh fruits garlic ginger give grams green Healing Foods heart herb Herbal honey immune important improve increase infections inflammation it’s juice keep known leaves less levels lower Medicine milligrams natural nutrients nuts ofthe onions pain pepper peppermint percent pineapple plant powerful pressure prevent problems protect recommend reduce relieve remedy researchers rich risk seeds showed skin sore soup sources sugar suggest supplements symptoms taking teaspoon treat treatment turmeric University vegetables vitamin weeks whole women