Herbal Medicine for Modern Life Traditional Folk Remedies for Everyday Health and Well-Being By Ruth Blanding

About Herbal Medicine for Modern Life

Protect, heal, and revitalize your health with herbal remedies crafted to treat ailments from modern living

In today’s busy world, our disconnection from the earth has led to an overreliance on health interventions that don’t always work. With Herbal Medicine for Modern Life, you’ll discover the enduring wisdom of plant medicine with an herbalist who draws on her connection to the ancestors and nature to support health and wellness. With her expert advice, you’ll learn how to benefit from the folkloric use of plants: how to use them to heal the root causes of many modern ailments and bring you back to feeling balanced, healthy, and whole again. 

• Ancient Remedies for Modern Needs. Learn to tap into traditional medicine for modern health issues like anxiety, allergies, hormone imbalances, and more.
• Approachable, Affordable Herbalism. Make safe and powerful herbal medicine in the comfort of your home with easy-to-source medicinal plants and everyday tools.
• Profiles of Powerful Medicinal Plants. Discover more than 35 medicinal herbs with photos and details about therapeutic actions, contraindications, and healing qualities. 
• Wide Range of Herbal Remedies. Follow step-by-step recipes to craft infusions, tinctures, syrups, balms, powders, and other common herbal preparations.