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Melissa Corkhill. Self-Sufficiency: Natural Home Remedies
Self-Sufficiency. Natural. Home Remedies
CONTENTS
Getting started
Introduction
How to use this book
Plant knowledge
Caution: herbs to avoid in pregnancy
Essential home remedy kit
Tool kit basics. Garlic
Lemon juice
Aloe vera
Cloves
Ginger
Honey
Lavender oil
Camomile
Calendula
Comfrey
Peppermint
Arnica
Rescue remedy
Your herbal first aid kit
Bites and stings
Mild shock
For cuts and wounds
Comfrey ointment
Burns and scalds
Sunstroke
Food poisoning
Cleansing tonic
Growing your own medicine
Creating a herb spiral
Herbs for your herb spiral. Calendula
Lavender
Rosemary
Camomile
Borage
Wild strawberry
Other possibilities for the herb spiral
Treating ailments
Mind and emotions
Addiction
Oat water
Anxiety
Depression
Borage tincture
Nurturing tea
Insomnia
Herbal bath bag
Memory loss
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Phobias
Fear diffuser
Stress
Ten tips to de-stress
Rose
Nervous system
Multiple sclerosis
Stroke
Yarrow or rosemary tea
Parkinson’s disease
Nerve tonic
Epilepsy
Shingles
Plantain tincture
Migraine
Headache
St. John’s wort oil
Neuralgia
Rosemary
Digestive system
Nausea and vomiting
Gastroenteritis
Stomach ache
Rosehip tea
Indigestion and heartburn
Dill infusion
Travel sickness
Constipation
Liquorice infusion
Diarrhoea
Carrot juice
Irritable bowel syndrome
Flatulence
Hepatitis
Crohn’s disease
Peppermint infusion
Dandelion
Milk thistle
Urinary system
Kidney stones
Celery seed tonic
Urinary complaints
Cystitis
Stress incontinence
Bladder strengthening tea
Urine therapy
Nettle
Respiratory system
Common cold
Honey and onion syrup
Sinusitis
Elderflower nasal wash
Peppermint steam bath
Catarrh
Mustard foot bath
Flu
Barley water
Hayfever
Elderflower tea
Nosebleeds
Sore throat
Honey and lemon tea
Coughs
Apple cider vinegar compress
Garlic tincture
Pneumonia
Asthma
Lung infection/bronchitis
Garlic syrup
Lavender
The skin
Eczema
Oatmeal bath
Psoriasis
Prickly heat
Perspiration
Deodorant
Deodorant powder
Liquid deodorant
Acne
Facial steam bath
Comfrey ointment
Athlete’s foot
Anti-fungal footbath
Chilblains
Cuts and sores
Yarrow tincture
Cold sores
St. John’s Wort tincture
Sunstroke
Cooling tea
Rashes
Healing skin lotion
Warts
Boils
Boil treatment
Hair loss
Sage tea
Dandruff
Rosemary vinegar
Sunburn
Calendula oil
Insect bites
Insect repellent
Plantain oil
Calendula
Heart and blood health
Nourishing the heart
High blood pressure
Hawthorn berry brandy
Low blood pressure
Anaemia
Nettle tea
Angina
Hawthorn infusion
Varicose veins
Witch hazel compress
Haemorrhoids
Pilewort compress
Hawthorn
Bones, muscles and joints
Osteoporosis
Comfrey tea
Rheumatism
Cayenne oil
Fractures
Arthritis
Seaweed liniment
Comfrey oil
Apple cider vinegar
Sprains and pulled muscles
Backache
Mustard poultice
Comfrey
Eyes and ears
Conjunctivitis
Eyebright infusion
Styes
Calendula tincture
Eyestrain
Chickweed infusion
Middle ear infection
Mullein oil
Ear wax build up
Fennel
Women’s health
Menstrual cycle
Fertility
Pregnancy
Anaemia
Backache
Soothing massage oil
Constipation
Bleeding gums
Cramps
Fluid retention
Dizziness
Indigestion
Fennel tea
Insomnia
Morning sickness
Pelvic pain
Haemorrhoids
Stretch marks
Growing bump oil
Thrush
Tiredness
Childbirth
Breast feeding
Milk production
Sore, cracked nipples
Problems with let-down
Milk boosting drink
Calendula salve
Milk flow bath oil
Engorgement
Inflammation
Soothing breast oil
Tiredness
Menopause
Nettle tonic
Menopause tea
Motherwort
Sweet violet
Babies and children
Chickenpox
Coughs
Colds
Ginger tea
Croup
Steam inhaler
Earache
Ear drops
Eczema
Fever
Rehydration drink
Head lice
Herbal head lice treatment
Measles
Nappy (diaper) rash
Sore throat and coughs
Cough medicine
Teething
Mumps
Cleaver infusion
Camomile
Suppliers
Neal’s Yard Remedies
Culpeper
Napiers
Long Natural Health
Olbas Herbal Remedies
W.S. Badger Company, Inc
Useful Websites
The National Institute of Medical Herbalists
Green Events
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Natural Products Association
Office of Dietary Supplements
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