Natural Medicine First Aid Remedies: Self-Care Treatments for 100+ Common Conditions »

When faced with common health emergencies, many of us automatically turn to over-the-counter medications. But we have another option—easy-to-use, safe, inexpensive, and highly effective natural medicines.

Natural Medicine First Aid Remedies provides everything you need to know to treat a range of ailments and health concerns, including burns, muscle cramps, hot flashes, shock, sore throat, toothache—100 common health problems in all. (Next time you get a headache, try rubbing peppermint essential oil on your temples before you reach for the aspirin.)

Natural Medicine First Aid Remedies tells how to equip your medicine cabinet with the ten most essential natural remedies including arnica (for pain and stiffness), echinacea (for colds), tea tree oil (for skin infections), aloe vera gel (for burns), activated charcoal (for food poisoning), and more. It explains how homeopathy, herbs, diet, essential oils, flower essences, nutritional supplements, reflexology, and gem therapy can provide healing benefits for various conditions.

Written by health journalist Stephanie Marohn, Natural Medicine First Aid Remedies is based on medical research and draws upon protocols used by dozens of health care practitioners. Informative and unique, it is a reference that you will want to consult whenever faced with one of life's everyday medical emergencies, injuries, or discomforts.

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Marohn's Natural Medicine First Aid Remedies covers many of the same situations as the ACEP manual but draws on complementary medicine therapies rather than traditional medicine. Marohn, a former senior editor of Alternative Medicine magazine, has included remedies from homeopathy, reflexology, essential oils, herbal medicine, and stone/crystal therapy, as well as nutritional supplements and food therapy. This is home care, not emergency first aid; no instructions are provided on setting broken bones or evaluating open head wounds. The author states clearly that this manual includes coverage of "ailments that can benefit from self-care as the first line of treatment," acknowledging that some health problems will need further treatment by a medical practitioner. The strength of this book is that it provides alternative medicine information to treat some common conditions. Covering the topic of first aid from different perspectives, these books are both recommended for consumer health collections. Marge Kars, Bronson Methodist Hosp., Kalamazoo, MI Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.