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Delivering the latest in herbal product information and offers, ranging from mail order live herb plants to the best literature covering herbs and their roll in various healing arts.

The Herb Companion Healing Herb Garden

The Healing Herb GardenCreating your own healing herb garden is easy with our live garden plants by mail. This set of six plants includes: Echinacea Purpurea, Chamomile, Catmint, Spearmint, St. John's Wort and Lemon Balm. The Healing Herb Garden is delivered right to your door in 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" pots with planting and care guides included. Click here for more information.

 

The Herb Companion E-Handbooks

These E-Handbooks are packed with practical information, innovative ideas and creative projects right at your fingertips. By supporting digital products like this one you are helping save millions of trees a year. Order your downloadable PDF and start reading today!

Growing Herbs for Cold and Flu Relief E-Book

Growing Herbs for Cold and Flu ReliefIf you like plants that are healing, practical, decorative, tasty, nutritious, fragrant, and otherwise useful, grow a gardenful of herbs. Each of the herbs in this e-handbook is specially suited for soothing and relieving coughs, sore throats, and congestion that come with colds and the flu.

You'll find instructions on growing herbs such as cayenne, echinacea, garlic peppermint, thyme and more plus recipes for homemade cold and flu remedies. 36 pages.

INSTANT DELIVERY ITEM: Order this e-book and it will be delivered directly to your computer - no more waiting for delivery or paying expensive shipping and handling fees. Click here for more information.

Herb Garden Series on CD-ROM 

The Herb Gardening SeriesPresenting The Herb Gardening Series on CD-ROM. This handy disk contains a wealth of important tips for the herb inquirer with 14 individual handbooks covering topics ranging from growing specific herbs for cooking – chives, basil, dill, cilantro – to raising herbs for home cold and flu remedies. Click here for more information on this information-packed multi-media reference guide.

The Herbal Drugstore 

The Herbal DrugstoreThis is one of the first books to replace specific conventional medications with herbal equivalents. As the natural precursors of today's pharmaceuticals, herbs can reduce, even eliminate, dependence on medications. Arranged by ailment, herbal alternatives are offered for more than 500 prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs. More than 100 ailments are covered, and an encyclopedia details more than 70 medicinal herbs. Click here for more information.

Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine

Encyclopedia of Herbal MedicineFully updated and authoritative, this revised edition of the Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine makes this classic, completely illustrated reference guide even bigger and better than the original. Featuring more than 550 medicinal plants and the most current scientific research, this volume provides a comprehensive guide to healing with the world's oldest form of medicine. A unique photographic index profiles over 550 plants, with detailed information on habitat and cultivation, parts used, active constituents, therapeutic properties, and traditional and current uses. A special section profiles 100 of the most common plants, featuring herbal preparations and recommendations for self-treatment. Guidelines on growing, harvesting, and storing medicinal plants also demonstrate making remedies for home use. In addition, accessible text offers fascinating insight into the chemistry of plants and their healing properties, explaining how and why they work as medicines within the body. The major herbal traditions of different cultures- Europe, India, China, Africa, Australia, and the Americas- are vividly described. A review of herbs from a historical perspective reveals the connection between medicinal herbs and cultural beliefs toward healing. Offering extensive coverage of all that herbs are- from cultural traditions to chemical components to self-treatments for common ailments-this Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine is the ultimate reference for anyone interested in exploring the healing benefits of medicinal plants. Click here for more herbal books and products.