The New Age Herbalist: How to Use Herbs for Healing, Nutrition, Body Care, and Relaxation: Amazon.ca: Anne McIntyre: Books

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The most complete, most authoritative, most lavishly illustrated compendium of herbs available today. Offers a comprehensive, illustrated glossary of over 200 herbs and is supplemented with chapters on healing, body care, nutrition, and gardening.

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For a newcomer to the world of herbalism, the most extraordinary feature of herbs is their incredible versatility. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply outstanding. I won't even loan it out !, May 13 2004

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James "merddyn" (Houston, TX, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The New Age Herbalist: How to Use Herbs for Healing, Nutrition, Body Care, and Relaxation (Paperback)

If you're into herbalism in the least this book is absolutely and totally essential. It has full-color photographs of most of the major herbs in both their natural and harvested (dried/powdered) states. It also lists a wealth of information on each herb from it's Latin name, common names, basic plant and chemical characteristics, homeopathic uses and quite a bit more. There are priceless reference charts in the back of the book with outstanding information about herb harvesting and cultivation in other sections. It's a bit pricey but it's full-color and WELL worth it. I NEVER loan my copy out. It's that valuable to me.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The New Age Herbalist --a necessity for studying herbs, April 28 2004

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.E. Lyons (North Carolina, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Age Herbalist: How to Use Herbs for Healing, Nutrition, Body Care, and Relaxation (Paperback)

I believe that anyone caring for themselves ought to have at least 3 books on herbal actions. For studying the herbs more broadly, one would need a number of herbals (herb books) A general book is good for an overview, or quick reference, but doesn't give enough depth on any subject. "New Age Herbalist', for me, is the best for herbal indentification because it contains actual colored photos of herbs, not tiny drawings. It has an impressive amount of color plate pages for the price.
I don't think of it as a "new age" book because it would impress a scientific mind with its listing of active chemical ingredients of each herb. The rest serves as a fine overview guide also, and has a great section on homemade bath products.
I feel a need to have a book for quick reference,several for deeper knowledge on each herb, several for identification, several for historical uses, at least one for gardening and drying, a mini quick reference for traveling. When you have a headache, you don't want to be reading about how to get rid of soil bugs. Hope this helps.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, Feb 24 2004

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Katrina Stone (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Age Herbalist: How to Use Herbs for Healing, Nutrition, Body Care, and Relaxation (Paperback)

This was the first book I ever got on herbs almost ten years ago. It's definatly time worn. I still use it has a helpful reference, and recommend it. As others have mentioned, it has color photos and illustrations, as well as accurate information on the uses of plants and possible side effects. It also has information on how to use the plants, and general information on the human body and what plants are useful in specific instances. It's not a handy pocket size field guide, for that, I suggest a Petersons.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This has become my primary Herbal
Why is this my favorite?

* Full-color illustrations of all herbs listed (200+)
* Actual scientific information, including chemical constituents & the results of... Read more

Published on April 7 2003 by Katherine Blackthorne

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference material
When a friend of mine handed this book to me, I looked at the title and groaned. It looked like another flaky little herb book. Read more

Published on Aug 22 2000 by Selena Ivy FireSinger

5.0 out of 5 stars THE PERFECT HERB BOOK!
The new age herbalist is a great book. It has a ton of different herbs and tells the uses of each one. They also warm you about anything dangerous about all of the plants. Read more

Published on Aug 13 2000 by sweeetie3847

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite herb book
I've been studying herbs for several years, and this book was one of the first I had read. It is well-organized and provides concise information about the plants and their... Read more

Published on April 9 2000 by Teri Hart

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful General Herb Book
I love this book, its another one thats dog-eared, and used for reference a lot. While the pictures are limited, the ones of the various plants that are included are... Read more

Published on Jun 24 1997