Body into Balance

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A highly accessible natural health guide to all the major body systems and their common imbalances, with in-depth advice on how to best use herbal medicine to support and nourish each system, address chronic health issues, and help achieve optimal health. An antacid or an aspirin may soothe your pain, but it doesn't cure the cause of your symptoms. Headaches, indigestion, fatigue, allergies, anxiety, eczema, high blood pressure, and other conditions are clues to a deeper imbalance in your body, and learning to read those clues is a key step in maintaining optimal health. Herbalist Maria Noel Groves shows you how to read your body's signals and support your own wellness with herbal remedies and other natural treatments. You'll learn how each of your major body systems - respiratory, digestive, immune, nervous, memory, reproductive, circulatory, and more - optimally functions, and you'll discover how to use natural remedies to nourish and repair problem areas, restore lost vitality, support your body as a whole, and prevent future problems. Groves includes in-depth instructions, with step-by-step photographs, for making your own herbal remedies, as well as expert guidance on buying and effectively using commercial preparations. AUTHOR: Maria Noel Groves is an herbal practitioner, teacher, columnist for Remedies magazine, columnist and health editor for Herb Quarterly magazine and the former editor of Natural Health magazine. She runs Wintergreen Botanicals Herbal Clinic and Education Center in New Hampshire, is a registered professional herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild, and is certified by the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine. SELLING POINTS: . Herbal medicine is now mainstream . Organised by body system . Grounded in Western herbalism and holistic medicine . Accessible home health handbook for the lay person Full colour photos and illustrations throughout

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"Much of the modern illness we face is a reflection of life out of balance -- with nature, with daily rhythms, with ourselves. Maria Noel Groves offers readers an opportunity to return to nature by returning to ourselves. This is the beginning of our healing."
-- Aviva Romm, M.D., author of Botanical Medicines for Women's Health, winner of the James Duke Award for Excellence in Botanical Literature

"Through great insight and experience, Maria Noel Groves empowers us to be our own healers."
-- Christopher Hobbs, Ph.D., L.Ac., A.H.G., Institute for Natural Products Research (INPR)

"Maria Noel Groves guides readers to use botanicals safely and effectively, with an understanding that herbs offer the greatest health benefits when incorporated into a daily regiment to prevent disease."
-- David Winston, R.H.(A.H.G.)

"If you are floundering with your health care and need some guidance, this easy-to-understand introduction to herbal medicine is your book."
-- Sharol Marie Tilgner, N.D., author of Herbal Medicine From the Heart of the Earth

"Those who are interested in managing their health holistically may wish to incorporate herbs into their regime. Groves, an experienced herbalist, provides the necessary tools for doing just that... A solid introduction to herbal medicine."
-- Library Journal

Author Bio

Maria Noel Groves is a clinical herbalist, teacher, and journalist who has been working with herbs for more than 15 years. She opened her clinical practice, Wintergreen Botanicals, LLC, in 2007, and she teaches 100 beginner and intermediate herb classes annually. Previously an editor at "Natural Health "magazine, Groves is currently a columnist/health editor for "Herb Quarterly "and "Remedies "magazines. She lives in New Hampshire and is the founder of the New Hampshire Herbal Network."