Helpful Herbs for Health and Beauty

Barbara Griggs has been researching and writing about herbal medicine for over 20 years. She is the author of Green Pharmacy: A History of Herbal Medicine which is acknowledged as the standard work on the subject and used as a course book at schools of herbal medicine around the world. She is also author of Green Witch: A Modern Woman's Herbal and contributor to regular radio, TV programmes and newspaper columns on alternative health, including The Sun. She has been Health Editor of Country Living since its launch in 1986

1.Herbal Knowhow Brain and Nervous System 2.Tired all the Time (fatigue) 3.The Moody Blues (depression) 4.Stressed Out (stress) 5.The Aching Brow (headaches) 6.Recharge your Batteries (Upping your Energy levels) 7.Losing the Plot (problems with memory and concentration) 8.Saturday Night Fever (Hangovers) 9.Counting Sheep (Sleeplessness) 10.Wired Child (Hyperactivity in children) Digestive System 11.Belly-Aching (Digestive problems) 12.Sick to the Stomach (Nausea) 13.Spanish Tummy (Food poisoning and diarrhoea) ) 14.Bunged Up (Constipation) The Skin 15.Damned spots (Pimples, boils etc) 16.The Itch (Eczema) 17.Pimpled youth (Acne) 18.Detox, detox (Herbal detoxification) 19.Heat of the Sun (Sunburn and other burns) 20.Freshen Up (BO and bad breath) 21.Unwelcome Guests (Head lice, worms etc) Sex etc 22.Not Tonight? (Lack of sex drive: herbal aphrodisiacs) 23.Cant Conceive? (Problems with conception) 24.Time of the Month (PMT and all that) 25.The Change (Menopause) 26.Male Misery (Prostate problems) Respiratory 27.Winter woes (Coughs, colds etc) 28.Chesty (Bronchitis) 29.A Bad Wheeze (Asthma) 30.Nose Block (Sinusitis) Circulatory 31.Sitting on it (Piles) 32.Knotty Problem (Varicose Veins) 33.Highly dangerous (High Blood Pressure) 34.The Palpitations (Minor heart problems) Infections 35.Fighting Fit (Herbs to help raise your resistance) 36.Viral Load (Coping with the Bug that's always Going Around) 37.Horrible Herpes (Cold sores and shingles) 38."Flu- struck (Flu strategies) 39.Getting Over it (herbs for convalescence) Other Problems 40.Waterworks (Cystitis). 41.Down in the Mouth (Mouth ulcers, toothache, gum infections etc) 42.Eyes Right (herbs forq eye and vision problems) 43.Pains, strains, sprains (muscle aches, sprains etc) 44.Out of Joint (arthritis etc) 45.Child-Friendly herbs (Safe, simple and effective herbal remedies for babies and small children) Lifestyle 46.The Herbal Spa (herbs, essential oils for a therapeutic bath) 47.Grow your Own Remedies (Useful herbs to grow in a corner of the garden, patio or in a window box) 48.Teatime (How to make and use herbal infusions) 49.Pet Remedies (remedies for common ailments in household pets) 50.Good Hair Days (How to treat greasy hair, dandruff, etc and have gorgeous glossy hair) 51.Great Skin (herbs for skin problems) 52.Nice Footwork (tired, sweaty, aching feet, athletes' foot etc)