In an engaging, entertaining style, Your Natural Medicine Cabinet makes it easy to find the latest cutting-edge information on healing over 100 common ailments with fast-acting natural products.
Ideal for families, busy households, and anyone interested in natural alternatives for themselves and their children, it offers essential resources in a concise, user-friendly format.
This easy-to-understand guide covers everything from acid reflux, flu, and insomnia to earaches, constipation, and emotional first aid. It also provides a resource guide (the best books, websites and YouTube videos) to address the core conditions underlying common ailments.
The author shows how to use supplements, superfoods, and medicinal herbs as well as homeopathy, cell salts, and Bach flower remedies plus giving tips for healthy eating and lifestyle.
This indispensable new resource is based on the author's expert experience as an owner of a successful health food store and as a holistic health professional at the Lydian Center for Innovative Medicine in Cambridge, Mass. A Harvard alumna, Burke Lennihan lectures at Harvard University's Center for Wellness, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, and Lesley University.
Reviews for Your Natural Medicine Cabinet
Your Natural Medicine Cabinet is spot on with the most effective natural remedies that will help to heal and soothe everyday ailments. Having worked with one of Burke’s mentors many years ago, I can now understand why she is so accomplished at arriving at the correct remedy for so many issues. This is one gem of a book that I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to all drug-free solution seekers.”
— Ann Louise Gittleman, PhD, CNS, New York Times bestselling author of 30 books on health and healing
“A super user-friendly introduction to the best and safest natural remedies that should be in everyone’s medicine cabinet . . . and how to use them to treat the most frequently experienced ailments. Full of good, practical information along with compelling personal stories. This book should be in every home!”
— Dana Ullman, MPH, author of 10 books on natural and homeopathic medicine
“This treasure trove of practical remedies is so well-written and under-standable that it will appeal to a wide audience. Lennihan’s years of experience and her knowledge of the literature that evaluates holistic approaches makes this a perfect addition to one’s home library.”
–– Judy Norsigian, bestselling author of Our Bodies, Ourselves
Your Natural Medicine Cabinet has quickly become our top recommendation, the ‘go-to book’ for folks who want to know more about healing themselves. Packed with information running the gamut from a quick fix for small problems to longer-term use of supplements for all kinds of conditions, this book is a very enjoyable read. As a certified nutritionist and the owner of a health food store for nearly 40 years, I am truly impressed with Burke Lennihan’s book and recommend it to our customers for the quick, easy-to-access, and vital information she puts out for her readers.”
— Elizabeth Stagl, CN, MS NutSci, co-owner of Cambridge Naturals, Cambridge, Mass.
“A tried-and-true natural medicine expert has pulled together a wealth of information anyone can easily understand and implement. This book is a treasure of resources you will be glad you have when illness strikes or you just want to be the healthiest you can be.”
— June Shibley, RPh, PharmD, ND, former director of the Center for Integrative Therapies in Pharmaceutical Care, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences