No Need to Know Chinese Medicine: Herbs for Everyday Ailments

Traditional Chinese medicine isn't about “memorizing formulas.” It's about “reading the clues left by nature.”

Plants grow the way they do and develop their particular properties to survive. Borrowing their “survival tricks” is what gives them their medicinal effects.

After reading this book,

you won't need to know anything about Chinese medicine. Each chapter clearly explains how a plant survives and why it can treat an ailment. Pick three leaves and boil them in water, or crush them to make a spray: you'll be ready in five minutes. Turn a page and you'll understand why common herbs work, so you'll never need to fumble around over minor ailments again!

A sore throat, a mosquito bite, bloating after overeating: there's no need to panic over these little problems. The plants along your path already have emergency remedies hidden within them!

This isn't about using plants at random. Their survival skills just happen to help us: mint repels aphids with its cooling scent, and that same quality can soothe a sore throat; dandelion seeds drift far and wide on their fluffy tufts, and their natural heat-clearing properties can relieve constipation; ginger survives the cold underground, and its warming properties can dispel a chill in your stomach.