title: Herbs for Your Health: A Handy Guide for Knowing and Using 50 Common Herbs
author:  Steven Foster 
description: 50 common herbs are explored in a title which uses small yet clear color photos to provide an identification guide and overview of herbal preparations. From picking and preparing the herbs to being careful of dosage and side effects, this provides excellent, practical advice. -- <i>Midwest Book Review</i>
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  # **10 Essential Herbs for Lifelong Health**
  
  
  **Barbara Heller, M.S.W.**
  
  
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  ## CONTENTS
  
  
  [**Why Use Herbs?**](ch01.html#ch01)
  
  
  [**Choosing and Using Natural Remedies**](ch02.html#ch02)
  
  
  [**Ten Essential Herbs**](ch03.html#ch03)
  
  
  [**Calendula**](ch04.html#ch04)
  
  
  [**Chamomile**](ch05.html#ch05)
  
  
  [**Echinacea**](ch06.html#ch06)
  
  
  [**Garlic**](ch07.html#ch07)
  
  
  [**Ginger**](ch08.html#ch08)
  
  
  [**Lavender**](ch09.html#ch09)
  
  
  [**Lemon Balm**](ch10.html#ch10)
  
  
  [**Peppermint**](ch11.html#ch11)
  
  
  [**St. -John’s-Wort**](ch12.html#ch12)
  
  
  [**Valerian**](ch13.html#ch13)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## **Why Use Herbs?**
  
  
  Throughout the ages, plants have served a multitude of uses for human
  survival. Ethnobotany, the study of plant lore and agricultural customs, has
  provided us with rich evidence of the ways different cultures have
  traditionally used plants to feed and nourish, house and clothe, inform and
  educate, and treat and heal bodi