Review: Repetitive with almost no beauty tips
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2011
I am not into natural remedies, do not drink herbal teas that taste like grass and would trust pills manufactured in a lab, after careful scientific research into their properties, ten times over a pinch of this mixed with a pinch of that.So I got the book for curiosity sake and for the beauty aspect since, even if I'm not willing to drink teas, I can at least make my own creams and masks.I was disappointed. Out of 52 tips, only a handful concern beauty. The rest is all about treating various ailments, from flu, to asthma, varicose veins, infertility and stress. Most of the tips do tend to reoccur frequently as there are only so many herbs you can use. Ginger, honey, nettles, St-john's wort, rosemary, sage etc. appear on a regular basis.The author is careful to warn you against mixing herbs and conventional medicine and to keep herbal teas out of reach of pregnant or nursing women. The section on how to cure babies should, in my view, be edited out. I find the idea of giving herbal remedies to very young children rather disturbing.Bottom line : If you're into alternative medicine, you will like this book as it will give you a good idea of what herbs to use to cure any given illness. If not, skip.