Review: Excellent, excellent book!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 25, 2012
Cheryl Hines did a fantastic job by putting together a great deal of home remedies to fight those nasty common illnesses. Of course, I'm neither a medical professional nor a homeopathic practitioner, so I can't vouch for all remedies listed in this book, but I will vouch for at least two: vodka and pepper is a centuries-old Russian remedy and it totally works (although you gotta be careful not to overdo the vodka part:--), and alternating cold and hot shower also works great: my aunt has made it a life-long habit, and her family has almost never had a cold! Not to say it should work for all diseases under the sun, but it does a great job in preventing or at least shortening the terms of common colds and the flu. Of course, popping a pill is easy, but I think It's only sensible that pills should be avoided when there are other alternatives.One other useful feature I liked in the book was that the author provides the links to places where you can order that stuff. Over half of the herbs or ingredients on her list are unknown to me, and many others I'd have no idea where to find, so it's nice to have all that info in one place.I also believe (and luckily, the author seems to share that belief with me:--) that as with any drug or homeopathic remedy, it is prudent to seek medical advice from your doctor before using some of those treatments. Everyone is different, so what can work for one person might not work for everybody.There is however one thing on which I strongly disagree with Ms. Hines, and that's children immunization. Look, it's one of those issues that have a great tendency of dividing people, so I won't dwell on that, but please do follow all the required vaccines. Yes, there are some minimal risks, but the risks are greater if you don't do this. To the author's credit, she does advise the reader to do the vaccines if you are not prepared to follow rigorous preventive measures that she herself has practiced with her children. `Nough said.In any case, this "shortcoming" as I see it, should not deflect from the great information the author shares with us in her book. It's organized very nicely and it's easy to understand. Great job!