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Readers’ Advisory for Books on Herbs, Spices, and Aromatherapy

Noted Review: The Beauty Chef

Filed Under: Seen & Noted

The Beauty Chef. / Carla Oates, 2017. Hardy Grant Books, Sydney. 345 pages. Illustrations in color. Index.

“According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, root veggies are very balancing to your Chi (vital energy).”

So says Carla Oates, founder, owner of The Beauty Chef, who’s written a second book on eating the best quality foods for health. [Read more…]

Beneath a Surface

Filed Under: Medicinal Plants, Mushrooms

Cover illustration for Healing Mushrooms by Tero Isokauppila.

Healing Mushrooms: A Practical and Culinary Guide to Using Mushrooms for Whole Body Health / Tero Isaukappila, 2017. Avery an imprint of Penguin Random House. 212 pages, illustrations in color and black and white. [Read more…]

Achieving Wellness and Joy

Filed Under: Ayurvedic and Chinese herbal medicine, Detox Diets and Body Ecology

Achieving wellness and joy is a goal. On your journey towards achieving this goal, you could choose body, mind and spirit cleansing. In the book, Total Life Cleanse, author Jonathan Glass shows you how cleansing erases obstacles to your goals. He says that removing difficulties such as overweight, depression, low-grade inflammation, and more, gives you the possibility to regain radiant health and joy.

Cover illustration for Total Life Cleanse by Jonathan Glass.
Total Life Cleanse: A 28-Day Program to Detoxify and Nourish the Body, Mind, and Soul. / Jonathan Glass, 2018. Healing Arts Press. 434 pages, illustrations in black and white. [Read more…]