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📚Books on Natural Healing, Herbs, "Alternative" Medicine & more🍵🌿

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Here you will find books about natural healing, herbs, plant medicine, cell-salts, alkaline diet, menstrual cycle, trauma, nueroplasticity, human anatomy, vagus nerve, medicinal mushrooms, urine therapy, lyme disease, EMDR, & more! *As an affilia...
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Natural Healing

Self-healing, nutrition, alkaline diet, fasting, distilled water, breath, iridology, & more
 
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Barbara O'Neill is one of my favorite teachers! She teaches the body's amazing ability to heal itself. I highly recommend this book (if you can find it available) and any other lectures you may find by her on YouTube.
Self Heal By Design by Barbara O'Neill
 
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Dr. Sebi was one of the greatest natural health teachers of his time. He shared a wealth of knowledge regarding the alkaline diet and natural healing. I reccommend this book-set for more information!!
DR. SEBI BIBLE: 10 Books in 1: Ultimate Guide
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This book is absolutely incredible!! The author presents a complete overview of every bodily system and every organ. Then he walks you through how to cleanse & strengthen each system with natural raw foods, herbs, & minerals.
The Detox Miracle Sourcebook: Raw Foods & Herbs
 
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Dr. Bernard Jensen did incredible work! This book gives insight into how the body works naturally to keep us healthy, and it is written so that the average person can easily follow.
Dr. Jensen's Guide to Body Chemistry & Nutrition
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Arnold Ehret presents his Mucusless Diet Healing System which is a complete, workable program for cleansing, repairing, rebuilding, and maintaining a healthy body.
Mucusless Diet Healing System: Scientific Method
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Arnold Ehret explains how to successfully conduct a fast in order to eliminate harmful waste from the body and promote internal healing. Also included are famous essays on Ehret's teachings by Fred Hirsch and Teresa Mitchell.
Rational Fasting for Rejuvenation by Prof. Spira
 
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Buhner provides step-by-step guidelines to fully prepare yourself for fasting & focuses on all three aspects of the fast (the emotional, spiritual and physical)
The Transformational Power of Fasting
 
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A timeless book with good information on how to heal your body naturally
Back To Eden
 
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This booklet will teach you everything you need to know about our drinking water & why distilled water is safe & important for us to drink daily and heal our bodies.
The Choice Is Clear
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This book discusses a very interesting natural therapy using food grade hydrogen peroxide!
The One-Minute Cure: Healing All Diseases - 2nd Ed
 
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This book explores how the human species has lost the ability to breathe properly over the past several hundred thousand years and it gives incredible information on how we fix this.
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An accessible guide to the practice of conscious humming
The Humming Effect: Sound Healing for Health
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This book has incredibly practical information on how to naturally improve your vision!!
The Bates Method for Better Eyesight
 
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This book is a good introduction to the science of iridology
Iridology Simplified: Intro to Science & Nutrition
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Love this iridology reference chart!
IRIDOLOGY CHART of EYE Reflexology (Rainbow Coded)
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Love this reflexology reference chart!
Reflexology (Quick Study Academic)
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Trauma

Books on healing trauma
 
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This is a must-read for understanding and healing our bodies from trauma!
The Body Keeps the Score: Healing of Trauma
 
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This is a very informative book discussing EMDR which is a highly effective therapy for PTSD and other disorders.
EMDR Therapy: Principles, Protocols, Procedures

Herbal/Plant Medicine

Herbal guides, herbal remedies & medicine, medicinal mushrooms
 
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This book shows you how to read your body’s signals and support your own wellness with herbal remedies and other natural treatments. You’ll learn how each of your major body systems optimally functions, and you’ll discover how to use natural remedies...
Body into Balance: Herbal Guide to Self-Care
 
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The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies has color pictures of over 181 healing plants, lichens, and mushrooms of North America. You'll also discover 550 powerful natural remedies for every one of your daily needs.
The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies
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This book provides a comprehensive, full-color detailed guide with easy-to-follow instructions for making and using approximately 250 herbal medicines at home!
Modern Herbal Dispensatory: Medicine-Making Guide
 
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The Healing Garden is a comprehensive guide to growing and using healing plants, including recipes, from the founder of the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine.
The Healing Garden: Handcrafting Herbal Remedies
 
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This is a nice book for beginners on crafting herbal remedies and how treat common ailments with easy-to-find herbs.
Herbal Medicine for Beginners: Healing Guide
 
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This book includes 150 easy-to-follow recipes for highly effective herbal medicines with complete guides.
Herbal Medicine Natural Remedies: 150 Remedies
 
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This book identifies the key traits, habitats, uses, and warnings for more than 530 of the most significant medicinal plants in the eastern and central United States and Canada.
Peterson Guide: Medicinal Plants & Herbs, 3rd Ed.
 
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This book shares herbal antibiotics as a natural alternative for treating drug-resistant bacteria.
Herbal Antibiotics, 2nd Ed: Natural Alternatives
 
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This book shares herbal antivirals and natural remedies for treating resistant viral infections.
Herbal Antivirals, 2nd Ed: Natural Remedies
 
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This is a one-stop healing book with everything you need to know about herbs, featuring a detailed layout of over 550 plants and their medicinal properties, with advice on how to sow, grow, and harvest your very own herb garden!
Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine: 550 Herbs

Mushrooms

The best literature on medicinal mushrooms with practical guides.
 
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This is a good book on mushroom cultivation for beginners!
Mushroom Cultivation for Beginners: Guide
 
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This book explains nutritional and medicinal compounds & also provides detailed instructions on how to select, store, and prepare each variety mushroom for use.
Christopher Hobbs's Medicinal Mushrooms Guide
 
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The ultimate guide to healing properties of medicinal mushrooms! This book features over 300 detailed plant profiles for easy mushroom identification.
The Fungal Pharmacy: Guide to Medicinal Mushrooms
 
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Huge book that covers literally everything! If you had to have only one book on the cultivation of mushrooms, i'd pick this one!!
Radical Mycology: A Treatise on Fungi

Menstrual Cycle

These are my favorite books for understanding the mentrual cycle, coming off of the pill, & syncing to the unique hormonal phases or seasons our bodies go through each and every month as women!
 
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Dr. Jolene Brighten specializes in treating women’s hormone imbalances caused by the pill and shares her 30-day program designed to reverse the symptoms women experience every day. I highly recommend her work if you have been on the pill for a long t...
Beyond the Pill: 30-Day Hormone Balance Program
 
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This book teaches women how to understand what's going on during your mentrual cycle and how to take advantage of the natural superpowers that sit in each phase of our cycle, so that we can plan our month to perform at our best.
Period Power: Harness Your Hormones
 
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This book lays out an illuminating description of the four unique hormonal phases women go through each and every cycle and the unique strengths that come with each phase! It gives strategies for aligning your life with your cycle, tracking and chart...
the BLOOD book: Honor your bleed, sacred cycle
 
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If you have a menstrual cycle, this journal is for you!! This book includes information on the mentrual cycle phases & how to sync with it in terms of food, movement, & lifestyle! It also includes plant-based/vegan hormonal-friendly recipes, ...
The Cycle Syncing Journal: Power Of Menstrual Cycle
 
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This book is fascinating and discusses a lot of ancient menstrual wisdom & the four phases of your menstrual cycle. This book will transform the way you think about yourself, your cycle and your life.
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Human Anatomy

Illustrated books for understanding human anatomy & physiology
 
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Anatomy & Physiology Made Easy includes over 300+ illustrations! I highly recommend this book for anyone trying to learn more about anatomy, physiology, & health.
Anatomy & Physiology Made Easy: Illustrated Guide
 
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This is a large book with incredible illustrations, covering all the systems of the body in a progressive way that makes sense.
The Complete Human Body, 2nd Ed: Visual Guide

Cell Salts

When body tissues or cells have all their components the body works as it was designed to work. Below are my favorite books on biochemistry & cell salt remedies.
 
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Dr. Schuessler. identified twelve inorganic tissue-salts that are essential for the healthy functioning of the human body. When there is deficiency of any of these salts in the body tissues, certain symptoms arise. This book tells you how the common ...
The Biochemic Prescriber: Guide to Tissue Salts
 
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George W. Carey gives detailed information on the biochemic treatments of various ailments, using the 12 Schuessler cell salts. This is a very handy book to keep for home treatments.
The Biochemic System of Medicine: Schuessler's Twelve Tissue Remedies
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Homeopathic Cell Salt Remedies is a simple yet comprehensive guide to the history, theory, and use of cell salts.
Homeopathic Cell Salt Remedies: Healing with Nature
 
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This is a clear & concise manual for the use of tissue salts
The Biochemic Handbook: Biochemic Tissue Salts

Nervous System

Important books on the autonomic nervous system & vagus nerve exercises for unlocking your bodies ability to heal itself
 
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The Dysautonomia Project gives an understanding of autonomic nervous system disorders & is a much-needed tool for physicians and patients. I highly recommend this book for physicians and those struggling with dysautonomia, POTS, & other simil...
The Dysautonomia Project: Understanding ANS Disorders
 
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Your vagus nerve regulates automatic functions in the body. This guide provides all the tools you need to understand and heal your vagus nerve.
Activate Your Vagus Nerve: Heal Naturally
 
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This book includes a detailed guide and instructions on how to do daily vagus nerve exercises!
DAILY VAGUS NERVE EXERCISES: Learn & Stimulate

Brain-Body Connection

Books discussing health on a cellular level, nueroplasticity, & the mind
 
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The auther of this book does a fantastic job at explaining how the human body works at the cellular level and he presents an incredible unifying theory of the mind and the essence of life!
The Secret Language of Cells: Biological Conversations
 
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If you are interested in learning more about nueroplasticity and the brains ability to heal itself...get this book! This book provides an introduction to the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people's lives that have been trans...
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Triumph

Urine Therapy

Books on urine therapy
 
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This is complete guide to urine therapy which has been practiced for thousands of years in the East. Urine therapy is the application of your body’s own urine as an agent for the promotion and management of good health.
Golden Fountain: Guide to Urine Therapy
 
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Another book that lays out a very compelling case for urine therapy
The Water of Life: A Treatise on Urine Therapy
 
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This is a very interesting read that provides well documented sources provided by doctors and scientific institutions on urine therapy.
Your Own Perfect Medicine: Natural Miracle Cure
 
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This book presents some different information on urine therapy that you might not catch in others.
Aged Urine- Discovery Of The Century

Chronic Illness

Books discussing chronic illness & healing of human disease
 
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In this book you will learn the truth about how viruses connect to chronic illness and go over a complete supplement list & tips for healing.
Medical Medium: Secrets Behind Chronic Illness
 
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I highly recommend this book for those struggling with lyme disease or any other chronic illness. It has amazing information on chronic environmental illness, mold toxicity, and a system-by-system plan for rebooting the body!
Toxic: Heal Your Body from Mold Toxicity, Lyme
 
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Stephen Buhner was a leading expert on natural healing of lyme disease & coinfections. I highly recommend his work to anyone struggling with lyme disease or other tickeborne diseases.
Healing Lyme: Natural Healing, 2nd Edition

Book Stands

My favorite book stands
 
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Adjustable bamboo book stand w/ wheels! I like that this stand is nice and durable for reading heavy books.
Wishacc Book Stand, Rolling Lectern, Adjustable
 
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Large mobile stand-up desk with adjustable height! This is perfect if you work from home on your laptop.
SIDUCAL Mobile Adjustable Laptop Desk, Rustic