Natural Remedies
There are some good online resources that provide helpful home remedies for common illnesses.
However, I prefer having a physical book handy for easy access when illness strikes my family. Here are some of my favorite book resources for natural remedies:
- Rosemary Gladstar’s Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health
- Natural Healing for Babies and Children
- Dr. Christopher’s Herbal Home Health Care
- Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs
- Be Your Own Doctor
My two favorite books of all are Aviva Romm’s Natural Healing for Babies and Children, and Rachel Weaver’s Be Your Own Doctor. If I had to narrow it down to two, I’d pick these two.
We found the Natural Healing for Babies and Children book on a sale table at a bookstore over 10 years ago. Our copy is falling apart and there is a much newer edition available (and Aviva is now an MD), so we may have to upgrade one of these days!
Rachel Weaver is a master herbalist with a lot of wisdom for treating common ailments at home.
Essential Oils
I’m not loyal to just one brand of essential oils, as I feel there are a lot of quality ones out there.
I really love the Plant Therapy essential oils. They’re organic, the quality is excellent, and the price is good.
I also have a whole arsenal of vitamins, herbs, and tinctures that I like to use when someone comes down with something.
Here are just a few of my must-haves:
- Olba’s Pastille Lozenges for sore throats and coughs
- Zarbee’s Naturals Cough Syrup
- Emergen-C
- Activated Charcoal Powder and capsules
- zinc lozenges
- elderberry syrup (Learn how to make your own elderberry syrup here!)
- Umcka elderberry syrup
- Umcka ColdCare
- TriLight Lympha Rub
- TriLight Lungs Plus
- Throat tea
- slippery elm powder
- Echinacea and Goldenseal tincture
I love having my natural medicine cabinet well-stocked before every cold and flu season hits! Read the post below to see what I consider necessities to have on hand:
JES says
I have some of the books and would love some of the others you shared!
Joy Kincaid says
We have others, but these are the ones I always turn to first! 🙂