How We Use Plants for Medicine and HealthPeople use plants for a variety of medicinal and health purposes from making herbal remedies and pain killers, to products for skin care and healthy teeth to fighting diseases like cancer. Readers will also have the chance to make their own plant remedy. |
Contents
Plants for medicine and health | 4 |
Keeping clean | 10 |
Painkillers | 16 |
Fighting and treating cancer | 22 |
Make your own herbal salve | 28 |
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