My natural medicine cabinet

Essential oils, Bach flowers, Tiger Balm, activated charcoal… What can you recommend to someone who prefers natural remedies? This guide, which lists ten natural remedies to relieve everyday ailments, might be able to help.
Optimizing one's health has been the top priority for the French since the health crisis. We now know that regular physical activity, a balanced diet, and restful sleep are essential for maintaining a good quality of life. But how should one react to an abscess, shingles, gingivitis, or a cold without necessarily resorting to conventional medication? More and more people are opting for natural remedies, but it's not always easy to know where to start without making a mistake. In addition to traditional preventative measures, you'll find a holistic approach to illnesses, detailing, for each condition, natural treatments, dosage for adults and children, as well as contraindications. To delve deeper into the subject, a psycho-emotional explanation also helps to understand the impact of emotions on the body.

"Decoding the Language of the Body"
Around sixty ailments are addressed: from simple scrapes to insect bites, including menopause, sunburn, and psoriasis. "Behind a symptom, there is much to understand about our diet, our lifestyle, our inner psycho-emotional state, and our environment," emphasizes the naturopath, who proposes "decoding the language of the body."

In this book, "My Natural Medicine Cabinet," to treat these various health problems, I have relied on ten natural remedies, whose names are now familiar to us: essential oils, Bach flowers, homeopathy, magnesium chloride, colloidal silver, clay, Tiger Balm, aloe vera, activated charcoal, and grapefruit seed extract.

Each ingredient is described in detail, including its properties, various uses, instructions, precautions, contraindications, and storage requirements. The ailments, listed alphabetically, are associated with a selection of natural remedies to relieve them. For example: clay, Bach flower remedies, aloe vera, or true lavender essential oil for sunburn.

"My Natural Medicine Box," Marianne Houart-Bugnicourt, Mosaïque-Santé Publishing, 264 pages, €15.90, published March 9, 2022.